Monday, May 25

Last week of May!  Where has the time gone?? 

Announcements for this week:

• there is a Cake Walk this Wednesday.  If you would like to donate a cake to be raffled, please have it dropped off on Wednesday morning before school.  Tickets are available online and proceeds will help ship out books to Cameroon this summer.
• EQAO starts this Friday.   It will run next Tuesday to Thursday as well (June 2nd to 4th).
• Next Friday (June 5th) is a PD day.
• You should have received an email and notice from the school about our upcoming field trip to Baxters Conservation Area on June 11th.  Please fill out the online form and if you would like to volunteer, please follow the steps to ensure you have the check done.

This week we are largely preparing for EQAO.  There will be review all week in both Math and Language.  In Science, we will continue with our plants unit, and in Music we will continue to explore beat and rhythm. 

Tuesday, May 19

I hope you all had a great Victoria Day long weekend!  Certainly nice to see the weather start to get better!  Short update today:

• last Friday, the Grade 6's had a freezie day (you can pay on School Cash Online).  They gave a freezie to every student.  If you could make a payment (if you didn't already), it would be highly appreciated as it is used for their Grade 6 graduation.
• Some notices were sent home in the past 2 weeks about overdue Library books.  If you received one, can you please have a look around for it to be returned.  Library has been moved to Thursday mornings.
• EQAO will start on Friday, May 29th and should run for 4 days.

In Language, the class should have finished up their Endangered Animal slideshow.  They will be presenting them this week.

In Math, we will be finishing up a unit on probability and then having a few coding lessons.  This will lead to review before we do EQAO.

In Science, we have planted seeds and some have already sprouted.  We will be looking at the needs of plants of the week.

In Music, we will be working further on beat and rhythm. 

Monday, May 11

 Just one little change to last weeks updates.  

• EQAO will start on Friday, May 29th, and will continue the following week.  It should take about 4 days (2 blocks per day).  If your child has a pair of headphones, that helps.  We will be trying to provide headphones at school as well.
• The Book Fair is this week.  Our class is going to view the book fair on Monday, May 11th, and will be going to shop on Wednesday, May 13th. 
• Our field trip is scheduled for Thursday, June 11th.  A reminder that if you are looking to volunteer that day, you need to make sure you have a Vulnerable Sector Check completed 

In Math, we are moving onto Probability this week.  In addition, we will continue reviewing concepts taught during the year to help our EQAO preparation.

In Language, they will get 2 more afternoon blocks to work on their endangered animal projects.  They are really enjoying the opportunity to research and work on a Google Slideshow.

In Family Life, we will be going through the Created Sexual unit this week.  It should only take 2-3 afternoon blocks.  We will start this on Monday afternoon.

In Science, we are attempting to germinated some bean seeds.  They will be put in soil later this week so we can take care of them and watch them grow.  

In Music, we are going to continue with some beat and rhythm exercises.

In Physical Education, you may hear about the school track and field meet for Grades 4-6 which I help out with.  Soon, we will be taking our gym class outside to try the 100m and long jump as well!

Monday, May 4th

 There are some dates to be aware of:

• tomorrow everyone is welcome to wear Red as it is a day entitled Red Dress Day 
• The Book Fair is coming up next week.  Our class is going to view the book fair on Monday, May 11th, and will be going to shop on Wednesday, May 13th.
• EQAO is coming up.  We will be writing it in class on the week of June 1-4. 
• Our field trip is scheduled for Thursday, June 11th.  A reminder that if you are looking to volunteer that day, you need to make sure you have a Vulnerable Sector Check completed 

In Math, we are currently working on an Algebra unit.  Soon, we will be doing a little on probability and then a little on coding.  Once we are done these areas, we will be spending some time reviewing before the EQAO dates.

In Language, we are beginning our explanatory writing unit.  The class will be making a slideshow of an endangered animal, using some of the text features we have been looking at.

In Science, we have just begun our unit on Plants.  We will be planting seeds soon to watch grow in our classroom.

In Family Life, we will be starting the Created Sexual unit next week.  You should have received a letter from me 2 weeks ago explaining the information that will be shared.