week 8

I hope that everyone enjoyed the fabulous Halloween Howl put on by our

week 6

I hope that everyone enjoyed a lovely long weekend!  The following is an update on what's happening and dates on the horizon...

International Women's Month
October is International Women's Month and students are working hard on their biographies about a fierce female.  We are wrapping up research and the final product will be a Google Doc.  Thanks to families for helping out at home by discussing how women have opened doors for others.  I can't wait to read what students have written!

Measurement
Thanks to everyone who returned their homework slip last week; this week's homework is an intro into our measurement unit.  Students are required to use a ruler at home for their work - if you need to borrow one, please let me know.

Social Studies
The Grade 5s are doing their due diligence and preparing to vote at the Federal Election.  Thanks to families for engaging in conversations about party platforms and issues that are important to your family.  We'll be holding a student vote at school; stay tuned for results!  Grade 4s are learning about Canada's region with Mme Hassanle.

Important dates:
Oct 17th - Cross Country
Oct 18th - Track & Field
Oct 21st - Cross Country
Oct 23rd - Clairlea Reads
Oct 24th - Cross Country
Oct 25th - Halloween Howl
Nov 11th - Progress Reports go home

Week 5

We have a lot of uncertainty ahead of us this week; I'm sure we're all glued to the TDSB homepage waiting for news about tomorrow.  While we wait, here's some info...

Marks for language project
Final marks were sent home last Thursday for the Grade 4 "Who Am I" project.  Hopefully students have shared their slide show with you at home; their work is really amazing!  I encourage you to talk about the rubric when you've seen their presentation in order to set goals moving forward and celebrate their successes.  Everyone did a really lovely job; thank you for helping students better understand the history of their names.  Signed rubrics are to come back to me ASAP.

Social Studies
Grade 5s are getting ready for the Federal election!  They're looking closely at party platforms and assessing them against what's important to them and you, their families.  My hope is that you'll take a bit of time to share the issues that are important to your family to help them assess candidates with a "real-life" lens.  Perhaps education, immigration, childcare or the environment are on your political radars?  Thanks for taking a bit of time to engage with them at home about the election.

Field Trip cancelation
While our valuable CUPE colleagues are negotiating contracts, we've had to cancel our upcoming field trip (October 22nd) to the Théâtre Français.  Once job action settles down and we're back to "business as usual", we'll look at putting some trips on the calendar in the near future.

Homework
Math work was sent home with every student on Friday with a note attached, reminding you of my homework policy.  This math work is optional; if you haven't already done so, please let me know if you'd like to participate in math work or not.  Having said that, a friendly reminder that daily reading in French is mandatory; at least 20 minutes a day at home. 

Thanksgiving
Next weekend is an extra long weekend with a PD day on Friday(11th) and Thanksgiving Monday(14th).  Enjoy the 4 days off!

Wishing everyone a good week; bonne semaine!