Monday, really?

Skiing starts on Friday! Remember to dress warmly and bring your lunch if you're not a regular lunch-bringer!

We are halfway (is that all?) through our Mancala tournament. We might finish this week, although it's not looking good.

Parents, please complete the Hockeyville permission to publish slip and return.

Homework:

Novel study projects are due tomorrow. Don't forget the accompanying paragraph.

Math - decimal division, finish the four questions and 2 word problems on the second page.

Phrase that pays (in your planner on today's space): Phew! The recycling is becoming a science experiment!

See you tomorrow!

Wednesday? Weally?

Mancala! Mancala! Mancala! We are playing every spare minute and have finished our first tournament round. There are some surprising results. Everyone is being a good sport. Some of us are even are playing our next opponent to get a feel of his/her strengths!

Homework:

NOVEL STUDY PROJECT IS DUE NEXT TUESDAY AT THE LATEST! REMEMBER TO INCLUDE A WRITTEN EXPLANATION IN PARAGRAPH FORM!

Phrase that pays (in your planner on today's space): Is/are there any pennies for the gumball machine? (Choose the correct verb.)

See you tomorrow!

Wowie Wednesday!

Great tissue portraits!

We are writing persuasive paragraphs/essays on Nakusp's (Hockey)ville topic, unless students have chosen a different 'ville'.

Our Mancala tournament will begin next week, early!

Homework:

Math - Finish decimal multiplication page 162. Make sure your facts are good and your decimals are correct!

Hockeyville or ??? writing - opinion outline due tomorrow

Phrase that pays (in your planner on today's space): Sitting in Miranda's place, I think she has lost some of her sparkle.

See you tomorrow!

Monday.

Please e-mail me any Nakusp hockey photographs for my Hockeyville entry.

We re-did our tissue portraits because the first batch was a bit dismal. My fault.

Ski days are on Friday this year: Jan. 28, Feb. 4, and Feb. 11.

Homework: None. I'm behind on my marking and the more I give the more I need to catch up on.

Phrase that pays (in your planner on today's space): Did you stock up on rewards, Mrs. Grout?

See you tomorrow!

Snow Play January 6

Wow! What a lot of snow. We used it well, as you can see.

Homework:

Goal - Parents need to sign and have it returned by Monday at the latest.

Math - Finish Row 3 on page 161 - decimal multiplication.

Novel Study - Finish Chapter 15 response and question 4, due tomorrow.

P.E. is outside again tomorrow. Come dressed! It will be a long one.

Phrase that pays: Our tissue portraits were messy!

See you on Monday!

Turbulent Tuesday!

Turbulent because of the blustery weather and class activity.

We will be starting POWs this week. They are math word problems that require in-depth solutions and explanations of the different processes used in solving. They are assigned on Thursdays and due the following Thursday for marking. Some will require parental assistance. Some parental assistants might be seeking further advice as a few are very challenging.

Homework:

French - practise if you are presenting tomorrow!

Language Arts - re-write run-on sentence assignment, due tomorrow!

Phrase that pays (in your planner on today's space): POWs sounds like hard fun!

See you tomorrow!