Spelling Words for November 28-December 2

-ook pattern

Group 1:
book, took, shook, cookie, rookie

Group 2:
crook, spook, booklet, Chinook, looking

Group 3:
fishhook, undercook, textbook, bookmark, overlook

Challenge Words:
imagination, science

Important Information for November 28 - December 2

Monday, November 28
~New spelling words - ook word family

Tuesday, November 29 
~U of L Theatre Assembly from 9:20-10:15
~ Guided Reading
~ Building Peru Geographical Region Dioramas
~ Book Buddies

Wednesday, November 30 
~ Library (please return all library books)
~ Beginning "Elf" Narrative Writing

Thursday, December 1
~ nothing major happening today.

Friday, December 2
~ spelling test


Upcoming events:

The Christmas Gala will be held on December 8 from 6:30-8pm. If you are new to our school, a Christmas Gala is an evening of christmas activities, dance and snacks at the school. It is meant as a family fun night out to participate in various christmas crafts and activities throughout the school. I hope we can see you all there.
(Once again, for those new to the school - we alternate each year between Christmas Gala and Christmas Concert. Next year will be a concert year.)

December 13 ~ Hot Lunch
December 21 ~ Galt Museum Field Trip from 10:50-12:20
December 22 ~ Spirit Assembly at 2:15, Skating from 9:45-11:45 (drivers will be needed, see forms within the next week or two), Cookie Decorating in the afternoon from 1-2!!!
December 23 ~ Christmas Holidays begin at 11:35am!

Earth Rangers

On Tuesday, we were extremely lucky to have the Earth Rangers visit our school. They taught the students about how they can help save various animals throughout Canada. During the presentation, the presenters introduced the school to a few of their wild life ambassadors.

Porcupine 

Pine Martin                                     

If you want to learn more on how to become an official Earth Ranger, check out their website: 

Earth Rangers

Green Screen

We are working on various ways to display information we learn. One of those ways is by use of a Green Screen. As a simple project to introduce how a green screen works, we made a video about our favorite books. Enjoy :) 

Important Information for November 21-25

Please note there will be no spelling words this week with it being a short week.

Monday, November 21
~ Access codes for Report Cards will be going home
~ Earth Rangers Assembly from 2-3pm
~ Final Connected Reader Club Hangout

Tuesday, November 22 
~ Starting Guided Reading
~ After School Skating

Wednesday, November 23
~ Swimming from 10-11 (will be leaving at 9:40 and returning by 11:20)

Thursday, November 24
~ Early Dismissal for students at 11:35.
~ Parent-Teacher Interviews from noon-7pm

Link to register for Parent/Teacher interviews if you haven't already: Registration for Interviews

Friday, November 25
~No school for students
~ Parent-Teacher interviews from 8am - noon

Spirit Assembly

Today's Spirit / Recognition / Rock Your Moc's Assembly was incredible! 3 of our amazing students received an "Engaged Thinker" Award.

An Engaged Thinker is someone who thinks critically and communicates well with others. An engaged thinker:
- contribues
- helps others
- listens to others' ideas
- respects others' ideas
- includes everyone
- is proactive 

Congratulations Bobbi, Benson and Tash for being our Engaged Thinkers this month. 

It was also, Dress as your Favorite Story Book Character Day! 

Here are just a few of MMH incredible students :) 

Thank you Havana and Charlotte for being our class representatives! 

Finally to end our assembly, we had the pleasure of listening to Mrs. Sutherland (grade 5 teacher), sing two of her very own songs. It was truly amazing! Here is a quick sample of her beautiful voice and extraordinary talent. 

PenPals!!

This year we are taking on "old school" penpals as well as blog penpals. We will have made MANY connections by the end of the school year. Today's first batch of  "old school" penpals arrived. What I mean by "old school" is the traditional paper, pencil, mail - penpals. Our pals today comes from Colorado. When each student received their letter, the classroom atmosphere was almost electric! Everyone loved reading their letter and learning about a specific student in another location on our lovely planet!
Here are some photos of us reading our letters.

Tomorrow we will be starting our replies! 

Stay tuned as our next set of penpals comes all the way from Russia!!! 

Spelling Words for the Week of November 14-18

This week we will be focusing on the -tion suffix. Students often write shun for this pattern rather than -tion.

Group 1 and 2 are combined this week: 
action, motion, nation, potion, option

Group 3:
edition, fiction, station, emotion, caution

Challenge Words:

Important Dates for November 14-18

This week we will be introducing a student teacher into our class. Ms. Sydney Neigum will be with us till the middle of December. I look forward to sharing our wonderful class with Ms. Neigum. We are excited to have her.

As well, last week we had another addition to our classroom. From time to time, Mr. Teets will be in our class assisting wherever necessary. Welcome Mr. Teitz, we are extremely lucky to have you!!

Monday, November 14
~ New spelling words

Tuesday, November 15
~ Hot Lunch
~ Book buddies

Wednesday, November 16
~ Connected Reader's Hangout at 1:00pm
~ Library (please return all library books)

Thursday, November 17
~ Spirit Assembly
~ Dress as your favorite character from a book day!!!! 

Friday, November 18 
~ Math Buddy Game Day :)
~ Spelling test

    

Mrs. Fahey's favorite story book characters. 

Upcoming Events/Reminders:

Report cards will be going home on November 21. 

Earth Rangers assembly will be held on November 21 from 2-3pm. 

Swimming - November 23 from 10-11am. Driver's needed!!! (Look for a paper going home within the next day or two.) 

Parent/Teacher Interviews are scheduled for Thursday, November 24 PM and, November 25AM. If you haven't already booked a time, you can do so by visiting our school's webpage. 

Also if there are no times available that work for you, please send me a message - I can make another day work! 

Remembrance Day Ceremony

Today our class participated in the Remembrance Day Ceremony. We had 4 students who shared their amazing writing pieces with the rest of the school entitled "Why I wear a Poppy".

Bobbi                               Gregor

Lexi                                      Mia 

You four, were amazing!! 

As a class we also brainstormed what PEACE means to us:

Important Dates for November 7-11

Please note there will be no spelling words this week. 


Monday, November 7 
~ MMH clothing order due

Tuesday, November 8
~ Book Buddies: We will be doing an art project with our book buddies

Wednesday, November 9 
~ Remembrance Day Assembly at 10:30am.
    - During the assembly we have 4 students who will be reading their writing entitled "Why I wear a Poppy". Those four students are: Gregor, Bobbi, Lexi, and Mia. 

Thursday, November 10 
~ No school for students. Teacher Professional Development Day: Collaborative Communities

Friday, November 11
~ No School
REMEMBRANCE DAY

Remembrance Day

Over the next week, we will be learning about and completing various activities about Remembrance Day - Lest We Forget.

Check out the following website:

Canadian Veterans 
Try Jason's Memory Box, or you could also read Tales of Animals in War

Our Remembrance Day Assembly will be on November 9th. 

Videos:
A Pittance of Time
Soldier's Cry
Highway of Heroes
In Flanders Fields
The Poppy Story