I really can't believe that I just typed M-A-Y.  Is it really May already?  Where did the year go? With the month of May comes teachers' NBTA AGM which means no school for students on Thursday, May 2nd and as well on Friday, May 3rd due to our Subject Council Day.  Hopefully you enjoy your long weekend, of sunshine and relaxation. Monday we are starting our new novel read-aloud to Hatchet by Gary Paulsen.  The students voted and this was the hands down winner.  Tuesday and Wednesday they will be doing their archery again with Mr. Flynn and I will be giving them time to work on their Ancient Egypt presentations since there are only 8 school days before these are due.  I can't wait to see how they all turn out. I hope you enjoy your short week.  Work hard and get outside and enjoy this beautiful sunshine!

April showers, bring May flowers!  I can't wait for the month of May and the warmth that goes along with it.  It has been a long winter.  Anyone else ready for sunny days? This week we are finally back on schedule.  A full week without any days off.  We will be working hard to finish our Middle Ages presentations and starting our Ancient Egypt unit.  We were supposed to go to Croft, but it doesn't seem to be working out, but hopefully they can come here to see our presentations soon. We are going to get back to our Science now that our Social Studies projects are out of the way and the next ones aren't due until May 13th.  That gives us lots of time to get this unit finished up. We are going to continue our Humor Unit in Literacy and work hard with aspects of the CAFE so that we can build our reading comprehension, accuracy, fluency and expanded vocabulary.  Also don't forget to take your AR tests whenever you are finished a book. I hope you all have a great week.  On Friday we are halfway through the month of April.  It will be June before we know it!

Wow!  It is almost Easter!  Who's excited?  I know I sure am!!! This week we will not be going to Croft on Monday.  With the Science Fair both schools are behind in their Social Studies so we will be going the Monday after Easter Monday.  Sorry about that. The book reports for the Door in the Wall are due at the end of the week.  As well, your Social Studies projects will be due on the Tuesday after Easter.  It gives you the Easter break to work on them.  We are starting our Humour Unit in language arts this week.  I'm excited for this change, and I am sure you are going to love it as well.  I can't wait to read all the good copies of your mystery stories that we have been working on for the past two months.  I am sure I will be very impressed! Don't forget that there is no school on Friday.  I am sure you won't forget!  Here's to a great week!

March 1st?  Really?  March 1st!  Crazy!!!!  It is March Break in one week.  What is on your agenda for the week?  We have to get this busy week in first. I have a surprise in store for Monday!  Gretna Green and Croft are coming to visit with us and we have a ton of Medieval projects in store, like looking at the St. Mary's church and seeing what middle ages aspects still exist.  Then we are going to do stain glass projects, and to finish it off, if we have time we are going to try and build a snow castle, with the bailey, the moat, and as many true to life castle features as possible. Tuesday is our popcorn ordering day and the last night to seek pledges for the Spellathon.  Remember this is our fundraiser for our class trip.  Please try and raise as much money as you possibly can because the more money we raise the more we can do and buy.  I want to make this the best year yet. The Spellathon test will be done in class on Wednesday in the morning.  In the afernoon we have a magician coming who will be doing it in french and english.  I can't wait to see how much you can understand in french. Thursday we will be working hard on the Science Fair.  Please come prepared to do so, because Friday is full of winter activities as this is our annual winter activity day.  As I said earlier...very, very busy week.  I hope you enjoy it and get well rested over the break to come prepared to work hard! Have a great week and great break!

Crazy how fast the time is going...it is going to be March Break before you know it!!! This week we will be continuing getting the english program up and running.  Hopefully we will be getting into some science experiments and fun activities that go along with this curriculum. You are going to be snowshoeing with Mr. Flynn in gym, so come prepared for the weather. Thursday is Valentine's Day!  How excited are we for that one?  Remember there are 25 students in the class and your class list is in your HEART book! Also, if you would like the Valentine's Meal it is $4.50 and has to be brought in by the 13th. Enjoy your week...only two more weeks until the big break!

Why is the month of January always so long and cold?  We are almost through, thank goodness!  With the end of January comes our Provincial Testing however, so that is really our focus for the next week. Monday, I will be sending home the book orders and they are due on Thursday.  Tuesday is our day, as always, to order popcorn. We are very lucky to be going skating at the Civic Center on Thursday at 9:45 and then Friday is our Literacy Day.  We have a great week ahead of us and hopefully we will get lots of work done in preparation for our big test next week. Don't forget, Olivia, Abbigail and Ben have Show and Tell on Friday. Enjoy your week!

I hope evveryone enjoyed their snow day Monday.  What a nice surprise.  Finally some snow for Christmas.  I didn't want to have a Green Christmas! This week we will be busy preparing for the Christmas concert.  As well, we will be continuing to talk, read and write about Christmas and start to watch some short children's movies to see if you can comprehend other people talking french.  Real francophones talk much faster than I do and it takes a trained ear to distinuish their words.  Hopefully this will be a success! One more week...hang in their.  Christmas will be here before we know it!