Good Afternoon Everyone!

I hope you had a terrific day! Tomorrow is day 4 (Gym). Please bring your gym clothes and shoes to school. Tomorrow is our roller skating trip! For students who are attending we will have an early lunch at 11am and we will return to the school around 2:30pm. Students who are going on our trip to Scooter's please wear your gym clothes. Also, students who are attending are asked to bring a water bottle with their name on it and they can bring money for the snack bar. For students who are not participating in the trip, please wear your full school day uniform with your house tie. Summer uniforms will begin on Thursday, April 25th, as we have Earth colours dress up and casual day right after the Easter long weekend. 

A kind reminder please fill out the form and bring in $15 (Cash only please) by tomorrow!

Silent dance forms have been sent home. If you would like to attend, please fill out the permission form and bring in $20 (Cash only please). Forms and money are due Tuesday, April 23rd. 

A note from Mr. Sawatsky:

After care notices have been sent out. To avoid late charges please make sure your payments are in by April 15th!

Inquiry into Language

Today in language students continued to work on their literature circle role for this week.  A kind reminder we will have our spelling lesson #26 test and literature circle meeting tomorrow

Due dates for Hatchet:

Chapters 1-3 due Friday, March 29^th

Chapters 4-6 due Friday, April 5^th

Chapters 7-9 due Friday, April 12^th

Chapters 10-12 due Thursday, April 18^th

Chapters 13-15 due Friday, April 26^th

Chapters 16-19 will be a culminating activity with due date to be announced.

Inquiry into Mathematics

Today in math students wrote their fractions, decimals, ratios, and rates test.

Our next unit will be transformation geometry, which will begin with a pre-assessment on Monday, April 15^th.

Unit of Inquiry 

Today in UOI we began our art project for this unit. Students started off by sketching their picture and then used pastels to create a scene that shows/represents biodiversity.

Sketching

Adding colour

Biodiversity is another short unit. We will have roughly 3-3.5 weeks of learning and 1/5-2 weeks for our summative, which will be due sometime during the last full week of April. More information to come in the upcoming weeks.

Our next Unit of Inquiry is Coding. A kind reminder that students will need a working laptop (not an iPad) for this Unit. They will be expected to bring it to school each and every day. 

Homework/Reminders:

- Costume form and money due tomorrow

- Spelling test tomorrow

- Literature circles due tomorrow 
- Silent dance due April 23

Important Dates/Items:

Friday, April 12– Spring Fundraiser trip to Scooter's

Thursday, April 18 – SITS workshop & Easter Spirit

Friday, April 19-Monday, April 22 – No School – Easter Weekend

Wednesday, April 24 – Bake sale & casual day
Friday, April 26 – Rock climbing, bake sale & summer uniforms begin

Tuesday, April 30 – Silent Dance

Friday, May 3 - Grade 6 Exhibition

Tuesday, May 7 - JK-Grade 2 Arts' Night

Thursday, May 9 - Shakespeare Play

Tuesday, May 14 - Grade 3-8 Arts' Night

Friday, May 17 - Monday, May 20 - No School - Victoria Day Weekend

Have a wonderful night!

Love,
Ms. Cass