So with preparing for the interviews last week, I dropped the ball on the BLOG so here is this week's update:

First of all, thanks again to Teresa Cowan for organizing the Bake sale and for the students who helped "man/woman" the station (if I don't write both the students will accuse me of sexism!) Also, thanks to everyone who came to the interviews...the last one of the year! A common comment was the fact that we have 4 very intense months together and the work will be augmenting. Between subject chatter needs to stop to get everything done.

Math: working on fractions, mixed numbers (2 1/2) improper fractions (5/2) and this week ratios (4:5    4 to 5    4/5).

Science: continuing air and more flop experiments...I'm getting better but definitely science happening! Get kids to think about things that need air, use air, everyday items that need air, air pressure (ex:tires, pumps)

Social Studies: finishing Local government, how they are elected.

Religion: starting a game called LENTOPOLY...all about doing good deeds and making small sacrifices.

ELA:  Last week, students worked on descriptive paragraphs and some were quite good, leading me to believe that they are following my directions for good writing. This week we are reading Shadows of Disaster. Every other day we will work on a chapter; reading and questions. This Thursday, we have the privilege of having the author of that book, Cathy Beveridge, come and speak to us about the writing process and to help prepare us for the PAT writing portion of the exam. Please try not to miss that day.

French: doing a short poetry unit, mostly with respect to comprehension and finding the theme of the poems. 

Health: healthy eating. Food diaries were due today. What did your child eat last week. 

Thursday is also THEME DAY: fictional characters.

March already! YIKES
This week seems to be busier than normal but in field trips.
Monday the students did a great job at Speed skating...other than sore feet and a few blisters they will be ready to go again Wednesday! If blisters are a problem, maybe wear thicker socks and get a larger pair of skates to help out.
Thursday we are off to Madeleine d'Houet. We will leave in the morning and return around 2ish. Thanks to Shannon, Elizabeth and Zeina for joining us. 

Francais: we have finished the film study and will be working on a few more homophones and reading comprehension this week. we also just wrote a letter to another French Immersion school somewhere in Canada to see who gets their letter replied to the quickest. We were invited to participate in this from a school in Nova Scotia. 
Science: we are having fun watching Mme Colette fail at air experiments. 
Math: we are starting our unit on fractions. Have your children work with measuring cups to figure out how many 1/3 to make       4 and2/3 cups.
Etudes Sociales: still learning Local government, but almost done...test sometime soon in the next 2 weeks.
ELA: working on descriptive writing. Even with all of my nagging and teaching about not always saying "it is..." "it has...", students get lazy in their writing. I want them to vary their sentence structure and come up with great descriptive words. 
Religion: finishing the presentations on Social Justice.
Sante: Looking at food labels and how to make healthy eating choices.

Report cards go home this Friday.