Tuesday, Sept. 28th

Today we looked at our class blog for the first time. If you're a parent reading this, then your child succeeded in writing down the blog address and telling you about it!

Homework due Wed., Sept. 29th:

Sarah, Plain and Tall: chapter nine, reread and answer questions, also complete any chapter questions not finished. All chapter questions will be collected on Wednesday and a mark will be given for the whole package.

Spelling Test: study words for our test on Friday.

Remember to bring your library books back on Wednesdays!


 

Blog now on-line!

As of Tuesday, Sept. 28th, I'll be giving my students access to this blog. My hope is that it will help parents keep track of some of the things that we're doing at school, like homework, tests, field trips, and that sort of thing. Students should have the address written in their planners.

Although it is possible to post comments directly to this blog, the process is a bit cumbersome. If you don't want to bother going through all the steps, do feel free to email me at <dweir@sd43.bc.ca>. I don't always check my email during the day while I'm teaching, but I do try to look at it during lunch and shortly after school. In fact, if all parents could email me at that address, I could compile a classroom email list for further communication, or in case my blog project doesn't work out.

Again, I hope you find this format of communication helpful and remember that I'm still experimenting with it. So please be patient with me!

Second post: Thursday, Sept. 23rd - Novel study

We began our first novel study last week: Sarah, Plain and Tall. We've been reading each chapter in class and then the students have had questions to answer for homework. At this point, we've finished chapter seven and all the chapter questions up to and including chapter seven should be completed. There are a few students who have fallen behind due to forgotten homework or from being away from school. Could you please check your child's homework, as it's really important for the students to develop positive work habits at the beginning of the year.

Welcome to a new school year!

Greetings everyone,

Welcome to a new school year at Westwood. My name is David Weir and I'll be one of the teachers of Div. 1, grade 4/5. My teaching partner has yet to be hired, but I'll be teaching Monday-Wednesday, and my partner will be teaching the class on Thursday and Friday.

I've enjoyed getting to know my students over the past two weeks. They are a very nice group, who only sometimes talk too much! I've also met a few of you parents, both at our Open House as well as before and after school. Below, I've included some details of our weekly schedule and events around the classroom and school.

Gym class: Div. 1 will be having gym classes on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. As you've no doubt hear already, we also do a fitness run on most days at 2:40, weather permitting. Some students already have gym strip, and although this is not mandatory, it's important that students do have appropriate clothing for athletic activities, particularly running shoes.

Library: Our library visits with Mrs. Graham will be on Wednesdays this year. Students should remember to bring back their library books each Wednesday so that they will be able to choose new ones.

Spelling: We will be working with weekly spelling lists this year. Each Monday, students will receive a list of 15-20 spelling words. In addition to working with these words in class during the week, the students will also be responsible for studying the words at home. The weekly spelling test will be on Fridays.

Homework: Students have already begun bringing homework home and most of them are completing it very well. It's very important that students make time to finish their homework and then remember to bring it back to school.

That's it for my first blog post! Please feel fre to add comments to this blog entry. You can also email me if you have an questions <dweir@sd43.bc.ca>. Do check back with this blog from time to time, as I'll try to keep it as up to date as possible.

Take care,

D. Weir