Monday, November 29, 2010

Monday, Nov. 29th

Three weeks until Christmas Break! Are you excited? Well the kids sure are.

Homework tonight:

Spelling - complete spelling pretest sheet and study for the test on Friday
Language Arts - Bridge to Terabithia, chapter 8, reread the chapter and answer the questions

Upcoming events:  

Wednesday, Dec. 8th - 1st term report cards go home
Wednesday, Dec. 15th - Bridge to Terabithia, unit end movie afternoon
Thursday, Dec. 16th - Craft evening at Westwood

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Wednesday, Nov. 24th

November's almost over! Yikes, and before we know it, it will be Christmas.

Homework:

Bridge to Terabithia, reread chapter seven and complete the assigned questions for Monday the 29th.
Spelling - test on Friday, kids doing the challenge words need to remember to hand in their sentences by Friday as well.
Math - some students are falling behind on the work. Each week they get a "problem solving" sheet and a multiplication drill sheet. These both need to be finished during the week. Many students now have numerous blank or half-finished sheets in their math and problem solving books.

Reminders:

Slipper Day on Friday this week.
Hot Lunch orders due in by Friday.
Scholastic orders due next Wednesday, Dec. 1.

Thursday, November 18, 2010

November 18th

As I mentioned to the kids yesterday, we'll be having a short quiz on the water cycle on Monday. It's not a major thing, but the kids might want to take their science books home and look over what we've done so far.

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Tuesday, Nov. 16th

I hope everyone had a fun 5-day weekend!

Today's homework:

Math - two pages (three sides) to finish up from today's lesson

Spelling - two pages

Science quiz tomorrow on the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Tuesday, Nov 9th

Today's homework is just finishing  up the questions for chapter 4 of our novel, Bridge to Terabithia.

Reminders:

Westwood's Remembrance Day assembly tomorrow, Wednesday, after recess (c. 10:45)

A new duo-tang for music

 No school on Thursday, Friday or Monday, due to Remembrance Day, District 43 non-instructional day, and Pro D day respectively.

Please help you children remember to bring ALL school books and supplies to school each day. Language Arts books and recorders were forgotten by several kids today. It's really awkward for a student if we're going something in class and he or she can't participate. Thank you.

Monday, November 8, 2010

Monday, Nov. 8th

Hi everyone,

Ms Corazza finally has access to this blog, so you might see twice as many postings!

For today, Monday, students have math homework if they didn't finish it in class.

grade 4 - pages 12-15
grade 5 - pages 25-26

Students have a French speaking test on Wednesday.

Students will need another duotang. Sorry, I know I told the kids we had all we needed, but I forgot about music.

Also, there will be no spelling test this week.

We started learning about recorders today in music. Each student was assigned a recorder that will be his or hers to use until our unit is finished. These recorders belong to the school and need to be treated responsibly and with respect. Students are welcome to bring the instruments home to practice, but it's really important that they bring them back to school every day. I don't have any extras to lend! And just in case you were wondering, each recorder was disinfected and washed before I gave them out.

Sunday, November 7, 2010

November 7, 2010

Assignments due for Ms Corazza

Healthy Eating Posters - due Thursday, Nov. 18
Social Studies - Tests need to be signed and returned.
Students are to practice "shading" for Art.

Monday, November 1, 2010

Monday, Nov. 1st

Welcome to November! It's hard to believe that we've been back at school for two months already.


Spelling lists were given out today. Test on Friday, as usual. The four kids doing the challenge list have to define each word and/or write a sentence showing me that they know what it means. The ten sentences are due on Friday.

Homework today is to reread chapter one of our new novel, Bridge to Terabithia. There are also four questions to be answered in the kids' Language Arts books.

We are having a little math quiz tomorrow, to summarize the work we've been doing on number patterns and relations. It's just a small quiz and we did a thorough review today, which is why I didn't give the students much notice.

Ms Corazza has assigned a Social Studies quiz for Thursday, and the kids have a healthy eating worksheet, also due Thursday.