Week of May 6 - 10

My apologies for the late update!  I thought at one time to write down my post and then got sidetracked - really sidetracked! 

So here is a quick run down of the week.  It's short and sweet....

Quick run-down this week:

Monday:

• No new spelling words - we are catching up from last week
• Music Monday was a success! 

Tuesday:

• Grade 4 registrations coming home; due June 10th
• Rugby in a.m. (This was our first session and the kids did an awesome job!)
• Education City is due tonight

Wednesday:

• Rugby in a.m.

Thursday:

• Volunteer breakfast
• Rugby in p.m.
• New Education City homework will be assigned today. (Due next Thursday)

Friday:

• Staff learning day - no school for students

April 29 - May 3

We are into the busiest time of the year!  And it is hard to believe that it will end before we've realized it has started!  There are many upcoming field trips and special events in which I will try my best to keep you posted, but the agenda may be the best place for those announcements!  The Galbraith webpage is also updated with school events, so be sure to check it out on a regular basis.

Monday

• Welcome to WINTER? SPRING?  I'm really not too sure! 
• Library books are due back tomorrow.

Tuesday

• Energy Day Assembly - WEAR BLUE for AUTISM
• Hot lunch today for those that ordered
• New Education City starts - due next week, May 7

Wednesday

Thursday

• Helen Schuler field trip in the morning.  Thank you to those parents who volunteered to come with us.  I am still in need of a couple of helpers.  Please let me know if you are able to join us for a few hours. 
• Parent orientation at Wilson for Grade 5 parents at 7 p.m. in the gym

Friday

• Grade 5 students to go to Wilson for orientation at 10:15 a.m.
• Frolicking Friday - please - DRESS for the weather!

April 22 - 26

HAPPY EARTH DAY!  Today we made Wall-E pledges to help do our part to save our only planet and earth.  Ask your child what their pledge is.

Also, just a reminder to the Grade 5's to get their registration and band forms back to the school.

Monday

• Ask your child about Music Alive.
• Library books are due tomorrow.
• Newsletter for Helen Schuler in your child's agenda today.

Tuesday

• New spelling words and spelling city assigned

Wednesday

Thursday

• Education City due today

Friday

• NO School today- -Professional Learning Day

April 15 - April 19

Well, hello winter!  Oops, I meant spring!  Umm, really, I'm not sure what season we are in and the weather is CRAZY!  So in thoughts and wishes of having a snow day we read "Snowed in at Pokeweed Public School" off of our 100 Books list.  The kids wrote about what the best part of being stuck at school in a snowstorm would be.  Ask them what they wrote!  We're hoping it doesn't really happen though.

Monday

• Note about the Step into Spring event
• No new spelling words - practice last week's and finish spellingcity.com assignments

Tuesday:

• Hot lunch money due - my apologies as I had the kids write in their agendas for Wednesday!
• Education City homework due

Wednesday:

• Recycled Robots art afternoon - please have all materials here by then
• Mr. Hawkins and Mr. Christianson from Wilson Middle School will be here to talk to the grade 5s

Thursday:

• New Education City homework set - due April 25

Friday:

• Step into Spring

Lastly, I have asked your child to bring in some photos of you Mom!  For an upcoming Mother's Day project we are in need of photos that include Mom with their child or just of Mom.  The pictures will come back to you unharmed but if you would prefer that we take a copy of it, we do have the capability or the pictures could be emailed to myself if they are digital.  I am hoping that the pictures range in "age" as old as your child is.  I can't wait to do this project!  Thank you in advance!

April 8-12

I hope you all had an enjoyable week off!  It was nice to come back this morning (in the snow!!) to see all the kids' smiling faces!  Really, we are on the home stretch with the school year and still a lot of learning to happen!  :-)

Monday

• New spelling words were assigned today.
• Ask your child about our Grade Level meeting with Ms. Loewen.
• Gymnastics equipment arrives today and will be ready to go tomorrow.  Please refer to the note that went home about the dress attire. 
• Library books are due tomorrow!
• Wilson Middle School Band is here this afternoon.

Tuesday

• Education City starts today!
• Remember your gymnastic shorts!  (Girls, elastics for long hair and no jewelry please.)

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

• Frolicking!  Dress for the weather!

March 25-29

Wow, it's hard to believe that we are just about at the end of March!  The more we learn, the quicker the days (and months) go by!  Thank you to all of you who joined us for the Celebration of Learning.  I hope you enjoyed watching your child share with you their learning and how very proud they were to have you in the classroom. 

This week in math our focus is going to be on division.  Please take the time, daily, to practice the basic facts for dividing.  Ask your child about the story we read today in class and what special activity followed with it. 

Monday

• Note went home about our field trip to Sterndale Bennett Theatre

Tuesday

• Library books due
• Education City due
• Hot lunch today!
• Assembly - 12:30 - Silly Hat Day!

Wednesday

• Collage of the Arts (by Wilson Middle School) at the Sterndale Bennett Theatre

Thursday

• Education City set and due for April 4

Friday

• No school for Good Friday

Wishing you all a great Easter break!  Remember there is no school next week and school will resume April 8 at 8:22!  See you all then! 

March 18-22

Again, we venture on a busy, busy week!  One fun thing we did today was go on the Khan Academy website.  You can search the topic you would like to see a video about or do an activity on.  We are going back to multiplication this week in math.  Now we are taking it beyond basic facts to multiplying 2- and 3-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers.  Grade 5s will also learn how to multiply 2-digit by 2-digit numbers later on.  Knowing the basic facts is crucial for being able to move on to activities that require another step in the process.  If students are struggling with the basics, they will find it especially difficult to apply the basic facts to higher level skills.  Please practice the basic multiplication tables (to 10) at home until this is mastered. 

Monday:

• Our class visited the Book Fair today.  If you forgot your money, don't worry.  The Book Fair is still open tomorrow, and will remain open through the Celebration of Learning.
• No new spelling words this week.  Please finish Spelling City assignments if you haven't already.
• An important letter went home, please ask your child to see it.  If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me.
• Please bring in an empty box (or two).  This is for a writing project.  The box size can vary from a cereal to granola box size.

Tuesday:

• Celebration of Learning!!!  I love to celebrate my students, and I'm sure you do too.  Please drop in tomorrow evening between 6 and 8 p.m. so your child can show you around the classroom and wow you with everything they have learned this term.
• Library books due
• New Education City set

Wednesday:

• WORK! WORK! WORK!

Thursday:

• Safety City is coming to do a presentation on cyber bullying in the afternoon.  Ask your child what they learned about cyber bullying that day.

Friday:

• No school for students because of interviews.  Parents do not need to book an interview unless one was requested in the report card or unless there is something you would like to discuss with me and the Celebration of Learning is not the time or place to do it. 

Coming Up Next Week:

• Tuesday - Silly Hat Day for the Energy Day Assembly
• Friday - no school for Good Friday