Sunday, February 12, 2012

Weekly Update February 12, 2012

Congratulations to our Gr. 5--8 Band!! Your performance at the Symphony last night was excellent. What a wonderful event for all to spend time with their families at. Thank-you to all who participated. Congratulations to Mr. B for making the band a great success!!!


Mr. Badiuk & Mr. Wozney now have blogs. They have just been connected to our website. You can view them at www.bsls.ca.

Artists in The School--Thank-you Allison Moore (artist in residence) for creating a beautiful mural on our hallway walls with the students. Please take a look at your child's creation the next time you are in the school. They did a great job and should be very proud!

I Love to Read Week--February 13 - 17
Spirit Week - Monday - Wear a shirt with words
Tuesday - Wear red and pink (also Valentine's Day)
Wednesday - Dress as your favorite Storybook character
Thursday - Wacky Day
Friday - Pajama Day (Bring a bedtime story)
Other activities for the week: Write a Round-Robin story (story travels from class to class), Ring-Read (always have a book with you for DEAR at the sound of a bell), List your top 5 favorite books, List your top 5 reasons why "Our School is Cool"

ELA--I will be checking reading logs on Monday for 150 min. of reading as well as Agendas for signatures. The students have completed their final novel projects for Searching for David's Heart and half of the class presented on Friday. The others will present on Monday. The students will be starting a Fairy Tale project to go with I Love to Read Week.

Math--Both Grades continue to work on Ch. 6 this week on fractions. They should finish by Thursday and hopefully will have a test then.

Social Studies--Students are completing their unit on Egypt this week and will be starting a new Chapter on the Ancient Greeks. They will have a test on all of Egypt on Wed. Feb. 15.

Religion--Pastor Schnarr will be coming for a visit in our class on Feb. 22. We will be starting a children's bible story project. If you have any Children's Bible Story books at home could you please send them to school with your child on Tuesday. They will be selecting a story to summarize and illustrate and then present to their reading buddies.

French-- We are finishing a large unit and the students will have a test on this material on February 21st. They have had two Quizzes reviewing of which will help them boost the outcome of the test. The following week should be filled with fun and will conclude with the field trip to "Festival du voyageur".
Mme Hélène.

Festival du Voyageur--The students will be going to Festival on Friday with Mme Hélène. Mrs. McCrea will be taking the students to the park and Mr. B. will be meeting them there. There will be two staff members with the students at all times. If parents who are driving wish to stay they are welcome to but will need to pay their entrance fee to the park. The students are participating in two activities: Lacrosse and Aboriginal Camp. After these two activities they will have an opportunity to go to the Sugar Shack for maple toffee as well as to the tobogganing area. Students will need to bring money for the maple toffee. They may have a little bit of supervised time in the souvenir building. If you would like them to have money for this then please send it along but they will need to be responsible for their own money. It looks like the weather should be good but students should dress accordingly as they will be outside for approximately three hours.

I will be away from Feb. 17--24. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Mrs. McCrea in my absence or you can email me and I will respond upon my return.

Important Dates
Feb. 13--Lunch Lady Lunch
Feb. 15--Egypt Test
Feb. 15--Shops p.m.
Feb. 16--BSLS Open House 6:00-8:00
Feb. 17--Festival du Voyageur Field Trip leaving at 11:30.
Feb. 20--No School, Louis Riel Day
Feb. 22--BSLS Open House 6:00-8:00, Perogy Lunch
Feb. 24--Shops p.m., Cupcakes for Camp
Feb. 27--Four Reader Responses due for February
Mar. 5--Shops p.m.
Mar. 9--No School Admin. Day

Sunday, February 5, 2012

Weekly Update February 5, 2012

Registration opens to new families on Monday, Feb. 6. If you have not done so already, please make sure to get your registration in as soon as possible.


Mr. Badiuk & Mr. Wozney now have blogs. They have just been connected to our website but you can view their blogs by clicking on the links below. They can access them through www.bsls.ca where the classroom blogs are located.

http://www.bslsphysed.blogspot.com/

http://www.bslsmusic.blogspot.com/

Artisits in The School--this program will be going on all this week from Feb. 6--10. The Gr. 5--8 will be creating a mural on the hallway wall at the school. Allison Moore (artist in residence) recommends having the children send a smock or definitely clothes ok to possibly get paint on. The grades 5-8 will be using paint that is not water based, so should definitely wear a smock.

I Love to Read Week--February 13 - 17
Spirit Week - Monday - Wear a shirt with words
Tuesday - Wear red and pink (also Valentine's Day)
Wednesday - Dress as your favorite Storybook character
Thursday - Wacky Day
Friday - Pajama Day (Bring a bedtime story)
Other activities for the week: Write a Round-Robin story (story travels from class to class), Ring-Read (always have a book with you for DEAR at the sound of a bell), List your top 5 favorite books, List your top 5 reasons why "Our School is Cool"

ELA--I will be checking reading logs on Monday for 150 min. of reading as well as Agendas for signatures. We have completed reading Searching for David's Heart. The students have begun working on a final Novel Study project. It will be due Friday, Feb. 10. I have been unable to find the movie online for download. If anyone knows of a site that might have it available please let me know. It was a made for TV movie by Disney and was shown on ABC.

Math--Both Grades have begun working on Ch. 6 this week on fractions. They will continue this chapter for the rest of the week.

Social Studies--Students are completing their unit on Egypt this week. They presented their research on their god or goddesses and will be working on the characteristics of the culture. They will have a test on all of Egypt on Mon. Feb. 13 (??)

French--
We are practicing four dialogues in French: "How are you?", "What is your name?","How old are you?", and "Where do you live?". They should be reviewing the material as, come the first week of February, they will have a quiz every week to get ready for the term test on February 21. Some of the students still did not finish their homework: compose fifteen simple sentences using the verbs on their list; working at home is just as important as participating in class so please help them along.

Mme Hélène.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or concerns via email or call the school.

Important Dates
Feb. 6-10--Artists in the School--Gr.5--8 Mural Painting
Feb. 7--Shops p.m., Book Order Due
Feb. 8--Hot Dog Lunch
Feb. 10--Final Novel Study Project Due
Feb. 11--Gr. 5--8 Band @ WSO (Supervision required for your child watching the Symphony)
Feb. 13--Egypt Test
Feb. 13--Lunch Lady Lunch
Feb. 15--Shops p.m.
Feb. 16--BSLS Open House 6:00-8:00
Feb. 20--No School, Louis Riel Day
Feb. 22--BSLS Open House 6:00-8:00
Feb. 24--Shops p.m., Cupcakes for Camp
Feb. 27--Four Reader Responses due for February