Mrs. Brown and Ms. Nightingale

Week of January 23-27

 
Picture of Lorree Brown
Week of January 23-27
by Lorree Brown - Sunday, 22 January 2017, 7:53 PM
 

Hello everyone.  I hope you have all had a great weekend.  I'm a little late with the blog update.  Here are the events and reminders for this week.

This Week:

Grade 4s will be completing Foundation Skills Assessments this week.

Writing:  Continue with opinion writing; Spelling pattern: Tricky consonants; Journals; 

Reading:  Novel Study:  "Number the Stars".

Math:   Multiplication drills; Math Wall; Graphing; *Please help your child learn their multiplication tables.*

Science:  Continue our study of  the "Skeletal System" .  Students are cutting out and putting together their own paper skeletons.  We will also complete our experiment from last week and see the impact of the vinegar on the chicken bones.

Socials Studies:  Continue discussing human rights by looking at the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.  Students will continue creating their own "School Rights and Responsibilities" posters.  

Art:  Finish guitar art piece using pastels on construction paper; Mandalas; Clay Plates;

P.E.:  Our focus is on basketball skills and cooperative games. 

Reminders:

Agendas, Reading Calendars and Reflex: Please check and sign your child's agenda every night.  Students should also be reading and doing 20 minutes of Reflex Math each night. Don't forget to sign your child's reading calendar when they have completed thier nightly reading. 

Swim Club: Practice this Mondays, 3:15-4:00 at Panorama Pool 

Literacy Day

January 27th is Family Literacy Day! Family Literacy Day began in Canada in 1999 with the purpose of raising awareness of the importance of reading and engaging in other literacy-related activities as a family and we have lots of fun activities planned to celebrate this day at Brentwood!



Dress as Your Favourite Literacy Character: Come to school dressed as your favourite book character! This Brentwood tradition is always lots of fun 


Family Reading: Come join your child in his/her classroom from 8:40-9:00 for some reading time together!


Book Swap: On Family Literacy Day we would like to send the children home with a new (for them) book to read and enjoy. In order to make this possible we are asking if every child can bring in one (or two!) gentlyused book(s) from home to swap for a new one. Please bring books in by Friday, January 20th!


If you have any questions please feel free to come see me in the library, Thank you so much for your participation in making this a wonderful day!

Buddy Breakfast: Tuesday, February 14th....Details to follow.