Mrs. Brown and Ms. Nightingale

Weeks of Oct 1-5 & Oct 8-12

 
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Weeks of Oct 1-5 & Oct 8-12
by Lorree Brown - Friday, 5 October 2018, 6:02 AM
 

Hello Families.

Since it's been so busy, and I didn't get the blog out on Monday, this will cover what we have done this week and what we hope to accomplish next week. We are definitely in full swing of the school routine and our days are full.  See below for all our events and reminders.

We wish all our families a happy Thanksgiving weekend and hope you are able to spend time together with loved ones. 


Math:  With Mrs. Brown: This week students worked on putting a number in standard form, expanded form and word form.  Next week we will focus on determining the value of different digits in a number, understanding the relationship between digit places and their value. With Ms. Rickson: Students continued to graph their ice cream question and added a scale for both axis and plot data.  Students will also create thankfulness graphs using a circle and bar graph.  

Writing: We began our descriptive writing unit, exploring the difference between telling and showing with our words. Students explored different ways to make written work more interesting and descriptive so the written piece creates a picture in the reader's mind.  We will continue with this next week.

Reading:  Students read about Canadian Thanksgiving and learned of it's origins and when the first Thanksgiving dinner was served. 

Science: Students are learning about forces and simple machines.  This week students worked on their skateboard observation sheets. They also compared types of levers. We will continue to explore simple machines next week. 

Social Studies: We will be introducing students to details of elections and student vote. We will look at different levels of government and have a focus on municipalities.  Students will create a municipality poster.

Physical Education: This week we continue to work on our soccer skills. Students were also introduced to Mrs. Brown's weekly fitness class where they went through a variety of exercises in the format of 20 seconds on , 10 seconds rest.  

Art:  Students completed their owls which are beautifully displayed in the classroom.  Students also created decorative turkeys out of Model Magic.  The turkeys were sent home yesterday.  Next week we will explore water colours. 

Reminders

Tech Shirts

Have you seen our amazing Brentwood tech t-shirts around the school and wondered where you can get yours? Great news!

They are once again available and come in youth sizes small (limited quantities), medium, large and extra large for $15 each (cash or cheque made to School District #63).

These can be worn for school events such as soccer, basketball, x-country, track or to show your school spirit. Please refer to the sizing chart below or ask to see our sample sizes in the office

There are order forms in the office as well or you can print at home and send it along with payment to your child's teacher. Shirts are already here so should be delivered within a day or two.

Dates to Remember

Monday, October 8 - Thanksgiving

Friday, October 19th - Non Instructional Day

Friday, October 26th - Family Dance in the Gym



 
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