Week of February 22-25, 2011

Friday HW
1.  Find out the meaning of the Space word you selected today.  Be ready to write about it in a free verse poem on Monday.  Pay attention to the use of strong verbs and adjectives when you are drafting the poem Monday.
2.  Measurement Quiz on Tuesday March 1.  Unit 6, Lessons 1 and 2 (Time Zones and the 24 h clock).

Thursday HW
Today's Cross Country ski day was very successful!  Every student I spoke had a strongly favourable response and we received many compliments  from the Hardwood staff about our students and their great behaviour.  Well done boys and girls!

Wednesday HW
1.  Book report due on Friday.
2.  Ski Trip tomorrow.  Please arrive at school dressed for the trip at 7:30 AM.  Meet the class outside Ms. McGill's room at the benches.
Today we worked on inferencing skills and summarizing in an analysis of "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening".  We also continued our discussion of types of measurement (linear, square, cubic) and built a model of a cubic metre using newspapers.  In the afternoon we introduced a new Bitstrips assignment on Jazz Giants.

Tuesday HW
1.  Math text pages 226-27 # 1 - 7.
2.  Math HW book page 89.
3.  Language:  Complex sentences pages 3,4,5,and 6 from the booklet.  Please return this booklet to class for corrections.
4.  Book report is due on Friday this week.

Monday HW
No School today -- Family Day holiday.