A Few Quick Items…

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There will be NO Spelling this week in order for the students to have time to properly prepare for their major BIOGRAPHY projects. (Please click here to review the requirements of this project as outlined in a previous blog post). Biography posters will be coming home mid-week this week so students can start rehearsing their presentation of the information on their poster. You can support at home by helping your child with their costume, coming up with an interesting introduction, and listening to them practice their oral presentation skills by presenting the information off of their Biography poster page. Enthusiasm, voice inflection, eye contact, hand gestures and body language are all areas of focus. Biography presentations are set for the week of  January 6th. Please have your child bring his/her poster back to school each day (this week and next week) as there may be time to practice in class. I have two children wanting to present this Friday before they leave for their trips.

We will continue rehearsing for next week’s Christmas concert. My class will be performing with Mr. Jackson’s class during the concert on Dec. 19th in the gym beginning at 10:00am. Students will be asked to wear absolute black from head to toe. We hope you can come see us perform!

The school’s Recess Peer Tutoring program has become VERY popular and some of our students have benefited by working with the tutors. Talk with your child and remind them that going to see one of our Grade 6 tutors is a great and positive learning opportunity!

In Science, we continue to look at what makes structures strong and stable. Our unit on Patterns in Math continues as well.

Thank you so much to those families who have generously donated to our school’s Food Drive and United Way -WOW!

Finally, if you are planning or know that your child will be away before next Friday and/or will be absent from our Holiday Concert performance on Thursday, Dec. 19th, please send me a quick email to let me know. I know many of you have already reached out to me.