Getting down there!
LA - Biographies are due for everyone on Monday, June 3. All students have had lots of time to find information, conference with me and other students, and get their piece written.
Math - We have a fairly big test coming on Thursday and Friday of next week. Keep practicing your number skills - adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing, working with decimals and really big numbers, ratios, fractions, etc.
SS - We should be finishing up our Creating a Culture project. These will be due June 12, to be presented later that week.
Health - Students have been given a "puberty interview" that they are meant to discuss with a trusted adult. It can be anyone older than them who has finished puberty :)
Please also try to send in a magazine for next week, anything that the "average" pre-teen or teen would be interested in. If you do not have one, we will likely have extras.
May 21 - 24
Wow, so, poorly managed homework blog. My apologies.
LA - everyone should be on their way to finished their biographies. We wrote about someone well-known, famous, so that there would be lots of information. Try to find magazines, books, internet sites, interviews, etc.
Math - we'll be having a big-ish test on all of our numeracy outcomes on June 4-5. Please try to have your student to school, well rested and fed on those days (as well as all the other days, for that matter!)
A reminder about Sumdog. This is a super fun math games website, that actually practices math skills (unlike most other "math" websites). Students all have a login, and the site tracks what they have mastered and what they need to work on. Very useful!
Science - we are working on our last unit - SPACE!
SS - keep working on your "Create a Culture" project
Health - we've gone over the puberty / development part of the curriculum, and everybody was quite giggly and uncomfortable. Now that's over with, we'll just be discussing general healthy living stuff again.
Other - the end of the year is creeping up quickly! Please have a look around for school and class library books that have been hiding out at home.
We still have quite a bit of learning to do, let's keep the press on!
There will be a "fun photo shoot" tomorrow, Thursday, at break times. Photos are $1 each, and fun props will be provided. This is a fundraiser for the Spring Sprint.
There is a "Mom's Movie Night" Monday, May 27th at 7:30. We'll be showing "Bridesmaids", and the cost is $5. Proceeds go toward the Care for KVMS Committee.
Phewf! I think that's all!
23 school days left...
LA - everyone should be on their way to finished their biographies. We wrote about someone well-known, famous, so that there would be lots of information. Try to find magazines, books, internet sites, interviews, etc.
Math - we'll be having a big-ish test on all of our numeracy outcomes on June 4-5. Please try to have your student to school, well rested and fed on those days (as well as all the other days, for that matter!)
A reminder about Sumdog. This is a super fun math games website, that actually practices math skills (unlike most other "math" websites). Students all have a login, and the site tracks what they have mastered and what they need to work on. Very useful!
Science - we are working on our last unit - SPACE!
SS - keep working on your "Create a Culture" project
Health - we've gone over the puberty / development part of the curriculum, and everybody was quite giggly and uncomfortable. Now that's over with, we'll just be discussing general healthy living stuff again.
Other - the end of the year is creeping up quickly! Please have a look around for school and class library books that have been hiding out at home.
We still have quite a bit of learning to do, let's keep the press on!
There will be a "fun photo shoot" tomorrow, Thursday, at break times. Photos are $1 each, and fun props will be provided. This is a fundraiser for the Spring Sprint.
There is a "Mom's Movie Night" Monday, May 27th at 7:30. We'll be showing "Bridesmaids", and the cost is $5. Proceeds go toward the Care for KVMS Committee.
Phewf! I think that's all!
23 school days left...
April 15 - 18
MOVIE DAY!
All KVMS students are invited to a movie field trip this Monday, April 22nd. The cost is $5 for those students who have paid their student fees, and it covers admission and bussing. Students who wish to pre-order a 'snack pack' can do so for an additional $5. They will also have the option (although not a huge amount of time) to buy regular priced snacks at the theatre when we arrive.
Busses will leave at 9am sharp, and will be back shortly after 12. Please send in permission slips and money by Thursday, as we need to let the theatre know how many are planning to go (and students are not at school on Friday).
Thanks!
All KVMS students are invited to a movie field trip this Monday, April 22nd. The cost is $5 for those students who have paid their student fees, and it covers admission and bussing. Students who wish to pre-order a 'snack pack' can do so for an additional $5. They will also have the option (although not a huge amount of time) to buy regular priced snacks at the theatre when we arrive.
Busses will leave at 9am sharp, and will be back shortly after 12. Please send in permission slips and money by Thursday, as we need to let the theatre know how many are planning to go (and students are not at school on Friday).
Thanks!
Week of April 2
GAH! In the end of day rush (we were cleaning out desks to try to convince parents that they're always that neat) I forgot about report cards. I managed to catch a few before the busses rolled, but for those students who did not bring one home, they'll have it tomorrow.
I have also sent back all of the student-led conference sheets that were brought in, with times highlighted. Official times are 6-8 tomorrow and 8:30-12 Friday. I'll be here from around 5:00 on tomorrow (Thursday) evening.
A reminder that science fair projects are due tomorrow. We'll set up right after lunch, and classes will have a chance to come by and check out all of our work. The projects will remain set up until after student-led conferences on Friday morning, at which time they can head home. We also have 2 SS projects that can go now.
I have also sent back all of the student-led conference sheets that were brought in, with times highlighted. Official times are 6-8 tomorrow and 8:30-12 Friday. I'll be here from around 5:00 on tomorrow (Thursday) evening.
A reminder that science fair projects are due tomorrow. We'll set up right after lunch, and classes will have a chance to come by and check out all of our work. The projects will remain set up until after student-led conferences on Friday morning, at which time they can head home. We also have 2 SS projects that can go now.
Week of March 25
LA - Students should be well on their way with their writing. Our topic this time is the most ______ thing that's ever happened to me. They can talk about happy, sad, scary, surprising, exciting, etc. We're focusing on just telling about that moment, not everything that happened in the hours before and after.
Keep reading every night, and writing in your journals at least twice a week (about 2 pages per week). Our next book talk will be a very short summary, and a "blurb" for the back of the book that is written by the student.
Math - We've just started a new unit on fractions. We're working on going back and forth between improper (where the numerator is bigger than the denominator) and mixed (where there is a whole number with the fraction). Click here for a practice sheet we started in class. Students should remember that the denominator is always how many pieces make up one whole thing. Is it split into 4, or 5, or 8, or ...?
Science - Science fair is just around the corner! Students should be finishing up their experiments, and filling in all of their information, data, observations etc. in their booklet, which will be handed in with the project. We will have a block of time on Tuesday morning to finish up, so students need to have everything they need to work away during that time.
Student-led conference sheets have gone home. Please check your top 3 times and send those in as soon as possible. I'll make a schedule and let you know! Official times run from 6-8 Thursday and 8:30-12 Friday, but I'll be here by 5 on Thursday evening. Report cards go out this Wednesday.
I will be in the building but out of the classroom Tuesday morning, and back for the afternoon to address any last-minute concerns.
Have a FANTASTIC long weekend.
Keep reading every night, and writing in your journals at least twice a week (about 2 pages per week). Our next book talk will be a very short summary, and a "blurb" for the back of the book that is written by the student.
Math - We've just started a new unit on fractions. We're working on going back and forth between improper (where the numerator is bigger than the denominator) and mixed (where there is a whole number with the fraction). Click here for a practice sheet we started in class. Students should remember that the denominator is always how many pieces make up one whole thing. Is it split into 4, or 5, or 8, or ...?
Science - Science fair is just around the corner! Students should be finishing up their experiments, and filling in all of their information, data, observations etc. in their booklet, which will be handed in with the project. We will have a block of time on Tuesday morning to finish up, so students need to have everything they need to work away during that time.
Student-led conference sheets have gone home. Please check your top 3 times and send those in as soon as possible. I'll make a schedule and let you know! Official times run from 6-8 Thursday and 8:30-12 Friday, but I'll be here by 5 on Thursday evening. Report cards go out this Wednesday.
I will be in the building but out of the classroom Tuesday morning, and back for the afternoon to address any last-minute concerns.
Have a FANTASTIC long weekend.
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