October 17 - November 1

I would like to welcome Ms.Harrington to our class while I am away. I will be back November 1. Thank you to all the parents who have donated boxes of tissue.  I think we are well stocked for the winter and cold season ahead! Thank you very much. The Grade 4's will be continuing the patterning unit, as well as working on some multiplication, until the end of the month. We will have our patterning quiz on Friday November 2. A review will be sent home as math homework on Tuesday October 30.  Today I sent home 2 weeks of homework, so it does not have to be done all at once! They can complete the first reading comprehension story as well as half of the patterning page (it is lengthy) and 1 multiplication page for this week. Students can complete the remaining homework the week after. They will continue working on descriptive writing - comparing and contrasting- until the end of the month as well. I am planning to send home portfolios again on November 9th.  I will also be starting volunteer programs in the class in November, so I will be in touch with the parents who have offered to volunteer once I return. I wanted to point out the math manipulatives website that I posted.  It's an excellent resource for working on math homework, or reviewing math at home.  There are base ten blocks, counters, number lines, fraction parts - lots of useful tools, check it out!