Mar. 16, 2017: Thursday

Today was nice and relaxing in the classroom with no exams and the students were happy.

Here's what we did:

Language Arts - students completed their Poetry booklets, Social Studies holiday poster, and presented them to the Grade 2 class. Too bad Josh was absent, but Stetson did a good job presenting himself.

        

Social Studies - we read a booklet about St. Patrick's Day and completed some exercises after discussing how the Irish culture celebrates their special holiday.

Math - worked on the Invention Convention - the students had a chance to research their invention and work in their booklets as well.

HOMEWORK:
1) Bring something for Show and Tell - remember it can be anything that can fit into your bag (no live animals please)
2) Reading Logs

NOTICES:
- Sports Day tomorrow - make sure you wear your Sports Day/House Shirt
- Parents - you are welcome to come cheer on the students at 1:45pm. There will be more fun activities starting at 3:00pm as well, followed by the Awards ceremony at 3:25pm. We hope you can join us for this fun day.

Have a nice evening!

Mr. Yaremchuk

Mar. 15, 2017: Wednesday

You did it!!  Congratulations on becoming one more step closer to Grade 4!  I'm very proud of all of your hard work last week and this week. Final exams are a little stressful for some people, and I hope you have time to relax for the rest of the week.

The morning began with the Science final exam.

Then the students had a break for recess, and came back to complete the Math final exam.

HOMEWORK:
1) Science Invention Convention - please have a few ideas for an invention and over the next 2 days we will be working hard in class on the inventions and progressing through the booklet.
2) Reading Log

NOTICES:
- no more exams/quizzes this week
- tomorrow is a normal school day again
- Friday is Sports Day - parents are welcome to come and watch the fun in the afternoon, I will give you a time tomorrow.

I hope you enjoy your afternoon off so you can give your brains a break.

Have a good evening!

Mr. Y

Mar. 14, 2017: Tuesday

Two more exams to go!!

The students concentrated hard and I noticed they were checking their exams a little more this time. Let's hope for the best and they continue to work hard tomorrow.

NOTICES:
- tomorrow is also a half day, please arrange to have your child picked up at 11:45am
- exams tomorrow - Science and Math
- please remember to bring in all your textbooks and notebooks tomorrow

Have a good day/evening!

Mr. Y

Mar. 13, 2017: Monday

The nice hot weather today has got us all in the mood for final exam week #2.

Monday morning began with Assembly as usual, and then the students wrote the Reading and Phonics final exam.

In Math, Science, and Social Studies today, we reviewed, reviewed, and reviewed. We had different Math stations, group games, and discussions during these review times.

Students were looking for clocks around the classroom:

 

In Social, we spent a little extra time discussing how children show their culture in USA and the good things about diversity. Each small group had to present about a different child.

  

PLEASE REMEMBER: reading and understanding what the question is asking is very important. Let's try to keep the silly mistakes away and read the directions carefully, and I know you will all succeed. 

HOMEWORK:
1) Think Tac Toe - again this is just optional, but there are good study questions, please look at it and complete it in your Reading notebooks if you want to earn some Dojo Points!

2) Reading Logs - you can enter your textbook as your book

NOTICES:
- Tomorrow and Wednesday are half days with students being dismissed at 11:45am.
- the Social Studies exam will be first tomorrow and then Language Arts after recess.
- Wednesday will be Science and Math.
- Please arrive on time for school as we will begin writing the exam right after prayers

Please bring back to school tomorrow your spelling tablet, any notebooks, workbooks, and text books for Reading, Language Arts and Social Studies. You can still keep your Science and Math.

Have a nice evening!

Mr. Yaremchuk

Mar. 10, 2017: Friday

It's the end of the first week of Final exams for quarter 3. Only 5 more exams to go!

This morning began with a nice spelling test, followed by reviewing for the Reading final and Language Arts final.

Right before lunch, we read and used a schedule in Math. This helped us to calculate the elapsed time of events.

After lunch was Science. We discussed the invention convention and worked on the booklets needed for the project.

HOMEWORK:
1) Science p. 322
2) Think-Tac-Toe - again, this is just optional. See yesterday's blog for more details.
3) Reading Log - you can put any textbook you read as your book title
4) Math - optional homework, but good practice - complete p. 84 and the problem solving questions that were handed out to you today

NOTICES:
- Tuesday and Wednesday are half-days, so please prepare to have your child picked up after the 11:45am dismissal
- Monday exam: Reading and Phonics
- Tuesday exams: Social Studies and Language Arts
- Wednesday exams: Science and Math
- Please use the study guides for reviewing the material.
- Please take some study breaks and have some fun time too.

Have a great, warm weekend!

Mr. Yaremchuk

Mar. 9, 2017: Thursday

Well the students have completed two more final exams today, and have only tomorrow for specialty final exams. Please prepare for your PE, Health, and Computer exams that are tomorrow.

This morning we reviewed for the Reading/Phonics Final exam and wrote a diamente poem.

The students continued working on their holiday celebration poster in Social Studies.

   

Finally, in math we read and used a calendar.

HOMEWORK:
1) Science p. 321
2) Think-Tac-Toe - due next Wednesday, March 15 - BUT, this is optional homework, so you do not have to do it if you don't want to. I will award 2 Dojo points for every square you complete. If you make a line, I will give you 10 Dojos! You will get 30 Dojos for completing everything!

NOTICES:
- Spelling test tomorrow, as well as PE, Health, and Computer final exams
- Tomorrow is also the second Friday of the month, so feel free to bring a change of appropriate casual clothes for after PE.
- You may leave your Social Studies and Science textbooks at home as we won't need them tomorrow.
- Secret message - condensation

Enjoy your night!

Mr. Y

Mar. 8, 2017: Wednesday

Hello parents and students. Final Exams have begun and the children have completed the big Chinese test and an Art test.

Tomorrow's exams are Christian Living and Music.

This morning in LA/Reading the students used the vocabulary words from An Ancient Greek Myth and made sentences, wrote a diamente poem, and practiced using exact adjectives. We also reviewed test taking strategies.

In Science, we worked on the Invention Convention. Please note the change. I have opened up the topic for our Grade Three Inventors to find any problem and think of an invention for it. You can still use the environment, but it seems limited and difficult right now. Students can now invent anything they want, but it still needs to be a real thing.

HOMEWORK:
1) Science p. 320
2) Social Studies Passport - reminder to parents that students will need to use the computer for research
3) Reading Logs

NOTICES:
- spelling test on Friday, along with your PE, Health, and Computer final exams
- please keep thinking about a problem to solve for your invention convention - read the important change above in the Science paragraph above.

Have a good night.

Mr. Y