$ 10.00 Dollar Bills Released

The new money.

The students have been earning so much money, with the changes in the payment rates for their work assignments, that the bank of Wilson has had to release the long awaited $10.00 bill. The ten dollar bill, like the ones, twos and fives will have the students faces on them. Due to inflation, the bank of Wilson has also had to raise the cost of extra gym, art and reading periods and of course movie afternoons.

Old Rates:
(7-9 out of ten earned $1.00, 10 out of ten and 10+ earned $2.00)
New Rates:
(6-9 out of ten earns $1.00, 10 out of ten earns $2.00, 10+ earns $3.00)

Tuesday update March 8

Mr. V reffing at intramural finals

Notices:

"After school sport fun" a sports program Form for signing

This program promotes fitness and runs on Wednesdays for 5 weeks

March 30, April 13, 20, 27 and May 4

The exciting finals of our Intramural Basketball league were played at lunch.

See the student newspaper blog tomorrow for the final results.

(To get to the student newspaper blog click on the link just to the top right)

Today:

At 9 o'clock the choir (just over half of our class) went to U. Vic to practice for this evenings performance. They returned at noon. Those students not in choir started the day with Library and Computers. After recess they worked on catching up on incomplete work with report cards going home this week. Other worked on their mini books, their classic novel reports (which are now due)

After lunch the students read for 35 min then we did a Science worksheet and one page report on "the Properties of Air" (temperature, humidity, wind and pressure. This will be on Friday's test.) We finished the day off with a P.E. period against Ms. Burridge's class.

Week of March 7 to March 11

In the Gym with the golf pro.

Notices

Parent teacher interview sign up forms went home today

Parent teacher interviews Tuesday April 5th and 6th

Wed March 8th Choir to UVic

Thursday March 10: Read for the Top Finals. One of our class teams has made it to the finals

Thursday March 10: Report cards home

Friday March 11 last day before Spring Break

Week Overview:

Math: This week we will wrap up our measurement unit on time. It is expected that all students will be able to tell time using an analog clock. There will be a large test on analog and digital time Friday this week.

Socials: This week we will continue to explore the First nations Beliefs and Ceremonies, text pages 85 - 89. As a member of the Tagish-Tlingit first nations and am a member of the wolf clan. I will guide the students through the concepts of the responsibilities that go along with earning a name and becoming a contributing member of a clan. We will learn about the potlatch, totems and spirit guides and getting an ancestral name.

Science: We will wrap up our 'Weather' theme with a look at Erosion (page 57 of the text) After spring break when we will switch to a unit on 'Light.'

Today:

Spelling pre-test given and corrected. Spelling pages for students to work on, as an aid in thinking about spelling words, handed out and students worked on them.

Words this week Unit 23: calf walked ghost gnawed climber wreath listen island scent wrench judge fasten wrist doubt knock answer knelt sign (Bonus neighbour)

After recess Mrs. Withers took the 8 read for the top students and read and made questions for semi-final round. The students remaining worked on their Classic Novel reports (due Wed.)

Instead of our famous Canadian report we were treated to a special one hour golf program in the gym presented by the BC GA golf school.

After lunch those students not in choir listened to the music and did a one page report on music of Aaron Copland. Then we worked on Math pages 211 and 212, solving problems on how much time has elapsed.

The students finished the day in Music where they sang, practiced their recorder and a dance that they are going to perform at one of the assemblies.

Friday Update

We began the day with our regular Friday test which were corrected and put on the back table for students to collect and take home. After recess we watched the Velveteen Rabbit, a tear-jerker of a movie, to set the theme for the student's new mini book due next Friday. This is a story of a lonely boy who wins over his distant father and strict grandmother with help from a brave velveteen rabbit whose one wish is to become a real rabbit someday. The students new mini-book is to be on an inanimate object that comes to life for some reason, love, compassion, wanting to be played with again, revenge. In the afternoon we had buddies, did gym and then those students who handed in their Math booklets were given a free time on the computer while those students who did not hand in their booklets were given an extra work period to finish.

Thursday Update

Notices:

Math history of time due tomorrow:

The students started the day with 30 minutes to work on their Math history of time mini book.

Math: Exploring lapsed time. The students, on their own or in pairs, were to plan a day at Fun-land Park. The park opens at 9:30 am and is open until 9:30 pm. They were to pick 4 or 5 activities and plan their day estimating how long they spend at each activity, include food and bathroom breaks. They are to think of a way to record and schedule their time.

Today the winners of who can keep their desk clean for a week were announced by the Cleaning Crew and all received a reward. See the class newspaper for the full story.

After recess until lunch the students did group work. The project today was to pick a dance or ceremony of one of the First Nations groups and produce a 11 x 17 poster.

We started after lunch with 40 min of reading.

We ended the day with Science: Continuing on our weather theme, which will continue until spring break. Today we talked about the importance of water to living things, including themselves. Then we watched video's on drought in Africa, talked about drought and worked one page report on drought using page 68 of the text book and information we learned from the video.

Friday's test:

Spelling unit 22

Science: A blizzard is a snowstorm that has very high winds. These winds blow the snow which makes it hard to see outside. The winds make the temperature seem much colder than it really is. This is called wind chill.

Math: analog to digital time, time durations, and times tables.

Sudoku

Wednesday update

Notices:
If your child has an old ball cap, that is not precious please send it in to attach to the dragon masks.
The class have begun a school newspaper Blog click on the link to the right to read the news.

The day began with reading then the whole class watched the semi-final rounds where two teams from our class were competing. Both teams did amazing but only one can move on to the finals. For personal reflection please stay tuned for the article in the Class Newspaper.

After recess, to celebrate Dr. Seuss's birthday, we watched The Sneetches one of Dr Seuss's most under-rated stories and for some inexplicable reason it is not as widely known as many of his other books.

The Sneetches is a superb tale of two groups of creatures, some who think they are better than others because of how they simply look and dress. Differing only by a star on the belly or not. The star-belly Sneetches control all the best stuff and think they are better than the others, more popular, and more important than those without stars.

Into this backdrop comes Sylvester McMonkey-McBean an entrepreneur with a message and high technology to take advantage of the ridiculous divide that the Sneetches have made for themselves.

Fortunately, despite being taken advantage of to the last dollar, the Sneetches are able to come together in unity. This story is really how advertising and the fashion and make up industry manipulate us.

The afternoon began with choir: those students not in choir listened to the music of Michael McDonald originally of the Doobie Brothers and completed a one page report.

After choir the class skipped for 40 min as part of our Jump-Rope for Heart program to promote fitness, good eating and living and to raise some money for research. Our class brought in loonies and toonies. The students can bring in a loonie or toonie all week.

Last period was devoted to Social studies and our search for spirit animals and the responsibilities that go with having a spirit animal. When this report is done the students will get a painted rock with their totem animal. If the report is done on time the students get a painted rock with the animal. If the report is not done to the students best quality or if the report is not done on time, the student will get a rock with the name of the animal painted on it. The rest of the students will simply get a shiny rock. The students voted and the project will be due the second day after spring break.

Tuesday update

Notices:
Food for Fun due Monday 4th
Tomorrow is Jump for Heart Skipping... Bring in a loonie or a toonie

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We started the day with Science and a one page report on blizzards in three parts. A) about blizzards B) a blizzard story C) a blizzard joke . Then we had a quick library and computer period

After recess we had a catch up work period then Art drawing images of the Inuit using white pencils on blue and/or black construction paper. These will be on display in the class and in the hall tomorrow.

In the afternoon the students read for 30 min then worked on news stories, for a soon to come Class Newspaper blog. After that the students, in small groups, tried to solve math problems (page r177 ) to answer questions like: 4) Christopher Columbus landed in America in 1492. How may centuries ago was that? or 6) If an artifact is 2346 years old, how many milleniums, centuries, decades, and years old is it? Some students not finished may bring this home.

We finished the day in the gym with a rousing game of Slimers Island against Mrs. Burridge's class