Dear Parent and
Guardians,
I want to say
thank you to everyone who took time out of their schedules to come meet with me
Thursday/Friday. I really enjoyed meeting everyone. Please make sure students
are dressed for the snow (extra hats, mittens and socks).
Reminders:
Christmas
Families-
We are still reaching out to our school community to see if any
families are in need of extra support this Christmas. The past year with
support from staff, school community, and a few other local
groups we were able give a little extra help to 8 families. If
you feel you could use a little extra help
this Christmas (gifts, groceries,etc) PLEASE get in touch with
Roxy roxanne.yerxa@nbed.nb.ca or Mrs.
Burnett Cynthia.burnett@nbed.nb.ca or call 453-5422 by
November 28th. Please note that names are kept strictly
confidential.
Book
orders: November book orders are due tomorrow (November 27th) I will be
putting the order in right after school. I am sending the December book
order home today. They need to be back by December 7th (I know this
is early) but I would like the books to come in (hopefully) before the
holidays.
DOTS
for Kids Day- Ring a Bell Campaign- On December
7th we will participate in the ring a bell campaign to raise awareness and
increase education to inspire youth, family, and communities to take positive
actions in support of children's mental health. If your child has a little bell
that they would like to bring on Friday to join in and ring, please send it
along.
OURSchool
Survey- Over the next two weeks our Grade 4 and 5 students will be
participating in a school student perception survey to share with us
their thoughts about MAS. The survey measures 21 indicators based on most
recent research on school and classroom effectiveness.
What
we are learning this week:
Literacy: We are continuing to work on reading
strategies as a class. We are also going to be looking at how we can compare
and contract different texts. We will begin with our two class novels by the
same author. We will look at how they are similar and how they are different.
Math: This week we are continuing our unit
on multiplication and division strategies. These strategies will help students
quickly and effectively solve multiplication problems without having to
memorize everything. We have been working how to explain our process of solving
a multiplication.
Science: This week are continuing our unit of
properties and changes of matter. We are looking at the states of matter and
how they can be changed.
Health: Students are finishing their brochure
about stress management this week. We will also be have some discussion about
personal safety.
French: We have begun our unit on family and
close friends in French class. We will be doing various activities that include
vocabulary relating to family.
This week:
Monday,
Nov. 26-
Tuesday,
Nov. 27- Choir
practice at 9:45am. Tot's N Taters Hot lunch.
Estey Afterschool Art Program.
Wednesday,
Nov. 28-
Thursday,
Nov. 29- Hot lunch
Great Canadian Bagel.
Friday,
Nov. 30- LHHS
Club
Extra practice
Here
are some ideas for games you can play at home with your child to practice the
skills we are currently learning.
Math- If you have a deck of
cards you can play multiplication war. This is great practice for
multiplication facts. Split the deck in half, each person flips one card.
Whoever can multiply the two cards that are flipped gets the card. Whoever has
the most cards at the end wins. Ex: If you flip over a 5, your child flips over
a 4, whoever says 20 first wins.
As we begin
working on arrays this is a good review/warm up for students.
https://www.education.com/game/candy-shop/
French- We are working on
family/friends vocabulary right now. This website is a great resource.
http://www.french-games.net/frenchlessons?topic=Family%20-%20members&level=primary
Have
a great week!
-Maggie
Estabrooks