October/November update

Time Flies! We survived 2 field trips, two cross country meets, a couple of assembly presentations and Halloween! Thank you to those parents who came to Leduc #1 and helped with supervision. We are winding up our Waste and Our World unit in Science and we will be starting extensive work on the Six Natural Regions in Alberta in Social Studies. A travel Alberta slide show will culminate this unit. We will begin multiplication soon so start practicing those math facts as soon as possible. Refer to the strategies sheet I handed out at the first meeting. Students will be reading biographies followed by a summary on the Net books beginning this week. We survived a short week of skating and it went much better than expected with all of the renovations at the arena. The unseasonably warm weather helped with that. Thank you to all parents who came to the arena and helped with skate tying and supervision. We couldn't do it without your help. The students did a super job at our assembly and another superb job on the poem, "In Flanders Fields" at the Remembrance Day Assembly. The Green Team has been exceptional. We finished our month of delivering milk, doing announcements and popcorn sales so now we can really get to work. All of you are doing a great job signing the daily planners and doing the weekly P.O.W. s. Keep up the good work! Thank you to all parents who sent in food and treats to the Halloween party. I think it was a success. Thank you to Mrs. Young for donating pumpkins so that we could do our Pumpkin Math. Report cards go out this week, followed by Student led conferences. Those girls involved in floor hockey, our big home tournament is this weekend and I welcome any help in the concession on Saturday. Christmas is just around the corner. I'll be looking for help baking gingerbread cookies and cross stitching. I look forward to seeing all of you at student led conferences.

The Terry Fox Run was a success! Thanks to everyone who made a donation to Cancer Research. Thank you also to all family members that volunteered their services. It is very much appreciated and we really depend on and appreciate your help. Book fair is happening next Thursday and of course school photos. I look forward to meet and greet on September 28th. There will be only enough time to say hello and tell me who you belong to and what I should know about your child. Thank you for being so diligent about signing your child's Planner each night. The response has been super! Our goal is for each student in the class to read 5 books before Sept. 30th so that we can enter the Reading-Give it a Shot and hopefully win tickets to an Oilers or Oil King game. Going to the Library this week will help. Yours in sport!

Terry Fox Run

Welcome to Grade Four!

I am looking forward to another exciting year in grade four. We have 22 students in our class and we are all part of a team. Extraordinary things can be accomplished with team work. Our first unit in Science is Waste and Our World and it will continue to be a focus throughout the year. Grade Fours are our Green Team. I encourage you to send nutritious snacks and healthy lunches with as little packaging as possible. Our goal is to eliminate waste and to encourage healthy living. Please read and sign your child's Planner every night. It is our communication book. Home reading for 15-20 minutes every night is also important to improve your child's reading and comprehension. You can travel anywhere in the world in a book. I look forward to meeting with you at parent/teacher conferences on September 28th.