Friday, December 4th, 2020

 Spelling - Today we wrote our Week 7 quiz, and we will get our Week 8 words early next week.

ELA - We had a chance to finish our Sentence Structure reviews today. We'll have a short quiz on Monday.

Religion - Finish the first 2 pages of your Advent flipbook for Monday.

Math - We started our new unit on Shape and Space. Grade 5's reviewed length measurement, and Grade 6's learned about the different types of triangles. Complete the textbook questions for Monday. 

Science - Reminder that we have our Science Test on Human Body Systems on Wednesday, and our organ presentations on Friday.

Wednesday, November 25th, 2020

 Science - Today we introduced our Major Assignment to wrap up our Human Body Systems unit. We each chose an organ to research, and we will present its important role within a healthy body to the class, along with a labelled drawing or physical representation of the organ. We will set a due date together as a class, some time next week.

Math - Complete the Word Problems assignment for tomorrow. We are starting our Unit 2 reviews tomorrow, and will be writing our Unit 2 Test on Tuesday.

Religion - Today we read a story about traditions during Advent, and had a chance to reflect on it in our Religion Journals.

Reminder: 3-way conferences tomorrow evening and Friday morning. No school Friday. Be sure to show your portfolios to your parents before your conference!

Tuesday, November 24th, 2020

 Math - Complete our Math texbook assignment on word problems for tomorrow.

Health - Today we took some time to write our new goals for Term 2.

ELA - Today we looked at sentences with Compound Predicates and Compound Subjects. Finish these questions for Thrusday.

Reminder: 3-Way Conferences on Thrusday PM and Friday AM. No School for students on Friday.

Monday, Nov 16th

 Term 1 Portfolios will come home on Friday. We started working on these today. We will fill them throughout the week, as well as set up our Digital Portfolio on Seasaw. I'll send out more information about this on Tuesday or Wednesday.

ELA - We started a Mini Unit on sentence structure. Today we looked at the types of sentences. Complete the worksheet for tomorrow. Science - Make sure the diagrams on each of your HumanBodySystem topics are completely filled out. Math 5 - Finish Pg 102, Qs 1-8 for tomorrow. 6 - Finish Pg 106-107, Qs 6-13 for tomorrow.

Friday, October 16th, 2020

ELA - We discussed the rules for writing dialogue and started work on a new assignment, to write an original 1-page narrative that includes a conversation between at least 2 characters. See "Classwork" for details.

Math - We had more time to practice our skills and confidence with Basic Math Facts.

Spelling - We wrote our Week 3 quiz today. We will get our Week 4 words, and new worksheets, on Monday.

Reminders:
Picture orders due on Tuesday

Have a fun and safe weekend!

Thursday, October 15th, 2020

Spelling - We had time to study our Week 3 words today. Quiz tomorrow!

Math - We are starting a new unit on Operations. We took time today for each student to make a set of multiplication flash cards. It's important that we're all confident with our times-tables, as this skill makes up the foundation of so many of our math skills moving forward. Keep these flash cards in your desk to practice regularly. Next week, you can see Mr. Saganski if you would like him to print you off a second set to take home for extra practice.

Arts - We had time to finish coloring our Dialogue Comics (which were due today) and work on our Halloween Op Art Shapes.

Reminders:
Jersey Day tomorrow
Gross story assignment due tomorrow
Spelling quiz tomorrow
Photo orders due Tuesday.

Wednesday, October 7th, 2020

 Math - Our Grade 5's practiced comparing and ordering decimal numbers, and finding equivalent decimals. Our Grade 6's compared and ordered integers. Complete the questions below for tomorrow.

  5's - Pgs 189-190, Q's 1-9, 13 (11, 12)

  6's - Pg 80-81, Q's 1-10 (13)

ELA - Today we were assigned our Nelson Literacy textbooks, which can stay in our desks for this unit. We read a story, "Gross" (Pg 10-19), and completed a Story Map while we were reading. We will continue working on this tomorrow.

Spelling - We received our Week 3 wordlists and worksheets. We will have a quiz on these words in 1-2 weeks.

Reminders:

-Bullying Perspectives written task due tomorrow

-Gospel timeline due Friday

-Our CSCC fundraiser for class sports equipment has been extended to Friday.

-No School on Monday.

End of Year - Unsubscribe from Updates

Wow, it's been a long time since there's been a post on this blog! If you received this post as a notification via e-mail, that means you are still "subscribed" to the blog. There should be a link in that email to "Unsubscribe". Please remember to unsubscribe, so that you don't get bombarded with a bunch of updates for my new class in September.

Reminder: Final Class Meetup tomorrow morning (Thursday, June 25th), at 9:30AM.

Have a wonderful Summer!

Preparing to Launch Online Learning

As of now, all parents/guardians have been emailed with a set of detailed instructions for how to access Google Classroom for your child, including a class code. If you have not yet received this, please let me know immediately. If you HAVE received it, be sure that your child has accessed Google Classroom ASAP.

This Saturday and Sunday, I am going to post a couple "practice assignments" for the students to get a feel for the platform, and try out completing assignments online, and uploading attachments. Let your child know to keep an eye out for these tasks, as it will make things run a lot smoother on Monday if we've all tried out the platform already.

Also, I am planning to run a "Class Meetup" on Google Meet at 9:30am on Monday, to touch base with students face-to-face, give them a chance to catch up with each other, and walk them through the platform a bit, as well as go over expectations. Please plan to support your child in having access to a device with a microphone at that time. Although I've never done an online meet up before, I anticipate it will take about 45 minutes. I will post more information on the "Stream" in our Google Classroom on Sunday evening.

Lastly, after this weekend, I will no longer be updating this blog (until we return to the classroom). I will be moving all parent communication and updates over to Google Classroom and e-mail.

IMPORTANT - Response Required!

As a first step in my planning to support learning from home this week, I need to get an idea of what kind of technology students have access to at home, so that I can ensure all students who want to learn are able to.
Please take a moment to fill out the survey today. I'll be calling parents who have not yet responded starting on Wednesday.
Note: These Surveys are being conducted by each classroom teacher. If you have another student at St. Peter School, you'll be receiving another survey from their teacher shortly. Please only use this link to respond about your student in Mr. Saganski's Grade 5 Class.

Please click the link below to respond to the survey for our class:

Access to Technology Survey for 5S

March 28th - Update

It's been a while since my last update here. I hope everyone is doing well and adjusting well to our "new normal", but I sure have missed you all in the classroom this week!
While MUCH has been going on behind the scenes in order to prepare us for our Online Learning opportunities, very little has been shared with teachers at this time, so I haven't had much to post here.
For the past week, all teachers have been at home "social distancing" like everyone else, while the division and ministry has worked out what our online programs will look like. This information will be shared with teachers on Monday, so I should have much more information on this for you all early this week.
I've also been told that Term 2 report cards will be sent out electronically early next week as well.
I want to take a moment to remind all my students that, while it's hard to be cooped up at home and away from school like this, remember that you're doing this to protect the more vulnerable people in our society. I'm very proud of all of you!
Take care, and God bless,
Mr. Saganski

Epic now free at home!

Epic is the reading application we use in the classroom during Daily 5. It has thousands of book selections (I'd describe it as the "Netflix for books").

Typically, there is a cost for students to access Epic at home, but as of today they have removed the fee, effective until the end of June! I have sent invites out to the parent/guardian email that I have on file for each student. If you use the link in this email, it shouldn't require any sort of credit card or payment during the sign-up process.

I encourage ALL students to keep practicing their reading daily during our time away from school. Enjoy!

Updates and online activities

Update:

Today, we got a few updates and guidance from our school division about what the next couple weeks will look like for staff here at school. As of Friday, all school staff will be away from school for a week, to give time for the schools to be thoroughly cleaned and for the divisions and ministry to co-ordinate on exactly what they want us to develop in our on-line courses. Starting on March 30th, staff will be given a detailed plan, and start the process of implementing on-line learning. For families, this means 2 things:

  -It will likely be at least a couple weeks until the formal on-line learning is launched for student. In the meantime, I will continue to update this blog every day or two with learning tasks for my students to work on at home.

  -Report cards will not be able to be sent out on March 27th. They will now be sent out sometime during the week of March 30th, after staff reconvenes at the schools.

Reminders:

-You don't necessarily need to pick up all of your school supplies. You do need to make sure that you have everything at home that you would need in order to continue your learning at home. Families have until 3:30 tomorrow to pick up belongings from the classroom.

-If you have not yet picked up your refund for Activity Day which was cancelled, you can pick it up at the front office by 3:30 tomorrow.

On-line Learning Activities:

Today, the students here at school learned a bit about coding by exploring Scratch, a learn-to-code website. Try it out at home!

scratch.mit.edu

Students also still have full access to these websites while at home: 

Mathletics.com/ca

Typing.com

Wind-Down Week

Hello Grade 5 parents!
I spoke with many of you over the phone this morning, but I wanted to post another update just to clarify a few things. I know that much of this may conflict with things posted in the past, but as the situation evolves, I will continue to post up-to-date information on this blog.

 - All in-school academic work is on hold. Schooling was essentially halted yesterday.
 - The purpose of keeping our doors open to students this week is to allow a few days for families to arrange for new child care circumstances.
 - IF you are able to keep your children at home, you are encouraged to do so, effective immediately.
 - It will take some time for us to develop and implement the on-line learning opportunities for students. In the mean-time, I will try to post some learning tasks on this blog occasionally. The first of these can be found below!
 - You are not expected to come pick up ALL of your child's school supplies and belongings. Students only need to take home what they will need to complete our on-line continued learning opportunities, once they become available. If you already have what you need at home, there's no need to come in.


Learning Task - Feel free to work through this at home.    Assignment: CLICK HERE
Tuck Everlasting Movie - We were going to watch this as a class last week, as a culminating activity following our novel study. The movie is rated PG, and was released by Disney in 2002. If you want to watch it at home, click above to access the assignment, and write down differences between the book and movie while you view it.

The movie is available on DisneyPlus. If you don't have DisneyPlus, I believe they are still offering a free trial. Again, I'll post learning tasks on this blog from time to time until the on-line learning begins. They are completely optional, and don't need to be submitted to me.

Update

Wow things change quickly! We just met as a staff, and Mr. McIntosh has shared the following information with us:
   -3 Way Conferences (which had initially been switched to phone conversations) are now cancelled.
   -We have no idea how long classes will be closed for. We want to be prepared for the possibility that schools will not re-open until September. However, Mr. McIntosh feels that it is more likely that we will be back before the end of June. Therefore, he recommends that students do not take all of their school supplies home (as was implied in the letter sent out today), only what they need in order to continue their learning at home.
  -I had initially been informed that only sick students should stay home this week. However, now they are recommending that, if you are able to keep your children home starting tomorrow, you should do so. If that is the case, someone will need to come into the school before the end of the day on Thursday in order to pick up the things your child will need to continue their learning.

Additional Note: I stated in my update earlier today that we would be continuing primarily academic work in the classroom this week, and that our Tuck Everlasting written task is still due Thursday. Due to the change in expectation this week, and with parents being encouraged NOT to send your child to school if possible, students DON'T need to worry about finishing this assignment. I'll mark it if they have it, but if not, I won't count it as an incomplete assignment.

Monday, March 16th, 2020

With the news that all Saskatchewan classrooms will be closing at the end of the day Thursday, we spent a lot of time today talking about what this means for the students in our classroom. I do not have all the details about how Saskatoon Catholic School Division is going to actualize the government announcement. We are meeting as a staff at the end of the day today to discuss it in further detail, in the context of St. Peter School.
Here's what I do know, and shared with our students today:
     -classes will be suspended indefinitely, at the end of the day on Thursday, March 19th.
     -the next few days are "wind down" days, where we are wrapping up current assignments and preparing for the hiatus, packing up school supplies, ect. However, if you are not feeling well, you should not come to school.
     -our teachers will work in the coming weeks to develop some form of continued education that can be accessed by our students, so that they can continue their studies at home. I don't know any details on what this will look like, or when it will become available.
     - I know there is a TON of media coverage, and because the situation is evolving so quickly, much of it conflicts with each-other. I will continue to update this blog regularly with any updates that I have until the end of June.

During this wind-down week, we are still finishing up some important tasks, which I will mark and factor into our upcoming Term 2 report cards. It is important that we get these tasks finished before our hiatus.

ELA - Our Tuck Everlasting group project will not be able to be completed before our hiatus, so don't worry about these. However, the Individual Written Task is still due on Thursday, and will now make up a significant portion of our Term 2 ELA marks. We will get time tomorrow and Wednesday to work on it. Be sure to have it completed for Thursday.

Math - We will continue to work through our Math curriculum this week, and will pick up wherever we leave off, as soon as the online learning becomes available. Complete our textbook assignment for tomorrow: Pg 140-141, Qs 1, 2, 6, 8 (9,10)

Spelling - We wrote our Week 15 quiz today.

Friday, March 13th, 2020

Term 2 Portfolios are coming home today! We had a chance to reflect on our work for the term as we filled in our portfolios, in preparation for 3-Way Conferences next week. Be sure to look through the portfolio with your parent/guardian before your conference, and have them fill in their own reflection page.

Math - Today we practiced finding the volume of rectangular prisms by multiplying the length, width, and height. Complete the homework page and hand it in by Monday.

ELA - We had time to work on our Group TE projects. Reminder that our Individual written tasks are due on Thursday, March 19th.

Thursday, March 12th, 2020

Today was our first day under STF sanctions. Thanks to students and parents for making appropriate adjustments to our new schedule. It is supposed to be quite cold tomorrow, so ensure that you are not left outside the school before 8:45.

Math - Today we learned about how to calculate the area of a rectangular prism. Complete the assignment for tomrrow: Pg 143-144, Qs 1-3 (7)

Spelling - We will have a quiz on Monday.

Health - We had more time to work on our health research assignment on vitamins and minerals. We will get one more period to finish this task before a due date is set.

Wednesday, March 11th, 2020

STF Sanctions begin tomorrow. Reminder that students are not to be at school before 8:45, and must be out of the building by 3:45. 3-Way Conferences are still running as planned, however, these sanctions have removed my ability to meet with parents outside of the available times on March 19th/20th, so please do what you can to make these times work!

Due to these sanctions, our school division has also cancelled all field trips that take students off school grounds, including trips that take place during the school day. Unfortunately, this means that we won't be able to go swimming on Monday, March 16th. Once sanctions have been lifted, Mrs Doll and I will look into the possibility of re-booking this 3rd swimming trip.

Health - Today we had time to work on our Vitamins and Minerals research assignment today. We will have time in the computer lab to work on this again tomorrow, and it will be due early next week.
We also took some time to learn more information about the Caronavirus, and how to wash our hands regularly to prevent the spread of ALL illnesses.

ELA - We had time to work on our Tuck Everlasting Individual tasks today! These are due on March 19th.
We also handed in our Creative Writing to be assessed before Portfolios are sent home on Friday.

Religion - We had time for Quiet Reflection in the prayer chapel today, for Prayer Wednesday.

Tuesday, March 10th, 2020

Starting Thursday, the STF is beginning Job Action as part of their contract negotiations with the Provincial Government. More information on this topic can be found on the previous post, from Greg Chatlain and Mr. McIntosh. Please read this information carefully.
For our class, it means the following major changes, starting Thursday:
  -students are not to be dropped off at school before 8:45, and must be picked up by 3:45 (unless they are at the before/after school program.
  -our ski trip on Thursday has had to be cancelled. Refunds will be distributed later in the week.

Math - Complete and hand in the extra practice page on Rectangles with a given Area by tomorrow.

ELA - We had time to work on both our Individual and Group tasks.

Portfolios home on Friday
3-Way Conferences on March 19th/20th
Progress Reports home on March 27th

Information on the STF job action

Below are 2 letters that are being sent home today with each student in our school. The first is from Mr. Chatlain, our GSCS Director of Education, regarding the "withdrawl of voluntary services" that the STF is enacting starting on Thursday. The second is from Mr. McIntosh, with more information on how this will affect St. Peter specifically. Please take the time to read these, and let me know if you have any questions.


Dear GSCS parents and caregivers; 

On Monday, March 9, 2020, The Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation (STF) announced job action starting on Thursday, March 12, 2020. In a letter to the school division, the STF outlined the following teacher sanctions:

• Teachers are to report to school and provide professional service no more than 15 minutes prior to the start of the school day and not later than 15 minutes after the conclusion of the school day. • Teachers will continue to provide student supervision such as recess, lunch or bus supervision within the time frame specified above. • Teachers will not provide any voluntary or extracurricular services.

We respect the bargaining process and STF’s right to take job action. Our primary focus will remain offering high-quality Catholic education in a safe and secure school environment for students.

All extra-curricular activities (sports, clubs, etc.) are cancelled starting March 12, 2020. Field trips or any school activities scheduled to take place outside of the school will also be cancelled to ensure the safety of students. Details specific to your school or classroom will be coming from your school.

Bus service and before-and-after school programs will continue to operate. If you are not registered for before-and-after-school care or take the school bus, please ensure your children do not arrive at school more than 15 minutes before school, and ensure you have made provisions for them to be out of the school no later than 15 minutes after school.

Sanctions will remain in place until further notice. We will provide updates via direct communication, updates on our website (www.gscs.ca), and on our Facebook and Twitter accounts. 

If you have specific questions about school operations, please contact your school principal.

Sincerely,
Greg Chatlain,  Director of Education

Dear Parents and Guardians,

Please refer to the attachment from our Director of Education, Greg Chatlain, about the planned job action from Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation (STF).

Due to the Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation sanctions that will be in effect beginning this Thursday, March 12^th, our Gr.5-8 Activity Day will be cancelled.  Parents will receive a full refund by either dropping by the school this Friday, Monday or Tuesday between 8:00 am. – 11:00 am.  Any refunds not picked up by this time will be sent home with your child at the end of the day on Tuesday, March 17^th.

Secondly, beginning this Thursday, the school doors will not be open in the morning until 8:45 a.m. as there will be no teachers to provide supervision until this time.  If this is a challenge for your family, an option would be to contact the Boys and Girls Club.  Registration forms can be picked up at the office or you can contact them at (306) 665-1450 or (306) 244-7820.  Students who receive bussing will remain on the bus until 8:45 a.m. if the bus arrives before the school doors are open.

Thirdly, at the end of the school day there will be no teachers to supervise students.  Any students who are at the school beyond 3:45 p.m. will not be supervised.  Please make arrangements prior to 3:45 p.m. to pick up your children if they do not take the bus or walk home on their own.   

Lastly, our Division has cancelled all field trips or any school activities that occur away from the school during the school day until further notice.

Our hope is there will be a timely agreement satisfying both groups that will put an end to the sanctions.

Sincerely,

Ken McIntosh

Principal

École St. Peter School

Friday, March 6th, 2020

Today was our Term 2 Assignment Deadline. Any overdue assignments that come in next week will not be marked until after I complete our Term 2 report cards, so outstanding assignments will be weighted as a 1 on that report card. This does not mean you shouldn't do them! If you still have outstanding assignments, hand them in ASAP and I will update your marks for Term 3.

Math - Today we worked on finding rectangles with different perimeters, but the same area. Complete the assignment for Tuesday: Pg 133-134, Qs 1, 2, 4 (3)

ELA - We had more time to work on our Tuck Everlasting Individual Written Task today. Reminder that this is due on March 19th.

Health - Today we learned about vitamins and minerals. We got a research assignment on this topic, which we will get time to work on next week.

Arts - We had time to work on our 1-point perspective settings.

Religion - During Lent we will be taking time in our prayer chapel to pray together as a class once per week. Today we prayed the rosary together, and focused on the Sorrowful Mysteries.

Reminder: No School Monday - Teacher PLD

Thursday, March 5th, 2020

Term 2 Assignment deadline tomorrow! Ensure that you are taking home everything you need this evening to complete any overdue assignments you still have for tomorrow.

Term 2 Reporting Period:
-Portfolios - March 13th
-3-Way Conferences - March 19th, 20th
- Report Cards - March 27th

Spelling - Today we got our Week 15 words.

Math - Yesterday we went over our tests from Unit 5, Part 2. These tests will come home as part of our portfolios next week.

Reminder: No School for Students on Monday, Teacher PLD

Wednesday, March 4th, 2020

Winter Carnival tomorrow! Come dressed for the weather, prepared to be outside for the afternoon!

Today we had Metis Cultural presentations with Daniel Gervais, and presented a "Tiny Car" dance to the rest of the school!

Math - Complete and hand in today's practice page on rectangles with a set perimeter for Friday.

Reminder: No School on Monday.

Friday is our Term 2 Assignment Deadline

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2020

Term 2 Assignment Deadline on Friday!

Math - Today we learned about perimeter and area. We practiced finding different rectangles with the same perimeters. Our assignment is due by the end of class tomorrow: Pg 129-130, Qs 1-3, 6, 7 (4, 5, 8)

ELA - Today we got placed into our groups for our Tuck Everlasting group creative tasks! We had time to brainstorm ideas with our groups, and start writing our scripts!

Winter Carnival on Thursday! Come prepared to be outside for the afternoon.

Reminder: Teacher PLD on Monday. No school for students.

Monday, March 2nd, 2020

Term 2 Assignment Deadline - Friday!

Sign up for 3-Way Conferences opens tomorrow!

Arts - Today we started our next task, to design an outdoor or indoor setting, using 1 point perspective.

Math - Today we had more time to finish Friday's math assignment. We will have a homework check tomorrow. Pg 124-125, Qs 1, 2, 4, 5, 11, 12, 14, 16 (6-10, 13, 15).

Spelling - Today we had a chance to quiz eachother on our Week 14 words. We will have a quiz tomorrow.

Social Studies - We had time to finish our Carbon Footprint task. This is due tomorrow.

Winter Carnival on Thursday afternoon. We will spend almost the entire afternoon outdoors. Be sure to dress for the weather!

Friday, February 28th, 2020

Term 2 assignment audits were handed out today. All Term 2 assignments must be handed in by Friday, March 6th, in order to be credited as complete on our Term 2 report cards.

Social Studies - We had time to work on our Carbon Footprint assignments today. This is due on Tuesday.

Math - Today we started our Measurement unit! We will have some time to finish up our assignment on Monday, it is not due for homework.

ELA - Book reviews were due today.

Winter Carnaval on Thursday!

Thursday, February 27th, 2020

Health - We had time to study our Macro nutrients, we have a quiz tomorrow!

Social - We had time to finish the written portion of our Carbon Footprint assignments. The full task is due on Tuesday.

ELA -  Book Reviews due tomorrow.

Math - We wrote our pre-assessment for our new math unit. We will start the first lesson of Unit 4: Measurement, tomorrow.

Fasting Friday tomorrow - We will make due with a reduced water supply for the day: 1 water bottle for the full day.

Lenten Almsgiving - Our school is collecting items for Sanctuary, an non-profit that provides care and services to people in our community suffering from HIV/AIDS. They have asked for donations of the following items: Money, men and women's socks, men and women's pajamas, new men and womens underwear, face cloths and towels, hygiene products, gel pens pencil crayons and adult coloring books, receiving blankets for babies. If you have any donations throughout Lent, bring them to the pit in the mornings.

Wednesday, February 26th, 2020

Math - We had our test today on Addition and Subtraction of Decimals. We will get our tests back early next week, and start our new unit tomorrow!

Ash Wednesday - Today we started Lent with an Ash Wednesday liturgy, and spent time together as a school to complete our Student Retreat. Over Lent, our school will have the following focuses:
  Prayer - We will gather as a class every Wednesday morning throughout lent to pray together.
  Fasting - Our class will have a "Fasting Friday" without lent. Our class discussed things we could do for our Fasting on Fridays, and decided on a "reduced water supply", where on Fridays during lent, we will each make due with just 1 water bottle for a day.
  Almsgiving - Our school is collecting items for Sanctuary, an non-profit that provides care and services to people in our community suffering from HIV/AIDS. They have asked for donations of the following items: Money, men and women's socks, men and women's pajamas, new men and womens underwear, face cloths and towels, hygiene products, gel pens pencil crayons and adult coloring books, receiving blankets for babies. If you have any donations throughout Lent, bring them to the pit in the mornings.

Health - Nutrition quiz on Friday. We will have time to study during class tomorrow.

ELA - Book reviews due on Friday.

Spelling - We got our Week 14 words today!
       

Tuesday, February 25th, 2020

Today we participated in our Student Retreat, hosted by Pure Witness. Our theme was "Great Things" and we heard about many of the great things that God has done, and continues to do each day.
We will finish our Retreat tomorrow, and have a chance to reflect on the experience on Thursday.

Pink Day tomorrow! We encourage everyone to practice kindness and wear pink to symbolize that we do not tolerate bullying.

Math - Tomorrow we have our test on Unit 5, Part 2 - Addition and Subtraction of Decimals.

ELA - Today we received our two major assignments to cap off our Tuck Everlasting novel study. The assignments can be found HERE. 
Book Reviews are due on Friday.

Winter Carnival - Thursday, March 5th

Term 2 Assignment Deadline - Friday, March 6th - Assignment audits will come out at the end of this week.

Monday, February 24th, 2020

Pink Day on Wednesday! - We encourage everyone to practice kindness and wear pink to symbolize that we don not tolerate bullying.

Math - Today we started our review for Unit 5, Part 2 quiz on Wednesday, on Addition and Subtraction of Decimals. Complete the Show What You Know portion for tomorrow.

Health - Today we learned about Proteins! We will have a quiz on Macronutrients (carbs, proteins, and fats) on Friday.

ELA - Book Reviews due on Friday.

Social Studies - Today we learned about Carbon Footprints, and we all used an online calculator to measure the size of our footprints. We were tasked with filling in a short written assignment with this task, as well as decorating a footprint with ways that we could each reduce our own environmental impact.
Carbon footprint calculator: footprintcalculator.org

Friday, February 14th, 2020

Apologies for some inconsistencies in yesterday's blog post. I was away from the school at the end of the day so I had to write it in the morning, before some changes were made.

Due to cold weather, we did not, deliver Valentines yesterday. However, it was beautiful today, so we were out spreading God's love throughout the community!

Spelling - We had our Week 13 quiz today.

ELA - ALL Tuck Everlasting section questions are now due. If there are any you have not handed in, complete them over the break.

February Break next week! Classes resume on Monday, February 24th. Have a safe and blessed break!

Thursday, February 13th, 2020

Today we spent time spreading words of kindness and friendship around our community, together with our care partners!

St. Valentines Day tomorrow
  - If you are bringing Valentines for classmates, please include one for everyone. You can find a full list of names HERE.
  - Spirit Day - Red/Pink/White/Formal Day
  - Hot Lunch
  - School Dance 1:30-3:15
  - We will have a short (30minute) period for relaxation and fellowship in the classroom. Feel free to bring board games to enjoy with your friends during this time.

ELA - Complete ALL Tuck Everlasting section questions for tomorrow!

Reminder: Book reviews due the Friday after February break, so be sure to take your books home over the break!

Spelling - Week 13 quiz tomorrow.

Math - Today we worked on using addition and subtraction with decimal numbers. Complete the assignment for tomorrow: Pg 214 - 215, Qs 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11 (3, 8, 9, 12)

Reminder: February Break next week! We return to class on  February 24th.

Wednesday, February 12th, 2020

St. Valentines Day on Friday
  - If you are bringing Valentines for classmates, please include one for everyone. You can find a full list of names HERE.
  - Spirit Day - Red/Pink/White/Formal Day
  - Hot Lunch
  - School Dance 1:30-3:15
  - We will have a short (30minute) period for relaxation and fellowship in the classroom. Feel free to bring board games to enjoy with your friends during this time.

ELA - Today we finished reading Tuck Everlasting! We will get our Section 8 questions tomorrow.

Math - We had a chance to practice subtracting decimal numbers. Complete and hand in the homework worksheet for tomorrow.

Care Partner Activity - Today, we got together with our care partners in Ms. Frey’s Grade 1 class to create Valentine’s messages about caring and friendship. Tomorrow, we will be going for a walk with our care-partners around Dundonald, to drop our messages off in mailboxes and spread some of God’s love throughout our community!

If you have any questions at all about this activity, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Tuesday, February 11th, 2020

February Break next week! No school Feb 17th - 21st.

St. Valentines Day on Friday
  - If you are bringing Valentines for classmates, please include one for everyone. You can find a full list of names HERE.
  - Spirit Day - Red/Pink/White/Formal Day
  - Hot Lunch
  - School Dance 1:30-3:15
  - We will have a short (30minute) period for relaxation and fellowship in the classroom. Feel free to bring board games to enjoy with your friends during this time.

ELA - Tuck Everlasting section 7 is due tomorrow. We will finish reading the book tomorrow!

Math - Complete yesterday's math assignment for tomorrow - Pg 208-209, Qs 2-4, 7, 8, 10, 11 (5, 6, 9, 12, 13)

Spelling - We had time to work on our Week 13 words. We have a quiz on these words on Friday.

Care Partner Activity - On Wednesday this week, we will be getting together with our care partners in Ms. Frey’s Grade 1 class to create Valentine’s messages about caring and friendship. On Thursday, we will be going for a walk with our care-partners around Dundonald, to drop our messages off in mailboxes and spread some of God’s love throughout our community!

If you have any questions at all about this activity, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Monday, February 10th, 2020

We had a great time swimming today! We will head to Harry Bailey one more time this year, in March.

Math - Today we learned how to line up place values in order to subtract numbers with decimals, up to thousandths.

Battle of the Books tomorrow! We will have time to attend the battle as a class and cheer on our classmates.

ELA - We had time to work on our Tuck Everlasting Section 7 questions. These are due on Wednesday.

Friday is St. Valentine's Day! We will have a chance to celebrate friendship at the end of the week.
 - It is not mandatory for you to bring Valentine's for your classmates. However, if you are choosing to bring them, please bring one for all of your classmates. You can find a full list of our class names HERE.
 - We will have a short period during the school for relaxation and fellowship. During this time, we will be able to open our Valentine's mailboxes and spend time with our friends :)
 - Hot lunch on Friday!
 - Spirit Day - Pink / Red / White / Formal day
 - We will be having a School Dance at the end of the day on Friday!

Reminder: February break starts at the end of this week! We return to class on February 24th.

Friday, February 10th, 2020

Swimming on Monday afternoon - Be sure to bring your swimming gear and towel. We will leave right after lunch and return before 3:30. Lockers are 25 cents.

Math - Today we had a chance to practice our addition with decimal numbers. Complete the homework page for Monday.

Religion - Today we discussed many of the healing miracles Jesus performed during his ministry. Complete the assignment by Tuesday.

Battle of the Books on Tuesday!

Thursday, February 6th, 2020

We had our Math-a-thon assembly today! Congrats to Sam, who was one of the highest fundraisers in grades 4-8, and got to be principal for the morning! He will also get to be teacher for the day in our classroom soon.

ELA - We read Chapters 19-21 of Tuck Everlasting, complete the Section 7 questions for Wednesday.

Math - Today we learned how to add decimal numbers up to thousandths. Complete the textbook assignment for tomorrow -

Field Trip - Monday - Swimming - Return your permission forms by tomorrow!

Wednesday, January 5th, 2020

ELA - Complete Tuck Everlasting section 6 questions for tomorrow.

Social - Current Events were due today! Today we discussed the basics behind how human activity is impacting our environment and contributing to climate change. We learned the difference between weather and climate, how the greenhouse effect works, and what fossil fuels are. Then we started designing classroom logos for our participation in the Classroom Energy Diet Challenge.

Math - Today we worked on estimating addition and subtraction questions with decimals. Complete the homework page for tomorrow.

Health - Today we learned about Trans Fats, what foods they are found in, and why they are unhealthy. Each student is tasked with finding 4 foods that they eat regularly, and looking for how much fat is in each food.

Spelling - We had time to work on our Week 13 wordlists.

Return your forms for swimming by the end of the week. We go swimming Monday afternoon!

Tuesday, February 4th, 2020

ELA - Today we had time to work on our Tuck Everlasting Section 6 questions, which are due on Thursday.

Social - Current Events assignment due tomorrow.

Math - Today we got back our Unit 5, Part 1 tests. They are to be taken home and signed by your parent/guardian, then returned to school by Friday.
We also had time to finish up our assignment from yesterday, which should be completed for tomorrow.

Arts - Today we learned some of the rules of drawing with perspective, and started an assignment using these skills.

Spelling - Today we got our Week 13 words lists, and the associated worksheets.

Bake Sale tomorrow.

Math-a-thon assembly on Thursday

Return your swimming forms by Friday! We go swimming Monday afternoon.

Monday, February 3rd, 2019

ELA - Today we read the next section of Tuck Everlasting. Section 6 chapter questions are due on Thursday.

Math - We started the first lesson of Part 2 of this unit, on the addition and subtraction of decimal numbers. We worked on estimating these questions today. The class worked very well, so the assignment is not due for homework.

Social - We had time to work on our current events assignment about Australia's wildfires. This task is due on Wednesday

Bake Sale Wednesday

Activity day forms are now overdue. If you haven't returned yours yet, do so ASAP!

No Cross-Country Skiing Today

Unfortunately, the wind has picked up a bit, and Environment Canada has the windchill at 10AM at -24C. Mr. McIntosh and I have agreed that this is too cold to be outside for 2 hours, so we will have to cancel our trip for the day. It will be a regular school day in the classroom. I will see if I can re-book for later in the season.

Forecast is Improved, Cross-country skiing likely a go!

According to Environment Canada, the forecast has improved for tomorrow, with a windchill of -17C. This means that we are planning to run our field trip as planned tomorrow! Just a few reminders for the morning:
  We are loading the bus immediately after attendance in the morning, don't be late!
  Ensure you are dressed for the weather. Snow-pants and heavy winter jacket, water-resistant winter gloves and mitts, warm toque, long socks, and layers.We will be outside for roughly 2 hours straight.
  We will be back at St. Peter at roughly 12:30pm.

If the forecast changes at all for the morning, I will update this blog with any further updates at 7:00am tomorrow. Otherwise, our field trip will run as planned!

Cross Country Skiing tomorrow

I wanted to post a reminder that we have our Cross Country Skiing field trip booked for tomorrow morning. As of right now, the forecast is calling for -29C in the morning, which would be too cold for us to go skiing. Hopefully the forecast is wrong! I will make a post on this website at 7AM tomorrow confirming if the trip will run as planned or not.
IF the trip is cancelled, we will have a regular school day in the classroom, and I will try to reschedule.

Thursday, January 30th, 2020

Upcoming Field Trips:
Monday, Feb 3rd - AM, Cross Country Skiing - Dress for the weather, refer to the note!
Monday, January 10th - PM, Swimming at HBAC - Return your forms!

Math - Today we wrote our quiz on Decimals and Fractions. We will start Part 2 of this unit tomorrow.

ELA - Book Reviews due tomorrow. Tuck Everlasting Section 5 due on Monday.

Spelling - Week 12 quiz tomorrow.

Activity Day forms due tomorrow!

Wednesday, January 29th, 2020

Return your Activity Day and swimming forms ASAP.

Spelling - Today we had a chance to work on our Week 12 words. We will have a quiz on Friday.

Math - We completed our Unit Reviews. Our test on Fractions and Decimals is tomorrow. Our Math-a-Thon quiz is also tomorrow!

ELA - We read Chapters 12-14 today, and started our Section 5 questions today. These questions are due on Monday.
Book Reviews due on Friday.

Tuesday, January 28th, 2020

Cross Country Skiing - Our class is attending an introductory clinic on Cross Country Skiing hosted by the Saskatoon Nordic Ski Club, at Wildwood Golf Course on the morning of February 3rd. A note is being sent home today with more information. No parent volunteers are required, but parents are welcome to join us! If you would like to join us, please send me an email, so I can let them know about numbers.

Swimming - We will be going back to Harry Bailey Aquatic Center on the afternoon of February 10th. Notes will come home today with more information. Please return your note ASAP, and remember to indicate swimming-level on the forms.

Math - Test on Thrusday. We started our Unit Reviews today, these should be complete by the end of the day tomorrow.

Curling - We had our final session of curling at Granite Curling Club today!

Book Reviews due on Friday.

Activity Day forms due on Friday.

Correction - Friday

Math- a-thon Fundraising is due Tuesday.

Also, our 3rd and final Curling field trip is on Tuesday afternoon. Bring your clean shoes!

Friday, January 24th, 2020

Math-a-thon fundraising is due tomorrow.

Return your Activity Day forms!

Arts - Foreshortening task is due on Tuesday.

Health - Today we continued our Nutrition unit, and learned about the different types of Fats in our diets.

ELA - Tuck Everlasting section 4 due on Tuesday.

Math - Today we had time to practice comparing and ordering decimals up to thousandths. We will have our test on Unit 5 - Part 1 on Thursday.

Reminder - No School on Monday, Teacher PLD.

Thursday, January 23rd, 2020

Spirit Day tomorrow - Jersey Day

Hot Lunch Tomorrow - If you ordered lunch through Healthy Hunger, feel free to leave your lunch at home!

Continue to fund raise for Math-a-thon, and bring your Activity Day forms.

Religion - Jesus' Disciples reflection due tomorrow.

Math - We learned two strategies in order to compare and order decimal numbers up to thousandths. Complete the textbook assignment for tomorrow: Pg 189-190, Qs 1-9, 12 (10, 11)

Reminder: No school on Monday, Teacher PLD

Wednesday, January 22nd, 2020

Please continue to fund raise for Math-a-thon, and return your Activity Day forms.

Math - We continued working with decimals up to the thousandths place value. Complete and hand in your practice page by tomorrow.

ELA - Today we read Section 4 of Tuck Everlasting, Chapters 9-11. Complete and hand-in the chapter section questions for Tuesday.

Spelling - Today we wrote our Week 11 quiz, and got out Week 12 word lists.

Religion - We had more time to work on our Jesus' Disciples, which is due on Friday.

Health - Remember to find and record the sugar content of 4 food that you eat regularly. Please have this information complete for tomorrow, as we will be continuing this discussion.

Reminder: No School on Monday - Teacher PLD

Tuesday, January 21st, 2020

Keep fundraising for Math-a-thon, and return your Activity Day forms!

Religion - Today we read bible passages about Jesus' Apostles. There was a short assignment associated with it. Complete the handout, and hand in the reflection questions for Friday.

Math - Today we explored using the thousandths decimal place value to represent values with 3 decimal places. Complete the assignment for tomorrow: Pg 185-186, Qs 2, 3, 5-8, 13(11)

ELA - We had time to work on our Tuck Everlasting Section 3 questions, which are due tomorrow.

Spelling - Week 11 quiz tomorrow!

Health - Remember to find the sugar content of 4 foods by Thursday!

Monday, January 20th, 2020

Please continue to fund raise for Math-A-Thon, and return your Activity Day forms.

Today we took time to review our sledding guidelines. Feel free to bring your soft sleds to school!

Nutrition - Today we finished our discussion of carbohydrates. Students were given a short homework task: find 4 foods that you eat regularly, and note how many grams of sugar is in each food. Then complete a couple of response questions. There will be a homework check on this when we continue our Health unit on Thursday.

Math - Today we had a chance to reflect on the learning goals we've had so far this unit, and give ourselves a self-assessment on each of the skills we have covered. We will move on with a new skill tomorrow.

Arts- We had more time to work on our Foreshortening task. These are due on Friday.

Spelling - Today we had more time to work on our Week 11 lists. Quiz on Wednesday.

Upcoming field Trips:

Curling on January 28th - Bring your clean shoes!

Cross-Country Skiing on February 3rd - A note will come home this week with more details. Parent volunteers are welcome, but not required.

Swimming at Harry Bailey on February 10th - Once again, we are in need of a couple of parent volunteers to join us and help with supervision. Please email me if you are able to join us.

Friday, January 17th, 2020

We were curling again today! We learned how to sweep, and throw the full length of the ice. Our last session is on January 28th, where we will play a full match!

We will NOT have indoor recesses next week. Make sure that you come dressed for the weather. Bring your soft sled if you would like to use the hill!

Continue to fundraise for Mathathon! 

Return your Activity Day forms.

Math - Today we played fraction war, and practiced comparing and ordering fractions and decimals. Complete the homework page for Monday.

Have a fun and safe weekend!

Thursday, January 16th, 2020

Please bring back your Activity Day forms, and continue your Math-a-thon fundraising!

ELA - Today we read the 3rd section of Tuck Everlasting, and our Section 2 questions were due today. Section 3 questions will be due on Wednesday.

Computers - On typing.com, complete all Beginner lessons, as well as the first Intermediate lesson, Common English Words by Thursday.

Math - Today we explored how to compare and order groups of fractions and decimals together. Complete our assignment for tomorrow, Pg 181-182, Qs 1-3, 5-7 (8)

Curling tomorrow! Remember to have your clean indoor shoes at school, and dress to be out on the cold ice!

Wednesday, January 15th, 2020

Math-a-thon Fundraiser has begun! This has been a very strong fundraiser for our school in years past. Students are bringing home a pledge form today, and will be able to raise money to support them in their math quiz on January 30. Students have the opportunity to win fabulous prizes!

Please bring back your Activity day forms.

Social - Longitude and Latitude assignments are due tomorrow.

Spelling - Today we wrote our Week 9 quiz, and got a new set of words.

Math - Complete the practice handout on converting fractions and decimals for tomorrow.

Health - Today we started our unit on Nutrition. We discussed what "Healthy Eating" means to us, and started learning about calories and carbohydrates.

Curling Field Trip on Friday. Please make sure you have your clean pair of indoor shoes here.

Tuesday, January 14th, 2020

Spelling - We bumped our Week 9 quiz back to tomorrow.

Math - Today we explored how fractions are related to decimals, and learned to convert fractions into decimals and vice versa. Complete our assignment for tomorrow: Pg 178-179, Qs 1, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10 (7,11)

ELA - Today we got more time to work on our Section 2 chapter questions for Tuck Everlasting. These are due on Thursday.

Arts - We had more time to work on our Foreshortening task. These will be due next week.

Reminder: Curling Field Trip on Friday.

Monday, January 13th, 2019

ELA - Today we read the next section of Tuck Everlasting, and got our next set of questions. These questions will be due on Thursday.

Math - Today we practiced with our learning goal of comparing and ordering fractions, and finding common denominators. Complete and hand in the homework page for tomorrow.

Spelling - We had one more day to practice our Week 9 words. Quiz tomorrow!

Bake Sale tomorrow!

Curling Field Trip - Round 2! Granite curling club from 1-2:30. We now have parent volunteers for all of our Curling trips. Thanks to all those who volunteered!

Friday, January 10th, 2020

Activity Day - On March 12th, 2020, we will be having a school-wide activity day. Students will have the choice of signing up to go skiing at Table Mountain for the day, or playing sports and going bowling here in the city. Forms are coming home today with more information. Forms and payment are due back on January 31st.

Today we participated in a Blanket Ceremony, to represent the impacts of European colonization on the First Nations peoples of North America.

ELA - Tuck Everlasting Prologue-Ch2 questions were due today. Because of our class discussion regarding activity day, we did not read the next section today. We will move on with the book on Monday.

We spent the afternoon at Granite Curling Club today! We learned how to push off of the hack, and perform either an in-turn or an out-turn. Next week we will learn all about sweeping and pushing rocks the full length of the ice!

We have a parent volunteer in place for next week's field trip. We are still in need of a volunteer to join us for Tuesday January 28th. Please send me an email if you can attend.

Have a fun and safe weekend!

Thursday, January 9th, 2020

Field Trip tomorrow! We will spend the afternoon at Granite Curling Club, for the first of our 3 curling excursions.
In order to participate, EVERY student must have an extra clean pair of shoes.
We still need a parent volunteer for our Jan17th and Jan28th excursions.

Spelling - We got more time to work on our Week 9 words.

Math - We worked on finding common denominators, and comparing and ordering fractions. We will not have math class tomorrow due to our field trip, so the assignment is due Monday.
Pg 172-173, Qs 1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 12 (10, 11)

Arts - We had time to work on our Foreshortening tasks.

Computers - We resumed our Typing.com lessons. Complete up to the end of "Z and Enter Keys" by next Thursday.

Wednesday, January 8th, 2020

Thanks so much to the parents who volunteered to accompany us on our curling field trip on Friday! We are still in need of volunteers for our January 17th and January 28th trips.

Math - Today we got a practice page working on finding equivalent fractions. Complete and hand this in for tomorrow.

Health - Today we took some time to set some New Year's Resolutions!

Social Studies - Today we learned about Latitude and Longitude, and how to use coordinates to find a location on a map of the world. Complete our assignment for Monday.

ELA - We had more time to work on our questions for Tuck Everlasting Prologue-Chapter 2. This assignment is due Friday.

Tuesday, January 7th, 2020

We are still in need of a parent supervisor for our Curling excursion this Friday afternoon. No curling experience necessary! Send me an email if you can attend.

ELA - Today we started our major novel study for the year. We will be reading Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit. There will be multiple assignments associated with the novel over the next 8 weeks. 

While we are reading the book, students will be tracking information from the novel in their Information Booklet, which will be handed in to be graded when we finish the unit. 

We will read the novel in sections, and each section will have a small assignment associated with it. This assignment will be due on the next day that we read the novel.

Today, we read Section 1, which included Prologue - Chapter 2. The assignment is due on Friday, when we read Section 2.

Math - Today we discussed how to find equivalent fractions. The assignment, Pg. 168-169, Qs 2,5,6,9(10) is due tomorrow.

Monday, January 6th, 2020

Welcome back! I hope you all had a restful and enjoyable break with your families!

Important! We are heading to Granite Curling Club for a learn-to-curl program for 3 afternoons this month. We are in need of at least 1 parent volunteer to accompany us for each one of the following dates. The first trip is this Friday, and we do not yet have a volunteer!

Friday, January 10th

Friday, January 17th

Tuesday, January 28th

You do not need to volunteer for all three dates. If you are able to join us for any one of these dates, please send me an email ASAP.

Spelling - We got our Week 9 word lists today.

Math - Today we took some time to go over our Unit 1 tests, which we wrote before the break. Then, we wrote and corrected our Pre-Assessments for Unit 5, Part 1. 

NOTE: Unit 5 is very large, and will be split into 2 tests. Part 1 will cover the fundamentals of Fractions and Decimals. Part 2 will cover Adding and Subtracting Decimals.

Arts - Today we learned about using foreshortening to add depth to an image. We started a new assignment, to create a self-portrait using foreshortening techniques.