Dear parents,

Today:

·         The class travelled to the Agriculture in the Classroom farm where they learned about the different foods produced in Saskatchewan such as pulse crops, honey, wheat, canola, chick peas, beef, and cheese.

·         We learned more about Louis Riel through a classroom discussion, video and questions.

·         The students had Phys. Ed with M. Nadon.

 

Invitation:

·         The grade 4 students will be receiving a Bible during a celebration hosted by our religious education consultant, Bernadette Cey.  The celebration will take place on Tuesday, October 4^th at 10:30 PM in the music room.  All parents are invited to attend.  Students may bring a snack for the class.

 

Important dates:

·         Tomorrow is the Terry Fox event and Orange Shirt Day.  A First Nations elder will be speaking with the students in the morning

·         School photos are on October 6^th.

·         The students will be presenting our Thanksgiving celebration on Friday, October 7^th at 2:00 pm.

 

Have a great evening!

M. Boyer

 

I forgot to add…

·         Bring $2 for the Terry Fox Run on Friday.

·         Friday is Orange Shirt Day

 

Thanks!

M. Boyer

Dear parents,

Today:

·         We had our Monday morning assembly.  Mme Phipps gave a mini-lesson on visualization for Reading Buddies.

·         We did reading and writing centres and Benchmarking.

·         The students went to Phys. Ed. with M. Nadon and Arts Ed. with M. Mitchell.

·         We started exploring our ideas regarding nutrition during Wellness.

·         We worked on some outstanding work in Sciences naturelles.

 

IMPORTANT:

·         Friday’s email stated that the cross country meet was Wednesday.  The meet is on Tuesday.

·         A note was sent home about our upcoming trip to the Agriculture in the Classroom farm.  Please return the permission slip as soon as possible.

 

Have a great evening!

M. Boyer

Today:

·         We finished and corrected a number of assignments that we had started in the past week or two.  Some students have odds and ends to finish up yet. Students will go to study hall next week to complete their work. 

·         We sang French songs with the Grade 1 classes.

·         We continued Benchmarking.

·         We pitched our Genius Hour ideas to M. Boyer and began researching our projects.

 

Next week:

·         QSP is extended until Monday.

·         Cross Country meet Wednesday at 4 p.m.

·         Hot Lunch is Thursday

·         Friday – Orange shirt day for awareness of the impacts of residential schools. A First Nations elder will visit.  Terry Fox Run in the afternoon.

 

Have a great weekend! 

M. Boyer

 

 

Dear parents,

Today:

·         We continued benchmarking the students during reading centres.

·         Students practiced their place value skills with Mathletics.

·         We worked on French vocabulary, reading and dictionary skills.

·         We discussed the differences between rocks and minerals, took notes and took photos of different mineral samples.

·         We learned French songs to sing with the grade 1 students and started preparing for our Bible celebration.

 

Tomorrow

·         Rider day:  Wear green to show your Rider pride!

 

Have a great evening!

Clayton

Dear parents:

Today:

·         We have begun Benchmarking our students to determine their current reading level.

·         Students worked on number sense in Math.

·         We continued to work on our Louis Riel lesson in Sciences humaines.

·         Students had Arts. Ed. with M. Mitchell and Phys. Ed. with M. Nadon

·         We joined Mme Forrest’s class to discuss Dot Day. We’ll be doing some classroom activities with Mme Forrest’s class tomorrow.  For more information go to http://www.thedotclub.org/dotday/

 

 

Tomorrow:

·         Dot Day:  Please dress in dots if possible.

 

Reminder:

·         I will be away Friday at a Saskatchewan Teacher’s Federation forum.

 

Have a great evening!

M. Boyer

Today:

·         We attended mass at St. Joseph’s church.

·         We finished up work that we started this week.

·         We sang traditional French songs with Mme King’s grade 1 class.

·         We started brainstorming our Genius Hour projects with Mme Forrest’s class.

 

Next week:

·         No school Monday.

·         Meet the Teacher BBQ Tuesday at 5:00pm.

·         I will be away on Friday for the Saskatchewan Teacher’s Federation President’s Forum in Saskatoon.

 

Homework: 

·         Genius Hour brainstorming worksheet due Friday.

 

Have a great weekend!

M. Boyer

Dear parents,

 

Today…

·         During French class we started discussing food waste.  40% of food in North America is wasted, creating a huge financial and environmental impact.  We started reading an article in French about waste and what we can do to prevent it.  We also watched a video to introduce the subject.

 

 

·         During Math we started discussing different ways to represent numbers up to 10,000.  We took notes in our Math notebooks summarizing the different ways numbers can be represented.

 

·         We started working on posters with the aim of raising awareness in the school about food waste.

 

·         During Sciences humaines, we started discussing Louis Riel and what the favourite parts of our homes are.

 

Reminders:

·         There is no school Monday due to a religious retreat for staff.

·         There is no homework today.

·         QSP fundraising is in full swing!  Thanks to everyone who brought back orders today.

 

Have a great evening!

M. Boyer

 

Dear parents,

Today was another great day.  We continued to work on routines for the year such as:

·         noon hour and recess expectations

·         walking through the hall without interrupting other classes

·         how to login to our computers, Classcraft, Google Classroom and Google Drive

·         lockdown and fire drill procedures

 

We also started familiarizing ourselves with Google Classroom, Google Drive, and Classcraft.  We visited Mme Forrest’s classroom to discuss Genius Hour at the end of the day.

 

A reminder that I post all of my end of day messages to our blog: www.mrboyer.ca

 

Have a great weekend!

M. Boyer

Dear parents,

                We had a great first day of school.  Today we discussed our classroom beliefs and classroom routines.  We set up our Classcraft accounts and played some math games.  Students went to the gym with M. Nadon and we discussed the concept and application of courtesy.

 

Have a great evening!

M. Boyer