*Progress Reports go home today.
*Interview request sheets were supposed to go home at the end of the day yesterday but since they did not, they will also be sent home today. (Reminder that if you would rather schedule an interview before school, please write a note in your child's agenda; do not use the interview request form.)

*The Gospel Value Awards Assembly will take place on Thursday 9:45-10:05

Interviews

Interviews are scheduled to take place on November 6. Since I teach 2 classes with a total of 50 students, I am also making myself available for interviews before school on most days. If you would like to schedule a 10-15 minute interview before school one day, please write a note in your child's agenda indicating which day and time you would prefer. If Mme Racanelli is available on your requested day then she will also be able to join the interview if you wish.

*The Addition and Subtraction Quiz that we did yesterday is going home today. Students who did not get 15/15 will be doing a retake on Thursday with similar questions. The retake will have 10 questions instead of 15 and I will be taking the best mark out of the two.

*Tonight all students are bringing home their Language notebooks. Students were given 20 minutes today to begin writing a recount about what they did this morning (from the time they woke up to the end of first recess). We discussed as a class that it is important to included details, HOWEVER, details do not need to include every single minute! Below, please find the Success Criteria that students are asked to refer to while writing.

This recount is a practice for the recount we will begin to work on tomorrow.

Success Criteria:

Knowledge and Understanding

I described an event in chronological order.

My writing is about a main idea and has a focused purpose.

I provided information about who, what, when, where, why, and how the event happened.

Thinking

I used an interesting topic sentence that grabbed the reader’s attention.

I included details that described how I felt and what I thought.

I described events using the five senses.

Communication

I used sequencing words to help organize my ideas.

My paragraphs were written in past tense.

I used a voice and style in my writing that reflects my personality.

My sentences flowed together and were organized into logical paragraphs.

Application

I used strong , active verbs and clear, descriptive adjectives.

I included interesting events and details to give the reader a clear picture of the event in their mind.

C.O.P.S. (Capitals, Omissions, Punctuation, Spelling)

*Today pictures were sent home. Orders are due Friday, October 24. I am not sure when retakes will be taking place but once I know, I will make sure to post it on the blog.

*CASI: Today I sent home the first Grade 5 CASI that the class completed. We spent an entire block today going over each question and examples of each level. During this time, students were asked to use a coloured pen/pencil to add to their answers to try to bump them up to a level 3 or level 4. 

This CASI is being used as a baseline to see where everyone is at and if students used the pointers they were given after completing a Grade 4 CASI in September (which we reviewed but I did not send home). This is not the only thing I am looking at for the Progress Reports. The level for each question is in purple and the overall level for the entire CASI is on the front page in pink. Students are asked to have this CASI signed and returned as soon as possible.

*Progress Reports go home on Tuesday, October 28.

*Tomorrow (Friday) we will be doing Reading Buddies since we weren't able to do it on Wednesday. Students are invited to bring one or two stories to school tomorrow that they would like to read to their buddy.

Reminder that the Food and Milk order forms are due tomorrow! 

Hot Lunch forms went home today and are due Thursday, October 23.

New Page Added - Curriculum

As a way to keep parent(s)/guardian(s) informed about what we are learning about each month, I have decided to add a page to this blog entitled "Curriculum". When you click on the page, click on the link that says "Curriculum" and you will be brought to a Google Document that lists our class focus for Math and our class focus for Language each month.

Should you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me at any time!

Place Value Quiz

This quiz was sent home on Friday. I explained to the class that I apologize for it taking so long for these to be returned. We did a few follow up activities as a class and I needed to conference with several students one-on-one before I could send home the quiz.

Some students were shocked with their mark when they looked at the quiz. I did explain though that when it comes to a final grade for reports, I take into consideration ALL of the work that has been completed, including what each student did the best with. This is why I also included with the quiz a worksheet that students completed with place value and expanded form since several students did not do well with expanded form on the quiz but then did very well with it on the worksheet (in this case, the worksheet portion counts NOT the quiz portion).

A few students also wanted to know what level they received just on the quiz (even though I explained that this may change depending on how they did on the worksheet and other activities). Please find below the ranges for each level for just the quiz which was a mark out of 35.

Level 4: 28-35

Level 3: 24-27

Level 2: 21-23

Level 1: 17-20

I have also sent home (with the quiz) a worksheet for expanded form extra practice if I felt that this was something that would help your child.

Should you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me!

Canned Food Drive

Just a reminder that the St. Stephen Canned Food Drive has begun! We have currently collected 32 cans as a class! Please continue to send in cans!!! The final day to bring in cans is Thursday, October 9. (Remember that the winning class gets a breakfast hosted by Mr. Santos and Mrs. Kelly!)

Reminder: Today is Picture Day!!!