Mme. Macdonald

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!!
Enjoy a well-deserved break from school. Please find some time to read for pleasure over the holidays. (I intend to!!!) Those of you who have not yet conducted your family member interview, please find a few quiet moments to do that. Remember we talked about quality [...]

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We will continue to practise long division skills in math.  The formal evaluation will take place January 15th, 2008.  

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The students have been asked to prepare and conduct an interview with a family member.  The students are trying to find out about a relative’s childhood memories.  The categories may include:  friends, family excursions, hobbies, Christmas traditions, summer fun, toys, humourous anecdotes etc.  We have discussed how to ask probing questions to discover many interesting [...]

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Students have now selected their topics and formed research groups. If your busy schedule at this time of year affords you an opportunity to take a trip to the public library, it would be greatly appreciated. Students may also conduct research on the internet. At times, students tend to want to conduct [...]

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Report Cards will be sent home on Thursday this week.

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Hello Parents and Students,
Just a reminder that seven of you still need to pay $6.00 for the play on Wednesday. Please tuck this money (or a cheque) in your backpack today. Eat a good breakfast tomorrow and bring some healthy snacks to school tomorrow that you can nibble before we leave [...]

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Last week we began our science unit in French on the human body. I was pleased with the students’ abilities to remain focused on the task at hand as we discovered the body systems. We will be forming small groups to examine one of the systems, conduct research, (use the glossary, table of [...]

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In English, we have begun to explore an anthology, entitled “Looking for Answers”. We have read two short stories in the collection (”Once Bitten” and “Tub under the Stars”) and have practised the reading strategies of making predictions and making connections to the text. We will be inspired by one of the texts [...]

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This week our focus will be on the structure of er verbs. Over the past two weeks, many students have been working at home to master the correct spelling of the verb conjugations of être and avoir. Other students need to continue to work on this important concept. Their tests will be [...]

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Our current unit of study is division. Some students have found this concept to be a challenge and have been using their classtime wisely to work to master the steps involved. All students would benefit from a few minutes of practice of this skill on a nightly basis.

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