Homework and notes...

Hello Families,
Yesterday the report cards were sent home. We have had several problems with the new reporting program. I apologize if your child's report card had whiteout all over it. The report card program was down yesterday and reprinting the report cards with the typos fixed just did not happen. If you notice that your child's report card is drastically different than you anticipated, please let me know as there have definitely been a few problems reported already. I appreciate your understanding as the division works out the kinks.

Today a note was sent home about our Christmas lunch. Our class is responsible for bringing tossed salad. The grade 7 students were asked to bring tossed salad with no dressing. The grade 6 students (in our class) have been asked to bring salad dressing. If the grade sixes could bring 1 large bottle or 2 small bottles that would be great. As for flavors, please ask your child what they'd like to bring, and just make sure it does not contain nuts or nut oils. We are completely open to using whatever shows up. :) The grade 7 students should bring about the equivalent of a head of lettuce. If you chose to buy a head of lettuce, please was and cut it up for that day. Prepackaged tossed salad is also fine.

Math - Grade 7 students have page 81 and 82 questions 1-12 for homework.

Language Arts  - persuasive writing planning sheet - the brainstorming and RAFTS are due for tomorrow.

Drama storyboards are due on Monday. These will likely be finished in class tomorrow. The students worked in groups, and most groups are very close to completing the task.

Have a great night!
- Ms. Gallays

Homework and stuff

Hello parents and guardians,

The grade 7 class has math homework today. They were assigned pages 79 and 80 - questions 1-12 today. They were given some time for the assignment, by will need to spend time working on it at home. We are currently working on fractions of a number. For example 1/2 of 6 is 3.

Tomorrow is the Idle Audit. I just want to remind you that we will be auditing cars idling in front of the school between 2:45 to about 3:30 -3:45 at the latest. Make sure your child is dressed properly for the weather. If they need to take the bus home, that's fine.

We may start filming our Idle Free infomercials tomorrow. Some students want to bring costumes for their roles, and they asked that I put a reminder on the blog. (So this is the reminder. :)

We watched a video today from the Story of Stuff. This video is called The Story of Solutions.
Here's the video if you're interested:
 

Some stuff about today and Wednesday

Hi everyone,
This is a reminder that today we will be walking to BJM to watch Anne of Green Gables. We will leave the school at 12:45 and return around 3:00. Please make sure that your child is dressed for the weather.

I also sent a note home last week about our Idle Free Campaign. This Wednesday we will be performing our pre-audit of cars idling in front of the school. Basically with the help of Megan from the SES we will count the cars idling in front of the school on Wednesday. This will take place between 2:45 and 3:45. I can't imagine that we will need to go beyond 3:30, but we will just play it by ear. If you child needs to take the bus, and you cannot make other arrangements, that's okay. We will fill your child in the next day at school. 

Here is the note again in case you missed it. I know many kids did not get their note home because there were many found in the classroom after they were handed out. Please contact me if you have any questions.

   IdleFree Note to St Anne Parents by jennifer_gallays

Information on upcoming events

Hello parents and guardians,
We put some more work into our portfolios today. Tomorrow we will add some pictures, and students will be able to bring the portfolios home again. I asked the students if they thought we should leave them at school for the conferences, and many of them thought that was a good idea because they were worried they would forget them at home. I will give them a choice tomorrow and they can decide.

We have a major project we are working on with the Saskachewan Environmental Society. Here is a note that will be sent home tomorrow. Pay close attention to all of the dates and times on the note as there are 3 days when students will be asked to stay after school to perform audits. I will let you know about the upcoming assembly as we get closer to December 11th. The video projects that we will be working on will be pretty cool. Of course, all parents will be invited to join us.

Homework for tonight for both grades: math (grade 6 1-8) (grade 7 - entire worksheet which most had completed)

   IdleFree Note to St Anne Parents