ANNOUNCEMENT

Hello parents/guardians, 

  We are excited for the two fieldtrips this week. Students are also continuing to read their novel study books so they are finished by June 14. They will then start their novel study project with lots of time in class as well as home time. We will also continue working on our pinball machine projects. 

I will continue to use the homepage to communicate classroom updates, weekly homework, and important dates, so please check on a daily basis.

CONTACT INFORMATION

At this time the best way to get in contact with me is via email jasjit_gill@sd33.bc.ca (8am-3pm) or phone call 604-794-7124 (before or after school, unless an emergency). Any emails to me after 2:45pm will be responded to the following day.

Mrs Jones (Socials and Music) - shelley_jones@sd33.bc.ca

Mrs Boersema (Gym) - kimberley_boersema@sd33.bc.ca

If Home Due To Illness or Other Absence (Updated between 2pm-3pm on Mondays)

• Read 30 min. - read a book/magazine, comic, newspaper, etc. each day and tell a parent/guardian what they read. Parent/guardian can ask questions about the reading to ensure their child can comprehend and understand what they had read.
• Spelling words/Sight words- as you wait for your spelling words to come home, each day pick 10 different sight words (list in their planners) and write a sentence for each word. If not sure what the word means then the students can look up the word in a dictionary (https://kids.britannica.com/kids/browse/dictionary)
• Writing- Keep a book to write in each day. They should be writing for a minimum of 30 minutes each day. 
• Math- .Students can start to look for examples of fractions around them outside, at home, and in the community.

**PARENTS/GUARDIANS- Please arrange to pick-up any missed work from their "While You Were Away" folder **

DAILY HOMEWORK (updated daily)    

Monday, May 29

• Read 15 min. 
• Spelling words- no new words but practice words from last week
• Novel Study- students are to read and record on the log at home and school (to be done reading by June 14)
• Practice Songs for the concert- lyrics in their planners
• Fieldtrip tomorrow- bring a bagged lunch or in a lunch kit. Students will not be taking backpacks with them on this trip

Tuesday, May 30

• Read 15 min. 
• Spelling
• Library tomorrow
• Gym tomorrow- changed due to our trip on Thursday
• Practice Songs for the concert- lyrics in their planners
• Novel Study- students are to read and record on the log at home and school (to be done reading by June 14)

Wednesday, May 31

• Read 15 min. 
• Spelling 
• Novel Study- students are to read and record on the log at home and school (to be done reading by June 14)
• Practice Songs for the concert- lyrics in their planners

Thursday, June 1

• Read 15 min
• Spelling  
• Novel Study- students are to read and record on the log at home and school (to be done reading by June 14)
• Practice Songs for the concert- lyrics in their planners

Friday, June 2 (Non-Instructuional Day= NO SCHOOL)

• Read 15 min.
• Sight words- lists are in the planner. Students are to pick 5 words that stretch their thinking and practice them with an activity of choice. They have been introduced to various activities to use in class.
• Novel Study- students are to read and record on the log at home and school (to be done reading by June 14)
• Practice Songs for the concert- lyrics in their planners

What Is Happening In Our Classroom?

In May ... 

Math- Students have started their fractions unit. They are encouraged to look for real life examples around them. 

Language Arts- The students will continue to practice and learn reading strategies (connecting, visualizing, questioning, inferring, and transforming) while we read a "One District, One Book" title and an independent novel study. In writing we will continue practicing building good paragraphs with COPS. At the same time, we will continue to learn and practice new spelling patterns that can be used in our reading and writing assignments across the curriculum.

Science- The students are well on their way for making their pinball machines. We are working on the background and outside of the box. The students will move onto constructing the inside starting next week. This is an in class project, so students are to take it home the last week before the due date to put any finally touches.

Socials- The students will work on the Gold Rush unit with Mrs. Jones

French-  We will start looking at dialogue and practice using it in the classroom. The students will be able to answer and ask simple questions to create simple dialogue in French. This term we will also look at how to communicate likes/dislikes in French as we explore pizza vocabulary.

Art/Career/Drama- The students will be doing Art block with Ms. Ablitt this term. We will continue to do some in the classroom as well.

Social and Personal Responsibilities- This will be ongoing learning throughout the school year. We all have jobs and responsibilities in the classroom and school. These allow us to learn and practice leaderships skills. Also, we will continue to work on adding mindful strategies to keep ourselves calm and learning most of the time. 

Scholastic Book Order- Class Code- RC155520

IMPORTANT DATES 

May 4, 10, 18, 25- Judy Douglas is teaching the class drumming

May 26- Bake Sale Fundraiser (Salvation Army)

May 30- Nikkei Museum Fieldtrip

June 1- Burnaby Village Fieldtrip & Popcorn Sale (these will be given to students once we come back to school from the trip)

June 2- Pro-D Day (NO SCHOOL)

June 9- Elementary Concert

June 21- National Indigenous Peoples Day

June 22- Elementary track meet

June 26- K-5 waterslides 

June 27- K-5 Fun Day

June 29- Last Day of School/ Early dismissal @ 11am

**We acknowledge that we are privileged to live, learn and play on the unceded, traditional and ancestral territories of the Pilalt, Ts’elxweyeqw, and Sema:th First Nations.**