Two Days!! Laurie Lawson Centre!! Yay!!

Hi Class,

Well, it looks like we're going to be able to go to the Laurie Lawson Centre on Thursday and Friday next week! Isn't that AWESOME!!! On Thursday, we're going to do some microscope work with creatures from the river water and low lying waters around the Centre. INVERTEBRATES HERE WE COME!!! As well as classifying those creatures, we're going to be doing some Tree Classifications too! Then, on Friday, we're going back to the Centre to play the Fur Trade Game! It will warm us up for our Social Studies unit next term on Early European Explorers and Aboriginal Peoples. Thanks to Keegan's dad, Carly's dad, Dylan's mom, Mr. D., and our two Co-op students, we're going to have lots of help. So, as soon as I finish this BLOG, I'm going to e-mail Mr. Rupke, the Naturalist at the Laurie Lawson Centre, to confirm that we can come on both days. I'm so excited.

We still have some very important work to finish up before we go, so let's work hard this weekend and the beginning of next week, and then we can "play" hard at the Laurie Lawson Centre at the end of next week.

Here's your homework update:

1) Use PICTURES, NUMBERS AND WORDS and the COMMUNICATION Rubric in your math workbook to complete the two problem sheets related to metric conversions: "Tina's Backpack" Problem and "Prove Your Answer" Problems.

2) Keep working on your Science Notebooks and keep reviewing for next week's test. Make sure your VERTEBRATES Research Chart is complete by tomorrow.

3) For those of you having to rewrite your letter, make sure it's ready for tomorrow too. I'll be working on your English report card marks this weekend and I know you all want to make improvements from your first letter.

4) Tomorrow is the last day for the SCHOLASTIC BOOK ORDERS.

5) Think about things you can bring in for our OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD boxes and bring them in. We have to return the boxes by next Friday.

6) Do you have some French to do?

7) Come prepared for a serious day tomorrow as we honour and remember those Canadians who have lost their lives for our Country - REMEMBRANCE DAY. (Note: You will receive a poppy before our Assembly tomorrow.)

See you tomorrow,

Mrs. A.