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KEY POINTS Agendas are on sale for $8.00 Curriculum night is SEPTEMBER 12th from 5:30-7:30pm.
Boomerang lunches: everything the students bring to lunch goes back home with the student
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Lquipe de 4e
W e l c o m e B a c k ! S e p t e m b e r 3 r d , 2 0 1 3
A new beginning...
Welcome parents and students to an exciting new school year, it's time for that fresh start again. I hope your summer went slowly enough for you to enjoy every day. Hello and welcome to the Junior Division as a grade 4 student. My name is Mme Shingler and I will be your childs teacher in the French Immersion grade 4 classroom for this year. I am looking forward to an exciting year with a brand new group of young students, parents and teachers with whom I can work with to support the children as they grow and learn. I look forward to meeting with each one of you in the coming weeks to discuss your childs educational and learning goals for this upcoming school year. The beginning of the year is always busy and full of letters, forms etc. Please do your best in filling them out and sending them back on time. This is greatly appreciated by myself and the administrative staff. I wish you all the best in a successful academic year! The grade 4 team
School Safety/Allergies
For security reasons, it is very important that all parents/family members/ friends of family sign in at the office before heading to a classroom, even if it is to bring a lunch, pick up your child for hockey or bringing shoes etc The office will notify the classroom of your arrival and you will receive a visitor pass. When it comes time to go home, find a designated waiting area where your child can meet with you after dismissal. YOUR COOPERATION IN THIS MATTER IS GREATLY APPRECIATED! Allergy Alert: We have an allergy to nuts, bananas and mangos in the classroom. Please keep this in mind when packing your childs lunch.
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Suggested Supplies/Materials
Here is a list of materials that is strongly suggested for your child this school year. ** Agendapurchased from the school (will be used for homework tracking and note keeping) 1. A 1 inch binder with pocket inserts 2. 6 Dividers for your binder in class (label one for math, language, sciences, etudes sociales, drame/danse et arts visuels 3. Scissors 4. Markers,Pencil crayons 5. Highlighters (2) 6. Glue Stick, small ruler 7. Personal Calculator 8. Pencils, erasers, small sharpener 9. Pencil case (Tupperware works well for this) Homework folder: A fun plastic pocket to bring home their homework or school letters. Gym:- Running shoes for gym (also used as indoor shoes no black soles) Appropriate clothing worn on gym days for exercise Water bottles are encouraged
Tissue/Kleenex/Paper Towel It would be greatly appreciated if each student could donate a roll of paper towel and box of Kleenex. Hand sanitizer is recommended as well. Please label your childs materials so that we can identify one from the other. If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know.
Contact with the teacher If at any time throughout the year you need to speak with me or would like to book a teacher/ parent conference regarding a concern or a question, I encourage parents/guardians to let me know ahead of time in order to get your childs file ready. We can schedule conferences before or right after school. You can use your childs agenda for communication purposes as I will be signing them daily. You can also call at convenient hours such as before or after school (905) 668-2225
Lquipe de 4e
Welcome Back!
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HOMEWORK
As your child begins a new school year, I would like to give you a chance to view what my expectations are for homework. Homework is sometimes fun practice of concepts learned in class, for example reading, science projects at home, art treasure hunts Other times, it is work that was not completed in class. Language: Reading: Your child is asked to have a French book on the go (this could be a variety of things such as a magazine, newspaper comic, picture book, recipe, novel, reading games). Students will be given the opportunity to select books from the library (one French/one English). There will be upcoming reading projects. I will also hand out scholastic order forms where students will have the opportunity to purchase French books as well as English books. The Whitby Library is also a good resource for French books. Major Reading/Writing Assignments/projects: as part of evaluation, independent assignments are done only at school to see if your child has learned the required con-
cepts on their own following the teachers models and examples. Sometimes your child will bring home an assignment for practice or review. Math journal: This is a great homework piece for your child to develop their problem solving skills. Each week, a new problem related to the unit of study will be handed out and the child will be asked to work on a problem solving process to answer a math question. The math journal allows deep conversations about ones learning, great sharing tips with peers and develops their ability to use several different strategies. Math exercises: When your child practices new concepts at school, he or she sometimes needs to practice their newly learned skill outside of class, therefore there will be math homework brought home to finish as part of their math practice and is to be done for the following day. How to keep math ideas fresh The Nelson Math website is a good site to use in reinforcing
concepts learned in class. This month we are focusing on Chapter 3. http://www.nelson.com/nelson/ school/elementary/mathK8/math4/ studentcentre/studsurf.html#ch3 This link provides you with the topics we will be covering throughout our unit on Data Management. The MathFROG website is another great site that allows students to play games based on the concepts learned in all of our math units. http://cemc2.math.uwaterloo.ca/ mathfrog/english/kidz/index.shtml Tests/Projects: A review sheet will always be given before a test. Once we have gone over it in class it will be sent home for students to fill out using the information learned and exercises done in class. Tests will be sent home to be signed and then they are to returned to school. Multiplication and Division Facts: Your child should be practicing multiplying and dividing at home through games, flash cards, drills. ANY FINAL TEASK, TEST OR PROJECT HAS TO BE SIGNED AND RETURNED TO SCHOOL.
Housekeeping
Portable items: Just a reminder of some portable items:
Garbage:
Do your best to make sure that your child is bringing a litter less lunch. Encourage the green bin program and use plastic or metal containers whenever possible. Thanks for your help!
children will be eating inside the school building during lunch hour To avoid water trips, please pack a water bottle
use this site at least once a week for the read aloud option so that they are hearing the book being read to them. TUMBLEBOOKS:
Enter your Whitby library card code to access the Tumblebooks (see link below) Select tumblebooks They will find a collection of animated, talking picture books. Use the drop down language menu to select French Choose any of the icons but for age appropriate read alouds choose Livres pour enfants Once they choose a story that they like they are to choose Visualisez en ligne Enjoy! http://www.whitbylibrary.on.ca/clientlogintumblebook