Ms Burton Snow's Blog

On Friday the Grade 4 classes went bowling to celebrate Halloween.  My class went to St. Pat's Bowling Alley for some Glow Bowling.  A good time was had by all! Oops... I forgot.... after we got back from bowling I was so consumed with getting our classroom straightened up from the litany of garbage that I forgot to remind the students to take home their pumpkins. Make sure you take these home on Monday, guys! A note for parents:  Please look to see if your child brought home a package of reading comprehension evaluations that were completed in class over the past two weeks.  Please take some time to read my note, review the stories with your child and sign the tests.  You can see that I have attached three extra stories which can be kept at home.

Today the Jack O Lanterns were officially unveiled.  Have a look at the photos below to see the amazing work created by your children. The students will bring their creations home tomorrow so they can display them with pride this weekend. On a related Halloween note... tomorrow we will be going to St. Pat's Bowling Alley instead of Holiday Lanes.  The students may bring their costumes to school and change during the lunch hour for the afternoon festivities.

Today we finished our Jack O Lanterns.  They took three class periods, but they look great!  Stay tuned tomorrow for some pictures of the masterpieces.  As an added note... we are now going to St. Pat's Bowling Alley on Friday instead of Holiday Lanes.  I am sure we will have a ball (pardon the unintended pun).

Well today history was made for many people in the East End of St. John's.  I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the blue bags of recycling on my street this morning!  At Mary Queen of Peace we recycle on a regular basis.  We recycle juice containers and our paper.  As a teacher I am trying to do my part by double siding my photocopying more regularly.  I also like to remind my students to use up all the space in their exercise books before they begin a new page.  Part of our Health program this year involves learning about the 3 R's (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle).  If you have a chance please talk to your child about the importance of recycling.  It is their planet and they are our future!  Have a look at the photo of my recycling below. As for what was happening in our class today... the friendly letters were continued.  Many thanks to the parents who have already supplied mailing addresses. Math today was a little rough....

Today the students began the rough draft of their friendly letter.  I modelled how to write a friendly letter first and then we took some time to review a letter that one of my students wrote in a previous year. We are going to work on understanding the main parts of a letter including the salutation, body and closing.  After the final copy is complete, I will photocopy one for assessment purposes and then we will walk to Shoppers Drug Mart to mail our good copies.  We talked a little about how infrequently people write letters these days.  It is my sincere hope that by doing this activity they will engage in "snail mail" tasks of their own.

Unfortunately a bad case of laryngitis has meant that I will be out of school for a couple of days.  I went to school this morning and returned Math tests.  Please read my note regarding all the work completed for Unit 2 Numeration and sign somewhere on the package.  You can have your child return the work samples whenever you are finished.  Please note:  The note that I have attached to the front of each child's package is also available for viewing on my Notes page. A further note... yesterday I sent home a Social Studies project.  The details of the project are also available on my Notes page.

I think the title of this post speaks for itself... I've got it, it's not good.