Today's blog post contains important information in French! Please ask your child to translate.

Aujourd'hui, c'était le premièr jour pour Band et Strings. Nous avons plusieurs élèves dans notre classe qui vont participer dans ces programmes cette année, et c'était très excitant. Aussi, un élève dans notre classe va jouer le role d'un oprhelin dans Annie demain, et elle nous a expliqué quelques détails a propos du spectacle.

Demain est notre Sweat a thon, un activité très important dans notre année à Beachy Cove. Nous essayons de mettre plus d'importance sur l'activité physique cette année, est c'est un bon façon de lever les fonds pour acheter les choses pour l'école. Si vous lisez cette phrase et vous êtes dans la classe de M. Paterson, disez le mot "Cornichon" à moi demain pour reçevoir un prix. Ne dit rien à les autres élèves.... c'est un sécret!

Back to a more familiar language, for a few more notes. I will be scheduling a math test officially for next Thursday; a review guide and sheets will go home tomorrow. Students can work on these sheets (up as far as we have covered so far) over the weekend. I expect them to be complete by Wednesday when we will do our final review for the test. These sheets will not be evaluated; they are a way for students to find out what they need to study more, and what I need to re-teach.

Students took home a new book today. If there are still problems with reading level or length of book chosen, let me know so I can help them find a new one tomorrow. Tonight's only "homework" is to create a second copy of a poem they wrote today. If students had Strings practice, they may not have finished their first copy. If that is the case, they can just do 1 draft on the piece of paper I supplied. They are to create a Colour Poem, a format they are very familiar with. If your child needs a refresher, the instructions are available here:

http://courses.missouristate.edu/shaejohnson/colorpoemexamples.htm

If you haven't been on the blog in a few days (or even if you have), I would suggest you and your child look at the links I have posted recently. They are a good way to review for math and a few other subjects. I also posted a dozen links about a week ago, in this post: http://grade5beachycove.blogspot.com/2011/09/some-links-and-tips.html

Let me know if you have any questions, and please check book bags for some notes that went home today. Let me know if you have any questions or concerns.