Don't Forget!

Tomorrow, Dec. 21, there is a skating/pizza party for students who volunteer to do patrols, student council and kindergarten helpers. We will be walking to the rink at 12:00 and staying there until 3:00. Pizza, drinks, chips and skating will be supplied to all our volunteers to say "thanks and Merry Christmas!"

Wednesday December 22, Tammy will be bringing pizza for lunch. Students need to bring a drink for the lunch. We will be exchanging gifts after we eat. After lunch we will be watching "Elf" in the gym. Students can bring a treat and a drink to enjoy during the movie if they want.

#6 Plastic

We are looking for some #6 plastic for an art project if anyone has any. It is the kind of plastic that birthday cakes or cookies come in. We need this by Thursday if possible. Thanks!

Mathletics

Want to improve your math skills and have fun at the same time? Go to http://www.mathletics.ca/ and login to practise your math skills and play live against students from all over the world!! We only have this on a trial basis until January 8th so we need to use it as much as possible to see if it is a worthwhile resource or not!! I will be looking for some feedback from both students and parents so please keep that in mind!

Stuff Thats due This Week and Next Week!

Thurs, Dec 9: Journal 12, and also we have a math quiz! So be ready!
Fri, Dec 10: Grade sixes have band. Spelling test and questions are due!
Mon, Dec 13: Power Builder 12 due. "A day in the life" photostory due!

Mom's Pantry Products

Mom's Pantry Products will be arriving at our school Tues. Dec. 7. Pick up time will be from 10:30-2:00. If you are unable to pick up your products please try to make other arrangements as we will not have room to store the items. If it is to go home with your child, please let us know. Thanks again for your support in this fund raising project.

Volley Ball Website Link

Here is the link to the volley ball camp in Portage!
http://web.me.com/doughalmarson/Prairie%20Fire%202011/Home.html

Enjoy!

Book Reviews!!!! COMING SOON!!

Soon we will have some book reviews and some book ideas for you!!! Some books are probably really interesting! They will be coming soon!!!

Spelling #13 Questions

1.)Sometimes we add the suffixes er and est to words to make comparisons.
Read these sentences:
December was cold.
January was colder.
February was the coldest month.

Using the pattern, write three sentences of comparison using each word.

Large ____________________________________
Larger _________________________________
Largest __________________________________________

Small_______________________________________________
Smaller_____________________________________________
Smallest _____________________________________________


New____________________________________________________
Newer___________________________________________________
Newest __________________________________________________
2.)Add er and est to these adjectives and remember to remove the final e before replacing it with the suffix.
er est

long ___________________ _________________
short ___________________ _________________
huge ___________________ _________________
big ___________________ _________________
pretty ___________________ _________________

Electricity Wordsplash

The above wordsplash is full of vocabulary that we will be discussing in Science for the next couple of months. You can click on the picture to see a larger version. You may also go to www.spellingcity.com and play vocabulary games and practice spelling these electricity vocabulary words. We will be studying electricity and how to build simple circuits.

Some Book Suggestions

Here are some of your classmates book suggestions from our survey.
- the Alex Ryder series because they really grab your attention, very exciting, and interesting.
- The Screech Owl series is all about hockey and I like it because I play hockey.
- Percy Jackson because it is exciting and you learn about Greek mythology
- Harry Potter because it's so good!
- Secretariat because it has lots of action.
- When Falcons Fly by David Square.
- the Ranger's Apprentice series by John Flanagan.
- any non fiction because we can learn more about our world
- "The Bread Winner" by Deborah Ellis is a very interesting book because it is based on true events. It is about a girl in Afganistan that has to pretend to be a boy in order to get food for her family.