October 14th - 17th

Hello Families,

I hope you all had a wonderful long weekend, and a chance to enjoy the beautiful fall weather. A belated Happy Thanksgiving to you all.

This week, being a short week, is light on homework, but there are lessons and practice students should do:

Math
Pages in JUMP and photocopies in the duotang relate to our unit on Prime and Composite Numbers. Students should learn to differentiate the two, find multiples of a number, common multiples, and common factors. The unit will end with the understanding of Prime Factorizations of large numbers.

Students should also be using the Reflex Math app a minimum of 3 times per week (once a week in class).

Social Studies
There will be a short quiz next week on sectors of the Quebec economy around 1980. Students should revise Adventure One, and study class notes, including the in-process questions begun this week.

Science/ELA
This week we will have a reading comprehension quiz on a text treated last week in class (a photocopy can be found in your child's purple notebook). Students generated comprehension questions in teams, and these questions will form the basis of the quiz this Friday.

RAZ-Kids, or Reading A to Z: Each student is to complete 2 books at their reading level and 2 quizzes each week. Some students have not logged in for more than 10 days - you will be receiving a note in the agenda if this is your child. This levelled practice provides vocabulary content that is especially important to second-language learners and must not be skipped.


Paperwork and Special Events

Wednesday is the Cross Country Run at AGRHS. Students who are attending need to dress in layers and bring a lunch, snacks and a water bottle. Best of luck to all runners!
Students who are not going on this outing still have school, and arrangements have been made for them to have extra Phys Ed on Wednesday, and they will have lessons with other teachers as I am needed to accompany the runners with Martin.

The Interim Report went home last Friday and needs to be signed and brought back to school.

Scholastic Orders are due this Thursday - students can order with  their pocket money, cheques are not necessary.

The Ferme des Voltigeurs Fundraiser is on, and we are counting on your support. Products ordered by October 22nd will be delivered on Parents's Night, November 19th.

Have a lovely week, 
Kathy Napier