Thursday, October 31

- Have a safe time Trick- Or- Treating tonight!
- No school tomorrow
- Field Trip on Monday!  Dress for the weather and bring a litterless lunch!  

Wednesday, October 30

- we did some amazing pumpkin art with Ms Wishart when Ms Vroom was at Camp. 

Tuesday, October 29

- we learned about gears today

- Halloween is on Thursday!  Students can wear costumes, but please do not bring any treats.  

Monday, October 28

- please bring Field Trip forms back.
- we learned rounding to the nearest thousand.  Please practice at home.

Week of October 28- November 1

We will be working on:
Language Arts:

- continuing our unit on Personal Narrative, learning about hooks and good beginnings to stories 

- continue our read aloud of Frindle
Mathematics:
- Math Mystery.  We are solving a superhero mystery using rounding, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division

French:

- Halloween vocabulary, colours and numbers 

Social Studies:

- continue researching Alberta's regions - Canadian Shield 

Science:

- Gears and Drive Systems 

Thursday,  October 24

- we went on a walk to sketch the Rocky Mountains 

- tomorrow we will have an assembly at 9:30.  

- Halloween Dance tomorrow at 6:30pm 

Wednesday, October 23

- we finished our Rocky Mountain research with computers

- we all came up with a special word for an object just like in "Frindle"

- Field Trip forms home yesterday, please sign and bring back ASAP.  

Monday, October 21

- we started research on the Rocky Mountain region 

- we learned some place value 

- we learned some French Halloween vocabulary
- we will be going on a community walk on Thursday Afternoon

Friday, October 18

- Ask me about my Sit Spot

Thursday, October 17

- We hope all families come to Literacy Night from 6- 7:30pm to see our ART from today!

- Crazy Hat Day tomorrow

- Community Walk tomorrow

Wednesday, October 16

- We will be going to the Community Garden on Friday at 10:45am.
- Literacy Night and Halloween Dance notice home today
- we made pulleys today
WEAR Red and white tomorrow or a Canadian sports jersey 

Tuesday, October 15

- we are working on personal narrative writing

- Book orders due tomorrow 

- we talked about our skills and character traits we we are proud of 

Week of October 15- 18th 

Language Arts:

- Continuing personal narrative writing 

Math

 - place value and representing numbers with base ten blocks and expanded form 

Science 

- we will learn about and make pulleys 

Social 

-  we will finish research on the Grasslands region 

Health 

- we will continue to learn about Mental Health 

French 

- Days of the week and months of the year
Art
- we will make some Canadian themed art for our bulletin board on Literacy Night.

Thursday, October 10th 

1. Book orders home, due Wednesday, October 16th.

2. Please bring signed TIME test back on Tuesday.  

3. No school tomorrow or Monday!  

We are Thankful for . . . 

Wednesday, October 9th 

1. We started our research on the Grasslands region of Alberta.

2. We learned new French words and completed an Octobre calendar. 

3. No school Friday or Monday 

** Time quiz home.  Please sign and return tomorrow!

Tuesday, October 8

1. Our Heritage Park Field Trip is on November 4th!  We will need 4 parent volunteers in order to go on the trip.  Please email Ms Vroom if you can come. mdvroom@cbe.ab.ca

October 7- 10th  

This week we will be learning about:

Language Arts:

- Starting personal narrative writing about gratitude and what we are thankful for

Math

- We will start our unit on number sense - place value and representing numbers with base ten blocks

Science 

- we are making wheels and axles and will start learning about drive systems 

Social 

- we will learn more about the 6 regions of Alberta, we will start research on the Grasslands region 

Health 

- we will continue to learn about Mental Health 

French 

- Days of the week and months of the year

ALL BOOK FAIR - USED BOOK DONATIONS NEEDED!

Hawkwood School will be having their semi-annual book fair November 19-22nd. Once again we accepting donations of children’s and adult’s books for our Fall Book Fair. Please consider donating popular titles for children such as:

Diary of a wimpy kid

Bad guys series

Dog man

Mighty robot

Amulet

Elephant & piggie books

Branches series including Dragon Masters

Any books by Raina Telgemeier (graphic novels)

Please do not bring textbooks, encyclopedias, magazines or any items that are too outdated. Used books can be dropped off in the foyer across from the office.

Thank you for your support!

Monday, October 7th 

1. Ask me what our new novel is called. 

2. We started making wheels and axles