Agenda - Thursday

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Cross Country meet tomorrow - Bring water bottle, lunch (or money) and Dress in layers!! It was very cold last year even though it was a nice day!
• Miss S. is gone to Cross Country tomorrow - Mr. Albers will be here for me! - Yay!
• Reading logs go home today
• Spelling test tomorrow (Home free - Garrett, Colby, Spencer, Anteneh, Madison) Jasmine - on Monday

Random fact of the day - Thursday

 The television was invented before sliced bread!

Philo T. Farnsworth of San Francisco, CA patented the first television system on September 7, 1927 - nearly a full year before Otto Frederick Rohwedder invented the first bread slicer in Davenport, IA. I guess television COULDN'T be called "the greatest thing since sliced bread!"

You can read more about Farnsworth here.
(Sources: 1, 2, 3)

Agenda - Wednesday

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Words I got wrong sheets (in pouch)
• Book fair - The day to bring your money for book fair is TOMORROW
• Rainbows - bring them tomorow if they aren't done (Since Miss S won't be here Friday)
• Anything else?

Random fact of the day - Tuesday

If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water!  When a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off. 

Agenda - Tuesday

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Miss S. is back today
• Ask me about: My Blog
• Reading buddies to the book fair tomorrow - Don't bring your money for book fair stuff until THURSDAY
• Cross Country permission forms! (Garrett, Jasmine, Anteneh)
• Cross Country meet in Saltcoats on Friday!
• Anything I've missed?

Random fact of the day

Astronauts can't belch - there is no gravity to separate liquid from gas in their stomachs

Its Friday!

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Book Fair - Tuesday - Viewing only.  Don't bring money until Thursday.
• Have I missed anything?

Agenda - Thursday

Wheow!! What a great busy day today!  We watched a movie to get us ready for the Terry Fox Walk tomorrow and had a busy BUSY P.E. class with room 501!
Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Terry Fox walk tomorrow at 1:30 - Bring Mom, Dad, Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle Joe, Cousin Floyd...
• I'm still taking toonie donations for the cause
• Spelling homework for whoever wasn't finished today

Agenda - Wednesday

Thank you to all parents who came to meet me last night :)  I look forward to meeting everyone else sometime in the near future!

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• CHERRYDALE meet is tomorrow for Cross Country - Make sure you come dressed in layers! Remember: Water bottle, lunch (or money),
• Spelling red and blue/pyramids due tomorrow
• Bring P.E. clothes for combined P.E. tomorrow
• Terry Fox donations

Random Fact of the Day - Wednesday

The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.

Agenda - Tuesday

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Meet the teacher night - 6:45 in the gym TONIGHT
• Terry Fox Walk is on Friday at 1:30
• Cross Country Thursday - You'll leave right after announcements and be back between 2:30 and 3:00
•  Book Fair Notes go home today

Random Fact of the Day - Monday

If you are right handed, you will tend to chew your food on the right side of your mouth.  If you are left handed, you will tend to chew your food on the left side of your mouth!

Monday - Agenda

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Picture day tomorrow
• Meet the creature night tomorrow at 6:45
• Spelling sentences - DUE TOMORROW
• New Spelling words go home tonight

Random fact of the day for Friday

To make half a kilo of honey, bees must collect nectar from over 2 million individual flowers

Friday Agenda!

Its Friiiiday Friiiiday.......

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Davison Dairy is starting up on Monday
• "Davison School Student Verification Sheet" is going home today.  Please have Mom/Dad/Grandma sign this and bring it back to school ASAP!
• Anything I've missed?

Agenda - Wednesday

Happy Wednesday!

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• My NEW parent access code
• Ask me about: My spelling words
• Early D tomorrow (Don't bring a lunch.  You will be dismissed for the day at 11:45)
• Early morning half P.E. tomorrow morning - Be ready!

Agenda - Tuesday

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Still missing a few agenda/t-shirt $$
• TWO letters from me are going home today. Please bring back the second sheet filled out tomorrow

Random Fact of the day - Tuesday

After a power outage in LA, people called asking what the bright lights in the sky were. They didn't know what STARS were!

In 1994, when the Northridge earthquake knocked out the power in LA, people contacted authorities and observatories wondering what the strange bright lights (stars) in the sky were.
Light pollution has become sort of a problem in very developed areas. Apparently two thirds of the world can’t see the Milky Way at night because of it. As you probably know, light pollution is caused by an excess of artificial light, resulting in an inability to see much of the starry sky.
In Los Angeles, for example, stars are barely visible at night. In some areas they can’t be seen at all at night. But surely everyone knows that, right? Wrong. In 1994, following the Northridge earthquake at 4:31 a.m., the local observatory received many calls asking about “the strange sky” people were seeing after the earthquake. What happened?
The earthquake had cause a blackout, and because so many people had never left the city and thus never seen stars, the sight was completely foreign to them. The sad truth of it is that this is only going to get worse. The more that places become urbanized, the more people will grow up not knowing just how many stars are in the sky.
(Source)

Read more at http://www.omg-facts.com/#gvUg3frfJR23Mwox.99

Random Fact of the day - Monday

It is impossible to hum while holding your nose closed.

Agenda - Monday

Happy Monday everyone!

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• "What I'd like to know about you" sheets are now OVERDUE
• Please bring a water bottle with you to school tomorrow
• Agenda $ / T-shirt $
• We're heading to the library tomorrow
• Please bring INDOOR SHOES if you haven't already

Friday Agenda!

Holy smokes! We are already done the first day of school! I sincerely hope everyone is enjoying Grade 5 as much as I am so far this year! 

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

Agenda $
"What I'd like to know about you" sheets due Monday
Check out my blog! :
Cross Country Forms due soon

Random Fact of the day - Friday

Canada is implementing a new glow in the dark quarter with a dinosaur on it!

Sound strange? In a series of several new currency alterations, Canada has decided to remove their penny from circulation while also implementing a new glow in the dark quarter with a dinosaur on it! While this sounds like a completely random move, it actually has some significance.
Canada decided to mint this coin with a dinosaur on it because the Pachyrhinosaurus lacustai, which is the creature depicted, was the first dinosaur found in the Alberta region, which led to the discovery of a plethora of other dinosaur remains. To make the coin even more alluring scientists added a new design that is infused with a photo-luminescent element that allows the dinosaur’s skeleton to glow in the dark!
If you plan on acquiring one of these coins we suggest you do it quickly because only 25,000 will be minted and will cost around 30 dollars each!

Read more at http://www.omg-facts.com/page/2#TFG6CSOXpQVyQjhO.99

Thursday's Agenda

Students please note the following in your agendas :

• Davison Day is tomorrow - Wear your Davison shirt (Or a green shirt)
• Tomorrow is Literacy Day - We're all sitting down at 10:00 and reading as a school
• T-shirt and agenda money
• Reading Club forms go home tonight
• Cross Country forms are due soon

Wednesday Agenda

My apologies for being late on this agenda message! Its only day two and my computer is giving me grief! :)  This was the agenda message students were to write today:

• Agenda money/T-shirt money (New forms will be distributed tomorrow)
• Bring a book for in class reading if you haven't already
• New newsletter was e-mailed today!

Agenda?! What for?

Communication is key to having a successful learning experience! Communication is a three way street between YOU the student, YOU the child's caregiver, and ME (Miss S). One way I intend to keep these lines of communication open at all times is through our agendas. Every day throughout the school year, we will write a message which includes reminders about upcoming events, due dates, and other important things to remember. Each night students will be asked to bring their agendas home and have it initialed by an adult caregiver. I have explained to students that it is THEIR responsibility to have their agendas signed, so blaming a parent for not signing isn't an option. This agenda also gives parents a chance to write a message for me any time they would like!

Agenda - First day of school!

What a wonderful first day back at school!  I hope everyone had a great summer vacation and that you are as excited as I am to start a brand new school year!

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Agenda money ($7.50) 
• T-Shirt Money($13.50)  If you need a new form, please let Miss S. know asap!
•  Insurance forms go home today
• Bring a book for in class reading
• Cross Country starts tomorrow! (Bring your lunch if you usually go home)