A note from Mr. Hatch

A few Vancouver Whitecap fans have contacted me to remind me that the mighty Whitecaps are in the league final vs Puerto Rico this Sunday. These Whitecap supporters have of course suggested that we follow up Thursday’s “Cheer On Canucks Day’ with a Friday:

CHEER ON THE WHITECAPS DAY!

Please let your students know that, if they have a Whitecaps jersey or t-shirt, they are welcome to wear it over their uniform shirt this Friday.

GO WHITECAPS GO!!!

Roger D. Hatch

Homework:

• Math Test on Patterning and Algebra on Thursday. Complete your review package at home and find practice questions on pages 1-26 in your JUMP book.
• Due Tomorrow - Create a patterning word problem - Use a full page to create a patterning problem that someone else in the class could solve. You can type or handwrite the problem. I will photocopy them tomorrow and you will have a booklet of fun word problems to complete before the test!
• Due Tomorrow - Socials - Fill in the blanks boxes about the three branches of the Federal Government.

Reminders:

• Gift wrapping fundraisers orders are due by Friday! Remember the class who sells the most wins an amazing lunch and the student who raises the most wins an IPOD NANO!
• Please bring in food for the Thanksgiving Food Drive
• Tomorrow we will be going to Morven. See yesterday's post for pick-up information. PARENTS: If you want to pick your child up from Morven you MUST email or send a letter to me before 10am tomorrow!
  

Congratulations everyone! Your performance was very memorable for everyone who had the pleasure of seeing it.

Ms. Gretzinger has posted a video of part of the performance on her blog - take a look:
http://5gretzinger.blogspot.com/

Homework and Reminders:

• Iqbal due tomorrow
• Math Test in homeroom on Thursday. This is a test about patterning and algebra (pg 1-29 in the JUMP book). We covered this in class during September, but did not use the JUMP book. Please review these pages and refresh your memory about any concepts that are tricky for you. You DO NOT need to complete all of these pages. We will spend some more time in class reviewing before the test.
• Wear your PE kit tomorrow morning!
• Read for 20 minutes
  

This is a very, very busy week - so please check the blog regular for the updates and news.

• There has been a change to Wednesday's schedule with Craig Kielburger. His presentation has been bumped back 30 minutes and we have done our best to accommodate this change. Here is a letter from the Grade 5 Team about the change.

Dear Grade 5 Parents:

There has been a scheduling change to the Kielburger Round Square event at Morven this
Wednesday. The event will now end at 3:30pm. The Grade 5s will still be bussed back to
Wentworth and will arrive at Wentworth at approximately 3:55pm.

Wentworth students who normally take the after school shuttle to Morven will be kept at
Morven (and therefore not get on the return bus to Wentworth) in order to catch the
3:35pm bus home. These Gr 5 students who may have younger siblings that take the shuttle
from Wentworth to Morven will meet up with their sibling out front at Morven.

Younger Wentworth siblings (those who usually meet up with their Grade 5 sibling after
school in the lobby) will be sent up to Daycare until the Grade 5s return to Wentworth at
3:55pm. Parents, please go to Daycare to sign out and pick up your younger child.

• Mr. Hatch has declared Thursday, October 9, 2008 to be CHEER ON CANUCKS DAY! If you have a Canucks jersey or t-shirt, you are welcome to wear it over your uniform shirt this Thursday.
• This week is our THANKSGIVING FOOD DRIVE please bring in some non-perishable food items and put them in the donation box outside of our classroom
• Coming home tonight is information about Quest Atlantis, a special project that 5M, 4/5S and the Multimedia Club are involved in. Please read the forms, sign and return them ASAP, we cannot start the project until we have all the consent forms.
• Also coming home tonight are forms for parent/teacher interviews
  

I have managed to upload only one of my videos from last week - here is the Morven choir singing at our assembly. Hopefully more videos will follow over the next few days!

Thank you to Mr. Don Bell for coming and speaking to the grade 5 classes today. We learned a lot about the life of a Member of Parliament and the upcoming election.

It was also a real treat when Andrea shared her unicycling with us! What fun!

(Ms. Murphy has videos of these two fun events from today, but her computer isn't loading them! :( She will try again on Monday.)

Reminders for Monday:

• Arrive in #1 dress at the school. Bring a novel to read and a snack & drink that are disposable/recyclable
• Government Spelling Test is on Monday

FIELD TRIP CHANGE

• The date of the IMAX trip has been changed to November 3 (instead of October 27).

Welcome back to the rain!

Homework:

• Complete any Math Set homework
• Fill in Political Party worksheet for the Liberal Party AND the party your table was assigned. (Remember: To find your party online, go to www.google.ca and type in the name of your party)
• Write down three questions for Don Bell and bring them tomorrow
  
• Study for Spelling Test (on Monday). You have two puzzles to help you practice the words. Complete these tonight or over the weekend!
• Music Riddles due tomorrow
  

Reminders:

• Tomorrow - arrive in PE kit, but bring #1 dress
• Tomorrow is the last day to let Ms. Murphy know if you are going to be dropped off at the Chan Centre on Monday. Otherwise, she will be expecting you at 6:30 at Wentworth

Also..

• New in our "Check out these links..." section (on the right hand side of the blog) is a link to the 5M/5S Parent Volunteer Sign-up page. Thanks to Claudia and Balli for setting that up!
  

Reminders for Friday and Monday!

• Uniform - #1 Dress for Friday AND Monday
• All Grade 5s will attend a Round Square event at our Morven campus next week. They will depart Wentworth at 12:55pm, and depart Morven at 3:10pm, for arrival back at Wentworth at approx. 3:25pm.
  

Today during the morning assembly, the grade 4 and 5 music classes had the pleasure of joining with the Morven Choir to sing for the entire junior school. We also got to meet our Head Boy and Head Girl. It was a real treat! Well done everybody!

Homework:

• Read 20 minutes
• Spelling Test - Monday (instead of Friday - because of Don Bell visit)
• Complete Iqbal Chapter 4 for tomorrow
• Hamburger paragraph due tomorrow
  

Reminders:

• We have changed photo retake day and scheduled class photos as follows.

Please mark your calendars:
CHANGE : Individual Photo Retake Day
FROM: Tuesday, October 28, 2008
TO: Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Retakes will begin at 9:30 a.m. after the assembly.

• Parents - If you wish to drop your child off at The Chan Centre on Monday at 7:00am, instead of at school at 6:30am, please send an email or note to Ms. Murphy this week!