This morning the class and I spent some time going through some of the dates coming up and the students wrote many of them in their diary. Here are some dates you may like to add to your own diary.

Important Dates

Visiting Authors

Sheree Fitch and Ralph Fletcher will be here from 3 – 6 March.Ralph Fletcher will be the author we have the most contact with in the Upper Elementary School but if you have students in Lower Elementary you may like to also do some background reading on Sheree too.

Class Photo Reminder

Our class photo is scheduled for Tuesday 17th of February at 11.50pm. Please ask your child to bring any clothing that is to be worn during the photo to school and return the green slip requesting a photo if you would like one, they were sent home yesterday with your child.

Scholastic Book Club

If your child is going to purchase books please ensure the order form is completed correctly and exact money is returned to school by Thursday 12 February

– Feb 12 – Scholastic Book Orders Due

– Feb 17 – Class Photo and Unit 7 Math Test

Unit 7 test information

Skills covered on the unit seven test include:

*understand and apply scientific notation

*understand and apply powers of 10

*understand and apply order of operations to evaluate expressions and solve number sentences

*add and subtract integers

*understand and apply exponential notation

*determine whether number sentences are true or false

*understand the function and placement of parentheses in number stories

*compare and order integers

– Feb 23 – Assembly for Love of Reading  at 2:15

– Mar 3 – Welcome Authors Assembly at 8:30

– Mar 6 – Family Literacy Event 3-5 pm Family Literacy Event

– Mar 18 – Invention Convention

– March 19 – Goldberg Junkyard Wars

– March 20 – Band Bonanza

– March 21- 29 – Spring Break Vacation