This Week

We have a busy week ahead of us. We had our Penny Drive Assembly today. There will be the Panther Pulitzer/Spirit Assembly Thursday afternoon at 1:15. The students are encouraged to wear Christmas Sweaters and Santa hats. The students are also encouraged to wear green, red and white to help bring in the holiday season. Merry Christmas!!!

Animal Projects

Animal Project

The students will be choosing an animal to research. They can choose any animal they wish. In their project, they will need to tell us about the animal’s appearance, their habitat, what they eat, and how they protect themselves against the weather and other animals. They also need to classify which type of animal they have chosen (mammal, reptile, etc…). This project needs to be done in French.

The project will be due: January 17, 2017. If you are able, please do some research on the computer at home, and bring information to school. The project will be worked on in class and at home. The students will be presenting their projects to the class.  

The students can present the information anyway they want. In the past, students have made a bristol board, or simple present it in a duo-tang. I look forward to seeing the finished products.

Christmas Performance

Thank you to those who were able to come last night for our mini Christmas concert. The students sang beautifully!

We have entered the third week of Advent. Today we are celebrating Advent with a mass in the gym. It is always nice to be able to celebrate as a school community with Father Greg. Tomorrow, the students have an opportunity to reflect on Jesus' sacrifices while we participate in the Adoration of the Eucharist. Friday, we will be celebrating the Christmas season with a pasta lunch, provided by parent council.

Science

We have begun our new Science unit. The focus of this unit will be on different types of animals. We have discussed the difference between mammals and reptiles.

Tests

We have a couple of tests coming up. Our first test is tomorrow in Math. We are finishing up the Measurement unit. Monday we will begin next unit which will cover Data Management.

We have another test on Monday. This test will be on Social Studies (EDM). This will cover the 6 regions we learned about. They should be able to give characteristics of each region. They also should be able to label the globe with the northern and southern hemispheres, the equator, and the north and south poles.