Forsyth Road: Events and Activities

Dear Parents and Adults at Home,

We will be concluding our mathematics unit on measurement on Friday, February 1st. The final test will be on Monday, February 4th. All of the concepts covered in the Unit Review on pp. 232-233 will be on the test. Please see further details below. Any students having difficulty with any of the mathematical concepts are encouraged to seek help. I am available after school from 2:30-3:15 pm.

Week Three: Number the Stars by Lois Lowry. After we have finished the novel, the students will be choosing a number of post-novel activities. There are various activities listed for each level of thinking. Please visit theliterarylink.com/bloom_questions.html if you would like to see the activities.

Students are continuing to collect story ideas in their Writer's Journal.

In Social Studies, we completed a short unit investigating the culture of Japan. Mr. Doyle, our learning support teacher, talked to the class about his time in Japan. He lived there for 15 years.

In Science and Personal Planning, we are beginning a unit on health. The students will be selecting articles from the website, kidshealth.org, to summarize and present in a podcast format.

Our daily homework assignment has shifted from handwriting to reading comprehension. There are two groups. The Black Group will be reading and reporting on short, high-interest, non-fiction passages entitled, "Ask About." The Blue Group will be reading and reporting on short, high-interest, non-fiction passages entitled, "Survivors." Please see below for details.

This Past Week's Homework Assignments
Read at least 20 minutes each evening
Health and Reading Log update
Reading Comprehension:
Black Group - Ask About: pp. 3-7
Blue Group - Survivors: pp. 51-52, 54-55, 60-61, 66-67, 69-70
Next Friday's ID test will be on Bugs p. 10 and European countries 13-18 in the Study Guide (Students receive a bonus mark on each of their tests if they have their tests signed by a parent and returned)
Math - Perimeter and Area: pp. 224-225, 227, 230-231, 232-233
We are continuing a blog discussion of the book, Number the Stars. Follow the link under the title Blogs: Classroom Blog on our classroom website linktoschool.blogspot.com . Many of the activities that we will be doing can be found on our website, under the title Novel Studies: Number the Stars.

Website of the Week: Guys Read

Guys Read is a web-based literacy program to help boys find books they like to read.
http://www.guysread.com/

Don't forget to check out my website at linktoschool.blogspot.com . It has many links to other great educational sites and safe, kid-appropriate search engines.

Important Dates in 2008

February 6 Pizza Day (Date changed because of the snow!)
February 15 Pro-D #4 (Focus Day) - No School
February 21 Cultural Event - Chinese Acrobats @ 10:45 am
February 25 Celebration Assembly @ 1:00 pm
February 29 Divisions 1, 2, 3 and 14 - Swimming at the North Surrey Rec Centre:1-2:45pm
March 12 Report Cards go home
March 13 Early Dismissal @ 1:30 pm for Parent and Teacher Conferences
March 14 Last day of class before Spring Break
March 26 First day of class after Spring Break
March 27 Celebration Assembly @ 9:00 am
April 21 Cultural Event - Comaigri VniDansi @ 1:00 pm
April 23 Interim Reports go home
April 29 Celebration Assembly @ 9:00 am
May 2 Pro-D #5 - District-wide - No School
May 19 Victoria Day - No School
May 28 Celebration Assembly @ 9:00 am
June 20 Celebration Assembly @ 1:00 pm
June 23 Year End Assembly @ 10:30 am
June 24 Sports Day
June 25 Grade 7 Graduation @ 10:30, Final Report Cards sent home.
Last day of school for students, early dismissal @ 1:30 pm
June 26 Pro-D #6 - No school


If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to phone or email me.

Sincerely,

Michael Link
Forsyth Road Elementary
10730 139 Street
Surrey BC V3T 5L4
Phone: 604-588-8394
mikewilliamlink@gmail.com