Cheese Party on Wednesday, Feb. 20; Volunteers Needed for Healthy Living Cooking Week - Feb. 26-29

Dear Parents and Adults at Home,

To celebrate the completion of our read-aloud novel, Hamish X and the Cheese Pirates by Sean Cullen, we are having a Cheese Party. The party will take place on Wednesday, February 20th at 11:15 am. Participation is voluntary. If you like, your child may bring:
-their favourite type of cheese, for example Havarti, or...
-some cheese-infused food, for example cheese bread, or...
-some food to compliment cheese, for example grapes.

If your child is allergic to dairy, or does not eat cheese for any other reason, please contact me.

Parents and family members are welcome to attend.

Hope to see you there!

We still need volunteers to help supervise the mixing, measuring and most importantly, the slicing and dicing during our Healthy Living Cooking Week. If you can help us out in the mornings during February 26 -29th (Tuesday through Friday), please let me know.


The recipes we will be concocting can be found on www.kidshealth.org. Follow the "Recipes" link. Here is the schedule for the week:
Tuesday: Tomato and Cheese Omelet
Wednesday: Black Beans and Rice
Thursday: Italian Vegetable Casserole
Friday: Spicy Rice

Week Five: Number the Stars by Lois Lowry. The students have been selecting 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.

Writing Circles: We are working on our first drafts. The students have been encouraged to ponder these questions:
How does the story sound? Does it make sense?
Are the ideas clear?
Are the ideas arranged in a logical order? Could any be rearranged to make the flow of ideas smoother and clearer?
Could any ideas be expanded?
Should any ideas be deleted?
Would any sentences sound better if they were joined together?
What other ideas could be added?
Health Unit - Week Three: The students have been selecting articles from the website, kidshealth.org , to summarize and present in a podcast format. Our second podcast will focus on "Staying Healthy."

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. 13-16
Blue Group - Survivors: pp. 87/88, 89/91, 95/97, 98/100
Next Friday's ID test will be on Salmon and Trout 1-8 and European countries 25-30 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 - Measurement: pp. 336-337, 340-341
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.

Website of the Week: Writing Tips on Writing for Children

Children's author, Bethany Roberts', website focusing on writing tips on writing for children. This is a resource we are using in our writing circles.
http://www.bethanyroberts.com/writing_for_children_tips.htm

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 15 Pro-D #4 (Focus Day) - No School
February 19 Snowshoeing at Grouse Mountain-8:30-2:30
February 20 Cheese Party - 11:15-11:45
February 21 Cultural Event - Chinese Acrobats @ 10:45 am
February 25 Celebration Assembly @ 1:00 pm
February 26-29 Healthy Living Cooking Week (am)
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