Monday April 9th 2018

Highlights:
I'm posting this Monday morning because all of the computers in the school are being re-imaged today and tomorrow. If you need to get a hold of us, please call us at school or email us and we'll email you back from our home computers. 

This morning we will complete lesson 8 for math. This lessons focus in on measuring perimeter in centimeters. Homework will be sent home today. The students have music and gym. After gym, we have spelling and writing. Today's writing will focus on poetry and writing cinquain (sin-kain) poem. A cinquain poem is a verse of 5 lines one one topic and does not rhyme. Each line has a specific number of words or syllables. 

We continued poetry after lunch. We also had 20 minutes of quite reading time. Our class loves to read and its wonderful to see them enjoy reading. 

We have social studies at the end of the day. We're continuing to learn about Peru. We have been learning about Peru's national symbols, it's flag and the countries that surround it. Today, we will be learning about its geographical regions (dessert, mountains and the rainforest). 


Reminders:

• Our class Field Trip to the Bow Habitat is on Thursday, April 12th. Thank you to all the parents who offered to volunteer. We are missing a few student's permission forms. Please send them back asap. 
• Book Orders due - April 25th 

Important Information:

Please dress your children accordingly for the weather this week.  The temperature is forecasted to rise significantly and we are expecting our school grounds to be wet and slushy.  Rubber boots, splash pants and a change of clothing in the backpacks would be greatly appreciated. 

Laser City Read to win contest – Each month student’s will be given a reading log sheet to fill in. Student’s can either read a story book, 4 chapters of a novel or 12 pages in a novel per signature. Here is an example:

      Book:                                           Date Read         Parents Signature

1. Charlotte’s Web (CH 1-4)       April 3rd            Mrs. Bruce 
2. Alice in Wonderland               April 4th            Mrs. Bruce 
3. Wayside School (PG 8-20)     April 5th             Mrs. Bruce 
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Once the sheet is full students will return them and put them in the box inside the classroom. At the end of the month, we will draw a sheet from the box and that person will win a free double pass of laser tag at Laser City.

**Students are allowed to fill out more than one sheet per month. Our goal is to have them read as much as they can.**

Spring Dance 

PHS Spring Dance!

Presented by Panorama Hills School Society

Thursday, April 19th, 2018

In the Panorama Hills School Gym

Doors open at 6:15pm

Dance starts at 6:30pm

Dance ends at 8:30pm

Admission is $3.00/person

An adult must attend with children

500 tickets available (first come - first serve)

 Tickets will be sold at school in the Grand Hall on the following days:

o Wednesday, April 4 @ 12:00pm

o Wednesday, April 11 @ 1:00pm

o Friday, April 13 @ 10:00am

 Orders must be placed by Friday, April 13th. Note that tickets will be sent home with your child upon purchase, so please don’t misplace them!

 No tickets for admission will be sold at the door.

 No outside food or drink permitted, due to food allergies.

 Leave boots at the door and take your coats into gym with you.

 You must stay with your child for the dance. It is NOT a drop-off event.

 As loud music will be played, we ask that all toddlers and infants stay at home for this event.

 Please throw your recycling/garbage in the bins provided on your way out of the gym and help clean up messes.

 If you would like to volunteer or have any questions, please contact us at phschoolcouncil@gmail.com

Homework:

~ Reading: Read daily for 15-20 minutes. 
~ Spelling:

Monday - weight, where, wear, son, sun
Tuesday - write, right, ate, eight, buy
Wednesday - by, won, one, clothes, close
Friday - Quiz
~ Science-in-a-Box: Click here for more information regarding Science-in-a-Box and the schedule! 

~ Math:

Lesson 2: Relate the passage of time to common activities using minutes and hours.

Lesson 3: Use a calendar to measure time.

Lesson 4: Use a ruler to measure length.

Lesson 5: Develop referents for centimetres to estimate and measure length, width, and height.

Lesson 6: Use metres to measure length, width, and height.
Lesson 7: Interpret a problem and select an appropriate strategy. (No Homework Page)

Lesson 8: Measuring perimeter in centimetres 

Ask Me About:
~ Peru's 3 geographical regions