Friday, October 27

LA – Commonly misspelled words: went, watch, except, cousin, really, chocolate, favourite/favorite and any word where the consonant is doubled when adding the “ing” ending. E.g. swimming, clapping, running.

MATH – Rounding and estimating. Ask your child to round these numbers to the nearest-

tens: 47, 83, 945

hundreds: 391, 748, 3,684

thousands: 5509, 9682, 12,499

Give an estimate by first rounding.

Hope had 13 mm or rain in August, 86mm of rain in September and 202mm of rain in October. About how much rain did Hope receive in these three months?

SOCIAL STUDIES – Our chapter test will be at the end of the chapter and we are halfway through. Begin to review the vocabulary so far.

SCIENCE – We are about halfway through chapter 5. Don’t wait until the last day to start reviewing your vocab.

FRENCH – New booklet on Halloween words. Soccer players will get their booklet on Monday.

ART – Here are the pics from the Halloween Foil Art!

Have a great weekend! Cheers!

Mr. H

Thursday, October 26

LA – Unit four spelling worksheets due tomorrow. Test too!

MATH – Page 44 due tomorrow.

SOCIAL STUDIES – Chapter two is all about the three founding peoples of Canada. Ask your child who they are.

SCIENCE – Chapter five is all about the circulatory system. Ask your child the three main parts of the circulatory system. How does oxygen get from your lungs to the rest of your body? What are the tiny hollow tubes that connect arteries and veins?

FRENCH – New booklet tomorrow.

ART – Some really cool foil art! I’ll post pics tomorrow.

Check out these pics from last week’s trip to the Blue Triton water plant and the Fraser River for our workshop given by Hope Mountain School!

Cheers!

Mr. H

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Monday, October 23

LA – Unit 4 spelling words. These should be in the student agendas.

MATH – Our addition and subtraction quiz was today. They should know their scores tomorrow.

SCIENCE – We began chapter 5 on the circulatory system. Ask your child to name the three main organs in this system.

SOCIAL STUDIES – We will carry on in chapter 2 tomorrow. Vocabulary so far: Founding peoples, creation story, Aboriginal peoples, First Nations, Bering Strait and Métis. Students received their Canada maps. Any student can re-do their map to earn a higher grade. A few missed instructions for some kids.

FRENCH – Quiz today on the school vocabulary. Both booklets were also due today.

PE – I am hoping the sportsmanship and fair play are at an all time high for tomorrow’s PE class.

Cheers!

Mr. H

Thursday, October 19

LA – We began a new novel, The Whipping Boy. It is about an orphan boy who is whipped whenever the prince misbehaves. Yes, this actually did happen in some places!

MATH – We had a practice page on addition and subtraction. many kids struggle on subtracting over zeroes. Example: 5002 – 2786

SOCIAL STUDIES – We began chapter two in the text book.

SCIENCE – New chapter next week.

FRENCH – Test Monday on the school booklet. The booklet is also due as well as their squash booklet. Ask your child, they will know what I am talking about.

ART – Some really cool string and foil Halloween art! Stay tuned for pics in the near future.

PE – Wow. I feel like an ogre for coming down on the kids today. Lots of bickering and complaining about winning and losing and I didn’t have the patience for it. We are not playing games in order to win, we are playing games to raise our exertion level, to increase our fitness level, to learn new skills and to begin to learn some leadership qualities such as including and encouraging all students. Winning and losing is irrelevant. I hope they begin to see what is really important in PE and try their best to be a good teammate as well as a good adversary.

Congratulations go to Cadence for her excellent effort in morning fitness this month!

Have a good long weekend. Cheers!

Mr. H

Tuesday, October 17

Testing, one-two-three!

Hopefully you all received this email!

I will make new posts one or two times a week updating you on the current work in class, upcoming tests or quizzes and any important notices. (Although your best bet is still to check the school website for school news.) Thank you for coming in today. I hope that by working together we can make this year a success for your child. Cheers!

Mr. H

Friday, October 13

LA – Ask your child to use these correctly in a sentence: too, to or two; there, their or they’re; through or threw.

MATH – Subtracting word problems.

47 045 travellers went through Hope on the August long weekend this year. Last year, 38 156 travellers went through Hope on the August long weekend. How many more travellers went through Hope this year?

SOCIAL STUDIES – We had our chapter one test today. It will be returned next week. They also had a continent and oceans quiz and had it marked and returned to them. Ask your child their score. All students may take a re-quiz on the continent and oceans Monday at lunch if they want to improve their score.

SCIENCE – Beginning chapter 5 next week.

FRENCH – Squash booklets. Ask your child what: “Dans mon pupitre il y a…” means in English.

ART – New project next week. A few students are behind on their projects.

Parent teacher interviews are next week on Tuesday and Wednesday. If you haven’t booked a time, please email me to set one up. I have a few of spots available on Tuesday afternoon and lots of opening on Tuesday evening and there are still a few spots left on Wednesday.

On Tuesday morning we go to Blue Triton Waters! Students were given a permission form to be returned. A safety reminder that there can be no loose clothing, dangly jewellery, or open toed shoes, sandals or flip flops. Long hair needs to be tied back. It will be a fun morning! Then we head to the Fraser for an outdoor River workshop. Bet you parents wish you were still in school!

Have great weekend! Cheers!

D. Hoshowski

Thursday, October 12

Hello parents and guardians,

Today a letter was sent home regarding the parent-teacher interviews next week. Please indicate a time for your 15 minute interview on Tuesday from 3:00 – 7:45pm or Wednesday from 3:00 – 5:00 pm. Have your child return the form or email me with your choice of time and I will try to match it up as best I can.

If those days don’t work, we can do it the following week or over the phone.

Cheers!

D. Hoshowski

Friday, October 6

LA – Ask your child to explain the difference between a common noun and a proper noun.

MATH – Subtracting with borrowing. Have them rewrite and solve these:

a) 567 – 249

b) 770 – 458

c) 2300 – 679

d) Last year Hope had was 87 mm of rain in September. This year Hope had 164 mm of rain in September. How much more rain did Hope have in September this year?

SCIENCE – The kids had their chapter four tests returned and should be able to tell you their scores. All their marked work stays here for the term.

SOCIAL STUDIES – Chapter one test next Friday, October 13. Review all the vocabulary as well as the 5-Regions of Canada map, the continents & oceans of the world, and the map of Canada.

FRENCH – School booklet. Complete and review next week. The test will be the following Monday, October 16.

ART – Candy Art.

PE – Participation, effort, fair play and leadership all contribute to their overall mark. This includes our morning fitness! The goal is to increase their exertion level and heart rate in order to stimulate their focus, attention and learning centres in the brain. We have a poster in class: Your brain is an organ, but it is also like a muscle; it gets stronger when you use it. Besides, who wants a flabby brain!

Picture Day is Wednesday next week.

Parent Teacher interviews are Tuesday, October 17 and Wednesday, October 18. If your child has siblings in the school, please contact the youngest sibling’s teacher to try and best arrange the interview times. Otherwise, I am available from 3:00 to 6 pm on either day. Please send me a time you would prefer and I will try my best to make it as close as possible. We can always meet on a different day or over the phone if coming in is not convenient for you.

Have a restful long weekend! Happy Thanksgiving!

Cheers!

Mr. H