Posted: March 22, 2011
Congratulations to the Girl's mini pulamoo basketball teams, who both won Bronze over the
weekend! Wehoo! Congratulations girls!
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Posted: March 22, 2011
Reminder that the Miramichi Salmon Association Inc. Contest ends on Friday, March 25th.
For those students working on an Art piece or the writing component, please hand them in to
me by Friday Morning! Please have all information on your sheet with your name. If you
would like to drop it off yourself, that is not a problem.
Good luck to everyone! I can't wait to see them!
Posted: March 22, 2011
Homework for this week:
Spelling: Practice your March words
Literacy: Lesson 16: Please read both stories in this lesson and complete the questions;
"Your response", and "Share and Compare". Also, write down any differences you notice
about the two stories.
Math:We have started a new Unit in Math: Fractions and Decimals. Please complete
Lesson 1:Fractions of a Whole. # 1 and 2 and the Practice. If you do not have a partner,
you can make your own fractions by coloring part of each picture and writing the fraction next to the
picture.
Also, you can try "Stretch Your Thinking".
Social Studies: We will begin our social studies projects this week on
Famous Canadians. If you have not chosen your person yet, and have someone in mind,
please let me know by the end of this week.
That's all for now! :)
Have a great week everyone!
-Miss. Hitchman
Posted: March 14, 2011
WELCOME BACK EVERYONE!!
I hope you all had a great break and are all rested and ready for the week! We have a lot of things going
on at Gretna Green this week! Tomorrow, the grade 3-5 students will be going to James M. Hill for TNB's production
of "The Book of Miracles". If anyone has not returned the waiver, please do so by tomorrow.
There will also be a St. Patrick's Day dinner available for students on Thursday, March. 17th. This will be the
only meal available for students to order that day, so if students do not wish to order the meal, please remember to
bring a bag lunch. Dinner tickets are due back by Wednesday morning.
Homework:
Math: We are preparing for our Unit 3 Math test which will be on Thursday, March. !7th.
Worksheets sent home this week are a review and practice for the test.
Reading: Read 15 Mins every night. Log any books you complete.
Worksheet: Read both Fishing stories. Write down who you think wrote both stories and what the different
points of view are in both stories. Write what you learned in both stories about the writer and the differences
between both stories.
Spelling: Practice March spelling words
Science: Students will be working on their Science projects this week, as the School Science Fair will
be held on Thursday, March. 17th.
Have a great week back everyone!!
-Miss. Hitchman
Posted: March 4, 2011
Student Appreciation week is coming to a close. I wanted to wish everyone
a very fun and safe March Break! Enjoy your week off! It has been a great week
celebrating all of our amazing students here at Gretna Green!
Remember, readers are leaders!!
See you all after the break!!!
-Miss. Hitchman
Posted: March 1, 2011
I will be sending the February Spelling test home tomorrow (Wednesday) to be signed.
I would appreciate it, if it can be signed and returned to me by Friday, as I would like to file
them before the March Break. Thank you for your cooperation!
-Miss. Hitchman
Posted: March 1, 2011
Student Appreciation week is here!!! That means NO homework this week! Wehoo!
There are lots of fun activities going on throughout the week!
Today we kicked off Survivor with lots of fun activities and games and there is more to come!
Wednesday is Twin and Triplet day! Thursday is Green and Gold day! Don't forget to wear your colors to show your
school spirit! Also, it's popcorn day!! Friday will be packed with fun activites for Winter Carnival day!
Reading Buddies: Wednesday we will be writing with our reading buddies in the grade 1 class. To celebrate the 100th day, buddies will be writing on different topics such as "If I had 100 dollars, I would..." I can't wait to see what the buddies come
up with!
We are also finishing up our Math Unit on Multiplication and Division. We will have a review after the March Break to
review what we know and to prepare us for the test. I will be giving out the test after the review. If you would like any extra
practice over the break to brush up on some concepts, just let me know and I will send some home.
MARCH Spelling words
1. antifreeze
2. forecast
3. midnight
4. overpower
5. semifinal
6. supermarkets
7. underweight
8. yourself
9. ourselves
10.themselves
11.their- ex: "Those are their math books."
12.there- ex: "The students are standing over there."
13.they're- ex: "They're having a great time playing soccer."
14.we're- ex: "We're going to the movies tomorrow."
15.throughout
Posted: February 25, 2011
Just a reminder that next week February 28th-March 4th, is student appreciation week which means no homework for that week.
Also SURVIVOR begins on Monday, with an extra long recess.
Reminder that the February words Spelling Test is on Monday as well.
Have a great weekend and see you on Monday!
Posted: February 21, 2011
This Wednesday February 23rd, students are encouraged to wear a Pink shirt to school to show that bullying is not cool!
Posted: February 21, 2011
Homework:
Math- Relating Multiplication and Division : Lesson 8 - Remember to use arrays to help you find the
multiplication and division equations.
Practice your 10x tables.Ex: 10 x 0, 10 x 1, 10 x 2
Literacy: Read atleast 15 minutes each night
Painting Word Pictures Handout: Read the "Mud Fights" poem, to help you paint a picture in your mind about
what you can SEE, HEAR, TOUCH, TASTE and SMELL. Look over the Chart. Read story "Cleaning the Garage" and
fill in the empty chart for that story. What do you see, hear, touch, taste and smell in the story? Write your
own story about a chore you would rather not do, or perhaps having a really fun time with a friend. Use your own
chart to help in your "prewriting". Story should be atleast 5 sentences.
Spelling test: The February word spelling test will be on Monday, February 28th.
Have a great week Grade 4!
- Miss. Hitchman
Posted: February 15, 2011
Happy Valentine's day! I hope everyone had a great day yesterday! There were many
students and teachers wearing lots of red, pink and white!
Homework for this week: Math: We are working on Division and using Arrays to divide.
Study your 9x facts.
Writing: Revise the paragraph about "lions" which is in bold. Use descriptive words in the phrases
to replace dull words. The writing focuses on word choice which is what we are working on in class right now.
For an example, if it says "The female lion hunts for food and brings it back to her cubs and the male lion." It could
be changed to "The female lion sneaks up to her prey and brings dinner back to feed her family."
Read for 15 minutes each night.
Congratulations to Lauren Simmons who won gold at her basketball tournament over the weekend! Good job Lauren!
CUTE awards are also on Wednesday night at 6:15 at JMH, all welcome!
The Hackmatack Book Club is on Wednesday afternoon, please remember to bring your library card!
Happy National Flag Day!
-Miss. Hitchman
Posted: February 10, 2011
Starting tomorrow, and continuing each Friday, students will be able to bring one thing to "show and tell" during French class. It can not be something "alive" and should be able to fit in their book bag. We will be showcasing some of them on our class page as well! This will enable students to communicate in French and have fun showing something that they are interested in and proud of!
Can't wait to hear about your treasures, en Francais!
-Miss. Hitchman
Posted: February 10, 2011
Just a reminder that the Valentine's day meal will be served tomorrow (Friday). If you
are ordering,please bring your money and ticket in before 9am tomorrow.
This will be the only meal served at lunch time tomorrow.
If you are not ordering, please remember to bring your lunch. :)
-Miss. Hitchman
Posted: February 10, 2011
Miss. Hitchman's class is very proud of Lauren Simmons for placing 3rd
overall, in the Speed stacking tournament that took place on Wednesday.
Good job Lauren!
Also, we would like to congratulate Jack Bell and his team for getting 2nd place during a
basketball tournament that took place last weekend! Way to go Jack!
Posted: February 1, 2011
Math: Please complete questions and try the "stretch your thinking".
Remember to use the "quick review" as a tool to help with the questions.
Literacy: Read 15 minutes each night.
Read both samples of writing and check the statement you believe is true.
Also underline any "verbs of steel" in the "Lemonade Stand" Story.
Please remember to log any books that you have read on your monthly log sheet.
February Words
deodorize
different
employee
international
invasion
prehistoric
signature
anyone
everybody
something
accept
except
too (too much)
two ( #2)
however