Mr. Glazier - Archived 06/2013 Notes

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Posted: June 17, 2013

June 17-21st

Our last week folks! This year has flown by in a blink of an eye! Reminders for the week: * Tuesday is Track and Field Day at JMH. Students need to pack a lunch since we will be in attendance all day. Microwaves will not be available to heat up lunches. It will also be a rain/shine event, so please ensure your child is dressed appropriately *Thursday will be our year end assembly. Later in the afternoon, teachers will take on the Grade 5 classes in a softball game!  Lets GO teachers!!! *Friday is a half day. Buses will be departing at 11:15. I would like to personally thank all of you for making this a successful year/transition for you child. They have made tremendous gains since September and should be extremely proud of the fact that can say to themselves that they are bilingual :)Bravo les amis de Mr.Glazier!   

Posted: June 11, 2013

June 10-14th

Welcome back! Only 2 more weeks left of school. As you may have noticed, our year end video presentations have been posted. You should be very proud of your child. They have come a long way since September and have shined throughout the year. French - This week we will be wrapping up our Daily 5 activities for the year. If you have any books at home, please ensure they are returned to school by Friday. Friday, students will complete various research activities with a chosen book that they have recently read. Math - We continue to review material covered throughout the year. Students really enjoy the math links that have been provided throughout the year on my page Science - We will be completing our second structure this week. Students will tackle building a tower with newspapers and masking tape. I’m excited to see what students are able to come up with. *** Reminders *** Wednesday - popcorn Thursday - library. Please return books. June 18th - JMH activity day.   Have a great week! Mr.Glazier

Posted: June 3, 2013

June 3rd - 7th

3 weeks left folks. Time has flown by! Permission slips for Le Pays de la Sougouine were handed out today. Please return them before Friday. There will be a “Speak-Out” contest held Wednesday at 10:15 in the cafeteria. Congratulations to our very own Charles who decided to partake in this event. We will be there to cheer him on. French - Year end journals were rehearsed in class today. Filming will begin tomorrow. Stay tuned :) “Super 5” will also take place tomorrow. New books will be handed out to read at home. Math - Students wrote their quiz on solids and shapes today. I will correct and return them to students as soon as possible. We will spend the remainder of our time reviewing what we have covered this year. Science - We will be building bridges in class tomorrow. Once complete, we will have a contest to see which bridge was built the sturdiest. Have a great week everyone! 

Posted: May 27, 2013

May 27 - 31st

Welcome back everyone. Only 4 more weeks left of school. An information sheet will be sent home next Monday regarding our year end field trip on June 7th. We plan on visiting Le Pays de la Sagouine with the grade 4 FI class in Bouctouche. Please remember to return reading bags to school daily. Many important notes are sent home throughout the week. Drama continues this week.  Final production will take place Friday at 10:15 in the gym. Our class Tall Ship is nearly complete. We will spend time during art class tomorrow to finish decorating our ship. I will drop the ship off at Sobeys Thursday after school. French – Student presentations for their yearend video are now complete. Student will practice reading them to their peers this week. We will begin filming next Monday. Your child should be very proud of themselves. They have come a long way. Bravo mes amis! Please remember to continue reading your "Super 5" book each night for 10-15 minutes. Math - We will finish our unit on forms and shapes this week. Quiz on Friday. Science - We have completed our Plant and Soil unit. Our final unit will be on Material and Structures. Health - Students will complete an activity entitled “Toi et le chien” Students will learn to associate divers actions amongst humans along with new terms in French. If you have any question, please feel free to write or contact me at school. Have a great week.

Posted: May 22, 2013

Tall Ship

Friday at noon hour, we will be constructing our very own tall ship in class for the Tall Ship Festival. If students have extra markers, paints, stickers, etc please feel free to bring them to school on Friday. Thank you.

Posted: May 21, 2013

May 21 - 24

Welcome back! Less than 5 weeks to go until the end of the year. Time has gone by quickly! French - We will be finalizing our write-ups for our year end video this week. Next week we will be rehearsing in class prior to filming. Stay tuned. Books have also been exchanged. Please read and return for Thursday. Madame France is also assisting students record level G book in class with Audacity. Once finalized, the files will be uploaded on my teacher page. Math - We continue to learn about forms. 2 homework sheets have been assigned and are due back Thursday. Science - We will complete our unit on plants and soil this week. Next week, we will explore our final unit on "structures" Throughout the unit, students will construct a bridge and tower.  ***Reminders***- Wednesday - Popcorn - Thursday - Library books - Friday - We will begin to tally how many kms students have walked/ran thus far for the Mango Run for 42 Challenge. Shoe lace tags will be handed out for those have attained cetain levels i.e. 5, 10 kms, etc to date. Questions, comments, concerns, feel free to contact me.  Mr.Glazier :)   

Posted: May 15, 2013

May 15th

Math quizzes were corrected and sent home today. Please sign and return by Friday. Thanks.

Posted: May 13, 2013

May 13 - 17

Welcome back! Happy belated Mother’s Day to all moms’ J A reminder that Drama continues this week. Please verify your schedule provided by Mrs.Bransfield to ensure to attend on the correct day. French - Books have been exchanged today. Please ensure that you read for 15 minutes. Books are to be returned Wednesday. We continue to write and prepare for our video later this month. Math - Multiplication and division quiz will be corrected and sent home to be signed later this week. Thus far, I am impressed with their results J Today I introduced our new unit on “solids” a.k.a forms. Math duo-tangs will be sent home throughout the week to follow up on class activities. Science - We are nearing the end of our soil and plant unit. I am planning to begin our last unit on "Structures" later next week. Health - We will be associating different objects and activities based on various age groups of people.   ***Reminders*** Wednesday – popcorn Thursday – library Go for 42 green permission slips that were sent home last week must be returned if students are planning on participating in the run.

Posted: May 6, 2013

May 6 - 10th

Welcome back. We have a full and busy week ahead of us. Please keep in mind that drama continues each Monday and Wednesday. Please refer to Mrs. Brandfield’s agenda to make sure you come on the appropriate days. **Please ensure reading bags are sent to school daily. Many items are placed in them throughout the week. Thank you! French - Books have been exchanged today. They are to be read tonight and tomorrow. Wednesday students will write what they have read in their journals. Throughout the week, we will also continue preparing our scripts for our year end video. Stay tuned J Math- We will be finishing up our unit on multiplication and division. Activity sheets will be sent home nightly in order to give parents an indication of what we have went over in class that day and what to expect on our quiz Friday. Also, you may/may not have heard that there will no longer be a provincial math assessment for grade 3 students at the end of May. The Assessment and Evaluation Branch (Anglophone Division) of the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development is currently adjusting a number of measure in order to “ensure organizational alignment” within certain areas. As such, there will be no examination and math class will continue as usual for the remainder of the year. Science - We will be continuing our exploration of plants and soil. Within the next two weeks, we will move on to our materials and structures unit. Health - We will finish our activity from last week, whereby we took various measurements and had to plot them on a bar chart. Reminders: Wednesday - popcorn day Thursday - library Friday - Assembly at 1:00 p.m. in gymnasium regarding Mango Go  for 42 Fun Run.  If you have any question, please contact me. :)

Posted: April 29, 2013

April 29th - May 1st

This week will be a short week for students. There is NO school on Thursday and Friday. Teachers are involved in PD sessions on Thursday and NBTA meetings on Friday. *** A reminder that drama continues this Monday and Wednesday. Please ensure that you check your schedule at home to know what day you are to attend.   *** If you have a 2L plastic pop bottle, could you please send it in with your child tomorrow or Wednesday? So far, 7 students have brought one in. I have 2 or 3 at home that I will bring in as well. I would like to build greenhouses for science. If we are short, I will pair students up. French - We continue to incorporate “Spring” as our theme. Reading books have been exchanged and read during Daily 5 a.k.a. “Les Super 5” today. Please make sure to read your book this evening and Tuesday. Wednesday we will be writing about our book in our reading journal. We also began preparing for our video in May. We spent some time writing our script. We will continue to do so for the next 2-3 weeks. Math - We continue to work on multiplication and division. Red duo-tangs are sent home to show parents what we are currently learning. Continue to practice your doubles +/-1 at home. Multiplication and division up to 5x5 can be added into the mix. Students have been taught that the 1st number represent the # of groups and the 2nd represent the # in each group for multiplication, whereas the opposite is applied in division. Science - We continue to learn about plants. Students have been really enthusiastic about the subject J Health - We are learning about our 5 senses. I incorporate many songs and videos with this particular unit. Finally, we will finish of the week on Wednesday with an assembly. Patty Cakes will be donating cupcakes to all students in recognition of our SPCA Fundraiser that has been promoted on GG’s website.  ***Reminders*** Wednesday is popcorn day

Posted: April 25, 2013

Year End Trip Notice

We are looking for parent volunteers who would be willing to supervise on June 7th at the Pays de la Sagouine in Bouctouche. Myself and Madame Dickson require 2 additional parents in order for our trip to be accepted. Parents will require "Policy 701" training which can be completed online. If interested, please contact either myself or the school A.S.A.P. in order to finalize our trip. Thank you.

Posted: April 22, 2013

2L Pop Bottle

If possible, could you please send a 2L plactic pop bottle to school with your child for next Monday. I plan on building a greenhouse with the students. They will learn how to protect and care for plants. Thank you.

Posted: April 22, 2013

April 22- 26

Happy Earth Day! Welcome back to another great week at Gretna Green. French - Books have been exchanged. Please read your book nightly.  We will be continuing with our Spring theme throughout the week. If time permits, we will do some cursive writing. Math - We are continuing our unit on multiplication and division up to 5x5. I am very pleased with their progress thus far! Duo-tangs will be sent home on Tuesday with homework to complete for Friday. Science - Our grass seeds have sprouted. We took the opportunity today to discuss the parts of a plant. We then measured individual lengths and recorded our findings. Throughout the week, we will investigate plants requirements. Here’s hoping our beans and flowers sprout soon as well. Health - Health class will incorporate math this week. We will be measuring the length and diameter of our hands, feet, arms, wrist, heads etc. We will use the data to create a bar chart. ***Reminders*** ·         Drama continues Monday and Wednesday ·         Wednesday is pocorn day (0.50$) ·         Wednesday is also the Grade 5 Yard Sale ·         Thursday is library and Mad Science (for those who signed up) ·         Friday is Career Day. Students come to school dressed up as someone they would like to be when they are grown-up. I look forward to seeing everyone’s costume. I will be wearing my forest fire uniform when I worked in Alberta and British Colombia as a university student. ·         Please refer to the school website in regards to an S.P.C.A. fundraiser the kindergarten class has undertaken.

Posted: April 15, 2013

April 15-18

This week there will only be 4 days of school. Friday is a Professional Development Day.  French - We will continue with our Spring theme. Reading books will be sent home today and Wednesday. Please ensure reading bags are brought to school each day. Math - Please sign and return fractions quiz. Tutoring will be held tomorrow due to the fact students have no school Friday. This week we will begin division. New activity sheets will be placed in their red duo-tangs tomorrow. The Learn Alberta website has fantastic games to begin practicing. We will also continue to practice our mental math strategies for adding and subtracting two digits numbers. Health - We will continue learning about healthy food choices and habits. Science - We began our unit on soil and plants today. We planted, beans, flowers and grass in class today. Throughout the week we will learn new vocabulary and how plants grow. ***Reminders***  - Drama practice continues this week.  - Popcorn Wednessday  - Library Thursday  - Mad Science continues on Thursday afterschool from 2:30 to 3:30.  - Scholastic orders will be sent out on Thursday.     Cheers :)     

Posted: April 8, 2013

April 8 - 12th

Welcome back! Second week of April already. Glad to say we have a full week of class :) I'd like to thank everyone the positive feed back I received during parent teacher interviews. Your comments and stories were appreciated. French - We are continuing our theme on Spring throughout the month of April. Please note that you child received a new book today and have been instructed them to read it both tonight and Tuesday. Students are now reading level G books...BRAVO mes amis!!!  Wednesday we will commence another Daily 5 round. We have spent some time today practicing our writing/sounds with the use of "Jadore le francais" series of books. This week our focus is the sound "er" Math - Please take time at home to continue practicing adding and subtracting with double digit numbers. Adding is to be completed by regrouping (10's + 10's then 1 + 1's then combine together) and subtracting with the use of a number line. As mentioned, think of a number line as the start and end of a race, and the number in between as the difference. Any question, please contact me. Our unit for this week will focus on factions. This unit will be a lot "lighter" as mentioned Thursday evening/Friday morning. Math duo-tangs will be sent home starting tomorrow so students can review. Social Studies -  We will complete our unit on NB and move on to Health later on in the week. This week, we will discuss healthy snack choices. ***Reminders*** - Drama continues this week afterschool - Mad Science starts on Thursday. The deadline for applications for Mad Science is MONDAY. - Popcorn on Wednesday - Library Thursday Cheers :)     

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