Welcome back! A reminder that the Joshua Lusk Fundraiser ticket booklets are to be returned by April 13^th Notices were sent home yesterday. Money is to be sent to the office.

GG Book Fair will run this week and remain open Thursday evening during parent-teacher interviews.

6-8 students along with invited students from Millerton will be entertained by the music of Maxime McGraw, who is an Acadian musician. The event is being held in lieu of our field trip cancellation to Paquetville.

French - Gr 6 students have begun an opinion text and a public service announcement, whereas the grade 7s have begun a procedural writing, and the 8s are publishing a Photo Story from their last writing piece that will be presented in class on Thursday. As always, writing traits continue to be taught throughout as well as grammar, verbs, conventions, homophones, guided reading, etc.

Math - Monday - Wednesday will serve as a review of our unit. Unit test will be held Thursday. Practice sheets and exemplars have been handed out. Graphing and geometry will commence next week. Please let me know as well if you wish to have any additional work for your child to complete at home. Refer for my "web link" for numerous math websites to practice at home.

Mathletics activities have been assigned to practice at school and at home. Feel free to browse what you son/daughter has completed to date. Students will be told in advance when Mathletics is assigned for homework

As always, if you have any questions, please contact me at the school. I will respond promptly via telephone. Let's have a great week at GG!

Welcome back to the first day of spring! A reminder to everyone that the 6, 7, and 8 FI students will be travelling to a Maple Sugar Bush in Paquetville this Thursday. Noticed were sent home last week and need to be signed and returned by Monday, March 20^th.

French – This week students will be presenting their work from the past month. Grade 6 students will then commence an opinion text and a public service announcement, whereas the grade 7s will be learning about procedural writing, and the 8s an interview followed by an editorial. As always, writing traits continue to be taught throughout as well as grammar, verbs, conventions, homophones, guided reading, etc.

Math – Students will be learning about percentages this week. Next Monday - Wednesday will serve as a review of our unit. Unit test will be held next Thursday. From there, we will move on to graphing and geometry. Let me know as well if you wish to have any additional work for your child to complete at home. Refer for my "web link" for numerous math websites to practice at home.

Mathletics activities have been assigned to practice at school and at home. Feel free to browse what you son/daughter has completed to date. Students will be told in advance when Mathletics is assigned for homework

As always, if you have any questions, please contact me at the school. I will respond promptly via telephone. Let's have a great week at GG!

A reminder to students that I am available during afternoon recess (Tues-Thurs) for any extra help and/or homework students may require in math or French.

Welcome back to our last full week of February. A reminder that there will be NO school Friday as teachers have a professional learning day.

French - This will be the last week for grades 6 and 7 students to draft their informative writing piece. Grade 8 students continue to write their narrative writing piece either about a tale/legend or an adventure.  Next week will serve as review and correction in order to finalize. As always, writing traits continue to be taught throughout as well as grammar, verbs, conventions, homophones, guided reading, etc.

Math - This week we will quickly review comparing improper and mixed fractions and move on to ratios***Homework will be assigned this week***. Please ensure assignments are completed. Let me know as well if you wish to have any additional work for your child to complete at home. Refer for my "web link" for numerous math websites to practice at home.

Mathletics is also well underway. Activities have been assigned to practice at school and at home. Feel free to browse what you son/daughter has completed to date. Students will be told in advance when Mathletics is assigned for homework

As always, if you have any questions, please contact me at the school. I will respond promptly via telephone. Let's have a great week at GG!