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March 26th

1) Finish all noun and editing work for Tuesday
2) Finish your senses and thought-shot sheet for your moment by Tuesday
3) Smencils on sale tomorrow
4) March's Pride Assembly this Thursday at 11:40am

March 25th

1) Finish online avatars for tomorrow

• your avatar should represent YOU 
• your avatar should represent your personality or interests 
• you avatar should be detailed, coloured and neat 

2) Finish your ten moments in your writer's notebook (see Friday's post for more details) 

3) Science (same as Friday's post) 

4) Smencils on sale Wednesday 

5) French (same as Friday's post) 

March 22nd

1) Finish avatar for health class by Tuesday
2) You need 10 moments in your writer's notebook for Tuesday

• Today we started our first lesson in our narrative unit. We talked about how a great story is a collection of moments and how it's so important to be able to bring those moments to life with rich detail. What I need from students is a list of 10 EXTREMELY exciting or memorable moments from their lives. 

3) Science 

• Grade 4's - questions 1-4 complete for next class 
• Grade 5's - finish meal project 

4) Get math quiz signed 

5) French due Tuesday 

• Grade 4's - Canadian Regions 
• Grade 5's - Houses 

March 21st

1) Ramp Man presentation tomorrow
2) Gregg Lawless will be back working with the class Monday and all day Wednesday!
3) March's Pride Assembly is this Thursday

March 20th

We had a Fantastic day with Gregg Lawless and composed the chorus to our class song. Students have no homework tonight.

March 18th

1) Finish With My Own Two Hands worksheet (just the first side) - Video Linked on the right side if you need it
2) Health - Passport to the Internet activity due tomorrow
3) Science - Gr. 5 - finish meal project (due Friday)
4) Get math quiz signed

March 7th

1) Finish suitcase (Gr. 4) and mind map (Gr. 5) for social studies (due Monday after the March Break)
2) Passpost to the Internet health activity due Tuesday after March Break
3) Art due tomorrow
4) Work on character trait sheet (due tomorrow at the end of class)
5) Crazy Hair or Whacky Hat Day re-due tomorrow (if you want)

March 6th

1) Social Studies
Gr. 4 - Finish Suitcase to my Region Activity for Monday after the March Break
Gr. 5 - Finish Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms mind map for Monday after the March Break
2) Tomorrow is Crazy Hair and Wacky Hat Day!
3) Art due Friday

RHPS Book Drive is On!

Dear Parents and Families,

Do you have gently used children’s books that your family has outgrown? Would you like to see those

books in the hands of children who do not have their own books?

The Children’s Book Bank is a charitable organization whose mission is to provide gently used books and literacy support to the children of low-income families in Canada. The first book bank location is at 350 Berkeley Street in Toronto. The Children’s Book Bank is aimed at children up to Grade Six and operates like a children’s bookstore,

though the books are available to the children free of charge. In addition to supplying free books to the children, The Children’s Book

Bank also offers informal literacy support such as readings and story hours. The Children’s Book Bank sustains its inventory of books by accepting charitable donations of gently used children’s books.

The students and staff at Rick Hansen Public School aim to make a difference everyday! One way to make a difference is to support charities and make donations to help others in need. The Kindergarten department at Rick Hansen Public School is therefore running a book drive from now until April 19th, 2013 so that we can support The

Children’s Book Bank of Toronto.

If you are interested in participating in the book drive, you may send your gently used children’s books to school. We will collect your generous donations and then deliver all of the books to The Children’s Book Bank after April 19th, 2013. Please take care to ensure that the donated books are gently used and are suitable for children up to grade six. No teen

novels or adult books please.

For further information on The Children’s Book Bank, you may visit their website at www.childrensbookbank.com

Thank you for your interest and support!

March 5th

1) Walk to School Day tomorrow
2) Crazy Hair and Wacky Hat day Thursday
3) Finish Henry's Freedom Train worksheet tonight

Henry's Freedom Box

4) Art due Friday
5) Sign and return social studies report ASAP

March 4th

1) This Wednesday is Walk to School Day!
2) Crazy Hair and Wacky Hat day this Thursday
3) Get social studies report rubric signed
4) Gr. 5's - finish Westlandia worksheet

Westlandia Link

5) Finish art for this Friday

March 1st

1) This Wednesday is walk to school day
2) Finish adjective Difference Maker sheet for Monday
3) Gr. 4's - social studies due Monday
4) Finish art for Friday