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Good Evening Parents!

Today we had a presentation for our upcoming Terry Fox Run. The students heard the personal story of cancer survivor and the importance of Terry Fox. Students have received the pledge form on Friday which are due on Sept. 29. St. Jude's fundraising goal is $4000!!

UOI: Students studied the map of Canada further today and filled in the provinces and territories. Students learned the difference between a province and territory, as well as learned when Canada became a country, the very first Prime Minister, and the creation of Nunavut. Ms. Schwarz was only 9 years old when Nunavut was created!! :O

We would also like to  fill our UOI board with post cards from different provinces and territories in Canada. Students are encouraged to ask friends and/or family that live in another province or territory to send them a post card to add to our UOI board. We would love to add some to our board!

Provinces and Territory Quiz on Monday Sept. 26! Please use the websites below to study for the quiz. Students will be required to fill out a map of Canada with the provinces, territories and capital cities. Students will also be required to name the oceans and Great Lakes. We will be learning the rest of these topics this week. 
Provinces and Territories Practice:

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Canadian_Geography.htm
http://www.yourchildlearns.com/mappuzzle/canada-puzzle.html

Spelling: Students have began Lesson 2 in their spelling books. Spelling test is on Friday and Lesson 2 is also due on Friday.

Math: We worked on estimating Sums today. Tomorrow we will continue this lesson with estimating differences. Students learned how we can round numbers to add, as well as using front end estimation to find approximations. The word about is very useful in math as it tells us that we need to estimate. One student also gave us a definition for estimation, which is a "good guess".

Math Quiz on Friday September 23rd! The quiz will be based on Place Value, rounding numbers, estimating sums and differences, mental math. We will complete a review on Thursday. 

Anne of Green Gables: I was successful in finding an adapted version of Anne of Green Gables to read to the class. Please don't delete the downloaded versions you may have put on your child's personal device because it is a good read! I will be emailing a picture of the cover and further details later this evening just in case you would like to go to the library to find a copy.

Reminders:
-Please sign your child's agenda every night

-Scholastic order due Sept. 28 (No Cash Accepted)
-After School forms Due Sept. 23

-Terry Fox pledge forms due Sept. 29th

-Order winter uniforms

-October Lunch order forms due Sept. 30th

-Spelling Test on Friday

-Spelling Lesson 2 due Friday

-Math quiz on March 23rd

-Province and Territories quiz on Sept. 26th