Looking at the week ahead....

Welcome back from Camp Squeah! I took a total of 629 photos over three days, and the slideshow is in the works. I had a wonderful time with your wonderful kids - archery, rock climbing and nature hikes galore! Hopefully now we are all well rested and ready for an excellent week!

Coming home with your child today:

• Yellow Community Day Parade notice.
  
• Yellow Better Life coffee form.
  
• Green 2008 yearbook order form (for those students who have not yet placed an order).
• Grade 6 'Choir or Band' declaration form (for those students who are late in returning this).
• Kenneth Oppel permission form (for those students who have not yet submitted this).
  
• Scholastic book order form - please return on Monday, May 12th * check out the Canadian Trivia fact book!*
  
• Problem Solving review package - test next Monday, May 12th.
  

Upcoming events...

• Thursday, May 8th: Government Test (Chapters 5 and 6 in Connections Canada plus additional material in the package I prepared)
• Friday, May 9th: ISEA track meet
• Monday, May 12th: Problem Solving test
• Tuesday, May 13th: Kenneth Oppel field trip
• Friday, May 16th: Grandparent's Day
• Monday, May 18th: NO SCHOOL
• Thursday, May 22nd: Science World field trip
• Thursday, May 29th: Cafe Concert

Where we are headed in the curriculum (for all you keeners out there!):

• Having just completed our Decimals unit in Math, we are ready to dive into Measurement!
• When Government concludes on Thursday, we begin a fun and exciting unit with Simple Machines! (see interesting websites listed on the left)
• We continue to study 'Holes', analyzing the theme of injustice.
  

As the weather grows warmer and our hearts get lighter, I know that the remainder of our time together in Grade 5 will be fabulous - it's been a great year!