WELCOME!!!

Hello everyone,

Welcome to Mr. McDowell's classroom blog. I am very excited to have a classroom webpage and I hope that you will find it useful. The purpose of this blog is to provide a convenient (and reliable) communication link between students, parents, the school and Mr. McDowell. I invite you to check this blog on a daily basis as I will be posting valuable information about the classroom and the school - including daily homework assignments, important dates, classroom/school news, etc.

For your convenience, you can also sign-up to receive "daily updates" from this blog that automatically gets sent to your email every day there is a new posting. Simply type in your email address into the 'submit' box found on the right side of this blog.

More importantly, if you ever have any questions or concerns about your son/ daughter, please do not hesitate to contact me via phone, email, or this blog:

M.C. Knoll School - 786-5540
Email - benson.mcdowell@gssd.ca



Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Classroom News - Oct. 1

Happy October to everyone,

Sorry about the delay in responding to today's message. I once again had to attend another teachers meeting this afternoon. I hope that everyone doesn't think I am trying to get away from the students/school on purpose!?!?!

I have also introduced a new classroom 'rewards' program. Ask your son/daughter about it...

For Homework:
Math 6 - Page R79 (subtraction of large numbers) (due Thursday, Oct. 2)
Math 7 - Decimals Quiz (Thursday, Oct. 2)
Novel Study - Read Island of the Blue Dolphins Chapters 1-4 (due Friday, Oct. 3)
Health - Unit I Title Page "Entering the Teen Years..." (due Friday, Oct. 3)
Social Studies - "What in the World" Questions (due Friday, Oct. 3)

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