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



Friday, October 3, 2008

Classroom News - Oct. 3

In class today, students started answering questions from the novel "Island of the Blue Dolphins" (Chapters 1-4). Students are encouraged to continue to read the novel on their own time. In addition, Grade 6 started the CAT-3 today (Canadian Achievement Test, 3rd Edition). Grade 6 will continue to complete the CAT-3 on Monday.

Hope everyone has a terrific weekend!!!

For Homework:
Math 7 - 3.8 take-home worksheet (due Monday, Oct. 6)
Spelling 6 - Lesson #4 Test (Tuesday, Oct. 7)
English 7 - Lesson #4 (due Tuesday, Oct. 7)
Spelling 7 - Lesson #5 (due Wednesday, Oct. 8)
Art - Art folders (due Friday, Oct. 10)

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