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



Thursday, October 30, 2008

Classroom News - Oct. 30

Just a reminder about the day tomorrow:

Grade 7 students are off in the a.m. to Yorkdale for Practical and Applied Arts . Grade 6 are with me at M.C. Knoll. Immediately after lunch, their will be a school-wide Halloween parade in the gymnasium. At the conclusion of the parade, Grade 7 students will walk over to St. Mike's for the "sock hop". Grade 6 will be with me enjoying a snack and movie. Grade 6 students are encouraged to bring food/drink to the festivities.

For Homework:
Math 7 - Corn Maze Activity - Percents (overdue Thursday, Oct. 30)
Social Studies - "What in the World" activity sheets x3 (overdue Thursday, Oct. 30)
LA - Island of the Blue Dolphins Chapters 5-8 questions: #1-15 (overdue Thursday, Oct. 30)
LA 6 - "The Young Maple Tree" questions and definitions (due Friday, Oct. 31)

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