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



Monday, December 8, 2008

Classroom News - Dec. 8

I hope everyone had a terrific weekend! It is amazing to think that we only have 9 days of school left until Christmas Holidays. How time fly's when we are having fun?!?!?

Just a few reminders:
- It is Red and Green Day tomorrow (Tuesday, Dec. 9) at M.C. Knoll. Obviously wear as much red/green as possible.
- Grade 7 students should also bring their outdoor winter gear tomorrow for Adventure Ed.

For Homework:
LA - Island of the Blue Dolphins Ch. 20-23 questions, vocabulary and venn diagram activity (due Wednesday Dec. 10)
LA - Read Island of the Blue Dolphins Ch. 24-29 and Author's Note (due Friday, Dec. 12)
Science - Structural Adaptation Web Challenge (due Friday, Dec. 12)
Science - "Create-a-Fish" Activity (due Friday, Dec. 12)

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