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, January 16, 2009

Classroom News - Jan. 16

Sorry about not writing a post yesterday. As some of you know, I was attending a professional development seminar and was unable to get back to the school.

Just a few reminders to pass along:
- Grade 6 students will be providing the baking for the Bake Sale on Friday, Jan. 23.
- We are collecting empty milk containers and kleenex boxes for Survivor Habitat on Jan. 26 + 27. In addition, we are hoping students will lend lego sets for that special day.
- Ski forms were handed out today for our trip to the Asessippi Ski Area on Wednesday, Feb. 11. Please return (with the appropriate fees) no later than Friday, Jan. 30.

Also, the boys and girls basketball teams will be back in action Monday, Jan. 19. Games will start at 4:00 pm.

Have a wonderful weekend!

For Homework:
Science - Sensing and Responding to the Environment Handout (overdue Thursday, Jan. 15)
English 6 - Lesson #11 and #12 (Simple Subjects) (overdue Friday, Jan. 16)
Spelling 7 - Lesson #11 (overdue Friday, Jan. 16)
Math 6 - Geometric Computer Activity (Exploring Geometric Solids) (due Tuesday, Jan. 20)
Math 7 - Section 1.4 (pg. 18 #1-9 as needed) and 1.4 Homework Worksheet (due Tuesday, Jan. 20)
Math 7 - Divisibility Rules mini-quiz (div. by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10) (Thursday, Jan. 22)
Math 6 - Geometric Solids Test (Friday, Jan. 23)
LA - Island of the Blue Dolphins Final Projects (x4) (Friday, Jan. 23)

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