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, February 12, 2009

Classroom News - Feb. 12

Tomorrow, our last day of school before February Break, will be "Red, White, and Pink Day" in celebration of Valentine's Day.

Also, bags of popcorn will be sold tomorrow at lunch time. Bring your spare change!

Just a reminder to the grade 7 students - I created a new "Fractions" section on the sidebar of the blog. Please refer to the websites listed for some additional math help...

For Homework:
Science - Invent a Plant Project (creation, written, and presentation) (overdue Thursday, Feb. 12)
Art - Magazine Name Tag (overdue Thursday, Feb. 12)
Social Studies - Jan./Feb. "What in the World" worksheets (x3) and Using Scale to Determine Distance questions (due Friday, Feb. 13)
LA 7 - English Lesson #9 (Plural Forms) (due Friday, Feb. 13)
Art - Six (6) 30 minute Sketchbook Drawings (due Friday, Feb. 27)

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