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, February 2, 2009

Classroom News - Feb. 2

Welcome to February and Happy Groundhogs Day!

Speaking of Groundhogs Day, it looks like we will have another six weeks of winter ahead us thanks to our friend the groundhog...

Reminders:
- Please bring a Thesaurus for our Language Arts classes ASAP.
- M.C. Knoll February Newsletter was sent home today. Be sure to read it!
- Also, Grade 6 Track and Field Forms were sent home today. They are to be filled out and returned to the school sometime before Friday, Feb. 6.
- The grade 6-8 ski adventure to the Asessippi Ski Area is on Wednesday, Feb. 11.

For Homework:
Career Guidance 7 - PowerPoint Timeline Project and Presentation (overdue Monday, Feb. 2)
Math 6 - Page 123 (#1-10) (estimating division) (due Tuesday, Feb. 3)
Spelling 6 - Lesson #10 and Test (Thursday, Feb. 5)
Spelling 7 - Lesson #12 and Test (Thursday, Feb. 5)
Science - Ecosystems and Basic of Life Unit Test (Friday, Feb. 6)
Science - Invent a Plant Project (creation, written, and presentation) (due Thursday, Feb. 12)

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