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 23, 2009

Classroom News - Feb. 23

Welcome back everyone,

As usual, I hope that you had a terrific break. I am glad to see everyone again and I believe the same can be said for the students and staff alike. It is amazing to think that we are already nearing the end of February and that means report cards are coming very soon - Friday, March 13 to be exact!

Please refer to the "Upcoming Events" heading in the blog for many important dates that were added today.

Ask your son/daughter about the Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down Week!

For Homework:
LA - Superhero Descriptive Writing Story Rough Draft and Editing (due Tuesday, Feb. 24)
Art - Six (6) 30 minute Sketchbook Drawings (due Friday, Feb. 27)
LA - Journal Entries (x4) (due Friday, Feb. 27)
LA - Superhero Descriptive Writing Story Good Copy with Title Page (due Friday, Feb. 27)
Career Guidance 7 - Time Management Log (due Friday, Feb. 27)
Spelling 6 - Spelling Lesson #11 and Test (due Monday, Mar. 2)

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