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.

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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 26, 2009

Classroom News - Feb. 26

Reminders:
- The last day of Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down Week is tomorrow. Lets continue to make good choices not only tomorrow, but throughout the rest of the school year!
- Grade 6 hockey permission forms need to be handed-in by tomorrow (Friday, Feb. 27).
- Grade 6 and 7 students will be toboganning tomorrow (Friday, Feb. 27). Please dress appropriately!
- Monday, Mar. 2 is Hockey Day at M.C. Knoll. Wear any hockey jersey you own or our Yorkton Terrier colors (orange and black) to celebrate the day.


For Homework:
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)
Career Guidance 6 - Contracts re-signed and Reflection write-up (due Friday, Feb. 27)
Math 6 - Page 137 (#1-35) and page 139 (#1-35) Estimating 2-digit divisors (due Friday, Feb. 27)
Math 7 - Page 47 (#1-5) Comparing Fractions (due Monday, Mar. 2)
Social - Pacific Rim Country Reports (redo) (due Monday, Mar. 2)
Spelling 6 - Spelling Lesson #11 and Test (due Monday, Mar. 2)
Spelling 7 - Spelling Lesson #13 (due Monday, Mar. 2)

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