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, February 27, 2009

Classroom News - Feb. 27

Although Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down week is over, lets continue to make good choices throughout the rest of the school year...

Have a great weekend!

Reminders:
- 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.
- Grade 6 girls will be playing in a floor hockey tournament on Monday, Mar. 2 at Yorkdale. Grade 6 boys will be playing in the same tournament on Tuesday, Mar. 3.
- Please bring $2 for the "Habitat" birdhouses that we will be painting (they will be yours to keep).

For Homework:
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)
Math 7 - Page 47 (#1-9) Comparing Fractions (due Tuesday, Mar. 3)
LA 6 - "Anastasia on the Job" questions and definitions (due Tuesday, Mar. 3)

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