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, April 11, 2016

Classroom News - April 11

Happy Monday!

Thanks to everyone who made a donation or bought a ticket to the VanSomeren Benefit Supper.

We are FINALLY in Survivor week - the event will be Wednesday, April 13 and Thursday, April 14 to be exact!  The permission form and $35 is now OVERDUE.  An additional newsletter, detailing more specifics about the event, was handed-out today!

Ask your son/daughter about today's Social Studies test...

An information envelope from 211 Saskatchewan was sent home today.

Homework:

Math - 5.6 Area of Circles (OVERDUE)
ELA - Placement Reader Response #4 (Tuesday, April 12)
Math - Combined Area of Shapes Practice (Tuesday, April 12)
Science - Mixtures/Solutions Unit Assessment (Tuesday, April 12)
Math - Measurement Unit Test (Wednesday, April 13)

ELA - Writing Folder (CSI and Poetry) (Monday, May 9)

Reminders:

If interested in ordering food for the Pizza Hot Lunch on Friday, April 29, an order form was sent home yesterday.  Please return the form and fee by Wednesday, April 13.
- Our MC Knoll basketball teams have teamed up with our community Soup Haven.  In particular, they are looking for donated items that can be used in Soup Haven lunches.  Donated items (all of which must be "peanut-free") include granola bars, breakfast bars, crackers, cereals, fruit cups, Fruit-To-Go bars, pudding, canned meat, juice boxes, etc.

* The following people have OVERDUE work:

- KB                   - JC                - SD             - CL

- BMc                - BMi              - RQ            - KS      

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