Day: June 24, 2016

Dear Parents and Students:

Reminders for the last week of school:

***Please be on time for Monday morning, as we will need to set up for projects ahead of the awards assembly.

***Homework: Finish any last details on your independent project. Print bibliography and Q&A if you need to so it is ready to go on Monday. Look for magazine pictures AND the words to your tanka poem on nature, so we can put those words on the canvas next week and finish our artwork before you leave.

***No water park today due to weather, but we will try again Monday or Tuesday depending on time, so please have supplies ready (towel, mat, etc.) depending on weather. A reminder that there are not to be any water guns used on the playground at any time — only during designated times and in designated locations as part of a special event.

Recognition Assembly – Monday June 27th at 9:15 AM: Please do join us if you can. Many students are receiving special awards during this assembly and you are welcome to come!

Independent Project Viewing – Monday June 27th at 10:45 AM: Please join us for a casual viewing of independent projects. This is mainly an opportunity to have a discussion with students about their projects. Everyone has done a lot of work, and all projects are using different media and ways of sharing the information with you. If you are not able to come, please join your child in sharing with them one-on-one from 3-4 PM after school as Ms. DeTerra will stay so you can do this. PLEASE RSVP if you can so I know whether or not to stay.

Grade Seven Leaving Assembly – Tuesday June 28th at 9:15 AM: This is a special assembly to say goodbye to our grade 7 students. This assembly will include the presentation of our grade sevens, our valedictorian speeches, our grade seven awards, and a special send-off by our Kindergarten students. You are welcome to join us! The intermediate choir (which includes Div. 5) will be performing a song for the sevens, as well.

Final Day of School Wednesday June 29th 10 AM Dissmissal: On the final day, we will say goodbye and students will receive their report cards. Students are dismissed promptly at 10AM and will need to take all personal supplies and belongings with them at that time.

Thank you again for your support!

Kindly,

Ms. DeTerra

Hello Everyone!

We are currently finishing up the year with our independent projects and poetry journal art. Friday afternoon we are at the water park, Monday we have our awards assembly, Tuesday is the grade seven leaving ceremony, and Wednesday is last day with early dismissal at 10am.

Due to lots of productive work on our independent projects and the many other events from the end of year, there will not be a quiz on our last unit; however, we are in progress finishing our poetry journals and art.

Your independent project will include:

• Display of your PPT, Diorama, Game, or other media
• Typed Bibliography, Printed
• Project Sheet
• Questions and Answers, Typed, Printed
• A sign showing your topic
• A rubric where you evaluated yourself (see your project planner)
• A self-reflection — one page done in class Monday afternoon.

We will be looking at these projects from 10:45 – 12:00 on Monday, June 27th. Parents are welcome to come then. Please RSVP with Ms. D. We will likely have a few other visitors that will come through, but it will be a casual event. This is not meant to be a science fair format, and is more about sharing knowledge and the research process.

After school that day, Monday the 27th, Ms. D will stay for one hour should anyone like to show their parents their projects at that time, sort of like a student led opportunity.

Many students may also have projects to share electronically, and we will discuss if they can be shared via our projects page on this blog.

Wednesday is our last day! Early dismissal at 10 am. We have already begun sending home work so the classroom is ready for the summer. Report cards are distributed on that last day.

Wow! I can’t believe we only have four and a half days left of our first year of MACC!

Grade 4 students who are staying with me for next year have received a supply list, which we talked about in class. Grade 5 students will be with Mr. Peter Gaitens next year, who we met during a morning visit to our class. He will provide supplies info in September, so I recommend everyone in his class wait to get supplies beyond the pencil and paper basics. If you have questions about next year, please email me!

I look forward to handing out our special MACC awards next week! Students did nominations to celebrate everyone’s strengths in our group. We started the year with our chain of strengths, with details of what we were all bringing to our community, and now we will end with a fun recognition of who we are at the end of the year.

Ms. D