Mrs. Newman Tuesdy, Oct. 13

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A QUICK NOTE TO PARENTS:
I hope you all had a lovely Thanksgiving Break! Our school nurse will be coming by tomorrow to talk about the immunization program for the grade 6's at VCS.
UPCOMING EVENTS:

• Heritage Pot Luck 15th
• 22nd Bear Creek Run for those who make the team
• Early Dismissal 28th
  
• First Immunization Oct. 29 or 30th (we think the date will be changed from the 22nd)
• AGM 29th
  
• Hot Lunches on Fridays 16th, 23rd, 30th
  

REMINDERS:

• **Bring a non-perishable food item in by Thursday for Salvation Army Food Bank
  
• Alpha snack forms due back ASAP for students bringing snacks between now and Christmas break. (#1-#11) Sarah C. for snacks this week
  
• Girls' Volleyball practices Mondays at 3:30 and Wed. at 8 am
• Boys' Volleyball practices Wed. 8 am and Friday after school
  

STUDENT HOMEWORK:
You will be able to see new listings by looking for the **.

WORK STILL NEEDED TO BE HANDED IN:


Flex Block:
Wed. Oct. 14 Have your proposal sheet completely filled in and signed by your parents.
Mon. Oct. 19 Have all your materials and proposal sheet to school in order to participate in flex block. It will be so sad for those who forget because instead of working on what they want to, I will have to choose something for them to do.

MATH:
nothing at this time

SPELLING & VOCAB
nothing at this time

ENGLISH LIT: Keep working toward your goal for independent reading.
I will give out a new reading strategies page soon with a new due date.

WRITING:
nothing at this time

ENGLISH GRAMMAR:
Review what nouns (common, proper, singular and plural) and pronouns are.
Also review what adjectives, adverbs, and verbs are. Hey! Do you remember what interjections are?

HACE:
Tidy up binders, keep your travel folder current with only work that needs to be done in it. All completed work should be handed in or put in the correct section of your binder.

FRENCH
French blog frenchhwk.blogspot.com Check this on the weekends to see if French homework was given on Friday. Don't forget to be watching your DVD.
nothing at this time

ART:
nothing at this time

SCIENCE:
**Chapter 5 Test signed by Thursday Oct. 15

SOCIALS:
see Mrs. DeBoer's note

ALPHA:
nothing at this time
Sierra, I will put your name on the list for after Christmas
Sarah C. you are on for Wed. Oct. 14
Celina you are on for Wed. 21