Happy Holidays!

Our last day of school is Thursday, December 22nd. Students will be going to the Gallagher Center in the morning until 11 AM and then we will be having a pizza lunch. Students will be dismissed from school early that day - at 2 PM.

I hope you have a great Christmas break! See you in the new year.

Science Habitat Glogsters

The students have been working hard researching habitats to put on a Glogster webpage. They are complete, and ready to be shared! You can check them out at home by going to our kid blog website, http://kidblog.org/MsBudzsClass/ . You can tell which one is yours by looking at the initials of the student who posted the message.

Students enjoyed using technology to share what they learned. We will get together in the new year to go over how they did and how they can improve for next term by marking the Glogs together.

Merry Christmas!

Fun video below! Those hardworking elves sure look familiar........

http://sendables.jibjab.com/view/SJ2SWQpzG7LlQeUg

Why is a 1 a "one"?

Numbers 0 9_

View more presentations from Kevin Cummins

Friday's Quizzes

Students have been studying hard for their Social Studies and Science quizzes coming up on Friday. Students have been given reviews which we've been working on in class to study from.

School Days Off

Thursday, November 10th is a half day. There is no school on Friday, November 11 and Monday, November 14.

Remembrance Day Ceremony

There will be a Remembrance Day ceremony at Yorkdale in the ym at 1:15 on Wednesday.

Harvest Showdown Tomorrow

Tomorrow our class will be accompanying other Yorkdale classrooms to participate in the Harvest Showdown. A note was sent home with the students about a week ago with information about this event. The students will be learning about the importance of agriculture in Saskatchewan. The day will be set up in stationed activities and our classroom will be divided in half - one to join Mrs. Kulscar's and one to join Mrs. Hick's classroom.

An important note - there was an announcement made today that if classes are cancelled tomorrow due to the odor in the school then the Harvest Showdown will also be cancelled.

Halloween Party

The students are very excited for Monday! This week the students should have brought home a note with a list of assigned items for each student to bring to school for 1 P.M. on Monday. We will enjoy these snacks after our Halloween Parade around the school at 1:15 P.M., which everyone is welcome to attend. The majority of the class voted on watching a movie in the afternoon. It should be a great day - full of monster decorations made by our very own class! Check back for pictures of the event on our blog!

Pictures uploaded

Videos and pictures of our class have been uploaded to the blog! Click the tab to view.

I have also changed the online Projects tab so that it includes our Blogs, written and typed by your child! We posted blogs yesterday, please check them out!

Spelling

The spelling page has been updated with the new words students got yesterday. There has been a change to the way things will go for the rest of the year. Students will be tested on their list every two weeks (rather than every week). This way we can allow for more time to work with the words during the two week period. There will also be a larger test once a month, to review words from the entire year.

Book fair

Tomorrow is the last day to visit the book fair in the library at Yorkdale.

Book orders

Scholastic Book Orders are due back November 4th.

YCS Dance Club

The Yorkdale Dance Club will start on Monday, October 17th (Day 1) from 12:20-1. All students interested will meet in Ms. Simonsen's classroom after lunch. Dance Club is for students in grade 3 and 4. It will be held on Day 1 at 12:20-1. If you are interested in learning new dances and having fun, you should join!

Education Week - Book Fair and BBQ!

Notes went home today with information about the Education Week Book Fair going on at our school Monday, October 17 @ 9-4, Tuesday, October18 @ 8:30 - 7, and Wednesday, October 19 @ 8:30 - 5. This will be a fun event for everyone, and helps our school receive money from the sales to purchase new books for the library and classrooms.

Students are also invited to a Family BBQ Tuesday, October 18 @ 5-6:30 PM in the Library Courtyard. Hamburger or Hot dog, chips and drink for $2.00. Please RSVP on the note sent home today by Friday, October 14.

Spelling and Guided Reading for October 11-14

There will be no spelling words or tests this week as it is a short week. I have decided instead to focus more on our Guided Reading program and how we can give the students who need more reading practice that opportunity.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

I want to wish everyone a happy Thanksgiving this weekend! I hope you all enjoy the long weekend with your families. See you back at school on Tuesday!

Choir

The first Choir practice was today at 12:25 p.m. in the Band Room. Anyone from Grades 2 to 8 that enjoy singing are welcome to come and participate. Practices will be on every Day 6 at 12:25.

Studying for the Math test tomorrow?

Here is  great site to help you study for your tests! The fourth grade math topics are all organized. Click on Place Value to study for tomorrow's unit test.
http://www.aaamath.com/grade4.html#topic3
I will have the link kept up on the Math tab of the blog. Good luck studying!

Drama/Musical Interest?

Students interested in drama or possibly a musical should sign up on the sheet posted on the bulletin board near the office. The sheet will remain up for a couple of days.

Grade 4/5 Intramurals

Grade 4/5 Intramural Nukemball signup sheet is on the bulletin board outside Mrs. Kulcsar and Ms. Budz rooms. Please sign up by Friday, October 7^th.

Cross Country Districts

On Thursday, two of the students from our class will be running in the Cross Country Districts meet! Way to go boys, and GOOD LUCK!!!

Comments

I have changed the settings so that anyone can post comments to all the posts and pages of this blog. I hope this worked so that it is easy to leave a message with any and all questions, comments, and/or suggestions. Let me know if there are any problems with this!

Terry Fox Run Tomorrow

Tomorrow, Yorkdale will be recognizing Terry Fox’s marathon of Hope efforts by organizing a Walk/Run event. Students are also welcomed to bring a donation that will be forwarded to the foundation. Staff members will be dressing down on the condition that they also make a donation to Terry Fox. The walk/run will occur in the afternoon with the competitive category going at 2:25 p.m. and the participation walkers/runners going at shortly after 2:30 p.m.

Cross Country

Cross country runners will be going to Deer Park tomorrow for competition. All runners will meet at the front lobby after morning announcements. Good luck!!!

Directly from Morning Announcements today...

The Missoula Children’s Theatre is returning to Yorkton, and it will require approximately 60 students for its “Alice in Wonderland” musical on October 1. Student auditions are on Monday, September 26 from 4-6 p.m. There are also opportunities for classroom workshops with the directors from Sept. 27-30. See Mr. Beatty about interest. An information poster has also been hung up outside the office.

Book Orders

Just a reminder that the Book Orders sent out on Wednesday are due September 28th. If you need another copy to look through at home please leave me a note in your child's agenda and I will send one home.

Terry Fox Run

Our students will be participating in the Yorkdale Terry Fox Run on Friday, September 23rd in the afternoon. Grade fours will be doing the 3 km walk or run (their choice).

Willow Book Presentation

Our class will be listening to a presentation on Willow Award Books in the library during Period 8 on Friday, September 16th. Thank you to Mrs. Balysky for setting up this opportunity for us! Here is a link to their website with more information and a list of grade four books that YOU can vote on to win the award!http://www.willowawards.ca/ These Grade 4-6 books will be available for the students in the Yorkdale Library on Monday!