Dear Parents and Campers,

Well, we ALL made it through the first two weeks of school and we are now beginning to get down to the thick of it!  Friday, your child brought home his/her mini-progress report on their first week and a half in school!  I hope you take time to review areas of celebration as well as areas in need of improvement.  Overall, I am thrilled with our start!

Spelling Tests:  Your child also brought home their first Spelling test.  Please sign, have your child write his/her errors 10x each at the back of the booklet and return to school promptly on Monday.  Words spelled incorrectly will be repeated as the following week's WOW words until mastered.  A bonus word is included, however, students must know how to edit the sentence it is given in.  We are learning about the four types of sentences and how to correctly punctuate each of them.

Math:  I have broken down our first unit in Number Sense and Numeration into smaller, more manageable sections.  Our first Math test will be on Wednesday next week.  I will review in class as well as send the math duo tangs home for review on Monday and Tuesday.  Please go over with your child.


Science: We have been learning about stable structures using our unit vocabulary; structure, load, stable and strong,  We have conducted 2 experiments thus far and have determined that shorter structures are more stable than taller structures. We are also learning that tall structures can be made more stable by adding weight to the base.  Ask your child how they managed to use one sheet of paper and make a tower strong enough to support a load of 500g.


Music: We are beginning MUSIC! Next week, your child will be given a school recorder to use for the year.  It is a Yamaha Soprano Recorder purchased from Long and McQuade that costs approximately $7.99.  Should your child misplace or break this recorder, we ask that you replace it.   These recorders will be collected at the end of the year so that they may be used the following year.  Please keep your child's recorder in your child's back pack at all times when not in use.  I will be starting Music next week and want everyone to have their recorders here and ready to be played on any given day.  Thank you for your support.  Also, thank you for your patience while your child practises each night!  Expect to hear some Christmas jingles in a few months at our upcoming Christmas concert! More on that later!

That's good for now,

Counsellor Wilson

SECRET QUESTION:
This number is represented in expanded form: 600+50+3  Write it in standard form.