IT'S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN!

(Click above link if you want a blast from the past!)

Happy 2nd last week of school Campers and Parents!

Things are moving fast, so please bear with us!

Thursday - Poetry Cafe 2:00 - 3:30 pm.  Please Sign in at the office and make your way down to room 119 down the hall from the computer lab.

Counsellor Wilson

SECRET QUESTION:  What decade was this band SUPER POPULAR?

A.  1960s

B.  1970s

C.  1980s

Dear Parents and Campers,

Yesterday (or today for some) your child brought home a very special gift in celebration of Father's Day this weekend!  You'll need to hide it in a very special place until Father's Day!  We couldn't let our VERY SPECIAL DADS/UNCLES/GRANDPAS go uncelebrated now, could we!  Here's wishing you all a very relaxing and enjoyable Father's Day!  You are all VERY LOVED by your one and only camper!


NEXT WEEK:  

Next week will be our FINAL WOW test week!  Our final week of school, there will be an annual Spelling Bee contest between Mrs. DeCarolis' Class and Camp Wilson.  So, ONE more week of WOW words!

MONDAY - Health Safety Posters are due, MOVIE DAY wear P.J.s and bring in a blankie or a stuffie!  Also, campers are allowed to bring in a board game or any other game/toy that doesn't involve electronics!

Report Cards:  Report cards will be sent home a on Monday, June 24th.  I will be contacting many parents next week for phone interviews to discuss areas of concern from term 2. 

POETRY CAFE

THURSDAY, JUNE 20th
- Reminder - we are celebrating our Poetry Cafe Thursday, June 20th.  Thank you advance to all the parents who are going to bring in a delicious plate of treats to share for our Cafe! Reminder - it begins at 2:00 pm sharp! Can't wait to see everyone there!

Counsellor Wilson

SECRET QUESTION: Name a number that is divisible by 5?

Hello Parents and Campers!

Just a quick note to remind students to come dressed in black either today, tomorrow or Friday so I can snap off a quick photo for our Big Poetry Cafe event coming up next week!  Students are asked to come in a black shirt and bring any other props such as sunglasses, a scarf, or anything else that might make them fit the stereotype of a poet!

Thanks in advance!

Counsellor Wilson

SECRET QUESTION:  What is another term used for a slide?

Dear Parents and Campers,

This week, students MUST LEARN their two or three poems for our Poetry Cafe BY HEART.  Ask your child to practise with you all this week so that beginning next week we can do full rehearsals for our BIG SHOW!

FAVOUR:  Please send in your child on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday wearing a black shirt and a pair of sunglasses. I will be taking photos of our celebrity poets to be posted up in our Cafe next week.  Any black shirt will do.  Scarves, sunglasses, or any props are optional.  Thank you!


I promise you, this will be a performance you wont' soon forget!

Counsellor Wilson

SECRET QUESTION:  What element of poetry uses a deliberate pause in the performance to create effect?

A.  White Space
B.  Personification
C.  Similes and Metaphors

Reminder:  Please keep recorders in your child's back pack from now until that end of the year (This was supposed to be the rule throughout the year anyways).  We will be doing Music several times a week until the end of the school year.

We are currently able to play  notes G, A, B, High D, Low D, E, F and C!  Things are moving along nicely!

Counsellor Wilson

SECRET QUESTION:
Which note has the thumb and the first three fingers on the first three buttons?

Disappointed...

   I'm sad to say that the Social Studies presentations on the whole, were WAY below my expectations.  Students were told to spend time over the weekend practising a short oral presentation on something they learned in our unit on First Nations and Early Settlers.  I send home the Social Studies duo tang and completed presentation outline to get them started.  Many came unprepared and as a result, did not score well on this end-of-the-unit assessment.  I expected to hear 5-6 detailed facts learned in the unit sandwiched in between a clear opening and closing.  
       I will be reassigning this presentation to certain students tomorrow to be redone on Thursday.  I expect it to be done to a much higher standard.  I set achievable expectations for all students and know that each of them are capable of a greater effort.  No books will be allowed at the front to read from, use cue cards with limited prompts on it.  

Thank you for your support!

Counsellor Wilson

SECRET QUESTION:
Who delivered an outstanding presentation today on Longhouses?

Parents and Campers,

       I am still waiting on several black pouches to be returned.  You can keep your reading log in the front pocket of your agenda until June 20th if you are in the process of reading the goal of 3000 minutes.  I am going to ask that you read books from home so that I can start replenishing my library with all of my borrowed books.  Please have your child check his/her room, under the bed, or in any other area that some of my library books might have been left.  I really appreciate your help in this.  This year, my library is exceptionally depleted - I'm hoping that it's because many of my books have yet to be returned.  Thank you!  Thank you to those students who have already returned their pouches.  So far, I have 7/21 back!


Counsellor Wilson

SECRET QUESTION:  Which type of soil best meets a cactus' needs?