My wishes for u in year 2011...
Great start for January,
Laughter and love for February,
Peacefulness for March,
No worries for April
Fun times for May,
Joy for June to November,
Happiness for December,
Have a lucky and awesome 2011!

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What a last few days...crazy schedule...but it's all done...papers are graded and assignments handed back...bring on the holidays!

Leave you with a Wonderful Winter Wonderland by my awesome kids...

See you in the New Year!

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Canadian Mosaic Assignment is due on Tuesday, December 14th.
Please see rubric for expectations.

Thank you to those who have handed theirs in early:


Reminder: Government Test is on Wednesday, December 15th.
Please bring Black duotangs home to review
- forms of government
- levels of Canadian government and their responsibilities
- the Canadian Charter of Rights & Freedoms
- Becoming a Canadian (the immigration process)

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Winter bliss...what fun everyone had skating today...here are some memories

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This week we will be looking at our first North American artist, Andy Warhol. He was a highly influential icon of the Pop Art movement during the 1960's. He is widely known for his artwork of popular or advertising products (soup cans) and his portraits of famous Hollywood movie stars.

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Today we discussed the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

We talked about how special this document was and what it truly means to be Canadian.

I shared with the class a little "I am a Proud Canadian" rant that ties in to the key points of the charter. Their homework this weekend was to write about what it means to them to be Canadian.

Homework:
1. Why you are proud to be Canadian "Leaf"
2. Rights & Freedoms worksheet

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This week we continued with "Stem and Leaf Plots" and we'll be learning about Mean, Median and Mode.



Homework:

Please take Green Math Duotangs home to review -

Data Management Unit Test is on Thursday, December 9th!

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The character trait for the month of December is EMPATHY. We look forward to recognizing our students at our Character Assembly on Monday, December 13th at 8:30 am.

The Tree of Hope/Tree of Giving, will take place from Monday, November 29 - Wednesday, December 8th. This is the initiative of our Student Leadership team whose members have been divided into teams who are responsible for sorting and collecting the donated items. All items collected will be loaded onto a school bus on Monday, December 13th and from there, they will be distributed by the York Regional Police and the Fire Department, as part of their annual 'Quiet Food Drive'.

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