May 30, 2016

The day has come.......and gone. The 2015-2016 school year is officially over.

The awards and graduation ceremony this morning was absolutely lovely.

Here are the pics from today......













Thank you students for making this year a wonderful and exciting year. Good luck in Grade 4!

Thank you parents for your help and support at home.

Everyone have a great summer!

Check your emails soon to find the link to all our photos and videos from this school year.

Sincerely,
Mr. Yaremchuk

May 27, 2016

Happy last day!! It is an exciting time of the year, but it's also a sad time because I will truly miss my Terrific Third Graders. It has been a wonderful school year, and I was blessed to have such an amazing group of boys and girls in my first year here. You definitely made it such a wonderful, fun, and entertaining year.

This morning we had a visitor come and meet the students, Miss Lu, and she loved the kids. We had a busy morning making a craft, having story time, cleaning, sorting, sharing stories, eating pizza, receiving final exams, getting Dojo prizes, and receiving individual awards. It couldn't have been a better morning. 




 
 The afternoon we filled our tummies with all kinds of healthy foods: pizza, popcorn, chips, and finally........a delicious ice cream Birthday cake!!!  A Happy Birthday goes out to Eden as her birthday is on June 1st. Thank you so much for sharing the cake.



HOMEWORK:
- relax

NOTICES:
- Monday morning school will begin at 8:30am as usual, but the events in the gym will start at 9:30am sharp. Students will be brought to the gym at 9:15am, and the assembly will begin with honors awards, followed by graduation for K2 and Grade 5. The ceremony will end just after 11:00am, and then the students will be free to go and won't have to come back until August, or summer camp.
- you do not need to bring anything on Monday. We will chill in the classroom and play games.
- there was a newsletter handed out today with important information
- notices for damaged textbooks have also been sent home, please pay the amount on the notice if you received one

Again, I just wanted to say how thankful I was to have such an amazing group of students this year. Parents, you have wonderful children, and I can't wait to see them when they return in August. Unfortunately I have to stay in the grade 3 classroom, but fortunately Miss Fisher will do an amazing job with them. Thanks for your ongoing support at home.

Have a great summer vacation, and safe travels!

Mr. Yaremchuk

May 27, 2016

 


Congratulations Terrific Third Graders, you did it!!  By completing your Social Studies and Math final exams, you are now free from grade 3 (except for one last day of cleaning and class party tomorrow).

PLEASE BRING TOMORROW:

• any textbooks you may still have
• casual clothes for casual Friday (but also bring your PE clothes as we will have PE)
• pencil case
• school bag
• a tummy hungry for pizza
• water bottles

- we have organizing and cleaning to do in the classroom, along with other fun activities

Have a great day today, you deserve to relax, have fun, and enjoy not having to study. I'm so proud of you all.

Mr. Yaremchuk

May 25, 2016

Two more finals to go!!  The students have been working so hard so far.

Tomorrow's exams will be: Social Studies and Math

*Tomorrow is also another half day. But Friday is a full day which will be full of cleaning, organizing, and having a class pizza party. Students can also wear casual clothes (and PE clothes as we will have PE).

**students that participate in the Campus Ministry and Choir will have lunch tomorrow after the exams.

BOOKS TO BRING BACK TOMORROW:
- Social Studies: textbook only
- Math: textbook and notebook
- any other textbooks you may have forgotten to return today (Journeys, Christian Living, English)

You can keep any other books/workbooks/notebooks that I did not mention.

I sent a message on Dojo last night regarding sharing all the pictures/videos from this school year. Please message me your email address, and I will share a link to a Google Drive with everything for you. I do not need a USB anymore.

Thank you.

Have a great rest of the day.

Mr. Yaremchuk

May 24, 2016

REVIEW DAY!!

We began the day with a final exam - Language Arts/Spelling.

After recess we played a review game in Math.

Following lunch, we continued our review and focused on key points the students need to know for their Science, Social, and Reading exams.

EXAMS TOMORROW:
Reading and Phonics
Science

Exams on Thursday
Social Studies
Math

ITEMS TO BRING TO SCHOOL TOMORROW:

- Please bring:

• My Future Booklet (Social Studies)
• Language Arts notebook
• Reading/Phonics notebook
• Journeys textbook
• English textbook
• English workbook

You may keep your Math and Social Studies text book but bring them back on Thursday morning.
You may also keep your Science text and Journeys workbook.

*Reminder - tomorrow is a half-day, please make arrangements for your child(ren) to be picked up at 11:45am for dismissal.

*Please arrive before 8:25am again as we will begin an exam shortly after the morning prayers.

Have a nice evening!

Mr. Y

May 23, 2016

Welcome to our last week of school (last day of school is next Monday).

This morning the Yellow House was awarded with the House Trophy as having the most points!  Congratulations Yellow House, and to Katie, Ayrton, and Reila! The Yellow House will receive a pizza party tomorrow for lunch!



In Language Arts, we reviewed for tomorrow's exam.

In Math, we wrote fractions with denominators of 100 as decimals.

In Social Studies, students finished their group work on their entrepreneur and presented it to the class. They had to tell who their entrepreneur was, company he/she started, and the product that was sold.

HOMEWORK:
1) Science p. 436 only #16-17
2) Reading Logs are not needed to be handed in anymore, but if you do, you will receive a Dojo point. Hopefully by now you have developed your own love of reading and will continue to read at home, in the car, or anywhere you have spare time. 15 minutes a day will go a long way.

NOTICES:
- please arrive before 8:25am for the rest of the week as we will begin writing exams right after morning prayers. Thank you.
- You can keep the following books at home to study as we will not need them tomorrow: Math, Social Studies, Journeys. Feel free to bring in all other textbooks so we can start checking them.
- please bring the following to school tomorrow: My Future (Social Studies booklet), Science
- we will have lunch in school tomorrow for the last time, Tuesday and Wednesday are half-days, Friday we will have a pizza party

EXAMS:
Tomorrow - Language Arts - 2 parts: question and answer, and writing
Wednesday - Reading/Phonics and Science
Thursday - Social Studies and Math

Have a great evening.

Mr. Yaremchuk

May 20, 2016

Scary to say, but only one more week to go! The Terrific Third Graders worked so hard this week finishing up on lessons. On Monday we have a few more things to wrap up, but we will start some review, and Tuesday will be devoted to review (after the Language exam).

We started the day with the last Spelling Test, and then Show and Tell. Students could talk about an item they brought to show, or they could talk about their summer vacation or weekend plans.

 

Following sharing time, we wrote fractions with denominators of 10 as decimals.

In Science, we went on a simple and compound machine hunt around the school grounds and found plenty.



HOMEWORK:
1) Science p. 433-435 - this is a good way to study for the simple machines unit


TESTS NEXT WEEK:
Monday - Health
Tuesday - Language Arts
Wednesday - Reading/Phonics and Science (half day)
Thursday - Social Studies and Math (half day)

NOTICES
- if you have any items/books you have borrowed from me, please return them by Tuesday
- during Assembly on Monday the House winners will be announced for the 2nd semester (Blue House won in the first semester) and the winning house will receive a pizza party on Tuesday
- next Friday will be a casual dress day as we will be doing lots of cleaning
- tuition for the 2016-2017 school year was handed out today

Study hard this weekend, but don't forget to enjoy the outdoors and get some fresh air to give your brain a break.

Have an enjoyable weekend.

Mr. Yaremchuk

May 19, 2016

Good evening parents and children.

This morning saw the students work really hard on their persuasive essays and complete their final drafts. They also had some time to proofread and make changes, if needed. We also learned about alliterations and the students got to create their own and read them out loud.

In Math, we reviewed how to add fractions and then moved on to subtract fractions with the same denominator, and play some fraction games.

We ended the day with Science and reviewed all the simple machines. Also, we defined and explained what a compound machine is and listed examples of each.

HOMEWORK:
1) Math p. 132
2) Science p. 427-428
3) Spelling Test

NOTICES:
- Show and Tell tomorrow - you may bring anything you want to show, or you may talk about your family summer holiday plans (and have a picture of what you will do)
- just a friendly reminder that next Wednesday and Thursday will be half days where students will write two exams in the morning and dismissal will be at 11:45am.
- please return your Science quiz or any other quizzes you may have


EXAMS TOMORROW:
- PE, Computer and Chinese


Have a splendid evening.

Mr. Y

May 18, 2016

Welcome to wonderful Wednesday!

This morning in Language Arts and Phonics we still continued with our Daily 5 program. The focus lessons consisted of writing a couplet poem, determining the author's purpose (theme), and peer-reviewing each others persuasive essay drafts.

For Math, we reviewed how to order fractions and added fractions with the same denominators. To practice, we played some games and answered some problem solving questions.

Science consisted of learning more about simple machines. We reviewed the lever, pulley, wheel-and-axle, and then were introduced to the wedge, inclined plane, and screw.

In Social Studies, the students got to complete some research on some famous entrepreneurs. They had to find information about the entrepreneur and get ready to present it tomorrow to the class.

 

In ECA, we paid a little visit to our garden and watered the soil.




HOMEWORK:
1) Math p. 131

NOTICES:
- tomorrow's exams are Christian Living and Music final exams
- Friday's exams are PE, Computer, and Chinese
- some other textbooks have been sent home today to keep the bags lighter for the weekend.
- Library tomorrow, please return your books and bring your ID

Have an excellent evening!

Mr. Yaremchuk