HAPPY HOLIDAYS

Have a safe & happy holiday!!!!

BK

See you in 2016

To do list..

• Math Test Evaluation signed- Tomorrow
• Holiday Dance $4- Tomorrow
• PJ Day- Tomorrow

Have a good night

BK

Peer Evaluations- PSA

To do list...

• Independent Reading Presentations- Tomorrow & Wednesday
• Holiday Dance- Friday $4

Enjoy your night

BK

TCHOUKBALL

To do list...

• Math Test- Monday (Area & Perimeter of Rectangle, Square, Triangle, Parallelogram, Trapezoid, Compound Figure, Metric Conversions)
• PSA Editing- Monday 
• Independent Reading Project- Monday, Tuesday, & Wednesday
• SCIENCE TEST- Wednesday

Independent Reading Project presentation dates

Monday:

ES

TB

MR

HK

CB

SH

Tuesday:

TK

MR

EK

EW

SP

LH

CM

AR

CH

KP

Wednesday:

HB

BW

JG

KH
JM

JF

SL

To do list...

• PSA- videos, pictures, and music on a device- tomorrow
• Math Test- Monday
• Independent Reading Book Presentations- Monday, Tuesday, & Wednesday

Have a good night

BK

To do list...

• Math Test- Monday (Area & Perimeter of Square, Rectangle, Triangle, Parallelogram, Trapezoid, Compound Figure, Metric conversions)
• PSA- Pictures, Videos, Music on a device for Friday
• 2 word Poem Hard Copy- due Thursday
• HOUR OF CODE- Thursday
• Independent Reading Project Presentations- Begin Monday

*You Should have a clear understanding of the features of Spoken Word Poems

Have a good night

BK

To do list

Math homework
#4, 5, 6, 7, 9 (Area.Perimeter of Trapezoid)

Math Test - Monday (revised date)

Independent Reading Projects - Next Monday, Tuesday, & Wednesday

PSA - videos, music, pictures on Device- Thursday

2word Poem Good copy- Thursday


Have a good night

BK

Mr. Congram's Blog

CONGRAM

Grade 8 Blog Post Evaluation

SPOKEN WORD

HOUR OF CODE 2015

Resources:

Learn to CODE

SCRATCH

To do list...

READ, READ, READ- To stay on schedule, your book needs to be finished by Tuesday, December 8th

PSA- Videos, Pictures, Movie on device by Thursday

Enjoy your Weekend

BK

Anti-bullying Awareness

Grade 5/6 Health - How to beat the Cyberbullies

To do list...

• Weekly Blogpost- Friday (Completed on Google Classroom)
• Pg. 158 #3 (Determine the Area of the Triangle)
• 2 Word Poem- Ready to be published tomorrow
• Holiday Concert- December 10 (Intermediate Students arrive at 7:00)
• Continue to work on Independent Reading Project
• PSA should be ready to complete in iMovie on Thursday, Dec. 10 (Revised date), all photos/videos taken prior

Have a good night

BK

2 Word Poem- Success Criteria

Success Criteria

•  Emphasize of important words (Font, Size, Colour, Capitals, Bold)

• Poem Layout

• Sounds good (Rolls off the tongue)

• Original Thinking

• Effective Word Choice

• Spelling

• Mini Story

To do list...

• READ, READ, READ (Independent Reading Project)

• Pg. 154 & 155 (#7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)

• 100 Word Blogpost- due Friday

Have a good night

Bk

To do list...

• READ, READ, READ
• Weekly Blogpost on Google Classroom- 100 word challenge
• Return Signed Evaluative Work (Fish Think Book page, Acts of Kindness, Invent a Sport, Homework check)
• Math Homework- Area and Perimeter of Parallelograms (3) pg. 154 #5

Have a good night

BK

WEEKLY BLOGPOST- 100 Word Challenge

Due: Friday, December 4

Learning Goal:  On Google Classroom, using 100 words respond to the following prompt

…my head really ached…

You need to think about the cause of the pain. What has been going on to make your head ache? How can you stop it aching? Who can help you?

As always you have almost a week to get your pieces written.

GOOD LUCK

Mindomo

Mindmap

To do list...

• Return Evaluative Rubrics - (Math Test, Invent a sport, Homework check)- Monday
• Complete Independent Reading Book Google Form
• BEGIN READING...... :)
• Math Checkpoint- Monday (Determine the area and perimeter of a compound figure)

Have a good night

BK

Grade 5/6 Health

Depression- PSA

To be discussed- tomorrow

Independent Reading Book

You have to submit the title and author of the fiction book you are choosing for the independent reading project by Monday. If you are unsure about your choice please discuss it with me. Remember graphic novels are not allowed for this assignment.

To prepare for this assignment, you should be doing the following:

• Read your book
• Record your questions, predictions, etc...
• Features of the story (characters, problem, setting etc.)
• Choose favourite passages/quotes
• Major themes from the book supported by text details

Your book needs to be read by Tuesday, December 8

*Presentations will begin Monday, Dec. 14

I read this book for my Grade 12 English Class

IRP- Book Choice

IRP Criteria

To do list...

• Conversions handout- tomorrow
• Returned Signed Evaluative Work- (Math Test, Invent a Sport)
• One for the Murphy Comprehension questions- complete on Google Classroom
• Independent Reading Book Project Choice- ASAP
• Math Checkpoint- Monday (Determine the Area & Perimeter of a compound figure)

Have a good night

BK

Comprehension Questions

1.  The first chapter does not say exactly what has happened to Carley, but the author provides the reader with several hints. What can you infer about Carley and her current situation from the first chapter? Use specific details to support your inferences.

2. On page 4, Carley thinks, “And I hope that I do not like her.” Why do you think she would have that wish about her foster mother?

3. Carley counts a lot. She counts the stairs at the Murphys’, she counts the leaves on the wreath... Why do you think that she counts?

4. In chapter 5, Carley says, "Funny how something can be defined by the one thing that makes it different from everything else. Like 'foster kid.'" Or a giraffe with its long neck like Michael Eric points out. If you had to define yourself by one thing that makes you different from everyone else, what would you say?

5) Carley hasn’t cried in over a year. What do you think about that?

6) Do you like Carley? Why or why not?

Techniques used to create effective PSA'S

• Word Choice

• Makes people think

• Camera Angles

• Music

• Use Colour effectively

• Appropriate Images

Features of PSA'S

• Important words, message, statistic (Text is used effectively)

• Mini Story

• Music

• 30- 60 Seconds in length

• Places to get more information (Social media, Organization's website etc.)

REARVIEW MIRROR- MADD

Mental Health: In our own words

Public Service ANNOUNCEMENTS

What are they?

What are the features of PSA?

What makes a memorable PSA?

Let's take a look at a few PSA examples

"Stop Hating Online"

"Friends are Waiting"

Make a prediction

Created with Padlet

Our latest read aloud

To do list...

• "Fish" Book Cover- due tomorrow

Have a good night

BK

To do list....

• Mini Math Test- tomorrow
• Acts of Kindness Presentations will be finished tomorrow (5 remaining)
• "Fish" Book Cover- due Thursday
• Science Project- due Monday, Nov. 23
• Science Test- due Tuesday, Nov. 24
• French Project- due Nov. 20
• Gift Basket $ or small gift (Sports Theme)
• Geography Part 2 Quiz- tomorrow

Have a good night

BK

FISH EVALUATION

To do list...

• Math handout- due tomorrow
• Math Test- Wednesday (We will be reviewing tomorrow)
• "Fish" Book Cover- due Wednesday
• Gift basket $ or small item- ASAP

Act of Kindness Presentations will continue tomorrow

Think Book Examples

To do list...

• Acts of Kindness Presentation- Monday (Max: 2 minutes)
• Math Homework Pg. 137 # 5, 6, 7, 8, 10
• Math Evaluation- Wednesday
• Math Checkpoint signed- Due Monday

Have a good weekend

BK

ESPN TERRY FOX

Patterning Problems

Brian is the coordinator of a Regional Volleyball league.  Eight teams must play each team once.  How many games must Brian schedule for the volleyball season?

Sarah is setting up a display at her family's convenience store.  She wants to stack cases of soft drinks in a triangle arrangement with 10 rows.  There will be 1 case at the top, 2 cases in the 2nd row, 3 cases in the 3rd row, and so on.  Sarah wants to know the number of cases she needs to get from the storeroom to set up her display.

Growth Mindset

FISH-PREDICTIONS

Created with Padlet

To do list

• Acts of Kindness presentation- Monday
• Mini Math Test- Tuesday

Have a good night

Brian

2015 Remembrance Vignette

2015 Remembrance Vignette

Remembrance Day 2015

To do list...

• Visual Patterns post on blog
• Weekly Blogpost part 2- due Monday
• Toonie for Terry- Friday
• Gift Basket- small gift or $5 donation
• Math Checkpoint signed
• Wear Poppy :)

Have a good night

BK

Visual Patterns

Draw the first four figures for each Algebraic expression!


a)  4x

b) 3x + 2

c)  5x + 5

d)  2y + 3

VISUAL PATTERNS

A)  Draw the next figure number

B) Create a table of values for the first five figures

C)  What is the pattern rule?

D)  What is the Algebraic Expression (Relationship between term # and term value)

E)  What is the 35th term value?

To do list....

• Acts of Kindness Blogpost- due Monday (You have had 2 weeks to complete this :) )
• Math Test Rubric & Literacy Activities- due Tuesday
• Pictures- due Nov. 9

Have a good weekend

BK

Writing From Different Points of View

RIP IN MY PANTS- by a Fifth Grader

Just about a week ago, my teacher had a rip in his pants.  It was hysterical!  I didn't see it right away but someone told me then I saw it and wanted to laugh but held it in.  Next, someone told him and everyone started to giggle.  Next, he went home to change.

What are possible points of view?

In your table groups, rewrite this from a seventh grader's perspective!

To do list....

• Invent a Sport Bitstrips- due Friday
• Acts of Kindness Blogpost- due Monday
• Math Checkpoint- Friday (Using a Table of Values)

Have a good night

BK

To do list...

• Geography Climate Graphs & Answers- Due Wednesday
• Math Handout #1-5- due tomorrow
• Weekly Blogpost Rubric- due tomorrow
• Invent a Sport Comic- due Friday
• Acts of Kindness Blogpost- due Monday, Nov. 9

Have a good night

BK

To do list

• Weekly blogpost- due Monday, Nov. 9
• Invent a Sport comic - due Friday, Nov. 6

Have a good night

Bk 

Visual Writing Prompts

You approached this mansion with your friends and........

TELL THE STORY

To do list...

• Halloween Treats- Tomorrow ( If you want)
• Math Test- Monday
• Geography Quiz- Monday
• WEEKLY BLOGPOST- November 9

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT

BK

To do list...

• Geography Quiz- Monday
• Climate Factors- Tomorrow (First three)
• Math Test- Monday
• "Fish" themes- ongoing

Have a good night

BK

Assessment Question

How does Fish mirror what is happening in the story?

To do list..

• Order of Operations handout front/ back- top 2 questions- tomorrow
• Perseverance Rubric signed- due tomorrow
• Math Checkpoint tomorrow- (Square Roots/Exponents)
• Math Test- Monday
• Aurora Climate Data- Wednesday

Have a good night

BK

To do list...

• Math Handout  #4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 14- due tomorrow
• Math Checkpoint signed- due tomorrow
• Math Test- Earliest would be Monday (Factors, Multiples, Prime/Composite #'s, Divisibility Rules, Square Roots, Exponents, Order of Operations)
• Aurora Climate Data- Wednesday
• WEEKLY BLOGPOST- due Nov. 9 (You have this much time for a reason :)

Have a good night

BK

WEEKLY BLOGPOST- ACTS OF KINDNESS

Learning goal: to explore how KINDNESS can change the world
Over the next 2 weeks you will be expected to do things:
1.  Witness Acts of Random Kindness in the world and comment on them
2.  Perform Acts of Random Kindness.

You will have to comment on 5 Acts and perform 4 to 5 of your own. 

Success Criteria:

* No repeats.  Each act that you perform must be DIFFERENT!
* You can not get paid in money or trade an act for an act.
* You must document all of your Acts of Random Kindness on your blog.
* You must give details of your Acts of Kindness
* Each log entry should have: 
    a)  a good description of what you did or witnessed and who it was done for.
    b)  a good description of the recipient's reaction
    c)  a good description of how you felt afterwards.  

Stuck for ideas, click here.

Due date: Monday, November 9th

To do list...

• WEEKLY BLOGPOST- due Monday
• Math Checkpoint signed- due Monday
• Science Pg. 124 #1-5- Monday

Have a good weekend

BK

To do list

. Literacy Activities- tomorrow
. Math textbook pg.18 & 19
5,6,7,9,10,11,12, 13, 14  -  tomorrow
.Invent a Sport planing phase- tomorrow

FISH- GRA 2015

What are your thoughts on the wolf/wild dog?  Why did it leave food?  Why didn't it scare the donkey?



Do you think the guide will sacrifice himself in order to protect everyone?



How can fish fit in the bottle & what caused it to dart around cheerfully for the 1st time in the trip?

140 Character Tweet

Writing Idea: Invent a Sport played with Jet packs

To do list....

• Weekly Blogpost- due Monday
• Literacy Activities- due Thursday
• Math Checkpoint & Important Lessons Rubric- tomorrow is the deadline
• Math Checkpoint (Divisibility Rules & Venn diagram to show LCM AND GCF)- tomorrow

GO JAYS GO

Have a good night

BK

REFUGEE SURVIVAL PACK

Northern Spirit Text

TO DO LIST....

• "The Crossover" Epilogue- Tuesday
• Literacy Activities- Thursday
• Weekly Blogpost- Monday
• Study for Geography test -Wednesday
• Divisibility Rules handout- tomorrow

GO JAYS GO

Have a good Monday :)

BK

WEEKLY BLOGPOST

Weekly Blogpost

*WE WILL TALK ABOUT HOW TO STRUCTURE THIS WRITING PIECE TOMORROW IN CLASS!!!!

*Open up document on Google Classroom
Due Monday, Oct. 26

TO DO LIST....

• MATH TEXTBOOK PG. 12 & 13 (14-20) Good Thinking and Application skill practise
• Math Checkpoint- tomorrow (Factors, Multiples, Prime/Composite)
• Science Test- Monday
• Science Presentations- tomorrow

Have a good night

BK

Blue Jays Reflection

Did you watch the game?  What were your thoughts?  What did you like? dislike? How do you think Canada reacted?  Are you a baseball fan?

To do list...

Math test signed- due tomorrow

Math handout - 5b, 5c, 6,  10, 12, 13

Have a good night

#GRAFISH

Created with Padlet

TO DO LIST...

• Math Test Signed- by Thursday
• Factors Handout- tomorrow
• Picture Day- tomorrow

Have a good night

BK

TO DO LIST...

• MAKE SURE YOU HAVE AN INDEPENDENT READING BOOK- TUESDAY

Enjoy your weekend

BK

To do list...

• Blue and White Day- Friday #Come Together
• Math Homework- due tomorrow (Only circled questions, front of second handout)
• Science Poster- due Friday
• Independent Reading Book- Daily
• Canned Goods to support CB

Have a good night

BK

Math

Jen plans to make roll-ups for a party.  She rolls a slice of meat with a slice of cheese.  Each meat package has 10 slices.  Each cheese package has 12 slices.  How many packages of each should she buy so that there are no leftovers?

Silent Gallery Walk

• Why would someone leave their house behind?

• What would you consider important to take with you if you had to leave suddenly?

• Is fear a bad thing?

• What is courage?

• What do people need to feel safe?

• Do the lives of some matter more than others?

To do list...

• Maintain Fish Themes (Google Drive)
• "Fish"- Think book page
• Science Poster- due Friday

#GRAFISH

Chapter 1 Global Read aloud- Fish

While listening to Chapter 1, draw pictures, words, thoughts, or important quotes that you hear

To do list...

• Math Test- tomorrow 
• Geography Quiz- tomorrow
• Music Evaluation- tomorrow
• Science Project- due Friday

Have a good night

BK

GLOBAL READ ALOUD 2015

GLOBAL READ ALOUD- PREDICTIONS

To do list...

• Weekly Blogpost- due Monday
• Math Test- due Tuesday
• Literacy Activities

GLOBAL READ ALOUD STARTS MONDAY 

Read aloud

Created with Padlet

To do list...

• Weekly Blogpost- due Monday
• Math Evaluation- Tuesday

Have a good night

BK

Asking Questions

Syrian Refugees

To do list...

• Division Handout (Only the circled questions)
• Math Evaluation- Tuesday (See post below for further details)\
• Signed Rubrics- (All about me, Bucket List, Math quiz)
• Weekly Blogpost- due Monday
• Gym clothes- tomorrow

Have a good night

BK

Math Evaluation- Tuesday, October 6

• Expanded, words, SF

• Rounding

• Place value vs Value

• Mystery #'s

• Dividing. Multiplying 

• Dividing . Multiplying by decimals

To do list.....

• Math Evaluation - Tuesday, October. 6  (We will discuss this in class tomorrow)
• Weekly Blogpost- Monday, October. 5

Have a good night

BK

Sample Blogpost

Weekly Blogpost #2

Part 1: On Google Drive create a document called "What will the world .......".  List and explain what you think the world will look like in the year 2050?  Be sure to include school, transportation, technology, and daily life along with your own ideas.


Beginning of Mr. K

I'm intrigued to see the world in thirty five years time.  To begin with, I will be sixty seven years old,  and collecting old age pension.  I will have been married for forty years.  There is a strong possibility I will be bald and less mobile.

It's hard to believe that when I started teaching eight years ago, laptops were scarce, my left hand erased my writing on the chalkboard and overhead projectors were a teacher's best friend.  Wait, overheads are still some teacher's go to device.....


Part 2: Create a list of 10 items that will no longer exist!  For example: Desktop Computers, snail mail etc

Beginning of Mr. Kaufman's List

1. Desktop Computers

2. Snail Mail

Due: Monday, October 5

Literacy Activity- VIDEO

After 38 members of his family died, he founded a soccer.....

LITERACY ACTIVITY- WORDLES

Create a separate Wordle about each of the two brothers.  You can do this by using the actual website.  For each Wordle, write words that you associate with each of the brothers based on their appearance, personality, dialogue, etc.  The more you enter a word on the website, the larger it will be on the WORDLE.

WORD CLOUDS

To do list...

• Crossover questions -Tuesday (Third Quarter only- Front)
• Math Question

Using the numbers 2  3  5  6  9, make a three digit number and a two digit number that would yield the greatest product.  Justify your answer.

• Math handout # 2, 3, 9, 19, 24, 31, 32

• Math Quiz- Tuesday (Multiplying and Dividing by 10, 100, 1 000, 0. 1, 0. 01, 0. 001)
• Art Quote- Tuesday 

Have a good weekend

BK

Blogging Pictures

CHECK THIS OUT......

94-year old's last bucket list....

What's the clearance height of the delivery truck entrance?

To do list...

• "All about me" Math Project- Presentations have been moved until Monday
• Weekly Blogpost "Bucket List"- due Wednesday (Post on Google Drive)
• Independent Reading Book- Daily
• Forms returned (Mr. Kaufman and/or office)
• Math Checkpoint- signed (You have 48 hrs)
• MUST COME WITH A RECOUNT TOPIC TOMORROW (Either you or someone you know well who demonstrated perseverance) 

Have a good night

BK

To do list...

• "All about me" Math Project- Presentations begin on Friday
• Weekly Blogpost "Bucket List"- due Wednesday
• Independent Reading Book- Daily
• Forms returned (Mr. Kaufman and/or office)

Have a good night

BK

To do list...

• All about me Math- presentations begin on Friday
• Bucket List Blogpost- Wednesday, September 23
• Independent Reading Book- Daily
• Character Drawing- tomorrow
• Math handout #9-20, 24, 26, 29, 30, 31, 36, 37
• Math Checkpoint- tomorrow
• Student Packages- ASAP (Make any changes to your personal information)

RECOUNTS

 We learned the structure and features of a RECOUNT!  Here is a useful link and the anchor chart we created.

RECOUNTS

Recount Rubric

Finding Mystery Numbers Part 2

Finding Mystery Numbers Part 2

1.  I am a 7-digit number.  My millions digit, 6, is 2 times my ten-thousands digit.  My thousands digit is 3 times my ten-thousands digit.  The sum of my digits is 18.  What number am I?


2.  I am a number less than 40 000.  All my digits are multiples of 3.  My first, third, and fifth digits are the same.  Both my thousands digit and my tens digit are 6 more than the others.  What number am I?

Bucket List- Rubric

Weekly Blogpost #1- Bucket List

Learning Goal:

Your task is to create your own bucket list (5 things) and post it onto your blog. Please describe why you chose each item and insert an image.    


Presentations begin on- Wednesday, September 23

Mr. K's bucket list

1.  Visit Fiji-  My wife and I have always wanted to travel to the beautiful country of Fiji.  This will be difficult to accomplish as it is located on the other side of the world.  As well,  if I go on my summer vacation, the seasons are flipped making it their winter.  If I travel across the globe, it better be ninety degrees.  I have a confession, technically I have been to Fiji. For a whopping 30 minutes, I was sitting on the runway at Nadi International airport while our plane refuelled on route to Brisbane, Australia.   

2.  Play golf at St. Andrews-  St. Andrews is often regarded as one of the oldest and most well known courses worldwide.  Many people refer to it as the "Home of Golf".  I enjoy watching and playing golf.  It is my dream to play at the "Old course" and walk across the Swilcan bridge which is located across the 18th hole fairway just like Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Tom Watson and many other legends.  Can you believe that on the seventeenth tee, you actually drive the ball over the edge of a hotel? Sounds dangerous!  

3.  Complete a Marathon

42.195 Kilometers or 26 miles and 385 yards!  To give you some perspective, the distance from our school to the Air Canada Center is about 50 Kilometers.  I think it would be an amazing accomplishment to be able to run a Marathon.  I'm not sure if the appeal of running a Marathon is it's one of the original Olympic events or that every year I'm curious to hear the winning time in the Boston Marathon.  After I finish a 10 km run, all I think to myself is I have to run four times this distance to accomplish my goal.  Small strides, but I know deep in my heart I can do it if I set my mind to it.  

4.  Write a weekly sports column

A typical Sunday morning would involve me drinking my coffee and scrolling through numerous newspaper articles and blog posts.  The topic always the same: SPORTS.  I think it would be fascinating to have people excited to read my weekly sports column.   I think I would call it "Brian's Take".....  I've already decided that I would write on a variety of sports including my favourites golf, soccer and hockey.  Maybe one day instead of rambling my thoughts to anyone who will listen I will actually write them down.   

5.  Watch the Manchester Derby at Old Trafford

The Manchester Derby is one of the most exciting sporting events of the year.  My wife says I say this countless number of times throughout the year but I would love to take this game in live at Old Trafford.  Basically if you live in Manchester, half of the city likes Manchester City (Blue) and the other half of Manchester likes Manchester United (Red).... When these teams meet, it's team vs team, supporters vs supporters, which leads to great entertainment.  I guess the closest rivalry to the Manchester Derby in North American sports would be the Montreal Canadians versus Toronto Maple Leafs or the Boston Red Sox vs New York Yankees.    

To do list...

• Independent Reading Book- Monday
• All about me Math Assignment- Friday
• Gym clothes- Monday
• Any unreturned forms- ASAP
• Front of the math handout- Monday

Have a good weekend

BK

Math- Part 1

Find the Mystery Number

1. I am a 9-digit number.  My hundred millions digit is greater than 6 and is double my thousands digit.  The digits in the units period are all 1s.  Each of the other digits is an odd number greater than 7.  What number am I?

2.  Write the following number in expanded form and in words
458 342 167 989. 56

3.  What is the value of the 1? 5? Place value of the 4?

ALL ABOUT ME MATH

Math Assignment- All about me

Learning Goal:  Your task is to create an "All about me" collage using numbers and operations.  You can complete this task as a hard copy or digitally.  Below is an example that I created.  I used a template within Pic Collage.

Success Criteria

• Accurate
• Original / Creative use of numbers
• Effective use of Colour
• Organized

Presentations begin: Friday, Sept. 18

Shared Reading..... What are your thoughts?

This Iowa School Is Using Heart Rate Monitors To Grade Kids In Gym Class

How we will use TECHNOLOGY in this CLASSROOM

Independent Reading Book

Bring a book to class!

Please bring a book you intend to read. It can be a:

• novel
• book of short stories
• comic, manga, graphic novel
• biography
• informational book
• etc.

Due: Monday, September 14

To do list...

• Bring in forms (Technology, blog, Student packages)
• Parents/Guardians... Please complete "Parent Contact Information"- ASAP
• Gym clothes (Running shoes, Shorts/pants)
• Independent Reading Book---- Monday ( See blogpost for further details) 
• Complete "What every teacher should know about me"- If you did not finish this in class

Have a good night

BK

Read aloud #1 "The Crossover"

First Read aloud "The Cross Over"

Created with Padlet

To do list..

• Gym Clothes- ASAP (Shorts/pants, t-shirt, running shoes)
• Parents complete Parent Contact information, located on the blog
• Sign up for "Follow by email"- ASAP
• Sign BYOD form- if applicable (Peach colour)
• Review Classroom blog and sign sheet- ASAP
• Return completed student packages (Brown Envelope)

Have a good night

BK

No more "What you Did this Summer?"

To do list...

• Bring back signed MADD form tomorrow (Only students who have permission will be allowed into the gym)
• Gym Clothes (Running shoes, shorts, t-shirts)

It was a pleasure meeting you today :)

Have a good night

BK

What Should....

PARENT CONTACT INFORMATION

Hello Parents and Guardians,

Thanks for taking the time to look at our classroom blog. This is my primary means of letting you know at home, what is happening in the class each day.  On the top right corner of the page, you can subscribe to our blog and receive a daily email between 3:00-5:00 pm.

Before the students leave at the end of the day, we will complete together a blog entry indicating all homework, upcoming assignments, and important events happening at our school. AGENDAS are not mandatory in my classroom. What is mandatory, is for students to discover what type of organizational method works best for them.

On the blog I will be posting a great deal of useful information, such as:

• homework assignments
• assessment information (how work is being marked)
• learning goals for literacy and math
• links to provide students with extra practice
• texts (videos, readings etc.) for students to enrich class discussions and activities 
• links to all online tools we will be using in class

I would also like to compile a list of email addresses from the parents/guardians in the class, so that I can occasionally send out group emails about important events, projects, etc. You can click on the link (It's in Red) below to fill in the contact information of up to two people for each student.

Parent Contact Information

 If you need to contact me, I prefer if you email me directly using my board email address brian.kaufman@yrdsb.ca. This email address goes straight to my phone and I will get back to you as quickly as possible.

I'm looking forward to a great year!!!

Brian Kaufman