Friday November 28, 2014

Good evening ladies & gentlemen,

I hope you all have a terrific weekend.  I encourage you to tell your parents about the discussion we had regarding what it means to "Plant your flag".  I'm sure they would love to hear about what it means and how you do it :)



Grade 3

Literacy - Complete the following question from "The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe" (due Monday)

How do you think the Witch was feeling when the snow started melting?  Please use details from the text to support your answer.  (Hint...The obvious answer is that she was mad, but can you think of any other feelings she may have had?)

Literacy - Your essays should now be complete.  If there is anything you need to finish, please make sure you do so.  You can "submit" them on Google Drive (due Monday)

Art - Finish lines on assignment, please add colour (due Friday)

-Spelling test Friday.

-Electives forms (if you are wanting to participate)



Grade 4

Literacy - Complete the following question from "The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe" (due Monday)

How do you think the Witch was feeling when the snow started melting?  Please use details from the text to support your answer.  (Hint...The obvious answer is that she was mad, but can you think of any other feelings she may have had?)

Literacy - Your essays should now be complete.  If there is anything you need to finish, please make sure you do so.  You can "submit" them on Google Drive (due Monday)

Art - Finish lines on assignment, please add colour (due Friday)

-Spelling test Friday.

-Electives forms (if you are wanting to participate)

-ROM permission (please have in by Friday Dec. 5)



Have a great weekend!

Mr. Carr

Thursday November 27, 2014

Good evening ladies & gentleman,

Have a great night!



Grade 3

Literacy - Complete the following question from "The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe" (due Monday)

How do you think the Witch was feeling when the snow started melting?  Please use details from the text to support your answer.  (Hint...The obvious answer is that she was mad, but can you think of any other feelings she may have had?)

Literacy - Please complete your concluding paragraph and come up with a creative title.  You can use the outline below to help you write your concluding paragraph. (due tomorrow)

1. Restate your thesis.

2. Restate your main arguments

3.  State something you have come to realize from writing your essays.  

4.  State what you want the reader to learn through reading your essay.

5.  End with a powerful statement which restates your thesis.

Art - Finish lines on assignment, but please do not add colour (due tomorrow)

-Spelling test tomorrow.

-Electives forms (if you are wanting to participate)




Grade 4

Literacy - Complete the following question from "The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe" (due Monday)

How do you think the Witch was feeling when the snow started melting?  Please use details from the text to support your answer.  (Hint...The obvious answer is that she was mad, but can you think of any other feelings she may have had?)

Literacy - Please complete your concluding paragraph and come up with a creative title.  You can use the outline below to help you write your concluding paragraph. (due tomorrow)

1. Restate your thesis.

2. Restate your main arguments

3.  State something you have come to realize from writing your essays.  

4.  State what you want the reader to learn through reading your essay.

5.  End with a powerful statement which restates your thesis.

Art - Finish lines on assignment, but please do not add colour (due tomorrow)

-Spelling test tomorrow.

-Electives forms (if you are wanting to participate)

-ROM permission forms (please return by Friday Dec. 5)

Wednesday November 26, 2014

Good evening ladies & gentlemen,

Please find your homework below.  Remember, you have a few things due on Friday, so it would be wise to try and get some of it done tonight.

I am sorry that the Educreations videos were not working last night.  I think they should be working now.  Please let me know if they are not.





Grade 3


Literacy - Please complete your concluding paragraph and come up with a creative title.  You can use the outline below to help you write your concluding paragraph. (due Friday)

1. Restate your thesis.

2. Restate your main arguments

3.  State something you have come to realize from writing your essays.  

4.  State what you want the reader to learn through reading your essay.

5.  End with a powerful statement which restates your thesis.

Art - Finish lines on assignment, but please do not add colour (due Friday)

-Spelling test Friday.

-Electives forms (if you are wanting to participate)

-Frozen Yogurt sales are tomorrow



Grade 4

Literacy - Please complete your concluding paragraph and come up with a creative title.  You can use the outline below to help you write your concluding paragraph. (due Friday)

1. Restate your thesis.

2. Restate your main arguments

3.  State something you have come to realize from writing your essays.  

4.  State what you want the reader to learn through reading your essay.

5.  End with a powerful statement which restates your thesis.

Art - Finish lines on assignment, but please do not add colour (due Friday)

-Spelling test Friday.

-ROM permission forms

-Electives forms (if you are wanting to participate)

Tuesday November 25, 2014

Good evening ladies & gentlemen,

Please feel free to check out www.educreations.com, and put in your username and password so that you can check out some of our new videos.  Please let me know if you have forgotten your username or password.  I can check this for you.



Grade 3


Literacy - Complete your corrections from today.  You can watch the Educreations video to help you remember how to proofread your work.  (due tomorrow)

Art - Finish lines on assignment, but please do not add colour (due Friday)

-Spelling test Friday.

-Movember donations for those interested.

-Electives forms (if you are wanting to participate)

-Friday Folders (due)




Grade 4

Literacy - Complete your corrections from today.  You can watch the Educreations video to help you remember how to proofread your work.  (due tomorrow)

Art - Finish lines on assignment, but please do not add colour (due Friday)

Social Studies - jot notes for what life was like for a lord (due tomorrow)

-Spelling test Friday.

-ROM permission forms

-Movember donations for those interested.

-Electives forms (if you are wanting to participate)

-Friday Folders (due)

Monday November 24, 2014

Good evening ladies & gentlemen,

I hope you all have a great night!  Please make sure that you give your ROM field trip permission forms to your parents.  Thank you!


Grade 3

Literacy - Complete corrections in your persuasive essays.  Please make sure that you have worked on improving your essays using the feedback I gave you.  (Due tomorrow)

Art - Finish lines on assignment, but please do not add colour (due Friday)

-Spelling test Friday.

-Movember donations for those interested.

-ROM field trip permission forms

-Electives forms (if you are wanting to participate)

-Friday Folders (due)


Grade 4

Literacy - Complete corrections in your persuasive essays.  Please make sure that you have worked on improving your essays using the feedback I gave you.  (Due tomorrow)

Art - Finish lines on assignment, but please do not add colour (due Friday)

-Spelling test Friday.

-Movember donations for those interested.

-ROM field trip permission forms

-Electives forms (if you are wanting to participate)

-Friday Folders (due)

Have a great night!

Mr. Carr

Good evening ladies & gentlemen,

I hope you all have a great weekend.  Please find your homework below.

Grade 3

Literacy - 3 body paragraphs of essay completed (due Monday)

Art - Finish lines on assignment, but please do not add colour (due Friday)

-Spelling test Monday.

-Movember donations for those interested.

-Electives forms (if you are wanting to participate)

-Friday Folders (due Monday)

-Candy Grams on sale Monday for 50 cents each.




Grade 4

Literacy - 3 body paragraphs of essay completed (due Monday)

Art - Finish lines on assignment, but please do not add colour (due Friday)

-Spelling test Monday.

-Movember donations for those interested.

-Electives forms (if you are wanting to participate)

-Friday Folders (due Monday)

-Candy Grams on sale Monday for 50 cents each.

Have a nice weekend, 

Mr. Carr

Thursday November 20, 2014

Good evening ladies & gentlemen,

Please remember that tonight is movie night here at the school.  They will be showing "How to Train Your Dragon 2"!  As well, tomorrow is PJ Day!  It will be fun to see everyone in their pajamas!

Tomorrow is Ms. Bryan's last day with us.  Make sure you tell her how much you have appreciated her hard work for our class :)


Grade 3

Literacy - 3 body paragraphs of essay completed (due Monday)

-Spelling test Monday.

Health - Decode message (due tomorrow)

-Movember donations for those interested.

-Movie night is tonight!

-Candy Grams on sale Monday for 50 cents each.



Grade 4

Literacy - 3 body paragraphs of essay completed (due Monday)

-Spelling test Monday.

Health - Decode message (due tomorrow)

-Movember donations for those interested.

-Movie night is tonight!

-Candy Grams on sale Monday for 50 cents each.

Have a great night!

Mr. Carr

Wednesday November 19, 2014

Good evening ladies & gentlemen,

I would like to encourage everyone to discuss with their families the Bully Prevention Assembly that we had today.  This is a very important issue which we all need to pay attention to.




Grade 3

Math - Test tomorrow on Addition & Subtraction.

Literacy - 3 body paragraphs of essay completed (due Monday)

Health - Decode message (due Friday)

-Movember donations for those interested.

-Movie night is tomorrow night!

-Candy Grams on sale Monday




Grade 4

Math - Test tomorrow on Addition & Subtraction.

Literacy - 3 body paragraphs of essay completed (due Monday)

Health - Decode message (due Friday)

-Movember donations for those interested.

-Movie night is tomorrow night!

-Candy Grams on sale Monday

Have a great night!

Mr. Carr

Tuesday November 18, 2014

Good evening ladies & gentlemen,

Please remember that your math test is quickly approaching.  Tomorrow is the last day that you can ask for extra help, as the test is on Thursday.  

Grade 3

Math - Test Thursday on Addition & Subtraction.

Literacy - 3 body paragraphs of essay completed (due Monday)

Health - Decode message (due Friday)

-Movember donations for those interested.

-Scholastic due Wednesday (November 19)

Grade 4

Math - Test Thursday on Addition & Subtraction.

Literacy - 3 body paragraphs of essay completed (due Monday)

Health - Decode message (due Friday)

-Movember donations for those interested.

-Scholastic due Wednesday (November 19)

Have a great night, 

Mr. Carr

Monday November 17, 2014

Good evening ladies & gentlemen,

I hope you all have a great evening.  Enjoy the beautiful snow!



Grade 3

Math - Test Thursday on Addition & Subtraction.

Literacy - Complete media questions below (due tomorrow)

1.  Is it okay that I used __ hours of media this weekend?  Why?

2.  Is it okay that the class used 381 hours of media this weekend?  Why?

3.  What do you think is the worst (least valuable) type of media that we looked that this weekend?

Literacy - 3 body paragraphs of essay completed (due Monday)

Health - Decode message (due Friday)

-Movember donations for those interested.

-Scholastic due Wednesday (November 19)

Grade 4

Math - Test Thursday on Addition & Subtraction.

Literacy - Complete media questions below (due tomorrow)

1.  Is it okay that I used __ hours of media this weekend?  Why?

2.  Is it okay that the class used 381 hours of media this weekend?  Why?

3.  What do you think is the worst (least valuable) type of media that we looked that this weekend?

Literacy - 3 body paragraphs of essay completed (due Monday)

Health - Decode message (due Friday)

-Movember donations for those interested.

-Scholastic due Wednesday (November 19)

Have a great night, 

Mr. Carr

Thursday November 13, 2014

Good evening ladies & gentlemen,

Please remember that tomorrow is a PA Day.  I look forward to sitting down with you and your parents during the student-led conferences tonight and tomorrow morning :)



Grade 3

Math - Complete math question sheet (due tomorrow)

Literacy - Record how much media you use this weekend.

Social Studies - "How to Survive in Upper Canada" booklets due Monday.

Health - Decode message (due Friday)

-Movember donations for those interested.

-Scholastic due Wednesday (November 19)




Grade 4

Social Studies - Answer questions about peasants and knights (due Monday)

Literacy - Record how much media you use this weekend.

Math - Complete math question sheet (due tomorrow)

Health - Decode message (due Friday)

-Movember donations for those interested.

-Scholastic due Wednesday (November 19)




Have a great weekend!

Mr. Carr

Wednesday November 12, 2014

Good evening ladies & gentlemen,

Please make sure that you give your parents your Progress Reports tonight :)

Also, please remember that tomorrow is picture retake day.

Grade 3

Literacy - Please complete your second body paragraph for your persuasive essay.  Make sure you ask yourself the following questions:  (due tomorrow)
-Have I included enough information?
-Do I have the right kind of information?
-Have I explained why the information I have included is important?

Math - Complete math question sheet (due tomorrow)

Social Studies - "How to Survive in Upper Canada" booklets due Monday.

Health - Decode message (due tomorrow)

-Movember donations for those interested.

-Scholastic due next Wednesday (November 19)




Grade 4

Social Studies - Answer questions about peasants and knights (due Monday)

Literacy - Please complete your second body paragraph for your persuasive essay.  Make sure you ask yourself the following questions:  (due tomorrow)
-Have I included enough information?
-Do I have the right kind of information?
-Have I explained why the information I have included is important?

Math - Complete math question sheet (due tomorrow)

Health - Decode message (due tomorrow)

-Movember donations for those interested.

-Scholastic due next Wednesday (November 19)




Have a great night!

Mr. Carr

Tuesday November 11, 2014

Good evening ladies and gentlemen,

I was very proud of all of you today.  You were very respectful in our Remembrance Day ceremony.  It makes me happy to see you all displaying such great maturity.

Please find your homework below.


Grade 3

Social Studies - "How to Survive in Upper Canada" booklets due Monday.

Health - Decode message

-Movember donations for those interested.

-Scholastic due next Wednesday (November 19)



Grade 4

Social Studies - Answer questions about peasants and knights (due Monday)

Health - Decode message

-Movember donations for those interested.

-Scholastic due next Wednesday (November 19)


Have a great night!

Mr. Carr

Monday November 10, 2014

Good evening ladies & gentlemen,

Due to the shortened week, we will take a week off from our spelling tests.  We will start again next Friday with our weekly quiz.


Grade 3

Health - Decode message (due Wednesday)



Grade 4

Health - Decode message (due Wednesday)

Social Studies - Please complete the question from in class today:  "What is a lord?"  Please make sure you use all the information that you learned from the video, as well as our class discussion.

Have a great night!

Mr. Carr

Friday November 7, 2014

Good evening ladies & gentlemen,

I hope you all have a great weekend!




Grade 3

Health - Decode message on comic.  (due Wednesday)

Literacy - Please complete the revisions for the first body paragraph that we worked on today.  This is due Monday.  Please make sure you follow these steps....

1.  Make sure that every sentence relates to the topic of the paragraph.  If it doesn't, delete the sentence or change it so that it does relate.

2.  Make sure that you have included enough information for the topic.  If you haven't, add more!  :)


Literacy - Spelling quiz Friday.

Social Studies - Please make sure tests are signed and returned

Grade 4

Health - Decode message on comic.  (due Wednesday)

Literacy - Please complete the revisions for the first body paragraph that we worked on today.  This is due Monday.  Please make sure you follow these steps....

1.  Make sure that every sentence relates to the topic of the paragraph.  If it doesn't, delete the sentence or change it so that it does relate.

2.  Make sure that you have included enough information for the topic.  If you haven't, add more!  :)


Literacy - Spelling quiz Friday.



Have a nice night!

Mr. Carr

Wednesday November 5, 2014

Good evening ladies & gentlemen,

Please remember that tomorrow is your math test!  I was happy to see people take initiative today and stay in at recess for extra help.  It makes me very happy to see people doing their personal best!




Grade 3

Math - Multiplication & Division test tomorrow

Science - Soils test Friday.

Literacy - You do not need to work on your essays tonight.  We will be working on them tomorrow.


Literacy - Spelling quiz Friday.

Social Studies - Please make sure tests are signed and returned

Grade 4

Math - Multiplication & Division test tomorrow

Literacy -  Please complete your DRA page tonight if you have not already.

Literacy - You do not need to work on your essays tonight.  We will be working on them tomorrow.


Literacy - Spelling quiz Friday.

Tuesday November 4, 2014

Good evening ladies & gentlemen,

Please remember that you have a math test on Thursday.  We had a great couple of review periods today, but it is important that you continue to study to make sure you know everything really well!  I am offering extra help at morning recess tomorrow for those who are interested.




Grade 3

Science - Soils test Friday.

Literacy - Please complete your introductory paragraph on Google classroom.  
Remember, it follows this format.....(Thesis statement) because (reason 1), (reason 2), and especially because (reason 3).  We will be working on adding more detail to our introductions next day.  (Due tomorrow).

Math - Multiplication & Division test Thursday

Literacy - Spelling quiz Friday.

Social Studies - Please make sure tests are signed and returned




Grade 4

Literacy - Please complete your DRA questionnaire page (due tomorrow)

Literacy - Please complete your introductory paragraph on Google classroom.
Remember, it follows this format.....(Thesis statement) because (reason 1), (reason 2), and especially because (reason 3).  We will be working on adding more detail to our introductions next day. (Due tomorrow).

Math - Multiplication & Division test Thursday

Literacy - Spelling quiz Friday.

Social Studies - Please make sure tests are signed and returned to Ms. Currie

Have a great night!

Mr. Carr

Monday November 3, 2014

Good evening ladies & gentlemen,

I hope you all have a terrific evening.  Please find your homework below.  Tomorrow we will be correcting the math review.  If you have any questions from the questions you completed, please make sure that you come tomorrow prepared to ask those questions.


Grade 3

Science - Soils test Friday.

Math - Multiplication & Division test Thursday

Literacy - Spelling quiz Friday.

Social Studies - Please make sure tests are signed and returned to Ms. Currie

Grade 4

Math - Multiplication & Division test Thursday

Literacy - Spelling quiz Friday.

Social Studies - Please make sure tests are signed and returned to Ms. Currie