Author: nicoledobinson

Over the past few months the class has been working hard to collect “money”, which they have been adding to and keeping in the Bank of Argue and Dobinson. Their efforts have not gone unnoticed and we will be having our second class auction on Thursday, December 21st. Students will have the opportunity to bid on items. They will need to use their math skills to determine if they have enough money, challenge their peers to bidding wars and subtract the remaining amount 🙂

We will also be having a class Holiday Party on the same day. Students are welcome to bring in treats and/or games to share with the class. If you wish to send your child in with a treat to share, please ensure the item is NUT FREE as we do have an allergy in our class.

Thanks 🙂

Mrs. Dobinson

 

A big thank you to Emily, Holly, Alyssa and Bruce for donating items to the snowsuit fund!

            

 

           

There is still time to donate gently used or new items and gift cards!

We are accepting donations until Monday December 11th.

Thank you for your support 🙂

Ms. Argue and Mrs. Dobinson

 

 

Dear WEJ Families,

We in the WE club are proud to be a part of Snowsuit Fund initiative that was presented at our annual WITS assembly. The Snowsuit Fund provides warm snowsuits and other winter accessories for children who cannot afford them in our community.

From December 4 to December 11, 2017 we will be coming around to all your classes to collect any donations. These clothing pieces, such as scarves, gloves, hats, snowsuits and jackets, can be brand new or lightly used and clean. Please bring items to school for this worthy cause. You can also donate gift cards to Walmart, Carter’s or Mark’s for purchasing new winter wear.

We believe that every kid should be able to go out and play with their friends outside, even when it is cold! With our school’s help, we can help out those in need all around the community.

Thank you,

WE Club

Today, students from grades 1 – 6 participated in a Remembrance Day Ceremony put on by the English and French students and teachers at WEJ. This past week, our class designed and created a wreath to place at the front of the gym.

Thank you to Alia and Holly for doing such a great job at placing our class wreath!

Also, congratulations to Hannah, Alia and Holly for their performance in today’s ceremony. These girls are members of our school’s Recess Guitar Club and have been practicing in anticipation of today’s events.

We Remember

🙂 Mrs. Dobinson

Over the past few months our class has been learning about strong and stable stable structures in science. Today, students had a chance to create their own stable structure using only cue cards and scissors. The challenged was to build the tallest tower possible, while keeping it’s stability. The class came up with different ways to stack the cards and applied the knowledge that a wide base helps to keep structures stable. Everyone had a great time building and rebuilding their towers.

Here are a few pictures from today’s experiment.

   

    

    

🙂 Mrs. Dobinson

We are coming to the end of our Number Sense and Numeration unit in math for this term. The students have been working with money amounts each Thursday and Friday with Mrs. Dobinson. We will be having a math quiz on Friday, November 10th, 2017.

The quiz will be covering the following:

Trading Coins

Trading Bills

Adding and Subtracting Money (using a decimal)

Calculating Change (with a calculator)

A worksheet package has gone home today as review for the quiz. These review sheets are due on Thursday, November 9th, 2017. Please review these concepts together at home to help in preparation for the quiz.

Thanks,

Mrs. Dobinson 🙂

The W. Erskine Johnston Primary Team is excited to present the live performer YAKI to our gymnasium on October 20th.  The children will be privy to songs and poems and an afternoon of exciting entertainment. Yaki will even be performing some of his work from his showcase shows that he is putting on at Centerpointe Theatre!

The cost for this show is $2.00

Please review with your child what being an excellent and engaged audience member means.

Hooray for YAKI and this awesome opportunity

MATH QUIZ!!!!

There will be a math quiz on Friday, October 13th. We have been working on different mental math addition strategies.

The quiz will be covering these four mental math addition strategies:

Traditional (stack and add) Strategy

Splitting Strategy

Moving Strategy

Base Ten

A review sheet has gone home for homework to help prepare for the quiz. This sheet is due back on Thursday, October 12th.

Have a wonderful long weekend and see you all next week 🙂

Mrs. Dobinson