Grade 5 with Mrs. Gagne

Hi Parents, I want to invite you to come to our classroom on Thursday, December 21 at 1:00pm to watch our Reader's Theatre!  We have been working hard on our reading and reading with enthusiasm and expression.  We have also been working on backgrounds!  We would love for you to come in, but completely understand that this is a busy time of year for everyone! Thanks so much, Mrs. Gagne and the Grade 4s

Morning, We won't do a spelling list the last week before Christmas!  We have enough going on this last week! Please have a relaxing and restful holiday!  The kids and I have spent some time talking about being grateful and lucky.  We have talked about kids, all around the world,  who are not as blessed as we are, especially around this holiday season!  So, if your kiddo hugs you and tell you thank you, know that they really mean it! I also want to take this time to thank you for your support for everything that I do in here!  What a great bunch of kiddos you have!  I cannot wait for you to see how stinking adorable they are at Christmas Concert! Happy Holidays, Ashley

1. examples 2. jingle 3. Christmas 4, sleigh 5. listening 6. glistening 7. wonderland 8. Jinx 9. spoiled 10. blessed 11. baking 12. magical

1. dancing 2. faster 3. catches 4. capture 5. playful 6. movements 7. bouncing 8. considered 9. ancient 10. mummified 11. restaurants 12. required

1. North America 2. Thailand 3. Mexico 4. Germany 5. Britain 6. Cambodia 7. celebrations 8. cultures 9. beliefs 10. festival 11. Divali 12. prosperity

Parents, I am so excited about our Christmas Concert coming up on Tuesday, December 19th at 7pm. The theme this year is "A Warm and Cozy Christmas".  The Grade 4s will be doing their poems on their own.  I am asking you to please practice with them at home.  I have included our two pieces below!  Please let me know ASAP if your child will not be there!  We are not specifying clothing or a theme for your child's outfit. Thanks so much, Mrs. Gagne

1. salmon 2. fillets 3. butterfly 4. snagged 5. Grandpa 6. dogsled 7. crawling 8. survival 9. wilderness 10. respectfully 11. porcupine 12. circling

1. sometimes 2. everything 3. opinion 4. racism 5. aloud 6. habitat 7. environment 8. hunting 9. upstream 10. floorboards 11. squat 12. reached

Hi, I just wanted to touch base....the Grade 4s have been practicing a poem to read at the Remembrance Day Service, which will be all afternoon on Friday, November 10th. One student told me today that she is not going to be here for the service. They are also singing O'Canada with Mrs. Rettman to start the service. Can I please have you  email me if your child will not be here for the service.  Every student has an individual part, so I would like to reassign parts as soon as I can. You can email me at: gagne.ashley@prairiesouth.ca Thanks, Ashley

Today, we read a story called "Best Friends".  We learned a lot about friendship and discussed that Moms and Dads are good friends with each other.  We are interested in what YOU have to say about friendship.  Please answer any or all of our questions!  THANK YOU! 1. What is your most treasured friendship and why?  (Alex) 2. How do you help your friends?  (Jennifer) 3. How do you fix conflict with your friends? (Callie) 4. Do you and your friends have lots of differences?  (Marlee) 5. How do you visit your friends if you live far away?  (Aaliyah) 6. How do you spend time with your friends?  (Kyra) 7. What do you look for in a friend?   (Carson) 8. How did you meet your best friend?  (Tyson) 9. What's your longest friendship?  (William) 10. Where does your best friend live?  (Sydnie) 11. What's your most treasured friendship from your childhood? (Houston) 12. How do you solve conflict with your husband/wife? (Taylor)

1. speech 2. presentation 3. volume 4. loyalty 5. Disneyland 6. former 7. disagreement 8. unreasonable 9. conflict 10. adjective 11. resolve 12. rehearse

1. glowed 2. hearts 3. victory 4. illustrations 5. prairies 6. straight 7. invisible 8. compare 9. simile 10. animals 11. admire 12. feelings

Hi, Tomorrow is Library Day!  Please make sure you send your Grade 4s with their books! Thanks so much!

1. remain 2. best friend 3. fashioned 4. basketball 5. interested 6. strategies 7. secrets 8. collage 9. moccasin 10. goalie 11. temperatures 12. sweeping

1. rummaging 2. scratching 3. swaying 4. forgetting 5. something 6. enchanting 7. shining 8. thrashing 9. uneasily 10. digging 11. worrying 12. replying

1. character 2. terrific 3. wondrous 4. astonishing 5. complaints 6. commanded 7. balance 8. scuttled 9. adventure 10. nervous 11. determined 12. mercy

1. vague 2. patience 3. grateful 4. cellar 5. expression 6. hayloft 7. whistle 8. splash 9. announce 10. raspberry 11. support 12. Templeton

1. hungrily 2. innocently 3. slowly 4. barnyard 5. reconsidered 6. reached 7. fetched 8. frolic 9. trough 10. plunged 11. blundered 12. beautiful

Missoula Children’s Theatre Coronach School Audition Notice Dear Parents and Guardians, The audition for the Missoula Children's Theatre production of Gulliver’s Travels will be held on Monday, September 25 at 9:00 in the Coronach School Gym. There are roles for students who wish to participate from Grades Kindergarten to 12.  Approximately 50-60 local students will be cast to appear in the show with the MCT Tour Actor/Director. There is no guarantee that everyone who auditions will be cast in the play . The first rehearsal begins Monday after school. Rehearsals will be conducted every day from 3:35 to 7:55 at school . Sept. 25-29 . Every character is required for different amounts of time.  Your child may not be there for the entire rehearsal time, but must be available to come at their required time on each of these days. A detailed rehearsal schedule will be distributed after auditions on Monday. Cast members scheduled for the full 4 hours and 15 minutes wil

1. Mr. Zuckerman 2. overlooked 3. orchard 4. vegetables 5. squeezed 6. wonderful 7. commotion 8. suggested 9. Lurvy 10. dodged 11. grabbed 12. angered

Hi, Just to let you know that Spelling Tests are being sent home today! I will also send Home Reading home today too!  It will be due on Monday morning!   I will send Home Reading home with their Spelling Tests--whether that be a Friday or a Thursday. Home Reading will always be due the first day of the following week! Thanks so much, Mrs. Gagne

Hi, We will go to get new library books on Day 4 at 10am. This week, Day 4 falls on Friday! Thanks, Mrs. Gagne

Tuesday, September 5th--WELCOME BACK--FIRST DAY AND OPEN HOUSE 3:30-5:30 Monday, September 25th-Friday, September 29th--Missoula Presentation Wednesday, September 27th--School Pictures Thursday, September 28th--Terry Fox Walk--2:15pm

Hi All, Just a little note about our Weekly Spelling Words.... I take words directly from what we are doing/reading during the week.  We will work with these words in many different ways all week. I am getting so excited to start the year!  Hope you all relax, rest and refuel before we start! Mrs. Gagne

1. friendship 2. hoghouse 3. runt 4. breakfast 5. Fern 6. weakling 7. Avery 8. Wilbur 9. Mr. Arable 10. pitcher 11. September 12. disappeared

Hi Parents, I want to welcome you to a new school year and to my classroom!  I like to post ELA happenings on my Blog-a great way to reach everyone! We are starting out the year with the Unit "My Friends and I"!  We will be reading the novel Charlotte's Web !  I am so excited as this is my favourite childhood novel! I have taught Grade 5 ELA for the past two years, but have never taught Grade 4 and I am so looking forward to it!  I did complete my Internship in a Grade 3 classroom, so Elementary is not a new venture for me! Please feel free to contact me at anytime time at gagne.ashley@prairiesouth.ca I hope you had a restful summer, Ashley