THIS WEEK: Monday, June 27 - Thursday, June 30, 2016

Things to Remember:
• Monday - kite flying in the a.m.
• Tuesday - Candy Cane Park and iMax theatre (all day) Bring a lunch
• Wednesday - 'sundae' day and early dismissal (2:30 p.m.)

It is with a great deal of sadness that I post this final 'THIS WEEK' of my teaching career. One can not teach for 20 years at École W.S. Hawrylak School with such great students and staff members, and NOT be sad about leaving. After 37 years of teaching, I have decided to retire from Regina Public Schools. This was an extremely difficult decision for me, and while I know I will need some time to adjust, I also know that teaching, kids and technology are in my blood, so I will have to find something to fill that void.

I wish all the staff, the students and their families all the best !

Jann Porritt

Room 121, you may be goofy at times, but you are still the best!

 

THIS WEEK: Monday, June 20 - Friday, June 25, 2016

THINGS TO REMEMBER THIS WEEK:                                

 •SRC Special Desserts for Room 121 - our prize for winning the SRC Spirit Days
 • Mask painting on Friday - wear 'old' clothes or bring a paint shirt

APPS WE WILL BE USING THIS WEEK: 

You only need 1 of these, so if you don't already have Pattern Blocks, go with the free one.

 

THIS WEEK'S MATH: 

Unit 8 - Transformations:

   • 8.5 Creating Designs

  • Math Review

Pearson eText link 
 

• ThatQuiz - new login page
 
READ sites: You can read from any of the sites below during our READ time, but remember that you can always read from home as well. 
OverDrive: School Library (9 digit code) 
RazKids:  iPad or online (Teacher Username - jporritt)
EpicBooks: on your iPad (you have to have me log you in to our class account)
Newsela: iPad or online (informational text)
TumbleBooks: Regina Public library (free online books)
News-O-Matic: from iPads

Search Tools for Copyright Free Images/Videos

• Creative Common Search - remember that all images and videos you use from the Internet need to be 'copyright free.' Creative Commons will help you to do this. Use the link to search for and find great images and videos that you can use.
 
• Photos for Class - a search engine for finding copyright free images with attribution

• Kiddle - Google's new kid-friendly search engine

THIS WEEK: Monday, June 13 - Friday, June 17, 2016

THINGS TO REMEMBER THIS WEEK:                                

 •Thursday - SRC Special Desserts for Room 121 - our prize for winning the SRC Spirit Days
 • Friday, June 17th - PD Day - no classes for students

Where's Mrs. P. ???

THIS WEEK'S MATH: 

Unit 8 - Transformations:

 

   • Finish 8.3 Successive Transformations - (video)

   • 8.4. Combining Transformations- (video)

Pearson eText link 
 

• ThatQuiz - new login page
 
READ sites: You can read from any of the sites below during our READ time, but remember that you can always read from home as well. 
OverDrive: School Library (9 digit code) 
RazKids:  iPad or online (Teacher Username - jporritt)
EpicBooks: on your iPad (you have to have me log you in to our class account)
Newsela: iPad or online (informational text)
TumbleBooks: Regina Public library (free online books)
News-O-Matic: from iPads

Search Tools for Copyright Free Images/Videos

• Creative Common Search - remember that all images and videos you use from the Internet need to be 'copyright free.' Creative Commons will help you to do this. Use the link to search for and find great images and videos that you can use.
 
• Photos for Class - a search engine for finding copyright free images with attribution

• Kiddle - Google's new kid-friendly search engine

THIS WEEK: Monday, June 6 - Friday, June 10th, 2016

THINGS TO REMEMBER THIS WEEK:                                

 • Friday, June 10th - SRC Where's Waldo Day?               
 • Friday, June 10th - HSCC Special Lunch - Quiznos/TCBY

THIS WEEK'S MATH: 

Unit 8 - Transformations:

  • 8.2 - Transformations on a Coordinate Grid (video)

   •8.3 Successive Transformations - (video)

   • 8.4. Combining Transformations- (video)

Pearson eText link 
 

• ThatQuiz - new login page
 
READ sites: You can read from any of the sites below during our READ time, but remember that you can always read from home as well. 
OverDrive: School Library (9 digit code) 
RazKids:  iPad or online (Teacher Username - jporritt)
EpicBooks: on your iPad (you have to have me log you in to our class account)
Newsela: iPad or online (informational text)
TumbleBooks: Regina Public library (free online books)
News-O-Matic: from iPads

Search Tools for Copyright Free Images/Videos

• Creative Common Search - remember that all images and videos you use from the Internet need to be 'copyright free.' Creative Commons will help you to do this. Use the link to search for and find great images and videos that you can use.
 
• Photos for Class - a search engine for finding copyright free images with attribution

• Kiddle - Google's new kid-friendly search engine

Where's Waldo Day? - June 10th

On Friday, June 10, the SRC is having a "Where's Waldo?" spirit day.  We would like to take a school picture with as many students as possible participating.
                         If you are unaware, this is Waldo:

Waldo is a character in a number of books, puzzles, and games that involve looking at very elaborate pictures to find him, hidden.  Here's an example:

 We would like to encourage kids to dress as close to "Waldo" as possible.  Red and white, stripes, if possible.  Toque?  Sure!  Glasses?  Why not!  If stripes aren't possible, then anything red or white would be awesome!

I hope everyone in our class can participate and be included in the picture!

Thanks, everyone!
Jann Porritt
P.S. This is a very important Spirit Day for Room 121, as we are in the running for 1st prize! We have had 100% participation on all of the previous Spirit Days and have a chance at a ‘dessert party’ provided by the SRC. :-)