“The words you speak today should be soft and tender ... for tomorrow you may have to eat them."
~Unknown

 

 
Welcome
September 7th, 2010
Today it was my pleasure to welcome your child back to school after the holiday break. I am excited to have the opportunity to get to know and to work with the many unique and wonderful personalities in our class...
 
Literacy Program
September 7th, 2010
For the next several weeks, I will be using a variety of evaluative tools to establish your child’s learning strengths and needs related to reading, writing, and oral language. It is very important that children have meaningful and successful experiences...
 
Student Supply List
September 7th, 2010
I know many students like to go "school shopping" for their own personal supply of school materials. I have therefore created a recommended list of items for students who do plan to shop for school supplies...
 
Agenda
September 7th, 2010
The academic agenda will be used each day to record our homework and assignments. This agenda is also a great tool for parent-teacher communication. During the day, students will be provided with time to organize agenda notes. This agenda should be...
 
Homework
September 7th, 2010
At the grade 6 level, students need to take responsibility and ownership of their work and are held accountable for its completion. I do not assign homework just to say that students have homework, but students are expected to complete...
 
5-Day Cycle
September 7th, 2010
Effective September 7, 2010 all Simcoe County District School Board schools will be scheduled on a five day cycle. This means that our schedule will not be regulated on a Monday to Friday cycle, rather on a Day One to Day Five cycle that has been...
 
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Wednesday, September 22nd: Meet the Teacher Bar-B-Q: 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, September 22nd to Friday, September 24th: Scholastic Book Fair
Thursday, September 30th: Terry Fox Run
Monday, October 11th: Holiday - Thanksgiving

 

 
     
 
 
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Mr. Kirwan's Class: Grade 6