WELCOME!
Hello Parents, Guardians, and Students! Have you been reading our blog? Stay connected with the classroom through our blogs, our Twitter pages (@JorgensenKHPS & @MmeSamuel), and our Friday emails.
Click around our site to learn what we're working on in the classroom. Remember... you can use our blog posts to prompt discussions with your child and extend our classroom learning to home.
About Us
We are a team of two teachers who are passionate about learning. Our students are the reason why we love what we do. We love seeing their smiles every morning, helping them discover new ideas and ways of thinking, and watching them express themselves and their learning creatively. We consider ourselves blessed to get to be in the classroom every day.
Shannon (a.k.a Mrs. J) teaches Math and English to both classes. Meaghan (better known as Mme Samuel) teaches the French subjects, which include French, Social Studies, Science, Visual Arts, Drama (to Grade 6 only), and Health. We love sharing what we do with you. Please regularly take a look at our blogs for these subjects by clicking the header bar above. Feel free to leave us comments! Keep scrolling to learn more... |
About our Classrooms
Take a peek at the presentation linked below to get all the information you need to know about our classrooms.
Stay connected with us!
You will receive a 'Friday Blast' email from either
Mrs. Jorgensen or Mme Samuel on Fridays or weekends.
If you need to refer back to an email we sent,
we log them all on the email log linked below.
Mrs. Jorgensen or Mme Samuel on Fridays or weekends.
If you need to refer back to an email we sent,
we log them all on the email log linked below.
Student Schedules and OCDSB Calendar
While our schedules are flexible and can change week to week, please click below to see a general outline of the Grade 5 and 6 schedules. The OCDSB school year calendar is a board-wide elementary calendar of holidays and special days for the 2018-2019 school year.
Homework
This year, there will be no formal homework. Why? There is a general lack of evidence showing a correlation between regular homework and student success in the elementary years. Rather, we ask that you spend your evenings doing things that ARE proven to correlate to student success: eat dinner as a family, read together, play outside, pack a healthy lunch and get your child to bed early.
Throughout the year, there WILL be periodic and purposeful things we will ask you to do at home with your child.
These may include:
If you in particular wish to have more homework, please feel free to read with your child in both French and English, or pick up a review workbook (ex. JumpMath, etc).
You may also ask your child to bring home their subject duotangs at any time - just please make sure you return them in time for the next day's class. Regular review of the concepts we are learning in class is very helpful!
Throughout the year, there WILL be periodic and purposeful things we will ask you to do at home with your child.
These may include:
- Finishing up work that was not completed in class
- An occasional math review assignment (if deemed necessary)
- Specific practice for your child if he/she is having difficulty in an area
- Previewing an online video to be prepared for a topic we will be discussing in class
- Continuing on an inquiry we are working on in class
If you in particular wish to have more homework, please feel free to read with your child in both French and English, or pick up a review workbook (ex. JumpMath, etc).
You may also ask your child to bring home their subject duotangs at any time - just please make sure you return them in time for the next day's class. Regular review of the concepts we are learning in class is very helpful!