Fourth Week of School

Good afternoon!

It was great to have everyone back to school for our forth week of school together.  In today's class we got our new weekly spelling words.  This week we have upgraded to 10 words, since we have been doing so well with our five word lists.  We also worked on patterning, rhyming words, cursive, finished our science sentences, and read about Ancient China.  The students also attended french and art classes.

Homework: Read for 15 minutes and record in the reading chart, practice weekly spelling words, complete cursive (Pages 19 - 20 for both grade one and two), and finish writing science jot notes for questions four and five of the rough copy.

Important information:  Today we had our history re-test for chapter 8.  The marked history tests will be going home with your child tonight.  Scores that improved will be adjusted, scores that declined will be left at their original mark.
On Wednesday we will be having our second history test for our chapter on Ancient Africa Chapter 11.  I have posted some study notes for your child to study before the test if they would like to do so.  The chapter has not been read to the class yet.  This will be done on Wednesday before the test, and they will be tested on their comprehension afterwards.
Wednesday is casual day at St. Jude's.  If your child would like to dress down for casual day, they may come to school in casual clothes.  Most children have already paid their $2 in advance, but if you have not, please ensure they come to school with their $2.

Best regards,

Mrs. Nelson


                                  Weekly Spelling words

      Grade One                                                      Grade Two

1. up        6. one                                              1. swim     6. away
2. wet      7. ten                                               2. teeth      7. fast
3. hat       8. pets                                             3. right       8. tree
4. like      9. men                                             4. legs        9. lost
5. name  10.  get                                             5. home     10. flat

Chapter 11 Study Guide

• There is a large, hot area in Egypt called the Sahara Desert.
• The only water in the Sahara Desert is found in an oasis, which is a patch of land where water collects.
• Long ago, the Sahara Desert was not dry.  It used to be very fertile, green and full of water.
• Anansi the Spider is a favourite story-time character in African stories.
• We don’t know much about ancient Africa because they did not leave any written records for us to learn from.
• Archaeologists have found fossilized seeds, grass and pollen in the Sahara Desert that do not grow in those parts today
• Eventually, the Sahara Desert eventually dried up because it stopped raining in that area.  Trees and grass died.
• Due to drought, the people of the Sahara moved towards the middle and south parts of Africa.
• Anansi the Spider is a tricky spider, who sold cassava, plantains and rice to different villages.

The ancient people of the Sahara Desert were farmers like the people in the Fertile Crescent.

Archaeologists have found oil paintings on African cave walls.

Yams are like sweet potatoes.

Plantains are like bananas.

The people of Africa passed down stories from person to person