Good afternoon!

I hope everyone enjoyed their impromptu day off in the snow yesterday!  We came back to school and started off the day by working on language.  The children were asked to complete sentences, identify the special sounds in words, worked with the ending 'ful', and present and past tense.  During math we began exploring the idea of trial and error (grade one) and continued practicing counting by tens (grade two).  We had history today where the children read about the Aryans of India.  They heard about the story of Shiva and Ganga and how the Ganges River was thought to be formed by Hindus.  The children also went to music, french and drama class.

Homework:  Read for 15 minutes and record in the reading chart, practice spelling words for tomorrow's math test, practice poetry, practice Valentine's Day play, and Letters and Sounds page 69 -70.

Important information:  The rest of the children presented their culture projects in class today.  The marked rubrics will be going home with them tonight.

Please have a look around your house to see if you have any fake swords and white sheets that can be used for togas.  Mrs. Deras would like these to be brought in as soon as possible to be used for our class' play.

Scholastic book order forms are due tomorrow if anyone is interested in purchasing something.

Best regards,

Mrs. Nelson