Good afternoon!

In today's class we started off the day by having our weekly spelling test.  The marked tests will be going home with your child tonight.  The children also reviewed their spelling words and practiced their proofreading skills in their spelling books.  In math the children worked on subtraction problems,  word problems and sorting money (grade one) and counted by tens, reviewed counting money, and did word problems (grade two).  During language we continued working on our novel study of the book, The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe.  We started chapter three today and the children began their group discussions of this chapter.  The children also went to drama and french class.

Homework:  Read for 15 minutes and record in the reading chart, practice poetry, re-write incorrect spelling words 10 times each, math pages 103 - 104 and finish book study chapter three.

Important information:  The poetry competition in our class is going to take place on the 17th of February. This is when each member of the class will recite their poem, and three winners will be chosen to compete in the school-wide competition.  Remember, 50% of the grade is the memorization and 50% of the grade is the voice and passion for the poem.

Next Saturday night (February 12th) is our Gala night. The children have been working hard to perfect their performances for that evening. I hope everyone will be available to come and watch the show!

Please see Mrs. Deras' blog about the upcoming Valentine's Day play. Many of the children in our class need to spend more time practicing their lines for the play to ensure they are going to be able to do their best job next weekend.

Have a good weekend!

Mrs. Nelson