Good afternoon!

In today's class we started off the day be working on math.  The children worked on addition sentences and time (grade one) and patterning, time, and money (grade two).  During language the children worked on finding special sounds, word definitions, two, too, to, proofreading, creating sentences and cursive.  We also read another chapter of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe.  The children also went to french and drama classes.

Homework:  Read for 15 minutes, practice spelling words, practice Valentine's Day play script, practice poetry, cursive pages 81 - 82, and Language pages 88- 89.

Important information:  Please read Mrs. Deras' blog for information about the upcoming play.  She has costume and prop needs that hopefully can be addressed for the performance on Saturday night.

I hope that everyone that I didn't hear back from today will be attending the event on Saturday night.  It is going to be a great time!

Please check with your child about their pencil and eraser situation.  Many children are down to their last pencils and erasers and are having to borrow from others daily.  This makes for a lot of extra work for them at the beginning of every work period.  Please help them stay prepared by refilling these supplies if needed.

The poetry competition is taking place in our classroom on the 17th (next Thursday).  Remember, it is 50% the memorization of the poem and 50% the voice and passion displayed will saying the poem aloud.  We have been discussing in class how paying attention to the grammar and punctuation in the poem will really help with the way it is recited.

Best regards,

Mrs. Nelson