Good afternoon!

It was really great to get back after such a long break away. I for one had really been looking forward to it!  In today's class we started off the day by having sharing time on the carpet.  The students and I all got a chance to chat about how we spent our two weeks off from school.  The children then started working on spelling and language.  They copied down our new weekly spelling words, and worked on contractions, prefixes, opposites and a crossword.  During math we continued working on data management.  The children were asked to take surveys of their friends and transfer the information they collected into graphs.  In social studies we worked on maps of the world.  The children labeled the continents their world maps and then marked down where their classmate's families are from.  They also went to french and art classes.

Homework:  Read for 15 minutes and record in the reading chart, practice weekly spelling words, math page 127 - 128, and Letters and Sounds page 88 - 89.

Important information:  Many children forgot their home folders, agenda, reading charts and spelling books today.  Please help your children to remember to bring them tomorrow as we use these things everyday.

I am still requesting pieces cardboard, cardboard boxes, toilet paper rolls string, and LOTS of newspaper for an upcoming craft.  If you have any of these things available, please send them in for our use instead of out on garbage day.  Thanks!

Beginning next week I am going to be needing volunteers to come and speak to our class about different countries around the world.  I want the children to get some first hand information from people who lived in or are from other countries to get some insight into the culture and way of life of these other countries.  Some things I was hoping a volunteer might share with us would be, the way school was for you in your home country, traditions your family followed, what your home was like, what food you ate, and how they compared to Canada.  If you or someone you know are interested and able to come in next week for a few minutes to share your experiences with the class, please let me know in your child's agenda or via email at cnelson@stjudesacademy.com.

Grade One            Grade Two

1. away                1. you'll
2. pay                  2. they're
3. try                    3. it's
4. sky                   4. we've
5. they                  5. isn't
6. cry                    6. let's
7. my                    7. aren't
8. day                   8. I'm
9. pray                  9. can't
10. stay               10. we're

Best regards,

Mrs. Nelson