Good afternoon!

We had a great day back to school today, after what seemed like a very long time away from school.  We started off the day by recording the new weekly spelling words and working in our spelling books.  During math we had a review period for the unit test that is taking place tomorrow.  The children studied and listed the vertices, edges and faces for many 3D shapes.  This is something that is going to be a large part of the unit test tomorrow, so it was great they were all able to practice today.  The review sheets are going home with your child tonight.  In grade one we spent time identifying the names of various 3D shapes and building structures with them.    In history we read about ancient Chinese calligraphy and how it came to be.  Afterwards the children practiced their own calligraphy!  Becoming broad and versatile communicators is an important aspect of the IB Learner Profile.  By making our own calligraphy it was a fun way of working towards this goal.  The students also went to music, french and P.E classes.

Homework:  Read for 15 minutes and record in the reading chart, practice weekly spelling words, and Language page 138 - 139.

Important information:  Tomorrow is Casual Day at SJA.

This Friday is the Skate-a-thon!  This means that there are only a few days left before pledges are due.  Please make sure that your children are out collecting to help SJA make it to our pledge goal.  And don't forget the wonderful prizes that are available to the students who are collecting the most!

Tomorrow is our unit 6 math test.

Our weekly spelling test is going to be on Thursday morning this week.  I undertsand this only allows for two nights of studying, but the spelling words we have this week are often seen and used in the letters and sounds and language books.  I want to make sure we have enough time for the test, and with the Skate-a-thon on Friday it might be too rushed.  So the quiz is taking place on Thursday.

Best regards,

Mrs. Nelson

Grade One               Grade Two

1. chop                    1. having
2. child                     2. serving
3. lunch                    3. loves
4. she                       4. baked
5. dish                      5. trades
6. show                    6. fried
7. shop                     7. bodies
8. shoe                      8. luckier
9. cheese                  9. funniest
10. chilly                 10. carries