Good afternoon!

We started off the day today by working on language. The children practiced writing stories, solved riddles, did a crossword and completed sentences.  During math the children worked on the beginning steps of multiplication.  They were asked to form objects into groups and then see how the groups can then be added as wholes, instead of individual parts. They also practiced subtraction and addition.  In science today we continued with life cycles of animals.  We did a review of what we have learned to date, had a quiz on the life cycle of a butterfly and watched a video discussing how all living things have life cycles.  As a class we read a story about a girl from Russia who's grandmother made blintz to help bring spring to Minsk.  This story is an old tale from Russia, and I thought it was a nice way to encourage the children to become more open-minded.  This is an important element of the IB Learner Profile.  It's been very enlightening taking the IB course these past few months, and everyone at SJA is really excited to be able to bring the IB program to our school next year!

Homework:  Read for 15 minutes and record in the reading chart, practice spelling words, math page 180 - 181 and Life Cycle story and presentation due tomorrow.

Important information:  Please see my blog from earlier this week explaining the Life Cycle take-home project that is due tomorrow.  The children have a rubric that should be read and followed to ensure great marks for everyone!

Tomorrow is the last day to bring in Skate-a-thon pledge money!  Please make sure all forms and monies are brought it tomorrow so SJA can reach our fundraising goal!

Scholastic book orders are due tomorrow if anyone is interested in purchasing anything.

Best regards,

Mrs. Nelson