Good afternoon!

We started off the day today by working on language.  The children worked on story writing, special sounds and sentence construction.  We also read a story today about a boy trying to find a special, quiet place to relax.  I believe by emphasizing the need to develop personal reflection skills, it helps to promote Balanced students.  This is an important element of the IB Learner Profile!  During math we continued working on subtraction problems using math manipulatives.  We also had an addition and subtraction review, and began working on multiplication skills.  In history today we read about the rise and fall of Julius Caesar.  The children then wrote their comprehension test on the chapter.  They also went to french and drama classes.

Homework:  Read for 15 minutes and record in the reading chart, practice weekly spelling words for tomorrow's spelling test, Language page 162 - 163 and math pages 200 - 201.

Important information:  Tomorrow is the final day of school before a 4-day weekend.  We do not have school on Friday or Monday, May 23rd.

Scholastic book order forms have gone home with your child tonight and are due back by Tuesday if you would like to order anything.

Best regards,

Mrs. Nelson