Good afternoon!

We started off this great day today by working on our creative writing skills.  The children were asked to create either a fictional or non-fictional story using the story starter "The strangest thing happened when..."  A lot of very interesting stories were submitted which was great!  The students also watched a video on vowel sounds, blends and consonant-vowel-consonant words (big, dog, man, etc).  They seemed to really enjoy it.  During math the children worked on matching numbers and amounts (grade one), and creating number lines and adding and subtracting (grade two).  We also began reading a book called The Year of the Rat.  The story is about a girl named Pacy who encounters situations that require patience, acceptance, courage and empathy.  These qualities are very close to the qualities that are sought after via the IB Learner Profile which we discussed in class in great detail today.  Ask your child to tell you tonight about what they learned about the learner profile! 

To remind you, the Learner Profile is a list of student qualities and characteristics that are valued by IB.  Each month I am going to choose a member of our class that has shown one or more of these attributes, and they will receive a certificate and reward.  The Learner Profile attributes are knowledgeable, balanced, reflective, inquirer, principled, communicator, caring, thinker, risk-taker and open-minded.

Homework:  Read for 15 minutes and record in the reading chart, practice spelling words, and complete bell work if necessary.

Important information:  Cookies will be for sale everyday from now on during 2nd recess.  The cookies will be $1 each with all profits going towards the student council.

This Friday is our first spirit day.  All children should come to school dressed in their house colours.

The spelling practice is something that should be done at home every night in preparation for Friday's spelling test.  I recommend students write the words into sentences, arranged them using ABC order, unscramble the letters to find their spelling words, etc.  These activities are for you and your child to decide on and will not have to be shown to me for assessment.

Mme. Stella is still missing 6 red doutangs from some students.  If you have not sent your child with their duotangs please do so ASAP.

Best regards,

Mrs. Nelson