Good afternoon!

We started off the day today working in the computer lab.  The students had a great time becoming comfortable with the mouse and gaining control of the different functions available on a keyboard.  The students really enjoyed this activity!  We came back to our classroom and worked on phonics.  They were asked to identify short and long vowel sounds, rhyming words, and fill in the blanks to make proper words.  During our IB unit of inquiry, we continued working on our personal time lines.  The children seem to be having a lot of fun learning about themselves.  Please see my posting from last night regarding the rubric for this final assignment.  During math the children worked on mental math and finger counting (grade one) and ordinal numbers (grade two).  They also went to drama, french and P.E classes.

Homework:  Read for 15 minutes and record in the reading chart, practice weekly spelling words, bring in a baby, toddler and current photo if you haven't already.

Important information:  The next step of the personal timeline requires that children bring in three photos of themselves (1) a baby photo (2) a toddler photo (3) a current photo.  Please work with your children tonight to help them locate these photos for class tomorrow.

Cookies are for sale during 2nd recess for $1.

Fall/winter uniforms have begun.  This means that mock turtlenecks may not be worn again until Easter.  Please let us know if there are any questions or outstanding issues.

Mrs. Deras would like to ensure that all parents are checking her drama blog nightly as there is important information that affects our grade one/two class.

Best regards,

Mrs. Nelson