It was great to get back to school today after such a long period away.  I heard the students had a great time with Mrs. Radcliffe and Mrs. Deras who were in supplying on Thursday and Friday respectively.  I also came back to the great news that our class placed 2nd in the pumpkin decorating contest!   I was very proud to hear to hear that.  As a result our class won a Subway lunch.  I will keep you posted on the date this is going to occur.
Today we started the day working on spelling.  They copied down the new weekly spelling words and worked in their spelling books.  Last week's marked spelling tests are coming home tonight.  We also continued with our IB unit of inquiry and reviewed what we know about seasons, weather and climate.  The students were using words like 'cycle', 'pattern', and 'orbit' which was great to see!  We began talking about temperature and discussed how and why we use temperature.  We also spoke about how we use and track temperature with a thermometer.  The students then took a trip outside and we tracked the weather and temperature in their science journals using our class thermometer.  In math the children worked on more and less than (grade one) and number order (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, re-write incorrect spelling words ten times each and spelling workbooks pages 30 - 32 (grade one) and 26 - 28 (grade two).

Important information:  This Wednesday is Picture Day at SJA.  Although this is a gym day, children should NOT come dressed in their gym uniforms.  They will be having gym but they will do so in their regular uniforms so they look their best for picture day.

This Thursday is Casual Day.  If they have paid their money to dress casual, they may come to school dressed in any casual clothes they wish.

Monday, October 31st is the Halloween Dress-up Day.  This has been changed from the original day so please make a note of this change.  Children should come to school dressed in their Halloween costumes.

On Monday, October 31st we are going to be having a class Halloween Party.  Please feel free to send in any snacks or treats that your child would like to share with the class.

We are still trying to locate Emerald's gym sweatshirt.  Please check your child's shirts tonight to confirm that it does not have Emerald's name in it.

Best regards,

Mrs. Nelson

Grade One              Grade Two

1. hot                    1. ask
2. map                  2. old
3. pin                    3. his
4. hook                4. get
5. stop                 5. have
6. hop                  6. tack
7. job                   7. mitt
8. run                   8. will
9. are                   9. head
10. mop               10. said