Good afternoon!

It was great to get back to school after a weekend away!  We started off the day working on spelling.  The students copied down their new weekly spelling words and worked in their spelling workbooks.  After spelling the children worked on their cursive writing in order to become nicely prepared for Thursday when all writing that is done in the classroom will be completed in cursive writing.  We continued reading Charlotte's Web today and the children wrote a summary in their journals about Wilbur's escape off the farm.  Ask your child tonight to tell you about it.  In our IB unit of inquiry today we started our brand new unit of inquiry.  In this unit 'How The World Works' we are investigating how everything we do is a result of using some sort of energy.  In today's class we reviewed what we know about energy , and ways that we use energy.  In math today the children began our next unit on patterning (grade one) and number patterns (grade two).  They also went to french, drama and P.E classes.

Homework:  Read for 15 minutes and record in the reading chart, practice weekly spelling words, spelling workbooks page 50 - 52 (grade one) page 46 - 48 (grade two), cursive page 50 - 51 and complete journal entry if necessary.

Important information:  This Wednesday is the next casual day at SJA.  If your child has paid their money, they may come to school dressed in casual clothes of their choice.

Please see my postings from last week regarding a website that can be used to print off cursive worksheets at home.  Beginning this Thursday, December 1st, all writing that is done in our classroom will be requested in cursive.  If your child is feeling nervous about a particular cursive letter, or would like to practice beforehand to increase their comfort, please use these sites as a tool to find cursive writing worksheets.

Report cards went home on Friday.  Please keep your eye out for the reports if you haven't seen them already.  There is a section at the end for parent's comments.  Please take the time to fill this out with your feedback about the curriculum, the report cards or any other comments you have.  The report card should be signed, the comment section completed and returned to school as soon as possible.  We will record the comments and send the report card right back to you for your home records.

Picture re-takes also went home on Friday.  If you are interested in ordering any of the photos, please send in the completed forms and money as soon as possible.

Best regards,

Mrs. Nelson


Grade One                      Grade Two
1. six                               1. feed
2. box                             2. sea
3. top                              3. meet
4. book                           4. real
5. mix                              5. keep
6. pop                             6. week
7. fix                                7. deep
8. hip                               8. easy
9. up                                9. beach
10. hook                         10. clean