Good afternoon! 
We had a great day today in grade 1/2.  We started off the day today with our weekly spelling test.  The marked spelling tests will be coming home with the students tonight.  After spelling the children worked on phonics where they practiced rhyming words, vowels and special sounds.  In our IB unit of inquiry today we reviewed what we learned about migration, hibernation and adaption yesterday and gave examples of each.  We read a story of a busy, little squirrel who was getting ready to hibernate, which was a fun way to see it in action, and students also watched a PowerPoint presentation to visually see each method of preparing for winter.  Using a Bill Nye video the children also further extended their knowledge about the earth's seasons and wrote a reflection on it.  They also went to french and drama today.

Homework:  Read for 15 minutes and record in the reading chart, re-write incorrect spelling words ten times each, and Letters and Sounds page 40 - 41.

Important information:  Second Cup coffee order forms have gone home with each child.  The coffee is a great gift idea for the holiday season.  A portion of the proceeds goes towards SJA's IB certification.

I am requesting the all parents check their child's gym sweaters to see if they have accidentally brought home Emerald's sweater.  It will be labeled with her name.  Please send it back to school if this is the case.

Please make sure to regularly check the music, french and drama blogs as well, as they often have important information regarding your children.

The school pictures are coming home with your child tonight.  If you would like to order any photos the order form and money must be sent back to school no later than Friday, November 18th.  Picture re-take day is taking place on  November 15th for those children that require one.

Have a great weekend,

Mrs. Nelson