Good afternoon!

We started off the day today working on proofreading and sentence writing.  The students had to find the mistakes in various sentences and edit them to make them correct.  They had a lot of fun completing this challenge for house points.  The students also worked on a reflection writing activity today that is going to be used as part of their first term report card.  In our IB unit of inquiry we continued working on the rough copy of our seasons wheel.  The students worked hard on reviewing what we have learned in this unit to be included in their final assignment.  During math today the students worked on order and placement (Grade one) and adding and subtraction (Grade two).  The students also went to music and french class.

Homework: Read for 15 minutes and record in the reading chart, practice weekly spelling words, cursive pages 42 - 43 and math pages 78 - 79 (grade one) 77 - 78 (grade two).

Important information:  This is a reminder that the last day of school before the Christmas holidays is on December 16th.  This day is a half day, which means the children will be dismissed at noon.

Please take a look at the french, music, P.E and drama blogs regularly as they often have information that is important to our class.

I have an example of the rubric for the seasons wheel posted below.  The students are going to begin working on their good copies tomorrow in class, and I wanted to make sure to share with you what they have been doing and what is going to be expected of them for this assignment.

Best regards,

Mrs. Nelson

Seasons Wheel Rubric

Work habits	Excellent. Worked very well with no interruptions.	Very good.  Worked well with few interruptions.	Fair.  Worked with many interruptions	Poor. Was not able to work due to interruptions.
Quality of writing.	Excellent.  Printing showed a great deal of effort.  The answers made sense.  There were little to no errors. Proofreading was evident.	Very good.   Printing showed effort.  The answers made sense.  There were some errors that did not distract. Proofreading was almost always evident.	Fair. Printing showed little effort.  The answers often did not make sense.  There were errors that distracted.   Proofreading needs improvement.	Poor. Printing showed no effort.  The answers did not make sense.  There were many errors that made the booklet difficult to read.   Proofreading was not evident.
Quality of illustrations.	Excellent. Illustrations were always meaningful and reflected the information presented on the page.  Title page showed great effort.	Very good. Illustrations showed good effort and usually reflected the information on the page.  Title page showed some effort.	Fair. Illustrations were attempted and sometimes reflected the information on the page.  Title page showed a little effort.	Poor.  Little to no illustrations that did not reflect the information on the page.  Title page was not complete/ had no effort.
Quality of information.	Excellent. A clear understanding of the material was consistently shown.  Each season had at least 4 examples of learned vocabulary and related concepts from the unit.	Very good. A good understanding of the material was shown.  Each season had at least 3 examples of learned vocabulary and related concepts from the unit.	Fair. A fair understanding of the material was shown.  Each season had at least 2 examples of learned vocabulary and related concepts from the unit.	Poor Little understanding of the material was shown.  Each season had at least 1 or less examples of learned vocabulary and related concepts from the unit.