Bonjour!

We started off the day today working on a writing activity.  The children were introduced to diagrams.  We spent some time looking over different diagrams, discussed the elements of a proper one, and spoke about how to brainstorm ideas to create an interesting and informative one.  The children were then asked to go back to their seats and create their own diagrams with all the proper elements.  Ask your child tonight to share with you what they wrote about.  In language today we also worked on root words, special sounds and suffixes.  In our IB unit of inquiry today the children continued worked on their definitions of what art is to them, and they drew a pictures to illustrate their definitions.  In math today the students worked on length and estimating (grade one) and identifying pattern cores (grade two).  The students also went to french and music class.

Homework:  Read for 15 minutes and record in the reading chart, practice weekly spelling words, Letters and Sounds page 102 - 103, math page 124 - 125, and cursive page 100 - 101.

Important information:   I sent home every one's letters about energy yesterday with their marked rubric.  Please keep your eye out for that completed work if you haven't yet seen it. 

Our next casual day has been changed and is now taking place this THURSDAY.  This is due to the upper years being out of the school for curling tomorrow and needing to be in full SJA uniform for the event.  If you have paid your money for the year, your child may come to school in whatever casual clothes they wish on Thursday.

Please mark Feb. 11th down for the upcoming SJA Gala.  The theme is going to be 'Love Through the Ages'.  This is a fun night for all friends and families to attend!  Ticket information went home with your child on Friday.  Please make sure to have a look for this valuable information.

Please see my posting from last week with information regarding the Khan Academy.  This is a fun online math program that can be used to practice math skills at home.  The children earn points and badges which they seem to really enjoy!  It is also a way to help develop computer skills which is another important skill for the children to be developing at this age.

Best regards,

Mrs. Nelson