Hello!

I hope that all the students that attended the You Got Dance class last night had a good time.  I know that I for one enjoyed watching the kids participate!  We started off the day today working on sentence writing.  The students had to choose 5 of their weekly spelling words and turn them into sentences for house points.  They always really enjoy this opening exercise.  In language today the children worked on special sounds, vowel sounds, picture words and cursive.  We also read our final chapter of Charlotte's Web today.  It was a great story of friendship and loyalty that the children really seemed to connect with.  After reading the final chapter the children wrote summaries in their journals about their favourite parts of the story.  In our IB Unit of Inquiry we watched a few videos about saving energy.  The children were introduced to the idea of conserving energy and were provided reasons that it is important, as well as ways to participate in conserving energy.  Ask your child tonight to tell you what they learned about global warming.  In math today the children worked on width and length (grade one) and adding and subtracting numbers by ten (grade two).  They also went to french and music classes.

Homework:  Read for 15 minutes and record in the reading chart, practice weekly spelling words, cursive page 84- 85, math page 112 - 113, and Letters and Sounds page 90 - 91.

Important information:  The SJA Gala has been scheduled for February 11th, 2012.  It begins at 6pm.  The theme for this year is 'Love Through the Ages'.  It is a great nice of dinner, dancing, silent auctions, and performances by all the classes.  Please make sure to mark this night on your calendars!  Anyone is invited to attend so please mention the event to your friends and family.


Thank you to all the families who have been making a point to read and sign your child's agenda nightly.  Most children are doing really well with this new system and I have encouraged them to keep up the good work!  Thank you for helping to keep the lines of communication open.

Best regards,

Mrs. Nelson