Good afternoon!

Again today I was in the school, but away from our classroom as I went about touring the school with the visiting IB consultant.  While I was away the children had their weekly spelling test, worked on language, practiced the Gala dance, and got a chance to orally listen to cultural stories to help compliment our IB unit on cultural art forms.   This was a great way to experience oral story telling, which was a huge part of aboriginal culture.  The children also went to  french class today.

Homework: Read for 15 minutes and record in the reading chart, and re-write incorrect weekly spelling words ten times each.


Important information:  A field trip permission form went home with every student last night.  Our class is taking a field trip to the ROM as part of our current IB unit- How We Express Ourselves.  This should be a great way to see the art forms we have been discussing in class in real life!  Please send in the completed trip form with a cheque or cash by Monday, February 13th.  I am looking for one parent volunteer from our class. 

 If you have not sent back ticket money and family information regarding the Gala to Irene, please do so as soon as possible. February 11th is quickly approaching and I want to make sure everyone is fully prepared to participate in the Gala!

I am asking that all children come to school wearing red and white on the night of the Gala for our class' performance. Preferably the children will have white on the bottom and red on the top. This will go with the love theme for the evening. Our class is going to be presenting The Jackson 5's ABC. The performance is coming along very well so far! If your child would like to practice the dance moves at home you can find the version we are using at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOXG8wtxx_w.

If your child is the in the choir, we are also asking that they wear read and white for the choir performance. So for this concert we will not require a costume change in between songs. As soon as the choir finishes singing, the children will then join back with their classes for the class performance. The process will be very similar to the Christmas concert.

If your child is in the choir and would like to practice the song you can find the version online at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wn5K-phiBzo and the lyrics for the song can be found at http://www.lyricsfreak.com/e/elvis+presley/love+me+tender_20049149.html. Please note, we are only performing the first 4 verses.

Have a great weekend,


Mrs. Nelson