Happy Monday!

If anyone came to school without breakfast this morning, that problem was quickly solved with the pancake eating contest we had!  It was a fun filled morning with house games, pancakes and house points being awarded to houses for a variety of things!  A great way to start the school week!
Once we returned to class, we began working on spelling.  The children copied down the new weekly spelling words and worked in their spelling workbooks on short 'o' words (grade one) and c/ck words (grade two).  The children also heard another chapter of The Tale of Despereaux and worked on their cursive writing.  During math today the children worked on estimating mass (grade one) and estimating length (grade two) or various objects.  They also went to music, P.E and french classes today.

Homework:  Read for 15 minutes and record in the reading chart, practice weekly spelling words, Spelling workbooks pages 89 - 92 (grade one) 85 - 88 (grade two), and cursive pages 130 - 131.

Important information:  This Thursday we are having our whole school oral competition.  The children that have been selected from each class are going to compete to win gold, silver and bronze metals from our panel of judges.  The competition begins at 9am, and friends and families are welcome to attend to watch the show!  If your child is competing, please keep reminding them to practice, practice, practice!

Tomorrow is going to be a gym day again. Gym days are going to be on Tuesdays and Wednesdays for the month of February.

The next casual day is taking place on March 1st.  There will be two casual days for the month of March this year.

Please keep your eye out for the SJA Book Drive information sheet that came home with each student on Thursday afternoon.  We are hoping to have a successful book drive to help add to the SJA school library.

Best regards,

Mrs. Nelson

Grade One                 Grade Two

1. home                        1. race
2. road                          2. stick
3. soap                          3. colour
4. toad                          4. kick
5. both                          5. quick
6. toe                            6. back
7. fold                          7. became
8. rope                          8. neck
9. told                           9. cent
10. soak                        10. city