Happy Monday!

We started off the day today working on spelling.  The children recorded the new weekly spelling words and worked in their spelling books on short 'a' words (grade one) and 'sh' and 'th' blends (grade two).  I have the new weekly words listed at the end of this email.  After spelling we headed to the auditorium and used the stage to practice our class' Gala performance.  This is coming along great!  This afternoon we also participated in a whole-school rehearsal for this weekend's upcoming Gala.  We also worked on cursive and read another chapter of The Tale of Despereaux.

Homework:  Read for 15 minutes and record in the reading chart, practice weekly spelling words, cursive pages and Spelling Workbook pages 81 - 84 (grade one) pages 77 - 80 (grade two).

Important information: 

• If you have not yet sent in the $26 and ROM trip permission form, please do so as soon as possible.  The form and trip money are due by next Monday, February 13th. 

• All children are bringing home their class poem with them tonight.  This poem has been assigned to your child and will need to be practiced and then performed at the school-wide oral presentations that take place on February 23rd.  Judges are brought in from the community, and a bronze, silver, and gold winner is chosen from each grade level and presented an award.  We will have time to practice the poems in class, but I strongly encourage the children to practice their poems nightly to ensure they give their best performance.  The in-class judging will take place on February 15th, and the winner from this section will move on to compete in the school wide competition mentioned above!  Good luck to all!

• The costumes for the Gala are changing!!!  Please send your children in whatever 'fancy' outfits they were going to be wearing for the night of the Gala.  You do not need to send them in red and white which was the original design for the class performance.  The choir outfit remains the same.

• I have had a few requests for the class list due to the upcoming Valentine's Day holiday.  Here is a list of our class:

Emerald C. 
Adi B.
Zuri C.
Dumeir L.
Lukas V.
Alex N.
Carter C.
Adam R.
Mishal L.
Aziz P.
Ninara Y.
Angela H.
Sofia M.
Seanna S.
Taha A.

• We did not have gym class today because Mr. Browning was away with the 4 - 8s on a skiing trip.  For the next few weeks we are going to have our gym days re-scheduled for Tuesdays and Wednesdays.  Please make sure to send your child in wearing their gym clothes on Tuesdays and Wednesdays for the next three weeks.  This starts tomorrow. Please send your children in their gym clothes tomorrow.

• Please see my blog postings from last week for links to the choir song.

• The Gala is happening this Saturday!!  This is a very fun night for the students and families, and all classes will be performing.  Please make sure you send in your ticket information to Mrs. Brasil as soon as possible.

Best regards,

Mrs. Nelson



Grade One                        Grade Two
1. make                             1. shout
2. came                              2. shut
3. gave                               3. crash
4. name                              4. then
5. take                                5. thin
6. game                              6. math
7. place                              7. think
8. bake                               8. together
9. rate                                 9. nothing
10. ate                                10. anything