Happy Wednesday!

We started off the day today working in the computer lab on the school laptops. The students were put into pairs and were asked work on their key board skills and once they reached a certain level they were able to celebrate by playing a computer game.  During language the children worked on special sounds, root words, suffixes, and cursive. After language the children continued working on their final summative project for our current Unit of Inquiry.  In today's class all the children worked on turning their edited rough copies into good copies and we also discussed the expectations of the assignment based on the rubric. Tomorrow once all the good copies are completed we are going to begin the art element that follows the stories.  The children will all have to take their story and turn it into either a painting, poem, song, dance, puppet show or diorama.  Please note, if your child has decided to create a puppet show or diorama, please help by sending them in supplies they can use for its construction.  Please speak with your child tonight to find out their preference for the art piece to make sure they have any supplies they need.  During math today the children worked on exploring the sides and corners of various common shapes (grade one) and working with perimeter (grade two). They also went to P.E and french class.

Homework: Read for 15 minutes and record in the reading chart, practice weekly spelling words, math pages 156 - 157, Letters and Sounds page 134 - 135, cursive pages 140 - 141 and locate art supplies if necessary.

Important information:  Tomorrow is the next casual day.  If your child has paid their $2 they may come to school dressed in any casual clothing they would like.

Tomorrow, each child is going to begin creating the art piece to accompany the stories that they have written in class.  Your child has the choice of creating a song, poem, painting, play, puppet show or diorama.  If your child has chosen to make a puppet show or diorama, please help by sending in supplies for them to use.

On March 7th we are having our St. Patrick's Day Spirit Day. Children are asked to come to school wearing green to help celebrate this holiday!

Pizza forms have gone home with all children last night  Please keep your eye out for them.

All children have brought home a permission form regarding an upcoming Reptile Show that is taking place at SJA on March 8th.  The event will give the children great information that will be used in an upcoming 'Charcteristics of Animals' unit.  Please make sure the signed permission form and $5 are brought into school by tomorrow.

Please see a copy of the rubric that I posted last night.  This is what I am going to be using to assess the story and art piece the students are currently working on in our Unit of Inquiry.  Both items will be completed and assessed by this Friday.  I hope that by having the rubric available, it will help set the students up for success!

Best regards,

Mrs. Nelson