Good afternoon!

We had a fun filled morning today celebrating St. Patrick's Day!  Students all came to school wearing green and white to celebrate, we had house games where the students came together to compete for house points, and we also had a St. Patrick's Day themed craft in our classroom.  After the fun and excitement of the morning, we spent some time working on our IB unit of Inquiry.  In today's class the children were given a story about Lenny the Leprechaun who found gold but was missing a pot to carry it home in.  The children all had a list of various materials that Lenny had found.  They were asked to examine the materials and sort through them to find the best ones to make a pot to carry the gold, and then create a set of instructions for making a pot.  This was a good way to practice the skill of writing instructions that we learned yesterday, and also to explore the concept of materials once again.  During math today the children worked on identifying various shapes (grade one) and measuring with meters (grade two).  They also went to french and P.E classes today.

Homework:  Read for 15 minutes and record in the reading chart, practice weekly spelling words,  math pages 164 and complete the Lenny the Leprechaun worksheet that we began in class today.

Important Information:  Tomorrow is our reptile show.  Children are going to have to chance to view, hold and inquire about various reptiles to gain knowledge for an upcoming science unit.

This Friday is our last day of school before March Break.  March Break runs from March 12th to the 23rd.

A form went home regarding summer camps being offered at SJA earlier this week  Please keep your eye out for it.

A form also went home regarding a Running Club that is beginning at SJA.  Children must have permission to join the running club as it is taking place after school. 

The SJA Book Drive has been going very well so far!  SJA is still collecting books until the end of this week.  If you have any books or magazines that your family no longer needs, please send them to become a part of the SJA library.  Every child that brings in a book get 1000 house points per book!

I have a picture of our St. Patrick's day craft included at the end of this posting.  Enjoy!


Best regards,

Mrs. Nelson