Good afternoon!


We started off the day today with our weekly spelling test.  The marked spelling tests will be coming home with all the children tonight.  I am asking that all incorrectly spelled words (including the bonus word) be re-written ten times each over the weekend.  After the spelling test we moved on to language. During language the children worked on special sounds, root words, and suffixes. After language today the students had their final work period for the summative task that we have been working on all week.  The projects came out GREAT!  I was very impressed with the hard work and the level of creativity that the students showed during this project.  They had a very fun time presenting their work to the class which helped cement the learning and effort that was done.  We had reading buddies today as well which the students enjoyed. IN the afternoon the students all completed the second part of the Ontario Writing Assessment.  This is a standardized test that helps to evaluate the writing level of each student.  The results will be released on the students' report cards.  They also went to P.E and french class today.

Homework: Read for 15 minutes and record in the reading chart, and re-write incorrect spelling words ten times each.
Important information:  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 for the month of March  Please keep your eye out for them and send in the money and form asap if you are interested in ordering pizza for your child.

On Monday Aziz is bringing in a pizza lunch to share with the class for his birthday.  Students will not need to bring their own lunch to school on Monday because of this kind celebration!

On Monday we are going to be beginning our next IB unit of inquiry.  The central idea for this unit is that 'Communities are organized into different structures with different purposes'.  The lines of inquiry that we will be working on to lead us to the central idea are (1) the impact of structures on people and the environment (2) the similarities and differences of various structures (3) How structures are used in the environment.  I am excited to begin this science based unit with the student next week! 


Have a great weekend!

Mrs. Nelson