Happy Monday!

We started off the day today copying down the new weekly spelling words and working in spelling workbooks.  The students worked on words with 'r' blends (grade one) and words that have a vowel paired with an 'r' (grade two).  In our IB unit of inquiry today we had review session on the knowledge we have gained so far in this unit.  As a class the students reviewed what they know about materials, objects, structures, descriptive words and their 5 senses.  We had to opportunity to view a power point presentation of different interesting buildings in Canada and used the knowledge of descriptive words to discuss them.  The children then worked on an activity that had them naming and describing interesting buildings found in Ontario, such as the Rogers Centre, the CN Tower and Roy Thompson Hall.  Ask your child tonight to show you what they learned!  During language today we read another chapter of ' Dealing with Dragons' by Patricia Wrede and the students worked on their cursive.  In math we worked on exploring lines of symmetry (grade one) and measuring the masses of various objects (grade two).  They also went to french and P.E classes.


Homework:  Read for 15 minutes and record in the reading chart, practice weekly spelling words, Spelling Workbook pages 105 - 108 (grade one) 101 - 104 (grade two), math page 169 and cursive pages 156 - 157.

Important information:  SJA report cards went home on Friday.  All students have received their report cards.  I want to remind families that the final page of the report card needs to be completed and sent back to school.  Once we receive the completed final page, we will make a school copy and send it back to you to be kept as part of your own records.  Please send back the comments as soon as possible.

I am asking that children begin bringing in recycled materials for an art project that we are completing on Wednesday.  The students have been asked to look through their houses and recycling bins to find materials that can be cleaned and brought to school to build structures with.  Items we are looking for are cardboard boxes, cereal boxes, kleenex boxes, cotton balls, juice boxes, yogurt tubs, egg cartons, pop cans, water bottles, straws, empty toilet paper rolls, empty paper towel rolls,  pop bottles etc.  If you have any items that you can send in with your child for Wednesday's project it would be greatly appreciated.

The SJA Running Club will meet on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday.

The French Cafe is taking place on May 4th at St. Jude's Academy.  All classes are participating for this exciting event.  Invitations with specific details will be sent out shortly.  Our class is doing a Renaissance piece for the event.  Girls are asked to come to school is fancy Renaissance themed gowns or robes, and boys are asked to come in fancy Renaissance themed attire with a tie.  For more information please see Mme. Stella's blog.

Once we return from the Easter weekend students may come to school dressed in their summer uniforms.  This means that students can wear their polo shirts with their gray pants or tunics and do not have to wear a sweater or a vest.  Students may also come to school wearing their navy SJA shorts instead of pants on gym days.

April 6th is Good Friday.  There is no school on this day.

April 9th is Easter Monday.  There is no school on this day.

The Grandparent's Day concert is being combined with the French Cafe this year.  This means that all Grandparent's will receive special invitations to this event on May 4th.

Contrary to the school calendar, the Skate-a-thon is NOT taking place on the 27th of April.  Details regarding the Skate-a-thon will become available as soon as possible.

Best regards,

Mrs. Nelson

Grade One                 Grade Two

1. brown                     1. world
2. green                       2. girl
3. trap                         3. skirt
4. from                        4. her
5. drink                       5. first
6. broke                      6. worth
7. grow                       7. word
8. train                         8. sir
9. grew                       9. turn
10. brow                    10. were