Good Afternoon!

Today was a very exciting day at St. Jude's as we had our annual Terry Fox run.  The children got to watch a movie about the history of Terry Fox to further explore why we do the run and raise money.  We also worked on our spelling workbooks, our science projects, had our spelling test, and used our journals.  The children also went to french class.

Homework:  Read for 15 minutes and record on the reading chart, and finish copying jot notes into sentences for numbers 1 - 3 for the science project. 

Important information:  History re-test will be on Monday at lunch recess for those children who scored 84% and lower.

I hope everyone has a great weekend!

Mrs. Nelson

Good afternoon!

In today's class we worked we did some group reading, worked on cursive writing, read about Mohenjo-Daro and Ancient India, worked on patterning, and .  The children also had music, P.E and french class.  Journals that needed to be completed have been sent home for homework.  The children have been asked to write two sentences either re-telling the story of the hunter and the quails, or describing the ancient city of Mohenjo-Daro with an accompanying illustration.

Homework:  Read for 15 minutes and record in their reading chart, practice weekly spelling words for tomorrow's test, finish cursive (grade one: page 18 - 19  grade two: page 17 - 18),

Important information:  Tomorrow is the Terry Fox Run.  Please send your children dressed in their gym clothes for the day.  Any pledges and forms need to be brought in tomorrow.  The Scholastic order needs to be brought to school by tomorrow if you have any interest in purchasing anything.  Lastly, we are having the history re-test for Chapter 8:  The Assyrians on Monday, September 27th during lunch recess for those who scored 84% or less and are interested in re-writing their test.  Please note it is St. Jude's Academy's policy to cap re-tests at 85%.

Best regards,

Mrs. Nelson

Good afternoon!

In today's class we continued working on our science projects.  We had our last computer period where the children finished gathering information for their rough copies.  A few children have their science folders home with them tonight to collect additional information where needed.  Good copies begin being drafted on Friday, so all rough copies must be completed by then. We also worked on cursive, sentence construction, and comprehension practice.  The children also went for french and drama classes.  We have been doing a lot of work on listening to and/or reading information and pulling out important information.  In today's class the children were given short paragraphs and asked to pull out bits of information to test these skills.  I have sent home your child's marked comprehension work.

Homework for tonight:  Read for 15 minutes and record on reading chart, practice weekly spelling words, finish cursive writing (grade one: page 17, grade two: page 15 - 16), and bring back signed history test if they haven't already.

Important information:  Gym day is tomorrow, please have your child dressed in their gym clothes. Terry Fox Run is on Friday, so please ensure your grade one/two comes dressed in their gym clothes for our outdoor run.  If your child has raised any pledges, please send them in with the form and money.  Any Scholastic orders need to be in by this Friday.

Best regards,

Mrs. Nelson

Good afternoon,

In today's class we worked on our vowels and blends, patterning, cursive writing, and had our first history test.  The children also went to music, P.E and french classes.  Our history test was comprehension based, where the children sat and listened to a history based story and then were asked to answer questions about it.  Their marked history test will be going home with them tonight.

Homework for tonight:  Read for 15 minutes and record in reading chart, practise weekly spelling words, finish cursive page 14 if needed, finish patterning (grade one: page 12, grade two: page 18 -19), finishing spelling workbook if needed.

Important information:  Next gym day is on Thursday.  Our class needs to come to school dressed in their gym clothes on Friday for the Terry Fox Run.  Terry Fox pledge forms have been sent home in your child's home folder tonight.  If you would like to donate any money, please send it in with the completed form.

Weekly spelling words:

Grade One       Grade Two

1.  Got             1.  Such
2.  Hug            2.  Just
3.  Fun             3.  Duck
4.  She             4.  Bite
5.  Win             5.  King

Third week of school

Good afternoon,

It was nice to get everyone back into the classroom after a weekend away!  In today's class we worked on our new spelling books, used computers to research our science projects, practised sentence construction and.  We also had french and art classes.

For homework tonight:  Read for 15 minutes and record in your reading chart, practice our new spelling words, finish spelling pages 5 - 7 if necessary.

Important information:   Cheques/forms for the Scholastic order are due by Friday.  Tomorrow is gym day, as well as candy store day.

Best regards,

Mrs. Nelson

Good afternoon!

We had a great spirit day today!  It was nice to see all the children in grades one and two come to school in their house colours to support their team.  As a school we played some fun house activities together, which was a great time.
In today's class we had our first spelling test.  Your child will come home with their marked test.  I ask that any words that were misspelled be written out ten times in their spelling books and brought back to class Monday morning.  We also practiced our numbers, read about the Babylonians, practiced cursive, and had french class.

Homework:  Read for 15 minutes each night and record in your reading chart, complete the rough copy of our science project using the information sheet provided, finish cursive pages 12 - 13 for grade two and 14 - 15 for grade one and complete their journal entry on the codes of Hammurabi if needed.

Important information:  A form has gone home with your child tonight about the Terry Fox run taking place next Friday.  If you would like to donate please fill out the form.  Last year St. Jude's came third place in donations out of every school in Ontario!  I also sent home completed work with your child in their home folder.  Please take a look through to see all the hard work your child has done so far this year!  This work can be kept at home, and does not need to come back to school.  Lastly, your child has also brought home Scholastic ordering forms with them.  If you would like to order any books or products for your child please send a cheque in with your child's order form by the 24th of September.

Have a great weekend,

Mrs. Nelson

Good afternoon!

In today's class we continued working on our science projects.  The children were all given write-ups on their chosen animals and we were to pick out relevant information and transfer it onto their rough copy worksheets under the appropriate category.  We also continued working on our cursive writing, number practice, vowels and sentence construction. The children also had P.E, music and french classes.

Homework:  read for 15 minutes and record in reading chart, practice spelling for our first spelling test tomorrow morning, and complete cursive writing.

Important information:  Tomorrow is spirit day, so children can come dressed in their house colours.  Agendas have gone home with your child tonight.  Please review the homework and notes, sign the agenda and send it back with your child daily.

Best regards,

Mrs. Nelson