Kindness Week (Feb. 17-20)

  Next week is Kindness week.  THe student council of the school has organized a Spirit Week.  Here are the activities they have planned.

	Tuesday Dreaming of  kindness	Wednesday Double the Kindness	Thursday Show Some Love to Teachers!	Friday Kind Card Day
February 17-2    0	Wear your favorite pj’s	Wear the same clothes as a friend	Dress as your favorite teacher!	Make a card for someone special

Monday, February 9

 Well, anyone else getting tired of the cold?  Looks like some nicer weather is coming!

This week, we will be working on the following:

• Language: We will have our usual Working with Words lesson on Monday.  The rest of the week should include a lesson on commas, a new writing assignment called A Dog's Adventure (telling a short story about what happened to their dog during the day it escaped from their yard) and a possible EQAO practice reading.
• Math: We are still working a little on addition and subtraction with regrouping to 1000.  The class as a whole could continue practising these kinds of questions at home through websites like Magma Math, Thatquiz.org and just pencil and paper practice.  Once we complete this unit, we will be switching to lessons on measuring length.
• Visual Arts: Although we have already had our lessons on visual art, the class will be working on a Black History Month school project. We will be learning about an artist named Alma Thomas and try to mimic a style of her art.
• Religion: Last week we had a lesson about the Fruits of the Holy Spirit.  This week we should get to a lesson around the Symbols of the Holy Spirit.
• Science: If time permits, we will have a final lesson on Forces about safety considerations
• Valentine's Day coming up!: Although Valentine's Day is Saturday, we will have a card exchange on Friday afternoon. I sent home a class list on Friday.  A reminder that all students should receive a card if your child is participating, and there is a school-wide ban on children handing out food/candy to others. So, please stick to just cards and non-edible items.

Monday, February 2

 We have made it to February!  Hopefully, we can look forward to milder temperatures soon!

Here is what we are doing this week:

• Math: We will be moving onto 3-digit addition and subtraction for a little bit.  Please continue reviewing multiplication to x9
• Language: We will be returning to our Working with Words this week.  Also, the class will have a chance to hear more of their Little Red Riding Hood stories.  Since I was away last week for one of the quotation lessons, we will review that this week again.  The class will also do some new recordings on RAZ-Kids.
• On Tuesday afternoon, we have a Pow Wow presentation in the gym during 3rd block!
• Hot Dog day is on Tuesday.
• Science: We will be reviewing friction in our forces unit.
• Physical Education: The class will be learning the rules about Handball and trying it out.
• Health: The class has been discussing healthy eating choices.  In Book Creator, they are making a full day plan of healthy eating choices (breakfast, lunch, dinner and a snack).