Charlotte's Web

Hello Everyone,

This entry is a little belated but I have been fighting off a cold for the past few days.  

As you probably know our school has been taking part in One School, One Book, where all of the students from K to 5 will be reading Charlotte's Web with their families at home.   The intention of this program is to increase the awareness of the importance of reading to your children, increase the sense of school community and to encourage a love of reading. 

I hope everyone has enjoyed this program so far and continues to love this book. 

I have included a page from www.rif.org/documents/us/reading_aloud.pdf, a brochure that quickly explains why it is helpful to read to your children. 

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Welcome Back

Hello Everyone,

Welcome back to school.  It's been a busy and productive first week.  

We have been working on problem solving in math. It's much more involved that it was when I was a kid but the kids seem to do very well.  We are working on making connections to the math problems.  This means that the kids need to write about what the problem reminds them of, what other solutions would work, or how they could use this math in a similar problem in the future. 

We are continuing with our Traditions and Celebrations unit in English and Social Studies.  We have been looking at different New Year's Celebrations.  We will be discussing Chinese New Year, Diwali (a Hindu/Jain/Sikhs Celebration), The Midwinter Festival (an Iroquois Celebration), Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year Celebration), and Ukrainian New Year. 

In Health we are looking at healthy eating. The kids love this subject.

In Science we will be looking at air and water, including the water cycle.


As mentioned in the agendas, today is Early Dismissal.  Students will be leaving at 2:30 today. 

Book Orders are due Friday next week. 

Thanks everyone.  Stay warm.