Monday Letter

Dear Parents, 

I would like to say THANK YOU and that it was my pleasure to meet all parents who came last week to discuss their child`s progress in Grade 2. 

Our recent in class celebrations were just fabulous! 

Last week`s 100th Day was really AMAZING and a total surprise for me! Students were extremely proud in presenting their creative and interesting presentations. Now they are all posted in the hallway, and I can still observe how students stop and read them over and over!  The T-shirts created by some students were AWESOME!  

                                 

After the long weekend, students were excited to be back and celebrate the Valentine`s Day and share their secret letters and their presents! We also made a big heart out of lots of small hearts. As you can see in the photos, all the mail boxes are displayed in the classroom and students are excited to write small letters to their friends even after the Valentine`s Day. Students were also provided with a large choice of activities related to 100th Day and they were very engaged into completing it. 

And finally...the Gregg LeRock concert! I was very happy to hear parents and students enjoyed the show! I found it was a great experience and opportunity for my students to improve their oral and written French communication skills. I have sent home on Friday a CD order form for parents interested in purchasing a personally autographed CD from Gregg LeRock. Notice what an AWESOME T-shirt created and wore Jack for this concert! 

As of Friday, February 19th, we started in our class a reading project we received from Scholastic (see the photos below in French and English). After we all read collectively 100 books, Scholastic will donate books to children in need! The cause really seemed to motivate my students and we already read our first story, completed the plan of the story and colored the first book on the poster together as a class. Every time a student will read a book and complete the story plan provided in class, he/she will color a book on the poster. Books chosen for this project are to be fiction stories  only,aiming to train students to better understand the main parts of a story which will help them become better writers of their own stories. 

This upcoming week, all students will be watching Sultans of string show at school. 

Also, please note that on Friday there will be pizza lunch for all students! 
                                        

Short update about first week of March: on March 4th, our class is going to have a Scientist in School ( 9.00 - 11.35 am) related to the Science unit : Let it Flow: Air and Water  and we will need some volunteers again! 

                      

Four parents volunteer are welcome to help us on that day. Please email me directly to let me know if you are able to volunteer. I will try to include  parents who did have a chance to volunteer in our class so far. Thank you!

Have a great week! 

Sincerely,

Mme Paraschiv

Monday Letter

Dear Parents, 

This week started with amazing oral presentations about Water Conservation in Science (which were prepared in class during last week). Again, our students did their best to make creative, meaningful and interesting posters related to this topic. (photos to be added) 

In Math, we have started to learn about Mass and Capacity. Students are learning to estimate the weight and weigh different objects using non standard units of measurements. 

I can`t wait to see all the creative 100th Day of School`s projects! February 11th promises to be exciting and full of interesting activities! stay tuned for more photos to be posted..!

Please note in the Calendar some changes: 
-- Dictee was moved from Feb 16 to Feb 22, so you can all fully enjoy the weekend! 
-- Sultans of String show on Feb 25 

As this week is dedicated to parent-teacher interview, I am glad to meet with you and discuss any concerns you may have. 






Please do not forget.... Do Not Send your child to School on Friday, Feb 12th  and on Monday, Feb 15th...! It`s a loooong weekend!    :) 








That`s all for now... 

Sincerely, 
Mme Paraschiv

February Calendar

◄ January 2016	February  2016					March 2016 ►
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
	1 Interview letters sent home Dictee	2	3	4 Dance-a-thon Scholastic due date	5	6
7	8	9 Report cards sent some	10	11 100th Day of School	12 PA Day No School	13
14	15 Family Day No school	16 Valentine`s Day	17 Gregg LeRock concert	18	19	20
21	22 Dictee	23	24	25 Sultans of String show	26 Pizza lunch	27
28	29	Notes:    Black History Month