KUDOS

Congratulations to the students for their

efforts and enthusiasm during an extremely busy
month. They had a great performance for the
Gospel Value of Faith at our monthly assembly.
Our school Lenten project," Change for
Change Oneness Through Service
Guatemala" is well underway. Students were very
generous with their loose change this past Friday.
RELIGION
Discussions, songs and Bible stories in the
class will revolve around the Lenten theme and
the preparation for the coming of Easter. We will
also be moving ahead with the Fully
Alive program for both grades.
LANGUAGE ARTS
The children will be continually challenged to
read more and write more in our Language Arts
program. At this point they should be at ease with
using word wall words and word lists around the
class. Their writing should be more comprehensive
and sequential. We will continue to have
opportunities to exercise the editing components
of the writing process throughout the term. We
are currently working on our poetry unit for both
grades. The students will continue to read stories
involving making inferences and connections
related to the various subject matters they are
studying. Examples for the grade two students
are: stories, "Water, Water Everywhere" which
tells of earth's water being recycled over millions
of years and "Washing the Willow Tree Loon" a
story involving the rescue of animals after an oil
spill. The grade three students are reading
science related stories from a new series of text
from Nelson Literacy.
Don't forget to check the
class website from time to
time ~ just 'google' shawclare14

MATHEMATICS
During the month of March,
in Mathematics, both grades will
will be working on numeration. Grade two
students will work on the addition and
subtraction of two digit numbers. The grade
three students will practice addition and
subtraction of three digit numbers. If we have
a chance we will begin to work on multiplication.
SCIENCE
The grade two students will finish
off their unit on Air and Water in the
Environment unit in science. The grade three
students will finish their unit on "Soil in the
Environment". Following these units we will
enter into our last science units for both
grades. Both are sure to bring "new life" into
our classroom!
COMMUNICATION
Hopefully we have seen the last of the big
snowfalls and spring will soon be in the air. The
yard proves to be very wet when the melting
begins. Please ensure that your child has extra
socks and mittens in their school bag and/or a
labelled bag of spare clothing that they can
leave on their hook.
March will pass quickly with the break
approaching. I hope you can take some time to
enjoy some family activities.
Lastly, we are very grateful for the work
done by our parent volunteers and our co-op
student Ashley Wells. They are a valuable
resource in assisting the children in the
learning process.
Yours in education,
Katherine Shaw