April 7th, 2017

Hello families and friends,

In the mornings we have been continuing to practice our Read to Self and Read to Someone skills.  We also finished working on writing the first two parts of our stories about us and our creatures; the beginning and introducing our problem.  Next week we will work on giving feedback and doing some revising work on what we have written so far.  Through our read-alouds this week, we have been focusing on stories that focus on the topics of teamwork, empathy, and seeing things from someone else's perspective.  Ask your child what they have learned about this.  Today we also had one of our spelling tests from our word wall words.  The students did very well with this.  In gym we have been having our dance residency.  Ask your child what they've learned.

Permission forms have gone home for our in-school field trip with Teacher's Pet.  This will be in the afternoon on May 10th.  If anyone is available that afternoon to volunteer and help out with this you can email me at <gasoulliere@cbe.ab.ca> and I will send home a form.

Our class, along with Mrs. Sloane's and Ms. Thomas' classes will be hosting the Music Monday assembly on May 1st.  One of the songs we will be singing will be this year's Music Monday song, Sing It Together.  It is a tough song, so it is recommended that the students are practicing at home.

For our animal research with our buddies, we will be looking to put the work together into envelope books.  If anyone has a sewing machine and would be able to assist us with putting them together, please email me.

Thank you, and have a great weekend,
Mr. Soulliere