Saturday 18 January 2014

January Update!

Hello students & parents!

We are fully back into the swing of things and I must congratulate the students for their positive attitude and hard work since they have returned from Christmas break. Way to go students and keep it up!

REMINDERS/UPDATES:

- thank you for sending EXACT change for pizza, subway, trips. It really helps out!

- the students are now blogging on:  http://kidblog.org/MrsMassarosClass-2/. Please check out the blog and comment on students' posts- they would LOVE that! If possible, please get other family members and friends to comment as well- thank you! Please talk to your child about the importance of EDITING their posts by checking spelling before they submit!!

- pledge forms have been sent out for the Much Music dance on Feb 10! Thank you in advance for fundraising for our school. Thank you to CSAC for organizing this event!

- students will be involved in a Music workshop on Monday all afternoon. Many thanks to Ms Colella for organizing!

- P.A. Day on Friday January 24.

- Hot Dog Day & Dress Down Day Friday January 31.

- there will be a Social Studies & Science Edmodo quiz done in class this week. Please ensure your child is reviewing for these quizzes by looking over our class handouts & Edmodo videos.

- We have moved on to Chapter 5- Measurement for Math. Students usually have some Math homework each night from the textbook, workbook or on Edmodo. A quiz & test will take place in the next couple of weeks.

- Please check out this great site with your child to help them with their Social Studies assignments & assessments on Canada's trading partners:  http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/places/find/

- Please look at the previous blog post, which outlines what we are covering for the month of January- thank you!

- As always, please check your child's Edmodo account once a week or more to keep track of what we are learning in class. We use Edmodo for every subject every week!


Thank you for reading!

Mrs Massaro