February update

Hello parents,
A few quick updates...


Math bags went home last week and are due back Tuesday.  Hopefully we can get back to a more regular routine with these.  Please continue to remind your child that these must come back every Tuesday.  They can always bring them back early, as well.


FLA - Students brought home a new French reading activity book.  There are approximately 30 pages left in this book.  The kids will be finishing these booklets by the end of the year.  I will be doing regular check-ins to see how far kids have worked, but they can choose to complete the book early if they wish.  If they want to do regular amounts from now until the end of June they should be completing 1-2 pages per week.  The booklet is meant to correspond with their French reading.  Every time that they read a book, or a chapter if they are reading a longer story, they are to fill out a page of comprehension work.  I have explained some of the comprehension pages, but for the most part I am hoping that kids work towards independent comprehension.  We have gone over some strategies as a class.  Kids know that they can always come to me if they don't understand something, but that they have to be able to express to me what they already understand and what they are stuck on.  While this booklet targets French reading comprehension, it also encourages the kids to work through French instructions on their own.  Kids can take home French books from our class library, but can also use any French books that they might have at home. 

Parents of students attending Ecole Viscount Alexander next year.
There is an open house at EVA on March 2nd.  An email went home last week. 


Report cards will be going home during our last week of March.  Tri-conferences are scheduled for the week prior to that.