March Newsletter from Room 111

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Our "Partage de livre" programme has come to an end. Thank you for your support and overseeing this homework as well as listening to your child reading and practising their presentations with them. You may wish to continue this exercise at home, using French books from your own collection or local library.
Cercles de lecture (Reading Circles) is replacing Partage de livre , starting Monday March the 25th, 2013. This week in class, we are practising the procedure and review the expectations.
Successful Cercles de lecture presentation involves home preparation. Each child will have a turn being a group leader once a week on their day ( please see your child' s agenda). Students will be required to read their book during week at home. On the day of the presentation, they will read it to their group. Students need to be ready to talk about characters, settings, problem, and its solution to effectively lead the group members in the book discussion. The Homework Page on the left  side bar of this blog has some directions how to prepare for a good discussion. Please remind your child to treat our class library books with care.

In March, we continue working on developing writing skills. Before March Break, students were exploring poetry. In small groups and individually, they created little poems about their favourite colour, 3d shapes, their friends. It was fun to learn writing this way! Also, students will continue practising writing in their journals.

In Math, students are exploring the concepts of mass and capacity. They are learning terms and engaged in hands on activities to understand how to measure these qualities of an object. As well, we will continue practising addition and subtraction that will help us solve math problems later.


In Social Studies, students are learning about their communities. Right now they are learning how to read and creat maps. This week, they have done a great work drawing floor plans of their houses.

To conclude, we are proud to let you know that we performed Pata Pata dance brilliantly during Clairlea's Panthers' Assembly together with the rest of the school.

Thank you for your support of and involvement into your child's education.
If you have any questions or concerns, please write a note to me in your child's agenda or call me at school.