Welcome Back!

I hope everyone had a wonderful March Break!
We will be continuing to work on our biography (recount) writing this week.  The students are going to be working on adding supporting details to their writing and sharing their biographies of their book buddies on Wednesday.  We will be doing some 'surgery' or revisions this week, so your child may want to tell you how we revise without having to redo or reprint the entire piece of writing.
I will try to post some photos after our mini lesson!

Welcome Mr. Willemsen

I wanted to let everyone know that we have a new teacher in our classroom.  Mr. Willemsen, a teacher candidate from Brock University, will be taking over 70% of the teaching in our classroom commencing March 5.  He observed our class on Friday.  He will also be observing this week on Thursday and Friday.  His final observation day will be February 28.  Mr. Willemsen will gradually be taking over more responsibilities for leading the class, under my supervision, beginning with 70% of teaching time to increase to 100% by the end of his practicum on April 30.  We look forward to learning with Mr. Willemsen!

Valentine's Day is Thursday

Some parents have asked for a list of names of students, so that their child can address their valentines.
If you wish to address your valentines, the names in our class this year are:
Adam-John
Austin
Branden
Cheyene
Claudia
Emerson
Emi
Emily
Gabrielle
Gregory
Herry
Ireland
Maria
Melody
Nancy
Sydney
Tamar
Tarynn
Waleigh
If you wish to just sign your valentines and bring 19 to school without names (but that you can put into our valentine mailbags), that is fine, too!