What a great joy to be able to rejoin the class! A perfect time to start a brand new year.

	In January, we will be focussing on reading. I hope that by the second week of school, the students will be bringing home a book to read aloud each night. We will also celebrate oral presentation, reading, writing, as well as music, dance, and drama with the play, "La Poule Maboule".
	We start the month with a short unit on linear measurement in math. Our focus for this unit will be on measuring length using non-standard units. The children will have the opportunity to measure, compare, and describe lengths and heights using such objects as snap cubes, string, paper clips etc... please click here to review the vocabulary and math terms which the children will use for this unit.
	In Social Studies, the class will be learning about our community and the buildings and services it provides. Attached is some of the community buildings vocabulary the children will be using.
	The children have likely grown like sprouts over the holidays, so this is also a good time to remind parents to check that their indoor shoes still fit and that they continue to have a change of clothes in their hall baskets.

Hope that both parents and children are having fun exploring the web sites and the games in the links below.

We've added the Hail Mary to the prayers we are saying in class.

The Sign of the Cross / La signe de la croix

Hail Mary / Je vous salue Marie

Here's a peek inside our classroom

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