A cold snap is upon us. Recess will be held indoors until further notice. With that being said, our Friday skating time has been put on hold as well. I am hoping that we will be able to enjoy our school rink sometime soon. This week in French, our focus will once again be reading and writing. Our theme for the next few weeks will revolve around "winter." I am pushing writing this semester and working closely with the writing traits text in class. We are learning to develop ideas and details this month. Spelling and word work accompanie's these activities. My goal is to have them produce as many solid pieces of writing as possible between here and the end of the year.  In math, we continue to study time and the calendar. Soon we will move onto measurement. It would be beneficial to practice hours and minutes at home on a clock i.e. 1 represents 5 minutes, 2 represents 10 minutes, etc. By February, my goal is to move onto adding/subtracting along with graphing. In social studies, we continue to learn about direction, compassing, and mapping. We will soon move on to discuss New Brunswick  Homework:French - read 15 minutes every night! Please record what you are reading in your reading logs/BINGO sheets and return your book to school the next day. I have extra copies of both sheets if needed. - Cursive writing letter Dd. Math - practice telling time at home. Do not be concerned with 24 hrs. Reminders:Wednesday is popcorn day (.50 cents)Thursday is libraryFriday's skating session postponed until further notice.