Hi Everyone,I hope you had a fun weekend! We are still having very cold windchills and more expected for the beginning of the week. So bundle up and make sure you are dressed for the weather. This is only a four day week for students.    Phys. Ed Our Phys. Ed days this week are Monday, Tuesday and Thursday.     Library Our library day is on Wednesday. Don't forget your book.   Skating We have skating with 2D on Thursday February 12th. Our ice time is 9:45 - 10:30AM. Students will need their skates and helmet. Parents and grandparents please join us if you can.   Valentine's Exchange We will be exchanging valentines on Thursday February 12th. Students can bring them in on this day to exchange with their classmates.     Math We continue to work on our unit of Addition and Subtraction to 18. We are learning different strategies to help with adding and subtracting. Keep working on your facts and strategies at home.   Homework/Borrow-A-Book Homework for the week is recorded in the orange folders. Our spelling words this week are for the Spell-A-Thon, there are 20 words. Please make sure you are reading your book each night and record it on the log sheet.  Spell-A-Thon Our Spell-A-Thon Fundraiser kicked off on Wednesday February 4th. Information packets with pledge sheets and the word list went home with each student. Students can collect pledges from family members and friends. Please work on the words at home, we are also working on them each day in class. All money raised goes to the Student Council in support of student activities.   Class Project With Texas Jamie-Lynn, Alexa and Cecilia did a fabulous job as the reporters and poetry reader. Our friends told us their tulips have emerged and are growing bigger each day. Our graden was hit with 2 more storms. They couldn't believe how much snow we got last week.  No School There is no school for students on Friday February 13th, as it is a Professional Learning Day for teachers.    Red and White Day Our Canadian flag will celebrate its 50th anniversary on Sunday February 15th. In honour of this, Monday February 16th will be Red and White Day. Students and staff are asked to wear Canada's colours in honour of our flag.  Have a super week! Happy Valentine's Day!