What a fantastic week in Grade 5.  This week all groups finished presenting their dream homes.  They are on display outside our classroom if you get a chance to drop by.  Tuesday, students were treated to their Christmas dinner.  Lots of students chose to have the delicious turkey dinner prepared by our girls in the cafeteria.  Despite the surprise fire alarm during lunch, students got their bellies full!  On Wednesday, we made a giant bowl of fruit salad made and prepared by our class.  Check out our gallery to see lots of pictures of it.  My class still has that sweet citrus smell!! Today, Thursday, we left on a bus with Mrs. Sturgeon's Grade 1 class first thing this morning.  We arrived at the Miramichi Seniors Home at approx. 9:30am and set up.  By 10 am the room was full of seniors and workers.  Our students sang "Vive le vent", Mrs. Sturgeon's class sang "Do You Hear What I Hear" and together we sang "We Wish You a Merry Christmas."  After the singing, 2 Grade 1 students read a story about a gingerbread man.  Then, our students were ;paired with a senior to make a gingerbread man craft.  Both young and old had a wonderful morning. I was so proud of the way the students behaved on the bus and with the seniors.  They were helpful, patient and really seemed to enjoy themselves.  I believe we were all filled with a bit of the Christmas spirit by helping others.  On that same note, we recieved a beautiful "Thank You" card from David Wilson and his school picture.  We wish him well this month as he goes for his surgery. Merry Christmas! Mme Jen

We had another great week in 5JH.  We finished working on our dream homes, and have heard 3 groups present.  So far the groups have been doing a fantastic job.  Next week, your child will be coming home with a mark out of 25.  The mark is broken down into a) how hard they worked the last few weeks in class, b) how well they presented their dream home and c) how they worked with the other members of their groups.  Please sign these notes and send them back to me. Below this message you will see an audio clip of 3 of my students reading a book that you should recognize from last week, "Les crêpes de papa".  Yesterday, I purchased a special microphone that attaches to my laptop.  I can record students reading books, or their pieces of writing.  Each week I will be publishing a few of these audio clips to my blog.  Also, when I am sending a book home for students to read at home, I will have an audio of clip of me reading the book, so that you and your child can check to make sure you are pronouncing words properly.  Ah......technology!  Hope you are getting into a festive mood! Mme Jen