Thanks to everyone, including Mr. Savage's class, who was able to come on such short notice to make our poetry café extra special for our writers. I was very proud of our students for having the courage to read their poem in front of such a large audience, and for listening so respectfully to each other. After our audience left, we shared many kind comments about our friends' presentations.
Next week, we will begin a short language unit with Mr. G focusing on report writing. Mr. G is almost our full-time teacher now. With him we have already completed our short geometry unit on 3D shapes, and grade 1s are well into their science unit on energy. The scientists have impressed us with what they already know about where energy comes from. This week, we did an experiment that proved to us that heat is a source of energy - it makes things move. In this experiment, hot water moved around in the cup much faster than cold water, and helped to spread the food colouring much more quickly than it did in a cup of cold water. Very cool. 
Don't forget that next Friday is our class' trip to the Science Centre, so please make sure that there are no appointments on that day.
Have a great weekend!