Wednesday, Dec.17

Highlights:

• Today we did a graphing activity after we counted the candies that we cut and pasted onto our gingerbread house.
• We flew to Switzerland to learn about their winter tradition. Did you know that they burn a snowman built of wood to see how long it takes. If it burns quickly, winter will be over quickly.
• Our lunchroom supervisor, Ms. Kris made cards with us today

 

Wednesday, Dec.10

Highlights:

• We made a robot using using the base ten blocks. Ask me what number I made.
• We continued to practice skipping in gym
• We learned about the Great Lakes/St.Lawrence region

Reminders:

• Tomorrow is going to be very cold so please dress in warm clothes

 

Friday, Dec.5

Highlights:

• We met with our Grade 5 buddies to teach them the different regions in Canada
• We did an art project with cool and warm colours. Ask me what the colours are for each
• We wrote letters for anyone we wanted and delivered them to our friends in an envelope. Some kids even wrote a letter to Santa!

Reminders:

• Please label your child's winter gear since we have several black mitts and black snow pants in the classroom.
• If your child would like to mail a letter to Santa, Canada Post will let you mail it for free using this address:
• Santa Claus, North Pole, H0H 0H0, Canada

 

Wednesday, Dec.3

Highlights: 

• In gym, we've been practicing skipping. 
• We learned that an adverb describes a verb. For example, I ran fast!
• In math, we learned about expanded form. 423=400+20=3
• In social studies, we learned about the physical region called the Canadian Shield. Ask me what it looks like. 
• Today our kindness challenge was to keep our coat hook clean.

Reminders:

• Please label your child's winter clothing since we have many pairs of black mitts and black snow pants in the classroom.

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Monday, Dec.1

Highlights:

• Today the kindness elf showed up in our classroom! We voted and decided to call the kindness elf Cookie Twinkle Toes
• In Social Studies, we learned about the Cordillera Region. Ask me what landforms it has
  
• In math, we had different cards at our desk that showed numbers represented in place value blocks. We had to write the number in words.
• In music, we listened to the Nutcracker story