Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas
and
Happy New Year
from the
Grade 1 and 2 crew!

Writing Letters

Over the last few weeks we have been working on writing letters.  We have written letters to the characters of stories we have read and to Frosty the Snowman.  Today we each wrote a letter to Mr. and Mrs. Adams for allowing us to visit their Christmas village and for giving us a cookie for a snack.

The Christmas Village

 Yesterday we walked downtown so that Mr. and Mrs. Adams could show us their amazing Christmas village display.  We heard stories about many of the buildings within the village.  We were also treated to cookies ~ yum!  Thank  you to Mr. and Mrs. Adams for allowing us to visit.

Part of the Christmas village.



The center of the village.



Rosy cheeks from our winter walk.

Listening to the stories about
many of the buildings.

Photo of the Day ~ Keanan

Singing Christmas carols each morning
with Miss McLean!
(a yearly tradition)

Photo of the Day ~ Carter B.

Owen and his
Julius pajamas! 

Photo of the Day ~ Payden

Tristan and his Dad
during Show and Tell.

"Gifts"

Today your child brought home the book "GIFTS" by JoEllen Bogart and Barbara Reid.  This is compliments of the Ministry of Education, The Canadian Children's Book Centre, and The TD Bank Financial Group.

The students are HUGE fans of Barbara Reid, as her work with plasticine is amazing.  We read the story in class and the students absolutely loved it.  I encourage you to read it with them again (and again, and again) over the holidays.

Thanks!

Photo of the Day ~ Sarah

Filling in our In-Motion minutes!

Photo of the Day ~ Carter G.

Our partially decorated Christmas tree!

Home Reading

I will not be sending home reading to do over Christmas holidays.  I do need all of the reading packages returned as soon as possible, so that we can have them prepared for the new year. 

Thank you!

Dear Mother Nature... Thank you!

Watching the Christmas Concert Online

Live Christmas Concert 2011

Click on this link to watch the Coronach Elementary School Christmas Concert LIVE at 7:00pm tonight.  The link will only work once we start broadcasting, so don't panic if you click on it earlier, and nothing appears.  Pass this link on to friends and family who can't attend the performance tonight.

P.S.  A special thank you should be made to Cathy Hiltz and Terry Sand for organizing the Livestream feed.

Photo of the Day ~ Owen

Talking about and graphing
our weather patterns.

Photo of the Day ~ Tyler

Counting the days of school
using our fishbowl.
68 days!

Show and Tell Fun!

This week

In an effort to maintain my sanity this week, there will be no spelling words AND no home reading going home over Christmas holidays. 

This is my gift to you... haha

More Christmas Concert Information

With the concert 48 hours away (yikes!), here is what I need to share with you.

1.  Tool belts and hockey jerseys can be brought to school Tuesday or Wednesday, as we will be using them for rehearsals.

2.  Students should be in the classroom on Wednesday night between 6:30pm and 6:40pm.  When the concert is done, your child can be picked up from our classroom.

3.  Our concert will be livestreamed to "the world" on that night, which means you can watch it online if you are unable to attend.  More information will follow on the blog, as I am not exactly sure how it will work yet... haha

Star of the Week ~ Carter B.

This week our star was Carter B.  He loves hockey and Transformers.  Carter's favourite movie is Home Alone, and his favourite food is cheeseburgers and hot dogs.  He also loves to play mini-sticks with his brothers.  Carter brought cupcakes to share with the class and they were delicious! Thanks for sharing Carter!

Photo of the Day ~ Tristan

Counting on the Smartboard...
patterns on the 100 chart.

Photo of the Day ~ Brooklyn

Working on Mathletics!
Such fun!

Grade 1 Math

We have started working on the concepts of more and less in Math, which is the introduction to adding and subtracting.  Today we played this game, which is perfect for helping us master these concepts.  The link is below, and also listed in Learning Links menu on the blog.

More and less ~ Giraffes and Laughs

Christmas Dinner ~ Potato Cookers

Hi Potato Cookers,

I know most of you are able to do the potatoes for Christmas Dinner, but Giselle Wilson will be at home cooking a turkey and has an offer for you if you are stuck. If you can peel and cut the potatoes she has four burners to cook them for you. The first four callers can ask for help at 267-4909.

Thanks,
Donna Dyck
Kelley Delorme

Star of the Week ~ Tyler

Last week our star was Tyler.  Even though he was sick, we still learned many things about him.  His favourite food is bacon, soy sauce and rice.  Tyler's favourite place to be is home.  He has many pets, including a dog, lots of cats, and even ducks!  Thank you for sharing Tyler!

Book Orders

I have a few "unclaimed" books from the last book order (wink wink).  Anyone wishing to pick up books can visit the school at their convenience.  Thanks!

Christmas Dinner

Families have been assigned item(s) to bring for Christmas Dinner on Wednesday, December 21st.  There will be a letter (neon pink) in your child's backpack on Thursday.  Thank you for your support.

Christmas Concert

We have been asked to wear a hockey jersey for the first song of the night.  Any team will do, and many students have multiple jerseys, so please ask around if you do not have one.

Song lyrics are given below in case your child is singing at home.

Elves Production Line
No one makes toys better, and no one can compete
With Santa's elves production line, our work is always neat.
We hammer, bolt, and screw and nail from dawn to dusk each day.
Nothing ever slows us down, or gets in these elves way.

We're tough, we're smart, we're capable, we do the best we can
Santa's elves production line, the best in all the land.
When deadlines come it's overtime, but we don't to rest.
We turn out toys in record time because we are the best!

No one makes toys better, and no one can compete
With Santa's elves production line, our work is always neat.
We hammer, bolt, and screw and nail from dawn to dusk each day.
Nothing ever slows us down, or gets in these elves way.

Please Mr. Santa
Please Mr. Santa, go back to work,
And make the toys for Christmas Day
Please Mr. Santa, go back to work,
You're too old to play!

We all promise to be real good,
And do the chores we know we should.
We'll do our homework, we'll skip TV.
Please end our misery!

Please Mr. Santa, go back to work,
And make the toys for Christmas Day
Please Mr. Santa, go back to work,
You're too old to play!

Please Mr. Santa.
Please Mr. Santa.
Please Mr. Santa.
Make the toys today.

Christmas Gift Exchange

This year, rather than doing a gift exchange we will be collecting money to donate to the Humane Society.  Along with the Grade 3 and 4 class, we will collect donations in lieu of a student gift exchange.  We encourage you to donate what would normally be spent on a classroom exchange gift (between $5 to $10), although any donation will be accepted.

Thank you again for your support!

Photo of the Day ~ Kylin

"What a Weekend"
Writing and drawing about our weekend.

Spelling Words (Dec. 5th - 9th)

Grade One
this
that
they
there
with

Grade Two
six
seven
eight
ten
today
long

Important Dates for December

Friday, December 2nd
No school for students
PD day for teachers

December 12th - 16th
Show and Tell Week

Wednesday, December 14th
Christmas Concert

Monday, December 19th
Christmas PJ Day

Tuesday, December 20th
Christmas Sweater or Christmas Colour Day

Wednesday, December 21st
Formal Day
Christmas Dinner for  K-12

Photo of the Day ~ Sommer

Our In-Motion moves!

Photo of the Day ~ Levi

Star of the Week writing and drawing.

Photo of the Day ~ Eliza

Working on our "silent" reading and
building our stamina (the length of time we read).