Wishing you the Happiest of Holidays!

We would like to thank you all for your cooperation over the last week.  It has been a busy week with Spirit Days, Christmas Concert and Christmas dinner.  We appreciate your participation, attendance and continuing support, especially during these busy times.

Thank you for the generous gifts that were received over the past few days as well.  Your kindness and thoughtfulness is very much appreciated.

From everyone in our classroom, we wish you the happiest of holidays and hope that the next few weeks are filled with family and friends!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Mack

Mrs. Dyck

Mrs. Langford

Mrs. Elder 

Christmas Concert

Our annual Christmas concert is Wednesday evening at 7:00pm.  Students are asked to be in our classroom by no later than 6:30pm.  There is no costume required for our performance although we are asking students to dress up in appropriate clothing (no ripped jeans, no sweat pants, etc).

When the K-4 students are done their portion of the performance, the students will go sit with their family for the rest of the evening.

Stay healthy and see you on Wednesday!

Toronto Dominion Free Book!

Today your child is bringing home a FREE book called "Mr. Zinger's Hat" by Cary Fagan.  We have read and discussed this book at school but please read the story again with your child.  It is a wonderful story of friendship and imagination.  This is your child's book to keep, read, and enjoy! Thanks TD! 

Our Christmas Lists

We have been working on making lists in class and we blogged our personal Christmas lists yesterday.  Please have a look here: https://kidblog.org/class/MrsElder/posts and feel free to comment.

Thanks so much!

SRC Events for December

The SRC has had a busy noon hour planning fun activities for the month of December!


Door Decorating Contest

1. All decorations have to be brought from home
2. Christmas appropriate
3. Decorating will only be done during lunch Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of Dec 14-16
4. Judging will be done Wednesday after school
5. Winners will be announced Thursday during morning announcements
6. Decorations must be taken down, by the students, Thursday during lunch
7. The winning classroom will be awarded a pizza party/breakfast in the New Year


Spirit Week/Dress Up Days
Monday, Dec 14—Pajama Day
Tuesday, Dec 15—Red and Green Day
Wednesday, Dec 16—Winter Hat Day
Thursday, Dec 17—Christmas Sweater Day
Friday, Dec 18—Formal Day

Friday, December 18th

Friday, December 18th is our Annual Christmas Dinner.  For our afternoon activity we are watching a Christmas Movie—Kindergarten to Grade 12.  The SRC is going to provide popcorn and juice during the movie.   These treats will be provided to the students, but we are asking students to bring a monetary donation that will be sent to the Salvation Army to help families, through the Christmas season,  who are less fortunate than we are.

Important Days in December

Week of December 14th - 18th
Show and Tell
Spirit Week

Monday, December 14th
LIT Early Dismissal at 2:20
Pajama Day

Tuesday, December 15th
Red and Green Day

Wednesday, December 16th
Winter Hat Day
Christmas Concert at 7pm

Thursday, December 17th
Christmas Sweater Day

Friday, December 18th
Formal Day
Christmas Dinner and Movie
Last Day of Classes

Monday, January 4th
Classes Resume

Changing Up Our Writing

For the past few weeks we have worked on starting our writing in a way that gets our audience excited and interested.  We can do this by starting our writing with a question OR by using dialogue.  We are working really hard at this and making great progress ~ here are a few examples from our "What A Weekend" writing.

"Have you ever stayed up REALLY late after work?"
"Have you ever put a Christmas tree ALL DAY?"
"Guess What?"
"Have you ever just about scored a hockey goal?"
"WAKE UP!" screamed Mom, "We have a hockey game to go to!".

Dieleman Fundraising Orders Are In

Good Morning, 

The Dieleman order is in. The SCC sorted it last night and orders will go home with students today after school. Many orders are quite large and kids may need help to bring it home. Also, some items are back ordered, but should be in within the week. 

Any questions can be directed to Amanda Gent.

Grade One Math

We have been working on representing numbers in different ways and have moved on to tally marks.  We used pretzels because who doesn't want to snack while working on Math?

We encourage you to use tally marks with your kids at home to count things and see what they can show you.  Thanks!