Weekly Message: December 19

Our winter break is upon us and we hope you have a wonderful time with family and friends.  

We spent a few minutes every morning with the entire school singing Carols in the gym. We made a special art project for our families this week. Maybe you can decide whether you open it now or save it for a special celebration in the coming weeks. Our gifts are very fragile, so please handle the gift with care. We had lots of themed fun and read the book: How to Catch a Gingerbread Man. 

 


Our learning from this week: 

Math: 

We have continued patterning and worked on making patterns with a variety of mediums. The students made wrapping paper using patterns for their special family gift.  

 

 

Literacy: 

We have learned letters Aa, Mm, Ss and Tt. We are beginning to learn about VC (vowel-consonant) words. We will be working toward making some CVC words (consonant-vowel-consonant) in the New Year. A blue at home practice folder was sent home this week. Please take a look and keep the folder at home with you. New sheets and UFLI information will be sent home to add to it as the year goes on. Try writing some of the letters of the alphabet using our coloured guide in the folder as a reference.  

 

Social/Science: 

We practiced using our senses, smelling different seasonal things like cloves, lemon, peppermint, pine, cinnamon, star anise and cardamon.  We made observations about if the scent was "strong" or "mild", discussed whether we liked the smell or not and where we had noticed it in the real world. Some students even connected that their family uses some of these spices in their cooking. 

 

We will continue sharing our family pictures in the New Year. We will pair-and-share with a classmate and describe our celebrations and answer questions that our partner will ask and then we will switch roles and listen to our partner when they share. These are important skills to learn to be a good listener and friend.   

 

Reminders: 

  • Return Alien inline forms if you haven't 

  • Look for library books over the holiday (many are overdue) and return them.  We have library on Monday when we return in the new year. 


Bonus Art Photos:


We hope you enjoy the break and come back refreshed in the New Year! 

-Ms. Kinnear






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