Day 1. Mon- Library
Day 2.Tues- Concert Rehearsal in the PM
Day 3. Wed- Concert Rehearsal in the AM, Reading Buddies, Physed, Holiday Concert at 6 PM
Day 4. Thurs- Computers, Music
Day 5. Fri- Physed
The students decided to decorate our little tree. Look at all the beautiful ornaments that they made! They have also been learning to wrap presents. Everyday, a student chooses a book, unwraps it and we read the story together.
CONCERT- Note from Ms. McGee and Ms. Barry
- We are asking parents to deliver their child to their classroom at 5:30 in costume. You will pick up your child AFTER the concert in their classroom.
- We will be lining up the grade 1 and 4 classes (maybe the 2's as well) in the hallway at 5:50ish to enter the gym and go sit on the risers. The play will begin at 6.- After the finale, all students will return to their classes and will be picked up by their parents there. Sign your child in and out.
- We also need your help with costumes - no weapons or hooks for pirates and patches, should they have one, should be on their foreheads. And people of Pinataville should be in a colourful, single colour top with black bottoms. Sun glasses are also good. See msbarrymusic.wordpress.com for photos and a more detailed description of costumes that the parents recieved a couple of weeks ago.
News/Reminders:
- Please provide your child with an adequate amount of time to practice getting dressed and undressed in their winter clothing. I typically provide children with extra time before recess but some children need a lot more time. We will get faster as we practice.
- Please ensure that your child's clothing is labelled (even mittens and hats)
- A huge thank you goes out to all our wonderful volunteers :) Thank you for reading with the children, helping out during pizza lunches and joining us for our class parties.
- Please make sure to return your child's field trip form and pay online for the trip. You may pay until December 12th. Several parents checked off that they would like to volunteer on the trip. Each grade one class only needs one parent volunteer, therefore I will put parents' names into a hat and we will pull out a name in class. Thank you for your interest and dedication.
- Thank you to Samantha, our grade parent for creating our online sign up events and helping us set up for our Stonegate donations. Stonegate Family: Please consider donating to the basket for the family our class has been assigned. Please send items with your child or bring directly to the classroom as the basket will stand there. Thank you!
Math: We are finishing our measurement unit with various hands on activities. Next, we will work on composing and decomposing numbers up to 20 with some addition and subtraction problems. Please continue to practise skip counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s with your child as this will help with our upcoming activities.
Language: We finished our unit on procedural writing (how to writing). Students' work will be sent home before the holiday break. We have been discussing levels/marks based on the following rubric:
Science: We have discussed various energy sources and began to discuss ways to conserve energy at home. A take home activity will be sent home on Monday. Please make sure to return it by Friday, December 16th.
Social Studies: We are finishing up our unit on rules, roles and responsibilities. We will began a new unit on Community after the holiday break.
Media Literacy: We have been discussing different media forms and the importance of questioning what we see or hear on television. Here is a video that we watched in class:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89-LuFkQ3t8
Sneak Peak into the classroom:
We decorated our holiday bags. We ordered strips of paper from longest to shortest.
We learned to estimate and measure enough paper to wrap our holiday books.
We loved learning how to wrap presents!
We worked together to decorate our class tree.
The students have been talking about Christmas which led to wonderful discussions about different holidays that people celebrate at this time of the year. Ms. Nisker (an ECE who works in a Kindergarten class with Mrs. Burn) visited us last week. She shared stories about Hanukkah and taught us how to play with dreidels. We read a story about Hanukkah and learned about the Menorah. Ask your child what they have learned about Hanukkah.
We estimated and measured the area of our chairs and tables.
We have been writing to our mysterious visitor....he has been leaving us bells and notes. We found out that his name is Elfonzo and he is an elf. We asked him many questions and found out that his birthday is coming up. Elfonzo has been talking to us about the importance of being kind and respectful all year round, not just during the month of December.
Writing stories together.
Playing our cheese and crackers sight word game.
Literacy Centres.
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