We had our first bit of snow today! Even though am not a fan of snow I was excited to see it this morning. It gave me a little extra bounce in my step. It means Christmas is around the corner and I love Christmas!!!
That being said with the first snow fall comes wet feet, mitts, pants and so on. If you could please send in a couple of extra pairs of mittens, socks in a plastic zip lock bag with their name on it. I have extra mitts and hats here just in case your child does not have them, but please make sure they come to school prepared.
Next week we will be starting our penny drive for the CBC Turkey Drive. We have already received some pennies, so please keep them coming in. We will also be selling candy canes at the Christmas concert which is December 9th. If you would like to volunteer to sell them at this time please let me know. There will be two showings of the concert in the morning and afternoon. If you can do one of those times that would be great! I had a chat to them today about why we are doing the Turkey Drive, some of them had some great answers and questions. Feel free to talk more about it at home.
Reports are going to be sent home on the 24th so keep your opens for those.
We are having a great time trying different fruits and vegetables. The students ask me every morning what they are going to have. I hope that they are coming home with positive comments about what they are trying in class. We had a Nutritionist who came in today to speak with them about healthy eating choices.They learned all about the food groups and got to play some games.
We are also learning about Domestic animals in class. We discussed who had pets at home and what type of pets can they be. If you could send in a picture of your animals that would be great. If your child does not have any pets at home they can bring a stuffed animal. We will be playing a game of Guess who and the students will be able to have a chance to introduce their classmates to their pets or favorite animals.
For the month of December I wanted to know if anyone was interested in coming in to read Christmas stories to the children (probably the last week of class) to make holiday crafts, treats or to sing some songs. If you are interested please let know.
Also I will be sending home the Decembers Scholastic order next week. They will be due on the 6th of Dec, that way if you are purchasing any Christmas gifts they will be here in time for Christmas. I can email you or send you a note in the agenda to let you know that your order is in, so that you may pick it up without your child knowing. They have some great Holiday books. Mike and I have started a tradition where he gives me a Christmas book each year I love it!! Last years was Charlie Browns Christmas I wonder what it will be this year???
Everyone is continuing to speak french in class! They have won another 50 points! We have not yet decided what we wanted to do with these points I will let you know.
That's all for now. I hope that everyone has a great weekend!
Laurie Anne
Friday, November 18, 2011
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Our fruit and veggies adventure begins
Hi folks,
We have started are new theme of fruits and vegetables. Yesterday the students had a chance to try pomegranates. To my surprised they all pretty much loved them and were asking for more!!. Today we are trying plums. We were also suppose to try peaches but I was told they could not find any. If this happens feel free to substitute it with another fruit or vegetable. Just make sure though that it is not already on the list. Sobeys have a great section with different exotic fruits, if you ever get stuck.
We are also keeping a tally of who has fruits and vegetables in their lunches. We will continue to do this for the whole month of November and will be used as a math lesson later on.
We are still working on numbers 1-20. We had a chance to estimate how many pumpkin seeds were in the pumpkin last week and had the chance to count to 200. The students loved pulling out the insides of the pumpkin.
We only have 2 days of school next week (Nov 7,8), due to parent teacher interviews and a PD day. I hope that all the interview times are good for everyone. If not please let me know and I can work something out. We will not be covering any new words and there will be no home work sent home. All I ask is that you go over the sight words with your child that we have already covered and practice counting and matching the words to the numbers. I will also send the song books home to practice.
The last week of November we will be starting our penny drive for the CBC Turkey Drive. It will run up until the last week before Christmas holidays. Last year I did this with my class and had great success. As a class we were able to buy 38 turkeys for island family's with the 530.00$ raised through the penny drive and the candy cane sale at the Christmas concert. My goal last year was to buy one turkey, but my students told me that was not a good goal. I asked why and they informed me that there is more than one family in need of a turkey on Christmas. I was shocked by that response and their compassion for others. I understand that we might not get 38 turkeys this year, that's not what matters. What matters is that we learn how to give back to those in need even if its just one turkey, we are doing something. So that being said start saving those pennies and pass the word out that we are collecting.
That's all for now if you have any questions feel free to drop me a line. I hope that you all have a great weekend. See you next week.
Laurie Anne
We have started are new theme of fruits and vegetables. Yesterday the students had a chance to try pomegranates. To my surprised they all pretty much loved them and were asking for more!!. Today we are trying plums. We were also suppose to try peaches but I was told they could not find any. If this happens feel free to substitute it with another fruit or vegetable. Just make sure though that it is not already on the list. Sobeys have a great section with different exotic fruits, if you ever get stuck.
We are also keeping a tally of who has fruits and vegetables in their lunches. We will continue to do this for the whole month of November and will be used as a math lesson later on.
We are still working on numbers 1-20. We had a chance to estimate how many pumpkin seeds were in the pumpkin last week and had the chance to count to 200. The students loved pulling out the insides of the pumpkin.
We only have 2 days of school next week (Nov 7,8), due to parent teacher interviews and a PD day. I hope that all the interview times are good for everyone. If not please let me know and I can work something out. We will not be covering any new words and there will be no home work sent home. All I ask is that you go over the sight words with your child that we have already covered and practice counting and matching the words to the numbers. I will also send the song books home to practice.
The last week of November we will be starting our penny drive for the CBC Turkey Drive. It will run up until the last week before Christmas holidays. Last year I did this with my class and had great success. As a class we were able to buy 38 turkeys for island family's with the 530.00$ raised through the penny drive and the candy cane sale at the Christmas concert. My goal last year was to buy one turkey, but my students told me that was not a good goal. I asked why and they informed me that there is more than one family in need of a turkey on Christmas. I was shocked by that response and their compassion for others. I understand that we might not get 38 turkeys this year, that's not what matters. What matters is that we learn how to give back to those in need even if its just one turkey, we are doing something. So that being said start saving those pennies and pass the word out that we are collecting.
That's all for now if you have any questions feel free to drop me a line. I hope that you all have a great weekend. See you next week.
Laurie Anne
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