Good afternoon everyone!

I hope everyone had a great night!

I look forward to seeing you all tomorrow night for Parent/Teacher Interviews. A kind reminder that all interviews will be 10 minutes long!

Important information and reminders:

It is hard to believe, but the time is here already – re-registration is upon us! Re-registrations from were sent home today. The deadline to re-register is February 9. After that we open up spaces to the public. Don’t delay – reserve your spot today for grade 5!

After school activity forms are due by Friday, December 9.

January lunch forms are due no later than Friday, December 16.

Christmas break PD day information was sent home via email. Camps are happening on Friday, December 23, Monday, January 9, and Tuesday, January 10. The PD day runs from 7:30-5 and costs $20, however does not include lunch. Students must bring in their own lunch and snack. Registration is limited to the first 36 children.

We are holding a toy and food drive for those less fortunate this holiday season. It will run from now until December 21! There will be a box in our classroom so any donations can be dropped off there. Thank you in advance for support this Christmas season.

The Christmas concert will be taking place on Wednesday, December 21. There will be an afternoon show and an evening show. The afternoon show begins at 12:00 noon and the evening show begins at 7:00 PM. All students should attend. The theme this year is ‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas!’ We have begun practicing with Mr. Oliver and the other grade 4 class. We are singing ‘You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch’ and playing ‘Jingle Bells’ on the recorder. Just a reminder that our costumes will be the grey school uniform pants, a plain green shirt (if possible!!), a scarf, and hat. SJA Parent Guild will also be auctioning off the baskets that each classroom put together and there will be light refreshments. It is bound to be a wonderful night!!

LANGUAGE:

Today we began work on how to write a recount. This is in preparation for our term 2 OWA. A recount is the retelling/recounting of an event that has happened in the past or the retelling of a story. It focus’ on the five w’s and linking words such as first, second, third, next, then, after, after that, finally, etc. We also practiced for the Christmas concert.

Homework - Remember to read for 30 minutes each night!

-Practice Grinch

MATH:

Today was our first lesson in Data Management. We focused on reading data from a table. Students had to use the information given in the charts to answer some questions. They had no problem with this!  

Homework – MMS pg 76-77

Unit of Inquiry:

Today we began to discuss Christianity. Today we learned about the symbols that represent Christianity and some of the festivals that Christians celebrate. We used readings and our devices to fill in some charts.

Homework – Find out who is your God

-Finish filling in the charts for Christian symbols and festivals

I hope you have a wonderful night!

Mrs. Hocevar J