December 5-9

Hello everyone!
What a busy time of year! Please read on to see what's coming up...

MULTICULTURAL LUNCHEON

Thank you for returning the slips indicating what food item you will be sending in on Thursday for our 13th Annual Multicultural Luncheon. Please note that the lunch begins at 11:30 and ends by 12:30. This means that our Child Care friends will attend with the Child Care Centre, however JK and SK students wishing to attend must be accompanied by a parent. Ms. Muzumdar and I will be busy ladling out food! The SK class will run as usual from 12:55-3:25. Thanks for participating. It's always an uplifting celebration!
***please remember to label all of your containers with your name and child's grade****

INTERVIEWS

I am still conducting parent-teacher conferences before and after school for those who were unable to attend last month. Please send a note in your child's agenda indicating your preferred time. Phone interviews can be scheduled, as well!

FOOD DRIVE

What a generous group! We are off to a great start with our campaign and our box is starting to fill up. In fact, we will be heading down the hall tomorrow to look at the school graph and add a 'soup can' to our bar! Nice.

HOLIDAY CONCERT

The children have been singing and dancing to "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" and "We Wish You a Merry Christmas/Eid/Hanukkah/Diwali". Please encourage your child to sing these songs for you as we continue to prepare for the big show!
Please also remember that Food Bank donations will be accepted at the door on the night of the concert.

WATER BOTTLES

Despite my many 'pleas' I still have a number of students without water bottles. As I mentioned, we do not have a fountain in the class and it can be disruptive having students heading out to the hallway to get a drink. Thanks for your attention to this.

IN CLASS

The SK's are really starting to get the hang of our Writer's Workshop and we are starting to see some fantastic writing (as well as some very motivated, proud writers!). Bravo! Students are also busy adding to our 'word worm' of sight words. So far the students have learned a,and, I and the. Ask your son/daughter to find and read these words to you. Have them sing our 'the' chant, too.

"You can say the,
you can say thee,
either way you say it
it's T-H-E!"

We are also beginning our investigation of how people and animals prepare and adapt for winter. We will be learning about hibernation, migration, food gathering, food storing, appropriate clothing, and shelters. Ms. Blake has painted 2 beautiful pictures of animals hibernating. These paintings are on display at our painting centre and will serve as models for the children's creations. Thanks, Ms. Blake!

We will also be discussing the myriad celebrations and traditions that we have as a class. We'll read fiction and non-fiction and possibly have some guest speakers (let me know if you're interested in sharing). December's Show and Share focuses on this theme and I thank you for taking the time to complete this activity with your child. In the past, it has proven to be one of the year's favourites!

That's all for now. Have a great week!

Warmly,
Ms. Cox