It
seems as though everyone enjoyed their Christmas shopping at school last week. There
were many excited faces in the halls. We
have a fun, busy week coming up before we are off for the holidays. We will be
making a reindeer craft with an elf application to work in the North Pole as
well as practicing our song for the concert on Thursday. For the homework this week, I would like
students to make cards for people they will be spending time with over the
holidays. Please have your child include a drawing that is coloured and at
least three positive comments about the person they are making the card for
(e.g. “You are fun when we play cards together” or “You make me feel happier
when I am sad about something”. I wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a restful and happy New Year. I am looking forward to the New Year with the students!
Math
update: We have been
creating graphs using the data we collected from our school wide survey on
guinea pig names. We are organizing the data to find out which names are most
popular for the primary and junior students. We will be creating double bar
graphs to compare the data and see which names are voted most popular.
Language
update: We have been
researching guinea pig facts in order to create posters for a variety of
locations in the school to educate the school population on the care and safety
of guinea pigs. Students will have to create posters for different groups and
ensure their information and pictures are presented in a manner which is
appropriate for the target audience (e.g. those which will be in the staff room
compared to those intended to inform kindergarten students).