Did you know that we only have two weeks left? I am amazed. The time is going by so quickly.
Please keep bringing your food items. We are getting lots but the more the better! Also, keep practicing your Christmas Poem!
Here are the Spelling Words for this week:
Here is the link to Spelling City. Remember to bring your practice Spelling List in with 100% on it to get a bonus mark. A free bonus mark. It doesn’t get any easier than that!
Well, we had a wonderful party today! The students certainly have earned it. They a have been working very hard on their school work and their have been some tough things lately. They have buckled down and gotten their work done.
With the Christmas concert coming up quickly, students have some pieces that they are working on. One of them is a song that they are singing with all the students in the elementary. You can click on the play button to hear it and sing along:
We are also working on a Christmas poem. It needs to be memorized so that we can say it as a class with using paper to read off of. If you would help your child with the words, that would be wonderful. Thanks!
Celebrate this Christmas
The Birth of God’s Holy Son
Give praise and thanks
For all that God has done
The miracles at this time
Are all too often hard to see
All of our time spent
Buying presents for under the tree
Don’t forget the reason
Behind this glorious day
Was a babe born in a manger
On that blessed Christmas Day
His life was laid down for us
Christ, he gave us his all
To suffer our sins for us.
Just to give you a head’s up as well, so you can begin preparing and assembling pieces, the students will be dressing up as the Wise Men bringing gifts to the baby Jesus. Students will need to dress up in a king like manner. The children will also need to have crowns made.
If you have any questions, please give me a shout!
Just a reminder that this Friday is a Half Day of school with students being dismissed at 12:15.
It is also Pajama Day. Students are encouraged to wear their favorite appropriate pajamas.
On Wednesday, students will be having their Science test in the morning. They should have brought home a study guide. If you have not seen it, you can find one on the previous blog post or pick another one up from me.
On Wednesday afternoon, students have earned enough stars to have a class party. We will be having the class party on Wednesday afternoon. If you would like to send something for a snack for the class, that would be appreciated. However there is no obligation to provide snacks as I will provide the majority of the snacks for the students.
Here is the spelling for the week:
M-5
Here is the link to the Spelling City list. Remember, if you bring in your list with 100% correct, you can receive an extra point for your spelling test!
Finally, here is video from one of my favorite cats. I love these videos. They always remind me of my cat, Gaston. Enjoy!
No. We’re not having a food drive for the Science Test!
However, I wanted to give all of you a heads up about the Science test coming up next week. Students will be doing their Science test on structures and buildings on this coming Wednesday. Students have been given a study guide to take home and look through. If you do not see it, let me know and I will send home another copy or email it to you.
Building and Structures Test Study Guide
Our food drive is off to a great start. However, we are always looking for more food. Don’t worry, I won’t eat it! The donations that come in are always well received by the food bank and we know what an important time of year it is to donate food as the needy struggle particularly at this time of year. We are looking for lots of different kinds of food items. However, this year they are asking that the dried noodle soups not be donated as they tend to rip and get crushed easily.
Let’s help those who need and bring that food in!!!!
We had a fantastic fieldtrip on Friday. The trip was perfect and we even got home early! The kids were great and we learned lots of things in preparation for our space unit later on in the year. I saw the students taking lots of pictures. Thank you for allowing them to take their cameras with them. I would love to have a copy of any digital prints you have from the fieldtrip. You can either send them to me by email or bring them on a disc. That would be wonderful. That way we have a record of the wonderful things we have done as a class.
One of the neat things at the Planetarium was the model of a space astronaut which you could stand behind and get your picture taken . However, wearing an astronaut suit is never quite that easy. Take a look at the video below . . .
See what I mean!
I found some really cool videos about skyscrapers today that I thought I would share with you. The first video shows a skyscraper being built in two days. It’s amazing. The next video shows the history of buildings and skyscrapers from ancient times to now. Finally, the last videos show the construction of a skyscraper in Spain. Some neat stuff! See if you can see any of the ideas we have talked about in our unit. Think about how these buildings have been made to be safe and stable.
Just some further details about the fieldtrip planned for Friday! We are looking forward to an amazing day!
We are still looking for parents to join us if you are interested in coming. Please contact me if you are interested in coming. There will be room on the bus for everyone.
We will be wearing our usual uniforms to the Planetarium.
Students are allowed and encouraged to bring digital cameras and I would love to get a copy of any images to put on the blog. Students are also allowed to bring things with them on the bus as it is such a long journey. However, we are not allowing electronic games.
You may also want to pack an extra snack for the bus trip both ways. They will need a packed lunch as there will be nothing to purchase there.
Here is the spelling for this week as well as the link to Spelling City. Due to the fieldtrip on Friday, our spelling test and memory verse will be due on Monday.
M4
Here is the link to Spelling City. Remember! You can bring in your completed certificate or test with 100% on it to receive a bonus mark on your spelling test!
Well hello, my wonderful students and parents!
This week, we started the first part of our new home reading program. We spent a little time in class this week going over it and your wonderfully brilliant child may already of shared the news with you.
Here is how it works:
Step 1: Spend some time reading at home. Reading can happen in the morning before school, after school, after supper, or just before bed. Try to find a consistent time though, to make it easier to encourage you to read.
Step 2: Write the amount of time down in your planner. Each month has a calendar page. On the calendar day, write down how long you read for and get your parents or other adult to sign it.
Step 3: Bring your planner to school to be stamped and checked.
It’s that easy. I also told the kids that I understand that their lives are busy and that they may not be able to read every single night. That’s fine. However, I would recommend that students read 105 mins during the entire week (that includes the weekends)!
Stay tuned as we bring in the second part of our home reading program: Pockettales!
Just a quick note inviting all of you to our Remembrance Day Assembly tomorrow. We will be starting at 11:00 in the Gym. It is also Full Dress tomorrow.
Here are a couple videos I found to begin helping to think about the importance of the day.