- On Wednesday there is a Christmas colours/Christmas sweater non-uniform day.
- Our class is collecting items for a family with one adult and 4 children for this year's St Vincent De Paul Christmas Hamper. If you are able to send in anything for this family please send them in by Wednesday, December 16th. Thank you to everyone who already sent in items!
- Also just a reminder that the Knights of Columbus are still selling gift cards after Mass. The proceeds go to our school!
- GRADE 2 PARENTS: If you were unable to make it the Confession meeting last week, I sent an important notice home with your child. Please make sure you received it, if not please let me know and I would be happy to send you another one.
Weekly Work:
- We are working on adding and subtracting strategies in math this week. Below are two pages of some of the types of strategies we use in Grade one and two. Some students are working on the first couple of strategies, while others are working on some of the last strategies.
- The Grade ones are learning about the Messianic Prophecies. This means that they are reading scripture in the Old Testament, that prepares and tells the people about the coming of Jesus.
- The Grade twos are continuing with their preparation for First Reconciliation.
- We are working on retelling and making Connections in Language Arts. Today we read The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats.
- In writing we are starting our unit on procedural writing. Students will be breaking down how to do something into written steps
- Last week you should have seen a culture sheet come home. We are now talking about how Canada is made up of many diverse cultures.
- Spelling words for both Grade 1 and 2 this week are: junk, sunk, gunk, chunk, clunk, trunk, skunk, spunk, shrunk, stunk
