Happy Holidays!

I just wanted to wish everyone a very fun and safe holiday!  Have a wonderful time with your families and enjoy the outdoors!  Wishing you a healthy and happy 2020!

See you all back at school on January 6, 2020!

Letters from Santa!

Our letters from Santa came in the mail at school!  I hope all of you got your letters sent to your home!  Here's the big one Santa sent to us as a class, as well as some special sunflower seeds from the North Pole!

 

Spelling Poem #15: Five Little Reindeers

Since this is the last week of school before the holidays, I have decided to give you all break!  There are NO spelling words this week and NO Spelling Bee on Friday.  However, please study ALL the spelling words that we have learned so far because there will be a fun game this week with all those words.  Here is a poem for the holidays, it is like the story of  ''5 Little Monkeys''.

Eight Little Reindeers

Eight little reindeers pulling Santa's sled,

one fell down and bumped his head.

The elves called Santa and Santa said,

'Can seven little reindeers pull my sled?'

Count down the same way (replacing 'eight' with 'seven' and so on) until you get to 'one' little reindeer.

One little reindeer puling Santa's sled,

he fell down and bumped his head.

The elves called Santa and Santa said,

'Call Rudolph!'

Our Trip to Harbourfront!

Boys and girls had a very fun time today on our field trip to the Harbourfront Centre.  We learned how to make clay masks and also how to hip hop dance!  It was so much fun!  A special thank you goes out to Sam's mom, who volunteered to come with us!  I hope everyone let their masks dry and display it somewhere in your home.

Reader's Theatre: The Gingerbread Man

We were hard at work the past few weeks being good actors and actresses!  We read the story "The Gingerbread Man" and then did a reader's theatre for it.  We made our characters, got our script, and practiced really hard!  This week, we finished presenting our final performance and everyone did a good job!  You can practice reading with fluency and expression at home with your scripts.

Spelling Poem #14: Dress for Winter Weather

Winter is here and it's here to stay for awhile!  Please remember to dress for the weather...this includes boots, snowpants, jacket, mittens, hats, and scarves!  We need to stay warm and healthy this season.  Also, remember to LABEL your items and take care of them so that you don't lose them in the school.  There are a lot of students and there is a chance that someone in the school may have the same item as you!  If you label your items, then at least you'll know they're yours if they turn up in the Lost and Found.

Spelling Words:

1) winter
2) wind
3) coat
4) boot
5) scarf
6) mittens
7) hat
8) put
9) warm
10) cold

Additional Questions:

1) What should we wear to go outside in the Winter?

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2) What words are in the same word family as 'hat'?

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3) What is your favourite season and why?

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4) Which words are opposites?  

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Letters to Santa!

This week, we started our writing unit on Letter Writing!  We reviewed what we need when writing letters and the first letter we wrote was to Santa Claus!  The letters have been written, sealed in an envelop, and mailed off!!!  Look out for your letter in your mailbox at home in a couple of weeks!  

Spelling Poem #13: December

Welcome to December!  Wow, time sure has flown!  This week, the poem is about December...what are some things you are looking forward to this month?

Spelling Words:

1) tree
2) see
3) bee
4) free
5) happy
6) light
7) night
8) snow
9) person
10) people

Additional Questions:

1) Which words are in the same word family?  Hint: there are 2 different word families in the  Spelling Words.

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2) Write a sentence with these words:

happy: _________________________________________________

snow: __________________________________________________

3) Plural is when there is more than 1 of something.  What is the plural of person?

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4)  Write a sentence with that word.

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