Week of December 1-5

Dear families,

December already! The children are doing an amazing job getting ready for outdoor play. A little rhyme is helping them remember how to do their own zipper: "Put the lady/man in the elevator, hold on to the lady/man so they don't fall out, and pull up the elevator."

We finished our unit on Colours and Eric Carle this week. The children did a terrific job and will enjoy reading and showing you their projects and work.

The homework for this weekend is to complete the "Grouchy/Happy" work about "The Grouchy Ladybug." To finish our Colour Unit, the children can complete the sentences I sent home ("An apple is ______, The sun is _______,

We watched a DLTK science video on primary colour mixing. I have sent home the experiment if you want to do it at home. All you need is food colouring, cream, and a drop of dish soap!

Thank you so much to Jack's mom who was our Mystery Reader. She brought Jack's favourite pop-up book on Super Heroes.

Thank you to our Parent Scientists Volunteers: Moms of Lauren, Matthew C., Matthew H., Sophie, and Stella. The day was a terrific success and the children were anthropologists, biologists, meteorologists, and overall terrific budding scientists. Thank you to Parent Council for providing the funds for this educational enrichment for the children.

The children completed their November calendars and their "This is me in November" writing and drawing. The Juniors are doing a good job learning their letter sounds, and the Seniors are feeling confident about their sight words and stretching words out.

The December Scholastic order is due on December 1st. Books make wonderful Holiday Gifts! I will put the order in on Monday and the books should arrive within a week.

At the next Holiday-themed Sharing Assembly on December 12, Adam, Lauren and Matthew C. will be receiving certificates for Kindness and Caring. They demonstrate kindness and caring to their classmates and adults on a daily basis. Well done!

Please note that the Spring Craft Party has been changed to Wednesday, April 1st and 1:30. Thank you.

This upcoming week is all about Robert Munsch! We'll focus on the five books that Wednesday's play will be about: Mortimer, Lighthouse, Down the Drain, We Share Everything, and Swamp Water. It will be so fun!

I hope you have a fun weekend!