Week of December 10-14

Dear families,

I hope you had a wonderful weekend!

The letter sound of the week was Oo (the short "Oo" like "on" and "off." The words of the week were HERE and YOU.

Njumeracy:
The children did a doy-to-dot number Christmas tree, counted and added "pirate gold and silver, did a survery about who likes candy canes and who doesn't (thank you Anilee and Everleigh for conducting the survey!), and tallied Christmas ornaments.

Literacy:
Our little elves read "Happy Holidays with me on the Smartboard, and we circled and looked for sight words and letter sounds. They coloured and read their own copies, too. We read the lyrics to holiday songs, practiced our poem "Shy Santa", and read and coloured a booklet called "Little Elf" with our Reading Buddies.They also completed a letter sound "Oo" worksheet. I have sent home our next word sheet with many words made from the letter sounds we have learned so far: SATIPNCKEHRMDGO.

Music:
The children sang Holiday songs by the piano (I'll send the lyrics home to keep), and practised their songs for the concert on Tuesday morning.

Art:
Your children have made art gifts for you to put under the tree. They are beautiful! They also followed our step-by-step instructions to draw a snowman with chalk.

Dramatic Play:
The children enjoyed pretending to be elves in "Santa's Workshop," pirates with the treasure chest, and I hope they continue they dramatic play at home with the pirate folders (and treasure chest gifts "from Captain Jack Sparrow!" that went home in Friday's mail bag. They worked hard on this unit and had fun!

Thank you so much to this week's parent volunteers! Anilee's mom Amy helped with pizza lunch, and Sophie's dad was the Mystery Reader!

That's the news for this week! I look forward to seeing you at Tuesday's Holiday Concert at 9:00 a.m. in the gym! The children should be dressed in "Christmas colours" please.

Have a great week!