Dec.1st - 5th

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 Looking Back:

Happy December


On Monday, we discovered a special visitor in our classroom…an elf! We decided to name our class elf Candy Cane. This week, Candy Cane left us some notes about different things we could do to be kind to one another.





In literacy this week, we learned about the letter /e/. We learned the sounds for this letter and practiced printing the uppercase and lowercase letter Ee. We have now learned all 5 vowel sounds and have been able to apply our knowledge to read and write lots of new words! There are two new decodable passages, as well as a “Roll & Read” game that have been added to our UFLI folders this week. 


In math this week, we continued to review and practice representing numbers in a variety of ways and by using different materials. 

We also started learning about patterns. We learned that a pattern can be anything that repeats over and over again. We talked about how a pattern can even be in the days of the week or months of the year! We looked around our classroom for some different patterns and we used various math manipulatives to create our own patterns. 


In Science we continued to talk about hibernating and migrating animals. We learned about some animals that migrate and then completed a sorting task. We will continue to learn about animals and different adaptations next week! 


Looking Ahead:

Festive Days at MTS

Now that December is here, it's time to celebrate the upcoming holidays!

Dec 4 - Festive Sweater Day

Dec 11 - Grade 1 Winter Concert - 1:30pm

Dec 11 - Wear Red & Green

Dec 16 - Carolling

Dec 18 - Carolling

Dec 18 - Pajama Day

Dec 19 - Story with Dr. Slater / Oranges from Parent Council


The Magic of Christmas

Every Christmas Eve, The Magic of Christmas loads up Calgary Transit buses that are magically transformed into “reindeer buses”, with hundreds of gifts and volunteers dressed as Santa and his elves.  Then they deliver Christmas spirit into the homes and hearts of those who need it most. 

From now to December 18, students and staff can bring in a new, unwrapped donation items (not food) and place them in the boxes located in the front foyer.  

Please see the attached wish list for ideas of items to donate. 

For more information or to make a monetary donation, please visit:  www.themagicofchristmas.org/donate 

Thank you for your support!


Upcoming Dates

December 8                             Picture Retakes

December 11                           Grade 1 Winter Concert - 1:30pm

December 11                            RED & GREEN Day

December 17                           Fun Lunch - Coco Brooks

December 18                           Pajama Day

December 22 - January 2        Winter Break - NO SCHOOL

January 28                             Fun Lunch - Subway

January 29                              NO SCHOOL for Kindergarten - Kindergarten Assessments

January 30                              Non-Instructional Day - NO SCHOOL

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