December is here!

Show and Tell

We have wrapped our Show and Tell sharing of nature’s diversity in BC.

We have begun Show and Tell Family. Please have your child bring a drawing, photo or object to add to their presentation. It is fun for children to share who is in their family:)

Stay tuned in January and February for another mini-research topic. Each child will present a city/town/community IN Canada but NOT IN BC. This will be a platform for exploring Canada’s diversity. If you have family that live elsewhere, you may want to ask them to send you a postcard or email photos. It can be fun for students to share a faraway place that they have a connection to. That being said, 15 presentations about Ontario towns isn’t very diverse. I would encourage some curious students to investigate a community in a northern Territory, a francophone community, or a First Nations community. If we can end up with at least one presentation from each province, that would be ideal:)

Math

We have started exploring patterns using shapes and colours. We also continue to add and subtract, working towards mastering adding and subtracting to 20, and building skills with adding and subtracting to 100.

Health & Art

We completed an art project that connected to our learning around emotions and how to manage them. Each child used some 3D paper techniques to create a face expressing an emotion.

We are also having a lot of fun now on a penguin art project. We read the story: Polo aime Bottine for inspiration about what our penguins might wear for fun!

French

Keep up the home reading! Our focus this week is on the sound au which makes the long o sound like Santa who says, “Ho ho ho!.” We continue to read in small groups in class, and will do a worksheet this week that will come home so you can hear a bit about the latest book your child has read with me.