Friday, December 19, 2025

Hello families,

We wish you all a safe and happy holiday season!

Important Reminders:

Winter Break - NO SCHOOL - December 20 to January 4

January 5 – First day of classes

This week we:

• practiced the Lively Letter sound for the digraph: 'wh'. Ask your child to make the sound for you and read the words, phrases and sentences below. Have your child look for words with these sounds in books at home.

• learned the new Lively Letter: King Ed! This silent letter at the end of a word jumps over one consonant and tells the next vowel to say its own name. He changes the sound of five other vowel sounds (a, e, i, o, u). Have your child tell you the job of Kind Ed and read some of the words and phrases below.

• learned the new heart words: 'make', 'take', 'live' and 'give'

• made cards with special messages for our grade four buddies

• read the story Tally O'Malley and practiced representing numbers using tally marks. This will help us collect data after the winter break.

• began skip counting by 5s to 100. Have your child practice this at home is they do not already know how to do this.

• sorted natural and constructed landmarks and then drew a natural landmark and a constructed landmark in our visual journal

• drew and painted a holiday reindeer

• played Santa's Workshop in gym. Ask your child how they played this game.

• finished off the week with pjs and a movie!

Friday, December 12, 2025

 Hello families,

Important Reminders:

December 17 - SPIRIT DAY: Wednesday Festive Winter Wear Day (Wear any winter /Christmas clothing)

December 18 – Papa Johns Fun Lunch Day (healthyhunger.ca)

December 19 – SPIRIT DAY: PJ Day (wear wam and cozy PJ's)

December 19 – Last day of classes before Winter Break

January 5 – First day of classes

This week, we:

• reviewed the letters and sounds for 'b' and 'd' as these ones are easily confused! We practiced the sounds, looked at some cues and visuals to help us remember the differences, and then read words and sentences with these sounds

• learned the 'ng' sound, which we find in words such as 'bring', 'lung' and 'sang'. We practiced reading this sound in words and sentences!

• learned the heart words: thing, think, good, were

• made gingerbread people with a variety of materials!

• wrote about our gingerbread people, describing what they look like, what they can do and what they like to do

• continued to learn about what animals do to get ready for winter. We sorted animals by how they get ready for the winter.

• worked on a page in our visual journal sorting animals and what they do in the fall

• made cards that will be given to seniors at a local long-term care facility to help bring them some holiday cheer!

• continued to practice skipping, including skipping with others and turning the rope while others skipped!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Next week we will began skip counting by 5s to 100. Have your child begin practicing this skill at home if they don't yet know how to do this.