Happy Holidays!

I just wanted to wish everyone a very fun and safe holiday!  Have a wonderful time with your families and enjoy the outdoors!  Wishing you a healthy and happy 2017!

See you all back at school on January 9, 2017!

No Spelling Bee this week!

Since this is the last week of school before the holidays, I have decided to give you all break!  There are no spelling words this week.  However, please study ALL the spelling words that we have learned so far because there will be a fun game with them this week.  Here is a song for the holidays, it is sung to the tune of ''5 Little Monkeys''.

Eight Little Reindeers

Eight little reindeers pulling Santa's sled,

one fell down and bumped his head.

The elves called Santa and Santa said,

'Can seven little reindeers pull my sled?'

Count down the same way (replacing 'eight' with 'seven' and so on) until you get to 'one' little reindeer.

One little reindeer puling Santa's sled,

he fell down and bumped his head.

The elves called Santa and Santa said,

'Call Rudolph!'

 

Spelling Poem #14: Data

This week we have a poem on graphing. We are learning how to collect data in Math and using that data to make graphs.  We learnt how to make bar graphs and will soon learn another type of graph.  Here is the poem this week:

Data
By J. Nadas

I’ve asked my friends a question
What’s your favourite game?
I’m doing a class survey
Let me write your name.

First I’ll do a tally
I’ll make a mark to show
How many kids like each game
And after that, I’ll know.

Then I’ll make a bar graph
A title, I’ll decide…
The axis looks like one big “L”
Numbers go up the left side.

Games are at the bottom
Hockey, tag and ball
Which game is the favourite?
Which bar will be so tall?

Below are the spelling words for this week:

1) your

2) look

3) like

4) that

5) and

6) go

7) so

8) will

 

Additional Questions:

 

1) What words are in the same word family as look?

2) Write a sentence with these words:

your  ______________________________________________ 

like    ______________________________________________ 

 

3)  Fill in the blanks:

I want to _____ outside to play with the snow.

I ______ go see Santa Claus today at the mall.

 

Hey, look at _______!  It is a Christmas wreath!

Letters to Santa!

We are starting to learn how to write friendly letters.  Today we wrote a letter to Santa and we walked out to mail it!  Thank you to everyone who gave me their home mailing address - look out for Santa's letter in the the mail in a few weeks (it's a long way to the North Pole and back!).

Tissue Box donations

Winter is on its way and there are many more runny noses.  If we each donate a tissue box, then we will have tissues for our classroom and Ms. Jong can spend the money on other things in our classroom!  Thank you to those who already donated some!  We always welcome more donations! :)

                                           

My Favourite Season

After talking about what the different seasons look like, we did some art and picked our favourite season.  Here are some of our work!

Spelling Poem #13: December

Wow, I cannot believe that it's already December.  December is a month full of festivities!  Do you celebrate anything in December?  The December newsletter and calendar will go home shortly.

Spelling Words:

1) tree
2) see
3) bee
4) free
5) happy
6) light
7) night
8) snow

Additional Questions:

1)  Which spelling words rhyme?
2)  What makes you happy?  ____________________

3)  Write a sentence with the following words:

snow: _______________________________________

night: _______________________________________

4)  What do you like most about December?

_________________________________________________________

Waste Management

Today we had a special presentation by the City of Toronto on where to put our waste.  We have to put waste in the proper spot and keep our environment clean.  If you are ever stuck on where to put your trash, here is a site that will help you.  Click HERE for the waste wizard!

Spelling Poem #12: Seasons of the Year

Since we are learning all about the different seasons, this week I have a song about the seasons for you!  We haven't done a song in a while, so have fun singing!

Spelling Words:

1) here
2) there
3) where
4) day
5) say
6) cool
7) school
8) pool
9) hot
10) cold

Additional Questions:

1)  What other words are in the same word family as ''day'' and '''say''?

_________________________________________________________

2)  Make a sentence with the following words:

school: ______________________________________________

pool: _______________________________________________

here: _______________________________________________

3)  Which words in the list are opposites?

_____________________________________

4)  Which season do you like the least?  Why?

__________________________________________________________