December already!

                                                

Dec 5, 2025

Looking back

Language arts

  • Talked about the endings -ed and -ing 

  • -ed can make 3 sounds depending on how the word ends

  • Both word endings are added to verbs (action words

  • Compared opinion and factual writing

  • Wrote some facts about reindeer

Math

  • Talked about skip counting by higher numbers (20s, 25s, 50s)

  • Practiced skip counting from anywhere up to 1000

  • Named the canadian coins and bills

  • Did various activities to practice counting coins including slides in our Google classroom 

Social Studies

  • Finished our talk about the regions of Canada

  • Talked about the various natural resources Canada has

  • Began our conversation about culture and heritage

    • We had a lot of fun sharing about our different languages and practiced writing hello in various languages!

Looking ahead

On December 19 we are planning on doing a fun “gingerbread” house building activity with our buddies. We would love your help with some donations of graham crackers, candy and/or sprinkles. If there is anything that your child can bring in over the next couple of weeks it would be greatly appreciated!

Your child is coming home with a hand they traced and cut out today

. Please see the attached letter for the explanation of what it is for. Thank you for your help!

A lot of parents have been emailing me and asking about the Google Classroom. Google automatically sends out emails to parents when I set up the Classroom. The classroom is what we are using in class when we use the computers. Right now we are in the midst of changing passwords so your child will not have access at home. I will let you know when they can sign in

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 

Upcoming Dates

December 8                             Picture Retakes

December 11                            RED & GREEN Day

December 17                           Fun Lunch - Coco Brooks

December 18                           Pajama Day

December 22 - January 2        Winter Break - NO SCHOOL

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