Hope everyone enjoyed their snow day yesterday. Only 8 schools days remaining until Christmas break! In French, we will begin filming our "Me Voici 2" video. Stay tuned. I hope to have the video up by Friday.  Our focus will be on the letter H this week. Their new sheet has been placed in their trousse de livre to practice at home. In terms of cursive writing, Hh has already been covered when we practiced "Ch" a few weeks ago. Letters to Santa have also been drafted and revised. I will send them out after school today. I requested 1 class letter from Canada Post be sent to the school. Guided reading continues as usual. Your son/daughter may have the same book to read at home depending on what was accomplished in our small groups. They can continue to masters their sounds, comprehension, fluidity, etc. Please ensure reading takes place each night for 10-15 minutes. If you require a new reading log sheet, please let me know. I can attach a new one to their existing copy. Math is coming along. My goal is to complete our pattern unit before break. With that being said, we may have an in-class quiz on the 21st. I also started a new mental math duo-tang with the class. After X-Mas, we will ahve a series of activites to accomplish in order to prepare ourselves for the grade 3 provincial exam. Aside from that, tomorrow we will be decorating a class X-Mas tree I cut over the weekend. Our classroom door will be decorated Thursday. Judges will be coming around on Friday to judge all doors. Fingers crossed we can win a pizza party this time around :P Notes: Wednesday - popcorn day Thursday - library Friday - Christmas meal will only be the only one served that day in the cafeteria. X-Mas concert next Wednesday (19th) Storm date is Thursday the 20th.  Cheers!

3 months has already passed. Wow! Where has the time gone? 3 more weeks until Christmas holidays are upon us. With that being said, we have much to accomplish. This week, we will be focusing on the letter Gg. A sound sheet will be placed in your child's reading bag tomorrow. We will also practice the letter Gg in cursive. Madame Lockerbie assited me with guided reading today. Your child will receive a new book on Monday and Wednesday as opposed to new book each night. This way, they can practice what they have been taught in our small groups in class. Guided reading affords me the time to work with your child in a small group setting while the others read their books either to themselves or a partners (depending on the day). That way there, I can tailor a mini-lesson on sounds, fluidity, comprehension, etc with a group of students who are reading the same level books. Our december video presentation is coming along well. We spent last week writing our rough copies. This week we will concentrate on revising our work and practicing what we have written in front of the class. My goal is to begin filming next week. We will also begin writing a draft copy for our letters to Santa. They need to be mail by December 12th, if I am to receive them prior to Christmas via Canada Post. In math, we are continuing our unit of patterns. Thus far. everyone seems to be enjoying themselves. I have witnessed great progress in their vocabulary as well. Bravo!   Reminders: Popcorn on Wednesday Library on Thursday December Scholastic orders due Friday Dec 7th. Christmas concert December 19th. Cheers, M.Glazier