December 1-5

We are in the final stretch before the holidays and getting festive in the classroom! 

Looking Back...

- This week we were busy!! We started the week learning the letter Ss for Snowflake, Snowman and Snow

- In our journals we drew pictures to represent what we like to do in the snow!! Ask your student what they picked to draw about

- In math we worked on subitizing numbers; this is having the ability to instantly recognize a number or set of items without having to count them, like when you look at dice

- We also represented the numbers 4 (after reading Pete the Cat's "My Four Groovy Buttons) and 5 (after reading "Five Little Penguins") 

- With our buddies we made snowflakes in art, using tape and water colour paints






Looking Forward...

- A reminder that there are to be NO TOYS at school. This is a school rule, as they become a big distraction and we cannot prevent them from being lost or ruined. Please keep all toys at home. I understand daycare sometimes allows toys from home on special days, please remind your student that on these days, toys MUST stay in our backpacks!! 

- Picture retake day is Monday December 8th; please let me know if your student is going to have their pictures retaken

- Red and Green day is Thursday December 11th 

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