Christmas is almost here!

 If you were able to check out our classroom, you would see Christmas is being celebrated everywhere!

In the last couple of weeks we have researched and presented how Christmas is celebrated in different countries around the world. Our information was written on a little gift box and then presented to the class--get it? presented?

We have worked with partners in French, creating a poster of a Christmas living room scene and then labeled all the items in French.

In teams, we created door decorations!

We have written how to books, from How to Cut down a Christmas tree to How to make Hot Chocolate. The students will be taking these home soon so be sure to ask for them!

We have written stories about what would happen if we had Santa's sleigh for a night.  I read the stories aloud to the class and they were amazing!  We are still waiting for Olivia's which is now 7 pages in length.

In Math, we have started division. So far, it's just one digit numbers and will wait until after the holidays to learn or review how to divide 2 digit numbers. Feel free to practice at home. There's a great website called Math Antics where the guy explains it so clearly and visually!  Try practicing multiplication and division facts at home, and throw in questions with remainders.

We read a condensed version of Charles Dickens' The Christmas Carol and are now reading a story called "Clementine's Christmas" about 3 kids who volunteer at a hospital in the paediatric ward.

It was super wonderful going for a walk around the lagoon last week in the sunshine and under blue skies. The next while we may just be enjoying the foggy gray skies and cleansing rains. But I'm with William in saying, "I miss snow".

This Friday we will host "Wear Something on your Head" day and there will be prizes for students who participate.  Our class has been planning a school wide outside Dance Party, for Dec. 18, the last day of school. So keep an eye out for us outside in the afternoon, dressed in our Tacky Sweaters and bopping to some very fun music!

Enjoy the pictures! I really wish we could have you all visit in person...Mrs. Weaver