December Update

Season’s Greetings      

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

The students had a great time at our annual Christmas Shopping Day today! Thank you so much for your donations to the Barrhaven Food Cupboard.   

Congratulations to the students for meeting their November reading goal! Please note that the reading log and homework calendar for this month are due earlier because of the holidays. The due date for these items is Monday, December 16, 2013.

REMINDER: Our Christmas Cheer Day is scheduled for Tuesday, December 17 from 8:45-9:30am. Parents are invited to come listen to a song performed by the children and make crafts with the class.

Curriculum Highlights

In Religion the students have been learning about the season of Advent and the birth of Christ.

In Language we continue to work on descriptive writing and will begin to look at procedural writing. In reading, we continue to work on visualizing stories and using our fix-up strategies to help us read new words (e.g., sounding out words, looking at pictures).

In Science we continue to work on our seasonal changes inquiry: How do daily and seasonal changes affect living things? The students have been working hard researching their seasons and finding facts about each season.   

In Math we continue to work on telling time to the hour and half-hour. We will also be working on graphing.

In Art the students have been working on creating a mural of a season related to their science inquiry. They have been applying the elements of design taught this term such as, space, texture and line to create their mural.

We look forward to you joining us for our Christmas Cheer Day next week.

The Grade 1 Team