Happy Thanksgiving! I hope that everyone enjoys this weekend of family, friends, good food and laughter. My contribution to the Burn Thanksgiving dinner is carrot cake and it is currently cooling in the kitchen waiting to be iced. Enjoy the long weekend!
The children were busy this week completing their October calendars, creating turkeys, writing about being thankful and completing fall trees with Miss Paska. The October calendars the children created were sent home on Thursday. It is wonderful to see the progress in printing names and writing numbers since our September calendars. The SK students had the extra task of labeling an important date in October. They were excited to write their friends' birthdays, pizza day, Thanksgiving and Halloween. Our turkey craft combined painting paper plates, cutting out beaks, wattles, legs and feathers and of course, googly eyes. I hope the turkeys find an important place during this weekend's festivities. The students also had the opportunity to draw and write about what they were thankful for. They did a wonderful job of thinking about their families, friends and homes.
We enjoyed our first visit from our Grade 8 Reading Buddies on Wednesday. The children were introduced to his/her buddy and they co-created a Thanksgiving pumpkin. The Grade 8's helped our students complete and assemble their pumpkins. We then flattened the pumpkins for easier transport home. Pull the strips around to form a circle to read and display at home. Our Grade 8 buddies will visit once per each 5 day cycle to read and complete activities with us. It is a wonderful way for our students to meet other students, learn and work together.
On Thursday, Miss Paska helped the students to create Fall trees using tissue paper and corks to paint the colourful leaves. These beautiful trees are on the bulletin board in the hall. Please have a look the next time you visit the school.
This week in computers, Miss Santiago continued to have the children practise holding the mouse with Peter Pointer and Toby Tall fingers. The children completed games that involved moving and dragging items across the screen. On ABCya they played "Make a pumpkin face" and "Make a pizza". On Starfall the students played "Silly Turkey". The names of the websites we are using are supplied for your information, you are not required to subscribe to them at home unless you wish. The students will continue to use them in the computer lab. During a rainy day this week the children did Cosmic Yoga Disco with Miss Santiago and Ms McGee. They completed the "Washing Machine" and the "Hot Air Balloon."
Enjoy reading your child's Poetry Book with him/her this weekend. "Hello Mr. Turkey" was a classroom favourite this week. Please return any outstanding "Student Data Verification Forms" on Tuesday. Thanks in advance.
The Scholastic Book Fair is coming to LKS this week. Our class will be visiting the Book Fair on Thursday. Children may bring money to purchase books, if they wish. If you are sending money, please place it in a labeled envelope or baggie with your child's name and the amount of money. You may also visit the book fair with your child, before school at 8:45 or after school until 3:30. There are a range of books at different price points. Books usually begin at $6.00. It is so much fun to watch the children shop and choose their own books.
Happy Thanksgiving and see everyone on Tuesday! Just a reminder this is the last week to bring in your Terry Fox donations. Thank you to everyone who has contributed on-line or brought their donations to school. We are behind our school goal, so every donation helps. Let's keep Terry's dream alive!
This Week:
Monday-Happy Thanksgiving!
Tuesday-return mailbags and Student Data verification forms
Wednesday-Music
Thursday-Room 159 visits the book fair
Library (A), Computers (B)
Friday-Happy Friday the 13th
Snuggle Up books begin
