November 28-December 2, 2022

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Our class cannot believe that it is December already! As always there are lots of exciting things happening in our room.

The most exciting is that our room is being painted next week. On Friday, we all needed to work together to tidy up our space, pack up what we need and shift some things so that the painters can get to where they need to be. Our class even went the extra mile, sweeping up behind where shelves were and dusting the room. We discussed why it is important to contribute and do our part.

As you know it was a cold week, and so we had a lot of indoor recesses and one indoor physical education. We explored active living options that we can do indoors and how we can use movement and rhythm to support active living. We did “Just Dance” in our classroom and really got our heart rates up!!


In math, we looked at the learning intentions “I can choose addition and subtraction strategies based on the nature of the number” and “I can use the standard algorithm for subtraction”. Some of us found it difficult to try a different strategy because we are used to one way. We talked about why it might be important to have more than one strategy, to be more efficient. For example, thinking of the number 500 – 498, it is easier to count up 2 to 500, than it is to stack the numbers and use the standard algorithm.

In writing, we are continuing to elaborate on our ideas and to make our writing more interesting. To begin the week we talked about simple and compound sentences and practiced writing compound sentences. We learned that by varying the types of sentences in our writing, it can make things more interesting for our readers. We then went through the writing process of brainstorming, making a plan and then writing a draft about our favorite place.

Of course, we did so much more! Be sure to ask us about:

  • Learning about our worms, how to take care of them and interesting facts. (Be sure to ask us about the worm that escaped too while we were observing it!!!)
  • The landscapes of India, Peru, Tunisia and Ukraine for the grade 3s
  • Our French classroom objects  “amenez moi s'il vous plaît” (please bring me) race for objects in grade 4 


Important Dates

  • December 15 - Fun Lunch (Waffles and Chix)
  • December 15 – Winter Concert 7:30pm
  • December 22 – Last day of Classes before Winter Break
  • January 9 – Classes resume after Winter Break

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