Light the Advent Candle Two..

We are into the second Sunday of Advent. A time where we reflect on Peace. Last week was very busy; our first Advent ceremony and a snow day! We are working on growing Mr. Grinch's heart a few sizes bigger each week. Classes from across the school will be adding hearts and their own examples of kindness throughout the Advent season. We are sure to grow his heart bigger by the end of December!
                                                                  
In Math, we worked hard on multiplication and made some gingerbread array houses.  The students recognize that multiplication is the same as repeated addition. They made groups of numbers and add them together!

In Language, we started to write letters to Santa asking if he could hire us to work at the North Pole (pictures to follow or come by the Rotunda to see all our hard work displayed!) The students wrote persuasive letters to Santa and are getting really good at convincing him to hire them! We will continue to work on Christmas themed spelling words and paragraphs and sentences throughout the month of December.

We wrapped up our Soils unit in Science and will have a little quiz on Thursday (Dec. 8th). I will send a little review sheet home tomorrow with the students.

In addition to the primary Advent celebrations, we will talk about the symbols and stories surrounding the Christmas story. We will be covering Bible stories that teach of God's love and forgiveness for all. We are looking forward to an amazing and cheerful December reflecting on the true meaning of Christmas.

This Christmas season, our students will be performing a Christmas song Thursday December 22nd during 3rd block. We will be practising throughout the month and can't wait to show off our skills! Formal invitations will be sent home soon! Please continue to check the Blog for updates as I will not be sending home a newsletter this month.