We explored a number of watercolour techniques today...ask your child if they can tell you how we used water, drybrush, saran wrap and tissue paper to make some interesting and beautiful samples!
We spent a big part of the morning recreating the scene and characters of "The Candy Cane Kids". Students worked in teams to delegate jobs and share ideas and enjoyed recalling their favourite details from the show.
Our field trip to Storybook Theatre was absolutely amazing!
Thank you to Lukas's mom and Aidan's dad for being enthusiastic volunteers...we couldn't do field trips without you!
The Candy Cane Kids performance was a magical combination of scenery, dance, music, costumes and comedy. For some kiddos, this was a first experience with live theatre, which was very exciting. The bus ride was another first adventure for some of our students. Our bus driver had the bus decked out with lights, garland and ornaments swinging from the roof!
Hat Day is tomorrow and all students are invited to wear their favourite funny hats, Christmas hats, sports hats or toques.
Next Friday is Christmas Sweater day, and Thursday, December 22nd is Pyjama Day. No end of fun!
Food Bank Drive: This has been such a great experience for our class so far. Not only are we happily collecting our own class donations, we appoint 2 "Food Drive Leaders" for the day to travel around the school collecting donations from other classes. We count the items and add them to the bar graph we have in our classroom to record each class's progress. Lots of math to go along with our community spirit! If you have a few spare cans of veggies, beans, tuna or soup to contribute, please consider donating.
Woodlands Christmas Concert Thursday December 15th...students are invited to dress up in 'Whoville' inspired clothes and colours. See the note below from Mrs. Switzer:
Tomorrow is our field trip to Storybook Theatre. Please ensure that your child eats a hearty breakfast, arrives at school on time and has a small snack to keep in their pocket for our morning adventure. The bus will depart from Woodlands at 9:00, so we will be starting to load at 8:45. Thank you for your cooperation!
Our food drive continued today with a successful collection from the school community. Our grade 5/6 buddies are helping us by taking the leaders of the day around to classrooms to collect the food items and hauling them back to Room 4 for us to count.
We created a beautiful Aspen tree forest to decorate our bulletin board in the classroom. We will continue to build on our display to show what we know about the winter season.
Field Trip Thursday! I will send a School Messenger tomorrow with all the details.
Hat Day is on Friday...students are invited to wear their favourite hat to school.
Our first day of the Food Bank food drive was a great success! Our two Food Drive leaders of the day gathered donations from 5 classes...totalling over 100 items! The students were amazed at all the healthy food our school community has collected so far.
Our class learned about animal tracks today, and how they look different depending on whether the animal is walking, running or standing. Ask your child if they can sketch you a bird track, a raccoon track or a deer track.
Tomorrow is Blue Day in Room 4...wear as much blue as you can!
Our Food Drive begins on Monday. Grade One is hosting this food drive, so we will participate in collecting non-perishable food items to donate to the Food Bank. The drive runs from Dec. 5 to Dec. 16, so we hope to get lots of donations!
Permission form for our field trip next Thursday December 8th is due now! If you've lost yours please let me know and I can send a fresh one home. The $17 fee can be paid online now. We must have a signed consent form in order for your child to join us on this exciting day.
180 'school days' ago, we started our journey in Grade One together...and now it all wraps up tomorrow with our last day of school! ...
Whoville Costumes.pdf