Dec 6 - Dec 10


With the holidays quickly approaching, we have been busy with some great winter learning.  Here are some of the things we have worked on this week:

We began this week with some outdoor learning.  Our plan was to go to Twelve Mile Coulee, but mother nature had other things in mind.  Due to the cold weather, we opted to stay closer to school so that we could come in for warming breaks.  We engaged in a number of Science, Art, and Language activities during our outdoor learning.

We were thrilled to have another opportunity to work with Karen Taminga-Paton on some land based art.  This time we used a variety of natural materials and fabric to create an image and communicate an idea or a feeling.


Students followed this up by naming their art and writing about it in their visual journals that afternoon.

Unfortunately, we were unable to meet with Saa’kokoto in person on Monday as he was away sick.  We did take the opportunity to listen to one of his stories that we had recorded previously and talked about the indigenous view of storytelling and how stories about animals often teach us things about ourselves and our natural world.

Our Science this week has been a continuation of our work on measuring temperature.  We have been comparing warmer and cooler temperatures and practicing reading a thermometer.  We also began an experiment to see how temperatures around the school are affected by location and time of day.

In art this week, we have been working on some special pieces to give as presents to our families.  You will have to wait until Christmas to see the results.

In the last two weeks leading up to the break, we thought that everyone could benefit from some time to learning to pay attention to our bodies and learning to breathe.  We are doing some yoga poses to help us develop our flexibility, strength, and balance.

In our Social Studies we have continued to explore Nunavut through videos, stories and a presentation from Mrs. Hamm, who lived in Kuggaruk Nunavut for her first year of teaching. As part of our Social Studies learning, we will be exploring different cultural and family traditions during this holiday season. On Monday Decemeber 13th, we will be having a chance to share some of our personal traditions prior to working in our visual journals.  You can support this work by having a conversation with your child over the next few days about some of your family's holiday traditions.  If you could help your child make a list of things in their show and share book, this will give us a jumping off point for our conversation.

Next week, in lieu of a winter concert, we will be doing daily Google Meet sing alongs.  My class will be leading the song "Jingle Bells" on Thursday.  I am asking students to wear a Santa hat or any other festive wear that they would like for this performance.  We will record each of the sing along sessions and parents will be sent a link so that they can view the events.



Upcoming Events

Monday Dec 13 - Home Reading exchange

Wednesday Dec 15 - Library exchange

Thursday Dec 16 - Home Reading return books, Fun Lunch and Winter Singing Performance

Friday Dec 17 - and Pajama Day

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