Day 82

 Our morning Rock Star was Easton.  One family tradition they have is to go to BC every summer to visit Grammy in Vancouver and Gramma and Poppa at Shuswap lake. The boys love many adventures ... to name a few: swimming in the ocean and lake, tubings on gramma and poppas boat, searching for snails, bike riding, boat rides, ferry rides, fires and s’mores, ice cream, and many other things!

This afternoon our Rock Star was Jordyn. Every year before Easter as a family they dye easter eggs and after they have their easter dinner  they get together with her cousins and roll the decorated eggs down the hill to see which egg will be the winner and not crack.

Today we made our picture for the letter Dd and Gg in our Jolly Phonics book. These songs can easily get stuck in your head for days.  haha

Ask your child to sing the Dd and Gg song for you. :)

This week we have been making winter books.  Everyday we have added a few new words to our book.  The kids are so excited to read their books they wrote to you.

Day 81

 This morning our Rock Star was Ethan. They make Grandmas shortbread every year with our cousins. They get to make a special creation with the end of the dough for our Santa cookies. They then leave this cookies out for Santa on Christmas Eve with Milk.

This afternoon our Rock Star was Harrison. They like to go for Christmas brunch at Heritage Park. They also love to have baked French toast Christmas morning and Nalysnyky for Christmas dinner. Harrison said they are both sooooooooo yummy!!!!!!

In math we learned about representing the number 9.

Today we learned all about measurement, bigger and smaller. We started the day with a full snowman man and we measured the snowman using blocks. We made our own predictions to see how small the snowman might get after a few hours. Throughout the day we checked in on the snowman and really enjoyed watching it melt. The blocks the children are holding represents their own prediction on how small they thought the snowman would be at the end of class.

AM Predictions

PM Predictions

Day 80

 Our morning Rock Star was Jack. Here he is with his Great Taids Binoculars from the Second World War. Taid (pronounced Tide) means Grandad in North Wales, he was his Grammy's Dad. His Papa and Jack used to sit out on the seafront for hours building sand castles and watching all the whales, seals, birds and boats going by using these. Papa gave Jack these very old and very special binoculars for his 5th birthday as a reminder of all the time they spent together!

In the afternoon our Rock Star was Madison. A tradition they celebrate every year is Vietnamese/Chinese New Year. The New year starts at the new moon after winter solstice and end on a full moon 15 days after. Usually end of January and beginning of February on western calendar. During the new year we visit families, we have special meals, and we give out red envelopes with money. We also wear red for good luck, good health and prosperity for future and coming years. Madison loves this tradition because she gets red envelopes from aunts and uncles, gradmas and grandpas.

Today we read The Most Magnificent Thing. This book was all about a little girl who was trying to make something that was extra special. She had to persevere and try and try and try over and over again before she invented something truly magnificent. During the process she got upset and mad and frustrated, she even quit once - but she kept trying. We talked about how cool it would be to make something fantastic. As a group we brainstormed what we wish we could make.

Now that we know most of our letters and sounds we are trying to hear all the sounds in the words to make a sentence that matches the topic.

AM Journals

PM Journals

**Tomorrow is School Spirit Day!!  Come dressed in Blue or your school shirt**

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Please read this message from the principal regarding Valentines Day:

Due to Covid-19, we are asking that students do NOT bring in Valentine’s Day cards or treats for their classmates. We know that this is a tradition that many students enjoy, but we also want to minimize risk of transmission.  As our Character Virtue for February is Love, teachers will be celebrating Valentine Day’s day with related activities that promote kindness and caring for others.

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