Daily Update:
We missed yesterday’s update as I wasn’t feeling my best—trying to keep up with these students can be tough! After announcements over the intercom, our spelling word was “misunderstanding,” and our Show, Not Tell was “He was tired.” We completed our Heggerty listening games and worked through a reading maze. Following our exercises, we practiced our Christmas concert song. If you’d like to practice at home, you can click here to listen to it. We reviewed transitions between activities, swapped books in our book boxes, and had a quick Read-to-Self session. For Work on Writing, we completed a word maze. Just before recess, Miss Brown stopped by with smiley face cookies that brought big grins to all our faces!

After Recess:
In math, the Grade 1s and 2s worked on using their hundreds charts to skip count by 10s and 1s. This skill came in handy as they started finding the sum of two numbers. The Grade 3s revisited earlier concepts but focused on creating subtraction word problems for specific solutions and using personal strategies for solving addition and subtraction equations.

After Lunch:
The classroom was quiet as everyone headed down to Lego Club! After spending extra time building and cleaning up, we returned to the classroom to practice our Christmas song. We used boomwhackers to hit the notes in rhythm. Next week, we plan to swap out the boomwhackers for ukuleles and the hitting for strumming.

PE:
Mrs. Hill joined us for PE today! We started with a warm-up, running laps and stretching, before moving on to basketball drills. We ended the session with a game of tail snatch, which felt like a mix of flag football and British bulldog. If you recognize that last reference, you might be dating yourself like I did!

End of Day:
We wrapped up the day with our Book of Gratitude. Today’s writing prompt was “A new thing I learned today was…” We reviewed today’s writing for any edits, filled out our Home to School books, and reminded students that report cards go home on Tuesday! Term 1 flew by—it’s true what they say, time flies when you’re having fun learning. We ended with a few minutes of free choice time before heading home.