Daily Update:
We started our day by watching the Napan video morning announcements and jumped straight into work. Our spelling word was “development,” and our Show, Not Tell prompt was “It was a big tree.” We completed our Heggerty listening games and tackled a reading maze. After our exercises, we practiced our Christmas song. We didn't sound our best today, but hopefully some December Christmas spirit next week will perk up our performance! We reviewed our literacy rotation expectations, and our work on writing prompt was an open-ended “This weekend…”

After Recess:
The Grade 1s and 2s revisited representing numbers, sums, differences, and identifying coins. We also went over pattern cores like AB, ABB, and ABC, using beads to show our understanding. The Grade 3s focused on extending skip counting sequences by 3s, both forwards and backwards, starting at various multiples of 3.

After Lunch:
We returned to reading from The One and Only Ivan. It's been a while! Something finally clicked with Julia—she took Ivan's pictures to the big ring, assembled them, and solved the puzzle. She even convinced her father to get a ladder and glue them to the billboard. What do you think Mack thought when he saw it the next morning? We had a quick ukulele practice session and then headed back to study clouds. What exactly are clouds, anyway?

PE:
We did some basketball drills followed by floor hockey with Mr. Ross, which is always a class favorite!

End of Day:
We wrapped up with our Book of Gratitude, using the prompt, “The most fun activity I did today was…” We completed our Home to School books and reviewed our morning activities and writing work. Everyone managed to finish everything and enjoyed some free choice time before the bell rang! Remember to use your time wisely.

Picture of the Day:
Trying to get everything done at once can be a bit chaotic, but who doesn't love a little chaos!