Hello from MEXICO!!!

The weather here in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico is AMAZING!!!!! So far I have spent my days sitting on the beach and swimming in the gorgeous pool!!!

Wishing everyone a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!! Treasure all the special moments with your family!!!

BRING SKATES AND HELMETS TOMORROW

BRING SKATES AND HELMETS FOR SKATING PARTY. KIDS CANNOT GO ON THE ICE WITHOUT A HELMET ON. THE SCHOOL DOES HAVE SOME EXTRA HELMETS IF NEEDED.

WE WILL BE LEAVING SCHOOL AT 8:30 am.

Parents who are driving can meet us at the classroom at 8:30am.

THANK YOU!

Challenge Question - Dec. 14th

Miss. Pickett is decorating snowflake cookies for Santa. She made 15 cookies. On each cookie Miss. Pickett put 6 M & M's as her decorations.

HOW MANY M & M's DID MISS. PICKETT USE TO DECORATE ALL HER COOKIES?

TO DO: PIC, NS, WS

Miss. Pickett's Lovely Santas

DOUBLE SANTA ACTION IN MISS. PICKETT'S CLASSROOM TODAY!!!!

LOVE THEIR BELLIES THAT JIGGLE LIKE BOWLS FULL OF JELLY!

Challenge Question - Dec. 13

Write 10 NOUNS (people, places or things) that have to do with CHRISTMAS TIME!

BRING COOKIE GOODIES!

COOKIE DECORATING GOODIES NEED TO COME TO SCHOOL TOMORROW IN A ZIPLOC BAG WITH NAME!!!!

STUFF HAPPENING THIS WEEK.....

HERE ARE THE HAPPENINGS FOR THIS WEEK....

Tuesday, Dec. 14 - School wide Christmas movie in the gym (1-3 pm)

Wednesday, Dec. 15 - Cookie decorating / Christmas Craft afternoon in Miss. Pickett's class (1:45 - 3:30)

Thursday, Dec. 16 - Miss. Pickett's Class Christmas Movie Party (this is for the kids filling their popcorn jar in the beat the teacher challenge).

Friday, Dec. 17 - Skating Party (9 - 10:30 am) followed by Christmas snacks and hot chocolate.

CAN YOU SAY BUSY!!!!!!!! WOW!!!!

FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT CHANGE!!!!!

IMPORTANT!!!!

I am moving "Family Movie Night" that was going to take place on Thursday night this week to the New Year. So we will be having a "RING IN THE NEW YEAR" movie party instead.

It is such a busy time of year and I have some students that cannot make the movie night due to other commitments and they are quite sad not to be a part of it. I don't want any child feeling left out of something so I have decided to do movie night in the New Year instead. It will be a great way to start a brand new year!

Thank you for your understanding on this matter. Those families that were going to send snacks for the movie night I would love if you could send them on Friday instead for after the skating party!

Skating Party on Dec. 17th

We will be going skating for our Christmas party on Friday, December 17th. We will be skating from 9 to10:30. I will need parent volunteers to drive the kids to Nicholas Sheran arena. Parents are more than welcome to join their child on the ice.

After skating, we will be coming back to the school for hot chocolate and baked goodies. I will need parents to send in some baked goodies (muffins, cookies, rice krispy square...etc). I will also need some parents to volunteer to warm hot chocolate at the school for when the kids return.

Please let me know if you can help out. A letter will be coming home with your child filled with more details about the Christmas Skating Party.

Challenge Question - Dec 7

Santa's workshop is filled with busy elves. When Miss. Pickett counted all Santa's little elves there were 26 elves.

How many HANDS are there building toys in Santa's workshop if there are 26 elves working?

To Do: Pic, NS, WS

Christmas Family Movie Night

A LETTER IS COMING HOME WITH YOUR CHILD ABOUT "FAMILY CHRISTMAS MOVIE NIGHT" ON DEC. 16.

PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOUR FAMILY IS PLANNING ON COMING!

THANKS!

Oh what FUN!!!!!

These snowshoes are a lot harder to operate than they look!!

Miss. Pickett and the kids had some amazing laughs!!

Good effort froggies!

Challenge Question - Dec. 6

Santa's workshop is very busy at this time of year.

It takes Ezzie Elf 5 minutes to build 3 toys. If Ezzie works for 30 minutes, how many toys will Ezzie have finished building?

TO DO: Picture, Number Sentence, Written Sentence

No spelling this week.

There will be no spelling this week and next week as we are tackling many different holiday season projects!!!

We will be using the snowshoes next week.

ON TUESDAY, WE WILL BE TAKING AN ADVENTURE ON THE SNOWSHOES OUTSIDE!!!

Your child needs to come prepared with PROPER winter gear (mitts, hat, snowpants, good jacket) in order to participate in this activity.

The is a weather dependent activity so hopefully everything works out in our favor.

I will be sending home a reminder note on Monday.

Challenge Question - Dec 2

MAKING WORDS CHALLENGE

Use the letters from the words "CHRISTMAS SEASON" to make as many words as you can.

YOU NEED TO MAKE AT LEAST 10 WORDS...but Miss. Pickett challenges you to go WAY above this!!!

HAPPY WORD HUNTING FANCY FROGGIES!

Challenge Question - Dec 1

Stats for Santa's workshop:

5 Reindeer
3 Dogs
6 Elves
2 Mice
4 Toy Soldiers


HOW MANY LEGS ARE THERE ALTOGETHER WORKING IN SANTA'S WORKSHOP?

To Do: Pic, NS, WS

Challenge Question - Nov. 30th

NOUN SEARCH

For this challenge, the kids may use the WORDLE website.

www.wordle.net

Your task: Create a page where you list 15 NOUNS.

If you create the page in WORDLE you will need to print it off (or bring in a list of your nouns)

You may also create your own noun page with markers if you do not want to use wordle.

HAVE FUN FANCY FROGGIES!

Spelling Words

Here are the spelling words for this week.

jet

giraffe

gym

jacket

just

jeans

jungle

gentle

jelly

gigantic

joke

giant

jump

judge

journal

Spelling TIC TAC TOE due Friday.

Spelling test Friday.

New Online Reading Websites

I have posted some online reading websites for you child to explore under the WEBSITES section of the blog.

Make sure you check out STORY ONLINE with your child. It is a great website where famous people read popular books aloud.

ENJOY!!! The love of reading is something that never gets old!!!

Challenge Question - Nov. 23

Rudolph really likes to eat carrots. He ate 8 bags of carrots. Each bag of carrots had 20 carrots in it.

How many carrots did Rudolph eat altogether?

TO DO: Picture, Number Sentence and Written Sentence

Scholastic Book Orders!

Scholastic book orders are coming home today!

BOOK ORDERS ARE DUE BACK ON TUESDAY, NOV. 3Oth so that I can ensure they are delivered to the school before the Christmas break.

Challenge Question - Nov. 22

Jenna has 8 stockings. She is putting 5 candycanes in each stocking.

HOW MANY CANDYCANES WILL JENNA NEED ALTOGETHER???

TO DO: Picture, Number sentence, Written sentence

Math Test on Wednesday

Math test on Wednesday for the Unit "Numbers up to 1000".

Your child is bringing home a blue review sheet to study. The questions will be very similar to this....some will be THE EXACT SAME. There will be no surprises for the kids.

Please take the time to review the review sheet for a few minutes each night.

THANK YOU!!!!

HOT LUNCH ON WEDNESDAY!

SUBWAY HOT LUNCH ON WEDNESDAY!!!!!

No Spelling.

There will be no spelling this week as it is a short week!

Parent Teacher Interviews.

Please remember that there is no school this week on Thursday and Friday due to parent teacher interviews.

If you have not made you parent teacher interview time on CONFERENCE MANAGER please do so ASAP.

Let me know if you are having a problem making an interview time and I will try to get things fixed for you.

Thanks.

Weekend Challenge Question #2

Why do you think Miss. Pickett LOVES Christmas so much????

Weekend Challenge Question

It is a blistering Christmas Eve and the snowflakes are flying like rockets through the air. There are 9 reindeer pulling Santa's glowing sleigh.

How many feet are there altoghether working to pull Santa's sleigh?

TO DO: Picture, Number Sentence, Written Sentence

CELEBRATION TIME!!!

REPORT CARDS ARE COMING HOME TOMORROW. PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO CELEBRATE ALL THE AMAZING THINGS YOUR CHILD IS DOING AT SCHOOL!

I AM SO PROUD OF EACH CHILD!!!

IF YOU HAVE NOT MADE A PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEW YET PLEASE LOG ON TO THE CONFERENCE MANAGER AND MAKE AN INTERVIEW MEETING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!!!

Challenge Question - Nov. 18

Miss. Pickett was so happy today to be back with her fabulous kiddos! I missed you crazy froggies SOOOOOO MUCH! Thanks for all your hardwork today and being such lovely kiddos!

CHALLENGE QUESTION:

Santa is really hungry on Christmas Eve. He eats 6 bags of cookies. Each bag of cookies has 11 cookies inside.

HOW MANY COOKIES DID SANTA EAT ALTOGTHER???

TO DO: Pic, Number Sentence, Written Sentence

We can count to 1000!!!

LOOK AT US GO......we can estimate and count up to 1000!!

Check out the awesome counting strategies we are using!

Challenge Question - Nov. 15

Miss. Pickett LOVES to eat smarties. She put her smarties into groups by their color. If Miss. Pickett has 7 groups of 12 how many smarties does she have altogether????

To do: Picture, Number sentence and Written sentence.

T-SHIRT ORDERS DUE FRIDAY!

T-SHIRT ORDERS ARE DUE ON FRIDAY, NOV. 19th!!!!!!!!

Spelling Words

This week the spelling words have "ck" or "k".

neck

break

package

lock

trick

block

back

clock

squeak

speak

creek

leak

freckles

pack

cricket

BONUS WORD: gingerbread

SPELLING TEST ON FRIDAY.

SPELLING "TIC TAC TOE" HOMEWORK DUE FRIDAY.

REPORT CARDS!

REPORT CARDS COME HOME ON FRIDAY.

PLEASE MAKE YOUR PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEW TIME ON THE CONFERENCE MANAGER ONLINE!!!

If you are not sure how "conference manager" works please click on the NOVEMBER newsletter link and there is a tutorial there for you.

REMEMBRANCE DAY ASSEMBLY TOMORROW!

REMEMBRANCE DAY ASSEMBLY TOMORROW AT 10:30!

Challenge Question - Nov. 8th

FANCY WRITING TIME!!

The sentence below is boring.

The snake slithered.

REWRITE THE SENTENCE TO MAKE IT SUPER FANCY!!!

Reminders!!!!

1) HOT LUNCH ORDERS ARE DUE WEDNESDAY. No late orders will be accepted!

2) No school on NOV.11 and NOV.12 due to Remembrance Day.

Challenge Question- Nov. 4th

ODD versus EVEN

Count from 23 to 47 on a piece of paper (write all the numbers down).

How many even numbers are there???

Challenge Question - Nov. 3

REMEMBRANCE QUESTIONS:

1) What would peace on earth look like to you?

2) Why do you think Remembrance Day is a very important day?

Challenge Question - Nov. 2

Science Challenge

1) Draw what the molecules in a GAS (air) look like.

2) Draw what the molecules in a LIQUID look like.

3) Draw what the molecules in a SOLID look like.

CRAZY HAT DAY!

HOW CAN THESE KIDS NOT MAKE YOU SMILE!!!!!!!!!

Remembrance Day Videos

Remembrance day is coming up next week. The kids are doing many activities that centre around the meaning of this day.

We have been having lots of discussions in class about what it means to be a "hero", what it means to have courage and what peace on earth would look like.

Here are the links to some of the videos that kids have watched in class for you to view as a family and talk about their significance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYlrrAWCTRg - Pittance of Time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsCVlM1CSPU - Highway of Heroes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckfXr1EHO9U&feature=related - Highway of Heroes (to the music of GOD BLESS CANADA)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rV_LC5TaK-A&feature=related - The Canadian Soldier (To music: I Want You to Live)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EFqmkIKeZw&feature=related - Military Tribute

Challenge Question - Nov 1

Money Master....

Miss. Pickett has:

* one toonie

*2 loonies

* 3 quarters

* 6 dimes

* 3 nickels

* 4 pennies

HOW MUCH MONEY DOES SHE HAVE?

CRAZY HAT DAY TOMORROW!

WEAR A CRAZY HAT TO SCHOOL TOMORROW!!!!

SPIRIT ASSEMBLY AT 8:30 am! DRESS IN BLUE AND GOLD!

Spelling words for this week.

Here are the spelling words for this week.

These words all begin with "s" or "c". The "c" words all make the "soft c" sound.

sent

celebrate

safe

city

seven

soft

recess

scissors

cent

sister

season

silly

centre

sunset

sell

sent

SPELLING TEST ON FRIDAY.

SPELLING TIC TAC TOE (BOARD TWO) WITH THREE ACTIVITIES COMPLETED IS DUE ON FRIDAY.

Weekend Challenge Question

MONEY MANIA...

How many nickels does it take to make $1.25?

To Do: Draw a picture of all your coins!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!!

WE HAD A BLAST CELEBRATING!