Highlights:
- Today we me with our big buddies and got to play the board games they created for math. They had to build these games to learn about probability. It was really neat!
- We also got to go outside and use snow shoes! Our big buddies helped us to put the show shoes on and took us around in the snow.
- For math we created 3D Shape Skeleton Cities. Using our knowledge of edges and vertices of 3D shapes, we created shape cities using marshmallows and toothpicks!
- In word work we learned about the ed-family words and practiced more poetry reading and copying.
- Here are a few more family traditions we learned about:
Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony
New Years tradition from Japan
"At New Years we prepare special food called 'Osechi Ryori' and put it in this special stackable box. It is eaten together with family on New Years Day. Each food in the box has special meaning such as wisdom, long life, wealth, etc."
Chinese New Year
"The character on the shirt is an upside-down word of 'blessing' in Chinese. The upside-down means 'come' or 'arrive'. In direct translation it means 'blessing arrive'. the red color has a symbolic meaning of joy and celebration.
Christmas tradition - Santa ornaments
"Our family collects Santa figurines. My grandpa Mike has hundreds of Santas that they line up on the picture rails in their house in Victoria."
Chinese New Year - red pocket
"The red pocket is for good luck in the new year."
Reminders:
- Please remember to bring library books back for Monday :)
- Next Monday, Dec 16th is "Polar Express Day" - we are allowed to wear PJ's to school with slippers or winter holiday clothes. We will have hot chocolate and get to ride the polar express to the library for the story with the whole school!
- We are still accepting items for fill-a-sock until Monday.
- Carol singing begins next week on Tuesday. This will happen in the morning right after the attendance has been taken. Families are welcome to join us in the learning commons for this.
