POD: “I will push that snowball with you… IF you let me take a picture of you in front of it first!” – Mr. McCallum
The morning started off cold but warmed up quickly. We came inside for the breakfast program and had some fun showing off our holiday shirts, which helped set a cheerful tone for the day.
We began with our regular morning routine. Our spelling words were Dasher, Dancer, Vixen, and Rudolph. Our UFLI sentence, focusing on a trigraph, was “They have a patch that will match.” For our “Show, Not Tell,” we worked with the sentence “She liked making decorations.” We also squeezed in a very quick maze before moving into art.
During art, we created ornaments for our class Christmas tree. After snack, we took on a big challenge—making a giant classroom snowflake. It took a lot of paper and teamwork, but the final result turned out pretty well.
Following recess, we met with our JMH reading mentors, then finished up a little more work on our snowflakes before heading to lunch.
Lunch and PE were back-to-back today, and we stayed outside for both. With the fresh snow, we couldn’t resist making some amazing snowballs. When we came back inside, we gathered some clean snow to melt and began an experiment to see if it would be safe to eat or drink. We’ll check the results tomorrow—some of the snow was still melting when we packed up. What do you think… is snow safe to eat?
We finished the day with some free choice time. Some students continued making snowflakes, others drew pictures, and a few chose games on the iPads. Before we knew it, the bell rang and it was time to head home.
Just a reminder that tomorrow is skating. The theme is Christmas colours, and Home & School will be providing a Christmas lunch. If you don’t like turkey or ham, please be sure to bring your own lunch.
Get lots of rest tonight, and I’ll see you in the morning.