Spreading some Christmas cheer!

Today we sang Christmas carols.  We went on a bus to the police station and we went to Division Office where the superintendent works. We sang Jingle Bells, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and We Wish You a Merry Christmas.  They all clapped for us.

Tomorrow is Grinch Day.  Wear some green!

An Old-Fashioned Christmas!

We went to the Highwood Museum. Years ago, people hung candles on the Christmas tree.  They had to be careful because they tried not to burn themselves or the tree!  In the old days, they hung socks and Santa would put an orange in the toe, if you were lucky!  We made a craft candy cane out of paper and crayons. The Highwood Museum has an old journal from a girl from the 1880s.

We played at the museum in the play area.  We sang Jingle Bells with bells and we read the book A Porcupine in a Pine Tree.

Old Fashioned Christmas

We will be learning about an old fashioned Christmas.  Some kids interviewed their parents.  We found out that parents and grandparents got toys too when they were in Grade 1.  The toys were a little different.  Ms. Mahan's class made acrobat toys that balanced on their finger!

I am a great learner!

The Learner Profile is coming home tonight.  Please READ it with me.  When we are done, we need to return the folder and the envelope.

Our Christmas concert on Monday night is almost FULL to capacity.  If you have EXTRA tickets, please send them back to school.  We need to wear sunglasses and reindeer antlers if we have them.

We had an assembly today.  We learned about Habit 1 & 2.  We synergized with the big kids!  We talked about what a 7 Habits school feels like, looks like and sounds like!  We said some really great stuff - Mrs. Saunderson was impressed.

Ask me about Random Acts of Christmas Kindness!  Today we gave someone a compliment!

Remember that I need to interview someone about Grade 1 past and bring in my field trip forms.