I've always found it odd how time works, the way it is the year 2012 one minute and the next it is a whole other year! I had a wonderful holiday (thank you Tristen for asking) filled with family, friends, food, and SLEEP. Oh how I loved my naps with Brennan and I certainly could have used one today. We were quite busy even on our first day back. The class did really well as they came in to a new layout...our TRIBES groups. Throughout the month of January we will be working on getting to know our Tribe members better so that we can begin more focused group learning in February.
With all the Christmas festivities we didn't end up finishing Number the Stars so we will be doing that within the next week. We have two shorter units coming up in Math in Data Management and Measurement. In Social Studies we are going to look at the government and the rights and responsibilities of being a citizen in Canada. We had fun painting tessellations in Art today as we looked at the effect of mixing white or black to a primary or secondary colour. Next week we will be finger painting with our new skills to recreate art by Eric Carle. I will be busy working on report cards throughout January as they go home on February 7th.
A lot of stuff came home today, I hope it all got to you:
- a thank you card for the incredibly generous and thoughtful cards and gifts I was showered with on the last day of school. Thank you for thinking of me.
- milk order form
- January homework book calendar (it is now posted on the class website)
- January In the News calendar (I didn't send them home on the 20th as I had initially planned so that they weren't lost over the holiday. I informed students that if they were to present tomorrow or Wednesday that they could do so on Thursday or Friday if it wasn't convenient)
- some students had a bit of homework as they were adjusting to having to manage their time being back at school
Upcoming events are posted on the class website. Our next assembly is this Friday when Mike Strange is coming in to speak with the school about his Box Run across Canada!!
I hope everyone had a fun and relaxing holiday. My school New Years Resolution is to get back to being more regular with the blog posts and to improve on posting work and pictures starting in February. What's yours?
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In the spirit of kindness and giving, Amy came in today with extra recorders for those students who didn't have one for Music class.
Tristen came up to me part way through the day and said, "I didn't notice anyone asking you and I felt bad. How was your Christmas?"
What wonderful people we have our classroom. Thank you for making my day.
And Merry Christmas to Nathan who was celebrating his Serbian Christmas with his family this evening.
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