Hello Parents,

This is the 1st week of Advent. The liturgical colour is purple. Advent is a time for waiting. We are waiting for the birth of our saviour, Jesus!

We have some very exciting news to share. Today we received a gift from Santa! His name is Gary the Scout Elf. Gary will be joining our classroom until Christmas, making sure the students are staying on the nice list! I have a feeling you will be hearing A LOT about Gary in the next coming weeks!!! I will be making sure I tweet out Gary's antics every day. Last year he pulled a few fast ones on us. He is a clever little elf!

Please remember to have your child review their word wall words each night for 5-10 minutes. They are expected to know all these words by sight.

In Language, students learned to draw Olaf, add details to the picture, colour it and then describe him. They are getting better at using the descriptive writing checklist to ensure that they have met all the success criteria. We have a few more descriptive writing assignments left to do in order to get really good at it.

Last week, in Math, we practiced comparing numbers using anchors of 5 and 10 and using math terms such as “more” and “less”. Next week, we will be starting our unit on data management (ex. tallies, surveys, bar graphs, pictographs, interpreting data).

In Science, we are exploring our knowledge about Seasons and Seasonal Changes. This week, we will focus on the Spring season (clothing, animals, activities, celebrations, food, weather etc). Unfortunately, focussing on Spring won’t make it come any faster! Ask your child to retell the story “Alfie’s Long Winter”. This is Mrs. D'Ettorre's absolute favourite story!!!

Important Dates:

• Advent Mass - Tuesday, December 1st at 10:45am
• Library Exchange - Wednesday, December 2nd
• December Craft with Nanny Sue - Wednesday, December 9th 1:00-2:10pm

(We need some volunteers to help out with this awesome craft! Write a note in your child’s agenda if you can help out for an hour)

Have a wonderful week!

Tiffany Lawless