Mon December 5 - Fri December 9

Dear Mom and Dad

Only one more week left and then it will be winter break!

AM Pajama Day - Thursday Dec 15
PM Pajama Day - Friday Dec 16

What a lovely Christmas Kindergarten Concert we had! We worked really hard learning all of the words and actions. Thank you Mrs. McBride for being such an amazing music teacher! It was a lot of fun. This week, we attended some of the dress rehearsals of the other grades. We really enjoyed listening to them sing.

We had our second baby visits this week with Roots of Empathy. We have been learning about crying and how to recognize what the baby is needing. Through this program, I continue to learn about what it means to help take care of others and how my actions affect others. Ask me to tell you what I noticed that was different about our Roots of Empathy Baby then from our last baby visit.

We participated in the "Fill a Sock" campaign. We learned that there are many people in Calgary who need our help in many different ways during the holidays. Thank you to everyone who donated socks and or brought in a donation to purchase items for this campaign. Every student in the school was able to fill a sock. We worked in partners and added things such as soap, toothpaste, floss, candy cane, toothbrush, kleenex and lip balm. We learned that the holidays is about giving and not all about getting.

This week Team Wonder has been learning all about snowflakes. Ask me to tell you how a snowflake is formed and what the magic number is for snowflakes. We learned that every snowflake forms from a hexagon shape. Did you know that snowflakes are unique just like us? We also did a very special experiment to make our own snowflakes. It is going to be a lovely surprise and gift for you when I take it home next week. Ask me to tell you about all the new centers that we have.

Have a great weekend and stay warm!

Love,
Kindergarten

Housekeeping:

We will be caroling next week. Students are welcome to bring holiday hats on the following days for caroling (optional)!

Monday and Wednesday - AM kindergarten
Tuesday and Thursday - PM kindergarten

Thank you to everyone who has offered to bring in materials for our gingerbread math decorating. If we could have all items brought in by Tuesday please. Then we can see what we may need to buy if there are missing items. :)

Cranston's 2nd Annual Family Christmas Movie Night is happening Thursday, December 15th . Tickets are not available at the door and had to be pre-ordered (Forms were sent home this week). Come and see if the Grinch manages to steal Christmas!!