Crossing our fingers & hoping for a white Christmas, we were inspired to do some winter artwork. See our pastel art, Catching Snowflakes, by clicking on the YOUNG ARTISTS tab above!
Posted in Class Activities
Nelson had it’s annual Intramural Track Meet on December 12th & the students participated in relays showing off their basketball, football, skipping & agility skills while competing for house points.
Division 8 did an awesome job in all events & were great cheer leaders for their team mates (special shout out to Red Team for their non-stop encouragement!)!
Click on one of the smileys to see us in action!!
Posted in School Sporting Events
Merry Christmas Nelsonites! I hope everyone has had tons of fun over the past week celebrating the holidays & spending time with your friends & families!
After lots of fun during the last few days of school, including catching snowflakes on our tongues on the playground, I celebrated my birthday with friends while enjoying some crazy good cinnamon bun french toast! One of my families traditions is lighting candles on the advent wreath on the 4 Sundays before Christmas. Ryan & I hosted our families for a German Christmas on Christmas Eve. I had a bit of an unsuccessful attempt at baking rolls for Christmas morning. We then finished off our celebrations with a delicious turkey dinner with all the fixings at my mom’s house. Enjoy your 2nd week of winter holidays & I can’t wait to hear about all your celebrations in the New Year!
Click on the pictures for a closer look!
Posted in Holiday Actitivies
Click on NELSON SPIRIT DAYS above to see a sea of red & green! We wore Christmas colours & donned our antlers, Santa hats, elf ears, etc. to celebrate the start of the winter holidays.
Posted in Spirit Days
Thank you to all the students who created questions to our Think Math answer this week:
The answer is 7 elves still working in Santa’s workshop. 
There are 12 elves working hard & 6 elves had to go to the washroom. 1 elf came back & got right to back to work . How many elves are still working? ~ Casandra
There are 200 elves working at Santa’s workshop on Christmas Eve. 193
elves did not finish making their toys & had to come with Santa on his
sled. How many elves left making the toys? ~ Chloe
There are 50 elves. 43 went outside to put some presents on Santa’s sled. How many left in Santa’s workshop? ~ Cayla
There were 17 elves getting their lunch & 7 of them left to work some more. How many are working? ~ Sahana
There are 88 elves in total. Santa kicks out 81. How many elves are still working? MERRY CHRISTMAS! ~ Daniel
There are 100 elves. 93 elves got buried in the snow. How many are left? ~ Gian
12 elves work in Santa’s workshop. 6 elves go to the washroom. 1 elf comes back from the washroom. How many in all working? ~ Vera
There are 20 elves working in Santa’s workshop. 13 elves leave for their cookie break how many are left? ~ Julia
Here’s next week’s answer! Good Luck Grade 3s! Remember there are as many different correct answers as there are students in our class! I can’t wait to share the answers next Friday!
Posted in THINK MATH
Starting today, Nelson’s grade 7s are selling tickets outside the staff room for a chance to win 1 of 3 wonderful gift baskets. You can choose to purchase tickets for the Spa & Pamper, Entertainment & Snacks or the Toys & Games basket.
Tickets are $2 for 1, $5 for 3 & $10 for 7! I picked up 7 tickets today & am crossing my fingers! Join me in supporting our hard working Grade 7s!
Posted in School Fundraisers
Check out the NELSON SPIRIT DAYS tab for pics of us dining on pancakes (stuffies safe away from the syrup in our classroom!) in our PJs! Thanks to all the parents who provided such a great experience!!
Posted in Spirit Days
Primary students travelled by school bus to Bill Copeland Arena on Friday, all bundled up & ready to skate! After lacing up our skates, we were ready to show off our skills!
Click on the picture to see us all in action on the ice!
Posted in Field Trips, School Sporting Events
Thank you to all the students who created questions to our Think Math answer last week:
The answer is 22 snowflakes on children’s tongues.
11 children catch 1 snowflake each. 11 more people catch 1 snowflake each. How many in all? ~ Vera
There are 100 snowflakes on children’s tongues. 78 kids eat the snowflakes. How many are left? ~ Gian
There are 12 snowflakes on children’s tongues in Quebec & 10 more in western Canada. How many in all of Canada? ~ Daniel
There are 100 kids & 200 snowflakes. A fire comes & burns 178 snowflakes. 78 kids leave. How many in all? ~ Zackary
There was 1 snowflake one 2 kids tongue. 1 girl had good luck & got 21 snowflakes. How many in all? ~ Nicole
There are 20 children with their tongues out & 2 more came. They all tried to get a snowflake on their tongues! How many children in all? ~ Casandra
23 snowflakes fell on tongues. 1 feel off. How many in all? ~ Cameron
There are 10 snowflakes on 10 children’s mouths & 12 more people want some snowflakes on their mouths. How many snowflakes on everyone’s mouths? ~ Cayla
There are 30 kids outside catching snowflakes with their mouths. 4 kids go in for hot chocolate & another group of 4 got a fever & went in. How many kids are still outside catching snowflakes? ~ Julia
There are 100 kids skiing & having fun up at Whistler mountain. There is a daredevil contest being held & the winner gets a prize. Only 78 brave kids enter. How many kids were smart to just watch the contest? ~ Chloe
Here’s this week’s answer! Good Luck Grade 3s! Remember there are as many different correct answers as there are students in our class! I can’t wait to share the answers next Friday!
Posted in THINK MATH
Last year a friendly scout elf was sent by Santa to Room 203 to watch & report on whether Nelson’s Grade 3s this year are naughty or nice!
She’s back and it looks like she’s got a new pet reindeer!
I can’t wait to see who’ll be the first to spy the new spot she’ll be watching from each day! I hope her daily report to Santa includes many acts of kindness that she witnesses in our classroom.
Posted in Holiday Actitivies
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