CHRISTMAS IS COMING ~ 3

IMG_1990Even our bear is joining in the fun! A festive pair of jingle antlers.
Do you or someone in your family have a crazy Christmas sweater or Christmas jewelry they wear at this time of year?

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A balloon bearded Santa!?
Have you seen the large helium balloons in the Santa Claus Day parade? What’s your favourite shape? I remember a very cool looking Rudolph.

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Window Stickies! Have you ever seen store windows decorated with stickies, frosted snow or painted Christmas scenes? Do you remember your favourite?

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A stocking, ornaments & a stuck flying reindeer!
Do you help your family put up decorations at home? What’s your favourite one?

THINK MATH ~ 8

Thank you to all the students who created questions to our Think Math answer this week:
The answer is 12 sea turtles left swimming in the ocean. swimming-turtle-smiley-emoticon
There were 15 turtles in the tank and 3 swam away. How many left over? ~ Angelina
15 turtles. 3 got sleepy. How many left swimming? ~ Shania
There were 6 turtles in the Pacific Ocean and 6 in the Atlantic. How many in all? ~ Akash
15 sea turtles ran on the sand but 3 went too fast ahead and the rest swam in the ocean. How many swimming? ~ Kaitlyn
42 turtles were swimming in the ocean when a whale approached. 10 turtles swam west, 10 turtles swam east and 10 turtles swam to the surface. How many left over? ~ Ms. Watt

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 Tuesday!

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IMG_1835Christmas Clock! What time do you wake up on Christmas morning!?

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A Santa cookie jar filled with the names of division 8 students…
Do you make cookies around Christmas time? With who?

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IMG_1774An advent calendar with Christmas customs from around the world…
Do your parents or grandparents celebrate Christmas customs from somewhere else in the world where they’ve lived?

CHRISTMAS IS COMING

FullSizeRenderohmigoodness, are you as excited as I am Division 8?! Over the next couple weeks room 203 will be transforming into a bit of a winter wonderland in anticipation for the BEST MONTH OF THE YEAR!!christmas-lights-smiley-emoticon
Tune in here to see the daily additions to your home away from home as I do a 10 day countdown to December!

We Scare Hunger Food Drive

1025_WeScareHunger_CampaignBooklet-USNelson’s ME to WE club is starting an exciting year of fundraising by holding a food drive for the We Scare Hunger campaign. Please bring non-perishable food items to school until November 22nd to help support our local community. Students in the Me to We club from Div. 1 will be collecting items from classes.
Thank you for your support!
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We have created theme days although you’re welcome to bring in any donation on any day!

November 14th & November 15th
Breakfast foods! —hot and cold boxed cereals, oatmeal, granola, muesli, whole grain bran, granola bars, breakfast bars, tea, coffee, canned fruit, pancake mix

November 16th & November 19th
Lunch! —canned soup, hearty stews, pork and beans, chilli, ready to serve meals, boxed macaroni and cheese, jams, crackers, canned fish

November 20th & November 21st
Dinner! —brown and white rice, barley, whole wheat pasta, and other grains, tomato sauce, pasta sauce, canned chicken or turkey

November 22nd
Donation Day and misc. items