sure your child’s clothing is labelled. Students are leaving items behind and I want to make sure all items get back to their owners quickly.

I wish you a healthy and restful winter break and we look forward to a wonderful New Year.

It’s hard to believe that in three weeks students will be on win-ter break. This year is flying by and we have been very busy in our classroom. The New Year will continue to be just as busy! Please make sure you mark down all the important dates on your calen-dars, as the next three weeks will probably be the busiest all year.

As a school we are planning a special holi-day craft event for

both parents and stu-dents just before the break. An invitation was sent home last week via email from the school. I look forward to seeing you all shortly. If by chance a family member is not able to attend your child will still have an opportunity to par-ticipate in this exciting event.

With the cold weather here, students are now bringing in many cloth-ing items. Please make

Important Dates:

Visiting Author December 6th

Popcorn Sale $1 December 9th

Pizza Day December 15th

Holiday Craft Event 9-10 December 20th

Choir to Revera (pm) December 21st

Holiday Sing-Along December 23rd

Red & Green Day December 23rd

Last Day of School December 23rd

For more im-portant dates please check our classroom website.

Students have started a unit on procedural writing. Students were giv-en the challenge of explaining how to make a paper air-plane to others. Many students had never made one be-fore and needed to complete some re-search first. Once

students practiced making airplanes they were able to share the steps with others. Students also had a chance to measure the dis-tance of their planes during math. We will continue with procedural writing until winter break. At home,

students can review procedural writing by following recipes or playing a board game.

to create a one page Glogster poster to teach others in our classroom. Mean-while grade 4 stu-dents picked an ear-ly society to learn more about. Stu-dents are using Google Docs to rec-

Grade 3 students continue their in-quiry on First Na-tions. Currently students are learn-ing about one partic-ular tribe. Once students have an-swered their inquiry questions they are

ord their learning. At the end of their inquiry, students will present their find-ings through a Google Slide presen-tation.

Language

Science/Social Studies

Mathematics practice.

Before the winter break we will focus on adding and subtract-ing. We will continue this unit in the New Year, which means students will have a test shortly after the break. During the winter break I will post review ques-tions to help prepare

students when they return in January. As always, Mathlet-ics will be available for review over the holidays if your child would like to practice these skills.

We are currently working on our Measurement unit. Students are learn-ing about linear measurement, mass and capacity. This unit will wrap up early next and be-fore the weekend I will post review questions on our class website for

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In November we had a wonderful time at the ROM learning about first nations and early societies. Here are some pictures of our adventure.

Field Trip

On our last day of school, Friday, December 23rd we will be having a spirit day where students are en-couraged to dress in red and green. We will also have a special Holiday Sing-along in the gym beginning at 10:30am. Children will gather and sing a variety of holiday songs. Par-ents are welcome to attend, and are encouraged to wear red or green clothing just like the students, to go along with the holiday theme.

Carol Sing-Along

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If you ever have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact me by phone or email.

Every year Norman Ingram helps a local charity in some way. This year we are partnering with New Circles. We are collecting socks and underwear as these items are usually in low supply, but high in demand. There are many people who are not able to purchase these simple everyday

items that most of us probably take for granted. Events like these give Norman Ingram students a chance to make a difference in the lives of others. Donations are be-ing accepted starting Monday, December 5th until Wednes-day, December 21st. Thanks for giving back!

Holiday Charity - Seats & Feets

Contact Info

416-395-2720

Kim.lussier@tdsb.on.ca

www.kimlussier.com

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