Last Week Before Christmas Break!

• It is so hard to believe that this is our last week of 2017!
• We have a very busy week here at ACC!  I am not assigning any homework this week, except for getting their procedural writing pieces signed and returned tom.
• Tuesday we will be going on a field trip to the Wyatt Heritage Properties in Summerside.  We are leaving in the morning and returning before lunch.  Thank you to all who have paid the two dollars to help cover the costs.
• Ugly sweater day will be Dec.21 and PJ day will be Dec. 22.  We will also be going skating on Friday, Dec. 22.  There should be a permission form coming home shortly.  I believe our time is 1-1:30pm.  Students must have helmets to participate. We will also be having Christmas stations put on by the leadership students Thursday afternoon.
• We delivered gifts and thank you letters to different staff members today and the students did a fabulous job not only writing them, but presenting them as well.
• I want to take this opportunity to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!  Thank you so much for sending me such wonderful children each day. I love my job and consider myself very lucky to work where I do!  

Week of Dec. 11-15

• I hope everyone had a lovely weekend!  Hard to believe....two weeks before Xmas break!
• Please make sure students are reading 20 min. each night AND recording it in their nightly reading duotang.
• Practice math facts nightly and the gr.3 will have a couple of pages to do in their orange duotangs.  We had a quiz on adding and subtracting on Thursday. Those will go home on Monday.  Please sign and return to school.  We are starting our unit on measurement next week.
• I should have the procedural writing pieces corrected by mid-week.  I will send them home for you to sign and return to me.  This week the students will be reading their thank you letters that they have written to various staff members around the school.  They are very proud of these. The students will be starting "My Xmas Wish" writing pieces this week.
• Our Christmas concert will be this Friday, Dec. 15 beginning at 1:00pm
• Candy grams will be on sale Monday and Tuesday (I believe they are 50 cents)
• We are also collecting food items at our school for the food bank.  It would be great if you could send in anything you can spare.
• Have a wonderful week everyone!

Dec. 4-8

• Wow!  It is so hard to believe that we only have 3 weeks left before Xmas!
• Please have your child fill in their reading duotang each night.  They should be reading for 20 min. each evening.
• Math- practice math facts to 18 nightly.  Also, I will assign a few pages in their orange duotangs next week ( I didn't assign any last week :o).  We are working on 3 digit subtraction in class.
• We are wrapping up our Social Studies chapter on exploration.  The students handed in an assignment on Dec. 1 and I will have them back within the week.  Our next unit will be Rocks and Minerals in Science.
• In writing, we have been working on procedural writing in class.  The students have picked a topic and have been writing over the past week.  Their good copy of this is due on Tuesday.  I would encourage them to use their rubrics.  For the last few weeks before Xmas, we will be doing a few different writing activities including " My Christmas Wish."
• Christmas concert will be on Friday, December 15th ( I will check on the time)
• I have placed the December book order and I am estimating that they will be here by the end of the week.
• Have a great week everyone!