Just a notice to parents, the school clothing has arrived and will be sent home with your child today.  Look for them in your child's bookbag!  I hope they all fit!

Only one more weekly message before the Christmas break.  Can you believe that?! This week, will hopefully be as routine as possible.  Sadly, I am away for IF meeting on Tuesday, but Ms. Olsen will be looking after my class, and she is wonderful!  We really have to buckle down and work on our Christmas song for the concert, but I have a hard time peeling myself away from our norm, because we are accomplishing so much now-a-days, and I want to keep on our "roll". Don't forget that Friday is "Crazy Hat Day" and our last day to bring in food to support our local food bank.  Our class is keeping right up with the rest of the school, and every contribution is a help to those in need. Bring your singing voices boys and girls, because every second that we get this week, we will be belting out our song!  Enjoy the week, our last official full week before the year 2012!

December 5th?  Honestly where did time go?  I can't believe there are three weeks until Christmas!  Can you? This week is relatively normal, which is a refreshing change.  A full week of work is every teachers dream...finally we can get down to the nitty gritty and cover lots of curriculum this week with no interuptions!  I am looking forward to a week of just routine, reading, writing and oral work on our French unit of Les vêtements.  Don't forget that Monday, Scholastic book orders are due, it is show and tell on Wednesday, library on Thursday as well as our Christmas Dinner in the cafeteria.  It is $5.50 and the money is due on Wednesday.  Les amis de la lecture on Friday and of course food bank articles on Friday which is PJ day.  I know I can't wait towait to wear my jammies! Here is to a great week!  We will all have time to rest and rejuvinate in three weeks!

The countdown to Christmas is on, and I can already feel the excitement building in the class.  I am going to try and channel this energy into some great work!  Since it is a short week, we have lots of work to get done in four days! Monday will be as routine as always.  We have started our new unit on clothing and it is a refreshing change in the class.  I am confident that we have our family mastered.  I will also be sending home the appointment times of the Parent-Teacher interviews with the students on Monday at the end of the day, so check your students HEART book for these slips. Tuesday report cards go home at the end of the day.  We will be starting a new book on Tuesday, stay tuned to hear about this in the weekly classroom video of "Heartland Happenings" written by my secretaries. Hump Day, I will be at meetings at the District Office for the Intensive French program, so the supply teacher will have lots of work for them to do. Thursday is the final day of the week and as well, our special "Welcome Christmas Hat Day" in support of our local food banks.  Please wear a festive hat and bring in a food bank article.  We also will be having Mr.  Duplessie in to help us with our Audocity project.  I am excited to see the finished product. Remember no school on Friday.  I look forward to seeing all of the parents this week.  See you soon!  

They have arrived!  The annual class photo's are on sale from myself for $2/photo.  Sadly, I am in the picture, but other than that they are really a great picture of all my students.  Send in the $2 with your student and I will give them a copy of their class.  It is a great memory to look back at many years from now!

Tomorrow is wear something blue for bullying and backwards for the local food banks, I hope that you all participate in these two great causes!