What an exciting day!! Today was the last day of school before the winter break - Students return to school January 5, 2015! Today we wore our pajamas and had free pizza lunch!
In our pajamas... Ask me about my day..
Making cards for our families
made cards....
Matthew was so excited to take this home
Our buddies from Grade 3/4 Mrs. Anan's room read our new books to us
Ask me about our reading...
We read this book with room: 3Ask me what another word for sharing is...
...generosity (or being generous)
Book Bags for Kids
The Calgary Board of Education (CBE) is pleased to collaborate with a group of corporate and community partners to give children the gift of reading. Book Bags for Kids is an initiative that puts books in the hands of children who may have limited access to reading materials in their homes. Close to 2700 children in 44 CBE schools benefited from the program last year -including all students from Vista Heights School! FOr more information, click the following link: http://cbe.ab.ca/get-involved/partners/Pages/Book-Bags-for-Kids.aspx
A great big thank you to the Calgary Flames and Calgary Hitmen for the teddy bear donations. Each year the Flames and Hitmen collect donations of teddy bears at their Teddy Bear Toss games and this year our students were the lucky ones to receive these teddy bears! Click the following link to watch the video of the teddy bears being thrown and how they distribute the bears!
If you are looking for things to do over the break, here are some suggestions.
1. Draw and tell a story - much of what we do in the classroom is documented through pictures and telling stories. Students can draw key events that took place over the break. We are still working on adding details to our drawing, so please encourage that!
2. Read - Raz Kids is a great tool for listening to stories! Encourage your child to read road signs as you drive (and signs with numbers too!) The Calgary Public Library is open during the holidays - it is a great place to visit and explore new types of text (and movies too!)
3. Cook - Tell different recipes to the students and ask them to retell. Get them involved in the cooking process. Encourage students to use their math skills to count as you measure the ingredients... for example how many spoons of sugar?
4. Learning Links - to the right you will find a list of educational websites which students can visit at your discretion.
See you on January 5, 2014!
Thanks,
Mrs. Malik
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