Monday December 12th

Notice:
School Winter performance on Thursday:
Two shows one in the morning, one in the afternoon.

We began with spelling seasonal and X-mas words. After the pretest the students had to draw a picture which included all the spelling words and label it. One of the students said "but this is fun" nice to know spelling practice can be fun.

In music today the students continued learning about rhythm and working on their songs for the Winter concert on Thursday.

In math we looked at a x-table chart to show the students what they already know or could easily figure out ...basically out of the 100 times tables knowing that 3x5 = 5x3 so 100 becomes 50. The 1, 2, 5 and 10 are all easy and I showed them the 9 times table trick so 40 becomes 14 they have to memorize:
2x4, 2x6, 2x7, 2x8
3x4, 3x6, 3x7, 3x8

4x6, 4x7, 4x8
6 x 7, 6 x 8 and
7 x 8
Have your child drill and drill and drill those 14 times tables.

After lunch those students not in choir listened to and did a one page report on Burl Ives the silky voice of Christmas and winter songs.

In Socials we continued looking at ways First nations people of North America traveled. Last week we looked at the horse and its use on the prairies and today we looked at the Dog Sled and it's importance to the Inuit. Inuit peoples used dog sledding as a means of transportation to trade, hunt, fish, and monitor trap lines in the Canadian Arctic wilderness. As communities and outposts grew, dog sleds were used to deliver mail, supplies, and news.

We ended the day in the gym practicing for play on the stage which is now set up and ready for us to use during the Winter concert on Thursday. Be sure and book the time to come and see you child perform during one of the two performance times on Thursday. I would suggest coming to the early show if you want good seats and to be able to take pictures.

Sorry my camera is out of order so imagine until I rectify the situation.