This month, Easton celebrated his 5th birthday!  We wished him a very happy year being 5! We had our Remembrance Day ceremony at school on November 10. It was very beautiful and I think everyone present were moved by the songs, poems and speeches. We also went skating with our buddies for the first time. It was so much fun! This week, the Calthumpians will be here to put on a very special show for us. I am looking forward to seeing them perform.We are presently working on all letter names and sounds, with our manin focus this week being on the letter Jj. Jellyfish are amazing creatures and we are learning about them as well. Please keep practicing each night. In Math, we are developing number sense through games and activities focusing on numbers between 1-10. In You and Your World, we have been working on "Healthy Lifestyles" . This week we will continue to learn more about healthy food choices and how to keep germs away.Our "Book Fair" begins next week. It will run from November 30-December 3. Family night will be on December 2.Christmas dinner will be on December 9 and our concert, on the 16.Please check out the links on the right hand side of the page that will take you to some excellent sites to help with your child's learning. 

There are some very exciting things going on in Mrs. Poole's classroom!"I Care" cat has been in to see us. So far we have learned 3 very important "I Care" rules: #1 We listen to each other. #2. Hands are for helping,not hurting. #3 We use "I Care" language. We are trying very hard to follow these rules. They are helping to make our class a fun place to be :) We have also started the "Warm Fuzzies" program in our class to acknowledge kindness and good behaviour. I can't wait to see how we do!We are working on the letter Cc. Our animal friend to help us with this letter and sound is Catina cat. While chatting with your little one ask them what other words start like the "c" sound in Catina cat. We read a story today called: Catina Cat Cooks! Ask your child what some of the things were that she cooked.I hope you are still working on rhyme. We are having fun with rhyme every day and hope you are seeing improvement at home.There are so many patterns everywhere in the world around us. We have been learning about basic patterns such as: red/blue/red/blue/red/blue (ABABABAB patterns) and big/small/small/big/small/small (ABBABBABB patterns).Picture re-takes are tomorrow. Please let your child know that you want re-takes and write me a note in your child's agenda. Thank you.