Merry Christmas Parents and Team Players!

Just wanted to wish everyone a safe, relaxing and family-filled Christmas break!  I attached a photo of our Christmas Pasta Lunch that our class family enjoyed together!  What a blessing to be able to share your children with me!  A truly amazing bunch of students!

See you next year!

Coach Wilson

Christmas Pasta Luncheon Tomorrow!

         Tomorrow I would like to treat my hard working team players to a Christmas Pasta Lunch with crazy bread sticks!  I thought it would be nice to sit down a one LARGE table together (desks will be put together) as a class family and enjoy a meal together.  So, parents, no need to pack a lunch tomorrow.  Just send your child to school tomorrow with snacks and a drink!

Merry Christmas!

Coach Wilson

Tomorrow is Electronics Day!  Students are allowed to bring electronics as they have earned this reward from the Cookie Dough fund raiser early this year.


I will be sending home all of their Christmas crafts.  Thank you to those parents who were able to come out for the Christmas walk through last night!  It was great seeing everyone!

That's all for now!

Coach Wilson

Dear Parents,

For our Social Studies test on Thursday, here is what your child should review and focus on...

Gr. 2 - Review highlighted pages in green duo tang
I can...

• label a world map with continents and oceans
• label a map of Canada with 3 territories and 10 provinces
• understand when it's better to use a map (for towns, cities, roads) verses a globe (for continents, oceans)
• define terms such as map, symbol and key
• identify, draw and label a compass rose with N, NE, NW, S, SE, SW, E, and W directions
• identify and label the equator
• identify and label the 2 hemispheres, Northern and Southern
• identify which continents are north of the equator and which are south of the equator

Gr. 3 - Our focus will be on how the relationship between the First Nations people developed over time with the Early Settlers.

I can ...

• identify the 2 main groups of First Nations people that lived in Upper Canada as the Algonquin and Iroquoian
• identify how the First Nations people lived (in what kind of housing, how did they hunt/fish/farm, how did they make tools, etc)
• Name several ways in which the First Nations people helped the Early Settlers adapt to their new land.
• Identify games the First Nations children played
• Identify the two chiefs that existed in a First Nations tribe and what their roles were 
• Explain what factors cause people to leave their home country; a push factor or a pull factor. (see notes)

More later this week!

Coach Wilson

SECRET QUESTION:  What animal fur was used in making hats that the First Nations used to trade with the Early Settlers?

Parents,
 Great news!  Students did a tremendous job today on their Mass and Capacity tests!  I am very proud of both grades!  Marks were soaring!  Celebrate your child's mark tonight when they ask you to sign and return the test!

Next week, students will be wrapping up their units in Social Studies.   This way, we can return from Christmas break ready to begin a new unit in Science.  Test will be next Thursday.
Gr. 2 - Mapping Skills
Gr. 3 - First Nations and Early Settlers

I'll be sending home a review sheet next week for both!

More to come soon!

Coach Wilson

Parents,

Staff and students would like to welcome our newest addition to the Team Wilson Family, Sumaya M, who comes to us from New Market!  Welcome to our amazing Team, Sumaya!  We will do our best to make your first experience here at St. Christopher School a great one!  Students are very excited!

Reminder: Math test (Part 2) is tomorrow for our Measurement strand in Math.
Reading Response duo tangs due Friday.
WOW test Friday.

Thank you for sending in clementine crates for our Gr. 2 craft!

SECRET QUESTION:  How many quarter litres are in a whole litre?

Coach Wilson