Hello Agents,

Our Christmas celebrations are here. Each day we have a surprise theme. We will take home our theme activity pack, so make sure to tell your parents about what you learned.

Here are your objectives this week.

• Spelling: We will not have a spelling list this week. Instead, we will focus on learning spelling rules.
• Language Arts: We will start drafting our personal narratives about something we know about.
• Math: We will do a variety of themed math activities this week. Make sure to keep practicing skip counts as we learn multiplication.
• Social Studies: We will learn about ways people have celebrated Christmas in the past and in different cultures.
• Science: We will conduct some Christmas themed science experiments.
• Bible: We will continue our study of the story of Christmas.
• Art: We will have Christmas themed art projects.

Homework:

• Read 15 min. I am sending books home, and I will test them on fluency and comprehension in class.
  • For Epic Books, click here and enter the class code: dwx8046
• Skip count by 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 and 10. Use the Hundreds Chart to count.
• Spelling List Practice: Have students sound out the words. Recognizing the phonograms in each word is the most important part of how we teach students to spell with SWR. For extra spelling practice, check out this page on spelling rules, which can be found in Online Learning Resources.
• Optional learning extensions
  • Code.org, class code: DSRPTY
  • Prodigy, class code: 5A36CB6

I look forward to some more Christmas themed learning this week!

Important Reminders

Our food drive is still going as we attempt to raise $5,000.00 for our school goal, which will result in a K-Gr.12 Pajama Day on Wednesday January 6, 2021.

Food drive donations can be made in the following ways:

– Cash handed in to classroom teachers or the school office
– etransfer@highroadacademy.com (please note your name and purpose of the transfer in the notes/memo field)
– cheque (payable to Highroad Academy)
– debit at the school office (by appointment)

Important Dates

Friday Dec. 11th– Pro D Day- no classes Preschool to Gr. 12

Wednesday Dec. 16th– K-Gr. 6 Silly Sweater Day
Gr. 7-12 Christmas sweater or Christmas character day

Thursday Dec. 17th– Knight Day, Last day of school before Christmas Break! See you after Christmas Break!