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Well it is December!!! Yippee!!

Language

We have read the book __The Day the Crayon Quit__ and the premise of the book is that the crayons are unhappy with a little boy Duncan because he does not use the crayons the way the crayons want to be used. (The red crayon is tired because he gets used so much, the purple crayon is frustrated because Duncan doesn't colour in the lines etc..) The story is written in letter form so we are learning the parts of letter (preparing to write to Santa). Each child is creating a book to be given back to the crayons explaining how he/she has made the crayon happy. These books will be created over the next few months. I am so impressed with the children have created already.

The letter of the week is R. Rover ripping rags...rrr (remember it is not "er" sounds, but "r" as in road)

Math

We are continuing with numbers. Printing them, reading them, and counting them.

December is a very exciting month at school. There is always a lot going on and the kids get so excited as Santa's visit gets closer!

Remember to send splash pants or snowpants as the weather changes because our playground is a big mud pit!!!