The first week of Advent!

I hope you all had a wonderful long weekend :)

This is the first week of Advent and we will be starting it off with a school-wide celebration on Monday morning. For the duration of Advent, we will have a short celebration each Monday morning and hopefully also have an Advent wreath in our classroom which we can light each morning.

This week we will be continuing on with myths and the assignment each pair/group has decided to complete.

**Myths will be due Thursday Dec 1, 2011. Many students have already emailed them to me! Thank you for working so hard :)

** Pair/small group assignments will be due the following Thursday (Dec 8, 2011). Students will still have some class time to complete these however, they may need to spend time outside of class as well.

Spelling/vocabulary words for this week are as follows:

1. radiant: shining or bright
2. astonishment: amazement or great surprise
3. nervous: very excited or uneasy
4. cruel: causing pain or distress to others
5. humility: to be humble or modest
6. occupied: to take or fill up
7. extraordinary: beyond what is usual or regular
8. confident: having strong belief
9. withdraw: to go or move back or away
10. tragic: extremely dreadful or terrible
**The test will be on Thursday for Gr 6 English and French students!

To encourage students to practice these words at home, I am setting up an account with Spelling City. There is already a link on the right side of the main blog page. I should have the password set up by tomorrow so students can sign in and do different activities with the lists I have posted!

Please check back soon for more info on this!

Wishing you a wonderful and less windy week!!!