Galloping (8 times)

Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, 
Over the moon so bright 
Thirty-two feet and eight little tails of white, 
Hurry, hurry, hurry through the night.

Ol' Saint Nick he works so quickly leavin' toys for girls and boys.
Then over the roof so high 
Thirty-two feet and eight little tails they fly, 
Faster, faster, faster through the sky.

Oh!  Look at 'em go,
Santa's laughin'.
Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho.

Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, 
Over the garden wall.
Thirty-two feet and eight little tails in all.
See 'em canter, hear ol' Santa call, 
"Merry, merry Christmas to you all."

Galloping (8 times)

Ol' Saint Nick he works so quickly leavin' toys for girls and boys.
Then over the roof so high 
Thirty-two feet and eight little tails they fly, 
Faster, faster, faster through the sky.

Oh!  Look at 'em go,
Santa's laughin'.
Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho,

Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, 
Over the garden wall, 
Thirty-two feet and eight little tails in all 
See 'em canter, hear ol' Santa call, 
"Merry, merry Christmas to you all."

galloping galloping go!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55CSTJOeAIE

Rudolph was under the weather
He had to call-in sick
So he got on the horn to his cousin, Leroy
Who lived out in the sticks
He said: "Santa's really countin' on me
And I hate to pass the buck."
Leroy said: "Hey, I'm on my way."
And he jumped in his pick-up truck

When Leroy got to the North Pole
All the reindeer snickered and laughed
They'd never seen a deer in overalls
And a John Deere tractor hat
but Santa stepped in and said: "Just calm down
'Cause we've all got a job to do
And like it or not, Leroy's in charge
And he's gonna be leadin' you."

And it was Leroy, the redneck reindeer
Hooked to the front of the sleigh
Deliverin' toys to all the good ol' boys
And girls along the way
He's just a down home, party animal
Two-stepping across the sky
He mixed jingle bells with a rebel yell
And made history that night

Before that night was over
Leroy had changed their tune
He had 'em scootin' a hoof on every single  roof
By the light of the neon moon
Santa wrapped his bag with a dixie-flag
He was havin' the time of his life
And you could hear him call
"Merry Christmas to y'all
And to all of y'all a goodnight."

And it was Leroy, the redneck reindeer
Hooked to the front of the sleigh
Deliverin' toys to all the good ol' boys
And girls along the way
He's just a down home, party animal
Two-stepping across the sky
He mixed jingle bells with a rebel yell
And made history that night

He mixed jingle bells with rebel yell
And made history that night

Joyeux Noel ‘ya all

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQy2fHR7JHk

These are the lyrics and music to our Christmas songs for PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE

Félicitations a nos candidats qui se sont présentés pour le conseil de classe. Voici les gagnants:
Julien N      Grace S         Jack P

This week in Learning:
Français: lettre d'opinion and we will begin a novel study...La Montagne Noire
Science: beginning Sky Science
Math: we are behind in this usbject and need to get back on track...expect a little more homework in this area.
Etudes Sociales: Beginning a new chapter on Ancient Athens and how democracy got its start.
ELA: News article on Vermeer and beginning Greek Mythologies.
Health: informed choices poster
Music: Francophone music and starting to think about Christmas concert....WHAT?
Religion: Social Justice projects.

In Social Studies, we have been writing speeches to try and make the school a better place. Tomorrow, 9 students have put their names forward to run for Student counsel. They will present their speeches in front of the class and then we will use our democratic right to vote for the best candidat. The top three will be chosen to lead us for the rest of the year. The students not running for counsel, will just hand in their speech to me. 
Science Test this Thursday on the whole Forensic unit.
ELA: completion of Vermeer Novel Study.
Français: Writing a letter of opinion.
Math: continuing with patterns, but adding variables (do you remember 5n=25)?
Health: Good decision posters.
Religion: looking at Moses' life and how it relates to oppression and liberation.
Remebrance day celebration: Wednesday at 10am.
Report cards are around the corner...this is me
...Have a great week and long weekend!

So far this term, 4 tests have gone home to be signed by you and then returned to school. I keep the exams in order to study from them at the end of the year for PAT's. If you have not seen/signed or returned these tests then you may not know how your child is doing in school at this time and a conversation may be required. Thanks for your help and contact me if you need more information.

Some students still do not have all of their school supplies. It makes it difficult to do certain activities. Please purchase if your child is still missing:
Dry erase markers
Scrapbook
scissors
Thanks for your continued support.

Short week this week...stay awake!
Math tests went home today to be corrected and signed and returned. Starting the next chapter/module on patterns and equations.
Some students did not do well on their music assignments and a second chance is being given. If students wish to upgrade their mark they must research one musician from the era they chose nad also include one piece of music. This must be done ALONE and sent to my learn account by Friday.
Social Studies test on Chapter 2 this FRIDAY. Includes vocabulary and notes taken on democracy in action.
Science: we are completing our unit on forensics and will have solved our crime by next week...which means...unit test coming up...TBA
French: we are beginning to write letters...the first one we are working on is a personal letter. Next we will look at opinion letters. Reading is still a MUST every night!
ELA: we should be finished with Vermeer soon and then we will be writing  a news article to go with our novel study.
Religion: We are made in the image of GOD.
SUPER huge thanks to the grade 6 for their help in collecting 23 huge boxes of food for the St Luke Help the Needy...(and the Verterans food bank...your kids can explain that one!)

Math test this Wednesday: All of module 2 including multiples,factors, whole numbers (- and +), composite numbers, prime numbers, writing numbers in letters, symbols

Tuesday: YOUTHLINK all day

Thursday: Black and Orange and pizza day.

Friday: End of Food drive