Merry Christmas!!

Mrs. M. Cuellar mandy.cuellar@rdcrs.ca

403-343-2568

November 26th, 2014

&

Miss Ponto sidney.ponto@rdcrs.ca

Wishing you and yours a wonderful Christmas and New Year with family and friends. Hoping that
your holidays are restful, relaxing and warm!

Our Lady of Assumption Mass Times

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December 24

5:00pm & 9:30pm

December 25th 9:00am

January 1st 11:00am

White Elephant Sale

- Drop-off is December 1st- 5th
- Sale is December 10th and 11th
*Please send a small donation with
your child when the sale starts*

To learn more about events at OLR,

please check out the school newsletter. It is
posted at the beginning of each month on
our school website. You can also access it
from my classroom website:
www.mrscuellar.weebly.com

Thank-you for

Advent Concert
OLRs Advent Concert is at Mother
Theresa School gym on December 17th @
6:30pm. Doors will open at 6:00pm.
Please drop off your child at the school.
Please remember no food or drink in the
gym.

sending your
child with
warm outdoor
wear. Students
will be going
outside unless
the temperature
goes down to 20 or there is
wind-chill of 20 or more.

Math Number Operations: addition and subtraction on whole numbers up to 100, mental math, addition and subtraction
strategies
Social Studies - Continuing to look at the characteristics of an Inuit, Acadian and a Prairie community in Canada
Science Hot and Cold Temperatures
Language Arts Phonetic awareness, reading fluency and accuracy, reading comprehension, and writing good sentences.
Religion Lets Treasure Gods Presence: In Advent we listen, treasure and respond

IMPORTANT DATES
November 30th First Sunday of Advent
December 1st- Celebration at 1:10
December 1st-5th- White Elephant sale drop-off
December 5th Report Cards go home
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December 7 Second Sunday of Advent

December 8th Celebration at 1:10
December 9th Quiznos Hot lunch
December 10th 9:00a.m Advent Mass at OLA Church

Library Day =
THURSDAY
Home reading
exchange = TUESDAY

December 11th and 12th White Elephant Sale

& FRIDAY

December 14th Third Sunday of Advent

Please continue to

December 15th- 8:45a.m Gathering/I am a Leader Awards

December 17th--Advent Concert @ 6:30pm (Doors open at 6:00pm)
December 18th Pyjama and Teddy Bear Day!!!!!
December 19th Angelozzis Hot Lunch & Fine Arts Day!
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December 20 - Happy Birthday Cameron!!

December 21st-Fourth Sunday of Advent
December 20th- January 5th Christmas Break!! Enjoy!!
December 30th- Happy Birthday Dante!!

read with your child

everyday and fill out
the home reading
program sheet.

Counselor News

Dear Parents and Guardians,

During the month of December Our Lady of The Rosary students will be learning about Habit 3:
Put First Things First.
Put First Things First means to decide what is most important and to take care of that first.
Thinking about what needs to be done tomorrow or by the end of the week can be overwhelming,
especially for children. Through Practice, children can learn to think of which things are the
most important and take care of them first.

This allows children (and adults) to be less

stressed. For example, if children can tell you they need a piece of poster board on Thursday
or cupcakes on Monday, everyone is able to better prepare.
Expect your child to used words or phrases like prioritize, most important, responsibility, put
first things first, sequencing, and planning. You can encourage your child by using some of this
language at home.

Please take a moment with your child to discuss Habit #1: Be Proactive,

Habit #2: Begin With the End in Mind, and Habit #3: Put First Things First.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Tracy Trieber

Grade 2- Mrs. Cuellar

The Friendly Beasts
V1
Jesus, our brother, kind and good,
Was humbly born in a stable rude,
And the friendly beasts around Him stood;
Jesus our brother, kind and good.
V2
I, said the donkey, shaggy and brown,
I carried His Mother up hill and down;
I carried His Mother to Bethlehem town.
I, said the donkey, shaggy and brown.
V3
I, said the cow, all white and red,
I gave Him my manger for His bed,
I gave Him my hay to pillow His head.
I, said the cow, all white and red.
V4
I, said the sheep with curly horn,
I gave Him my wool for his blanket warm.
He wore my coat on Christmas morn.
I, said the sheep with curly horn,
V5
I, said the dove from rafters high,
I cooed Him to sleep, that He not cry.
We cooed Him to sleep, my mate and I.
I, said the dove from rafters high.
V6
Thus every beast by some good spell,
In the stable dark was glad to tell
Of the gift they gave Emmanuel,
The gift they gave Emmanuel.

All Students say the first and last verse.

Donkey
Pax, Avery, Ashton, Tyler, Dylan, Gavin

Cow
Luke, Katie, Riley, Cameron, Bella

Sheep
Hailey, Alexa, Jayden, Preston, Dante, Jovee

Dove
Mya, Addyson, Jordyn, Alex, Simon, Nevin

All Students say the first and last verse.