Thoughtful, Generous Students and a Grateful Teacher by Gabby

A lot of the class signed this card, you can see my name, the card had $100 for UNICEF. Shauna got the card for Christmas. When the gift certificate came, we voted and the money went to Health!

On Shauna's Birthday, Room 209 planned a HUGE Birthday Party during French. Me and Molly were distracting Shauna, not really good 'cause Shauna probably thought that we were doing something! When Shauna went into the classroom, all Room 209 jumped out and surprised her and Shauna started to cry. ("You did? Oh I didn't see!" - Laryssa, with a head smack). At the Birthday Party, there were lots of cards, every person in the class made one or two, because they might have made one at home, there was treats, and presents. People sang "Panjang Umurna", "Woop-en Shauna Style", "I'm Shauna and I Know It", "Octopus' Garden". It was a fun party. We had cupcakes and turtles ("Yeah, the turtles were good" - Laryssa) and other treats.

-by Gabby 

Christmas Coupon Books

-photos by Jackson

-photos byFiona

Secret Santa

In Room 209, we decided to celebrate Christmas as a group by giving Secret Santa gifts to one another. Each student drew the name of another randomly from a hat, and had two possible ideas of gifts written on the slip of paper they received. As they shopped or prepared gifts for their recipients, they were able to keep these ideas in mind, if needed. 

 On Friday, students proudly shared their gifts and we had newly graduated Eleves from the Kindergarted Elf Academy in to deliver the gifts.

 In class, we had extensively practiced "gracious gift receiving", but the gifts were so beautifully and carefully selected that everyone was naturally thrilled and it was easy to be gracious!

 It was great to see the excited looks on both the gift-giver and recipient's faces!

 In the afternoon, we all took turns guessing who selected the gifts for us. Some students were very surprised!

 Hunty's little sisters were both Elves and, even before Hunter opened his gift, they asked, "Will you share it with us?"

 Haydon was VERY excited with his whole gift - especially his billion dollar chocolate!

It was a WONDERFUL way to celebrate Christmas in Room 209 and I had such a blast watching my thoughtful and generous class share beautiful surprises with one another!

Countdown to Christmas

1:Face Watch

What a cool concept! I know I'm asking for one of these super fun watches for Christmas and will be getting a few for different people on my list! The different colours represent different causes and the when you buy one, the money you pay for the watch goes to support that cause.