Kindergarten+-+Canada

Hello from Mr. McGaughey's Kindergarten and Grade 1 class in Midland, Ontario Canada. We liked reading and listening to the Thanksgiving stories from our new friends in the United States. We are going to share a little bit with you about Thanksgiving in Canada. We will share more later in the week.

Dear Friends in Nebraska, Iowa, Montana, Michigan, and Virginia: We are Mr. McGaughey’s Kindergarten and Grade 1 class in Midland, Ontario, Canada. There are 21 children in our class. We made a map to show where all our new internet friends are. We made it using a program called Google Earth.



In Canada, our Thanksgiving is on a different day than in the United States. We already had Thanksgiving on October 12. We made a chart of holidays that we have from school. Can your classes fill out the chart to see which holidays we have that are the same and which ones are different?

Thank you, From Mr. McGaughey’s Class

(we spell it Labor Day) || Sept. 7, 2009 || September 7, 2009 ||  || September 7, 2009 || Oct. 30, 2009 Halloween: October 31, 2009 || October 31, 2009 ||  || October 31, 2009 || January 3, 2010 || Dec. 21 to Jan. 3, 2010 || December 21, 2009 to January 3, 2010 ||  || Dec. 23 to Jan. 3 || day, wish we had one! || Not celebrated in Iowa || We don't have one! ||  || Do not have || April 1 to April 9 || Spring Break: March 12 thru 21, 2010 || Spring Break - April 1-6 ||  || Spring break - Apr 2 - 9 || Memorial Day (USA) || May 24, 2010 || May 31, 2010 || May 31, 2010 || May 31, 2010 ||  || May 31, 2010 || Our first day back will be August 23, 2010 || June 8 thru August 25 || Half of June, all of July, and most of August ||  || June, July, August ||
 * Holiday Name || Ontario, Canada || Nebraska || Iowa || Virginia || Montana || Michigan ||
 * Labour Day || September 7, 2009 || September 7, 2009
 * Halloween || October 31, 2009 || October 31, 2009 || Beggar's Night (For Trick-or-Treat)
 * Thanksgiving || October 12, 2009 || November 26, 2009 || November 26, 2009 || November 26, 2009 || November 26, 2009 || November 26, 2009 ||
 * Christmas Vacation || December 21 to January 3 || December 21, 2009 to
 * Christmas Day || December 25 || December 25 || December 25 || December 25 ||  || Dec 25th ||
 * New Year’s Eve || December 31 || December 31 || December 31 || December 31 ||  || Dec 31st ||
 * New Year’s Day || January 1 || January 1 || January 1 || January 1 ||  || January 1, 2010 ||
 * Groundhog Day || February 2 || February 2 || February 2 || February 2 ||  || Feb. 2 ||
 * 100th Day of School || February 11 || February 16 || February 5 || February 11 ||  || Not Sure..will count ||
 * Valentine’s Day || February 14 || February 14 || February 14 || February 14 ||  || Feb 15 ||
 * Family Day in Ontario || February 15 || Sounds like a great
 * March Break || March 13-21, 2010 || Easter Vacation
 * Good Friday || April 2, 2010 || April 2, 2010 || April 2, 2010 || April 2, 2010 ||  || April 2 ||
 * Easter Sunday || April 4. 2010 || April 4, 2010 || April 4, 2010 || April 4, 2010 ||  || April 4 ||
 * Easter Monday || April 5, 2010 || April 5, 2010 || April 5, 2010 || April 5th, 2010 ||  || (Spring Break still) ||
 * Earth Day || April 22 || April 22 || April 22 || April 22 ||  || April 22 ||
 * Victoria Day
 * Last Day of school. || June 29, 2010 || May 21, 2010 || June 7, 2010 || June 11, 2010 ||  || June 4, 2010 ||
 * Summer Holidays || July and August 2010 || June, July and part of August.
 * Oops, I forgot about Canada Day- Our National Holiday || July 1 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Independence Day ||  || July 4th || July 4th ||   ||   ||   ||