Hello Parents
Another winter week has flown by and the children have been busy learning winter words and continuing with their literacy and numeracy activities.
Both JKs and SKs have been working together on writing the numbers 1-20 correctly with no reversals, the letter sounds R and H, winter vocabulary, and colours. They were also authors of a booklet called "A Penguin Adventure." The JKs have been working on sequencing (putting pictures in the correct order as they would happen) as well as learning how to identify and read the names of colours. The SKs have also completed booklets called "A Made a Frosty Snowman" (which they should practice reading at home), a picture/writing worksheet about what they like/don't like about winter, and a book about mittens. We have also been practicing our poem "Snow" which we will present at the next Sharing Assembly (January 28). The Character Trait for that assembly is "Teamwork." All the children have also finished artwork which is on display on our bulletin boards. The children drew a winter scene, then created the snowstorm effect using marbles in white paint. They look wonderful!
A reminder that children need to wear indoor shoes at school. Crocs or slippers are fine. The floors in the cubby room get wet from the boots etc. and the children need footwear to change into in order to stay comfortable.
Please remember to bring your child's white TDSB bag back every Monday (it goes home on Fridays). All correspondance from school goes in this bag, as well as our weekly Snuggle Reading books. Please also remember to return the Snuggle Books by Friday at the latest.
I am pleased to see that most of the children can dress themselves in their winter clothing and can do up their zippers without assistance. Thank you for your help by encouraging your children to learn to dress independently.
Thank you to our Parent Volunteers this week: Jamie's dad and Tierney's mom were Mystery readers, Maya's mom and Tatum's mom did Reading Club, Spencer's mom and Sydney's mom did the white bags. Thank you so much!
I will be absent on Thursday, January 20, completing the Early Development Instrument questionnaires for our Senior Kindergarten Students. A letter was sent home regarding this project. A supply teacher will teach the children on that day.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Friday, January 14, 2011
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Sunday, January 9
Hello parents and Happy New Year!
This has been a busy week as we returned to school and to our regular classroom activities and routines. The children have been reviewing their letter sound "R" and their numbers and they have been working hard at sounding out words and writing phonetically as well as using high frequency words. I am very impressed with how much the children are learning (both reading and writing, as well as numeracy activities) and with their excellent efforts and participation during our lessons and classroom discussions/sharing time. What wonderful students!
Our morning class will start Reading Buddies next week with Mrs. Shklar's Grade Three class! We will meet with the Grade 3s weekly and this is always a very rewarding program for the older and younger children alike. Our afternoon class will continue meeting once a week with their Reading Buddies from Mrs. Zappi's class.
Thank you very much to all the parents who brought in their Christmas cards - we will use them next year around holiday time to make new Christmas cards and crafts! Thank you as always to our wonderful Grade Parents Melissa Busch, Kim DeLonghi, Anne Rankin and Vicky Giancos who work so diligently on our volunteer schedules.
Welcome to our new student Daniel and his family! Daniel is in our afternoon class. Farewell to Declan (p.m.) whose family moved to Calgary. We will miss him.
Each week in Friday's white TDSB bag several of your child's work sheets go home for you to see. I do retain work as well for reporting/parent interview purposes, and the children do continue their journals and phonics booklets in class.
This week's poem is called "Snow, Snow" and the children can practice reciting the poem with gestures at home.
Please note our upcoming January/February activities posted to the right of this blog. We will be doing several fun and educational activities on Thursday, February 10. I would like each child to bring in 100 items for our display table and to show to their classmates. These should be small items and the children should count them in groups of ten before putting them in a (preferably clear) container. More information to follow as 100th Day approaches.
Thank you,
Mrs. Tyndall
This has been a busy week as we returned to school and to our regular classroom activities and routines. The children have been reviewing their letter sound "R" and their numbers and they have been working hard at sounding out words and writing phonetically as well as using high frequency words. I am very impressed with how much the children are learning (both reading and writing, as well as numeracy activities) and with their excellent efforts and participation during our lessons and classroom discussions/sharing time. What wonderful students!
Our morning class will start Reading Buddies next week with Mrs. Shklar's Grade Three class! We will meet with the Grade 3s weekly and this is always a very rewarding program for the older and younger children alike. Our afternoon class will continue meeting once a week with their Reading Buddies from Mrs. Zappi's class.
Thank you very much to all the parents who brought in their Christmas cards - we will use them next year around holiday time to make new Christmas cards and crafts! Thank you as always to our wonderful Grade Parents Melissa Busch, Kim DeLonghi, Anne Rankin and Vicky Giancos who work so diligently on our volunteer schedules.
Welcome to our new student Daniel and his family! Daniel is in our afternoon class. Farewell to Declan (p.m.) whose family moved to Calgary. We will miss him.
Each week in Friday's white TDSB bag several of your child's work sheets go home for you to see. I do retain work as well for reporting/parent interview purposes, and the children do continue their journals and phonics booklets in class.
This week's poem is called "Snow, Snow" and the children can practice reciting the poem with gestures at home.
Please note our upcoming January/February activities posted to the right of this blog. We will be doing several fun and educational activities on Thursday, February 10. I would like each child to bring in 100 items for our display table and to show to their classmates. These should be small items and the children should count them in groups of ten before putting them in a (preferably clear) container. More information to follow as 100th Day approaches.
Thank you,
Mrs. Tyndall
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