Hello Parents,
Please take a moment to look at the lovely watercolour-on-pastel art your children made that is displayed on the hall bulletin board: "Falling Leaves on a Cloudy Day" (Morning Class), and "Falling Leaves on a Sunny Day" (Afternoon Class).
Our Journal entries this week were about "My Best Friend."
The children had fun practicing/learning how to write numbers with their individual magnetic write-on/erase boards. Way to go! In this week's white TDSB bags I sent home the little rhymes that accompany the numbers.
The SKs borrowed their first laminated "Read and Write Mini-Books" this week along with an eraseable white board marker. The Read and Write Books reinforce word families. Your child can keep the marker to write on the books and practice their words, but please be sure to return the book next week to receive a new one (just like the Snuggle Books). Please keep the white board marker and little book in your child's Bedtime Book Box to encourage them to practice reading and writing it.
A special thank you to Dana's mom who has very kindly offered to help me with craft preparation/booklet preparation etc. since we, sadly, no longer have the assistance of an educational assistant in the class. Thank you so much Deanne. Thank you as well to Lexa's mom in the afternoon class who will be assembling/cutting/stapling our little "Leaves" booklet for both classes next week. Your time is very much appreciated.
As I wrote in a recent email, if your child will be receiving an award at an upcoming Sharing Assembly, I will post this in my blog. Each child will receive an award throughout the year for demonstrating a TDSB Character Trait.
Thank you to Quentin's mom for making the Play Dough this month! Thank you also for bringing in a bird's nest for our Science Centre.
The JKs and SKs worked on their new Phonics Duotangs and the letter-sound "S." The SKs will complete 8 Phonics booklets throughout the year.
The SKs also completed their first Sight Word Mini-Book: sight word "a." Sight word books are to be kept at home and stored in the Bedtime Book Boxes for practice/review.
If you have not made and brought in your child's Bedtime Book Box please do this by next week. The box is a terrific way to reinforce a joy of reading an encourage reading before bedtime as well as reinforcing literacy. Thank you.
Exciting news! Starting October 2nd our afternoon class will be assisted by E.C.I. Grade 11 co-op student (and former LKS student) Emily J. approximately 2 afternoons per week until the end of the school year. Emily will assist me with reading to/with the children, classroom materials preparation, and helping reinforce concepts of numeracy. Welcome Emily!
This Thursday, October 4 is PAJAMA DAY to celebrate all the donations for the Terry Fox Walk/Run. Thank you to all the parents who joined us on the walk and to those of you who donated to the Canadian Cancer Society in Terry's Memory.
Next week is our first Book Fair in the Library. The morning class will go on Monday, October 1 and the afternoon class will go on Wednesday, October 3. If you are sending money with your child please put it in a sealed baggie with his/her name on it.
Scholastic Orders for October are due on Hallowe'en. I will place September's orders on Monday and they should arrive late next week or early the following week. Thank you for supporting Scholastic and your child's classroom!
More thank-yous to parent volunteers:
Reading Club: Emma and Jonas' mom; Emerson's mom
White TDSB Bags and Snuggle Books: Lexsa's mom, Chloe's mom
Next week we will be doing fun numeracy and literacy activities with a Thanksgiving theme.
Have a wonderful weekend.
Beverley
Friday, September 28, 2012
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Sunday, September 23
Dear families,
Wow! Three weeks of school are over already! The children are really settling into our classroom routines, such as reading a "Bell Book" when they come into the classroom before the start of our lessons. Good job!
Thank you for attending Curriculum Night. We enjoyed speaking with you and explaining the Kindergarten Curriculum to you. Here is more detailed information:
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/elementary/kindergarten.html
Please be sure to return your child's Medical Forms by Monday at the very latest.
The first Scholastic order is due at the end of September. The second Scholastic order is due at the end of October. Please support the classroom by supporting Scholastic. Orders are usually shipped within one week of the due date.
Please be sure to arrive on time to school and to pick up your child on time, especially during these first weeks of school when routines are being established and reinforced. Thank you. If you arrive please get a late slip for your child at the office.
Terrific job with the Bedtime Book Boxes! They look wonderful! Happy reading!
We have met our Afternoon Book Buddies from Ms. Sunde's class. This is a weekly opportunity to make a new friend and practice reading with a Grade 2/3 LKS student. Morning Book Buddies are coming soon!
Four poems/songs have gone home for your child to practice: If I Were a Leaf, Apples, Kindergarten Here I Come, and Sep-tem-ber.
The JKs completed their Brown Bear, Brown Bear booklets and should be able to "read" the story to you. The SKs did a wonderful job making and writing a little booklet (one of many they will make this year) entitled "I Like..." They are displayed on our inside hall bulletin board.
In our Science Centre the children are learning about fasteners and how to use simple technology such as staplers, hole punches (single, dual, triple), tape dispensers, paper clips, etc. and they enjoy making booklets from the materials.
In the children's white bags you will find a little project called "Who Am I?" Please help your child complete this and send in a baby and recent photo. We will read the work together and try to guess who is who! Please do not attach the photos. We will do that when we have read and guessed who the children are.
The children started their weekly journals and wrote and drew a picture about Fall.
The children also have a sheet called "Alphabet Chart" and "August/September Words." We practice these daily and I have asked the children to practice reading those words at home as well.
We completed our first calendar. The JKs are learning to write their numbers 1-5 and the SKs are reviewing their numbers 1-31. I will keep a copy each month for assessment and I will send the original home so you can see your child's progress with number writing. Here are the little sayings we say while learning numbers (a copy of this will go home):
Around, around, around you go, that's the way to make zero.
A straight line down is lots of fun, this is how you make the number one.
Around and back on the railroad track, two, two, two.
Around the hill, around the tree, three, three, three.
Down and over, down once more, this is how you make the number four.
Fat old five goes down and around, give him a hat and look what you've found.
Six is a monkey's tail that I've found, make a "C" and curve around.
Straight over, slant down, number seven is coming to town.
Make an "S" and close the gate, now you've make the number eight.
Around and down, number nine is coming to town.
LKS had practice Fire Drills and Lockdowns and they children did an excellent job lining up quickly and quietly and exiting the school (fire drill) and keeping silent in the cubby room (lockdown).
Our little class library has changed from "Back to School" books to the books of Eric Carle, the author, along with Bill Martin, Jr., of Brown Bear, Bear, Brown Bear, amongst many other wonderful books.
Miria and Elle from Mrs. Wilson's class were our Mystery Readers this week, and Daphne from Mr. Ourique's class collated the Scholastic Orders. Thank you so much!
Soon the SK children are going to be borrowing "Read and Write Mini Books" which are read at school and then put in their Bedtime Book Boxes and practiced at home. They will be exchanged weekly just like the Snuggle Books. The children will also be making/writing Sight Word Mini Books and will bring those home to keep in their Bedtime Book Box (no need to return those). If you are unsure of what is to be exchanged and what is to keep, a good rule of thumb is, "if it is laminated, it goes back to school."
Thank you so much to our parent volunteers:
Noah's mom - Play-Doh
White Bags and Snuggle Books - Charlie's mom, Anna's mom, Cam's mom, Chloe's mom
Enjoy the rest of your weekend and see you tomorrow!
Mrs. Tyndall
Wow! Three weeks of school are over already! The children are really settling into our classroom routines, such as reading a "Bell Book" when they come into the classroom before the start of our lessons. Good job!
Thank you for attending Curriculum Night. We enjoyed speaking with you and explaining the Kindergarten Curriculum to you. Here is more detailed information:
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/elementary/kindergarten.html
Please be sure to return your child's Medical Forms by Monday at the very latest.
The first Scholastic order is due at the end of September. The second Scholastic order is due at the end of October. Please support the classroom by supporting Scholastic. Orders are usually shipped within one week of the due date.
Please be sure to arrive on time to school and to pick up your child on time, especially during these first weeks of school when routines are being established and reinforced. Thank you. If you arrive please get a late slip for your child at the office.
Terrific job with the Bedtime Book Boxes! They look wonderful! Happy reading!
We have met our Afternoon Book Buddies from Ms. Sunde's class. This is a weekly opportunity to make a new friend and practice reading with a Grade 2/3 LKS student. Morning Book Buddies are coming soon!
Four poems/songs have gone home for your child to practice: If I Were a Leaf, Apples, Kindergarten Here I Come, and Sep-tem-ber.
The JKs completed their Brown Bear, Brown Bear booklets and should be able to "read" the story to you. The SKs did a wonderful job making and writing a little booklet (one of many they will make this year) entitled "I Like..." They are displayed on our inside hall bulletin board.
In our Science Centre the children are learning about fasteners and how to use simple technology such as staplers, hole punches (single, dual, triple), tape dispensers, paper clips, etc. and they enjoy making booklets from the materials.
In the children's white bags you will find a little project called "Who Am I?" Please help your child complete this and send in a baby and recent photo. We will read the work together and try to guess who is who! Please do not attach the photos. We will do that when we have read and guessed who the children are.
The children started their weekly journals and wrote and drew a picture about Fall.
The children also have a sheet called "Alphabet Chart" and "August/September Words." We practice these daily and I have asked the children to practice reading those words at home as well.
We completed our first calendar. The JKs are learning to write their numbers 1-5 and the SKs are reviewing their numbers 1-31. I will keep a copy each month for assessment and I will send the original home so you can see your child's progress with number writing. Here are the little sayings we say while learning numbers (a copy of this will go home):
Around, around, around you go, that's the way to make zero.
A straight line down is lots of fun, this is how you make the number one.
Around and back on the railroad track, two, two, two.
Around the hill, around the tree, three, three, three.
Down and over, down once more, this is how you make the number four.
Fat old five goes down and around, give him a hat and look what you've found.
Six is a monkey's tail that I've found, make a "C" and curve around.
Straight over, slant down, number seven is coming to town.
Make an "S" and close the gate, now you've make the number eight.
Around and down, number nine is coming to town.
LKS had practice Fire Drills and Lockdowns and they children did an excellent job lining up quickly and quietly and exiting the school (fire drill) and keeping silent in the cubby room (lockdown).
Our little class library has changed from "Back to School" books to the books of Eric Carle, the author, along with Bill Martin, Jr., of Brown Bear, Bear, Brown Bear, amongst many other wonderful books.
Miria and Elle from Mrs. Wilson's class were our Mystery Readers this week, and Daphne from Mr. Ourique's class collated the Scholastic Orders. Thank you so much!
Soon the SK children are going to be borrowing "Read and Write Mini Books" which are read at school and then put in their Bedtime Book Boxes and practiced at home. They will be exchanged weekly just like the Snuggle Books. The children will also be making/writing Sight Word Mini Books and will bring those home to keep in their Bedtime Book Box (no need to return those). If you are unsure of what is to be exchanged and what is to keep, a good rule of thumb is, "if it is laminated, it goes back to school."
Thank you so much to our parent volunteers:
Noah's mom - Play-Doh
White Bags and Snuggle Books - Charlie's mom, Anna's mom, Cam's mom, Chloe's mom
Enjoy the rest of your weekend and see you tomorrow!
Mrs. Tyndall
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