Dear families,
It was a pleasure meeting with you on Curriculum Night and having the opportunity to present information about the Kindergarten Curriculum with our Kindergarten Team. Please click on the link above for further information about the Ontario Kindergarten Curriculum Expectations.
The children participated in the Terry Fox assembly and did a terrific job in our very first Fire Drill.
A huge thank you in advance to our Grade Parents this year: Simone (Caelan's mom) and Tiffany (Hudson's mom). There are many opportunities to volunteer in our classroom each year, such as Mystery Reader (weekly) and craft parties (October, December, April) as well as Scientist in the School, a field trip and the 100th Day Math Party. A Mystery Reader is a volunteer (usually a parent). They sign in at the office, the office buzzes our classroom that "the Mystery Reader is here," two children bring him/her to the classroom, and the reader reads 1-2 books. Our first Mystery Reader was my former student Megan! Thank you Megan! Please contact our Grade Parents if you would like to volunteer in the classroom this year.
This week we continued learning about colours and Pete the Cat books. The children learned a song called "Rainbow" and the poems "Rainbow Hair" and "Am I...?" about colours. They counted Pete the Cat 10-frames, helped spell adjectives describing Pete, and are making a pattern booklet called "I Like My Shoes" patterned after the Pete the Cat book.
The Popcorn (Sight/High Frequency) words this week are IS and AND. The first two Jolly Phonics sounds we are learning are S and A. The children also took turns playing and exploring various letter and number centres this week.
In Art the children made "Eye Spy Letters (JK) and Eye Spy Letter Sounds (SK) collages, which are on display on the classroom bulletin board.
In Science the children have started playing with the "simple machines" and tools in our little Science Centre, for example various hole punches, a stapler, paper clips, and fasteners.
We also started Daily Physical Activity (as well as outdoor play) in the classroom with the terrific website Go Noodle.
The Snuggle up and Read a Book exchange will start this upcoming Friday. Each Friday the children will take a classroom book home in their mailbag, and return on Monday. They will get a new book each week (upon returning the previous one). Once again our wonderful Grade 8 student volunteers will be reading one-on-one with the children each homeroom period. We will also be doing weekly Reading Buddies with Mrs. Shklar's Grade 4 class.
A small note about lunches and snacks - please ensure your child has enough food for their lunch and two snacks, as well as utensils. If you are packing apple sauce or yogurt, a good idea is to freeze it the night before so that it's not as messy and also keeps the other food cool!
Thank you for your Scholastic Orders. They are due by September 28. If you are ordering online, please ensure you send me your order forms as well. Thank you! Scholastic helps teachers buy books and materials for the classroom.
That's the news for this week! I hope you are having a terrific weekend!
