Week of May 15-19

Dear families,

I hope you are having a wonderful long weekend. This week the children learned about why Canadians celebrate Victoria Day and they made Victoria Day Fireworks art. In our "ABCs of Canada" booklet the children did "C is for Canada/cougar/cottage/canoe or cold;" "D is for Dinosaur Dig in Drumheller (Alberta)/diamond mine/dogsled/dreamcatcher;" "E is for eagle/the Edmonton Oilers;" "F is for flag/Terry Fox;" and we skipped ahead to "V is for Victoria Day." Happy Victoria Day! The children also learned about dream catchers and are making their own with Miss. Santiago. They coloured a Canadian flag, circled the sight words from "Oh Canada," watched an anthropologist dig for dinosaur bones in Drumheller, Alberta, and learned about dream catchers and why Canadian indigenous people make them.

Thank you so much to Sarah's mom and brother who were our Mystery Readers this week! Thank you as well to Maya who brought in her copy of "ABC of Canada" to share.

Thank you as well to Miss. Kim who invited us to watch her class perform two "Reader's Theatre" plays. The kids loved it!

The kids are enjoying "reading their clothes" i.e. "Roots" or Beaver Canoe" or "World's Best Kid" on their t-shirts. :) They also had a wonderful time meeting author Lorna Shultz in the library. Ms. Shultz came all the way from Drumheller, Alberta to read her wonderful books about hockey to the kids.

The children's sunflower seeds have all germinated and went home last week. Please place the whole biodegradable pot in your garden or in a large pot in a sunny spot. The children also painted a still life of beautiful spring lilacs that Mrs. Stefanowisz brought to school from her garden.

Next week we will learn a song about the Provinces and Territories of Canada, we will learn and write about the G (Group of Seven/Geese/Great Lakes) H (Hudson's Bay/Halifax) and I (Inukshuk) of Canada, will continue making our dream catchers, we will make puzzles from our map of Canada, and we'll go to the Book Fair on May 25. If you would like your child to purchase a book/books from the Book Fair, please send money in a zip lock baggie with his/her name on it. Thank you.

The next Scholastic Order is due June 9th. There will be one more Scholastic Order after this.

That's the news for this week. I hope you are having a fun long weekend with family and friends. Happy Victoria Day!

Week of May 8-12

Dear families,

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!! I hope you like the cards, candles, booklet and song the children have made for you ❤️ and I hope you are having a lovely weekend! Thank you so much to the AMAZING volunteer mom's who spent their day with us at the Ontario Science Centre: Amy, Vivian, Heather, Jennifer, Marsha, Tara and Seshi! Thank you to Henry's mom for being our Mystery Reader!

This week we started learning about Canada! We are making an alphabet booklet called "The ABCs of Canada " and have done "N is for Niagara Falls," "A is for Arctic" and "B is for Beaver." With our Reading Budfies we coloured a totem and Cabane a Sucre and read books about Seeds, Plants and Canada.

The children completed their "This is me is May" work by writing and drawing a picture about their trip to the Science Centre. They also completed the calendar.

The words of the week were THERE and THAT.

The next Scholastic order is due by tomorrow, Monday.

That's the news for this week! We'll continue learning about our beautiful country for the next few weeks.

I hope you have a terrific week!