Dear families,
We've had a great week in Room 166! In the mornings, the children have been learning all about Measurement with Miss. Patel, and in the afternoons they have been doing literacy activities related to Spring.
The children are learning about the WHAT, HOW, WHY, and WHERE of Measurement. First, they learned about non-standard ways of measuring things, for example measuring the length of a book using popsicle sticks or paper clips. They learned about the Three Golden Rules: 1) The tools must be the same length; 2) they must start at the edge, and 3) there can be no spaces. The children practiced their measuring skills at several centres: they measured classroom objects such as a pencil, a book, and a book using cubes; they found and wrote the names of objects that were shorter and longer than their pencil; they found and glued sticks on their papers that were longer than a line; they made 3 objects out of play-doh that were small, medium and long, and measured them with paper clips; and they traced and measured their feet using sticks. They had to remember to use the golden rules when completing each of these activities. Good job! Miss. Patel followed this up with a lesson on Standard Units of Measurement, such as centimetres, using rulers, measuring tape, cups, and a rain gauge. They also learned about CAPACITY and VOLUME, and completed work sheets in which they had to sort, compare, and estimate objects and decide which had the larger capacity or volume. All the children's work on Measurement will be on display at the "Day in the Life" Night at LKS on April 19.
The afternoon activities included:
- replicating a design of 10 different coloured eggs on a large paper egg carton "grid"
- following step-by-step instructions to draw and paint a chick and a bunny (they are on display in the classroom)
- learning about eggs and writing a Haiku poem about them (on display on the hall bulletin board)
- learning the song "Easter Bunny" and the poem "Five Spring Flowers"
- doing a Venn Diagram comparing real rabbits and the Easter Bunny
- reading and drawing a pattern booklet about Rain with their Reading Buddies
- dipping eggs in a mixture of shaving foam and food colouring dots of primary colours mixed together
- estimating the length of ribbon they would need to go around a basket and then weaving the ribbon through it (good for small motor skills)
- learning the names of the spring flowers that are appearing in our Kindergarten garden by looking at the leaves: crocus, daffodil, hyacinth and tulip.
Thank you so much to the moms of Hudson, Mila, Rielle, Shayan and Yara who made lovely crafts with the children at our Spring Craft Party on Wednesday! They prepared all the crafts and brought yummy treats for the children as well. Yara's mom made butterflies with the children, Shayan's mom made bunnies and chicks, Rielle's mom made Easter Signs, Mila's mom made paper egg wreaths, and Hudson's mom made paper flowers. Thank you so much for your time and energy! The children loved all the activities!
Thank you as well to Alex's dad who was the Mystery Reader and to Hope who brought in a CD to show the children that it made a rainbow. I love when the children extend their learning outside of school.
The homework for this week is to complete the Mouse Paint colouring and colour the Rainbow. Thank you so much to Evelyn for teaching us that song!!
The children did a wonderful job singing "What a Wonderful World" at Wednesday's Sharing Assembly. Anjali received a belated certificate for Fairness, and Casey and Diesel received certificates for Honesty.
The words of the week were AS and JUMP. For example, the Easter Bunny can jump as high as a Rabbit.
Next week there will be a school-wide Mabel's Fables Book Fair. The children will create Wish Lists on Tuesday, and can buy books on Thursday if you wish. Window shopping is okay, too! Next week the children will also continue their learning about Measurement and Signs of Spring, and we will start an inquiry about INSECTS.
That is our news for this week. I hope you have a wonderful weekend and we will see you back on Tuesday!
Thursday, March 29, 2018
Sunday, March 25, 2018
Week of March 19-23
Dear families,
Welcome back after the March Break! The kids had lots of stories to tell about their holiday!
Last week we finished our science inquiries on Rainbows and Primary Colours, and our Student Teacher Miss. Patel started teaching a numeracy inquiry on Measurement . The children helped create a "K-W-L" chart: what they Know; what they Want to learn; what they Learned. We watched a "Dr. Binocs" video about how rainbows are formed,and a great video called "How to Mix Colours to Make a Rainbow." We replicated the colour mixing experiments in class using plastecine, food colouring, watercolour pencils, and paint. The children learned that when you mix all the primary colours together, it makes brown, but when you put the seven spectrum colours together, you get WHITE. They played with a prism and the sun to make a rainbow, and made a rainbow with a glass of water, a mirror, a flashlight, and a piece of paper. That experiment showed them that rainbows are actually round, not semi-circles. The children painted rainbows, coloured rainbows and learned about primary colours, the secondary colours, and the tertiary colour indigo. They completed the sentence, "If I caught a rainbow of my very own" and "If a leprechaun gave me some gold" with words and a picture. They also counted, sorted, graphed and added Skittles (since Skittles come from rainbows :)) using ten-frames and graphs. Then they ate them of course! The kids did the Cosmic Kids Yoga "Peace Out Rainbow Waterfall" and "Unicorns" episodes.
We also wrote on chart paper about "I know it's Spring when I can... when I see... when I smell... when I feel... when I see..."
The words of the week were WHAT, NEW and SUN. The homework is to do the mini read and write "WHAT" booklet.
We also learned the song "M-A-R-C-H," a poem about Leprechauns, read and coloured a leprechaun booklet, illustrated and read a booklet about St. Patrick's Day with our Reading Buddies,
Thank you to Kate for bringing in two books about rainbows, Mia's and Elea's mom who were pizza lunch volunteers, and Shayan's da who was our Mystery Reader!
The next Scholastic order is due on May 13.
Next week we will be doing several Spring-related numeracy and literacy activities and will continue our inquiry on Measurement. Please send in a hollow egg with your child (extras are welcome just in case!) since we will be doing a colour mixing experiment with the eggs, shaving cream, and food colouring!
That is the news for this week!
Welcome back after the March Break! The kids had lots of stories to tell about their holiday!
Last week we finished our science inquiries on Rainbows and Primary Colours, and our Student Teacher Miss. Patel started teaching a numeracy inquiry on Measurement . The children helped create a "K-W-L" chart: what they Know; what they Want to learn; what they Learned. We watched a "Dr. Binocs" video about how rainbows are formed,and a great video called "How to Mix Colours to Make a Rainbow." We replicated the colour mixing experiments in class using plastecine, food colouring, watercolour pencils, and paint. The children learned that when you mix all the primary colours together, it makes brown, but when you put the seven spectrum colours together, you get WHITE. They played with a prism and the sun to make a rainbow, and made a rainbow with a glass of water, a mirror, a flashlight, and a piece of paper. That experiment showed them that rainbows are actually round, not semi-circles. The children painted rainbows, coloured rainbows and learned about primary colours, the secondary colours, and the tertiary colour indigo. They completed the sentence, "If I caught a rainbow of my very own" and "If a leprechaun gave me some gold" with words and a picture. They also counted, sorted, graphed and added Skittles (since Skittles come from rainbows :)) using ten-frames and graphs. Then they ate them of course! The kids did the Cosmic Kids Yoga "Peace Out Rainbow Waterfall" and "Unicorns" episodes.
We also wrote on chart paper about "I know it's Spring when I can... when I see... when I smell... when I feel... when I see..."
The words of the week were WHAT, NEW and SUN. The homework is to do the mini read and write "WHAT" booklet.
We also learned the song "M-A-R-C-H," a poem about Leprechauns, read and coloured a leprechaun booklet, illustrated and read a booklet about St. Patrick's Day with our Reading Buddies,
Thank you to Kate for bringing in two books about rainbows, Mia's and Elea's mom who were pizza lunch volunteers, and Shayan's da who was our Mystery Reader!
The next Scholastic order is due on May 13.
Next week we will be doing several Spring-related numeracy and literacy activities and will continue our inquiry on Measurement. Please send in a hollow egg with your child (extras are welcome just in case!) since we will be doing a colour mixing experiment with the eggs, shaving cream, and food colouring!
That is the news for this week!
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