Dear families,
It's hard to believe that there are only 10 more school days left until the beginning of summer holidays! We have been busy preparing for tomorrow's last Sharing Assembly, at which the children will sing a Father's Day song. They have also made special booklets for their dad's special day on Sunday.
We have also made a little art project called "In the Summer..." which is on display on our bulletin board, along with a booklet we made about the twenty-three summer words we have learned.
The children loved going to their Reading Buddies' classrooms this week to participate in their Pioneer Village displays. The Grade Threes role-played different people in a pioneer community and our JKs and SKs enjoyed seeing them in costume and learning about pioneer days in an Ontario town. We visited the displays in Mrs. Shklar's room, Mr. Ross's room and Ms. Sunde's room. We also had fun playing Pioneer Games in the gym with the Grade Three classes. Well done Grade Threes!
We have a new tent in the Home Centre, thanks to your Scholastic Book orders. It has a design of the Eric Carle book "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" and the children love playing in it. Thank you!
I have also set up a store with many items that are single coin prices. the children are having fun selling and buying items using Canadian coins.
In the Science Centre I have added some new items for the children to explore as well as some special Canadian coins. I am also going to be adding a "tornado tube vortex" (using two plastic pop bottles).
Many thanks to our parent volunteers over the last week: Mystery Readers were Spencer's mom, Sarah's sister, and Jamie's brother and mom; Reading Club was done by Spencer's mom, Alexandra's mom, Maya's mom, and Griffin's mom. Bags this week were done by Ava's mom and Scarlett's mom. Many thanks.
Please come by the library after school today to have some cake and cookies at our Volunteer Tea.
Have a wonderful Father's Day this Sunday.
Mrs. Tyndall
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Hello parents,
The last two weeks have been busy in our classroom. The children were very excited to let our Painted Lady Butterflies go after watching them grow from larvae. They also learned about two- and three-dimensional shapes, went to the Book Fair, sang a song about Spring (The Farmer Plants a Seed...") at the Sharing Assembly, started learning about Canadian coins, and had our Artist in the Classroom visit (their work was wonderful!).
Thank you to our Parent Volunteers: Reading Club was done by Alexandra's mom, Maya's mom, and Tatum's mom; the Mystery Readers were Griffin's dad, Alexandra's mom, Victoria's mom, and Lola's aunt, and the TDSB bags and snuggle books were done by Josh's mom, Matthew's dad, Alexandra's mom, and Scarlett's mom. Thank you!!
Thank you for bringing in your paper copies of your SK child's baby photo for the Graduation Ceremony. Maya's mom will be busy creating a DVD for our Graduation Ceremony with the photos from this year. Your photos will be returned. Thank you so much Mrs. Fuller for taking the time to do this!
Warm regards,
Mrs. Tyndall
The last two weeks have been busy in our classroom. The children were very excited to let our Painted Lady Butterflies go after watching them grow from larvae. They also learned about two- and three-dimensional shapes, went to the Book Fair, sang a song about Spring (The Farmer Plants a Seed...") at the Sharing Assembly, started learning about Canadian coins, and had our Artist in the Classroom visit (their work was wonderful!).
Thank you to our Parent Volunteers: Reading Club was done by Alexandra's mom, Maya's mom, and Tatum's mom; the Mystery Readers were Griffin's dad, Alexandra's mom, Victoria's mom, and Lola's aunt, and the TDSB bags and snuggle books were done by Josh's mom, Matthew's dad, Alexandra's mom, and Scarlett's mom. Thank you!!
Thank you for bringing in your paper copies of your SK child's baby photo for the Graduation Ceremony. Maya's mom will be busy creating a DVD for our Graduation Ceremony with the photos from this year. Your photos will be returned. Thank you so much Mrs. Fuller for taking the time to do this!
Warm regards,
Mrs. Tyndall
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Thursday, May 19
Hello Parents,
This week your child's tomato plants are going home! It is safe to plant them in the garden or in a pot. Tomato plants like fertilizer and lots of water and sunshine. They will also need to be supported as they grow taller and need about 20 cm of space around them. Good luck!
Thank you to all the parents who submitted their pizza forms. The Kindergarten Pizza Lunch on the Lawn is a treat at the end of the year and it is an opportunity for your child to feel like a big kid (Grades 1-8 participate in Pizza Lunches throughout the year). Forms and money are due to me by June 1.
Thank you to our parent volunteers - Reading CLub was Maya's mom and Hana's mom, the Mystery Readers were Sarah's sister and Sasha's mom, and the bags and snuggle books were done by Griffin's mom and Lola's mom.
We are continuing to learn about Life Cycles as we watch our chrysalids slowly grow and turn into butterflies. Feel free to drop by to see them.
I have sent some of the SK children's Phonics Duotangs home so that they can catch up and complete Set 3; we are working on Sets 4 and 5.
Next week we will be continuing to review our numbers and I am completing assessments in preparation for Report Cards which go home on June 29th. Both JKs and SKs receive Report Cards.
We also completed writing projects in our journals about Springfest and about wishes. Please continue to encourage your children to sound out words.
Have a wonderful long weekend!
Mrs. Tyndall
This week your child's tomato plants are going home! It is safe to plant them in the garden or in a pot. Tomato plants like fertilizer and lots of water and sunshine. They will also need to be supported as they grow taller and need about 20 cm of space around them. Good luck!
Thank you to all the parents who submitted their pizza forms. The Kindergarten Pizza Lunch on the Lawn is a treat at the end of the year and it is an opportunity for your child to feel like a big kid (Grades 1-8 participate in Pizza Lunches throughout the year). Forms and money are due to me by June 1.
Thank you to our parent volunteers - Reading CLub was Maya's mom and Hana's mom, the Mystery Readers were Sarah's sister and Sasha's mom, and the bags and snuggle books were done by Griffin's mom and Lola's mom.
We are continuing to learn about Life Cycles as we watch our chrysalids slowly grow and turn into butterflies. Feel free to drop by to see them.
I have sent some of the SK children's Phonics Duotangs home so that they can catch up and complete Set 3; we are working on Sets 4 and 5.
Next week we will be continuing to review our numbers and I am completing assessments in preparation for Report Cards which go home on June 29th. Both JKs and SKs receive Report Cards.
We also completed writing projects in our journals about Springfest and about wishes. Please continue to encourage your children to sound out words.
Have a wonderful long weekend!
Mrs. Tyndall
Friday, May 13, 2011
Friday, May 13
Dear families,
Thank you to all the parents who contributed to our Tombolas for Springfest. Our class was one of the top contributors and each child received a ring pop. Way to go!
Thank you for remembering to bring in your Pizza money (for Lunch-on-the-Lawn June 29) and forms, as well as $15.00 for the Graduation T-shirt (SKs only), and $10.00 for the Artist coming May 30th.
Aside from our usual Phonics Duotang and Journal work, the children have been working on a fish tank art project and made caterpillars. Our real Painted Lady caterpillar larvae have changed into chrysalids and the children helped me transfer them to their new home where they will develop into butterflies.
Thank you to this week's Parent Volunteers: Siri's mom and Charlie's mom were Mystery Readers, Reading Club was done by Griffin's mom and Jamie's mom, and white bags and snuggle books were done by Jamie's mom and Charlie's mom. Thank you!
The children behaved very well during our surprise Fire Drill. Well done!
As the weather gets warmer please remember to put sunscreen on your children and to provide them with hats for outdoor play.
If your child is in SK, please email a baby photograph of your child to Maya's mom Julia Fuller so that she can include it in the Graduation Ceremony. Thank you!
Have a wonderful weekend.
Thank you to all the parents who contributed to our Tombolas for Springfest. Our class was one of the top contributors and each child received a ring pop. Way to go!
Thank you for remembering to bring in your Pizza money (for Lunch-on-the-Lawn June 29) and forms, as well as $15.00 for the Graduation T-shirt (SKs only), and $10.00 for the Artist coming May 30th.
Aside from our usual Phonics Duotang and Journal work, the children have been working on a fish tank art project and made caterpillars. Our real Painted Lady caterpillar larvae have changed into chrysalids and the children helped me transfer them to their new home where they will develop into butterflies.
Thank you to this week's Parent Volunteers: Siri's mom and Charlie's mom were Mystery Readers, Reading Club was done by Griffin's mom and Jamie's mom, and white bags and snuggle books were done by Jamie's mom and Charlie's mom. Thank you!
The children behaved very well during our surprise Fire Drill. Well done!
As the weather gets warmer please remember to put sunscreen on your children and to provide them with hats for outdoor play.
If your child is in SK, please email a baby photograph of your child to Maya's mom Julia Fuller so that she can include it in the Graduation Ceremony. Thank you!
Have a wonderful weekend.
Friday, May 6, 2011
Friday, May 6
Dear Families,
First of all, I would like to wish you all a very Happy Mother's Day on Sunday. The children worked very hard to make special cards for you. They did a wonderful job!
I would also like to thank all the families that have contributed to the Tombolas for Springfest! We have earned 52 leaves so far! Wow! Next week is the last week to contribute. Thank you!
Thank you as well to the families to brought in a loonie or twoonie for "Get Loud" Friday to support the hearing impaired.
This week we continued to work on our Phonics duotangs and I am happy to say that many SK children are on Set Four! We are now learning about the blended sound "ai" as in "rain", "snail", etc. and we will be learning the sounds "or", "ou", "j", "ie", and "ee" next.
We also reviewed our written numbers 1-31 and completed our May calendar. We reviewed 1-100 orally and the children had fun calling them out from our chart. If your child is writing at home, please remind them to always start at the top when forming letters or numbers.
When your child has completed a set of phonics sheets (that we work on in class) I check them and send the sheets home for you to review. The children work carefully on them and I am very impressed with how their writing/colouring/small motor skills have improved!
With their Reading Buddies, the afternoon class drew pictures in response to listening to the Aesop Fable about a fox and a stork. The pictures represented the lesson that we should treat people as we would like to be treated. This activity blended the Kindergarteners and Grade 3s nicely because the Grade 3s are currently studying Fables. The morning class will complete this activity next week with their Reading Buddies.
Our 100 + Painted Lady caterpillars have really grown and soon they will be forming chrysalids. What an exciting addition to our Science Centre! This week William A.'s "mystery bag" item was terrific because it was a small toy caterpillar that turned into a butterfly! Thank you William.
A special thank you goes to Lola's Dad in the morning class for painting the Springfest table that we decorated with our fingerprints. It looks beautiful! Thank you as well to our afternoon grade parents Mrs. Busch and Mrs. DeLonghi, and our mornign grade parents Mrs. Rankin and Mrs. Giancos, for organizing the items for Springfest (as well as all the other help they arrange). The afternoon class decorated a large platter with their fingerprints and it looks lovely!
This week's Reading Clubs were done by Griffin's mom and Jamie's mom, our Mystery Readers were Paige (Sarah's sister) and Sarah's grandmother helped too, and the afternoon Mystery Reader was John's dad. Our white bags and snuggle books were done by David's mom and . Thank you very much as always.
Thank you to the parents who submitted Scholastic Orders for May 1st. Your books should arrive shortly. Our next Scholastic Order is due June 1st.
Pizza lunch-on-the-lawn forms are in your white TDSB bags. Please send them in by Wednesday, June 1st. The Artist-in-the-Classroom money ($10.00 cash or cheque payable to Janeen Brownrigg) is due May 9. Thank you.
I wish all of you a very Happy Mothers' Day and a wonderful weekend.
Mrs. Tyndall
First of all, I would like to wish you all a very Happy Mother's Day on Sunday. The children worked very hard to make special cards for you. They did a wonderful job!
I would also like to thank all the families that have contributed to the Tombolas for Springfest! We have earned 52 leaves so far! Wow! Next week is the last week to contribute. Thank you!
Thank you as well to the families to brought in a loonie or twoonie for "Get Loud" Friday to support the hearing impaired.
This week we continued to work on our Phonics duotangs and I am happy to say that many SK children are on Set Four! We are now learning about the blended sound "ai" as in "rain", "snail", etc. and we will be learning the sounds "or", "ou", "j", "ie", and "ee" next.
We also reviewed our written numbers 1-31 and completed our May calendar. We reviewed 1-100 orally and the children had fun calling them out from our chart. If your child is writing at home, please remind them to always start at the top when forming letters or numbers.
When your child has completed a set of phonics sheets (that we work on in class) I check them and send the sheets home for you to review. The children work carefully on them and I am very impressed with how their writing/colouring/small motor skills have improved!
With their Reading Buddies, the afternoon class drew pictures in response to listening to the Aesop Fable about a fox and a stork. The pictures represented the lesson that we should treat people as we would like to be treated. This activity blended the Kindergarteners and Grade 3s nicely because the Grade 3s are currently studying Fables. The morning class will complete this activity next week with their Reading Buddies.
Our 100 + Painted Lady caterpillars have really grown and soon they will be forming chrysalids. What an exciting addition to our Science Centre! This week William A.'s "mystery bag" item was terrific because it was a small toy caterpillar that turned into a butterfly! Thank you William.
A special thank you goes to Lola's Dad in the morning class for painting the Springfest table that we decorated with our fingerprints. It looks beautiful! Thank you as well to our afternoon grade parents Mrs. Busch and Mrs. DeLonghi, and our mornign grade parents Mrs. Rankin and Mrs. Giancos, for organizing the items for Springfest (as well as all the other help they arrange). The afternoon class decorated a large platter with their fingerprints and it looks lovely!
This week's Reading Clubs were done by Griffin's mom and Jamie's mom, our Mystery Readers were Paige (Sarah's sister) and Sarah's grandmother helped too, and the afternoon Mystery Reader was John's dad. Our white bags and snuggle books were done by David's mom and . Thank you very much as always.
Thank you to the parents who submitted Scholastic Orders for May 1st. Your books should arrive shortly. Our next Scholastic Order is due June 1st.
Pizza lunch-on-the-lawn forms are in your white TDSB bags. Please send them in by Wednesday, June 1st. The Artist-in-the-Classroom money ($10.00 cash or cheque payable to Janeen Brownrigg) is due May 9. Thank you.
I wish all of you a very Happy Mothers' Day and a wonderful weekend.
Mrs. Tyndall
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