Dear families,
For the next few weeks your child will be taking his/her Phonics duotang home on Friday. Please encourage your child to work on this duotang and return it by the following Wednesday. Thank you.
We are now learning about "popcorn words" which are Sight/High Frequency Words such as like, in to, no, am, I, that, etc. This week we focused on "I am" and the SKs are writing a book about "I am..." while the JKs completed a sight work book of the work "am."
We also are learning how to spell winter clothing words such as boots, hat, mittens, coat, and scarf.
Speaking of mittens, please provide your child with a pair of mittens to wear at tomorrow's Sharing Assembly for our Mitten Poem. Dana, Liam, Mason and Luca will be receiving certificates for the TDSB Characteristic of Teamwork. Congratulations!
We had visits from Mrs. Wilson's Grade 2 Readers who took turns reading a book and showing the pages to the children. Our grade 8s also assisted the children in their reading along with our Reading Buddies.
On Thursday our class will be celebrating Canada's flag and we are encouraged to wear RED and/or WHITE. Show your school spirit!
Thank you to my Parent VOlunteers this week.
See everyone tomorrow.
Mrs. Tyndall
Sunday, January 20, 2013
Sunday, January 13, 2013
Dear families,
Welcome back after our Holiday Break! I hope you and the children had a wonderful and relaxing holiday.
Even though the wonderful snow we had has melted, I'm pretty sure winter is not over yet (!) and that means the children need indoor shoes each day. It's difficult for the children to sit on the carpet with big winter boots, on and indoor shoes/slippers are much more comfortable, too. Thank you!
We started our lesson on How Pine Trees Grow and are making a book about them. Thank you Raine for bringing the pine cones in! We also reviewed the names of all the animals that hibernate over the winter as well as animals that migrate. We are learning the "I slip and slide" poem and are reviewing the phonics sounds we have learned so far. We learned aboout the compound word "snow" and completed a work sheet about it; the SKs wrote the words and the JKs matched the words to the pictures. The children also did a wonderful job drawing a picture and writing words about what they did on December 25. They are on display on our hall Bulletin Board.
On Friday a lot of the little ones arrived with their bears ready for the Teddy Bear party so we went ahead with the party for the children who were in school and made a Corduroy the Bear Puppet. On Monday, we will have Part Two of the party so that all the children will be able to participate. We will make a Polar-Bear-in-the-Snow craft and the children who didn't make the Corduroy puppet will make one as well. Don't forget your teddy bears! I have extras if the children forget, not to worry.
In this week's white bags I sent home the children's Phonics duotangs. Please work on them and return them on Monday or by Wednesday. Thank you!
Two mystery bags from before the holidays have not been returned - they are a frog and a bee. Please return them if you have them at home. Thank you!
Many thanks to our Volunteers this week: Reading Club was Charlie's mom and Logan's mom, Playdoh was provided by Isobel's family (thank you as well to Noah's and Mason's family for playdoh!), Mystery Readers were Cole's dad, Computer Lab was assisted by Dalinda, and white bags and snuggle books were done by myself and Chloe's mom.
Have a wonderful Sunday -- see you tomorrow!
Beverley
Welcome back after our Holiday Break! I hope you and the children had a wonderful and relaxing holiday.
Even though the wonderful snow we had has melted, I'm pretty sure winter is not over yet (!) and that means the children need indoor shoes each day. It's difficult for the children to sit on the carpet with big winter boots, on and indoor shoes/slippers are much more comfortable, too. Thank you!
We started our lesson on How Pine Trees Grow and are making a book about them. Thank you Raine for bringing the pine cones in! We also reviewed the names of all the animals that hibernate over the winter as well as animals that migrate. We are learning the "I slip and slide" poem and are reviewing the phonics sounds we have learned so far. We learned aboout the compound word "snow" and completed a work sheet about it; the SKs wrote the words and the JKs matched the words to the pictures. The children also did a wonderful job drawing a picture and writing words about what they did on December 25. They are on display on our hall Bulletin Board.
On Friday a lot of the little ones arrived with their bears ready for the Teddy Bear party so we went ahead with the party for the children who were in school and made a Corduroy the Bear Puppet. On Monday, we will have Part Two of the party so that all the children will be able to participate. We will make a Polar-Bear-in-the-Snow craft and the children who didn't make the Corduroy puppet will make one as well. Don't forget your teddy bears! I have extras if the children forget, not to worry.
In this week's white bags I sent home the children's Phonics duotangs. Please work on them and return them on Monday or by Wednesday. Thank you!
Two mystery bags from before the holidays have not been returned - they are a frog and a bee. Please return them if you have them at home. Thank you!
Many thanks to our Volunteers this week: Reading Club was Charlie's mom and Logan's mom, Playdoh was provided by Isobel's family (thank you as well to Noah's and Mason's family for playdoh!), Mystery Readers were Cole's dad, Computer Lab was assisted by Dalinda, and white bags and snuggle books were done by myself and Chloe's mom.
Have a wonderful Sunday -- see you tomorrow!
Beverley
Saturday, December 22, 2012
Dear families,
I would like to say a sincere and heartfelt "Thank you" for the wonderful cards and gifts from you and your children. I was really touched by your kindness and I thank you very much for all your kind notes and good wishes. This time of the year is so magical for the little ones and is a special time to remember.
A little update of our last week of school:
The Holiday Craft Party went very well and the children had fun making 6 different holiday keepsakes - they made a silver bell, a dove of peace, a snowman finger puppet, a sparkle bell, a Rudolph/Santa/Earth mobile, and a Christmas Day countdown. I think they were most excited about the Christmas Day countdown craft!
At our Holiday Sharing Assembly the children did a lovely job singing "It's December," "Twinkle, Twinkle," and "Winter Holiday." Congratulations to Chloe, Naomi, Cole, and Angelina who received awards for Kindness and Caring.
The children finished their Bear books, Santa Claus books, Christmas math and Santa letters and really enjoyed writing cards to friends, Santa, family and Alfie the Elf. The afternoon class made a toyland train book with their grade 3 reading buddies and the morning class will complete this in January.
Thank you as always to our parent volunteers of this week: Mystery Readers were Emma's mom and Logan's mom, and the white bags were done by Sienna's mom and Logan's mom. Thank you so much for taking the time to help in the classroom. Thank you also to our wonderful Grade Parents Dee, Timothy, Anne, Liza and Catherine for doing such a wonderful job with the parent volunteer calendars and with the Stonegate gift hampers. You are all very generous to give your time to help others in the community.
I hope you have a wonderful and relaxing holiday with your family and look forward to seeing everyone again on January 7, 2013!
Beverley
I would like to say a sincere and heartfelt "Thank you" for the wonderful cards and gifts from you and your children. I was really touched by your kindness and I thank you very much for all your kind notes and good wishes. This time of the year is so magical for the little ones and is a special time to remember.
A little update of our last week of school:
The Holiday Craft Party went very well and the children had fun making 6 different holiday keepsakes - they made a silver bell, a dove of peace, a snowman finger puppet, a sparkle bell, a Rudolph/Santa/Earth mobile, and a Christmas Day countdown. I think they were most excited about the Christmas Day countdown craft!
At our Holiday Sharing Assembly the children did a lovely job singing "It's December," "Twinkle, Twinkle," and "Winter Holiday." Congratulations to Chloe, Naomi, Cole, and Angelina who received awards for Kindness and Caring.
The children finished their Bear books, Santa Claus books, Christmas math and Santa letters and really enjoyed writing cards to friends, Santa, family and Alfie the Elf. The afternoon class made a toyland train book with their grade 3 reading buddies and the morning class will complete this in January.
Thank you as always to our parent volunteers of this week: Mystery Readers were Emma's mom and Logan's mom, and the white bags were done by Sienna's mom and Logan's mom. Thank you so much for taking the time to help in the classroom. Thank you also to our wonderful Grade Parents Dee, Timothy, Anne, Liza and Catherine for doing such a wonderful job with the parent volunteer calendars and with the Stonegate gift hampers. You are all very generous to give your time to help others in the community.
I hope you have a wonderful and relaxing holiday with your family and look forward to seeing everyone again on January 7, 2013!
Beverley
Sunday, December 16, 2012
The children have been very excited about the holidays that are fast-approaching and of course about Alfie the Elf and Santa. I hope you will be able to attend our Sharing Assemblies (morning and afternoon) tomorrow; we will sing three little Holiday Songs and Naomi, Chloe, Cole and Angelina will be recognized for their "Kindness and Caring."
We had fun this week singing Christmas Carols around the piano and some of the kids were also inspired to dance hand in hand which was very sweet!
Our Holiday Craft Party is going to be a lot of fun - many thanks to the parents who will be providing treats/healthy snacks for that special day and also assisting the children with their ornament making. I still have my own children's ornaments that they made when they were little and I treasure them. I hope the ones your children make will hang on your tree for many years to come.
If your child will be absent next week please let me know so that I can prepare their white bag in advance. Thank you. In this week's white bags your child brought home their Christmas words (two pages!) to read and practice; the Snack and Mystery Bag Schedules from January to June (whew!), Santa Booklets they made and can read with you, and some in-class work they did as well.
Our little Post Office has been very popular and the children loved writing Christmas cards to their friends and Santa. Holiday cards are a wonderful opportunity for your children to practice their writing skills. A special thank you to Ava who hand-delivered all the cards the children wrote in our post office to Santa who was visiting her dad's office!
We also had fun reading books and making a holiday craft and puzzle with our afternoon Reading Buddies (Morning Reading buddies will meet this week).
Many thanks to this week's Parent Volunteers: Quentin's mom helped at the Computer Lab; our Mystery Readers were Ava's mom and Kate's dad, the white bags and snuggle books were done by Emma and Jonas' mom and Jack and Jackie's nanny Dalinda. Thank you so much!
If you received a note in your child's bad regarding overdue Snuggle Books, Laminated letter-sound folders or the Read-and-Write booklets, please do return them. I will make some more over the holidays so that if a lot are not returned over one week there will still be extras. Having a fun routine of reading those items and your child keeping them in their Bedtime Book Box is a great way to encourage your child's love of reading.
Kind regards,
Beverley
We had fun this week singing Christmas Carols around the piano and some of the kids were also inspired to dance hand in hand which was very sweet!
Our Holiday Craft Party is going to be a lot of fun - many thanks to the parents who will be providing treats/healthy snacks for that special day and also assisting the children with their ornament making. I still have my own children's ornaments that they made when they were little and I treasure them. I hope the ones your children make will hang on your tree for many years to come.
If your child will be absent next week please let me know so that I can prepare their white bag in advance. Thank you. In this week's white bags your child brought home their Christmas words (two pages!) to read and practice; the Snack and Mystery Bag Schedules from January to June (whew!), Santa Booklets they made and can read with you, and some in-class work they did as well.
Our little Post Office has been very popular and the children loved writing Christmas cards to their friends and Santa. Holiday cards are a wonderful opportunity for your children to practice their writing skills. A special thank you to Ava who hand-delivered all the cards the children wrote in our post office to Santa who was visiting her dad's office!
We also had fun reading books and making a holiday craft and puzzle with our afternoon Reading Buddies (Morning Reading buddies will meet this week).
Many thanks to this week's Parent Volunteers: Quentin's mom helped at the Computer Lab; our Mystery Readers were Ava's mom and Kate's dad, the white bags and snuggle books were done by Emma and Jonas' mom and Jack and Jackie's nanny Dalinda. Thank you so much!
If you received a note in your child's bad regarding overdue Snuggle Books, Laminated letter-sound folders or the Read-and-Write booklets, please do return them. I will make some more over the holidays so that if a lot are not returned over one week there will still be extras. Having a fun routine of reading those items and your child keeping them in their Bedtime Book Box is a great way to encourage your child's love of reading.
Kind regards,
Beverley
Sunday, December 9, 2012
It's hard to believe there are only 2 weeks until the holidays! Please remember to provide your child with indoor crocs/slippers as well as gloves/mittens and hats; we have outdoor activites each day for approximately 20 minutes. If your child will be absent from school please let the office know.
This past week the children reviewed their six phonics sounds, the numbers 1-20, worked on their Phonics books, and reviewed the order of seasons/months of the year. We have started our unit on December/Holiday activities and the children love playing
/making Holiday Cards in the post office. The SK children completed numeracy activities ("before and after" numbers) and the JKs did dot-to-dot numbers 1-20 and letters A-Z. The morning class met with their Reading Buddies and worked together on their "Black Bear Booklet." This upcoming week the children and their Reading Buddies will make a Santa craft and make and then read a Holiday Words Book. We are all reviewing our many Sight Words and are learning not only to recognize and read them, but to spell them as well. "If you can read it, you can write it."
I couldn't remember if I thanked Quentin's mom Liza for the craft items and for the box of "Insect" activities/crafts and also for the inside of a wasp nest which demonstrated what our large wasp nest looks like inside and differentiated it from a bee hive. Thank you Liza!! Thank you as well to Logan's mom who provided the cute holiday craft items for the afternoon class. I am preparing several keepsakes for the children to make at our Holiday Party on December 20. Thanks to the parents who have kindly offered to help out on this day.
Thank you as always to my parent volunteers - Reading Club, Mystery Reader, Book Bags, Snuggle Books, Parent Reps of course. It means so much to the children to have their parents volunteer in their classroom.
Kind regards,
Beverley
This past week the children reviewed their six phonics sounds, the numbers 1-20, worked on their Phonics books, and reviewed the order of seasons/months of the year. We have started our unit on December/Holiday activities and the children love playing
/making Holiday Cards in the post office. The SK children completed numeracy activities ("before and after" numbers) and the JKs did dot-to-dot numbers 1-20 and letters A-Z. The morning class met with their Reading Buddies and worked together on their "Black Bear Booklet." This upcoming week the children and their Reading Buddies will make a Santa craft and make and then read a Holiday Words Book. We are all reviewing our many Sight Words and are learning not only to recognize and read them, but to spell them as well. "If you can read it, you can write it."
I couldn't remember if I thanked Quentin's mom Liza for the craft items and for the box of "Insect" activities/crafts and also for the inside of a wasp nest which demonstrated what our large wasp nest looks like inside and differentiated it from a bee hive. Thank you Liza!! Thank you as well to Logan's mom who provided the cute holiday craft items for the afternoon class. I am preparing several keepsakes for the children to make at our Holiday Party on December 20. Thanks to the parents who have kindly offered to help out on this day.
Thank you as always to my parent volunteers - Reading Club, Mystery Reader, Book Bags, Snuggle Books, Parent Reps of course. It means so much to the children to have their parents volunteer in their classroom.
Kind regards,
Beverley
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