Dear Parents,
Our 100th day of school will be on February 10th. We will be celebrating 100 days of school, 100 days of friends and 100 days of fun!
To celebrate, each student should bring in 100 of some wonderful, one-hundred-full thing.
Please help your child think of an idea/theme. Count and assemble 100 items that can fit in a clear zip-lock bag. Count by 1s, 5s, or 10s. They will be put on display on our hall bulletin board.
Examples:
- 100 paper chain links
- 100 grains of rice
- 100 stickers
- 100 pennies
- 100 beads on a string
- 100 popsicle sticks
- 100 cereal pieces
- 100 pasta
- 100 candies
- 100 buttons, etc.
I hope you enjoy this hands-on project with your child!
Bring your collection to class by February 7th so that we have the opportunity to view and discuss the collections before the 100th day.
Thank you!
On the 100th Day of School, I would love to have the kids dress up like they are 100 years old. Here are some ideas to help you get started planning what your child will wear:
Girls: Printed shirt, pearls, eyeglasses, sweater, wig or curled hairstyle, gray hair spray, knee high stockings, large purse, scarf
Boys: Button down shirt, flannel shirt, suspenders, tie, eyeglasses, drawn on moustache or beard, gray hair spray
We are going to doing lots of fun 100-based activities, including counting 100 snack items, making a gumball machine with 100 bingo dabber dots (10x10 different colours), stacking 100 cups, making things out of 100 pieces of Lego, making a 100s hat and necklace, and more!
This upcoming week we will be completing our unit on Jan Brett and at the same time keeping track of the Olympics. We will be graphing with our medals tracker and we will be doing a unit on Winter Olympic Games with numerous literacy and numeracy activities. Go Canada go!
Last week we compared Jan Brett's "The Three Snow Bears" and the traditional fable "Goldilocks and the Three Bears,' a version of which Brett also beautifully illustrated. We started making a little book on bears and did marble art of a polar bear in a snow storm. I think the kids loved it! This week we will read "Annie and the Animals" and will learn about all the animals Brett draws so beautifully, focusing on North American animals. We will learn about if these animals migrate, hibernate, are dormant, or are active in the winter. At the end of the week their Jan Brett Author Study Folder will go home.
We also read a book called "My First Chinese New Year" on January 31 and talked about why the horse is/was such an important animal. Please help your child complete the Chinese New Year sheet with their birthday information.
It is Goundhog Day today, February 2. We learned about the features of groundhogs (where they live, what they eat etc.) and are making a little booklet about them with our Reading Buddies.
Thank you to our Mystery Reader Olivia's dad who read "The Gruffalo" and "The Gruffalo's Child." Thank you as well to Melania's mom who did the white bags for the morning class. Please remember to empty your child's white bag and read the notes inside as well as all the wonderful work your child has done.
The homework for this weekend was to practice counting to 100 and for the SKs to complete a page about the 100 items they are collecting. This week and next we will be making books about "If I had 100 dollars", and about which 100 things one could fit into a recycling container, back pack, and school bus.
Last week the morning class welcomed Melania's family friend Nell, who spoke to the children about her recent trip to the Antartica. She shared all the amazing and interesting things she learned about penguins and gave each child photographs she had taken of penguins, including their stone nest, which was very interesting. If there is a particular topic we are discussing and you would like to enrich the children's learning and retention by speaking to them about it, please let me know. Guest Speakers are always welcome! Thank you again Nell for your wonderful presentation.
Valentine's Day is only a few weeks away, on Friday, February 14. Please encourage your child to make Valentines for his/her classmates as a writing activity. Please bring in the valentines by February 12 so that the children have time to sort them in their classmates' bags. If you are bringing treats in for the children, please ensure they are nut- and sesame-free. Thank you.
The children did a wonderful job reciting their poem "I Have a Cold" at the Sharing Assembly. We recognized the TDSB Character Trait of "Teamwork" and I am proud to say that my students all work very well together as a team.
We also reviewed and spelled the order in which to put on winter clothing (mittens/gloves last! boots after pants! :) )
There are several items in the lost and found bag in our cubby room. Please take a moment to look through the pink lost and found bag in the cubby room.
If you are bringing a fruit snack, I would ask that you please don't bring chocolate or caramel dip - it creates quite a sticky mess when 20 children are sharing it! Plain fruit is perfect. Thank you.
Please bring in a wallet-sized photo of your child's face for a little book we are making about mittens. Thank you. Please also fill in the order form for LKS Movie night along with payment if you are planning on going. The movie is "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2."
I'm sure with the sticky packing snow that fell this weekend the children will have fun outside making snowmen and forts. Please ensure they are dressed in snow pants.
I hope you have a wonderful week!
Mrs. Tyndall
Sunday, February 2, 2014
Sunday, January 26, 2014
Week of January 27-31
Dear families,
Last week we finished our unit on Penguins and started an Author Study of Jan Brett. Www.janbrett.com We read The Mitten, and this week we will read The Hat, Three Snow Bears, Annie and the Wild Animals, and The First Dog. We are doing several reading, writing and counting activities about mittens. We are going to make a Jan Brett literature folder. Jan Brett is an enormously gifted illustrator of children's books and there is an opportunity to win a visit from her if you "like" her on Facebook. Fingers crossed!
We talked and wrote about winter this week. The SKs wrote about what they like and don't like about winter, and the JKs practiced matching upper and lowers case letters. We also wrote and matched winter words, and wrote rhyming -it and -at words. The JKs also practiced number formation and all the children did their January calendars.
The JKs also did a sequencing activity (a snowman melting), and the SKs completed a written activity about the compound words that have the word "snow" in them.
Our current poems/songs are The Snow Song, I Have a Cold, and Five Little Snowmen.
Our next Sharing Assembly will be this Thursday, January 30, celebrating Teamwork. I hope you can join us!
Next week we will start a unit on the Winter Olympics which promises to be fun and exciting! Go Canada go!
The week after will be the 100th Day of School (February 10) and Valentine's day. Please help your child count 100 items that fit in a zip lock bag and bring them into school by Friday, February 7. Thank you.
Thank you to Adam's dad who was Mystery Reader this week, and thank you to Lily M.'s mom and Noah P.'s mom for doing the white bags and snuggle books! Thank you as always to our Grade Parents for organizing all the parent volunteers. I would like to say a special Thank You to Melania's mom who is arranging for her friend Nel to visit our morning class and speak about her recent visit to Antartica where she saw a lot of penguins! :)
I hope you have a wonderful week! Stay warm!
Mrs. Tyndall
Last week we finished our unit on Penguins and started an Author Study of Jan Brett. Www.janbrett.com We read The Mitten, and this week we will read The Hat, Three Snow Bears, Annie and the Wild Animals, and The First Dog. We are doing several reading, writing and counting activities about mittens. We are going to make a Jan Brett literature folder. Jan Brett is an enormously gifted illustrator of children's books and there is an opportunity to win a visit from her if you "like" her on Facebook. Fingers crossed!
We talked and wrote about winter this week. The SKs wrote about what they like and don't like about winter, and the JKs practiced matching upper and lowers case letters. We also wrote and matched winter words, and wrote rhyming -it and -at words. The JKs also practiced number formation and all the children did their January calendars.
The JKs also did a sequencing activity (a snowman melting), and the SKs completed a written activity about the compound words that have the word "snow" in them.
Our current poems/songs are The Snow Song, I Have a Cold, and Five Little Snowmen.
Our next Sharing Assembly will be this Thursday, January 30, celebrating Teamwork. I hope you can join us!
Next week we will start a unit on the Winter Olympics which promises to be fun and exciting! Go Canada go!
The week after will be the 100th Day of School (February 10) and Valentine's day. Please help your child count 100 items that fit in a zip lock bag and bring them into school by Friday, February 7. Thank you.
Thank you to Adam's dad who was Mystery Reader this week, and thank you to Lily M.'s mom and Noah P.'s mom for doing the white bags and snuggle books! Thank you as always to our Grade Parents for organizing all the parent volunteers. I would like to say a special Thank You to Melania's mom who is arranging for her friend Nel to visit our morning class and speak about her recent visit to Antartica where she saw a lot of penguins! :)
I hope you have a wonderful week! Stay warm!
Mrs. Tyndall
Sunday, January 19, 2014
Week of January 20-24
Dear families,
We had another busy week in Room 166! The morning and afternoon classes welcomed Librarian Susan from Brentwood Library who read stories to the children and told them about how to take books from the public library.
We have almost finished our fun and educational unit on Penguins! This week the children made play-doh penguins, the JKs played bingo dabber alphabet penguins (PINGO), the SKs completed word work on the penguin life cycle, and we all watched a BBC video about the life cycle of the amazing Emperor penguins on the SmartBoard. We also practiced our poems on the SmartBoard. The SKs also did the literacy activity "Penguin Pals letter mix up." The children's homework this weekend is to complete the booklet "Penguins" with words and picture.
The JKs will be receiving their first report cards soon in early February. JKs and SKs will be receiving their final report card in June. I will contact you if there is a need for an interview. All parents are welcome to book an interview time online if they wish to do so, however. There will also be an Open House in my room on February 6 from 8:00-8:45 a.m.
Thank you to Megan's mom again for collating the Scholastic booklets. The next order is due January 31.
The 100th Day of School is February 10 and our Valentine's Party will be on February 14. Thank you in advance to the parent volunteers who will be assisting with activities and snacks. They will be fun days and I am preparing a lot of fun activities! Thank you to Mason's family for supplying Valentine plates, serviettes and table cloths.
In preparation for the 100th Day of School, I am asking each child to bring in 100 objects by February 7th. A list of suggestions will go home in this Friday's white bag. Thank you.
If your child is preparing Valentine cards/treats for his/her classmates, please ensure the treats are nut and sesame free. Writing Valentines cards is a wonderful writing and reading opportunity!
We will also be doing a lot of Olympic-themed numeracy and literacy activities.
SK children, please remember to completes your journals regularly and them hand them back. Thank you!
A very special Thank You to Lily G.'s mom for reading and donating a copy of the wonderful book Henry the Heron, which was based on a real experience and was written by Lily's grandfather and uncle. What a special book!
Thank you Lily G's mom for doing the white bags and Snuggle Books.
This week we will finish our Penguin Unit and the children will bring their Penguin Folders home to show you all the wonderful work they have done! Then we'll start learning about Winter Olympic Games, and doing a lot of 10 based activities in preparation for the 100th Day of School.
I hope you have a wonderful week!
We had another busy week in Room 166! The morning and afternoon classes welcomed Librarian Susan from Brentwood Library who read stories to the children and told them about how to take books from the public library.
We have almost finished our fun and educational unit on Penguins! This week the children made play-doh penguins, the JKs played bingo dabber alphabet penguins (PINGO), the SKs completed word work on the penguin life cycle, and we all watched a BBC video about the life cycle of the amazing Emperor penguins on the SmartBoard. We also practiced our poems on the SmartBoard. The SKs also did the literacy activity "Penguin Pals letter mix up." The children's homework this weekend is to complete the booklet "Penguins" with words and picture.
The JKs will be receiving their first report cards soon in early February. JKs and SKs will be receiving their final report card in June. I will contact you if there is a need for an interview. All parents are welcome to book an interview time online if they wish to do so, however. There will also be an Open House in my room on February 6 from 8:00-8:45 a.m.
Thank you to Megan's mom again for collating the Scholastic booklets. The next order is due January 31.
The 100th Day of School is February 10 and our Valentine's Party will be on February 14. Thank you in advance to the parent volunteers who will be assisting with activities and snacks. They will be fun days and I am preparing a lot of fun activities! Thank you to Mason's family for supplying Valentine plates, serviettes and table cloths.
In preparation for the 100th Day of School, I am asking each child to bring in 100 objects by February 7th. A list of suggestions will go home in this Friday's white bag. Thank you.
If your child is preparing Valentine cards/treats for his/her classmates, please ensure the treats are nut and sesame free. Writing Valentines cards is a wonderful writing and reading opportunity!
We will also be doing a lot of Olympic-themed numeracy and literacy activities.
SK children, please remember to completes your journals regularly and them hand them back. Thank you!
A very special Thank You to Lily G.'s mom for reading and donating a copy of the wonderful book Henry the Heron, which was based on a real experience and was written by Lily's grandfather and uncle. What a special book!
Thank you Lily G's mom for doing the white bags and Snuggle Books.
This week we will finish our Penguin Unit and the children will bring their Penguin Folders home to show you all the wonderful work they have done! Then we'll start learning about Winter Olympic Games, and doing a lot of 10 based activities in preparation for the 100th Day of School.
I hope you have a wonderful week!
Sunday, January 12, 2014
Week of January 13-17
Dear families,
We started our unit on penguins this week and the children about their habitat, characteristics, behaviour, and life cycle. The children are really enthusiastic about this topic and we have been doing fun literacy and numeracy activities tied to the theme; the SKs fed the paper bag penguin sight word "fish," the JKs and SKs pretended they were penguins and ate (gold) fish (crackers!) in PINGO, the JKs matched small letters to capital letters with a penguin flip book, and we all started our Penguin Folders (these will go home when we are finished our unit).
The Science Table is now a water table with various absorptive materials. The children are having fun learning about which materials absorb water more readily - different kinds of sponges, chamois, paper towels, cotton balls, and dish cloths.
This month's sharing assembly will be about teamwork. We enjoyed reading "Perfect Snow" by the wonderful author and artist Barbara Reid, and talked about how the children worked together in the story. The children also enjoyed listening to author Frieda Wishnisky in the library. Www.friedawishnisky.com
This week we will continue learning about penguins. We will also finish our snowman art.
Our Kindness Quilts are on the hallway bulletin board. Please take a moment to look at the beautiful and thoughtful work your children have done.
The next Scholastic order is due January 31.
If anyone still has the mystery bag please return it. Thank you!
I hope you have a wonderful week!
We started our unit on penguins this week and the children about their habitat, characteristics, behaviour, and life cycle. The children are really enthusiastic about this topic and we have been doing fun literacy and numeracy activities tied to the theme; the SKs fed the paper bag penguin sight word "fish," the JKs and SKs pretended they were penguins and ate (gold) fish (crackers!) in PINGO, the JKs matched small letters to capital letters with a penguin flip book, and we all started our Penguin Folders (these will go home when we are finished our unit).
The Science Table is now a water table with various absorptive materials. The children are having fun learning about which materials absorb water more readily - different kinds of sponges, chamois, paper towels, cotton balls, and dish cloths.
This month's sharing assembly will be about teamwork. We enjoyed reading "Perfect Snow" by the wonderful author and artist Barbara Reid, and talked about how the children worked together in the story. The children also enjoyed listening to author Frieda Wishnisky in the library. Www.friedawishnisky.com
This week we will continue learning about penguins. We will also finish our snowman art.
Our Kindness Quilts are on the hallway bulletin board. Please take a moment to look at the beautiful and thoughtful work your children have done.
The next Scholastic order is due January 31.
If anyone still has the mystery bag please return it. Thank you!
I hope you have a wonderful week!
Saturday, December 21, 2013
Happy Holidays
Dear families,
Thank you very much for your lovely cards and wonderful gifts. It is my pleasure and privilege to teach your wonderful children each day.
A special thank you to the Jakob's family for taking taking of Bubbles the Beta fish over the holidays, and thank you so much to the parents who made our holiday craft party such a success!
I hope you have a wonderful holiday!
Mrs. Tyndall
Thank you very much for your lovely cards and wonderful gifts. It is my pleasure and privilege to teach your wonderful children each day.
A special thank you to the Jakob's family for taking taking of Bubbles the Beta fish over the holidays, and thank you so much to the parents who made our holiday craft party such a success!
I hope you have a wonderful holiday!
Mrs. Tyndall
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