Dear families,
Happy Thanksgiving weekend. Your child has made a special gift for you about what they are thankful for. The vintage Kindergarten record is yours to keep.
The"popcorn" words of the week were LIKE and ME. The Jolly Phonics letter sound was Pp. So far, we have made the following words with our letter sounds:
I, it, is, sat, sit, tap, tip, spit, spat, pat, pit, spa, a, sap, a, at and is. I have made a page of these words for your child to practise at home. S/he will receive an updated one every two weeks, with two new letter sounds. A way to practise at home is with magnetic letters. We do this in class, too.
We have started our first science experiment, and the children are learning about predicting (guessing, making a HYPOTHESIS), then OBSERVING, and then CONCLUDING. Our experiment is about what the shade BLACK really is. We will continue the experiment next week.
Thank you so much to Christopher's mom who was our Mystery Reader! Thank you to Ella who brought in a big photo of our class on the Terry Fox Walk!
In Numeracy, the children played with different math manipulatives. They sorted, built structures, played "make-believe," measured, counted, traded, and had fun playing with these math toys.
This week our Grade Four Reading Buddies interviewed the little ones and wrote down their answers.
Please be sure to send in the permission form for our trip to Andrew's Scenic Acres by Tuesday at the latest, and include the payment confirmation number on your form. Thank you. Next week we will start learning all about apples in preparation for our class trip and learning about Fall.
That's the news for this week! I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend!
Thursday, October 4, 2018
Friday, September 28, 2018
Week of September 24-28
Dear families,
I hope you're enjoying this beautiful Fall weather! This was another busy week in Room 166. A big welcome to our new JK student Edward! Thank you so much to our Grade Parents Leah and Tina who compiled the class email list. You should have received an email from them by now regarding the Terry Fox Walk. If you didn't, please let them know. Thank you!
This week we continued our book study on Peter J. Reynold's lovely book "The Dot." We followed up our study by making our own beautiful art using washable markers and water. We are also making large class dots to demonstrate how we all need to work together. These will be on display on our classroom bulletin board. Next week we will extend this to science, and the children will do an experiment with a black dot.
In numeracy, we practiced making the numbers 1-10 and the children did their first calendars. On the back of the calendar, they drew a picture of themselves in September at school and wrote (or received help writing) what their picture was about. The children also played with several different kids of math manipulatives, such as shapes, small blocks, colourful toys, and dice. With them, they made structures, counted, sorted, made a pattern, put them in order (small, bigger, biggest) or played "make believe" with them.
The children did a very good job listening at the Terry Fox Assembly and at the school-wide Sharing Assembly. The format of Sharing Assemblies is different this year. Our class' Sharing Assembly will be in June. Lots of time to prepare something for the whole school!
As a follow up to our Terry Fox Walk around the school (thank you to Sophie's mom for walking with us!), the children have started writing about when they were brave like Terry.
Congratulations to Abigail and Reina who received certificates for demonstrating the TDSB Character Trait of Respect. Each child will receive a certificate throughout the year.
On Monday it is Crazy Hair Day!
Our letter of the week was Ii. We made new words with magnetic letters and wrote them on chart paper. With the letters Ss Aa Tt and Ii we could make SAT, AT, IT, AS, A, SIT and I. Our next letter/sound will be Pp.
The sight words of the week were IN and SEE.
The SKs who brought in pictures of their pets drew them and wrote some words about them. If they don't have a pet, they wrote about an imaginary pet! With our Reading Buddies, the children finished a little booklet about a dog and did two mini booklets called "pets" and "dogs."
Thank you so much to our volunteers this week: Reina's dad was the Mystery Reader, and Reina's dad and Ella's mom volunteered to help with Pizza Lunch!
Please subscribe to this blog so that you always receive notifications about the awesome activity in your child's classroom! I hope you have a great weekend!
I hope you're enjoying this beautiful Fall weather! This was another busy week in Room 166. A big welcome to our new JK student Edward! Thank you so much to our Grade Parents Leah and Tina who compiled the class email list. You should have received an email from them by now regarding the Terry Fox Walk. If you didn't, please let them know. Thank you!
This week we continued our book study on Peter J. Reynold's lovely book "The Dot." We followed up our study by making our own beautiful art using washable markers and water. We are also making large class dots to demonstrate how we all need to work together. These will be on display on our classroom bulletin board. Next week we will extend this to science, and the children will do an experiment with a black dot.
In numeracy, we practiced making the numbers 1-10 and the children did their first calendars. On the back of the calendar, they drew a picture of themselves in September at school and wrote (or received help writing) what their picture was about. The children also played with several different kids of math manipulatives, such as shapes, small blocks, colourful toys, and dice. With them, they made structures, counted, sorted, made a pattern, put them in order (small, bigger, biggest) or played "make believe" with them.
The children did a very good job listening at the Terry Fox Assembly and at the school-wide Sharing Assembly. The format of Sharing Assemblies is different this year. Our class' Sharing Assembly will be in June. Lots of time to prepare something for the whole school!
As a follow up to our Terry Fox Walk around the school (thank you to Sophie's mom for walking with us!), the children have started writing about when they were brave like Terry.
Congratulations to Abigail and Reina who received certificates for demonstrating the TDSB Character Trait of Respect. Each child will receive a certificate throughout the year.
On Monday it is Crazy Hair Day!
Our letter of the week was Ii. We made new words with magnetic letters and wrote them on chart paper. With the letters Ss Aa Tt and Ii we could make SAT, AT, IT, AS, A, SIT and I. Our next letter/sound will be Pp.
The sight words of the week were IN and SEE.
The SKs who brought in pictures of their pets drew them and wrote some words about them. If they don't have a pet, they wrote about an imaginary pet! With our Reading Buddies, the children finished a little booklet about a dog and did two mini booklets called "pets" and "dogs."
Thank you so much to our volunteers this week: Reina's dad was the Mystery Reader, and Reina's dad and Ella's mom volunteered to help with Pizza Lunch!
Please subscribe to this blog so that you always receive notifications about the awesome activity in your child's classroom! I hope you have a great weekend!
Friday, September 21, 2018
Week of September 17-21
Dear families,
It was a pleasure speaking with you at Curriculum Night!
The letter sound of the week was Tt. The "popcorn words" of the week were ME and CAN. Seniors, please complete the mini read-and write ME and CAN booklets. Juniors, this is an optional activity.
This week we continued learning all about Pets! We counted, tallied and graphed how many children have pets. If your child has a pet or had a pet, s/he is more than welcome to bring a photo in and tell us about the pet! Together we brainstormed and wrote what dogs, cats and betafish CAN, LIKE, ARE, SAY, LIVE, NEED, EAT and HAVE. We also made a Venn diagram (remember those?) comparing and contrasting dogs and cats. With their Grade 4 Reading Buddies, the children read, drew and coloured a booklet called "My Dog." After reading "Pete the Cat and his Cool Shoes" the children coloured a shoes and wrote where they went in their cool shoes. They are also learning how to draw Pete the Cat. Thank you so much to Reina's family who donated 10 "Pete the Cat" books to our classroom library!
In Numeracy, we have started to talk about and look for patterns in our world. The Juniors are learning ABAB patterns, and the Seniors are learning more complex patterns such as ABCABC or AABAAB or ABCDABCD.
In Science, the children learned about how Paper Wasps build their nest and why they are called "paper" wasps. They touched a real (empty!) paper wasp and watched a video about how these wasps make their nests.
In Art, the children uncovered "magic" letters with water colour paint. They are also starting to complete a "dot" to celebrate International Dot Day. We read the lovely book "The Dot," by Peter H. Reynolds, which encourages children to be creative and to accept that each person is different and unique.
Each week your child is given 2 Snuggle Up and Read books to read at home and then return to school for another child to read. PLEASE DO NOT WRITE IN OR COLOUR THEM! Thank you for taking care of our classroom materials.
Throughout the year we use child-friendly scissors for art activities. Providing your child with a pair of scissors at home to practise with will enable him or her to develop fine motor skills, which will in turn help him or her with writing and colouring. The more we practise, the more we can do!
Please ensure that your child has a change of clothes at school (they stay in his or cubby all year) as well as running shoes and indoor shoes that ensure s/he can run and play safely outside and in the gym. No flip-flops please. Children shjould be dressed in clothing that they can put on and remove by themselves when they go to the bathroom. Thank you!
We also had a visit from our wonderful student teacher Miss. Patel on Friday morning!
The next Scholastic order (with a lot of Halloween books!) is due October 12. Phonics sets are also a great way to support your child's literacy.
Thank you so much to Elise's mom who was our Mystery Reader this week! Thank you as well to our Grade Parents Tina and Leah who compiled a class contact list.
That's the news for this week from Room 166! Please subscribe to my blog (updated each Friday) so that you automatically get updates.
I hope you have a wonderful weekend - the first weekend of Fall!
It was a pleasure speaking with you at Curriculum Night!
The letter sound of the week was Tt. The "popcorn words" of the week were ME and CAN. Seniors, please complete the mini read-and write ME and CAN booklets. Juniors, this is an optional activity.
This week we continued learning all about Pets! We counted, tallied and graphed how many children have pets. If your child has a pet or had a pet, s/he is more than welcome to bring a photo in and tell us about the pet! Together we brainstormed and wrote what dogs, cats and betafish CAN, LIKE, ARE, SAY, LIVE, NEED, EAT and HAVE. We also made a Venn diagram (remember those?) comparing and contrasting dogs and cats. With their Grade 4 Reading Buddies, the children read, drew and coloured a booklet called "My Dog." After reading "Pete the Cat and his Cool Shoes" the children coloured a shoes and wrote where they went in their cool shoes. They are also learning how to draw Pete the Cat. Thank you so much to Reina's family who donated 10 "Pete the Cat" books to our classroom library!
In Numeracy, we have started to talk about and look for patterns in our world. The Juniors are learning ABAB patterns, and the Seniors are learning more complex patterns such as ABCABC or AABAAB or ABCDABCD.
In Science, the children learned about how Paper Wasps build their nest and why they are called "paper" wasps. They touched a real (empty!) paper wasp and watched a video about how these wasps make their nests.
In Art, the children uncovered "magic" letters with water colour paint. They are also starting to complete a "dot" to celebrate International Dot Day. We read the lovely book "The Dot," by Peter H. Reynolds, which encourages children to be creative and to accept that each person is different and unique.
Each week your child is given 2 Snuggle Up and Read books to read at home and then return to school for another child to read. PLEASE DO NOT WRITE IN OR COLOUR THEM! Thank you for taking care of our classroom materials.
Throughout the year we use child-friendly scissors for art activities. Providing your child with a pair of scissors at home to practise with will enable him or her to develop fine motor skills, which will in turn help him or her with writing and colouring. The more we practise, the more we can do!
Please ensure that your child has a change of clothes at school (they stay in his or cubby all year) as well as running shoes and indoor shoes that ensure s/he can run and play safely outside and in the gym. No flip-flops please. Children shjould be dressed in clothing that they can put on and remove by themselves when they go to the bathroom. Thank you!
We also had a visit from our wonderful student teacher Miss. Patel on Friday morning!
The next Scholastic order (with a lot of Halloween books!) is due October 12. Phonics sets are also a great way to support your child's literacy.
Thank you so much to Elise's mom who was our Mystery Reader this week! Thank you as well to our Grade Parents Tina and Leah who compiled a class contact list.
That's the news for this week from Room 166! Please subscribe to my blog (updated each Friday) so that you automatically get updates.
I hope you have a wonderful weekend - the first weekend of Fall!
Friday, September 14, 2018
Week of September 10-14
Dear families,
We've had a wonderful second week of school. We've already had 9 days of school! This is what we did this week:
The Juniors received their Jolly Phonics Duotang. Each week we focus on one letter sound and the children complete an accompanying page in their duotang. Last week we did "Ss" and this week we did "Aa." Jolly Phonics is an excellent method of teaching children to read. www.jollyphonics.com The Seniors also received a phonics duotang, which is a review of the letter sounds they learned last year and has them write the beginning, middle and end letter sounds of words. These duotangs stay at school all year. If you will be away for an extended vacation I will send it home with your child to work on.
The "popcorn" or "sight" words of the week were IS and AND. Each week your child receives the sight words. Please put them on your fridge or on a door in your child's room to practise at home. We also learned the "Popcorn Word Song," a copy of which is in your child's mailbag.
In today's mail bag your child received two "Snuggle Up and Read" books. Each week your child will receive two books and s/he should return them in Monday's Mailbag in order to receive two new ones.
Our Juniors are learning to recognize, spell and write their names, and the Seniors are learning to write their names using an upper case letter at the beginning, followed by lower case letters. I have sent home dot-to-dot names for each of your children to practise at home.
We continued our "Pete the Cat" author study. The children are in the process of completing three booklets about colours and Pete the Cat. Next week we will start an Inquiry on Pets!! We will also start learning about patterns and writing numbers.
Please remember that your child needs indoor shoes as well as outdoor shoes. Your child should be able to out these shoes on by him/herself, and s/he should be able to run and play in them. Your child also needs a change of clothes at school.
Please remember that all the food your child brings to school MUST be nut-free. Some of our classmates are also allergic to pineapple, sesame and tree nuts. Please read packaging carefully. Thank you!
The Seniors have received their first Journals! Journals are due each Monday. You'll be amazed at the progress your child makes throughout the year. Start by labelling, writing popcorn words, anything that encourages your child to write. Journal entries should include a drawing. Thank you! The children will get a sticker on their journal each time they complete it.
The school had another Fire Drill as well as a Lockdown Drill this week. The children did an excellent job.
Thank you so much to Dante's mom who was the Mystery Reader this week! Our Grade Parents Leah and Tina will be sending you a contact information list next week so that you can arrange playdates etc.
When your child completes homework, please ensure they write with a pencil. Thank you.
Thank you for taking the time to read about what is happening in your child's life at school. I update this blog every Friday throughout the school year. A fun thing to do is do read the blog together so you can talk about your child's days at school!
That's the news from our classroom this week! I hope you enjoy this last weekend of summer and I look forward to seeing you next Thursday at Curriculum Night!
We've had a wonderful second week of school. We've already had 9 days of school! This is what we did this week:
The Juniors received their Jolly Phonics Duotang. Each week we focus on one letter sound and the children complete an accompanying page in their duotang. Last week we did "Ss" and this week we did "Aa." Jolly Phonics is an excellent method of teaching children to read. www.jollyphonics.com The Seniors also received a phonics duotang, which is a review of the letter sounds they learned last year and has them write the beginning, middle and end letter sounds of words. These duotangs stay at school all year. If you will be away for an extended vacation I will send it home with your child to work on.
The "popcorn" or "sight" words of the week were IS and AND. Each week your child receives the sight words. Please put them on your fridge or on a door in your child's room to practise at home. We also learned the "Popcorn Word Song," a copy of which is in your child's mailbag.
In today's mail bag your child received two "Snuggle Up and Read" books. Each week your child will receive two books and s/he should return them in Monday's Mailbag in order to receive two new ones.
Our Juniors are learning to recognize, spell and write their names, and the Seniors are learning to write their names using an upper case letter at the beginning, followed by lower case letters. I have sent home dot-to-dot names for each of your children to practise at home.
We continued our "Pete the Cat" author study. The children are in the process of completing three booklets about colours and Pete the Cat. Next week we will start an Inquiry on Pets!! We will also start learning about patterns and writing numbers.
Please remember that your child needs indoor shoes as well as outdoor shoes. Your child should be able to out these shoes on by him/herself, and s/he should be able to run and play in them. Your child also needs a change of clothes at school.
Please remember that all the food your child brings to school MUST be nut-free. Some of our classmates are also allergic to pineapple, sesame and tree nuts. Please read packaging carefully. Thank you!
The Seniors have received their first Journals! Journals are due each Monday. You'll be amazed at the progress your child makes throughout the year. Start by labelling, writing popcorn words, anything that encourages your child to write. Journal entries should include a drawing. Thank you! The children will get a sticker on their journal each time they complete it.
The school had another Fire Drill as well as a Lockdown Drill this week. The children did an excellent job.
Thank you so much to Dante's mom who was the Mystery Reader this week! Our Grade Parents Leah and Tina will be sending you a contact information list next week so that you can arrange playdates etc.
When your child completes homework, please ensure they write with a pencil. Thank you.
Thank you for taking the time to read about what is happening in your child's life at school. I update this blog every Friday throughout the school year. A fun thing to do is do read the blog together so you can talk about your child's days at school!
That's the news from our classroom this week! I hope you enjoy this last weekend of summer and I look forward to seeing you next Thursday at Curriculum Night!
Friday, September 7, 2018
Week of September 4-7
Dear families,
What a wonderful first week of school it has been! The children are doing so well learning their rules and routines! Mrs. Mosun and I are so proud of them already! Great job!
This week we did some reading, some writing (our names), some colouring, and we learned the sight words I and AM. We also learned the letter sound "S." Each week we will learn a new letter sound and two new sight words (also called "popcorn words" since they keep popping up in sentences! For homework each weekend, the children will receive mini read-and-write booklets. I have explained how to do them to the children. Please don't worry if your child finds these a bit challenging at first. Our Seniors did these words last year, so they are reviewing them and learning them better this year. Many of our Juniors are still learning the alphabet and are learning how to hold a pencil. No worries at all. If your child is able to complete the booklet, please return it with his/her mailbag on Monday. I will put a star stamp on it and will send it home again to keep.
We are doing an Author Study on James Dean, who wrote the Pete the Cat books! Kids LOVE Pete the Cat! We read "I Love My School Shoes" and some other Pete the Cat books. The children are also making their own "Pete the Cat" book about colours and colour words. When they are finished this Author Study, all their work will be sent home so they can share it with you!
We talked about the Number One - how to write it, how to spell it, what ordinal position it is in (on a ten-frame, for example), what it looks like on a dice, what it's tally mark looks like, and a poem to remember how to make it ("A stright line down is lots of fun/This is how you make the number one").
We went on a quiet walking tour of the school to show the children where the Library, Computer Lab, Music Room, Lunch Room, Gym and Office are.
Thank you so much to Evelyn's mom who was our first Mystery Reader! Kids love it when their parents volunteer in the classroom. There are several volunteer opportunities each year. Please contact our Grade Parents Tina (Dante's mom) or Leah (Evelyn's mom) if you would like to volunteer. Thank you!!
The first Scholastic Order is due September 14. Thank you for supporting Scholastic!
We had our first Fire Drill on Thursday. Aside from being a bit startled by the noise of the alarm, the children did an excellent job.
This year our Reading Buddies will be Miss. Westover's Grade 4 class! We meet with our Reading Buddies each week throughout the year.
That's the news for this week. Have a wonderful Weekend!
What a wonderful first week of school it has been! The children are doing so well learning their rules and routines! Mrs. Mosun and I are so proud of them already! Great job!
This week we did some reading, some writing (our names), some colouring, and we learned the sight words I and AM. We also learned the letter sound "S." Each week we will learn a new letter sound and two new sight words (also called "popcorn words" since they keep popping up in sentences! For homework each weekend, the children will receive mini read-and-write booklets. I have explained how to do them to the children. Please don't worry if your child finds these a bit challenging at first. Our Seniors did these words last year, so they are reviewing them and learning them better this year. Many of our Juniors are still learning the alphabet and are learning how to hold a pencil. No worries at all. If your child is able to complete the booklet, please return it with his/her mailbag on Monday. I will put a star stamp on it and will send it home again to keep.
We are doing an Author Study on James Dean, who wrote the Pete the Cat books! Kids LOVE Pete the Cat! We read "I Love My School Shoes" and some other Pete the Cat books. The children are also making their own "Pete the Cat" book about colours and colour words. When they are finished this Author Study, all their work will be sent home so they can share it with you!
We talked about the Number One - how to write it, how to spell it, what ordinal position it is in (on a ten-frame, for example), what it looks like on a dice, what it's tally mark looks like, and a poem to remember how to make it ("A stright line down is lots of fun/This is how you make the number one").
We went on a quiet walking tour of the school to show the children where the Library, Computer Lab, Music Room, Lunch Room, Gym and Office are.
Thank you so much to Evelyn's mom who was our first Mystery Reader! Kids love it when their parents volunteer in the classroom. There are several volunteer opportunities each year. Please contact our Grade Parents Tina (Dante's mom) or Leah (Evelyn's mom) if you would like to volunteer. Thank you!!
The first Scholastic Order is due September 14. Thank you for supporting Scholastic!
We had our first Fire Drill on Thursday. Aside from being a bit startled by the noise of the alarm, the children did an excellent job.
This year our Reading Buddies will be Miss. Westover's Grade 4 class! We meet with our Reading Buddies each week throughout the year.
That's the news for this week. Have a wonderful Weekend!
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