Dear families,
Wow - the last week of school! It was a fun and busy week as we finished our learning about summer and talked about what to expect next year in SK and Grade One!
Our Senior Kindergarten Graduation was on Tuesday. Thank you so much to our SK Parents who provided a beautiful cupcake-cake for the children, along with fruit, juice and cheese snacks, as well as cutlery and napkins. The children had a great day and are excited about next year!
This week the SKs wrote about what they would like to be when they grow up. On the other side of that page is "I would like to tell my Grade One teacher..." I think your child's Grade One teacher would love to see this in September!
The children also completed a colouring activity about boating safety and wearing life jackets. They finished their Canada Day Fireworks art and it looks awesome.
Thank you so much to Stella's mom who helped out this week in the computer lab.
Today, the last day, was Pizza-Lunch-on-the-Lawn. Thank you so much to the parent who volunteered their time with this too - Andrew's dad, Ellie's mom, Hannah's mom, and all the other parents who helped make it a success.
We met with our Reading Buddies today and for a special surprise watched "Finding Nemo" together.
I would like to say a huge Thank You to Theresa and Mary for all their help this year as fantastic Grade Parents. Being a Grade Parent takes an enormous amount of time, organization and energy, and one big reason this year ran so successfully with all our parent volunteers was thanks to Mary and Theresa's work. Thank you again to all the parents who volunteered their time in the classroom this year - the children loved seeing you in their environment!
Thank you as well to Miss. Nisker who also helped make this year terrific.
Finally, thank you so much for the wonderful teacher gifts... I love teaching and I feel enormously grateful for the lovely children and families I get to work with each day.
I hope you have a safe and fun summer, and I will see you in September!
Mrs. Tyndall
Wednesday, June 29, 2016
Sunday, June 26, 2016
Week of June 27-29
Dear families,
It's so hard to believe that this will be the last few days of school before the summer holidays! It looks like we're going to have lovely summer weather! It was so hot on Monday that we had Freezie Monday as well as Freezie Friday!
This week was our last Sharing Assembly, and Riley, Ruby and William received certificates for Perseverance. I am so proud of you!
The Seniors were very excited about being allowed to play in the "big kids'" playground this week, and about seeing the Grade One classes.
I'm happy to report that our class returned all of their overdue Library books! Way to go!
The Seniors are working on their big Phonics duotangs (great practice for Grade One) and the Juniors wrote about and drew their favourite Kindergarten Activity. The Seniors are also finishing up their Memory Book, and all the children are practising Summer Words. They also shared and wrote what they wanted to do this summer, and wrote that on a Beach ``Bucket List`` craft.
We made Thank You cards for our Reading Buddies. This week will be our last class together. Thank you Ms. Sunde`s Class!
Our sight words this week were EAT and EGG. Next week there will be four: GOOD, BYE, SCHOOL, KIDS. :) I sent home 5 sight words lists with the SKs to review at home.
Thank you to Andrew's mom who helped our in the Computer Lab and Iris' mom who was the Mystery Reader!
The children finished their Canada Day 3-D Fireworks Art and they look amazing.
We also recorded and graphed all the different activities the children will be doing this summer.
Tomorrow (Monday) your children will be receiving their report cards. I am so proud of all of them and all their progress! Wednesday is the year-end LKS assembly and Pizza Lunch on the Lawn.
That`s the news for this week! I am really looking forward to seeing all the SK Parents and family at their children`s graduation on Tuesday at 1:30. I have finished the slideshow and it turned out really nicely. I`m looking forward to sharing it with you!
See you tomorrow :)
It's so hard to believe that this will be the last few days of school before the summer holidays! It looks like we're going to have lovely summer weather! It was so hot on Monday that we had Freezie Monday as well as Freezie Friday!
This week was our last Sharing Assembly, and Riley, Ruby and William received certificates for Perseverance. I am so proud of you!
The Seniors were very excited about being allowed to play in the "big kids'" playground this week, and about seeing the Grade One classes.
I'm happy to report that our class returned all of their overdue Library books! Way to go!
The Seniors are working on their big Phonics duotangs (great practice for Grade One) and the Juniors wrote about and drew their favourite Kindergarten Activity. The Seniors are also finishing up their Memory Book, and all the children are practising Summer Words. They also shared and wrote what they wanted to do this summer, and wrote that on a Beach ``Bucket List`` craft.
We made Thank You cards for our Reading Buddies. This week will be our last class together. Thank you Ms. Sunde`s Class!
Our sight words this week were EAT and EGG. Next week there will be four: GOOD, BYE, SCHOOL, KIDS. :) I sent home 5 sight words lists with the SKs to review at home.
Thank you to Andrew's mom who helped our in the Computer Lab and Iris' mom who was the Mystery Reader!
The children finished their Canada Day 3-D Fireworks Art and they look amazing.
We also recorded and graphed all the different activities the children will be doing this summer.
Tomorrow (Monday) your children will be receiving their report cards. I am so proud of all of them and all their progress! Wednesday is the year-end LKS assembly and Pizza Lunch on the Lawn.
That`s the news for this week! I am really looking forward to seeing all the SK Parents and family at their children`s graduation on Tuesday at 1:30. I have finished the slideshow and it turned out really nicely. I`m looking forward to sharing it with you!
See you tomorrow :)
Sunday, June 19, 2016
Week of June 20-24
Dear families,
I was an awesome week last week! The field trip to Springridge Farm was so much fun and the children participated in so many fun and educational activities! First, there was a wagon ride to the strawberry patch. The children learned that the two water reservoirs hold water which is fed to the strawberry patch by pipes. After learning about how strawberries are planted and how they grow, each child picked two strawberries fresh from the field. Then they walked further up the hill and had a terrific view of the Niagara Escarpment. They could see as far as the CN Tower! The children also saw two turkey vultures in the sky. After the view from the Lookout Tower, they walked down the hill and picked fresh clover for the goats. The goats loved them! The children then went to the Bee Education Area and learned all about bees. Theo got to dress up as a Bee Keeper! The children saw a real bee hive and watched the bees in action. Then they saw baby chicks, and fed grain to hens and goats. After looking at the rabbits and King Pigeons, the children took turns going down the slides and explored the hay bale play area. They had apple juice and ran up and down a hay hill, and then it was time to get back on the bus! Our tour guide Farmer Fiona said that our class was the "best of 2016" and I was so proud of the children's excellent behaviour and great questions for Farmer Fiona. Thank you SO MUCH to the wonderful parent volunteer moms of Alexandra, Andrew, Dylan, Luca and William'who came with us on the trip and helped supervise the children!
Last week we finished our Inquiry on Farms by doing a "Farms..." booklet with the words HAVE, CAN and GROW. The children also wrote about their trip to Springridge Farm and drew a picture. They watched a video about sheep from Farmer Tania, made Ruby's farm puzzle (thank you Ruby!), looked at pictures of farms from long ago before there were tractors and big machines (thank you Camilla!), and played Farmer's Market.
LKS had a practice fire drill and the children did an excellent job lining up quickly and quietly by the fence.
Thank you so much to Matthew's mom who was our Mystery Reader on Thursday. Thank you to Avery who found a robin's egg and brought it in to share at the Science Centre.
On Monday the children had great fun participating in the Dance for the Red Cross (Alberta Relief Fund). The children also completed the last calendar of the near (June) and the last "This is me in... (June). I am so impressed with the progress they have made since September.
I sent home the SK Summer Journals. Your child's Grade One Teacher woukd love to have this in September!
Sadly, Bubbles the Beta Fish died of old age on Monday. I will get a new Bubbles in September.
It was so hot last week that I decided to call it Freezie Friday which was welcomed by the kids. Can't wait until this Friday!
I hope you had a wonderful Father's Day weekend and enjoyed the beautiful art and card your child made for you.
On Thursday we will celebrate the last TDSB Character Trait of Perseverance at the Sharing Assembly. I hope to see you then!
Have a wonderful week!
I was an awesome week last week! The field trip to Springridge Farm was so much fun and the children participated in so many fun and educational activities! First, there was a wagon ride to the strawberry patch. The children learned that the two water reservoirs hold water which is fed to the strawberry patch by pipes. After learning about how strawberries are planted and how they grow, each child picked two strawberries fresh from the field. Then they walked further up the hill and had a terrific view of the Niagara Escarpment. They could see as far as the CN Tower! The children also saw two turkey vultures in the sky. After the view from the Lookout Tower, they walked down the hill and picked fresh clover for the goats. The goats loved them! The children then went to the Bee Education Area and learned all about bees. Theo got to dress up as a Bee Keeper! The children saw a real bee hive and watched the bees in action. Then they saw baby chicks, and fed grain to hens and goats. After looking at the rabbits and King Pigeons, the children took turns going down the slides and explored the hay bale play area. They had apple juice and ran up and down a hay hill, and then it was time to get back on the bus! Our tour guide Farmer Fiona said that our class was the "best of 2016" and I was so proud of the children's excellent behaviour and great questions for Farmer Fiona. Thank you SO MUCH to the wonderful parent volunteer moms of Alexandra, Andrew, Dylan, Luca and William'who came with us on the trip and helped supervise the children!
Last week we finished our Inquiry on Farms by doing a "Farms..." booklet with the words HAVE, CAN and GROW. The children also wrote about their trip to Springridge Farm and drew a picture. They watched a video about sheep from Farmer Tania, made Ruby's farm puzzle (thank you Ruby!), looked at pictures of farms from long ago before there were tractors and big machines (thank you Camilla!), and played Farmer's Market.
LKS had a practice fire drill and the children did an excellent job lining up quickly and quietly by the fence.
Thank you so much to Matthew's mom who was our Mystery Reader on Thursday. Thank you to Avery who found a robin's egg and brought it in to share at the Science Centre.
On Monday the children had great fun participating in the Dance for the Red Cross (Alberta Relief Fund). The children also completed the last calendar of the near (June) and the last "This is me in... (June). I am so impressed with the progress they have made since September.
I sent home the SK Summer Journals. Your child's Grade One Teacher woukd love to have this in September!
Sadly, Bubbles the Beta Fish died of old age on Monday. I will get a new Bubbles in September.
It was so hot last week that I decided to call it Freezie Friday which was welcomed by the kids. Can't wait until this Friday!
I hope you had a wonderful Father's Day weekend and enjoyed the beautiful art and card your child made for you.
On Thursday we will celebrate the last TDSB Character Trait of Perseverance at the Sharing Assembly. I hope to see you then!
Have a wonderful week!
Sunday, June 12, 2016
Week of June 13-17
Dear families,
I hope you are enjoying your weekend!
This week we learned more about farms and farm life in preparation for our field trip on the 15th. The children are so excited! They sang the classic Old MacDonald song (good for memory!) and completed an accompanying booklet. The children had all their questions about horses answered - thank you to Miss. Nisker who videotaped herself taking care of her beautiful horse William. The children asked questions about pigs and sheep, which we will answer next week. They helped write the answers on the Smartboard to what various farm animals HAVE, CAN, ARE, EAT. The children also completed a reading activity booklet in which they had to match the sound animals make to the picture and word. We watched a terrific video on the Smartboard called "The Little Chick Company - It All Starts With an Egg" about eggs and chickens. We watched it two times, pausing the second time to quiz the children about what they learned and understood. The children also made and took home little plaster farm animals that they coloured. I added magnets and voila a cute fridge magnet. Next week we will finish our inquiry off with questions and answers about sheep and pigs. We will also do more summative activities about farm life in general. The children will complete writing activities about Wednesday's field trip and will bring their Farm Inquiry Folders home on Friday!
Thank you so much to Tessa who brought in porcupine quills from her cottage. This lead to a great discussion and a recap of habitats and local wildlife. I'm so pleased when the kids bring in items from the natural world to share and talk about!
The words of the week were ZOO and ZEBRA. Next week they will be KID, KITE and KITTEN.
The school had two fire drills this week and the children did a perfect job lining up quickly and quietly and following me outside to our designated spot. Great job!
In Friday's mail bags I included a list of Grade One High Frequency (sight) words. This is a good little tool to review over the summer. Speaking of which, the children completed a reading and drawing activity with their Reading Buddies about Summer Words. Their buddies helped them read the words (e.g. sun screen, picnic) and they drew an accompanying picture together. They look great!
Thank you so much for the Staff Appreciation Lunch... The food was amazing and this was a real treat! Thank you so much to Luca's mom who provided delicious pasta from her resto "Eatalian!" Thank you to Avery's mom and dad who were a Mystery Reader dynamic duo!
An important note regarding the field trip: please ensure you child is wearing running shoes, socks, sunscreen, and has a litterless lunch and snack packed. No crocs please. We will eat our morning snack before getting on the bus. Parent Volunteers, please arrive at 10:15 so that I can give you your packages (name tags, kleenex, etc.). The children's lunch bags should be in their backpacks. Thank you!
That's the news for this week! I hope you are having a terrific weekend.
I hope you are enjoying your weekend!
This week we learned more about farms and farm life in preparation for our field trip on the 15th. The children are so excited! They sang the classic Old MacDonald song (good for memory!) and completed an accompanying booklet. The children had all their questions about horses answered - thank you to Miss. Nisker who videotaped herself taking care of her beautiful horse William. The children asked questions about pigs and sheep, which we will answer next week. They helped write the answers on the Smartboard to what various farm animals HAVE, CAN, ARE, EAT. The children also completed a reading activity booklet in which they had to match the sound animals make to the picture and word. We watched a terrific video on the Smartboard called "The Little Chick Company - It All Starts With an Egg" about eggs and chickens. We watched it two times, pausing the second time to quiz the children about what they learned and understood. The children also made and took home little plaster farm animals that they coloured. I added magnets and voila a cute fridge magnet. Next week we will finish our inquiry off with questions and answers about sheep and pigs. We will also do more summative activities about farm life in general. The children will complete writing activities about Wednesday's field trip and will bring their Farm Inquiry Folders home on Friday!
Thank you so much to Tessa who brought in porcupine quills from her cottage. This lead to a great discussion and a recap of habitats and local wildlife. I'm so pleased when the kids bring in items from the natural world to share and talk about!
The words of the week were ZOO and ZEBRA. Next week they will be KID, KITE and KITTEN.
The school had two fire drills this week and the children did a perfect job lining up quickly and quietly and following me outside to our designated spot. Great job!
In Friday's mail bags I included a list of Grade One High Frequency (sight) words. This is a good little tool to review over the summer. Speaking of which, the children completed a reading and drawing activity with their Reading Buddies about Summer Words. Their buddies helped them read the words (e.g. sun screen, picnic) and they drew an accompanying picture together. They look great!
Thank you so much for the Staff Appreciation Lunch... The food was amazing and this was a real treat! Thank you so much to Luca's mom who provided delicious pasta from her resto "Eatalian!" Thank you to Avery's mom and dad who were a Mystery Reader dynamic duo!
An important note regarding the field trip: please ensure you child is wearing running shoes, socks, sunscreen, and has a litterless lunch and snack packed. No crocs please. We will eat our morning snack before getting on the bus. Parent Volunteers, please arrive at 10:15 so that I can give you your packages (name tags, kleenex, etc.). The children's lunch bags should be in their backpacks. Thank you!
That's the news for this week! I hope you are having a terrific weekend.
Friday, June 3, 2016
Week of June 6-10
Dear families,
I hope you enjoyed the gorgeous weather this week! Our Sight Words were FUN and FRIEND, two things that go together! Next week the sight words will be ZOO and ZEBRA.
This week we continued our learning about farms! The children learned a lot more about cows thanks to a video by a friend of Miss. Nisker's who is a dairy farmer. The children also posed several more questions about horses, which will be answered next week! The kids completed 2 farm word searches with their Reading Buddies, and read fiction and non-fiction books about farms. We did a comparison chart about pigs and sheep, and did guided reading on the Smartboard with the booklet "What Do You Do?" The children also watched some non-fiction videos about Foggy Farmer, and watched a real farmer work with different farm machinery. www.farmerfoggy.com The children also learned where the word "horsepower" comes from! The kids made booklets called "Who is in the Barn?" The JKs read and coloured it, the SKs read and drew the appropriate pictures to demonstrate understanding. The children also made the cover page for their Farm Folders, and completed an "itsy bitsy" farm booklet. They are still working on a farm vocabulary sheet as well as a longer booklet called "I am Going to a Farm." Thank you Dylan for sharing your story about baling hay at a farm! Thank you as well to Dylan's mom who helped in the computer lab, and to Martel's mom who also helped out in the lab.
The kids had a lot of fun of Thursday in 11 farm-themed centres. There were 8 math centres with simple and more complex math problems to solve as a group, for example: "Farmer Joe has two cows and 3 calves. How many are there altogether?" and "There are 3 hens. Each hen lays 2 eggs. How many eggs all together?' The children had farm animal manipulatives to help them. They also did a "Spin a Farm Animal" centre, in which they had to spin farm animals and graph their results. Another centre was the "Bossy r, ar and or centre, which reinforced pronunciation rules for the children. The last centre was called "Animal Round Up" in which the children rolled dice and counted what they rolled, with farm animal pictures to help. All of these centres helped the children with numeracy skills.
Also tied to numeracy skills is the Cow Glyph that the children are making. Each child is making personalised cow art that tells a story. JK cows have white ears and a white tail; SK cows have black ears and a black tail. Girls' cows have udders; boys' cows have horns. If a child is 4, s/he draws 4 spots on the cow glyph. If a child is 5, s/he draws 5, if a child is 6, s/he draws 6. Finally, the glyphs show what kind of milk the child likes depending on the colour of their cow glyph's bell. Blue means they like chocolate milk; orange means they like white milk; green means they like strawberry milk. When the cow glyph is done, the children write their "moo"velous data, for example: "I am 5. I am a girl. I am a JK. I like chocolate milk." We'll finish the glyphs next week!
Thank you to Theo who shared some special animals with the class. Thank you as well to Claire who shared a wonderful non-fiction story about farm life. Thank you as well to Iris' family who donated some phonics sets and flashcards to our literacy centres!
This week was extra special because we welcomed Artist Janine to our classroom! The children learned all about Emily Carr and, after doing a practise page, completed beautiful pastel and water colour artwork. Psst! It will be for Father's Day! The children also made a beautiful card!
In today's mailbags I sent home the new June calendar (how can it be June already?!) as well as June homework bingo. I also sent home a list of all the inquiries your wonderful children did this year! Well done!!
Chloe celebrated her (July) birthday on Friday. We will celebrate all the summer birthdays in June! Next week we celebrate 4 birthdays (Andrew, Camilla, Stella and Samantha), which means lots of cookies and cupcakes! Healthy veggie and fruit snacks would be a good idea next week! :)
We planted our bean plant in the Kindergarten garden and the children made a little sign. It already has some flowers so hopefully with some care and some luck we'll see some beans!
That's the news from Room 166! Next week we will continue our inquiry and learning about farm life. I hope you have a terrific weekend!
I hope you enjoyed the gorgeous weather this week! Our Sight Words were FUN and FRIEND, two things that go together! Next week the sight words will be ZOO and ZEBRA.
This week we continued our learning about farms! The children learned a lot more about cows thanks to a video by a friend of Miss. Nisker's who is a dairy farmer. The children also posed several more questions about horses, which will be answered next week! The kids completed 2 farm word searches with their Reading Buddies, and read fiction and non-fiction books about farms. We did a comparison chart about pigs and sheep, and did guided reading on the Smartboard with the booklet "What Do You Do?" The children also watched some non-fiction videos about Foggy Farmer, and watched a real farmer work with different farm machinery. www.farmerfoggy.com The children also learned where the word "horsepower" comes from! The kids made booklets called "Who is in the Barn?" The JKs read and coloured it, the SKs read and drew the appropriate pictures to demonstrate understanding. The children also made the cover page for their Farm Folders, and completed an "itsy bitsy" farm booklet. They are still working on a farm vocabulary sheet as well as a longer booklet called "I am Going to a Farm." Thank you Dylan for sharing your story about baling hay at a farm! Thank you as well to Dylan's mom who helped in the computer lab, and to Martel's mom who also helped out in the lab.
The kids had a lot of fun of Thursday in 11 farm-themed centres. There were 8 math centres with simple and more complex math problems to solve as a group, for example: "Farmer Joe has two cows and 3 calves. How many are there altogether?" and "There are 3 hens. Each hen lays 2 eggs. How many eggs all together?' The children had farm animal manipulatives to help them. They also did a "Spin a Farm Animal" centre, in which they had to spin farm animals and graph their results. Another centre was the "Bossy r, ar and or centre, which reinforced pronunciation rules for the children. The last centre was called "Animal Round Up" in which the children rolled dice and counted what they rolled, with farm animal pictures to help. All of these centres helped the children with numeracy skills.
Also tied to numeracy skills is the Cow Glyph that the children are making. Each child is making personalised cow art that tells a story. JK cows have white ears and a white tail; SK cows have black ears and a black tail. Girls' cows have udders; boys' cows have horns. If a child is 4, s/he draws 4 spots on the cow glyph. If a child is 5, s/he draws 5, if a child is 6, s/he draws 6. Finally, the glyphs show what kind of milk the child likes depending on the colour of their cow glyph's bell. Blue means they like chocolate milk; orange means they like white milk; green means they like strawberry milk. When the cow glyph is done, the children write their "moo"velous data, for example: "I am 5. I am a girl. I am a JK. I like chocolate milk." We'll finish the glyphs next week!
Thank you to Theo who shared some special animals with the class. Thank you as well to Claire who shared a wonderful non-fiction story about farm life. Thank you as well to Iris' family who donated some phonics sets and flashcards to our literacy centres!
This week was extra special because we welcomed Artist Janine to our classroom! The children learned all about Emily Carr and, after doing a practise page, completed beautiful pastel and water colour artwork. Psst! It will be for Father's Day! The children also made a beautiful card!
In today's mailbags I sent home the new June calendar (how can it be June already?!) as well as June homework bingo. I also sent home a list of all the inquiries your wonderful children did this year! Well done!!
Chloe celebrated her (July) birthday on Friday. We will celebrate all the summer birthdays in June! Next week we celebrate 4 birthdays (Andrew, Camilla, Stella and Samantha), which means lots of cookies and cupcakes! Healthy veggie and fruit snacks would be a good idea next week! :)
We planted our bean plant in the Kindergarten garden and the children made a little sign. It already has some flowers so hopefully with some care and some luck we'll see some beans!
That's the news from Room 166! Next week we will continue our inquiry and learning about farm life. I hope you have a terrific weekend!
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