Saturday, March 10

This was an exciting week as we started our unit on Community Helpers and welcomed several parents to our classroom to talk about their jobs. Thank you very much again to Emma and Jonas' dad for telling us all about being a Bone Surgeon (and thank you for the surgeon's masks, gloves and hats!). The children were fascinated by the x-rays and vertebrae; thank you to Luke's mom, who talked to the children about saving money and what a bank does (thank you for all the piggy banks too!); and thank you to Jacob's mom, who did a wonderful job talking to the children about her job as a Nurse at Sick Kids' Hospital (thank you for the masks!). We are looking forward to when Ava's mom will talk to the children about her job at a TV Station!

I have booked Officer Ritch from 22 Division who will talk to the a.m. and p.m. children about Safety on April 10, and we will also meet Firefighter Ron after the March Break. Please let me know if you are able to come in to talk to the kids for about 20-30 minutes - it's something they will rememember!

We are learning to count by 2s and 5s and are now up to the sound "ai" in our Jolly Phonics Series. Examples of these words that we have been learning are: aim, brain, snail, train, gain, mail, rain, gain, main, pain, vain, tail, etc.

This week's "Refridgerator Words" are:

pest
tap
pin
is
pit
snap
in
man
red
dip

Also, an excellent website for Kindergarten level Learning to Read is called www.starfall.com. The children love it and it has four different levels.

I am still missing some Snuggle Books - if you have "Biscuit and the Box", "The Number One", or "A Trunk for Buck" please return it. Thank you. We will be starting a new series of take-home Snuggle Books after the break. Also, if anyone has my Batman Phonics Set please return it to our Reading Club basket. Thank you!

Our morning Reading Buddies worked on a St. Patrick's Day Booklet with the children. The afternoon Reading Buddies interviewed my students for a special book they are writing.

Thank you so much to this week's Parent Volunteers:

Reading Club: Lewis' mom, Charlie's mom
White Bags: Charlie's mom, Cameron D.'s mom

I hope you and your families have a wonderful and safe March Break! When we come back it will be Spring!

Mrs. Tyndall