Week of June 5-9

Dear families,

I hope you are enjoying this gorgeous weather where ever you are this weekend! It's supposed to be a hot week so please put sunscreen on your little ones before school and make sure they have a hat to wear. Thank you!

This past week we completed our June calendar and our "This is Me in June" drawing and writing. Needless to say, a lot of the kids wrote and drew a picture of Springfest!

We have started new learning about camping and our dramatic centre is now a campsite complete with a tent, fishing poles, a dock, fish, a river, frogs and a loon, trees and owls, and books about camping. The kids are loving it and are taking turns playing in it. We learned about camping safety as well, and the children read and completed a booklet about camping safety. We are reading books about camping and camp, and also made real s'mores with the kids (using a microwave instead of a campfire) and then wrote out instructions how to make them. We compared Canoes to Kayaks using a Venn Diagram. Thank you Ruby for sharing a photo of yourself camping!

Thank you as well to Hannah's brother Jacob and her mom who were our Mystery Readers this week!

The SKS wrote about what they would be when they grew up and made a paper plate self-portrait in preparation for our SK Grad later this month.

The words of the week were ZOO and ZEBRA.

In our inquiry on Canada, we talked about and coloured a page about symbols of Canada with our Reading Buddies, and completed our "L" page in our ABCs of Canada booklet: L is for loon, lobster, and lacrosse, three very Canadian things! Tomorrow I am bringing in real maple syrup for our "M is for Maple Syrup" and we'll learn where maple syrup comes from. I think we will do a blind taste test and compare "pancake syrup" to real maple syrup with a Venn Diagram, and write down which we like better and why!

The children have also been working very hard on their (TOP SECRET!) Father's Day gifts.

Next week we will continue our inquiry on butterflies, camping and Canada.

Thank you SO MUCH for the wonderful Staff Appreciation lunch last week! The dishes were delicious and enjoyed very much by all!

I hope you have a great week!