Thank you as always to our parent volunteers this week!
A new community outreach initiative has been launched by two of our senior students who will be collecting old jeans as donations to teen shelters. The corporate sponsor is Aeropostale and you can send in unused jeans from January 21 - February 4 for the program known as "Teens for Jeans". www.dosomething.org If LKS collects 500 pairs the school becomes eligible for a $10 000 prize!
Reports will come home February 11 for Junior Kindergarten children only. Teachers usually dedicate interviews this term to students with challenges, requesting interviews in these cases, so your Kindergarten team will hold Open Houses that you may attend - look around, ask questions and informally discuss your child. These will be Wednesday, February 20 from 7:45-8:45 AM and Thursday, February 21 from 3:45-4:45 PM. You may choose to attend either one regardless of your child's class designation AM or PM and would not need to attend both!
Information/Permission forms for our field trip will be sent home next week. The kindergarten classes will all be going to see a live performance of "The Cat Came Back". Monday, March 4 for the AM and Tuesday, March 5 for the PM. In order to accommodate the show time and travel time the morning class will come TO school at the regular time but will return OVER THE LUNCH HOUR, LATER than usual, meaning pick up time will be delayed and no school bus transportation home at lunch will be available. On Tuesday the PM class will be asked to ARRIVE EARLIER, OVER THE LUNCH HOUR, in order to board the field trip bus to make the afternoon performance. This means drop off by school bus will not be available on this day. Please make note of this for yourself and any childcare professionals involved in transporting your child to and from school. Plase contact the Grade Parents if you would like to volunteer - we need 4 volunteers per class. If you have previously volunteered for a theatre day or classroom party/special event please consider letting a new parent volunteer. Thank you.
We have been working with dictionaries this week and the children enjoy reading them because it really makes them feels like Readers. If you do not have a picture dictionary Usborne publishes an excellent one that includes a clear picture and a sentence for each word. The IDBN is 43981507X and it available through Scholastic. In class we also use the Harcourt Brace First Dictionary, ISBN 774714492.
This week the children learned and practiced the high frequency word "see." We call high frequency words "Popcorn Words" in class because they keep popping up in sentences. They are also known as sight words. The children are working towards building a Sight Word vocabulary. The SKs made a book called "I see..." and the JKs made a little book in which they practiced writing the words "see" and "me." Please encourage your child to keep these books in their Bedtime Book Box and to read them to you.
Please take a moment to look in our Lost and Found bag in the cubby room. I have gone through the lost items with the children but sometimes they are not sure if items belong to them or not.
The children continue to receive bear puzzle pieces for each book they read to our Grade 8 readers, and they are becoming "Beary Good Readers." When they have all the puzzle pieces they will bring them home.
100th Day is coming soon! We will be celebrating this special day on February 8th and I am planning some creative and numeracy-based activities for this day. Thank you to the parent volunteers who will be helping that day. Activities will run from 10-11:15 and 1:45-3:00
We will be wecoming back artist Janeen for Artist in the Classroom the week of May 6-10. I will need 4 parent volunteers for the entire morning (9-11:20)and 4 volunteers for the entire afternoon class (12:30-3:05). More information to follow when the exact date is set.
A special thank you to Sienna's parents Bruno and Sheila for providing all the juice lid tops. I am in the process of making a Sight Word Activitiy with them. Thank you also to Dana's mom Deanne who is assisting me with making Sight Word Cards.
We are going to be making a book with our Reading Buddies this week. Please send in a small wallet-sized photo of your child for this book. Thank you.
The January Scholastic order is due January 31.
Have a wonderful week!
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Sunday, January 20, 2013
Dear families,
For the next few weeks your child will be taking his/her Phonics duotang home on Friday. Please encourage your child to work on this duotang and return it by the following Wednesday. Thank you.
We are now learning about "popcorn words" which are Sight/High Frequency Words such as like, in to, no, am, I, that, etc. This week we focused on "I am" and the SKs are writing a book about "I am..." while the JKs completed a sight work book of the work "am."
We also are learning how to spell winter clothing words such as boots, hat, mittens, coat, and scarf.
Speaking of mittens, please provide your child with a pair of mittens to wear at tomorrow's Sharing Assembly for our Mitten Poem. Dana, Liam, Mason and Luca will be receiving certificates for the TDSB Characteristic of Teamwork. Congratulations!
We had visits from Mrs. Wilson's Grade 2 Readers who took turns reading a book and showing the pages to the children. Our grade 8s also assisted the children in their reading along with our Reading Buddies.
On Thursday our class will be celebrating Canada's flag and we are encouraged to wear RED and/or WHITE. Show your school spirit!
Thank you to my Parent VOlunteers this week.
See everyone tomorrow.
Mrs. Tyndall
For the next few weeks your child will be taking his/her Phonics duotang home on Friday. Please encourage your child to work on this duotang and return it by the following Wednesday. Thank you.
We are now learning about "popcorn words" which are Sight/High Frequency Words such as like, in to, no, am, I, that, etc. This week we focused on "I am" and the SKs are writing a book about "I am..." while the JKs completed a sight work book of the work "am."
We also are learning how to spell winter clothing words such as boots, hat, mittens, coat, and scarf.
Speaking of mittens, please provide your child with a pair of mittens to wear at tomorrow's Sharing Assembly for our Mitten Poem. Dana, Liam, Mason and Luca will be receiving certificates for the TDSB Characteristic of Teamwork. Congratulations!
We had visits from Mrs. Wilson's Grade 2 Readers who took turns reading a book and showing the pages to the children. Our grade 8s also assisted the children in their reading along with our Reading Buddies.
On Thursday our class will be celebrating Canada's flag and we are encouraged to wear RED and/or WHITE. Show your school spirit!
Thank you to my Parent VOlunteers this week.
See everyone tomorrow.
Mrs. Tyndall
Sunday, January 13, 2013
Dear families,
Welcome back after our Holiday Break! I hope you and the children had a wonderful and relaxing holiday.
Even though the wonderful snow we had has melted, I'm pretty sure winter is not over yet (!) and that means the children need indoor shoes each day. It's difficult for the children to sit on the carpet with big winter boots, on and indoor shoes/slippers are much more comfortable, too. Thank you!
We started our lesson on How Pine Trees Grow and are making a book about them. Thank you Raine for bringing the pine cones in! We also reviewed the names of all the animals that hibernate over the winter as well as animals that migrate. We are learning the "I slip and slide" poem and are reviewing the phonics sounds we have learned so far. We learned aboout the compound word "snow" and completed a work sheet about it; the SKs wrote the words and the JKs matched the words to the pictures. The children also did a wonderful job drawing a picture and writing words about what they did on December 25. They are on display on our hall Bulletin Board.
On Friday a lot of the little ones arrived with their bears ready for the Teddy Bear party so we went ahead with the party for the children who were in school and made a Corduroy the Bear Puppet. On Monday, we will have Part Two of the party so that all the children will be able to participate. We will make a Polar-Bear-in-the-Snow craft and the children who didn't make the Corduroy puppet will make one as well. Don't forget your teddy bears! I have extras if the children forget, not to worry.
In this week's white bags I sent home the children's Phonics duotangs. Please work on them and return them on Monday or by Wednesday. Thank you!
Two mystery bags from before the holidays have not been returned - they are a frog and a bee. Please return them if you have them at home. Thank you!
Many thanks to our Volunteers this week: Reading Club was Charlie's mom and Logan's mom, Playdoh was provided by Isobel's family (thank you as well to Noah's and Mason's family for playdoh!), Mystery Readers were Cole's dad, Computer Lab was assisted by Dalinda, and white bags and snuggle books were done by myself and Chloe's mom.
Have a wonderful Sunday -- see you tomorrow!
Beverley
Welcome back after our Holiday Break! I hope you and the children had a wonderful and relaxing holiday.
Even though the wonderful snow we had has melted, I'm pretty sure winter is not over yet (!) and that means the children need indoor shoes each day. It's difficult for the children to sit on the carpet with big winter boots, on and indoor shoes/slippers are much more comfortable, too. Thank you!
We started our lesson on How Pine Trees Grow and are making a book about them. Thank you Raine for bringing the pine cones in! We also reviewed the names of all the animals that hibernate over the winter as well as animals that migrate. We are learning the "I slip and slide" poem and are reviewing the phonics sounds we have learned so far. We learned aboout the compound word "snow" and completed a work sheet about it; the SKs wrote the words and the JKs matched the words to the pictures. The children also did a wonderful job drawing a picture and writing words about what they did on December 25. They are on display on our hall Bulletin Board.
On Friday a lot of the little ones arrived with their bears ready for the Teddy Bear party so we went ahead with the party for the children who were in school and made a Corduroy the Bear Puppet. On Monday, we will have Part Two of the party so that all the children will be able to participate. We will make a Polar-Bear-in-the-Snow craft and the children who didn't make the Corduroy puppet will make one as well. Don't forget your teddy bears! I have extras if the children forget, not to worry.
In this week's white bags I sent home the children's Phonics duotangs. Please work on them and return them on Monday or by Wednesday. Thank you!
Two mystery bags from before the holidays have not been returned - they are a frog and a bee. Please return them if you have them at home. Thank you!
Many thanks to our Volunteers this week: Reading Club was Charlie's mom and Logan's mom, Playdoh was provided by Isobel's family (thank you as well to Noah's and Mason's family for playdoh!), Mystery Readers were Cole's dad, Computer Lab was assisted by Dalinda, and white bags and snuggle books were done by myself and Chloe's mom.
Have a wonderful Sunday -- see you tomorrow!
Beverley
Saturday, December 22, 2012
Dear families,
I would like to say a sincere and heartfelt "Thank you" for the wonderful cards and gifts from you and your children. I was really touched by your kindness and I thank you very much for all your kind notes and good wishes. This time of the year is so magical for the little ones and is a special time to remember.
A little update of our last week of school:
The Holiday Craft Party went very well and the children had fun making 6 different holiday keepsakes - they made a silver bell, a dove of peace, a snowman finger puppet, a sparkle bell, a Rudolph/Santa/Earth mobile, and a Christmas Day countdown. I think they were most excited about the Christmas Day countdown craft!
At our Holiday Sharing Assembly the children did a lovely job singing "It's December," "Twinkle, Twinkle," and "Winter Holiday." Congratulations to Chloe, Naomi, Cole, and Angelina who received awards for Kindness and Caring.
The children finished their Bear books, Santa Claus books, Christmas math and Santa letters and really enjoyed writing cards to friends, Santa, family and Alfie the Elf. The afternoon class made a toyland train book with their grade 3 reading buddies and the morning class will complete this in January.
Thank you as always to our parent volunteers of this week: Mystery Readers were Emma's mom and Logan's mom, and the white bags were done by Sienna's mom and Logan's mom. Thank you so much for taking the time to help in the classroom. Thank you also to our wonderful Grade Parents Dee, Timothy, Anne, Liza and Catherine for doing such a wonderful job with the parent volunteer calendars and with the Stonegate gift hampers. You are all very generous to give your time to help others in the community.
I hope you have a wonderful and relaxing holiday with your family and look forward to seeing everyone again on January 7, 2013!
Beverley
I would like to say a sincere and heartfelt "Thank you" for the wonderful cards and gifts from you and your children. I was really touched by your kindness and I thank you very much for all your kind notes and good wishes. This time of the year is so magical for the little ones and is a special time to remember.
A little update of our last week of school:
The Holiday Craft Party went very well and the children had fun making 6 different holiday keepsakes - they made a silver bell, a dove of peace, a snowman finger puppet, a sparkle bell, a Rudolph/Santa/Earth mobile, and a Christmas Day countdown. I think they were most excited about the Christmas Day countdown craft!
At our Holiday Sharing Assembly the children did a lovely job singing "It's December," "Twinkle, Twinkle," and "Winter Holiday." Congratulations to Chloe, Naomi, Cole, and Angelina who received awards for Kindness and Caring.
The children finished their Bear books, Santa Claus books, Christmas math and Santa letters and really enjoyed writing cards to friends, Santa, family and Alfie the Elf. The afternoon class made a toyland train book with their grade 3 reading buddies and the morning class will complete this in January.
Thank you as always to our parent volunteers of this week: Mystery Readers were Emma's mom and Logan's mom, and the white bags were done by Sienna's mom and Logan's mom. Thank you so much for taking the time to help in the classroom. Thank you also to our wonderful Grade Parents Dee, Timothy, Anne, Liza and Catherine for doing such a wonderful job with the parent volunteer calendars and with the Stonegate gift hampers. You are all very generous to give your time to help others in the community.
I hope you have a wonderful and relaxing holiday with your family and look forward to seeing everyone again on January 7, 2013!
Beverley
Sunday, December 16, 2012
The children have been very excited about the holidays that are fast-approaching and of course about Alfie the Elf and Santa. I hope you will be able to attend our Sharing Assemblies (morning and afternoon) tomorrow; we will sing three little Holiday Songs and Naomi, Chloe, Cole and Angelina will be recognized for their "Kindness and Caring."
We had fun this week singing Christmas Carols around the piano and some of the kids were also inspired to dance hand in hand which was very sweet!
Our Holiday Craft Party is going to be a lot of fun - many thanks to the parents who will be providing treats/healthy snacks for that special day and also assisting the children with their ornament making. I still have my own children's ornaments that they made when they were little and I treasure them. I hope the ones your children make will hang on your tree for many years to come.
If your child will be absent next week please let me know so that I can prepare their white bag in advance. Thank you. In this week's white bags your child brought home their Christmas words (two pages!) to read and practice; the Snack and Mystery Bag Schedules from January to June (whew!), Santa Booklets they made and can read with you, and some in-class work they did as well.
Our little Post Office has been very popular and the children loved writing Christmas cards to their friends and Santa. Holiday cards are a wonderful opportunity for your children to practice their writing skills. A special thank you to Ava who hand-delivered all the cards the children wrote in our post office to Santa who was visiting her dad's office!
We also had fun reading books and making a holiday craft and puzzle with our afternoon Reading Buddies (Morning Reading buddies will meet this week).
Many thanks to this week's Parent Volunteers: Quentin's mom helped at the Computer Lab; our Mystery Readers were Ava's mom and Kate's dad, the white bags and snuggle books were done by Emma and Jonas' mom and Jack and Jackie's nanny Dalinda. Thank you so much!
If you received a note in your child's bad regarding overdue Snuggle Books, Laminated letter-sound folders or the Read-and-Write booklets, please do return them. I will make some more over the holidays so that if a lot are not returned over one week there will still be extras. Having a fun routine of reading those items and your child keeping them in their Bedtime Book Box is a great way to encourage your child's love of reading.
Kind regards,
Beverley
We had fun this week singing Christmas Carols around the piano and some of the kids were also inspired to dance hand in hand which was very sweet!
Our Holiday Craft Party is going to be a lot of fun - many thanks to the parents who will be providing treats/healthy snacks for that special day and also assisting the children with their ornament making. I still have my own children's ornaments that they made when they were little and I treasure them. I hope the ones your children make will hang on your tree for many years to come.
If your child will be absent next week please let me know so that I can prepare their white bag in advance. Thank you. In this week's white bags your child brought home their Christmas words (two pages!) to read and practice; the Snack and Mystery Bag Schedules from January to June (whew!), Santa Booklets they made and can read with you, and some in-class work they did as well.
Our little Post Office has been very popular and the children loved writing Christmas cards to their friends and Santa. Holiday cards are a wonderful opportunity for your children to practice their writing skills. A special thank you to Ava who hand-delivered all the cards the children wrote in our post office to Santa who was visiting her dad's office!
We also had fun reading books and making a holiday craft and puzzle with our afternoon Reading Buddies (Morning Reading buddies will meet this week).
Many thanks to this week's Parent Volunteers: Quentin's mom helped at the Computer Lab; our Mystery Readers were Ava's mom and Kate's dad, the white bags and snuggle books were done by Emma and Jonas' mom and Jack and Jackie's nanny Dalinda. Thank you so much!
If you received a note in your child's bad regarding overdue Snuggle Books, Laminated letter-sound folders or the Read-and-Write booklets, please do return them. I will make some more over the holidays so that if a lot are not returned over one week there will still be extras. Having a fun routine of reading those items and your child keeping them in their Bedtime Book Box is a great way to encourage your child's love of reading.
Kind regards,
Beverley
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