Dear families,
Wow it's hard to believe it's mid May with today's hail! Hopefully this cold snap bodes well for the Leafs game tonight!
At this month's Sharing Assembly on May 28 we will be recognizing Caroline, Sienna, Raine, and Logan for demonstrating the TDSB Character trait of Integrity. Well done!
On Thursday we had a "mystery reader" visit from two former students who are now in Grade Two. Thank you Jamie and Alexandra! On Friday the children listened to a Storyteller in the Library and enjoyed participating in her presentation.
We have concluded our unit on 2- and 3D Shapes and the children finished their Shape Art with their Reading Buddies as well as their booklet, "In the Park." We also planted our bean seeds and are learning about germination, what plants need to grow, made a flower glyph, and the children watched how florist beads absorbed about 30 times their weight in water. We placed 10 of these special "magic water beads" in our little peat pots to help keep the soil moist over the weekend.
Thank you to the parents who helped with our Artist in the Classroom day and for your time with Reading Club and Mystery Reader and White Bags this week. Your help is always appreciated!
LKS is continuing to collect gently used children's books this week for less fortunate schools. Please bring the books to our classroom and they will be collected at the end of the week.
This week we will have fun learning about and reviewing Canadian Coins and their Values and our Pizza Store will open in the Drama Centre as well as a portable store and other currency and counting activities in our Science Centre.
Happy Mother's Day!
Mrs. Tyndall
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Monday, May 6, 2013
Week of May 6-10
Dear families,
I hope you had a wonderful time at Springfest - the weather has been beautiful!
Now that the warmer weather is here, I would like to ask that you send a hat with your child and apply sunscreen as well. Your cooperation is much appreciated.
In Language, we have covered a lot of ground with the Jolly Phonics program. Over the last few weeks we have focused on the letter sounds "o", "u", "l", "f", amd "j". This week we are focusing on "V".
The SKs and the JKs continue to work on their phonics duotangs and write in their journals regularly. It is lovely to see the incredible effort the children put into their journal work and I love seeing the progress the children have made. The SK children have also completed a little booklet called "I Know it's Spring."
In Math we are beginning our unit on Canadian coins and their values. Both the JK and SK children are learning to recognize and identify coins. I will be changing the Home Centre to a Pizza Store for this unit which I think the children will really enjoy. The SK children are working on a Money booklet and the JKs are completing identification activities for each coin we learn. We will learn all the coins up to and including the $2.00 coin.
Thank you in advance to the parents who are volunteering to assist our Artist in the Classroom on May 7 and thank you to Parent Council for funding this special day.
We will also be planting our bean seeds this week and learning about germination and what plants need to grow. The children will be making booklets and completing writing activities about how seeds grow.
Have a wonderful week! Go Leafs!
Mrs. Tyndall
I hope you had a wonderful time at Springfest - the weather has been beautiful!
Now that the warmer weather is here, I would like to ask that you send a hat with your child and apply sunscreen as well. Your cooperation is much appreciated.
In Language, we have covered a lot of ground with the Jolly Phonics program. Over the last few weeks we have focused on the letter sounds "o", "u", "l", "f", amd "j". This week we are focusing on "V".
The SKs and the JKs continue to work on their phonics duotangs and write in their journals regularly. It is lovely to see the incredible effort the children put into their journal work and I love seeing the progress the children have made. The SK children have also completed a little booklet called "I Know it's Spring."
In Math we are beginning our unit on Canadian coins and their values. Both the JK and SK children are learning to recognize and identify coins. I will be changing the Home Centre to a Pizza Store for this unit which I think the children will really enjoy. The SK children are working on a Money booklet and the JKs are completing identification activities for each coin we learn. We will learn all the coins up to and including the $2.00 coin.
Thank you in advance to the parents who are volunteering to assist our Artist in the Classroom on May 7 and thank you to Parent Council for funding this special day.
We will also be planting our bean seeds this week and learning about germination and what plants need to grow. The children will be making booklets and completing writing activities about how seeds grow.
Have a wonderful week! Go Leafs!
Mrs. Tyndall
Monday, April 29, 2013
Week of April 29-May 3
Dear families,
This week LKS is showing its spirit by wearing blue and white to support the Maple Leafs in the playoffs. Go Leafs!
Information regarding Tombola Leaf Campaign for Springfest:
The Tombola Leaf Campaign is one of LKS's most popular events. Last year, this campaign raised $8,000 in donations to the school! Students are encouraged to bring in cash or cheque donations that will be pooled each day for each classroom. Each class will receive a Tombola "Leaf" for every $5.00 raised. The leaves are proudly displayed on classroom doors. The classes with the most Tombola Leaves will WIN prizes. (The Tombola Committee will assess each class's success on a pro rata basis so that classes with fewer students are not disadvantaged from being eligible to win.)
This Campaign continues next week: Apr 29-May 3. Buy 1, 5 or 10 leaves! Simply send your cash or cheque (payable to "LKS & Parent Council") in an envelope marked "Tombola Leaves" with your child to their classroom. Thank you for your support!!
Last week and this week we are learning about three-dimensional shapes and the children had fun identifying the shapes of classroom objects. We will continue to learn about shapes this week.
We also completed a booklet called "I Know it is Spring when..." Our Spring Rain marble paintings are displayed in the classroom and look wonderful.
The children did a wonderful job at the Sharing Assembly and recited the poem "I Love the Earth." Congratulations to Alex, Ava, Jack and Yoel for their well-deserved certificates for Co-operation.
We also completed our April calendars and our "This is me in April" page.
The children should have a good idea now about what goes in the blue bin and what is garbage. We also wrote about what is good/not good for the Earth.
Please note that the date of our Artist in the classroom visit has been changed to May 7, and that Mr. Blais no longer requires volunteers in the computer lab.
Have a wonderful week!
Mrs. Tyndall
This week LKS is showing its spirit by wearing blue and white to support the Maple Leafs in the playoffs. Go Leafs!
Information regarding Tombola Leaf Campaign for Springfest:
The Tombola Leaf Campaign is one of LKS's most popular events. Last year, this campaign raised $8,000 in donations to the school! Students are encouraged to bring in cash or cheque donations that will be pooled each day for each classroom. Each class will receive a Tombola "Leaf" for every $5.00 raised. The leaves are proudly displayed on classroom doors. The classes with the most Tombola Leaves will WIN prizes. (The Tombola Committee will assess each class's success on a pro rata basis so that classes with fewer students are not disadvantaged from being eligible to win.)
This Campaign continues next week: Apr 29-May 3. Buy 1, 5 or 10 leaves! Simply send your cash or cheque (payable to "LKS & Parent Council") in an envelope marked "Tombola Leaves" with your child to their classroom. Thank you for your support!!
Last week and this week we are learning about three-dimensional shapes and the children had fun identifying the shapes of classroom objects. We will continue to learn about shapes this week.
We also completed a booklet called "I Know it is Spring when..." Our Spring Rain marble paintings are displayed in the classroom and look wonderful.
The children did a wonderful job at the Sharing Assembly and recited the poem "I Love the Earth." Congratulations to Alex, Ava, Jack and Yoel for their well-deserved certificates for Co-operation.
We also completed our April calendars and our "This is me in April" page.
The children should have a good idea now about what goes in the blue bin and what is garbage. We also wrote about what is good/not good for the Earth.
Please note that the date of our Artist in the classroom visit has been changed to May 7, and that Mr. Blais no longer requires volunteers in the computer lab.
Have a wonderful week!
Mrs. Tyndall
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Sharing Assembly
At Thursday's Sharing Assembly, Alex, Ava, Jack and Yoel will be receiving certificates for Cooperation. I hope to see you then!
Sunday, April 21, 2013
Week of April 22-25
Dear families,
This past week we continued learning about the Earth, taking care of the Earth, and our moon and soar system. We completed books called "The Earth is...," made a collage of things found in nature, and practiced our "I Love the Earth" poem.
We also wrote words with the letter sound Ff in the beginning, middle and end of words. In numeracy we completed our April Calendar after reviewing our numbers using our mini magnetic write-and-erase boards. The kids love using them! Here are the rhymes:
A straight line down is lots of fun, this is how you make the number one.
Around and back on the railroad track, two, two, two.
Around a hill, around a tree, three, three three.
Down and over, down once more, now you've made the number four.
Fat old five goes down and around, give him a hat and look what you've found.
Sis is a monkey's tail that I've found, curve a good line down and around.
Straight over, slant down, mister seven is coming to town.
Make an S and close the gate, this is how you make the number eight.
Around and down, mister nine is coming to town.
A straight line down, a big fat ball, number ten stands straight and tall.
By this time of year the SKs are writing 1-30 independently, and the JKs are writing 1-20, some with assistance.
This week we will continue our unit on Measurement and will start our unit on two-and three-dimensional shapes.
Thank you for your support of the Me to WE Penny Drive!
Have a wonderful week!
Mrs. Tyndall
This past week we continued learning about the Earth, taking care of the Earth, and our moon and soar system. We completed books called "The Earth is...," made a collage of things found in nature, and practiced our "I Love the Earth" poem.
We also wrote words with the letter sound Ff in the beginning, middle and end of words. In numeracy we completed our April Calendar after reviewing our numbers using our mini magnetic write-and-erase boards. The kids love using them! Here are the rhymes:
A straight line down is lots of fun, this is how you make the number one.
Around and back on the railroad track, two, two, two.
Around a hill, around a tree, three, three three.
Down and over, down once more, now you've made the number four.
Fat old five goes down and around, give him a hat and look what you've found.
Sis is a monkey's tail that I've found, curve a good line down and around.
Straight over, slant down, mister seven is coming to town.
Make an S and close the gate, this is how you make the number eight.
Around and down, mister nine is coming to town.
A straight line down, a big fat ball, number ten stands straight and tall.
By this time of year the SKs are writing 1-30 independently, and the JKs are writing 1-20, some with assistance.
This week we will continue our unit on Measurement and will start our unit on two-and three-dimensional shapes.
Thank you for your support of the Me to WE Penny Drive!
Have a wonderful week!
Mrs. Tyndall
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