Monday, January 25, 2010
Skating Day February 9
I have booked the Lambton Ice Rink for our class` skating party on Tuesday, February 9th! Please be sure to dress your children in their snowsuits and snowpants that day and to bring their skates and helmets. Helmets are mandatory for children to be on the ice.
Report Card and Interview update
Just a reminder that here will be no report cards going home this term for the SK children; there are, however , Informal Summaries going home for the JK children. These summaries are related to the December interviews and any new progress a child has made since that time. The JK summaries will be going home March 1st.
Teachers will only be requesting interviews with the parents of children whose progress needs to be addressed.
Teachers will only be requesting interviews with the parents of children whose progress needs to be addressed.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Kindergarten Class Updates
Great news from the Library! Author/Illustrator Dan Bar-el is traveling from his home in British Columbia to visit our Kindergarten, Grade 1 and Grade 2 Classes on JANUARY 20th. Dan is the author of 2 chapter books that have been included in the Silver Birch Express lists, as well as "Such a Prince", which was an honour book in the Blue Spruce list for 2009. Today we read "Such a Prince" in class. If you would like to order a book from Dan when he visits the library please hand in the form that was sent home last week.
Please remember to work with your children in the yellow phonics booklets and to hand them in when finished.
I am completing assessments regarding writing numbers 1-10 and will send a note home shortly regarding your child's progress. I will also send home some sheets from the "Writing Without Tears" program to assist your child.
Our song for the Sharing Assembly is "Winter Is..." and the tune is to the song "Silver and Gold" from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Your child will take home his/her Song and Poem Book next week. Please ask your child to sing the song for you in preparation for our Assembly.
Thank you very much for bringing in slippers/indoor shoes for your children's cubbies. Please continue to encourage your children to get dressed for outdoors with minimal help.
In February we will be starting READING BUDDIES with Ms. Shklar's grade 3 class which is very exciting news! Your child will be paired with a Reading Buddy who will read to your child once a week.
To assist our TDSB Bag helpers please remind your child to place his/her snuggle book in the red snuggle book bin and his/her TDSB bag in the white bin, each morning upon classroom entry. Thank you.
Over half of the blocks in the big block area have been moved to Kindergarten Storage and the area is now open again for play.
February will be a busy month again and we will be celebrating 100th Day on February 11th and Valentine's Day on Friday, February 12th.
Finally, thank you very much for bringing in your old Christmas/Birthday/Other Celebration Cards for our use in the classroom craft area and writing centre.
Warm regards,
Beverley
Please remember to work with your children in the yellow phonics booklets and to hand them in when finished.
I am completing assessments regarding writing numbers 1-10 and will send a note home shortly regarding your child's progress. I will also send home some sheets from the "Writing Without Tears" program to assist your child.
Our song for the Sharing Assembly is "Winter Is..." and the tune is to the song "Silver and Gold" from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Your child will take home his/her Song and Poem Book next week. Please ask your child to sing the song for you in preparation for our Assembly.
Thank you very much for bringing in slippers/indoor shoes for your children's cubbies. Please continue to encourage your children to get dressed for outdoors with minimal help.
In February we will be starting READING BUDDIES with Ms. Shklar's grade 3 class which is very exciting news! Your child will be paired with a Reading Buddy who will read to your child once a week.
To assist our TDSB Bag helpers please remind your child to place his/her snuggle book in the red snuggle book bin and his/her TDSB bag in the white bin, each morning upon classroom entry. Thank you.
Over half of the blocks in the big block area have been moved to Kindergarten Storage and the area is now open again for play.
February will be a busy month again and we will be celebrating 100th Day on February 11th and Valentine's Day on Friday, February 12th.
Finally, thank you very much for bringing in your old Christmas/Birthday/Other Celebration Cards for our use in the classroom craft area and writing centre.
Warm regards,
Beverley
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Happy New Year and Welcome Back
Hello everyone and welcome back! I hope you and your children have had a restful holiday. I have posted my archived emails to classroom parents dating from September to December on my blog for your reference. I also have photos from many of our classroom activities and will post them on my blog shortly.
Just a reminder that this Wednesday, January 6 is our Scientist in the Classroom day - thank you to our four parent volunteers! The children will be learning about Magnets and the 2-hour session will start right after announcements.
A reminder from the Library that parent volunteers are no longer needed. If you have signed up to be a volunteer for January and would still like to help in the classroom the originally scheduled day (but not during Library time) please let me know -- you could be a special mystery reader or help the children with their phonics booklets, for example!
An important note regarding snacks: due to the increase in food allergies the kindergarten team would ask that any baked goods or special treats (i.e. birthday treats) be commercially purchased and that they *must* be nut safe/free (i.e. baked/made in a nut-free facility).
I would also like to say a very sincere thank you to all of you for your wonderful and generous Christmas gifts and for the lovely rosemary tree with the children's ornaments on them; I will treasure them and I also truly appreciate the gifts from Ma Maison, Starbucks and Gourmet Kitchen! I have written thank you cards to you individually and they will go home in tomorrow's white TDSB bags along with some of the Holiday crafts your children made that hadn't dried by the end of our party. Thank you again.
Please remember that the children need indoor shoes/slippers that they wear in the morning and that stay in their cubbies overnight. Most of the children can now do their own zippers and dress themselves which is excellent! On cold days such as today we won't be going outside but the children still always need to be warmly dressed for the walk home i.e. hats and mitts. I have a "lost and found" corner in the cloakroom and a few pairs of gloves and two sweaters are there now.
This month we are continuing with phonics and numbers and the green phonics booklets will be going home this Thursday. If your child has missed some of the sheets due to absence please encourage him/her to complete the sheets at home over the weekend.
As always, Reading Club is on Mondays and Fridays from 10:30-11:00 a.m.
I will be starting a new series of books for our Snuggle Books that go home on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Please remember to return the white TDSB bag before the next suggle book day (i.e. by Monday or Wednesday respectively).
Please feel free to send me an email at any time if you have specific questions that I haven't addressed in my blog, or as always you can talk to me before or after classes.
Thank you,
Beverley
Just a reminder that this Wednesday, January 6 is our Scientist in the Classroom day - thank you to our four parent volunteers! The children will be learning about Magnets and the 2-hour session will start right after announcements.
A reminder from the Library that parent volunteers are no longer needed. If you have signed up to be a volunteer for January and would still like to help in the classroom the originally scheduled day (but not during Library time) please let me know -- you could be a special mystery reader or help the children with their phonics booklets, for example!
An important note regarding snacks: due to the increase in food allergies the kindergarten team would ask that any baked goods or special treats (i.e. birthday treats) be commercially purchased and that they *must* be nut safe/free (i.e. baked/made in a nut-free facility).
I would also like to say a very sincere thank you to all of you for your wonderful and generous Christmas gifts and for the lovely rosemary tree with the children's ornaments on them; I will treasure them and I also truly appreciate the gifts from Ma Maison, Starbucks and Gourmet Kitchen! I have written thank you cards to you individually and they will go home in tomorrow's white TDSB bags along with some of the Holiday crafts your children made that hadn't dried by the end of our party. Thank you again.
Please remember that the children need indoor shoes/slippers that they wear in the morning and that stay in their cubbies overnight. Most of the children can now do their own zippers and dress themselves which is excellent! On cold days such as today we won't be going outside but the children still always need to be warmly dressed for the walk home i.e. hats and mitts. I have a "lost and found" corner in the cloakroom and a few pairs of gloves and two sweaters are there now.
This month we are continuing with phonics and numbers and the green phonics booklets will be going home this Thursday. If your child has missed some of the sheets due to absence please encourage him/her to complete the sheets at home over the weekend.
As always, Reading Club is on Mondays and Fridays from 10:30-11:00 a.m.
I will be starting a new series of books for our Snuggle Books that go home on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Please remember to return the white TDSB bag before the next suggle book day (i.e. by Monday or Wednesday respectively).
Please feel free to send me an email at any time if you have specific questions that I haven't addressed in my blog, or as always you can talk to me before or after classes.
Thank you,
Beverley
Monday, January 4, 2010
Schedules
Hello everyone
Just a reminder that the new Snack, Mystery Bag and Classroom schedules for January and February are posted outside the entrance and that they were emailed to you in December. Thank you as always Vicky for your help with the scheduling!
Just a reminder that the new Snack, Mystery Bag and Classroom schedules for January and February are posted outside the entrance and that they were emailed to you in December. Thank you as always Vicky for your help with the scheduling!
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