2020-2021 Kindergarten

Today is Orange Shirt Day.  We read, "The Sharing Circle" and then had our own sharing circle in class. We shared about what makes us happy.  Ask your child, what is a sharing circle and what rules do we follow when we are having a sharing circle.  We read, "You Hold Me Up." This story is about how we can love and support each  and to consider each other’s well-being in their everyday actions.  We got an orange heart and drew something inside the heart that holds us up.  You can listen to  You Hold Me Up  here. We learned about 2 of the primary colors, red and yellow.  We learned that if you mix red and yellow you can make orange.  We practiced mixing red and yellow to make orange.  Once we had the shade of orange we liked, we painted an orange shirt in our journals. Please remember to return your library book tomorrow. Yesterday the PM kindergarten practiced our first Fire Drill at school. They did an amazing job! They all followed...

We started the day by using the whiteboards. We are practicing to write our names, letters, numbers and drawing simple shapes. You can practice these writing skills at home. Have fun with it an go outside with some chalk. Make a hopscotch, write out your names in your family etc.  We learned about sorting. We had bins with different objects and had to sort items into different categories. What categories did your child sort with? Colours, sizes, shapes, etc.  If you are at home, go and collect 10 items in your home. Can you sort them into groups? Once you sort them, can figure out a different way to sort them again?  Check out this link to play a sorting game at home:   Fuzz bugs We went outside and sorted items from nature. Then we had to make a pattern with the objects. Can you make a pattern at home? What kind of pattern is it?  We had centers. What center did your child play at? Important October Dates Friday, Oct 2 AM Classes Attends Terry Fox Run (PM ...

Starting today, we will be posting our blog at 8am. This is to allow for children that are absent to be able to follow along with our daily events. We will add photos at the end of the day.  Today we talked about Fall. We brainstormed about what we wonder about fall and made a list of things we want to learn about. We read, Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn. Below is the link if you would like to listen to the story. Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn After listening to the story, we drew pictures in our journals of summer items and fall items. Ask your child what they drew? If you are at home, can you make a list of at least 3 things in summer and three things in fall? Think about activities, food, weather, places etc.  We had music with Mrs. Coulson.  Important October Dates Friday, Oct 2 AM Classes Attends Terry Fox Run (PM kindergarten will do a Terry Fox run on Monday October 5) Friday, Oct 9 No School for Kindergarten Non Instructional Day  Friday, Oct 16 PM Classes Atten...

Today we read, "The Kissing Hand". Ask your child what the story was about. We drew a picture about the story in our blue journals. We had centers . What did your child create, build or explore with during this time? We had library book exchange. Please read the book with your child tonight. Make sure to ask questions to your child when reading. Ask them to make predictions, infer how the character might be feeling or what would they do if they were that character etc.  If your child forgot to bring their library book to school today, next book exchange will be Thursday. We had gym with Mr. Der. Ask your child what they worked on?  Please ask your child if they can remember their home team number! If you have not booked a time slot for your virtual parent teacher conference, please do so as soon as possible.  Thanks! We look forward to "meeting" you tomorrow. If you cannot connect with us tomorrow but you have some specific questions, please email us.  There is no s...

Today we read, "The Dot" by Peter H. Reynolds.   We then worked on making our own dot paintings using paper plates and watercolor paint.  We love to see everyone being so creative when using paint. We had gym with Mr. Der.  We went outside and we are working on learning which home team number we are in.  We will continue to practice remembering our numbers for our home team.  We worked with bean bags and practiced throwing and catching. Please note: library book exchange will happen tomorrow  as there is no school on Thursday.  Please send your child's book to school with them if they would like to get a new book. If you have not booked a time slot for your virtual parent teacher conference, please do so as soon as possible.  Thanks! There is no school Thursday September 24 (virtual parent teacher conferences) and Friday September 25 (professional day). EHS Terry Fox Run: Friday, October 2 This year is the 40th Anniversary of Terry Fox’s Mara...

Today is Picture Day at school!  We love seeing everyone dressed in their finest with their bright smiles. We continued to talk about our families and drew a picture with sharpie of the people who live in our house.  We read the story "We Belong Together" by Todd Parr.  We also had a chance to explore our new Fall loose part bags.  Please ask your child what was in the bag and what stories they were able to tell. We had music with Mrs. Coulson.  Please ask your child what they did in the music room. Please note: library book exchange will happen on Wednesday this week as there is no school on Thursday.  Please send your child's book to school with them Wednesday if they would like to get a new book. If you have not booked a time slot for your virtual parent teacher conference, please do so as soon as possible.  Thanks! There is no school Thursday September 24 (virtual parent teacher conferences) and Friday September 25 (professional day).