2020-2021 Kindergarten

 Today was a great day at school!  We started the day by exploring with loose parts and playing at literacy centers. We watched a video to learn more about Penguins.  We worked on filling in a chart to complete the following sentences.  Penguins can Penguins are Penguins have Please ask your child if they can fill in the sentences so that they can share some of their new learning about penguins. This week is letter N.  Please enjoy the  Letter N Song We played the math game "How many are hiding?"  In partners we each had 10 counters and 1 cup.  We took turns hiding some of the chips under the cup.  Once some of the chips were hidden we then guessed how many chips were hiding under the cup.  Ask your child to play this game at home with you.  You can use any small counter items at home to give this a try.

 Today at school we had a special visitor!  It was a penguin (stuffed of course!).  Over the next few weeks we are going to start learning about penguins at school.  Today we began by asking 2 questions.  What do you know about penguins and what do you want to know about penguins. Today we read the story  If You Were a Penguin  and completed a journal response.  We played how many bears are hiding.  The children played in pairs. They counted out 10 bears. Their partner would close their eyes as they places some bears under a cup. Their partner would then open their eyes and have to figure out how many bears were hiding under the cup.  Try practicing this game at home. We had gym with Mr. Der and worked on catching with a partner with a beach ball.  We had music with Mrs. Coulson.  We played the magic button shop game. Friday is an AM Friday.

Today we started the morning playing cooperative games and puzzles. We are practicing turn taking and sharing.  We had a special visitor in the class, a penguin (stuffed of course ;) ) We watched a video about penguins. We talked about what we know about penguins and what we wonder.  We read the story Penguins, Penguins, Everywhere! and drew a picture about something penguins can do. We created a penguin out of construction paper. We played how many bears are hiding.  The children played in pairs. They counted out 10 bears. Their partner would close their eyes as they places some bears under a cup. Their partner would then open their eyes and have to figure out how many bears were hiding under the cup.  Try practicing this game at home. We went outside and played at the park.    Eric Harvie's next Peace Assembly is about feeling peaceful within ourselves.  We have been talking about finding a place where we feel good.  I am hoping to get a few pic...

Tomorrow is PM Kindergarten Friday at school. Eric Harvie's next Peace Assembly is about feeling peaceful within ourselves.  We have been talking about finding a place where we feel good.  I am hoping to get a few pictures to add to our Peace Assembly.  Please note that if you send a picture it  will be  in the video attached to our school Youtube page.  What I am looking for: your child in a place that makes them feel good, feel at peace. It does not have to be a recent picture, it can be one from the past.  If you would like to participate, please email your photo to Jennele Coulson at jabaine@cbe.ab.ca.   Thank you! Jennele Coulson Today in Kindergarten we continued to explore patterns.  We created patterns on mittens and then used watercolors to paint the mittens.  We practiced looking at patterns figuring out what was missing inside the pattern.   At arrival centers, we continued to explore the alphabet by playing games wi...

Tomorrow is library day!  Please return all library books with your child.  Thanks! Today at school we went on an alphabet and rhyming hunt!  We searched for the letters B,F,P,R,D,E & M.  We looked for words in the "at" family.  Please ask your child what they were able to find in our hunts. We read the story  R is for Rocket AT Family words Letter M Song In math, we worked on making, extending and drawing patterns.  We used manipulatives to build a pattern and then transferred our pattern to paper.  We continue to talk about naming the core of the pattern, such as AB, ABB, ABC, etc. Please enjoy the pattern game  Shape Patterns We had gym with Mr. Der.  Please ask your child what they did in the gym. This Friday is a PM Friday. Eric Harvie's next Peace Assembly is about feeling peaceful within ourselves.  We have been talking about finding a place where we feel good.  I am hoping to get a few pictures to add to our Peace A...

Today we started the morning with arrival centers which focused on numeracy and literacy activities, such as number recognition, counting, matching sets of numbers, alphabet matching, puzzles, and books. We practiced printing the letter m and created monsters out of the letter m. We learned the jolly phonics M song. We also reviews the letters and sounds we have already learned about : F, E, D, P, R, B We practice writing out our numbers from 1-5 on whiteboards. We then worked on making sets of objects that correspond with a number.  We had gym with Mr. Der . We started working with beachballs today and had to keep the beachball in the air.