WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK:
Reminder that it is a 3.5-day school week due to Thursday being Early Dismissal at 12:30pm for Parent-Teacher interviews and Friday 24th being a Professional-Development Day. I have already been in contact with those families I will be meeting with on Thursday for parent-teacher interviews. If I have not contacted you and you would like to come have a chat, we can set something up for following week or in early March.
HIGHLIGHTS FROM LAST WEEK:
WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK:
This week’s Jolly Phonics sound/letters is “ai” (as in snail), which is our first digraph (aka: “blend” - when two or more letters that make one sound). Our class sharing for Read Around the Planet (special event where our class will get to teleconference with a school in Alberta on March 1st!) is focused on literacy. We will practice reading the book “Alphabet Jive” as a class and brainstorm some questions to ask the teleconferencing class. In Printing, we will work on capital letters that do not have a “frog jump”: L, U and V. The students have continued to work on identifying the sounds like hear in a word (beginning, middle, end). They really loved playing the “Word Machine” game on starfall.com. We will also continue to focus on using “inventive spelling” (sometimes we call it “kid writing”) where students try to print all the prominent sounds they hear in a word (e.g. apple = apl). In Math, we will count to 100 by 5s and 10s and continue practicing forming “8”, “9”, “10” properly. In Science, we will continue being Researchers and hunt for answers to the kids inquiry questions. We will draw as a Scientist and refine our penguin sketches with help from our Big Buddies. In Social Studies, we will focus on “Pink Shirt Day” (Weds. Feb 22) and it’s message of TOLERANCE and ACCEPTANCE. We will talk about the importance of these words words and create a class book about what acceptance sounds like, feels like, and looks like.
100th DAY OF KINDERGARTEN –I am desperately needing 2-3 more parent/grandparent volunteers to be able to run the 100th Day math activities I was hoping to (or I will be throwing Plan A out the window :( ). The Math centres will happen between 10:30-11:50 am on the 27th. If you are able, please sign up on the Parent-Volunteer sheet (outside our classroom door) or send me a note in your child's agenda. Thanks for your help! :)
Please complete a 100 collection or poster with your child and send it to school on Monday, February 27th. The project can be as simple or complex as you like. If you happen to be stuck for ideas, Pinterest is a helpful place to look! Please have your child group the objects in groups of 10 and label 10, 20, 30, etc. before bringing the collection to school. I would suggest making a poster display or storing the objects in ziplock bags, an empty egg carton or Tupperware containers, etc.
THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE:
Monday – P.E. with Mrs. Brkovic (rescheduled due to Friday Pro-D Day)
Tuesday – Visit from Mrs. Buchart (school literacy coordinator)
- P.E. with Ms. Hall
Wednesday - Pink Shirt Day (wear a pink shirt to encourage tolerance, acceptance and kindness -aka: Anti-bully day)
– Library
- Roots of Empathy visit with Wayne (rescheduled due to Friday Pro-D Day)
Thursday – Early Dismissal @ 12:30pm for Parent-Teacher Interviews
Friday - Pro-D Day (No School)
REMINDERS/HOW PARENTS CAN HELP:
UPCOMING EVENTS:
See you tomorrow!
-Ms. Gartrell
Reminder that it is a 3.5-day school week due to Thursday being Early Dismissal at 12:30pm for Parent-Teacher interviews and Friday 24th being a Professional-Development Day. I have already been in contact with those families I will be meeting with on Thursday for parent-teacher interviews. If I have not contacted you and you would like to come have a chat, we can set something up for following week or in early March.
HIGHLIGHTS FROM LAST WEEK:
- Valentine Heart Scavenger hunt where teams had to unscramble a mystery message
- Wonderful class Valentine’s Day celebration: thank you to everyone who donated items for us! In the future, please consult the Sign-Up sheet before sending something with your child as we had quite a bit of extra food that I wasn’t expecting and some ended up sending back with families so it wasn’t wasted :)
- Printing Game called “Mystery Letters”. Where Ms. Gartrell gave verbal clues and the kids tried to make the mystery letter (e.g. Big Line down, bump the bottom, Frog Jump up, Little Curve to the middle, Little Line to the bottom. What letter does that make? A capital R!)
- Watching a Youtube clip called “Austin’s Butterfly”, learning how to “draw like a scientist” and having a growth mindset by drawing multiple drafts to continue improving. The kids used a photograph to sketch a realistic penguin, then we showed our drawings to our Big Buddies and they gave the kids feedback with 1 or 2 specific details that would improve the drawing.
- 100-Chart Mystery Numbers - Ms. Gartrell called random numbers for the kids to colour in. When we were finished there was a special picture on the 100-Chart! Ask your child to find out what it was! :)
- Vision Screening - a brown envelope was sent home with your child. Please keep in mind this is a very quick assessment of your child’s vision so there may be further suggestions for your family in the envelope.
WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK:
This week’s Jolly Phonics sound/letters is “ai” (as in snail), which is our first digraph (aka: “blend” - when two or more letters that make one sound). Our class sharing for Read Around the Planet (special event where our class will get to teleconference with a school in Alberta on March 1st!) is focused on literacy. We will practice reading the book “Alphabet Jive” as a class and brainstorm some questions to ask the teleconferencing class. In Printing, we will work on capital letters that do not have a “frog jump”: L, U and V. The students have continued to work on identifying the sounds like hear in a word (beginning, middle, end). They really loved playing the “Word Machine” game on starfall.com. We will also continue to focus on using “inventive spelling” (sometimes we call it “kid writing”) where students try to print all the prominent sounds they hear in a word (e.g. apple = apl). In Math, we will count to 100 by 5s and 10s and continue practicing forming “8”, “9”, “10” properly. In Science, we will continue being Researchers and hunt for answers to the kids inquiry questions. We will draw as a Scientist and refine our penguin sketches with help from our Big Buddies. In Social Studies, we will focus on “Pink Shirt Day” (Weds. Feb 22) and it’s message of TOLERANCE and ACCEPTANCE. We will talk about the importance of these words words and create a class book about what acceptance sounds like, feels like, and looks like.
100th DAY OF KINDERGARTEN –I am desperately needing 2-3 more parent/grandparent volunteers to be able to run the 100th Day math activities I was hoping to (or I will be throwing Plan A out the window :( ). The Math centres will happen between 10:30-11:50 am on the 27th. If you are able, please sign up on the Parent-Volunteer sheet (outside our classroom door) or send me a note in your child's agenda. Thanks for your help! :)
Please complete a 100 collection or poster with your child and send it to school on Monday, February 27th. The project can be as simple or complex as you like. If you happen to be stuck for ideas, Pinterest is a helpful place to look! Please have your child group the objects in groups of 10 and label 10, 20, 30, etc. before bringing the collection to school. I would suggest making a poster display or storing the objects in ziplock bags, an empty egg carton or Tupperware containers, etc.
THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE:
Monday – P.E. with Mrs. Brkovic (rescheduled due to Friday Pro-D Day)
Tuesday – Visit from Mrs. Buchart (school literacy coordinator)
- P.E. with Ms. Hall
Wednesday - Pink Shirt Day (wear a pink shirt to encourage tolerance, acceptance and kindness -aka: Anti-bully day)
– Library
- Roots of Empathy visit with Wayne (rescheduled due to Friday Pro-D Day)
Thursday – Early Dismissal @ 12:30pm for Parent-Teacher Interviews
Friday - Pro-D Day (No School)
REMINDERS/HOW PARENTS CAN HELP:
- 2-3 more adult volunteers are needed for 100th Day Math Centers (sign-up sheet is on hallway bulletin board)
- Complete and return WCT House at Pooh Corner permission form and $12 fee by March 3rd
- The class is collecting the following to use in February/early March:
- children-sized shoe boxes (adult-sized boxes are bit too large)
- Cereal boxes (regular sized, “Jumbo/family size” is too large)
- Work on making a 100 collection at home. Bring the completed project back Feb. 27th (with your child’s name CLEARLY written on it).
- Students need to STAY OFF THE SNOW/ICE PILES and OUT OF PUDDLES, to use sidewalks and crosswalks (NOT WALK THROUGH PARKING LOTS), and to leave ALL SNOW ON THE GROUND (no throwing snowballs) BEFORE, DURING, or AFTER SCHOOL
UPCOMING EVENTS:
- February 27th - 100th Day of Kindergarten
- March 1st - Read Around the Planet
- March 9th - House at Pooh Corner - Western Canada Theatre matinee! Fee for cost of ticket and bussing is $12.
- March 16th -Term 2 Report Cards sent home
- March 20-March 31 - Spring Break (No School)
- April 3rd - School re-opens
See you tomorrow!
-Ms. Gartrell