December 8th Edition of
The Kindergarten Class News
Hello Everyone!
This will be my last newsletter until I return in January.
On Monday the class worked on printing the lowercase letter 'd', made pinecone ornaments, and played some fun games in the gym. Mrs. Creech helped the kids brainstorm ideas about what they like doing in winter and we all enjoyed checking for animal tracks in the snow.
Tuesday, our Oral Language groups were canceled. However, we continued learning about our numbers (printing, counting and representing the number 4), went to music class and practiced our song.
On Wednesday, I went home sick. The class rotated through literacy centres in small groups. There were letter shaping, letter matching, letter hunts and writing centres! Later we had our Whole School Meeting and played during centres. The also class went to the library. Please return all library books by next week.
Thursday I stayed home again. The class talked about what they hope to do over the winter break in their journals. The kids continue working on adding details to their pictures and trying to add words. We had our first lockdown drill, and the class did great. This can bring up negative feelings for many adults as we think of historic events that could lead to a lockdown, but as the children don’t know about these tragic situations, the drill holds much less weight for them. The day ended with music class and time outdoors.
Report cards, art folders and small gifts were sent home to the 6 children in attendance. The rest of the class can collect those items next week.
Next week is ‘Jj’ week in Show and Tell.
Important Dates to Remember:
December 14 The Snow Queen Production. Arrive at 5:30pm.
December 16 Winter Break begins
January 3 School back in session
Wishing you all a wonderful holiday season! See you in the New Year.
Warmly,
Ara Van Riel
avanriel@sd64.org
