Newsletter #27

 April 15^th Edition of

The Kindergarten Class News

Hello again.

The kids had another fun week, aside from the sickness going around. We enjoyed the beautiful sunny weather and hope to see everyone back next week!

 

On Monday we worked on printing the lowercase letter u. We also worked on using our fingers to hear the sounds in words. Later Laurel Kiel came in to lead a clay workshop! The kids all enjoyed this a lot. 

 

Tuesday, we continued our work on identifying the ending sound in words and added in identifying the middle sound.

 

On Wednesday we started adding to our math talks into our morning routine by playing Which One Doesn’t Belong. We also had our final session of writing with Mrs. Lamirand and went to the library. Please remember to send back the library books each week so that your child can check another one out. We have started learning all about insects! See if your child can remember how many legs an insect has? 

 

Thursday was a fun day! We had our last official EPIC writing day, and the kids produced some amazing work. What progress they have made! We also took advantage of the beautiful weather and had a picnic lunch under the blossom trees! After the class came back from Music, we went outside and enjoyed the forest. It was so hot that we ended up playing spray tag with a misting water bottle! We all had a blast.

 

Important dates to remember:

May 3-6 Dance classes

May 14 School in session

May 24 Victoria Day (no school)

May 28 School in session

 

Have a nice weekend, enjoy the sun!

Ara Van Riel

avanriel@sd64.org

 Money makers hard at work.

The store.

Clay!

                                  Working in the garden.

Hanging out!

Serious group planning about making a fairy house.

                                   

                                            Beading

Painting

                                        Lego creating!

                                                Play

Our picnic!

Newsletter #26

 April 9^th Edition of

The Kindergarten Class News

Hello families, here are a few highlights from our week.

 

Monday there was no school due to the Easter long weekend.

 

On Tuesday we welcomed a new student to our class! Her name is Oaklyn, and she is a welcome addition to the group. Everyone was excited to share stories about their long weekend and the kids wrote about these stories in writing. We started working on identifying ending sounds in our oral language groups and then the class went to Music class. I was in a Changing Results for Young Children for the afternoon and the children enjoyed some time outside. 

 

Wednesday we worked on different ways to make 10 in math and looked at adding spaces between our words in our writing. Later the kids went to the library and practiced reading. We continue to watch and water our pea garden! Soon little shoots will poke through. 

 

On Thursday we practiced re-reading our writing to check for understanding and worked more on making 10 in math. Later the kids went to Music and Quinten showed us a fun game in outdoor PE.  

Friday was a school day on a Monday schedule. If your child usually has show and tell on Mondays, when there is no school on Monday they will have their turn on the Friday.  

 

Important dates to remember:

April 12^th -Clay workshop

 

I hope you have a nice (short) weekend.

 

Warmly,

Ara Van Riel

avanriel@sd64.org

 

Oaklyn!

Centres play time.

Making 10 in math.

Very busy store workers!

Taking care of our garden with Quinten. 

Some tiny shoots are starting!

A nice day for a climb!

      

 

  

 

Newsletter #25

 April 1^st Edition of 

The Kindergarten Class News

Hello families, I hope you all had a good break. It is nice to feel the beauty of spring all around us after such a long winter.

 

Monday was our first day back and everyone was happy to see each other. We jumped right back into our writing and the children were inspired to write about their holiday. We also used Q-tips to paint easter egg pictures and made beautiful nature bracelets outside. During our morning math talk, we started representing the number of the day in many different ways! 

 

Tuesday we continued our work on isolating the beginning sound in words, wrote more and went to music. We also got our garden bed ready for planting! 

 

On Wednesday we played a fun egg hunting math activity, practiced our writing and went to the library. We talked about inappropriate touching in our Care Kit lesson and how some people use tricks, bribes or force to try to make you do things. Try coming up with a family code word for your child to use if they are in an uncomfortable situation. Later we planted snap peas in the garden! It was a beautiful afternoon. 

 

Thursday was another full day. We started our day off with writing, practiced comparing numbers in math and went to music. Later we played a PE game outside and watered the garden. As always, we ended the day in the forest and the kids had fun finding and hiding eggs! Report cards were sent home.

 

Important dates to remember:

April 5^th Easter Monday-No school

April 9^th School in session

April 12^th Laura Keil in to do a clay workshop.

 

Wishing you all a nice long weekend.

Warmly,

Ara Van Riel

avanriel@sd64.org

 

Easter egg letter matching activity.

 

Painting

                       

Making nature bracelets.

                             Decorating Easter eggs.

Preparing our garden bed.

Muddy hands are fun!

                             Checking out the globe.

Hunting for eggs!

                       

                                Counting the eggs.

Planting time. Everyone helped. 

Writing lesson with Mrs. Lamirand. Matching the picture to the words.

                      More fun with eggs in the forest.