We had a water safety presentation yesterday.  Ask your child about what they learned

Working hard in the block centre

Captivated by the play"Beauty is a Beast".

Kindergarten News

Muffins for Mom’s - Tomorrow moms are invited to join us from 11:00am – 12:00pm.  We will be playing some fun games together and enjoying some yummy muffins made just for you.

Children’s wish Pledge sheets – Just a reminder to send in your pledge sheet as soon as possible.  All sheets need to be accounted for.  Even if you were unable to collect pledges, please send in the form.

Wish Walk – On Friday students will take part in the Children’s Wish Walk.  Please make sure that your child is dressed properly for the weather.  We will be outside for most of the day.  Friday afternoon students will be watching the Gulf Shore’s Got Talent Show.  Should be a great day!

Sunscreen and hats – We will be spending more time outside in the coming weeks.  If you would like your child to wear sunscreen during the day, please send a bottle in with your child’s name on it.  I usually apply sunscreen before our lunch time recess.  If you would like your child to have sunscreen for first recess, it would be a good idea to apply it in the morning before school.

Math – We will continue to work on combining sets up to ten.  We will also be focusing on the skill of “counting on”.  This is the ability to count forward or backwards from a given number, without needing to start back at one.  It is an important mental math strategy.  We also have been working on mass, using a balance to build a vocabulary about our observations.

Social Studies – We will continue to work on our mapping unit as well as our focus on how our families are unique and special.

Science – We will be working with magnets.  We will explore what they are all about.

Literacy – We have been working on some non fiction texts in guided reading.  You will be seeing them come home over the next few weeks. We have been working on a shared reading book called “To Town” 
this book highlights different modes of transportation.   We have an independent reading bin in the classrooms that have many books that are leveled for the children to read on their own.  They are able to practice their reading strategies with these books.

Looking ahead….

Walking field trip to the Credit Union – June 6^th

Dirt Cake for Dad – June 5^th

Moving up Night (Year end potluck) – June 19^th, 6:15 pm.

~To complete our Family Unique unit, I would like to once again extend an invitation to any parents who would like to come in and share a special talent, hobbies or give a little talk about you job.  You could also read a favorite story, magic trick, yoga or whatever you can think of.  We are flexible about the time.  So far most families have been coming in at the end of the day for 15- 20 minutes. Please contact me if you are interest in joining us. J

Wow!  What a busy year end it is shaping up to be!

Kindergarten News

Kindergarten News

Muffins for Mom’s - Tomorrow moms are invited to join us from 11:00am – 12:00pm.  We will be playing some fun games together and enjoying some yummy muffins made just for you.

Children’s wish Pledge sheets – Just a reminder to send in your pledge sheet as soon as possible.  All sheets need to be accounted for.  Even if you were unable to collect pledges, please send in the form.

Wish Walk – On Friday students will take part in the Children’s Wish Walk.  Please make sure that your child is dressed properly for the weather.  We will be outside for most of the day.  Friday afternoon students will be watching the Gulf Shore’s Got Talent Show.  Should be a great day!

Sunscreen and hats – We will be spending more time outside in the coming weeks.  If you would like your child to wear sunscreen during the day, please send a bottle in with your child’s name on it.  I usually apply sunscreen before our lunch time recess.  If you would like your child to have sunscreen for first recess, it would be a good idea to apply it in the morning before school.

Math – We will continue to work on combining sets up to ten.  We will also be focusing on the skill of “counting on”.  This is the ability to count forward or backwards from a given number, without needing to start back at one.  It is an important mental math strategy.  We also have been working on mass, using a balance to build a vocabulary about our observations.

Social Studies – We will continue to work on our mapping unit as well as our focus on how our families are unique and special.

Science – We will be working with magnets.  We will explore what they are all about.

Literacy – We have been working on some non fiction texts in guided reading.  You will be seeing them come home over the next few weeks. We have been working on a shared reading book called “To Town”
this book highlights different modes of transportation.   We have an independent reading bin in the classrooms that have many books that are leveled for the children to read on their own.  They are able to practice their reading strategies with these books.

Looking ahead….

Walking field trip to the Credit Union – June 6^th

Dirt Cake for Dad – June 5^th

Moving up Night (Year end potluck) – June 19^th, 6:15 pm.

~To complete our Family Unique unit, I would like to once again extend an invitation to any parents who would like to come in and share a special talent, hobbies or give a little talk about you job.  You could also read a favorite story, magic trick, yoga or whatever you can think of.  We are flexible about the time.  So far most families have been coming in at the end of the day for 15- 20 minutes.  Please contact me if you are interest in joining us. J

Wow!  What a busy year end it is shaping up to be!

A Trip to the fire station

Here are a few Pictures to the fire station.  We had lots of fun and learned a lot about fire safety.  My camera battery did not last long.  I'll add some of Ms. Brownlow's pictures when I receive them.

April Fun

                                          For Earth Day we adopted a tree near the outdoor
                                          classroom. We will visit our tree each week and
                                           do some sketching to watch it change

                                           Each of us picked a special tree

                                   We named our trees and spent some time getting to know them

                                         Working our our Spring Mural

                                    Pretty cute when everyone spontaneously decides to read together

                                          We have started talking about measurement

                                         Measuring with Cube A Links

                                          Working with our math partners to get the job done!

                                          Memories from our Art Show...What a great night

                                         Even the G.S. shark was ready to get into art

                                            Creating the art in the art bunker was lots of fun

                                          Never feel bad about your dirty sink again!

                                         Some sharing time in the art bunker

                                          These are the boxes that the art for the gallery comes in

                               Us going down from the art gallery to the bunker in the elevator that they carry                    

                                                     the special art in...... Pretty cool

                                       

                                         Hard at work in the gallery, doing some sketching

                                         While in the gallery we got to do a treasure hunt

                               Meet Rick Warren, He showed us lots of cool things about the special stage.                          

                                                         Did you know the stage moves?

                                         

                                          We learned about the special lighting

                                          Pretty cool spot to have snack

                                         Learning about the special seats that absorb sound

Thank you Rick and BJ for a wonderful day at Confederation Centre

Guess what Kane brought for show and tell?
His Dad!

Kane wanted his dad to teach us about scuba diving
We learned lots and even got to have some fun trying on some of the gear

                                               

                                           Heaver than it looks!

                                          Flipper feet

                                         How to breath

This is the puppet show that came to school  It was called "Around the Block|"

                                    Brought to us by the PEI Council of People with Disabilities

                                                                                                   

                                       Roots of Empathy - Getting ready for baby Callum's next visit

Working on art for the show

Our first book club meeting was a huge success

                           We had a great time snacking and sharing some of our favorite stories

Math time in the outdoor classroom
Reviewing ABC patterns