Monday, May 29 Zoo Field Trip

Only two more sleeps until our field trip to the Calgary Zoo!
If your child carries an Epipen or any other  medication in their backpack, please check that it is up to date and in place for our field trip.
Don't forget to put on your child's sunscreen prior to coming to school. Please ensure that they are dressed for our ever changing Calgary weather! Even if the forecast continues to be a sunny and warm day, please put a light jacket in your child's backpack. Hats and/or sunglasses are important for protecting your child from the sun.
We are looking forward to our wonderful day, that includes ice cream!

Friday, May 26

This morning we labeled a flower and a tree diagram. Afterwards we played a fun 'Hide and Seek' game in Whispering Woods.
This morning we discussed what we would like to do with the money raised from our Plant Sale.
Here is the list we generated:

Plant Sale Money$372.00L.G.T. Program donation of 100 to 200 dollarsIce cream at the zooDonation for the playgroundPet rabbit for the classroomMake Dr. Coffin School biggerAdopt an animal at the zoo

I said I would discuss with Mrs. Polski about our options for 'making the school bigger' and " donating towards our new playground'.  Everyone was very willing to take turns taking care of a rabbit on the weekends and over the summer! I suggested that taking care of a rabbit, is a good question to ask their families. We decided to think about what we would like to do with the money over the weekend. On Monday, we will discuss it further and vote on it. 

I do appreciate your prompt return of the Kindergarten Field Trip paperwork!
Enjoy the sunshine!

Thursday, May 26

Today, your paperwork for our upcoming field trip was sent home. Please complete the forms and return to me by Monday, May 29. I will need a day prior to our trip to the Calgary Zoo, to make sure our paperwork is in order.
Tomorrow is FAF, and we are planning on going outside to investigate the similarities and differences between flowers and trees.
We have completed our sketching of flowers, like a 'Biologist' would do. Please have a look at 'Austin's Butterfly',  https://vimeo.com/38247060 to discover what our editing process was. We added some watercolors to our sketches and you are welcome to come into school to check them out. I think they are magnificent!

Monday, May 16 - Book Fair and Exchange

Tomorrow, is our book fair. Each book will cost 25 cents, and the children are more than welcome to buy more than one book. We are scheduled to attend the book fair with our room 5 buddies, from 10:45 to 11:10 AM.

Mrs. Kidd is taking a very detailed inventory of our books at Dr. Coffin. Therefore, this week is the last week of book exchange check-out.  Next week is check-in only. 

Thank you for supporting our Kindergarten Plant Sale.  I am so very proud of everyone's knowledge about our plants and their patience while we set up for the sale and sold our plants.
We raised 365 dollars! Stay tunes to find out what we decide to do with some of the money. We will keep in mind that we should maintain a balance of funds to support our L.G.T. program.

Finally, our parent volunteers are amazing!

Friday, May 12 - LGT Plant Sale

Wow! Our plant sale was a huge success! I am so proud of our Kindergarten students for learning about and taking such good care of our plants. They learned all about our different plants and they were able to be 'Plant Sale Hosts' to explain what types of plants we had grown in our classroom.
Each and every student worked on our plant information cards, and assisted in setting up for our sale.
I appreciated their patience as they waited for their turn to be 'Plant Sale Hosts'.
Thank -you for buying our plants and our volunteers ongoing support.
Our room parent Amy, also did a terrific job in assisting with the planning for our plant sale and acting as our cashier for the event.
I am so very grateful, for everyones ongoing support of the Kindergarten program.

Thursday, May 11

Please remember to send your child dressed for the weather. As our weather is constantly changing, please send a jacket or a hoodie to school everyday.

Kindergarten Plant Sale   Friday, May 12 2017

Where: Kindergarten Classroom

Time:   Kindergarten Families 10:45 AM to 11:30 

Time:   Dr. Coffin Families 11:30 AM to 12:20 PM

For Sale: Tiny Tim Tomato, Oregon Spring Tomato, Cucumber, Zucchini, Wonder Peppers, Sweet Basil and Cilantro.

Limited Quantities Available 

Today, we looked at all of our plants and we now know the difference between them. Each plant has a characteristic that is different than the other plants. We have prepared some plant information cards for our plants.  All of our plants will need to be 'Hardened' for outdoor gardens. Instructions for 'Hardening' are on our 'Plant Information Cards.'

For more information:

http://www.canadagardener.com/starting-plants-from-seed   

Wednesday, May 10

This morning, we were so  busy working on a very special project (Shhhh it's a secret!) that we didn't have time for our book exchange. However, our special project is coming along nicely and we hope you enjoy it!

Monday, May 8

Thank you for sending in your gift bags.
We are busy getting ready for our plant sale. If you  are unable to attend and you would like to purchase a plant, please send 5$ to school and your plant request. We will do our best to ensure that your child purchases a plant.

Plant sale is next Friday, May 12 at 10:45 AM. Kindergarten families will be given an opportunity to buy our plants prior to other Dr. Coffin families. We're planning on setting up for our plant sale in the Kindergarten classroom. We will have tomato, cucumber,  zucchini, peppers, basil, and cilantro for sale. Prices will range from 2 to 15 dollars, CASH ONLY will be accepted. The proceeds from our sale will be used by the Kindergarten students (which we will vote on) and for funding our L.G.T. program. 

remind | Eye See ... Eye Learn®
As a reminder, children are eligible to participate in the Eye
See ... Eye Learn® program until they begin Grade one.

Through Eye See...Eye Learn®, Doctors of Optometry detect,

diagnose and treat eye health problems in children as they

enter the school system. Alberta Health Care already covers

the cost of comprehensive eye exams for all children in the

province. This program takes that one step further by

providing free eyeglasses to Kindergarten children who need
a prescription.
Additional information is available on the Eye See ... Eye Learn® website. 

Friday, May 5

We enjoyed a fantastic F.A.F! We found some new and changing evidence of spring. More ladybugs were enthusiastically collected for our indoor garden. Afterwards, we documented our findings in our L.G.T. journals. We drew detailed pictures, labelled them, and  some of us wrote a sentence about our findings. I'm so proud of all of my student's amazing work!
Our 3D construction has begun.  We work in groups of 2 or 3 to build a structure with Lego, that will support a 3D shape and an incline to roll a marble down.  It's very interesting to observe and facilitate their problem solving and cooperation skills.
Thank you for sending in your spare pots for our plants!
Plant sale is next Friday, May 12 at 10:45 AM. Kindergarten families will be given an opportunity to buy our plants prior to other Dr. Coffin families. We're planning on setting up for our plant sale in the Kindergarten classroom. We will have tomato, cucumber,  zucchini, peppers, basil, and cilantro for sale. Prices will range from 2 to 15 dollars, CASH ONLY will be accepted. The proceeds from our sale will be used by the Kindergarten students (which we will vote on) and for funding our L.G.T. program.

Letter of the week sharing:

o   May 8              Letter X - Ayaansh, Gavin B., Jared, Levi

o   May 15             Letter Q - Leander, Lily, Colin, Senna

Tuesday, May 2

Yesterday, we went outside to find some lady bugs for our indoor garden. We found some and we are hoping that they will help us with eating our Aphid population.