Tuesday, November 28

Tomorrow, please check your child's backpack for your Festive Evening Letter.

Save-the-Date:  Thursday, December 7, 2017 – School Council’s annual Festive Evening from 6 pm to 8 pm at Dr. E. W. Coffin School

Student photos should be ordered online lickety split, if people want them in time for Christmas gifts.  Parents please order online at www.mylifetouch.ca and refer to your child’s photo envelope as the codes are noted on the individual photos.

Thursday - Coffin Cares Assembly – 10 am

Randy Bottle

This morning Elder, Randy Bottle (Saa- kokoto) visited Kindergarten. Saa- kokoto told them a wonderful story about a little boy who was teased about a scar on his face. The boy visited the Sun and the Moon and their son (a star). Please ask your child what they learned from the story.

Tomorrow, is Treat Day, please remember to send 25 cents to school.

Friday, November 4

Yesterday, we toured the school reading room numbers, signs and learning about the school. We visited room 7, and observed the Grade 5/6's learning. This was very important, as many students were wondering why we are learning our numbers and our letters.
Please on a daily basis, send your child to school prepared to go outside. Yesterday, we went outside for some 'Fresh Air Thursday' learning.

Letter of the Week Sharing:

• November 27     Letter E - Rory, Aliana, Shemuella
• December 4       Letter H - Pierce, Joel, Abel, Karthik
• December 11     Letter R - Maeve, Kais, Christopher, Aadhya
• December 18     No letter of the week
• January 8           Letter M - Adeline, Ran, Max

Tuesday, November 21

Tomorrow, November 22 - Wear a Mustache Day for Spirit Day
                                         - Please do not draw a mustache on your face and I will pick a few extras
In Gym class, we are learning how to play Circle Dodge Ball. I have noted quite an amazing improvement in everyone's rolling and aiming skills. Sometimes, we end up with too many students in the middle! Which is rather cute!
Today, I introduced a tag game called,  "Wild Horses". Whenever a cowgirl or a cowboy tags a wild horse, the horse must place their hands in a hoop (corral) and kick up their hooves (both heels) in the air 3 times.
Tomorrow, I am introducing our 2 Coji Robots, and a quick look at the Coji app on our ipads. This should be very interesting, and all of us will be learning some programming skills :)
We have reviewed the numbers 0 to 6. The numbers 7 to 10 will follow.
Keep up the good work!

Wednesday, November 15

I'm very impressed with how Kindergarten is learning to print their letters! Their letter sounds are also developing. I have begun to teach Kindergarten how to print their numbers 1 to 5. I use a rhyme for each letter. I will be sending home a copy of  the number rhymes, for you to refer to at home.
With the assistance of our room 4 and 5 buddies, we are learning how to sign in to the library, desktops. Your child is learning to read their CBE student I.D. numbers, as their username. Everyone has the same password, which we are also learning to read and spell. Room 5 buddies are available to assist us with computers on Wednesdays and Room 4 on Thursdays. Therefore our schedule for computers will be either on a Wednesday or Thursday. Coming soon we will be logging onto Mathletics! Once we have tried Mathletics at school, you will receive your child's username and password for you to access Mathletics at home.

Remembrance Day Assembly

Today, Kindergarten opened our Remembrance Day assembly by singing our national anthem. They did an excellent job of singing our anthem, and respecting the solemn nature of our assembly. 

Our letter of the week sharing, (please refer to yesterday's blog for updated letter sharing) is rescheduled for Tuesday. On Monday, Randy Bottle, a Blackfoot Elder will be introducing the Blackfoot culture to Kindergarten.

Conference booking begins on Saturday, Nov. 11 morning. I am looking forward to meeting with you and your child. During our conferences, I'm planning on sharing your child's Early Years Evaluation with you. Please remember, that if I have any serious concerns with your child's report I would have contacted you by now. 

Additionally, I am so very thankful for your support. 

Thursday, November 9 Remembrance Day and More

This week, an email was sent home to our Kindergarten Families about our Remembrance Day assembly. You are welcome to join us and Kindergarten is singing our national anthem.

Time: 10:45 to 11:30 AM

Where: Dr. E.W. Coffin Gym

Should you need to pick-up your child early, please come to the office by 10:40 AM.

Otherwise, Kindergarten will be dismissed at approximately, 11:30 AM.

Thanks to our Scholastic, book orders coupons, we have three new centers! As they are a bit tricky and need some adult supervision, volunteers in the classroom are always welcome! 

Tomorrow, we are planning on going outside at 8:45 AM. Please ensure that your child arrives at school on time and dressed for the weather. Tomorrow, there will be no hot chocolate.

Letter of the Week Sharing:

• November 13     Letter C/K - Anya, Graham, Hank
• November 20     Letter K- Ryley, Jeffrey, Kipling, Phil
• November 27     Letter E - Rory, Aliana, Shemuella
• December 4       Letter H - Pierce, Joel, Abel, Karthik
• December 11     Letter R - Maeve, Kais, Christopher, Aadhya
• December 18     No letter of the week
• January 8           Letter M - Adeline, Ran, Max

Wednesday, November 1

We really enjoyed our Halloween Party! Thank-you everyone for your support.

Today, we logged onto the desk top computers in the Learning Commons. Our room 5 buddies, assisted us with our computer tasks. Every Wednesday, from 10:45 to 11:10 AM we will be learning how to use the desktop computers. The first website that we will be visiting is 'Starfall'.

Please remember to send your child to school dressed for the weather. Mittens and hats are also very important for our FAF adventures.