Wednesday, Feb. 28 - Bella Theatre & Home Reading

Tuesday, March 6 - Bella Theatre Field Trip - By Friday, March 2 - Please return your field trip paperwork. We have 4 of our 6 volunteers signed up to join us. If you would like to volunteer please contact me via email.
Home Reading: I'm checking each student's reading level. It's wonderful to observe growth in their reading! When reading any text, please ask your child to point at each word as they read. This will assist them with using their first letter sounds and sounding out each word. I've noticed that some students are trying to read too fast, so pointing with their finger and 'frog jumping' from each word will slow them down and assist your child in focusing on the task.

Tuesday, Feb. 27 - 100th Day of Kindergarten!

Please check your inbox for an important, email from Mrs. Rennie.

Wow! Everyone participated in and created amazing 100th Day of Kindergarten projects! We have put them on display in the Learning Commons and in the display case by the Kindergarten coat hooks.
We even enjoyed a 100 Day number cake! Thank-you volunteers for your support and baking!
Here are some pictures of our celebration in the Learning Commons. All of the Dr. C 's classes visited
and asked the Kindees about their projects. We observed, great sharing, compliments and answers to the questions about their projects. Well done, everyone!

Monday, February 26 - 100th day, Gymnastics and Field Trip to Bella Theatre

Tomorrow, is our 100th Day of Kindergarten!We will display our projects in the Learning Commons.

From 10:00 AM to 10:30 AM classes from Grade 1 to 6, will drop by to view and ask questions about our projects. Parents are welcome to join us as well. A parent volunteer would be appreciated.

This week the large gymnastics equipment is out. Next week, gymnastics will continue for a second week of large equipment and smaller equipment will be added for our 'Jungle Gym' challenge!

Mark the Date: March 6 School Field Trip, for a free concert -  Bella Theatre at Mt. Royal University. School buses will transport us to and from the University.

Our school day will begin as usual, but we will not return to the school until approximately 11:30 AM. If needed, we are happy to have your child wait in the office for pick-up. 

The entire school will be attending. Six kindergarten parent volunteers are needed to chaperone (please). If you are available, please contact me via email and I will give you the volunteer paperwork for our Mt. Royal field trip. 

 

Wednesday, Feb 21 - Lion Dance

This morning we had so much fun!!!!
Gymnastics - large equipment
We made dragons and walked through the school doing our own noisy, 'Lion Dance'!

Tuesday, February 20 Chinese New Year/Letter of the Week

Today, with Ran's dad and Max's mom as our experts, we celebrated and learned about Chinese New Year.
Everyone learned how to say 'Happy New Year' in Mandarin. Tomorrow, we are planning on making some dragons for a chinese Lion Dance.
Tomorrow is Backwards Day.
On Thursday, we are having a recycling presentation.
Here is our letter of the week sharing. I have rearranged some of our sharing groups. Despite my advanced planning, I may need to change the date of our letter of the week sharing. Your understanding is greatly appreciated! Thank-you!

Letter of the Week Sharing:

• February 19   Holiday  - Week of Chinese New Year
• February 26  Letter L - Maeve, Kais, Christopher, Aadhya
• March 5         Letter F - Adeline, Ran, Max, Anya 
• March 12       Letter B - Graham, Hank, Ryley, Jeffrey
• March 19       Letter J- Kipling, Phil, Rory, Aliana
• March 26       March Break - No Letter of the Week
• Tues. April 3  Letter   Z – Shemuella, Pierce, Joel, Abel,
• April   9           Letter W – Karthik, Maeve, Kais, Christopher,
• April   16        Letter V – Aadhya, Adeline, Ran, Max 
• April   23        Letter Y – Anyone can share
• April   30        Letter X – Anyone can share
• May    7         Letter Review – Mrs. Wilkens

Wednesday, February 14

Happy Valentine's Day!
A very big thank-you goes out to our Valentine's Day volunteers!
Please enjoy a wonderful Family Day weekend.
Tuesday, February 20 - Kindergarten Celebration of Chinese New Year
Wednesday, February 21 - Backwards Day (Spirit Day) for example; wear your ponytail on the front of your head or put your shirt on backwards.

Thursday, February 8 - Snowy Day!

Tomorrow, for F.A.F. (weather permitting)  we are going outside. Please send your child to school dressed to explore the snow. Mittens are important to protect their hands from the cold and snow.

Due to today's snowy, road conditions, our Yoga class is rescheduled for Tuesday, February 13.

Letter L is feeling a bit lazy, and would like to be rescheduled for Monday, February 26.

Monday, February 12 - Dr. Coffin Cares - Assembly
Tuesday, February 13 - Yoga
Wednesday, February 14 - Valentine's Day Friendship Party - Please remember to bring your Valentine's Day Cards to give to your classmates. As I am providing a Valentine's Day Treat, please do not send any snack to school. A water bottle is a good idea.
Gymnastics resumes next week
Teacher Convention Thursday, February 15 and Friday February 16 - No classes for students
Monday, February 19 - Family Day Holiday - Plenty of SNOW to enjoy!!!!
Classes resume on Tuesday, February 20th - Chinese New Year for Kindergarten
Thank-you for all of your assistance!

Tuesday, Feb. 6 Yoga and More

Please check my Feb. 5 blog, for information about your child's 100th Day of School project.
Today, in yoga we went on an imaginary trip to the zoo. We learned how to do yoga poses for all sorts of animals that you would find at the zoo.
Wednesday, Feb. 7  - Grade 5/6 Science Fair in the gym - Kindergarten will be attending this event with their buddies. While attending the Science Fair, Kindergarten students are being encouraged to ask questions about the Science air projects.
I am reading a great book to Kindergarten about Science.

Monday, February 5 - 100th Day Project

Thank-you for sending in your Letter U objects. Our sharing for letter U went very well. We also enjoyed reading a book about Unicorns, and why they don't make good pets!
Our first session of Yoga was excellent!
Tuesday, February 27 is the 100th Day of Kindergarten. In class we are using our 100 chart to learn and talk about numbers. For our 100th Day of school celebration, please send to school a project made of 100 objects. On the 100th day of school, we will be sharing our 100 Day Projects with other classes. Your child's project can be made of 100 pieces of Lego, noodles, toothpicks, skittles (candy) or anything else that you would like to use. There are many excellent ideas on the web and Pinterest is a great place to start. Please ensure that you label your child's project with their name. Enjoy and have fun together!

Thursday, February 1 -Planting Seeds

Seeds Planted

We have begun to plant our seeds. So far, everyone has one seed planted. To date, we have planted; Tiny Tim Tomatoes, Peppers, Cucumbers and Basil. Next week, we will plant some more seeds into peat pellets. Our tomatoes continue to thrive, and are producing a lot of fruit! Now we must wait for our seeds to germinate and produce seedlings.

Tomorrow, please send your child dressed for the cold weather. Depending on the temperature, we will try to go outside.

Everyone, is painting a winter  picture of Whispering Woods. 

Stay Warm!