Sunday, March 3 - Update for this week

Letter of the Week Sharing:

• March 4           Letter L- Kaylee, Landon, Marek
• March 11         Letter F - Porter, Richard, Samuel, Yazmin
• March 18         Letter J- Sebastian, Sihan, Juna, Zoe
• Our Kindergarten students are having growth spurts! Please ensure that your child has two items for their snack, as well as some water or juice to drink. As for their indoor shoes, it may be time to think about checking if their shoes still fit. You are more than welcome to come into the school to check your child's shoes, or if we notice any tight fits we will do our best to let you you know.
• Next week is Jungle Safari, where students enjoy a gymnastics challenge that involves working through gymnastic stations, that they have used before. Please ensure that your child is dressed  in comfortable clothes that they can move in, as well as no items that are overly loose. It is helpful if your child wears footless tights, and long hair is secured from their face. 
• A big thank-you to our Home Reading Book Exchange parent volunteers! I have read with most of our students, however we do have a few more students that I would like to check. If your child does not have an updated reading level or sticker on their tracking sheet, please ensure that you return your Home Reading books this week.
• Save the Date:  March 21 and 22, 2019 – Parent teacher interviews (formerly known as Face-to-Face Interviews).  An opportunity to book your child’s 15-minute interview takes place starting Saturday, March 16 at 6 am via your My CBE / PowerSchool Account.

Monday, February 25 -

Today, we created some very beautiful glass, sun catchers. Everyone, did a great job following instructions, and carefully handling the cut glass for their projects. We really enjoyed our creative time!
Tuesday, February 26 - Treat Day - please send 25 cents for your child to purchase their treat.
Wednesday, February 27 - Pink Shirt Day and Dr. Coffin Cares Assembly
Friday, March 1 - No Classes for Students
Home Reading - I'm spending some time reading with each student. If you do not receive your child's Home Reading books right away, please know that I am checking your child's reading progress. This is always a truly wonderful, experience to listen to your child's reading, and comprehension blossom!

Wednesday, February 20 - Clay for Kids

Wow! Your 100th Day of Kindergarten projects were so amazing! Thank-you everyone for your creativity, and support for our special day. Your projects are available for you to view in the display case outside of our classroom and in the Learning Commons.

Thursday, February 21 - Clay for Kids Yard Art - 9:30 to 10:00 AM (approximately).
Monday, February 25 - Clay for Kids class project - 8:45 to 10:15 AM. For our class project two volunteers would be greatly appreciated. As we are working with clay, please do not send your child dressed for school in their best or favorite outfit. As everyone will need to wait a little longer for their snack, a hearty breakfast would be appreciated. I will try to do the same.

If you have your child's red duo tang at home, please return it this week. We sent some of our student's 'Letter of the Week' duo tangs home for students to catch up on their work.

Letter of the week sharing:

• Tuesday, February 26      Letter U - Eden, Erik, Franco
• March 4         Letter L- Kaylee, Landon, Marek
• March 11         Letter F - Porter, Richard, Samuel, Yazmin
• March 18         Letter J- Sebastian, Sihan, Juna, Zoe
• March 25         March Break - No Letter of the Week

Tuesday, February 12

Tomorrow, along with our Friendship Party,💓💖💗 and Valentine's Day Card exchange, we are having a 'Unicorn Day'. Students are welcome to wear an article of clothing that has a Unicorn on it, or bright colors. Another option would be to wear something red or pink.
On Tuesday, February 19, we are looking forward to celebrating our 100th day of Kindergarten. When you bring your projects to school, please put them on the tables in the Learning Commons. Mrs. J and myself, will try to meet you at the door to assist with getting them into the school safely.
We would like to keep your projects at school for a few days.
Please consider joining us on Thursday, February 21 for our Numeracy evening.
Enjoy your extra long weekend with your family, and friends.
Thank-you so very much for your ongoing support. 

Friday, February 8 - FAF and Next Week

Today, we went for our Winter Walk. During our walk, we observed a Magpie foraging, and a mouse tunnel in the snow. We admired the Magpie's tracks in the snow.
Next week, we do not have a letter of the week. Instead, we will focus on some friendship activities.

On Wednesday, February 13, there will be a Valentine's Day (Friendship Day) celebration in our classroom. Along with the distribution of their Valentines Day Cards, we will have some fun activities, and a special snack. On February 13, student's are invited to print their names on 20 Valentine's Day Cards and bring them to school. Please do not address cards or envelopes to individual children. Also, please send to school only one snack and their water bottle with your child. I will be providing the snack/treat for our friendship celebration. Valentine's Day is always a lot of fun!💟

Thursday, February 7 - What is Winter?

Last week we began our inquiry project  - What is Winter?
We have discussed, and shared our ideas of what the season of winter means for Kindergarten students. Since most students truly believe that winter means Christmas, our discussions are rather cute! Through our FAF walks, we have looked at the trees, tree trunks, and branches. Using our observations, we are creating a multimedia, winter tree, art project. Our tree trunks are colored with crayons. This week, we are learning about cool and warm colors. Using watercolor paints, special brushes, and paper we have practiced painting in cool colors a watercolor picture. Next, we are painting (with our newly honed skills😉) the background of our pictures in cool colors. Tomorrow, we are planning on taking our winter observations further and adding some 3D snow (cotton balls) and snowflakes. As a follow-up to Randy Bottle's story about winter animals, I am reading the book, 'Over and Under the Snow' by Kate Messner and Christopher Silas Neal. This wonderful book, depicts where animals live in the winter.
Please ensure that your child is dressed to go outside - everyday! Hopefully, for our FAF, we will be able to go on our 'Winter Walk'. If it continues to be too cold outside for our walk, we will wait for a warmer day.
Today, we went to the gym for our Grade 5/6 science fair. Excellent work was presented, and everyone learned 'something' about science.

Monday, February 4 - Gymnastics

Calgary’s weather, unfortunately, will be taking a turn for the worse over the weekend.  Tuesday’s temperature is expected to be -20 without the wind chill.  With this kind of temperature, we would call this a ‘blue’ day, meaning, students are welcome to come into the school through their designated door as soon as they arrive each day.  Teachers will open the designated doors as students arrive starting at 8:30 am. Thankfully, later this week the weather will be warming up to seasonal winter temperatures.

This Wednesday, February 6 is Winter Walk Day. Please ensure that your child is dressed for the weather. If it's too cold outside on Wednesday, we will go for our Winter Walk later this week or wait for warmer weather.