Happy Friday! We have had a very busy week. We continued our winter inquiry and conducted an experiment with ice. We asked the question "What Melts Ice the fastest?" We conducted an experiment using salt, sugar, baking soda and nothing. The children brainstormed ideas and then voted. Here is our chart!
Friday, January 30th: Happy Friday! We have had a very busy week. We continued our winter inquiry and conducted an experiment with ice. We asked the question "What Melts Ice the fastest?" We conducted an experiment using salt, sugar, baking soda and nothing. The children brainstormed ideas and then voted. Here is our chart! In the end we discovered that salt melts ice the fastest. We were surprised to learn that the ice melted almost as quickly when we added nothing! Here is our chart with the times that the ice melted! We have been having so much fun with the magnetic blocks that today we decided to experiment with magnets. We put a bunch of materials on the table and discovered that anything made with metal stuck to the magnet. We then had some fun trying to stick the magnets to our zippers! Magnet wands were not the only magnets we were experimenting with today. Some friends were using the magnetic letters to make words and their names! In the writing centre we were exploring some new activities using the dry erase markers. Some of the books were mazes (great for problem solving), some were dot to dots using numbers and letters and others were tracing letters! We loved them! As always, games on the Smartboard and computer are fun ways to practice our language and math skills! It is always more fun when you do it with friends! Since it was so cold today we decided to play with the sand! We imagined we were on a warm beach building sand castles! We have been learning about the letter "O"and its' sound! We made an octopus as an activity and practiced writing "o's" on the Smartboard! Have a wonderful weekend! :)
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Wednesday, January 28th: We have had a very busy couple of days. This morning we read the book "The Crayon Box That Talked". The children are exploring how different colours make them feel ~ yellow makes me feel warm like sunshine! We had a birthday today! We sang "Happy Birthday" "Bonne Fete" in both English and French. Our birthday boy made a crown! Happy Birthday! This morning we were busy with a variety of activities. Some friends were using the Smartboard and computer, others were exploring shapes using the tangrams and magnetic blocks, some were using the magnetic letters to make words, and others were working on fine motor and transfer skills. Here are some great photos of our morning! Our winter inquiry has sparked our interest in arctic animals. The children love playing with arctic scene in the sensory bin and have created some great art work of arctic animals that are camouflaged in the snow! This afternoon our SK friends did some great writing! We are getting ready for grade 1 and working on using uppercase and lowercase letters in our writing! We are also trying very hard to write on the lines! Congrats to all of our super SK writers! Have a great evening! :)
Monday, January 26th: Happy Monday! It appears that we are back to the "deep freeze"! We spent the day inside today but had fun with our book "The Way I Feel". The children brainstormed ideas about "I feel happy when ..." and created some great writing pieces in English and French after quiet time! This morning we continued our "Winter" inquiry. Some of my friends had a great time playing in the sensory bin with the arctic animals. We created snow out of tissue paper and table runners and added blue stones in a coffee filter for the water! They painted egg cartons last week and created igloos and "snow caves" for the polar bears! Other friends were having fun working on their fine motor skills transferring water. Today they were using empty snack containers, sponges and funnels! How fun!! One friend was making pictures with the tangrams! He told me it was a giraffe! He made it out of hexagons, diamonds and triangles! Great job! Some of our SK friends were having fun in their "writer's corner"! They all decided to record something in their "diaries"! I think they might have been playing school! As I said earlier, after quiet time the children were very engaged in writing "I am happy when ..." Some were writing in journals, some were drawing pictures and others were writing on the whiteboard! Here are some great photos of their work! Have a wonderful evening! :)
Friday, January 23rd: * Important Note * Please check your child's mailbag for an important note regarding "100 Day" activities. The children are excited about 100 Day ~ we only have 10 more days to go! Our 100th day of school will be Friday, February 6th. Happy Friday! We have had a very busy week. Our SK students have been busy writing. We read the book "How Cold Was It"? The children brainstormed ideas - we heard everything from red noses to goosebumps! Here are some great photos of their work! They have been working very hard to use uppercase and lowercase letters in their writing, as well as keeping their writing on the lines! They are becoming awesome authors! Today we did some more writing about arctic animals. We were writing about seals (les phoques)! The SKs have been working really hard on their printing! They are even beginning to read what they have written! They are going to be ready for grade 1! We had fun exploring winter art at the art table today. Our friends were using cotton balls and doilies to make some wonderful winter scenes! Other friends were exploring math! They decided to sort different objects by colour. Other friends were having fun exploring math using the Smartboard and puzzles! Other friends were having fun in the dramatic play area. They love the cupcakes and birthday candles! Have a great weekend! :)
Wednesday, January 21st: We had a very busy day today. Since we had no gym this morning we took advantage of the extra time to explore centres. We had some fun math activities ~ some friends were using the 10 frames to do simple addition and others were matching numbers! Other friends were working at the writing centre. They were writing and "stamping" words in English and in French. Here are some fun photos! Other friends were working on a "wintery" art activity! They were making snowmen using their names! Finally, we had some friends trying a new sensory activity! We got kinetic sand ~ these friends were having a great time building castles and exploring the texture! Have a great evening! :)
Monday, January 19th: We have had a very busy Monday. We continued our "Winter" inquiry and read the book "Canada's Arctic Animals". We had a great time discussing how these animals enjoyed the winter weather and how they have adapted to it. We are creating an arctic scene in our sensory bin ~ we started painting egg carton pieces to make igloos and icebergs! Stay tuned for pics ... we are waiting for the paint to dry! We have been working very hard in math. We have been exploring numbers, counting and measurement. We have also been looking at different shapes and enjoy creating pictures with the tangrams! Here are some great pics of our work! We have some new toys in the dramatic play area! We were making birthday cupcakes! The party was awesome! We had library this afternoon! Mrs. Szeidman came to us as the library was being used for kindergarten registration! We loved having it in our classroom. After Mrs. Szeidman left, we had two friends share some new books - Pete the Cat and Flat Stanley! Have a wonderful evening! :)
Wednesday, January 14th: * Raz-Kids Update * All of the parents who sent in their email addresses should now have access to their child's account. You will have received an email with your log-in information. If you would like to access your child's account, you can do so by logging in as your child, and then selecting the "Parents" link on the top right of the page. We had a very busy morning. We are studying measurement and looking at "non-standard" units of measure. Once our lesson was over, we measured each other using snowflakes. We then graphed the results. Later this week we are going to use our "measurement vocabulary", to discuss the results! We had a great time at centres this morning! Some of our friends were using a "100s chart" to reveal a picture, some were ordering objects based on size, others were practicing their letters and others were matching objects and numbers! Here are some great photos of our centres! Math is not the only work we have been doing! We worked on the letter "D" and its' sound! We each made a cute "dog" using a heart! Here are some photos of our work! Our friends have also been working on puzzles (great for problem solving), making pictures with the tangrams and counting! Have a wonderful evening! :)
Monday, January 12th: * IMPORTANT NOTE * I am pleased to announce that I have set up Raz Kids for the children to use at home. Raz Kids is a reading program that allows the children to read, listen to, and even self-record while reading books. The instructions for accessing your child's Raz Kids account are contained in the note. This is a great program to help get your child reading! Enjoy! Speaking of reading, we sent home a Scholastic order last week. If you are interested in purchasing any books please return the order form by Thursday, January 15th. Just a reminder that Friday is a PD day. We continued our "Winter" inquiry today. We brainstormed the different clothing that we wear in winter! Then we read the story "The Mitten" by Jan Brett. The children then decorated their own mittens that we will display in the hall! The children have been working very hard in math. They are busy identifying, counting, comparing and ordering numbers. They have also been working on simple addition. They love using the ladybugs to help them add numbers. Here are some great shots of their work. Math is not the only action ~ many of our friends are working on their letter and sound recognition. They are also working on upper and lower case letters. In this activity, the JKs are cutting and matching the uppercase letter to the lowercase letter! The SKs are printing the uppercase letter that corresponds to the lowercase letter! Great work! We had some friends working on their fine motor skills while doing left to right transfer! They love using the coloured water and transferring it with the turkey basters! We had a lot of creative artists this afternoon! They are working on their mittens to display in the hall! Have a wonderful evening! :)
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