Weekly update Sept. 20
Pete the Cat, Star Letters, and Terry Fox!
Hello everyone!
It was fabulous to have the whole class attend full days together this week! Everyone is learning the routines and learning to work together. Much of what we do in the early part of the year is get to know each other through play. The class has a “morning choice” time when they choose hands-on activities or finish up work. We also have a longer “exploration” time in the afternoon when the students can choose where they would like to play.
Art Projects
There are many opportunities to explore through art. This week we learned about “lines” by painting rainbow lines for our self-portrait backgrounds and creating name banners.
Star Letter
Every week we focus on learning all about one or two letters. We learn to recognize letters, learn the sounds, and print the letters correctly. This week we learned about M and S. Here are the Kindergarten friends learning how to print “s” on their whiteboards.
Pete the Cat
Many of our activities this week focused on “Pete the Cat” books.
Check out these cute Pete the Cats with the letters of our names on the buttons.
Guest Reader
We were fortunate to have Mr. Hodges visit our classroom to read us the fun book “Pigeon goes to School”. We hope to have him visit us again soon!
Conferences
On Tuesday Sept 24, I will visit with Grade 1 families and some Kindergarten families (those that did not make it to an intake conference). Please arrive promptly at our classroom door (room 117) at your specific time.
Here are the times below:
2:00 Alisa
2:30 Alexandra
2:45 Hayden
3:30 Sam
4:00 Cameron
4:30 Evie
4:45 Adam
Terry Fox Run
The students were inspired to run like Terry Fox on this gorgeous afternoon. Way to go Division 14!
Dates to remember
Monday Sept 23 – Pro-D Day -no school for students
Tuesday Sept 24 – early dismissal for conferences at 1:55
Friday Sept 27 – Orange Shirt Day – students are welcome to wear an orange shirt but please do not feel that you need to buy one especially for the day.
Monday Sept 30 – School Closed for National day of Truth and Reconciliation
Have a beautiful weekend!
xo Ms.C