We have been learning about sorting in Math this term. The class was asked to find items with solid colours and sort them into different colour groups. Colour groups were: Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, brown, and black. The students enjoyed looking around the classroom and collecting items of various colours. Take a…

Last week was the first full week of school for the Kindergarten students. They are learning the rules and expectations of the classroom and school. The students are also learning how to recognize, write, and create their names. For last week’s literacy activity, the Kindergarten students explored and used different alphabet letters to build their…

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom “Chicka chicka boom boom! Will there be enough room?” This classic book by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault introduces alphabet letters to the reader. The lowercase alphabet letters take turns climbing the coconut tree. Will there be enough room up there? After reading the story, the students created Chicka Chicka…

Terry Fox is a Canadian hero who is known for trying to run across Canada to raise money for cancer research. Every year, schools recognize and celebrate Terry Fox by doing a Terry Fox Run to fundraise money to help fight cancer. Our Terry Fox happened on September 18. Thank you for your donations.  …

We are excited to introduce UFLI Foundations as part of our literacy program. UFLI is a structured phonics program that helps students build strong early reading and spelling skills. Through short, engaging lessons, students will learn how sounds and letters work together to help them read and write words. During our UFLI lessons, students will…

  Your child has reached another milestone in life- starting elementary school! This can be scary and anxious for your child. To help them, I read a story called, The Kissing Hand, by Audrey Penn. It is about a raccoon called Chester and he is anxious about the first day of school. His mother teaches…

Welcome to Mrs. Wong and Ms. McCarthy’s (Div. 16) class blog! (Please click on the post (the title) for the entire post. Otherwise you won’t be able to read and see the entire post!) I (Mrs. Wong) will be the teacher updating this blog. Part of celebrating student learning will take place on this blog….

What is Story Workshop? Story Workshop is a Reggio Emilia inspired literacy approach where children are encouraged to tell their own story in any form they choose. The children are invited to play with a variety of materials (i.e. loose parts, tempura paints, play dough, wooden blocks) and use these materials to represent their stories…