Important Dates!

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Monday, February 3rd:  Phys. Ed. for the morning class.

Tuesday, February 4th:  Phys. Ed. for the afternoon class.
Early dismissal at 2:45 p.m.

Wednesday, February 5th:  Music for the afternoon class.
The Integrated Arts with Tyrell Witherspoon for both the morning and the afternoon class.

Thursday, February 6th:  Library for the morning class.  Please return all library books!
Phys. Ed. for the morning class.
The Integrated Arts with Tyrell Witherspoon for both the morning and the afternoon class.

Friday, February 7th:  Phys. Ed. for the afternoon class.
The Integrated Arts for the morning class.  (The afternoon class had their 3rd session with Tyrell on Thursday, January 30th).

This Week in Kindergarten!

This was a short week at school.  The boys and girls are listening to instructions in French and placing the snowflake in the correct spot.  We are learning about positional language such as on (sur), under (sous), behind (derrière), etc.

Extending winter patterns.

Completing the colour "noir" in our colour booklets.  The children made black spiders (l'araignée noire).

Placing the snow people in order from the smallest to the biggest.

Practicing to print the letter N.

Practicing our letter sounds.

This is Mademoiselle Poubelle.  She loves letters!  Today she wanted to eat objects that started with the letter B.  The boys and girls were very excited to feed her!

The students had to cut some winter images and match them to the correct letter (Mm - mitaines, Bb - bottes, etc.).  The afternoon class had The Integrated Arts this afternoon so they will complete this activity next week.

All students will get to dance with Monsieur Ty three times as part of the Integrated Arts program.

We are learning dances from the 1930"s.  The boys and girls are practicing the steps to dance the conga.

Once we mastered the steps we made a conga line.

The children were also introduced to some samba dancing.  It was a very short but fun and busy week!!!

More Winter Vocabulary!

Please take some time over the next few weeks to practice the new winter vocabulary.

Important Dates!

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Monday, January 27th:  Phys. Ed. for the afternoon class.

Tuesday, January 28th:  Music for the afternoon class.

Wednesday, January 29th:  Library for the morning class.  Please return all library books!
Phys. Ed. for the morning class.

Thursday, January 30th:  Phys. Ed. for the afternoon class.
The Integrated Arts for the afternoon class.  This term's artist is dancer Tyrell Witherspoon and he will be teaching the students a dance (Dancing Through the Decades).  

Friday, January 31st:  Inservice Day (no school for the students!)

This Week in Kindergarten!

This week we practiced printing the number 4.

And the letter H.  In French, the letter H does not make a sound.

Playing a winter themed Bingo game.

We are learning all about tally marks (les marques de fréquence).

On Wednesday, we made pink flowers just by folding a square paper into a triangle and then bringing the two sides up.

Representing numbers on a ten frame and with tally marks.

Playing a game with these super big cards.

On Friday we played the same card game with a partner.

The person who flipped over the biggest card put the 2 cards in his/her pile.

Circling the core (le motif) of a pattern.

Practicing to print the number that comes after (après) a given number.

And once again, lots of play time.

These children were playing a balancing pizza game.

This group of boys referred to this creation as "Dinosaur Mountain".

And the children continue to enjoy playing at the Pizza Restaurant center.

Important Dates!

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Monday, January 20th:  Music for the afternoon class.

Tuesday, January 21st:  Library for the morning class.  Please return all library books!
Phys. Ed. for the morning class.
Early dismissal at 2:45 p.m.

Wednesday, January 22nd:  Phys. Ed. for the afternoon class.

Thursday, January 23rd:  Music for the morning class.
Library for the afternoon class.  Please return all library books!

Friday, January 24th:  Phys. Ed. for the morning class.

This Week in Kindergarten!

We started off the week counting snowflakes and printing the correct number.

Matching snowflakes that were the same (pareil).

Printing the letter E.

Practicing our new winter vocabulary with this fun memory game.

The afternoon class watched the crane lower the hand rails on to the new stairs at the front of the school.

First time back with our "Play Buddies" in the new year.

There were lots of pizzas being ordered.

The boys and girls are enjoying the addition of Lego people at the Lego table.

The afternoon class with their grade five buddies.

Learning how to make paper airplanes and party hats was lots of fun.

The boys and girls really look forward to day 6!

Creating a story vine.  The children had to draw and colour pictures of 3 things that they wear outdoors in the winter.  They use the pictures to tell us a story in French.  En hiver, je porte...(In winter, I wear...) un manteau (coat), des mitaines (mittens) et des bottes (boots), etc.  The boys and girls are enjoying sharing their stories with their classmates.

Outdoor Recess!

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Just a quick update on outdoor recess.  The kindergarten and grade 1 students will now share the structure on days 1 and 6 at all recesses.

The kindergarten, grade 1 and grade 2 students will use the outdoor toys found in the cart on days 1, 3 and 5.  Hopefully this will give the younger students more opportunities to explore the materials during outdoor play.

Outdoor winter clothing vocabulary!

Please take some time over the next few weeks to practice these winter clothing words.  I will be adding a second winter slideshow soon.

Important Dates!

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Monday, January 13th:  Library for the morning class.  Please return all library books!
Phys. Ed. for the morning class.

Tuesday, January 14th:  Phys. Ed. for the afternoon class.

Wednesday, January 15th:  Music for the morning class.
Library for the afternoon class.  Please return all library books!

Thursday, January 16th:  Phys. Ed. for the morning class.

Friday, January 17th:  Phys. Ed. for the afternoon class.

This Week in Kindergarten!

All of the students were eager to wish their classmates a Happy New Year (Bonne Année!).   We started off the week playing a new alphabet game.

Practicing to form the letter F in the mini sandbox as well as on the magna doodle.

Printing the letter F in our letter booklet.

Learning a new poem about the colour purple (violet).

Les raisins sont violets (the grapes are purple).

Circling the core of the pattern (le motif).

The afternoon class working in their colour booklets.

Counting the number of buttons on the snowmen.

Practicing to print that tricky number 2.

And lots of play time.

It was so much fun to talk and play with all of our friends.

The children have been building really long train tracks this week.

Making chocolate cakes for Mme Godin.

Creating a marble run with a friend.

Imaginative play at the doll house.

All in all, the children transitioned back to school easily, happily and ready to learn!