Important Dates!

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

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

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

Thursday, January 17th:  Phys. Ed. for the afternoon class.
Pencil Grip activities with our school division's occupational therapist, Robin Jewers for both the morning and afternoon class.

Friday, January 18th:  Music for the afternoon class.
BOOK CHARACTER DAY!  - The children may dress up as one of their favourite storybook characters.

This Week in Kindergarten!

We had a very busy first week back at school.

It was so busy that Mme Godin did not take many photos.

The children were all so excited to see their friends again.

And they were even more excited to discover at which table group they would be sitting for the next few months.

On Monday, the children practiced printing the letter E.

They also circled all of the upper-case and lower-case Ee's they could find.

All of the students were well rested and ready to focus on work.

Please remember to check your child's ziplock bag or an earlier post on my blog to see which day is your child's new Show and Tell day.

Some of the new vocabulary that we will be learning this month.

Mme Page, our school division's numeracy coach is with us for the next three weeks.

She has been playing many new games with the boys and girls.

The children enjoyed playing "Oh, non 11!"

The goal of the game is to flip all of the cards before flipping over the four number 11's.

We completed the colour "blanc" in our colour booklets.

The boys and girls made a white cloud and copied the words "le nuage" (a cloud).

They also printed the number 3.

We have been reviewing how to draw a person and naming the body parts in French.

Learning about tally marks (les marques de fréquence).

And only one photo of play time.  Lots of cooperation and team work going on here.

Montre et raconte (Show and Tell)!

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Just a reminder that Show and Tell will resume on Monday, January 14th.

Every Monday - group 1
Every Tuesday - group 2
Every Wednesday - group 3
Every Thursday - group 4

These are the new groups for this term.

MORNING KINDERGARTEN

Group 1:  Ethan, Keira G., Philip, Nethra, Ella
Group 2:  Luke, Keira P., Olivia, Kyllie, Judah
Group 3:  Owen, Pearl, Francesca, Francis, Mackenzie
Group 4:  Magnus, Angie, Alex, Kira, Deborah

AFTERNOON KINDERGARTEN

Group 1:  Lei, Trixie, Sadie, Sophia, Moira, Hannah W.
Group 2:  Grayson, Nicholas, Noah, Paige, Hannah N.
Group 3:  Callum, Jacob, Valentina, Lexine, Rowan
Group 4:  David, Micah, Ysa, Joy, Nieve

Please remember, no pets, electronic devices (iPads, iPods, etc) or anything valuable as they may become lost or broken.

YOUR CHILD SHOULD ONLY BRING ONE ITEM AND ONLY ON HIS/HER SHOW AND TELL DAY.  

Due to the large amount of children in each group, if your child is absent or forgets his/her Show and Tell, he/she will have to wait until the following week to bring an item to school.  Thank you for understanding!

Important Dates!

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Monday, January 7th:  Music for the morning class.

Library for the afternoon class.  Please return all library books!

Tuesday, January 8th:  Phys. Ed. for the morning class.

Early dismissal at 2:45 p.m.

Wednesday, January 9th:  Phys. Ed. for the afternoon class.

Thursday, January 10th:  Music for the afternoon class.

Friday, January 11th:  Library for the morning class. Please return all library books!

Phys. Ed. for the morning class.

Lucie Lutin!

Bonjour les amis!  Look who Mme Godin found sitting in her Christmas tree when I went to put the Christmas lights on early this morning.  It's Lucie Lutin!  She wanted to let you know that there is only 1 more sleep until Christmas!

I hope that you and your families all have a MAGICAL CHRISTMAS SEASON!!!

Mme Godin

This Week in Kindergarten!

On Monday, the boys and girls wore something white to school.

They also made these very special snowmen.

The top snowball was for the head and the other snowballs were for each letter in your child's name.  Some snowmen were very tall and others very short.

On Tuesday, we wore something green to school.

This little girl even had a special green Christmas tree made with elastics in her hair.

The children decorated green Christmas trees (les arbres de Noël verts).

The afternoon class wearing green.

The boys and girls were able to decorate their trees with buttons, feathers, stickers and jewels.

On Wednesday, we all wore red to school.

The afternoon class counting down the sleeps until Christmas during Calendar Time.

The children made red Santas (les pères Noël rouges).

We spent lots of time creating special crafts this week.  We also did some Christmas themed activities on the SMARTboard.

Putting the pictures in sequential order to show us the steps needed to make cookies.

We also played Tic-tac-toe.  The boys and girls are getting much better at using strategies to block their friends in order to win.

The students decorated reindeer antlers at the start of the week. They were ready to be made into crowns on Friday morning. The children also had a variety of games and activities to choose from on this special last day of school before the winter break. There were Christmas puzzles on some of the tables.

A large Christmas tic-tac-toe.

Smaller tic-tac-toe games.

Roll a Christmas tree.

Christmas bingo.

Printing "Joyeux Noel" (Merrry Christmas) with stamps and red ink.

Throwing snowballs in the snowman's mouth or stomach.

Jingle bell toss.

Pin the carrot nose on the snowman.

The ingredients for our magic reindeer food.

The children had to guess behind which ten-frame the Christmas ball was hidden.

Taking turns mixing the reindeer food.

Making Christmas cards.

Who will win, "le pere Noel or Nez-Rouge?"

Throwing the jingle bells into the tree made of cups.

Trying to be the first to get all of the parts to build a Christmas tree.

The afternoon class mixing the magic reindeer food.

Bingo.

Tic-tac-toe.

Helping our friends.

Trying to get all 5 jingle bells in the cups.

The boys and girls were very busy and enjoyed all of the different activities.

The afternoon class only discovered Lucie Lutin after recess.  She was hiding in the bathroom with a small gift for all of the students.  There are only 4 more sleeps until Christmas!