This Week in Kindergarten!

This week was all about turkeys.

                                             

We played many Thanksgiving SMARTboard games.

The boys and girls took turns rolling the die and adding the correct amount of feathers on the turkey (le dindon).  We also practiced to name the colours of each feather in French.

The children coloured "les triangles" (triangles).

Counting sets of Thanksgiving related objects and circling the correct number.

They also rolled a die and glued the correct amount of feathers on a turkey.

Practicing our colouring skills.

I have added a recording of this poem on Seesaw.  Take some time over the long weekend to recite the poem along with Mme Godin.

Exploring 5 frames.  The boys and girls showed me numbers on the 5 frames using cubes. 

We have also been listening to the many adventures of Paul and Suzanne, which is a series of books that we use in kindergarten.  The first book is all about fall (l'automne).

 

Important Information!

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Please check your child's ziplock bag for information on how to report your child's absences from school. It is very important that you report your child's absences (sick, medical appointment, etc.) with the school using the School Messenger App.
All information needed to set up and use the app is on the paper that I am sending home today. The school must be notified first and foremost because if you send me an email, I may not be able to check it until lunchtime or the end of the day or I may be absent as well.
 
Also, in regards to eye forms that were sent home a few weeks ago. These should be signed by an optometrist and returned to the school after your child has had their eyes checked.
Let me know if you have any questions.

Merci!
Mme Godin

Important Dates!

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Monday, October 5th:  Phys. Ed. for the morning class.

Tuesday, October 6th:  Library for the afternoon class.
Music for the afternoon class.
EARLY DISMISSAL AT 2:45 P.M.

Wednesday, October 7th:  Phys. Ed. for the afternoon class.

Thursday, October 8th:  Music for the morning class.

Friday, October 9th:  Phys. Ed. for the morning class.
Phys. Ed. for the afternoon class.

 

This Week in Kindergarten!

Library classes will take place in the classroom for the time being. This is our library technician, Mme Jeanson. She explained to the students that she would be bringing books to the classroom for them to borrow once a cycle. Mme Jeanson also explained how we have to take good care of the books that we borrow and how they will be put away for a long time until someone else can borrow them.  The morning class borrowed their first books on Friday.  

During the first library class, Mme Jeanson read the book "The Library Dragon".

Hard at work printing diagonal lines.

Mme Godin read the book "Phyllis' Orange Shirt" to explain to the students why we wore orange shirts on September 30th. Ask your child if they remember why we wear orange shirts on this date.

The students could color during Play Time or bring this picture home to color. It says "Chaque enfant compte" Every Child Matters!

 

Mme Godin held a large playing card in front of each child's forehead. The students sitting on the floor had to show the number with their fingers and the person with the card had to guess which number it was.

Practicing our cutting skills.  The children had to cut and paste the items that belong in a backpack.

Building marble runs with the marble maze.

The magnetic shapes continue to be a popular choice during play time.

Playing in the kitchen area.

We continue to make friends at the different play areas in the room.

Everyone is engaged with all of the materials found in the bins.

This little girl built a person.

A castle and a yard.

                                       

Some students were fishing.

And some movement activities during Music class.

We ended off the week working in our colour booklets.

We were hard at work completing the colour "bleu".

 

Important Dates!

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Monday, September 28th:  Library for the afternoon class.
Music for the afternoon class.

Tuesday, September 29th:  Phys. Ed. for the afternoon class.

Wednesday, September 30th:  Music for the morning class.
ORANGE SHIRT DAY!  (information in regards to orange shirt day is in your child's ziplock bag).

Thursday, October 1st:  Phys. Ed. for the morning class.
Phys. Ed. for the afternoon class.

Friday, October 2nd:  Library for the morning class.

 

This Week in Kindergarten!

 

We started off the new week by decorating the first letter of our names.

The boys and girls used stickers, feathers, sequins, etc. in order to make their letters beautiful.

All of the boys and girls did a great job.  There are still a few letters not up on the bulletin board as some of the students missed school that day so we are trying to find the time to catch them up on this fun activity.

We continue to learn each other's name.  Everyone's photo is on the whiteboard along with their names.  We also continue to use the slideshow on my SMARTboard to further develop this skill.

Our red dot Qtip names are hung up in the classroom.

Learning new French words.

Together we name the item and then the child clicks on the picture to see if there is a yellow square hiding behind it.

This week we colored "les carrés” squares.

Trying so hard to color neatly inside the lines.

We started to practice our blue poem.

The children listened to a special song to celebrate the first day of fall! We also started to discuss the changes we are noticing outside during this new season.

Mme Godin has pushed our tables towards the back of the room so that we can safely sit together as a group on the floor. There are pieces of yellow tape on the floor to remind the students to keep apart.

More subitizing games on the SMARTboard.

Tracing the numbers from 1 to 5 and placing the correct amount of stickers on each finger.

Tracing and forming curves.

The morning class' letters.

The afternoon class' letters.

Important Dates!

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Monday, September 21st:  Phys. Ed. for the afternoon class.

Tuesday, September 22nd:  Music for the morning class.

Wednesday, September 23rd:  Phys. Ed. for the morning class.
Phys. Ed. for the afternoon class.

Thursday, September 24th:  Library for the morning class.

Friday, September 25th:  Phys. Ed. for the morning class.