New Groups! - New Show and Tell Schedule!

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The boys and girls have changed groups once again.  Listed below is the new Show and Tell schedule, effective Monday, April 1st.  I have also sent a paper copy home for you to keep.

Every Monday - le groupe 1
Every Tuesday - le groupe 2
Every Wednesday - le groupe 3
Every Thursday - le groupe 4

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

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

Important Dates!

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Monday, April 1st:  Music for the morning class.
Library for the afternoon class.  Please return all library books!

Tuesday, April 2nd:  Phys. Ed. for the morning class.
Early dismissal at 2:45 p.m.

Wednesday, April 3rd:  Phys. Ed. for the afternoon class.

Thursday, April 4th:  Music for the afternoon class.

Friday, April 5th:  Library for the morning class.  Please return all library books!
Phys. Ed. for the morning class.

This Week in Kindergarten!

The boys and girls were finally able to take their number booklets home.  We will continue to further develop forming numbers neatly and correctly in the classroom.

Sorting transportation according to on land (sur la terre), on water (dans l'eau) or in the sky (dans les airs).

Printing numbers that come after a given number.

Practicing to print the letter Q.

And our last few days of play before Spring Break!

So many pictures and books being made.

Some of the students are beginning to add more script to their drawings.

Making modes of transportation with the Duplo.

Playing a transportation game with our friends.

Sorting bears.

The ever popular magna tiles.

Collaborating with our friends on a special project.

Exploring at the water table.

A new calendar for Mme Godin.  MERCI LES FILLES!!!

Extending a raindrop pattern.

A simple problem solving activity.

We attached a short marker to Bee-Bot and watched her make special designs on the white paper.

Printing the number that comes before and after a given number and counting sets of objects on the other side of the paper.

HAPPY SPRING BREAK!!!
BONNE PAUSE DE PRINTEMPS!!!

Les transports - Transportation Vocabulary!

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

Important Dates!

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Monday, March 18th:  Phys. Ed. for the morning class.

Tuesday, March 19th:  Phys. Ed. for the afternoon class.
Early dismissal at 2:45 p.m.

Wednesday, March 20th:  Music for the afternoon class.

Thursday, March 21st:  Library for the morning class.  Please return all library books!
Phys. Ed. for the morning class.

Friday, March 22nd:  Phys. Ed. for the afternoon class.

SPRING BREAK FROM MARCH 25TH TO THE 29TH!!!

This Week in Kindergarten!

This week we completed our colour booklets.  We will continue to read recite our poems and use this familiar script as part of our literacy activities in the classroom.

L'éléphant est gris.

We continued to explore colour mixing and talked about different types of paper, such as absorbent paper.

The boys and girls enjoyed watching and waiting for the coloured water to mix into the empty middle cups.

We practiced printing the letter O.

The children also played a few St.Patrick's Day games on the SMARTboard.

Printing the number 9 and adding nine gum balls to the gum machine.

Trying to find the leprechaun "le farfadet" who was hiding behind one of the numbers from 11 (onze) to 20 (vingt).

Practicing to show our parents how to program Bee-Bot during our "Celebration of Learning" on Thursday evening and Friday morning.

Finding different ways to play with these alphabet bean bags.

Playing 1, 2, 3 CRAQUE with friends.

Creating at the Lego table.  The boys and girls are very responsible, carefully counting all of the little Lego people at the end of Play Time to ensure that we do not lose any.

A big thank you to all of the kindergarten parents for coming to celebrate with your child.  The children were so excited to demonstrate all of the learning that takes place in our play based learning environment.  They all did an amazing job sharing their portfolios and rotating through the centres set up in the classroom.  BRAVO LES AMIS!!!

Important Dates!

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Monday, March 11th:  Phys. Ed. for the afternoon class.

Tuesday, March 12th:  Music for the afternoon class.

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

Thursday, March 14th:  Phys. Ed. for the afternoon class.
Celebration of Learning conferences from 4:00 p.m. until 6:30 p.m.
Don't forget to book a time slot if you have not yet done so.

Friday, March 15th:  No school for students today.
Celebration of Learning conferences from 7:30 a.m to 11:00 a.m.
Teachers will be attending a math workshop in the afternoon.

This Week in Kindergarten!

Mademoiselle Poubelle was eating objects that started with the letter B this week.

B comme bouton!  If the object did not begin with a B sound, we had to place it on the light cube.

Practicing to print the number 6.

This little boy made a plan at home to help him build with the magna tiles.

Printing the letter U.

Exploring objects that float (flotte) and sink (coule).

The boys and girls made leprechauns (les farfadets).  They used plastic forks to paint the beard and hair.

The morning class' leprechauns.

The afternoon class" leprechauns.

The children also completed the colour "brun" in our colour booklets.
We spent a lot of time working in our portfolios this week.  We are all looking forward to sharing our work and demonstrating our learning at the various centres in the classroom next week.  I hope to see everyone on March 14th or 15th at the Celebration of Learning conferences!!!

Important Dates!

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Monday, March 4th:  Music for the afternoon class.

Tuesday, March 5th:  Library for the morning class.  Please return all library books!
Phys. Ed. for the morning class.
Early dismissal at 2:45 p.m.

Wednesday, March 6th:  Phys. Ed. for the afternoon class.

Thursday, March 7th:  Music for the morning class.
Library for the afternoon class.  Please return all library books!

Friday, March 8th:  Phys. Ed. for the morning class.

This Week in Kindergarten!

On Monday, the boys and girls drew a picture of a voyageur.

The afternoon class' voyageurs.

The morning class' voyageurs.

We have also been working on letter sounds.  These students are cutting voyageur pictures, naming the object and gluing it under the correct letter - c- canot, b-bison, etc.

Counting buttons on the snowmen and printing the correct number on the hat.

The children also explored Bee-Bot this week.  He is a little robot bee that the children must program to move through mazes by using the arrows on his back.  We also have to count how many times he moves forward, which direction he has to turn, etc.

The boys and girls are learning to code with this little guy.

A group of girls wanted to show me the special chair that they built during play time on Thursday.

A chair for 4 friends!

Tracing and cutting (un trèfle) a shamrock for our portfolios.

Wearing our special colour mixing glasses.

Creating with magna tiles.  And just like that another week is over!