TWAS, Friday, March 28th, 2014

With Your Child During Spring Break

1.     Talk about their favourite spirit week day

2.     Ask your child what they can’t wait to do once the snow melts!

3.     Read and count every day

4.     Have fun with your family!

What we did this week at school

* Had Spirit Week

* Did tactile “n” with noodles

* Wrote about what we did on the weekend

* Played on the iPads

* Worked on the number 16

* Played in the Learning Lounge

* Had pizza lunch

* Had Roots of Empathy

* Learned about and used QR codes

Some Important Dates to Remember

            March 31^st – April 4^th – Spring Break (No School)

            Tuesday, April 8^th – Early dismissal at 2:55pm

Important Information

1.    After Spring Break, the kinders will be going outside with the regular duty teachers.  This will be a change as they are used to speaking with us about recess issues.  Please remind them that if they have problems, that they can speak to any adult outside during this time.  If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us.

2.    As the snow is finally melting, we understand that puddles are tons of fun.  Please remind your child that we stay out of puddles at school.  Thanks!

3.    For Spring Break, we will be sending home a journal.  Please help your child record what they did each day and draw a matching picture.  Journals can be sent back to school after the break, or kept at home. 

Have a fantastic Spring Break!!

Unicorn Beliefs

We have been spending a lot of time talking about what we want our classroom to look like and what we believe about how we treat each other.  This is our classroom beliefs statement.  It was composed by the Unicorns and we are very proud.  Please read it with your child : )

Lakewood Learning Lounge

The Learning Lounge is where the whole school can play.  The Meerkats went to play there on Monday.  We played with:

• cars
• telephone tubes
• money
• games
• house and people
• puzzles
• library
• and.....

arts and crafts

dolls

kitchen/restaurant

train

writing

little lego

Barbies

marble run

puppets

We had a wonderful time there and can't wait to go back and learn!!

TWAS, Friday, March 21st, 2014

With Your Child This Week

1.     Talk about things that are naturally green

2.     Play a game of concentration/memory

3.     Talk about numbers that make 10 (using the words “2 and 8 make 10”)

4.     Name the colours of the rainbow in order (R, O, Y, G, B, P)

What we did this week at school

* Had green day for St. Patrick’s Day

* Did green colour detectives

* Wrote about what we treasured

* Finished our shamrocks

* Did Lucky Charm sorting

* Made “The Colour Green” book

* Made a graph of all our green clothes

Some Important Dates to Remember

            Monday, March 24^th – Wacky Hair Day

                                                    - Pizza lunch orders due

            Tuesday, March 25^th – Pattern Day (polka dots, stripes, plaid, etc.)

                                                    - Pizza Lunch Day

            Wednesday, March 26^th – Excessive Accessories Day

            Thursday, March 27^th – PJ Day

            Friday, March 28^th – Jersey Day

                                                - Last day of school before Spring Break

            March 31^st – April 4^th – Spring Break (No School)

            Tuesday, April 8^th – Early dismissal at 2:55pm

Important Information

1.    After Spring Break, the kinders will be going outside with the regular duty teachers.  This will be a change as they are used to speaking with us about recess issues.  Please remind them that if they have problems, that they can speak to any adult outside during this time.  If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us.

2.    As the snow is finally melting, we understand that puddles are tons of fun.  Please remind your child that we stay out of puddles at school.  Thanks!

Have a super weekend! 

    

kinderoodles@blogspot.ca

TWAS, Thursday, March 13th, 2014

With Your Child This Week

1.     Brainstorm all words that begin with “m”

2.     Find shapes in the world around you (circle, squares, triangles, rectangles)

3.     Practice making tally marks to 15

4.     Talk about things that rhyme

What we did this week at school

* Worked on the number 15

* Did tactile M with mini marshmallows

* Made different shades of green paint

* Worked on shamrocks

* Did wheelchair curling to celebrate the Paralympics

* Talked about our Science Project

* Finished our Growth Books for this term

* Practiced for conferences

Some Important Dates to Remember

            Thursday, March 13^th – Conferences (evening)

            Friday, March 14^th – No school

- Conferences (am) and In-service (pm)

            Monday, March 17^th – Wear green to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day

            Tuesday, March 18^th – Early dismissal at 2:55pm

            Friday, March 21^st – Mrs. Fogel & Ms. Watts away in the afternoon

Important Information

1.    We are finally getting outside again!  Please be sure your child has all the necessary outdoor clothing to enjoy recess.

2.    Don’t forget that Monday, March 17^th is GREEN day!  Please have your child wear anything green that you have.  If you are bringing a treat, please bring for 20 students.  THANKS!!

Have a super weekend! 

     

kinderoodles@blogspot.ca

Olympic Fun!!

To celebrate the Olympics in Sochi, we decided to do our own activities related to the Olympics!  Here are some of the things we did to celebrate!!

These are the Olympic rings.  There are 5 rings.  They are blue, black, red, yellow and green.  Our buddies helped us by cutting out circles from plates.  We coloured them and stapled them in order.

For these rings, we crumpled up tissue paper and glued it onto the rings.

This is our Canadian flag.  We live in Canada so we cheered for Canada!

This is the Olympic torch.  They light the torch on fire at the beginning of the Olympics 

and at the end, they put out the fire.

These are some of the Olympic sports.  

We decided to try out some of the sports just for fun!

Speed Skating

Biathalon

Curling

February was also I Love to Read Month!  If our school read a total of 3000 books by the end of the month, then we would get a gold medal for reading.  WE DID IT!!!!!!

We had tons of fun learning about the Olympics!! 

TWAS, Friday, March 7th, 2014

With Your Child This Week

1.     Brainstorm all words that begin with “s”

2.     Talk about colours in your house that are dark and light

3.     Practice drawing a person with all their body parts

What we did this week at school

* Worked on the number 14

* Had our monthly assembly

* Did tactile S with “snow”

* Sorted primary and secondary colours

* Made Cheerios and Fruit Loop necklaces

* Made videos on the iPads about things that start with “s”

* Made our own paint swatches

* Went outside to play!!!

Some Important Dates to Remember

            Thursday, March 13^th – Conferences (evening)

            Friday, March 14^th – No school

- Conferences (am) and In-service (pm)

            Monday, March 17^th – Wear green to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day

            Tuesday, March 18^th – Early dismissal at 2:55pm

Important Information

1.    Report cards will be handed out on Wednesday, March 12^th.  In the report card, you might see words such as: “is learning to”, “is beginning to”, “is working towards”, etc.  This means that your child is not yet demonstrating the skill indicated.  Student-Led Conferences will be on Thursday, March 13^th in the evening and Friday, March 14^th in the morning.  These conferences are a celebration of your child’s learning and hard work over the past term.  If you have any questions or concerns regarding the report card, we would be happy to discuss them with you at a separate meeting.  The sign up sheet for conferences will be in your folder today.  Please mark your top three choices and we will send home a confirmation note with your appointment time. THANKS!!

2.    On Monday, March 17^th, we will be celebrating St. Patrick’s Day!  We are encouraging all students to wear something green for the day.  Please do not buy something special, we will ensure they have something green.  Also, if you are interested in providing a green or theme related “treat”, please sign below!

Have a great weekend!