TWAS, Friday, May 16th, 2014

With Your Child This Week

1.     Talk about landmarks close to your home and school

2.     Brainstorm words that end in “-ay” (stay, day, play, etc.)

3.     Ask your child what their favourite part was from the Children’s Museum

4.     Talk about how to make paper

What we did this week at school

* Did tactile “Y” with yellow yarn

* Learned about the “–ay” family

* Talked about 3D shapes

* Made hats out of paper

* Talked about landmarks

* Played Number “Rock and Roll”

* Talked about and made our own paper

* Went to the Children’s Museum 

Some Important Dates to Remember

           

Monday, May 19^th – Victoria Day (no school)

Tuesday, May 20^th – Early dismissal at 2:55pm

Thursday, May 22^nd – Welcome to Kindergarten (for those students beginning

  Kindergarten in September 2014)

            Monday, May 26^th – Special Lunch

            Thursday, May 29^th – Monthly assembly at 8:45am (KINDERS ARE PERFORMING-                                                  ALL ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND!!!)

Important Information

1.    Our next theme is Community Helpers.  If you or anyone you know, would like to come and talk about your job, please let us know!

2.    As the end of the year approaches, we start thinking about returning things to our students.  We know that most of the spare clothes you sent at the beginning of the year will not fit your child anymore.  We are hoping that you would be willing to donate your child’s clothing to be used as extras for next year.  If you agree to this, please sign the bottom of the newsletter.  THANKS!!

Have a fantastic long weekend!!!!  

The Children's Museum

Today we went to the Children's Museum.  We went there to learn about paper.  

Amanda was our teacher.

We learned that paper comes from trees.  First we need to cut down a tree.  Then we take the tree to the paper mill.  We chop the tree into tiny pieces of saw dust.  We mix the saw dust with water and glue.  We flatten it and let it dry.  Then it's ready for writing, drawing and making crafts.

We got to make our own paper!!!

First we had to rip the paper.

Then we flattened it out on the screen.

We used a sponge to get all the water out.

We decorated the paper with flower petals and let it dry.

After making our paper, we got to PLAY!!!!!

 Our favourite part of the museum was:

Jessie - the water centre

Kasey - the train

Alexis - the lasagna lookout

Danica - the train

Hunter - the construction site

Veronika - the slide

Katie - the slide

Lorelei - the train

Brayden - the slide

Liam - the cow milking

Peyton - the lasagna lookout

Demetri - the construction site

Dion - the optical illusion centre

Tytan - the piano

Nevaeh - the slide

Rachel - the train

Cowen - the piano

Michael - making paper

We had such a great time that some of us fell asleep on the ride back to school!

That was fun! :)

Design Process

This week we did our first big design process project.  We have been learning about different kinds of paper and what they are used for.  We decided that we would use our knowledge of paper and design some hats.  We choose the paper, shape of hat and decorations.  Then we put our designs into action!

Our hats look just like our designs!  Wow!  

Way to go Kindergarten!

Marathon Club

Why should we join the Marathon Club?

Mondays and Wednesdays from 8:00 am to 8:25 am.

By K-105

It will make me faster and stronger. (Arali)

It is fun. (Paige)

It makes me stronger and healthier. (Charley)

It makes you strong. (Callin)

It's good exercise. (Dawson)

It's cool. (Aarkia)

It's awesome. (Priel)

I get to talk with my friends. (Kaedyn)

It's fun. (Ayden)

Running with my friend is fun. (Adam)

If your child wants to be part of the Marathon Club, please send the signed permission slip to school with them tomorrow : )

TWAS, Friday, May 9th, 2014

With Your Child This Week

1.     Brainstorm words that begin with “Z”

2.     Talk about the different ways to make 5 (ie: 2 and 3 make 5)

3.     Ask your child what their favourite act was from Lakewood Idol

4.     Practice counting to and back from 20

What we did this week at school

* Did tactile “Z” with Zug the Bug!

* Learned about the –ug family

* Had criss-cross centres

*Worked on the number 20

* Practiced making 5

* Went on a shape hunt

* Had Lakewood Idol

* Worked on our Mother’s Day surprises 

Some Important Dates to Remember

           

Friday, May 16^th – Field Trip to Children’s Museum in morning

Monday, May 19^th – Victoria Day (no school)

Tuesday, May 20^th – Early dismissal at 2:55pm

Important Information

1.    We will be going on a field trip to the Children’s Museum on Friday, May 16^th.  Please return your child’s permission form with the money no later than Monday, May 12^th.  If you are available to volunteer for this field trip and have a completed and cleared criminal record check, please email or write a note in the TWAS this week!

2.    Our next theme is Community Helpers.  If you or anyone you know, would like to come and talk about your job, please let us know!

Have a sunny weekend!!!!  

Painting with Linda

Linda is a painter.  We saw her three times.  When painting with watercolour we need to use lots of water.  We used special watercolour paint and paper.  We dip the brush into the water, then into the colour we want to use and go around five times each way to make the brush pointy.  Then we painted the paper.

We experimented with:

 - putting salt on our wet paper...it sparkled!

- putting saran wrap on our wet paper...it made different lines and shapes!

- putting rubbing alcohol on our wet paper...it made circles!

- dabbing a kleenex ball on the wet paper...made it look like clouds! 

In these pictures, we made a summer tree using straws to blow the paint.  We made it look like branches, a crown, a trunk and roots.

TWAS, April 24th, 2014

With Your Child This Week

1.     Brainstorm words that begin with “U”

2.     Practice printing and saying the numbers to 20

3.     Ask about our special artist

4.     Talk about different kinds of paper and what they are used for

What we did this week at school

* Worked on the letter “U”

* Did number stamping

*  Used magnetic letters to make sight words

* Used the iPads for criss cross centres

 * Wrote about what we would do if we found an ant

* Started working on Mother’s Day surprises 

* Learned about water colour painting from our TIA artist Linda

Some Important Dates to Remember

           

            Friday, April 25^th – Inservice (No School)

            Monday, April 28^th- Special Lunch

            Tuesday, April 29^th – Monthly Assembly @ 8:45am

            Thursday, May 1^st – Technology Evening for Students and Parents

Important Information

1.    We are starting a new unit on paper.  It would be great if you could have your child collect and bring in various kinds of paper for us to learn about.

2.    We have emailed a special note about making an order for year end t-shirts.  We are hopeful that everyone will want to participate in this activity. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to call or e-mail anytime.

3.    If you have not already sent in a picture of your child with mom, please do so by Monday.  We will be spending next week working on a very special activity. 

As always, thank you for your continued support!

  

Have a beautiful weekend!!!!