A very busy week...

What a busy week we had!!!
Some many great pictures of learning... it was hard to chose.

 

Dramatic Play - Our Animal Clinic

 

 

Making Apple Sauce

Using a new tool (an apple peeler)

 

 

 

Science Investigations

 



 

Our Community Walk  

 

 

 

 

Math Explorations

 

 

 

 

Linking Math to LITERACY

 

 

What type of book do you prefer to read?

Fiction vs Non-fiction

Students created a people graph. 

Which line has more people? 

Which line has less people?  

 

 We discussed how some lines are straight and some are curved, just like when you write letters and numbers.  Students created letters and numbers using a variety of numbers.  

 

 

 

 

 

Linking Math and Literacy to THE ARTS

 



 Making the connection - train tracks and roads also have straight and curves lines.

 

 

A letter asking Mr.Freeborn to visit our class to show and play musical instruments.  

 

 

Next week is another busy week with 2 community visitors. 

 

 

My apologizes, currently the Important Dates are not showing up on the side. 

 

Upcoming Dates

October 7^th – Students teachers from the University of Windsor begin their placement until October 25^th

October 8^th – Brack Animal Clinic visits the classroom

October 9^th –Windsor Humane Society visits the class to discuss dog safety

October 11^th - PA Day(No school)

October 14^th – Happy Thanksgiving (No School)

October 16^th – Community Walk to  Ottawa Street Dentist and Book Orders Due

October 30th – Black and Orange Day

 

 

Working with Letters

MAKING WORDS

 

 

AT HOME: Together practise identifying letters and making words using FUN materials:

Use manipulatives to build letter shapes:
Use these materials to construct the actual shapes of the letters.

• Q-tips
• pipe cleaners
• pretzel rods
• chop sticks
• skewers
• toothpicks
• pencils
• pens
• crayons
• string cheese
• blueberries

Draw Letters in:
Use a tray to practice making the letter in the material.

Wet	Dry
fingerpaint or paint shaving cream pudding applesauce any puree or baby food whipped cream icing yogurt	salt flour / cornmeal / dry pancake mix sand leftover coffee grounds (dry)

 Decorate a Printed Letter using:

buttons dry pasta dry beans glitter stickers gems seeds (pumpkin, sunflower, etc.) bits of scrap paper feathers bingo daubers or Do-a-Dot markers fingerpaint

markers, crayons, colored pencils sponges and paint small rocks  shells bottle caps foam shapes/stickers pom-poms pictures cut from magazines or junk mail leaves toy cars whose wheels have been dipped in paint

 

What did you learn at school today? -- At home discussions

We have had a very busy week. 
Browse the pictures below and read the captions with your child.  Your child can recall and discuss what he/she participated in last week and what he/she learned?  

Mathematics

We placed the dyed noodles in a variety of containers to continue practising measurement.  Ask your child to talk about other items that were measured and what tools were used to measure with (feet paces, links, ruler, tape measure)? 

Language Arts

Throughout the week the students listened to various nursery rhymes.   Recognizing letters in print and letter sounds was one of the main learning expectations.  We also talked about letter formation, and that some letters have straight lines and some letters have curves.   Students were given opportunities to explore printing their names using pudding, yarn and glue. Some of the Nursery Rhymes we explored this week were:

- Mary had a Little Lamb

- Hickory Dickory Dock

- Row, Row, Row your Boat

- Humpty Dumpty

In the picture above, the students were on Day 3 of creating Humpty Dumpty using paper mache.  They started this process using a small balloon to keep the structure in the shape of Humpty Dumpty.  Then, they used torn newspaper paper, glue, and flour mixed together.  The students had a great time and their characters looked great!!

 

Popular Centres

Building Blocks

This week the students built buildings, castles, and dinosaur homes out of our foam blocks.  They discussed how tall their buildings were.

Doll House

SMARTBOARD

We are happy to announce a great new resource to our kindergarten program -- an interactive smartboard.

A New Look

We have changed some of our classrooms around.  Our carpet is now located in the middle of the room.  This allows for the tables to be spread out for quiet and more focussed learning.   

Letters

Over the last few weeks, we have been exploring numbers and letters at the different centers in the classroom.


The over head with letters at the paint easel that Mrs. Kelly setup was very popular. We had a waiting list everyday that this activity was out for the children to explore.



Maya was very proud when she finished making her name out of play dough.

Fishing for letters in the Science Room



The children enjoyed practising letters and their sounds using our new "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom" tree.