"It's all good" Wednesday

Dear Mom and Dad:

Mrs. Ly and the other half of Mrs. Dei Cont’s class had drumming today.

We looked at a book that had a lot of information about fall. I learned some things about what animals do, what happens to the weather, what happens to the leaves etc.

Today I drew a picture in my journal of what I think I might see tomorrow on our fall walk (Please make sure I am dressed appropriately tomorrow. Layers are always best). Ask me to tell you what colors I used most to represent my fall picture. I then practiced writing the word “fall” on the line in my journal.

We have been reading Pete the Cat books. My teacher says that we should all try to be like Pete the Cat. Ask me to tell you why? We have been talking about what a little problem versus a big problem is. Most little problems I can solve on my own by making good choices. Please read this story with me. Here is a video of the author Eric Litwin reading the book!

Pete the Cat book read aloud

Question of the day: What lesson did we learn from Pete the Cat?

Love,

Kindergarten

Housekeeping:

- Dear Wonderful Parent Volunteers:

Thank you again for volunteering for our community fall walk this Thursday October 1 (tomorrow).  Please arrive at the school at the time below through the front doors. You will need to sign in as a volunteer and get a volunteer tag. We will be organizing students in groups and you will each have a group of about 4-5 students. We will be walking all together to the pond but you will be responsible for your group. We will have a scavenger hunt sheet for you to work with your group in finding fall items.

AM parent volunteers:

Our fall walk will be from 9:00am – 10:00am.

Please arrive at 8:30am.

PM parent volunteers:

Our fall walk will be from 1:00pm – 2:00pm

Please arrive at 12:30pm.

- The Terry Fox Run is this Friday. PM kindergarten will be attending. We will be doing the Terry Fox Run with the AM kids on Monday. If AM kindergarten would like to participate on Friday, they will need to come with a parent or guardian and be supervised at all times. The run will start at 10:30am.

If your child is in the AM and returned the pink form for a snack they will receive their snack on Friday if they come for the run or on Monday when we do the run with AM kindergarten. 

Fall is in the air!

"This is a Mosasaurs. They eat meat and they are sea creatures and they are the biggest dinosaurs in Jurassic world!" Baron and Evan building at centre time 

Dear Mom and Dad:

Ms. Cvach was away today so we had a guest teacher.

I worked with Mrs. Southworth, Mrs. Tuli and Mrs. Jones today. We are working on learning about each other and making new friends. Ask me to tell you of some of the friends’ names that I learned today.

I am getting really good at learning my routines in kindergarten. We continue to work on quickly lining up after we are playing on the playground outside for gym. Please have a conversation with me about why it is important to line up right away.

Thank you for helping me post all of my comments about what signs of fall I notice!

Question of the day: if I know the word fall then I can read and write other words! Can you think of words that rhyme with fall? We learned that if you take the first letter away from fall and add another letter, we can make a new word. Please help me think of words that have ____all in it and post it on the blog!

Love,

Kindergarten

Housekeeping:

We will be going on a fall walk this Thursday. Please make sure I am dressed appropriately. Layers are always best.

The Terry Fox Run is this Friday. PM kindergarten will be attending. We will be doing the Terry Fox Run with the AM kids on Monday. If AM kindergarten would like to participate on Friday, they will need to come with a parent or guardian and be supervised at all times. The run will start at 10:30am.

If your child is in the AM and returned the pink form for a snack they will receive their snack on Friday if they come for the run or on Monday when we do the run with AM kindergarten. 

One world drumming

Dear Mom and Dad:

Ms. Cvach was away today so we had a guest teacher. We wrote in our writing journals today about what we did on the weekend. I continue to work on drawing a detailed picture and practice writings name on the lines. Some of us are trying our best to do some kid writing. Kid writing is inventive spelling using the sounds we know to form words. Some of us are practicing labelling our pictures with the sounds we hear. 

Ms. Cvach's students and half of Mrs. Dei Cont's students had drumming today! 

We read a book called "Red Leaf Yellow Leaf". We are beginning to look at the changes in the season and wondered about some of the changes we have been noticing. We will be going on a fall walk this Thursday to look for signs of fall and collect some fall artifacts. 

Question of the day: What are some of the changes you are noticing outside and the clothes you wear?

Love,

Kindergarten

Housekeeping:

The Terry Fox Run is this Friday. PM kindergarten will be attending. We will be doing the Terry Fox Run with the AM kids on Monday. If AM kindergarten would like to participate on Friday, they will need to come with a parent or guardian and be supervised at all times. The run will start at 10:30am.

If your child is in the AM and returned the pink form for a snack they will receive their snack on Friday if they come for the run or on Monday when we do the run with AM kindergarten. 

Open House

Dear Parents:

It was an absolute pleasure meeting you at Open House tonight. We are so lucky to have such an amazing parent and family community. We hope you enjoyed your child sharing their work with you. We understand that some parents may not have been able to come and that’s ok! We have a student learning walks in October and a few throughout the year. The blog that you are reading is also the perfect way to keep connected of what is happening in your child’s classroom.

We had a “hope and dream loom” for parents to write their wishes for their child in kindergarten. If you missed it and would like to write something you can just cut a strip of paper about an inch wide and about 20cm long on any color paper and write a note and send it to school with your child.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Lisa Ly, Krispin Dei Cont, Trish Cvach

Housekeeping:

There is no school this Friday because of PD day. 

My name is unique!

Dear Mom and Dad:

We have 3 new student teachers from Mount Royal University in AM kindergarten! They will be here until the end of December every Wednesday morning.

We read a story called “Chrysanthemum” by Kevin Henkes. This was a story about a little girl with a very unique name. Today I practiced writing my name for a self portrait art project. I can practice writing my name at home. If I cannot write my name yet I can practice by tracing my name or copying my name. Please help me with this at home.

I had dance today with Ms. Janelle. We are practicing moving to the rhythm of music while working on our gross motor skills.

I have mail for you today! I have a special colored folder where my mail will go back and forth to school. Please send this folder with me every day even if I don’t have anything in it. It will go home everyday as well. You can teach me to be independent by giving me a job to do when I get home. I can take out my folder and put it in the same spot for you each day. At school I am expected to do the same, take out my folder at the beginning of each day and put it in a special spot at school.

**There is a form coming home today and parents must verify the information and only if we need to make corrections do you need to return it to the school.

AM parents: next Friday October 2 is the Terry Fox run but there is no school for AM kindergarten. There is a pink form that came home today for the Terry Fox snack. AM kindergarten are welcome to come next Friday FOR THE RUN only if they come with a supervisor or guardian. Please only order the snack if you plan on coming next Friday. Otherwise you may discard the pink form. Thank you

Question of the day: Ask your parents how you got your name and post it on the blog! 

Love,

Kindergarten

Housekeeping:

“Meet the Teacher” night is this Thursday evening. If you have not signed up for a time, please click HERE https://webapps.cbe.ab.ca/MyAccount/Account/LogOn to sign up.

We will meet IN THE GYM at your start time and then head to the classroom after.

Please note that there could be about 20 families in the room at any given time. This evening is set up in a way for your child to show you some of their work that they have been working on and for you to see the classroom. This is also a great opportunity for you to meet your child’s teacher and to share anything you would like about your child to their teacher.

There is no school this Friday because of PD day.

We are planning to go on a COMMUNITY WALK on Thursday October 1.

The AM class will go from 9:00am-10:00am

The PM class will go from 1:00pm-2:00pm

We will need at least 9 volunteers in the AM and 8 volunteers in the PM.

If you are able to join us please e-mail your child’s teacher and we will coordinate.