Shapes in Math

Dear Mom and Dad:

We continue to work on our daily routines. When I come to school the first thing I do is take off my outdoor, then..... Ask me to tell you my morning routine!

I worked with Mrs. Tuli (assistant principal), Mrs.Jones (music teacher) and Mrs.Southworth (diversity team learning leader). They work with us once a week and we do lots of singing and fun activities with them. 

We continue to practice drawing our shapes in math. Today we drew the 4 shapes and turned them into silly characters!

Today we reviewed the expectations during center time.  At this time, centers is a time for me to work on my social skills and fine motor skills, ask me to tell you what I did at center time today.

During centers, my teachers are observing my social skills and how I work with others.

Question of the day: what shape character did you draw?

Love,

Kindergarten

Housekeeping:

Parents we are trying to teach our students about safety. Please use the marked crosswalks with your children, as well as the pylon crosswalks when picking up and dropping off your child. Thank you for your support.

Please watch this Cranston video with your child about crosswalk safety.

Crosswalk Video

Happy and Rainy Monday

Tate's tower during centres! 

Dear Mom and Dad:

Today we wrote in our journals about what we did on the weekend. I am working on showing my fine motor skills by drawing a detailed picture and telling a story. If I can hear the beginning sounds I can label my picture as well. For example, I could label “mom” with “m” if I can hear the “m” sound.

Ask me to tell you what we did in gym today. We continue to practice moving around the gym.

Question of the day: what did you do on the weekend?

Love,

Kindergarten

Housekeeping:

Friday Book

Dear Mom and Dad of PM kindergarten:

Hooray! I completed my very first Friday of kindergarten.

**I have some homework in my backpack!**

I have a blue notebook in my backpack. There is a message for you in it. This is my FRIDAY BOOK. Every Friday I will be bringing my Friday book home and it will have some information in there of what my job is to do over the weekend. It is important for you to see how I am doing and the more practice I have, the better I will get.

Please remind me to bring my FRIDAY BOOK back to school on Monday so I can share it with my teacher.

Please click on this link and sing this song with me! It is our circle song.

CIRCLE SONG

Today we read a story called “ Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!” We then listened carefully to step-by-step directions and drew our own pigeon.

I had gym in the big gym today. Ask me to show you what “freeze” (freeze) and “stop (stopping what you are doing and sitting criss cross apple sauce)” means.

Question of the day: What is your favorite part of kindergarten so far?  

Love,

Kindergarten

Housekeeping:

Meet the Teacher Evening will be open to parents to book session on Wednesday, September 16th at 7pm. Please explain  in your blogs, that this evening is for teachers to introduce themselves and provide an overview of the  school year. The first 15 minutes parents are to meet in the gym then followed by meet the teacher and explore our school for 40 minutes.

Volunteering:

Kindergarten would love some parent volunteers. There is always lots to prep in kindergarten such as gluing, cutting, hanging, stapling, sharpening pencils etc. If you are interested in volunteering please e-mail your child’s teacher. You must have had a police clearance done through the office. 

Journal Writing

Dear Mom and Dad:

We have been looking at our calendar each day. We are also keeping track of how many days we have been at school. Today I learned that we have been at school for 7 days! That is one whole week!

Today we wrote in our writing journals for the first time! WOW my teachers were impressed with how hard we worked. We told a story through a picture. Ask me to tell you what I drew. We also practiced printing our name on the lines. Please help me practice writing my name. If I need help, my teacher might ask me to trace my name or ask me to copy it. My teacher helped me write my story. Right now in kindergarten, I am working on adding detail to my pictures and telling a story through my drawings.

Question of the day: Post on the blog what you drew in your journal today.

Love,

Kindergarten

Housekeeping:

PM Kindergarten has school tomorrow from 8:15- 11:55pm

Shapes are everywhere!

Dear Mom and Dad:

Sorry for the late blog post!

Ask me to tell you what shapes I practiced drawing today. Please help me practice drawing: a circle, square, and triangle at home. We read a book called "The Greedy Triangle". Ask me to tell you what the triangle was greedy for.

Today we had our very first dance class with Ms.Janelle! We practiced some stretches and we practiced moving to the beat of music. We get dance once every week!

Question of the day: what shapes and where did you find them in your home?

Love,

Kindergarten  

Cutting Skills

Dear Mom and Dad:

Today we began our day by looking at our calendar. I learned that today is Tuesday September 8. Ask me to tell you if I know the number day for tomorrow. I will be asked this tomorrow during calendar! We learned some new calendar songs today. These songs will help me remember the days of the week and months of the year. I will be able to sing it to you soon.

I practiced by cutting skills today! Ask me to tell you what I cut out today. Ask me to tell you about chicken wings! I should not have chicken wings (elbows out) when I am cutting. I can practice cutting at home.

We got to play on the playground during school today. We had a discussion about some of the rules of the playground.

**parents please note that the playground is scheduled for grades for before school. This week:

Kindergarten has access to the playground on:

Tuesday – Before School

Friday – Before school

Question of the day: Post on the blog what you did during centers today.

Love,

Kindergarten

Housekeeping:

Parents please use the drop and drive in the morning after 8:02 and pick up your child on the compound at the end of the day.

Parents, if we could have your child line up outside before the kindergarten entry, that would be very helpful. There are now signs on the doors. This will allow us to bring the students in right away. Thank you for your help.

Being independent is a huge skill children learn in kindergarten. Please encourage your child to Independently put on and take off their shoes, zip and unzip their jackets and backpacks etc.

Parents please make sure ALL of your child's belonging are labeled with first name and last name initial. We have several duplicate backpacks and shoes and this will be very helpful and prevent any anxiety when your child is looking for their belongings.

Please make sure to sign the kindergarten forms and return it to the school. If you did not receive forms or misplaced them please e-mail your child’s teacher.