Wash your hands!

Dear Mom and Dad:

Today we met our school nurse, Nurse Deanna! She taught us a very important lesson about hand washing. We used a special black light to see all of the germs that are on my hands. I didn’t even know I had so many germs on my hands. We learned that we can’t see germs but we know they are there. After I washed my hands (for as long as the ABC’s song) I tested my hand under the black light! Some of us were surprised to see that there were still some germs on our hands.

Here is the video we watched. You can watch it with me so our whole family are hand washing experts!

Germ Smart

Please listen to the “d” dong with me. It will help remember how to make the sound. I learned that D is T's noisy partner. 

D song

Question of the day:  What words can you think of that start with D?

Love,

Kindergarten

Housekeeping:

Please look to the left column of this blog page to see our blog archive. Click on NOVEMBER 10 to access your child's "families helping families" blog. Your child brought home a letter about FAMILIES HELPING FAMILIES. This is a special school project that we have done each year. Please find your child’s teacher’s BLOG POST and you can comment on what you will be able to bring. This will allow other parents to see what is still needed. Thank you so much for your support. Please note (Mrs Ly’s AM and PM class are supporting ONE big family so there is only one blog post for both AM and PM classes.‪

Ten little dots

Dear Mom and Dad:

Ask me to tell you about:

AM

- using beautiful stuff to create art using our dot drawings

PM

- singing songs with Mrs. Jones

- creating art with black dots

- race to the top dice game

I am working on printing my numbers from 1-5 right now. Please practice this with me at home. All numbers I print should always start at the top.

Love,

Kindergarten 

Beautiful stuff

Dear Mom and Dad:

The AM class did an art activity this morning. We read a book called "10 little dots" ask me to tell you what I created using different number of dots!

We have been talking about different ways to make 5. I can look for things that make up 5 at home!

The PM class learned about the zones of regulations and that I can feel different emotions throughout the day. We will be learning about strategies of how to go from one zone to another.

Check out some photos from our beautiful stuff project! We have now revealed all of the bags and we are beginning to sort. All of our stuff is in a huge pile and we had a discussion of what we would do next. We decided that we should sort the materials into the jars that students brought. This will allow us to be able to find materials easily. Ask me to tell you some of the things I discovered!

Our bags are on the left waiting to be opened. The anticipation was exciting! The jars on the right are ready to be filled.

Question of the day: how many ways can you make 5?

Love,

Kindergarten

Race to the top

Dear Mom and Dad of AM kindergarten:

We learned a new math game today! Race to the top. Ask me to tell you how to play this game. This game helps me subitize dots on a dice (recognize the number of dots without counting) and it helps me practice writing my numbers.

Today we revealed some of our beautiful stuff! So exciting! We had some time today to look through some of the items and begin to sort them. “We need to organize the items so it is easier for us to find things” – Noah. (we would love more if you have more clean clear jars please send them in!)

As a class we thought of some categories to ort our items in. Ask me to tell you the different categories we came up with. It is a work in process and we can’t wait to see and come up with different projects to do with our beautiful stuff!

Love,

Kindergarten

Housekeeping:

AM Friday tomorrow.

Please look to the left column of this blog page to see our blog archive. Click on NOVEMBER 10 to access your child's "families helping families" blog. Your child brought home a letter about FAMILIES HELPING FAMILIES. This is a special school project that we have done each year. Please find your child’s teacher’s BLOG POST and you can comment on what you will be able to bring. This will allow other parents to see what is still needed. Thank you so much for your support. Please note (Mrs Ly’s AM and PM class are supporting ONE big family so there is only one blog post for both AM and PM classes.‪

Feelings Inside and Out

Dear Mom and Dad:

AM KINDERGARTEN: How are you feeling right now? Today we were introduced to the “Zones of Regulation”. We will be using this as a common language in kindergarten. There are four zones, sad (blue), happy (green), frustrated (yellow) and, angry (red). We will be learning to recognize our feelings and what zone we are in and how we can move from one zone to another.

PM KINDERGARTEN: The PM class watched the movie “inside out” with the school. Ask me to tell you one thing I learned about my feelings.

Question of the day: Think of a situation where you have felt happy, post it on the blog.

Love,

Kindergarten

Housekeeping:

AM Friday tomorrow.

Please look to the left column of this blog page to see our blog archive. Click on NOVEMBER 10 to access your child's "families helping families" blog. Your child brought home a letter about FAMILIES HELPING FAMILIES. This is a special school project that we have done each year. Please find your child’s teacher’s BLOG POST and you can comment on what you will be able to bring. This will allow other parents to see what is still needed. Thank you so much for your support. Please note (Mrs Ly’s AM and PM class are supporting ONE big family so there is only one blog post for both AM and PM classes.‪

To Families of Cranston Students:

Part of our work at Cranston School is to provide our students with opportunities to grow in their character development and to learn how to best respond in particular social situations. 

We know from brain research that how we react to others, and in particular situations, can often be changed through the power of story. This Thursday, November 12, we are going to share in a story-event as a whole student body when we come together to view the video "Inside Out". This Pixar film tells the story of a character who lives inside a child's brain and tries to keep core memories of positive personal stories strong in the face of challenges associated with moving to a new city and school. As the students encounter the story of the main character, Riley, they will begin to share understanding of how they can control and manage their responses to new events based on their past experiences, and that their responses can be changed.

A shared experience of story like this provides all students with opportunities to develop common language and understanding that will support our daily work at Cranston School to build peaceful communities of strong, connected, responsible and positive young citizens. 

The film is 102 minutes long and we will be showing it in the gym right after lunch.  Please discuss the film with your children to reinforce the positive messages the video contains.

Thank you.

Mrs. Kinsman, Principal 

T is for Turtle

Dear Mom and Dad:

Please note that there is no school tomorrow for Remembrance Day. See everyone on Thursday!

The AM class had a very special and important assembly this morning. We did great showing our respect and being silent. Ask me to tell you what the assembly was like

Today we learned about the letter “t”. Ask me to tell you what we drew!

Question of the day: Why do we wear a poppy?

 " I made the letter "T" at the cutting centre" -Chloe 

Building with natural materials centre 

Love,

Kindergarten

Housekeeping:

Please look to the left column of this blog page to see our blog archive. Click on NOVEMBER 10 to access your child's "families helping families" blog. Your child brought home a letter today about FAMILIES HELPING FAMILIES This is a special school project that we have done each year. Please find your child’s teacher’s BLOG POST and you can comment on what you will be able to bring. This will allow other parents to see what is still needed. Thank you so much for your support. Please note (Mrs Ly’s AM and PM class are supporting ONE big family so there is only one blog post for both AM and PM classes.

To Families of Cranston Students:

Part of our work at Cranston School is to provide our students with opportunities to grow in their character development and to learn how to best respond in particular social situations. 

We know from brain research that how we react to others, and in particular situations, can often be changed through the power of story. This Thursday, November 12, we are going to share in a story-event as a whole student body when we come together to view the video "Inside Out". This Pixar film tells the story of a character who lives inside a child's brain and tries to keep core memories of positive personal stories strong in the face of challenges associated with moving to a new city and school. As the students encounter the story of the main character, Riley, they will begin to share understanding of how they can control and manage their responses to new events based on their past experiences, and that their responses can be changed.

A shared experience of story like this provides all students with opportunities to develop common language and understanding that will support our daily work at Cranston School to build peaceful communities of strong, connected, responsible and positive young citizens. 

The film is 102 minutes long and we will be showing it in the gym right after lunch.  Please discuss the film with your children to reinforce the positive messages the video contains.

Thank you.

Mrs. Kinsman, Principal  

DEI CONT PM - Families helping families at Christmas

Cranston families, if you are interested in helping…

IMPORTANT à  Please send your child’s teacher a comment through this BLOG post titled ‘FAMILIES HELPING FAMILIES AT CHRISTMAS’. State what item you are willing to contribute or donate based off of the needs the family has indicated so that all other families in your child’s class can see what has been contributed and what still is in need.

Please remember that our families would love to not have to worry about the purchase of food items and more than one gift card to their chosen grocery store would be welcomed!

**We welcome donations of gently used items for our families as well.

All gifts/donations will need to be wrapped and labeled for whom they are intended for. Wrapped contributions will be due by:

Wednesday December 2^nd, 2015

In the spirit of giving this holiday season, all staff at Cranston school would like to thank families in advance for their thoughts and contributions! Thank you for making a families Christmas a little brighter!!