Zones of regulation

Dear Mom and Dad:

AM Kindergarten: 

During math we did an activity called “shake and spill”. I had 5 counter chips, one side is red and one side is yellow. I had to put them in a small cup and shake them and then spill them on the table. Then I used my five frame to show 5 using the colors that spilled out. For example I might have 3 red and 2 yellow which make 5! Ask me to tell you different ways to make 5. You can also ask me how much more I might need to make 5. For example: put out 3 fingers and ask me to show you and tell you how many more fingers I need to get to 5. 

PM Kindergarten:

We continued to talk about the zones of regulation. Today we talked about the yellow zone. Did you know that it is okay for me to be in the yellow zone but I am learning strategies to move myself from the yellow zone to the green zone. The yellow zone is when I am feeling frustrated. Ask me to tell you what strategies I could use to get out of the yellow zone. 

We have been talking a lot about the zones of regulation. This will become common vocabulary for the entire school.  You can use this language with me at home as well. For example: if you notice I am in the blue zone (sad, tired) please help me acknowledge that and help me with strategies on how I can move myself to the green zone (happy).

We have had a lot of new centres to help with our counting skills, fine motor and printing skills. Ask me to tell you what center I was at today

Question of the day: post on the blog what center you enjoyed today.

Love,

Kindergarten

Housekeeping:

PM attends tomorrow from 8:15-11-58am. 

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.

7 Sacred Teachings

Dear Mom and Dad:

We had a very special presentation today from the Rabbit and Bears paw group. Ask me to tell you what kinds of puppet animals there were.  I learned about seven different sacred of teaching:

1)   humility

2)   honesty

3)   respect

4)   courage

5)   wisdom

6)   truth

7)    love

These teachings are a message of traditional values and hope for the future. It is a universal teaching to most First Nations peoples.

Question of the day: Pick one of the teachings and have a discussion with your parents about it. Post on the blog what this word means to you.

Take a look at some of our photos from center time! 

Love,

Kindergarten

Housekeeping:

As I begin to wear my snow pants, gloves toques, scarves etc. please help me be independent by letting me put on all these things by myself. Thank you for your support.

Parents please make sure all of your child’s belongings are LABELED. There are many items that are duplicates in our classroom and it is very helpful when things are labeled so that they can be returned to the rightful owner. Thank you for your help with this.

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.

Snowy Tuesday

Dear Mom and Dad:

What a snowy day it was! As I begin to wear my snow pants, gloves toques, scarves etc. please help me be independent by letting me put on all these things by myself. Thank you for your support.

We learned a new song today!  F song 

I have a book from the learning commons today! We have a few learning commons in the school and this week I went to one of them. All of the books are organized by genre. I need to return my book every Monday. Ask me to tell you how to care for my book.

Question of the day:  Post on the blog what your library book is about!

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.‪

Happy Monday

Dear Mom and Dad:

AM Kindergarten:

We continued to talk about the zones of regulation. Today we talked about the yellow zone. Did you know that it is okay for me to be in the yellow zone but I am learning strategies to move myself from the yellow zone to the green zone. The yellow zone is when I am feeling frustrated. Ask me to tell you what strategies I could use to get out of the yellow zone.

PM Kindergarten:

During math we did an activity called “shake and spill”. I had 5 counter chips, one side is red and one side is yellow. I had to put them in a small cup and shake them and then spill them on the table. Then I used my five frame to show 5 using the colors that spilled out. For example I might have 3 red and 2 yellow which make 5! Ask me to tell you different ways to make 5. You can also ask me how much more I might need to make 5. For example: put out 3 fingers and ask me to show you and tell you how many more fingers I need to get to 5.

Question of the day:  What is your favorite Christmas song that we are practicing?

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.‪

Blue Zone

Dear Mom and Dad:

We have been talking a lot about the zones of regulation. Today we focused on the blue zone. Ask me to tell you how I would be feeling if I am in the blue zone. I learned that it is ok to be in the blue zone but I need to know some strategies I can use to move me to the green zone. We thought of some strategies to use if we are feeling sad. Ask me to tell you what I can do if I am in the blue zone. We learned that we all have an imaginary toolbox and the tools I use are my strategies.

Question of the day:  What are some of the things I can do if I am in the blue zone (feeling sad)?

Love,

Kindergarten

Housekeeping:

There is no school tomorrow. See everyone on Monday.

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.

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.‪