Bye Bye Butterflies!

Dear Mom and Dad:

We had one little caterpillar that did not grow as fast as the others. Ask me to tell you about him. We watched him grow from when he just came out of his egg! He is now in the tank and we named him Herman.  

We sang our jolly phonics songs today. We also did a guided drawing of an elephant! Ask me to tell you what letter we worked on today. Ask me to draw the letter in the air.

PM class: We released the rest of the butterflies today!

Question of the day: Post on the blog words that start with e.

Love,

Kindergarten

Housekeeping:

Forms Due:

Soccer forms:

DUE: Thursday May 26

(please note these look very similar to the Jenny Dale field trip forms). Please sign and return so your child can participate in our soccer program.

Photo Order Forms:

DUE May 31

Butterflies Galore!

Dear Mom and Dad:

Wow! Ask me to tell you what is happening in our classroom tank! We discovered something new today that happened over the long weekend. Ask me to tell you what I noticed. We had 15 chrysalises, ask me to tell you how many butterflies made it.

Today we worked with Mrs. Stables. She is our artist in residence and we are working on a special project for someone special. Shhhhhh it will be a surprise so don’t ask me to tell you what we are working on.

The PM class released 7 butterflies this afternoon! AM class, we will be releasing them tomorrow.

Question of the day: How do butterflies drink the nectar from the flowers?

Love,

Kindergarten

Housekeeping:

Forms Due:

Jenny Dale:

DUE Tuesday May 24

Please make sure you have returned the “Jenny Dale” forms for our artist in residence next week.

Soccer forms:

DUE: Thursday May 26

(please note these look very similar to the Jenny Dale field trip forms). Please sign and return so your child can participate in our soccer program.

Photo Order Forms:

DUE May 31

AM Volunteer Tea Performance

Long weekend!

The trout release is next Friday!! Please see the parent weekly update for details 

Dear Mom and Dad:

AM class: I sang our two volunteer songs today at the volunteer tea.

Please ask me to sing the two songs for you. The first one was “Take me out to Cranston School” and the second one was “Who do we appreciate”.

Here is the link for the second song. 

Who do we appreciate

We talked about what “EEKK” is. Today I practiced reading with a partner. I should be sitting EEKK with my partner. This means: elbow to elbow, knee to knee. Ask me to read my home reading book with you and show you what this looks like.

We learned a poem

EEKK:

Elbow to Elbow

Knee to Knee

I read to you and

You’ll read to me.

Elbow to Elbow

Knee to Knee

Book in the middle

So we both can see!

PM: ask me to tell you about the butterfly life cycle. There are 4 different stages. I drew the life cycle in my visual journal.

I can sing you two songs that I have learned that appreciate our parent volunteers! Ask me to sing you the songs.

Question of the day: what are the stages of the butterfly life cycle?

Love,

Kindergarten

Housekeeping:

NO SCHOOL Friday and Monday

Next school day is Tuesday May 24

Forms Due:

Jenny Dale:

DUE Tuesday May 24

Please make sure you have returned the “Jenny Dale” forms for our artist in residence next week.

Soccer forms:

DUE: Thursday May 26

(please note these look very similar to the Jenny Dale field trip forms). Please sign and return so your child can participate in our soccer program.

Photo Order Forms:

DUE May 31

The letter Hh

Dear Mom and Dad:

Ask me to tell you about the letter Hh. I should be able to tell you what sound H makes. I learned that this is a silent sound, not a loud sound, I can check this by putting my finger to my neck and making sure that my throat does not vibrate when I make the sound. Ask me to tell you a few words that start with the letter H 

PM class: We talked about what “EEKK” is. Today I practiced reading with a partner. I should be sitting EEKK with my partner. This means: elbow to elbow, knee to knee. Ask me to read my home reading book with you and show you what this looks like.

We learned a poem

EEKK:

Elbow to Elbow

Knee to Knee

I read to you and

You’ll read to me.

Elbow to Elbow

Knee to Knee

Book in the middle

So we both can see!

Question of the day: What animal did we draw today?

Love,

Kindergarten

Housekeeping:

Forms Due:

Jenny Dale:

Please make sure you have returned the “Jenny Dale” forms for our artist in residence next week.

Soccer forms:

(please note these look very similar to the Jenny Dale field trip forms). Please sign and return so your child can participate in our soccer program.

Volunteer Tea

AM kindergarten will be performing

Thursday, May 19^th

10:15 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Cranston School Gymnasium

We love our volunteers and want to make sure they are celebrated and know how much they mean to us! Without volunteers, there are many, many things that could not happen in our amazing school.

If you are able to attend on Thursday, May 19^th please R.S.V.P. to cranston@cbe.ab.ca