Hello JK parents!

It was a rainy but very busy day today!  The students who participated in the ArtReach event had a lot of fun painting and decorating ducks today.  We also had a few SK's come visit our class today because of the ArtReach event.
Daily 5-The students each got to decorate a letter from the alphabet using a variety of art tools, such as Bingo dabbers, glue, crayons and construction paper.
Language-We worked together with the SK students and played a game of matching cards with the letter O.  We will continue to learn a new letter tomorrow when we have all our students present again.
Math-The JK's practiced their number recognition skills with an engaging hot chocolate and mash mellow activity.  Each student had to determine and print the number of years of age they were and add that many mash mellows (cotton balls) to their hot chocolate.

Reminders:
-Scholastic Book orders are due December 16th
-Gr. 3 food and toy drive will continue until December 21st.

decorating the letters in the alphabet

working together with the SK students

Hello JK parents!

Today was a mild day outside today and the JK's enjoyed exploring nature outdoors today!
Here are a few more things we did today:
Daily 5-The students worked individually or in pairs creating different letters using snap cube blocks.
Language-We continued learning more about the letter Q and each student had the opportunity to print upper and lower case letters on the board.  The students also worked on printing in their HWT booklets.
Math-We had a lot of fun creating our own repeating colour patterns using stickers!

Reminders:
-Scholastic orders are due December 16th.
-Bake Sale will continue tomorrow, if your child would like to donate please have a labelled zip lock  bag.
-P.D. Day Camp forms and money are due December 14th.
-The Grade 3 students will be having a Food and Toy drive from November 30th to December 21st.  The food collected will be donated to the Eden Food Bank and the toys collected will be donated to the CTV News Salvation Army Toy Mountain Event.

Repeating colour patterns!

practicing our name printing skills

getting ready for the Christmas concert!

HWT booklets

We know how to print the letter Q!!!!

Reminder: P.D. Day Camp!!!!
Form and money are to be handed in by December 14th.
Please check your emails for more details.

Hello JK parents!

I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend, the weather was beautiful outside and perfect for a Santa Claus Parade in Streesville!
Daily 5-The students listened to a read a loud story titled Benji's New Friends, it talked about making new friends and strategies to use to make new friends.
Language-The students were engaged with a fun matching game, using letter Q word/picture cards.  Each student also had the opportunity to print an upper case Q on the board.
Math-The JK's used their imaginations and pretended to be clothing designers! Each student got to create repeating pattern designs on winter clothing.

Reminders:
-Bake Sale begins tomorrow until Wednesday of this week, if your child would like to participate please have money in a labelled zip lock bag.
-Scholastic book order forms are going home today, they are due December 16th.
-If you would like to request a time and date for a parent/teacher interview, please have the sheet filled out and returned as soon as possible (first come, first serve).

Repeating patterns!

The students are independently dressing and undressing themselves for outdoor time!

Hello JK parents!

Happy Friday! I hope everyone has a great weekend! There is a Christmas market and Santa Claus parade happening in Streetsville this weekend!
Here are a few things we did today:
The JK's had the opportunity to observe and vote for their favorite cars that the grade 6 students created as a class project.
Daily 5-The students practiced their name printing skills with the help of their name booklets.
Language-The JK's used bingo dabbers to create upper and lower case letter O's.
Math-We worked on the carpet again and in pairs to create repeating shape and colour patterns using picture cards and geometric shapes.

Reminders:
-Bake Sale November 28th and 29th, if your child would like to participate please have a labelled zip lock bag with the money inside.
-Report cards are going home in each of the students Take Home bags.

-Parent and Teacher interview request sheets have been sent out via email.  If you would like to request a time slot, please send back as soon as possible (it is a first come first serve basis).

Hello JK parents!

Thank you so much to all the parents who came to visit our Science Fair today! Everyone did a great job presenting!
Daily 5-The students requested to listen to a read a loud Franklin's Bad Day, they talked about how to deal with mad and sad feelings.
French-Ms. Hou continued to work on shapes and colours with  the JK's.
Language-We learned more about the letter O, we practiced phonetic sounds and printing in our HWT booklets.
Art-To make up for missing our Art with Ms. Kerr, we made fall tree leaf art!

Reminders:
-December Hot Lunch money and forms are due November 25th.
-Scholastic orders are due November 25th.
-Bake Sale November 28th and 28th.

Fall Art!

Group work!

Pictures from today:

Happy Birthday Neel!!!

Hello JK parents!

Happy Wednesday! Here are a few things we did today:
Daily 5-The students listened to a read a loud titled Froggy Gets Dressed, it helped to students with what order to put their winter clothing on.
Language-The JK's learned more about the sound and letter formation of the letter O.  The students matched picture and letter O word cards and practiced their printing skills.
Math-We all worked in partners to create our own repeating patterns using geometric shapes on the carpet today.
Science Fair-We discussed the experiments we did this week and came up with a conclusion, we also practiced our presentation for the judges tomorrow for the Science Fair.

Reminders:
-Science Fair will be open to parents and guardians tomorrow at 2:45 pm.
-Scholastic book orders are due November 25th.
-December Hot Lunch orders and money are due November 25th.

Some pictures from our experiment today:

Hello JK parents!

It's another cold day outside today!
Here are a few things we did today:
Daily 5-The students wanted to create letters using the snap cubes today.
Language-We worked on our letter C printing and sound skill, using short word cards and our HWT booklets.
Science Fair-We did two more trials today with our "How to Make Rain Clouds" experiment.  This time we had three different measurements of shaving cream (clouds), to see if it will make a difference.  The student also learned more about the word evaporation and what it means.

Reminders:
-Hot Lunch food orders are due November 25th.
-Scholastic orders are due November 25th.
-The Science Fair will be open to the parents in the afternoon on November 24th.  An email has been sent to all the parents regarding the time.

Practicing our printing skills with the letter C

Working together to build something wonderful! Girl power!!!

Hello JK parents!

I hope everyone had a fun filled weekend! Here are a few things we did today:
Daily 5-The students took some quiet time for themselves and looked at books in the Book Area, each student had to look for the letter C in each of their books.
Language-We practiced our letter C sounds and printing skills, using picture word cards.
Science Fair-To get us ready for this weeks Science Fair, the class learned about what a water cycle was and how rain cloud were created!  Today was our first trial for our experiment, using water, food colouring and shaving cream.

Reminders:
-The cold winter weather is upon us, please have your child dressed accordingly to accommodate their outdoor exploration time (e.g. winter coat, boots, gloves, hat, snow pants and scarf/neck warmer).
-December Hot Lunch forms and money are due November 25th.
-Scholastic orders are due November 25th.

Our materials to create our rain cloud!

We made a rain cloud!!!

Learning about the letter C

Exploring our rain cloud!