Hello JK parents!

What a beautiful Friday! We had so much fun with the last day of our Spring Fundraiser!!! Thank you to everyone who participated and contributed, we raised more than $6,000! On Monday, we will find out which class brought in the most pledges and will receive a pizza party!  We ended our day with a Dance Party!

The top students got to silly string the teachers!

Eric was the top student for pledges yesterday and he got to throw a pie in Mr. Sawatsky's face!

Congratulations Eric!

beautiful day outside!

Dance Party!

Reminders:
-Spring Fundraiser pledge trip to the indoor playground will be on May3rd from 9:30-11 am.  Students who are not attending will be in class.
-Grade 6 Exhibition is on May 5th from 9-11 am and 6-8 pm.
-Legoland Trip is on March 10th, please be here for 9 am the bus will be leaving at 9:15 am.  Students are to wear gym uniforms and parents who are volunteering, we will meet you there for 10 am.
-Spelling Bee Competition will take place May 15th, I have sent home a form explaining the rules and the list for the JK class.  Good luck!
-End of Unit parent phone calls or emails will be taking place in the next few weeks.  If you would like to request a phone call or email please let me know via email or your child's agenda.

Hello JK parents!

The JK's enjoyed exploring the beautiful weather outside for recess and Gym with Mr. McDonald today.  We also kicked off another Spring Fundraiser event with Ice cream Sundae Day!  A big congratulations goes out to Eric for bringing in the most pledges!  He had the opportunity to hit our school Principal, Mr. Sawatsky with a pie on his face!!! We are still accepting pledge forms tomorrow and the class that beings in the most money will receive a PIZZA PARTY!!!
Here are a few things we did today:
Daily 5-The JK's explored Literacy Centers, using picture and word cards, puzzles and books.
Language/UOI-The students practiced their letter recognition and sound skills with an engaging picture and word game that focused on mammals.
Math-The JK's were learning more about various ways to measure with a measurement activity using snap cubes and picture cards.

Reminders:
-Grade 6 Exhibition will take place May 5th from 9-11 am and 6-8 pm.  All parents and students are welcome to come and support our grade 6 students.  The topics that they have covered are: Physician, terrorism, immigration, disabilities, Climate change and pollution.
Pledge forms are due April 28th:
Monday, April 24th-Costume Day!
Tuesday, April 25th-Popcorn Day!
Wednesday, April 26th-Pancake Breakfast & Casual Day!
Thursday, April 27th-Sundae & Fruit Day!
Friday, April 28th-Dance Party & Casual Day!
-Students who bring in pledges that is $35 and more, will be able to attend a school trip next week to an indoor playground.
-I also placed a piece of paper that a grade 6 student from our school, asked for us to help him with to collect data for his personal project on Preventing Climate Change.  Please return by May 1 st.

Measuring with snap cubes!

mammal word cards!

our plants are growing!

Hello JK parents!

We started the day off with another fun Spring Fundraiser event, Pancake Day! It is still not too late to bring in pledge forms, students who pledge $35 and more will go on a special trip to an indoor playground in May!
Here are a few things we did today:
Daily 5-The JK's explored Literacy Centers today, using puzzles, picture cards and letter blocks to practice their name and sound recognition skills.
Language/UOI-We learned more about animals today, what is a predator and what is a prey.  We discussed their characteristics and why bigger animals hunt and eat smaller animals.
Math-The JK's were engaged with a measuring activity using snap cubes and picture cards.  Each card had a picture of various animals in different sizes, each student had to determine how many snap cubes long each one was.

Learning about predator and prey animals

yummy! Pancake Day!!!

Reminders:
-Grade 6 Exhibition will take place May 5th from 9-11 am and 6-8 pm.  All parents and students are welcome to come and support our grade 6 students.  The topics that they have covered are: Physician, terrorism, immigration, disabilities, Climate change and pollution.
Pledge forms are due April 28th:
Monday, April 24th-Costume Day!
Tuesday, April 25th-Popcorn Day!
Wednesday, April 26th-Pancake Breakfast & Casual Day!
Thursday, April 27th-Sundae & Fruit Day!
Friday, April 28th-Dance Party & Casual Day!
-I also placed a piece of paper that a grade 6 student from our school, asked for us to help him with to collect data for his personal project on Preventing Climate Change.  Please return by May 1 st.

Hello JK parents!

It was rainy day to day, but we had a lot fun learning more about mammals and measurement.
We started our day off with a Spring Fundraiser assembly and because our school had already raised $3, 000, a few students who donated pledge money got to wrap a teacher with toilet paper!
Daily 5-The students had the opportunity to explore books individually or with a partner.
Language/UOI-The Jk's were able to match animal tracks with the correct mammal, we used picture and word cards to practice our reading skills and printed in our Journals.
Math-We learned more about measurement and sizes with a Big and Small activity.  Each student got the chance to classify if their picture of an object was Big or Small.

Reminders
-Scholastic book orders and money are due tomorrow.
-Grade 6 Exhibition will take place May 5th from 9-11 am and 6-8 pm.  All parents and students are welcome to come and support our grade 6 students.  The topics that they have covered are: Physician, terrorism, immigration, disabilities, Climate change and pollution.
Pledge forms are due April 28th:
Monday, April 24th-Costume Day!
Tuesday, April 25th-Popcorn Day!
Wednesday, April 26th-Pancake Breakfast & Casual Day!
Thursday, April 27th-Sundae & Fruit Day!
Friday, April 28th-Dance Party & Casual Day!
-I also placed a piece of paper that a grade 6 student from our school, asked for us to help him with to collect data for his personal project on Preventing Climate Change.  Please return by May 1 st.

matching mammals with their animal tracks!

Mrs. Padovan getting into the fundraiser spirit!

Journal writing: "My favorite mammal is a _________"

Hello JK parents!

I hope everyone had a great weekend and enjoyed the beautiful weather.  The students were all excited to kick off this weeks Spring Fundraiser with Costume Day today!  Thank you again to all parents who contributed, all the money raised will be put towards purchasing more school equipment.
Here are a few things we did today:
Daily 5-The JK's explored Literacy Centers today and practiced their letter name and sound recognition skills.
Art-Ms. Kerr had the students colour by numbers with a fun activity using paper and crayons.
Language/UOI-The students learned more about adult and baby mammals today.  Each JK had to explore around the classroom to find the matching "mommy or daddy" and "baby" mammal.  The JK's then had to match the corresponding word card with each picture.

Reminders:
-Scholastic book orders due April 26th.
-Pledge forms are due April 28th:
Monday, April 24th-Costume Day!
Tuesday, April 25th-Popcorn Day!
Wednesday, April 26th-Pancake Breakfast & Casual Day!
Thursday, April 27th-Sundae & Fruit Day!
Friday, April 28th-Dance Party & Casual Day!
-I also placed a piece of paper that a grade 6 student from our school, asked for us to help him with to collect data for his personal project on Preventing Climate Change.  Please return by May 1 st.

Learning about adult and baby mammals

Matching mammal picture and word cards!

Classifying Living and Nonliving Things last Friday

Spring Fundraiser assembly!

Hello JK parents!

Happy Friday! Everyone was dressed in blue and green to celebrate Earth Day today.  We also took part in a school clean up around the school and did our part to keep our planet clean!  The JK's had a lot of fun doing their part and during a sharing circle, made an Action Plan to pick up garbage when they see at school or at home.  Great job JK's!  The students also took part in a Living and Nonliving Things classifying activity, using a variety of toys.  Each student had to determine if their toy was a living or nonliving thing and had to explain their reason. They then had to show their learning with a cutting and pasting activity, using pictures to classify living and nonliving things.

Reminders:
-Scholastic book orders due April 26th.
-Spring Fundraising Packages are going home today! Pledge forms are due April 28th:
Monday, April 24th-Costume Day!
Tuesday, April 25th-Popcorn Day!
Wednesday, April 26th-Pancake Breakfast & Casual Day!
Thursday, April 27th-Sundae & Fruit Day!
Friday, April 28th-Dance Party & Casual Day!

Earth Day pledge!

Hello JK parents!

Spring Fundraiser forms and pledges can still be handed in!  Thank you to everyone who participated!
Here are a few things we did today:
Daily 5-The JK's were engaged in a variety of Center activities that helped them practice their letter name, sound and printing skills.
Language-We continued our Earth Week theme with a Journal writing activity.
Math-The JK's enjoyed learning more about Measurement using their names!  We collaborated to investigate who's name is the LONGEST?

Reminders:
-Earth Day Spirit Dress Up day is on April 21st, students may dress up in blue or green.  Our school (JK to grade 2) will be participating in a school wide clean up to do our part for Earth Day!  We encourage parents to bring in garden or winter gloves for your child to use to help pick up garbage on that day.  Gloves can also be purchased for $2 and are due to be brought in by April 20th.
-Scholastic book orders due April 26th.
-Spring Fundraising Packages are going home today! Pledge forms are due April 28th:
Monday, April 24th-Costume Day!
Tuesday, April 25th-Popcorn Day!
Wednesday, April 26th-Pancake Breakfast & Casual Day!
Thursday, April 27th-Sundae & Fruit Day!
Friday, April 28th-Dance Party & Casual Day!

Who's name is the Longest???

Earth Week Journal writing

Science Experiment about Polluting water

Hello JK parents!

I hope everyone enjoyed their Easter weekend.  The JK's were very excited to share stories about what they did, during a sharing circle today.  We were also very excited to see the egg hatch and our plants growing into plants!
Here are a few things we did today:
Art-Ms. Kerr had the students explore their creative side while creating Earth Day projects.
Daily 5-The JK's listened to a read a loud story titled Earth Day Every Day, which introduced a variety of ways we can help keep our planet clean for Earth Week!
Language-The students worked on practicing their printing and early spelling skills with a Journal writing activity.  We first brainstormed ways in which we can help keep the earth clean and wrote down and drew pictures of our ideas.
Science/UOI-The JK's were excited to learn more about water pollution and the effects it has on animals that live in it with a fun experiment.

Reminders:
-Spring Fundraiser forms and money are due tomorrow!!!
-Earth Day Spirit Dress Up day is on April 21st, students may dress up in blue or green.  Our school (JK to grade 2) will be participating in a school wide clean up to do our part for Earth Day!  We encourage parents to bring in garden or winter gloves for your child to use to help pick up garbage on that day.  Gloves can also be purchased for $2 and are due to be brought in by April 20th.

our seeds are growing into plants!

our egg hatched into a baby chick!

Inquiry Table: Classifying Living and Nonliving Thigns

Giovanni helping with calendar 

Hello JK parents!

 Yesterday I did not put up a blog, due to a Seminar that Ms. Padovan and I lead yesterday with 20 other IB Primary teachers.
What a beautiful Thursday! We had so much fun starting our with a Easter themed House game! The JK's enjoyed a variety of Easter themed activities today! We started off with a science experiment, using a magic egg and water. The students had to predict what living creature do they think will hatch from the egg, when we come back on Tuesday?  The Jk's remembered from what they had learned about living things and classifying animals that birds are born from eggs!  Most students guessed that it would be a duck or chick!  We also enjoyed decorating eggs and an Easter egg hunt!

Reminders:
-Earth Day Spirit Dress up day is on April 21st.  We are also holding a school clean up day by doing our part to keep our school clean!  We kindly ask parents to bring in gardening or winter gloves for your child to use to help clean up.  Your child may also purchase gloves for $2 on that day!
-Scholastic book orders due April 26th.
-Spring Fundraising Packages are going home today! Forms are due April 19th and pledge forms are due April 28th:
Monday, April 24th-Costume Day!
Tuesday, April 25th-Popcorn Day!
Wednesday, April 26th-Pancake Breakfast & Casual Day!
Thursday, April 27th-Sundae & Fruit Day!
Friday, April 28th-Dance Party & Casual Day!

Easter Egg Art!

What will it be????

Super excited about finding our Easter Eggs!