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Week 39 - June 20th -24th 2022
It was the last full week of school for students at West Royalty Elementary School! Well done KA! We had a great year of fun playing and learning togetherš This week we continued to work on tapping for reading and writing, digraph sounds and long and short vowel sounds. We discussed how important and fun it is to read during summer vacationš
We planned and implemented our end of year birthday partyššššš We celebrated everyone's birthday on the same day! It was awesome!!! We also had PJ day on fantastic Friday.šš
Below are some of the other things we did this weekš Have a super weekend everyone! Anita
We wrote and illustrated a response to the question - What would you like to be when you grow up and why? We are super star writers and illustratorsš
We had a great KA birthday party! It went just the way we planned itšš
We made our own birthday hatsš
Look what we found on our Snake Path walk!
We created "bucket" lists of what we want to do this summer!š
We used our sorting boards to identify objects that start with the digraph "sh"š
We used play dough cutters to create paintings!
Together we said the object words and determined if the word used a long o or a short o vowel sound. Good job KA!
Then we worked on the long and short e sound!
Week 38 - June 13th - 17th 2022
Another fun week in KA!! This week we got to go and visit a Grade 1 classroom !! We are excited to be leaving kindergarten and going to Grade 1 in the Fall!! This week in Fundations we continued our work on digraphs as well as tapping for reading and writing and talking about text, sentence structure and retelling stories. We wrapped up the week with Fun Day with the whole school participating in indoor and outdoor activities! It was awesomeš
Below are photo's of some of our work from this weekš Have an amazing weekend, summer season is just a few days awayš Anita
We shared and discussed what we liked best about Fun day at our school. It was a very exciting dayš
We created our own paper plate pizza'sšš
We recorded our toppings and counted how many in all! We plan on having pizza at our KA birthday party next week!š
We made Father's Day cards!
This is our morning message. We are focussing on noticing digraphs, tricks words and conventions in writing:)
We know about volume and more or lessš
We are exploring amazing magnets!
Mrs. LeClair took photo's of our crazy hair!
We used describing words to tell about our crazy hair and displayed them for an audience.
We read the story "The very busy Spider" by Eric Carle. We discussed and retold the story and created a chart to tell about the characters, the setting and the main events in the story.š
We used summer stickers, picture details and words to tell a story. We told our stories to Mrs. LeClair!
We were long and short i vowel detectives! We said the words together and determined if the i in each word was long or short. Great team work friends!
We used our sorting boards to sort objects that start with the digraph "th"š
Week 37 - June 6th - 10th 2022
Congratulations KA! We completed Unit 3 of the Fundations program! This week we showed what we know about tapping out words for reading and writing and how to retell a story with detailsš We started Unit 4 and learned about the digraphs, wh, ch, sh, th, ck. We learned that these letters stay together to make a sound and that we now know their letter, keyword,sound!
Below are some of the projects we worked on this weekšš Have a super weekend everyone! Anita
We worked on representing the number 16!
We planned for our birthday party!
We celebrated crazy hair dayš
We created our own trick word resource. We now have a bag of trick words from our Fundations program that we can practise at home š Trick words are words we can not tap out!
We are working on digraphs and trick words!
We used a sorting board to sort pictures beginning with the digraph "Wh".
We used a sorting board to sort pictures beginning with the digraph "Ch".
We discussed our feelings about school and learning.
We reflected.
We completed a self evaluation.
We wrote about what we think about schoolš
We read a book about things that can fly. We wrote about what we would do if we were a kite...
We talked about kites and how they fly, then we coloured and decorated pictures of kites.
We used the linking/connecting word "and" to join two ideas together in our writing.
We displayed them for other students to look at and readš
We discussed sentence structure (upper case letter, period and finger spaces. We used the trick words " we, he, she" to begin our sentence.
We worked on representing 15 in different ways and identifying them.
We are thinking about patterns using different objects.
We made our sand tray look like the beach!
We used pictures and words to retell the story of the very hungry caterpillaršš¦
We followed auditory directions to create a hanging sunš
We created a short, long pattern with our sun's rays!
We bought the sunshine into our classroomš
Week 36 - May 30th - June 3rd 2022
Another exciting and eventful week in KA! Hard to believe it is June and we have only 3 weeks left in kindergarten!
Below are some examples of things we did this weekš Have a fabulous weekend! Anita
Our weekend reflectionsš
We read the morning message and solved the domino math problems together. We explained our thinking as we worked.
We used dominoes to practise counting and showing a number as two parts then we transferred our knowledge to record our work.
We read the story of the Very Hungry Caterpillar.
We followed directions to create our own hungry caterpillars.š
We added details!
We wondered if the caterpillars would eat our beans!
The caterpillars are not real and the beans are real!
We watched non fiction videos, read stories, did puzzles and played games around the life cycle of a butterfly.
We learned that the life cycle of a butterfly is a 4 element pattern as it constantly repeats!
We created our own life cycle of a butterfly. We put it in the correct order and labelled the different parts.
We learned the word, Metamorphosis!
We created a display to show others what we are learningš
We put together a puzzle of the life cycle of a butterflyš¦
We made bugs on a leaf š
We created 2 and 3 element patterns for the caterpillar body parts.
We displayed them so our friends could name our patterns!
We identified the trick word "was" in this sentence and phrased it to practise reading like we talk! We also discussed the uppercase letter at the beginning of the sentence and using punctuation at the end!
We drew caterpillar number lines and practised counting forward and backward from a given number.
We worked on showing and recognizing 14 in different ways.
We reflected on our trip to Victoria Park and what we liked bestš
Week 35 - May 23rd - 27th 2022
It has been a short week this week for KA. We welcomed the West Royalty Elementary Kindness Bear to our classroom and spent time reflecting and focusing on being kindš
Below are some of the things we accomplished this weekš Have a lovely weekend š
Meet West Royalty's Kindness Bear. He came to visit KA!
Kindness Bear has his own back pack! He delivers kindness from class to class.
6D made us a poster reminding us to be kind!
We sent smiles and high fives!
We made cards to send back to 6Dš
We collected food for the community fridge to show kindness to others.
We can use pictures to solve math problems and write a math sentence to show the answer.
We like to draw pictures on the white board and label our friendsš
We created a caterpillar picture and added details.
We showed 6 as 2 parts using red and blue body segments and wrote the math sentence to match our caterpillar.
We worked on recognizing the trick words, a, as, has.
We read a book together and discussed the story.
We talked about the characters, the setting and the main events in the story and wrote them down.
We created butterflies out of clothes pins, baggies and fruit loops!
We counted how many fruit loops we used.
We wrote about where we think our butterfly might fly toš¦
We read about the life cycle of a butterfly. The author used photographs not illustrations! The author asked us at the end of the story where the butterfly might go.
Week 34 - May 16th - 20th 2022
This week we worked on developing our number sense, recognition and seriation through spring activities as well as practicing all our reading and writing strategies. Practice makes progress! We are working hard remembering our "trick" words and tapping out other unknown words in both reading and writing. We are getting good at transferring our knowledge to a broader contextš Well done KA!! Have an amazing Victoria Day weekendšš· Anita
We decorated our fiction bugs then used square tiles to measure how long the bug was. We recorded our answer in a sentence.
We used words to describe our bugs.
We read a story and used pictures to answer the question!
We played Bingo! We matched pictures to wordsš Bingo is so much fun!!
We used 2D shapes to create flower art! The challenge was to use the handful of shapes we were given!!! We learned that art can take on many different forms using many different thingsš
We worked on math addition outside!
We used dandelions to help us add two numbers.
We recorded our answers on our clipboards!
We are using different reading strategies to read the morning message. We are identifying trick words, checking for punctuation and meaning and making sure our letters have correct formation.
We matched stickers to the numbers to create a picture.
We worked together to identify the numbers and took turns putting them in the right place on the picture.
Mrs. LeClair was amazed by our collaboration, concentration span and attention to detail!! Well done KA!
We can tell a story by acting it out, using pictures and using words. We can read the story and understand its meaning!
We can read simple sentences and figure out the missing word. We know which letters are skyline letters and which are plane line letters and we can tell when a sentence makes senseš
We are working on showing a number in different ways.
Look at all the ways we can represent 10!
We hung our symmetric butterflies in our classroomš¦
We created symmetric butterflies by painting half the butterfly then pressing the paint on the other half to make them the same!
We love to paint!šØ
We are tapping out and spelling words on our writing tablets. We can use Fundations letter formation!
We can determine which numbers are missing in seriation 1-20 and write the numerals in correct formationš We can check our work using our resources!
This weeks weekend reflections - What did you do on Saturday and Sunday?
Week 33 - May 9th - 13th 2022
This week we focused our learning on spring trees, flowers and bees. We created trees, bees and flowers, we read and watched videos about bees and flowers then we wrote what we know about bees and flowers.š¼š·š We also got to taste honey!!
During Fundations we have been practicing our vowel extensions so we can identify them in our CVC words as well as making up silly CVC words and retelling a story using pictures and acting it out.
Below are some examples of our learning this week! Enjoy your weekend! š Anita
We chose less than 7 black dots for our lady bug.
We painted around the dots. We had to be very careful and slow.
We wrote a math sentence to show how many black dots on the lady bug wings. We can show a number as two parts.
We coloured flowers.
We placed stickers on our flowers.
We counted how many stickers on each side of the flower.
We wrote a math sentence to match our flowers.
We can show a number as two parts!
Our hair (grass) is growing!! We learned that grass takes LESS than 10 days to grow! 4 friends predicted it would take less than 10 days.
Our beans are growing! Are they growing up to the sky yet???
We used construction paper and tissue paper to create Cherry trees in bloom! We followed a visual resource.
We learned that Cherry trees blossom in the Spring. We found pictures of Cherry Blossoms online and in books!
We love building words with the Fundations standard letter cards so some of us made a set for our class! Thank you friends!!
We used jewels to help solve the missing number math problem!
We are learning that a number can be shown in 2 parts. We can name the parts!
We use pictures to answer a math story problem.
We can show our answer as a math sentence.
We write about what we know independently!
We created a display to show how we can use describing words to tell what we know and different materials to create a picture.
We used cylinders to paint the lupin flowers. We cut the stems and leaves.
Our writing matches our picture.
We described our lupins using describing words!
We created bee puppets!
We shared what we know about bees through writing!
We created a display so other students could learn about bees.
We can use writing to share information!
We created a mind map of all the facts we know about beesš
We circled the tricks words we know in the morning message. We circled the other words we know and the words we were able to sound out! We read the whole morning message!!
We used our sense of sight to explore a birds nest.
We can use pictures and words to send a message or tell a storyš Below are reflections of our weekend!
Week 32 - May 2nd - 6th 2022
This week we focused on Spring, planting and growing as well as celebrating the special Mother figures in our livesš
During Fundations we continue to work on tapping out words for spelling and reading, alphabetical order, reading short sentences, sentence structure and re telling a story in sequence.
Below are some examples of our learning this week:) Have a super weekend! Anita
We created pictures for our mother figures using clayš¼š
We used paint to create a potted flower picture. We used words to send a message to our mother figures. š
We read the colour words for our jelly bean sort. We sorted them by colour.
We counted and recorded how many of each colour and ate them! We tallied which flavour was our favourite. Green was KA's favourite!
We created a display so we could share our learning and teach others through our work. š¼
We used butterflies to help solve the missing number in our part/part/whole activity. There are 5 butterflies. If we separate those 5 butterflies into 2 parts, 1 part is 4 then how many are left for the other part?
We discussed the different parts of a flower. We put them into 4 categories.
We created a picture of the flower and labeled the 4 parts.
We discussed and recorded what a seed needs to grow. We tapped out the words to spell!
We read the story of Jack and the Beanstalk. We discussed the fact that not every author tells a story the same way.
We planted beans!
We answered the question above. KA unanimously decided that our beans will not grow to the sky. We will see!!š
We read the story " The Seed" By Joy Cowley. The same author as the Mrs. Wishy Washy series!
We planted grass seed then predicted if the grass would take more or less than 10 days to grow.
We planted grass seed and put photo's of our faces on the front. The grass will represent our hair! When it grows we can give ourselves a haircut!
Below are our weekend reflections.š
Week 31 - April 25th - 29th 2022
This week we continued to learn and discuss about our community and the people in it as well as thinking about mapsš
We talked about self reflection and how our actions and words impact others. We read the "One rule classroom" and discussed positive ways to support learning, be kind to someone's heart and what our best self looks likeš
During Fundations we continued tapping for reading and spelling, talking about long and short vowel sounds and alphabetical order. We also read a new story " Baby Echo finds Echo at last". We listened and looked for comprehension and answered questions about the story.
We have been working on the number 12 and showing it and identifying it in different waysš
We took a survey of our friends using the question- Which career would you choose". We collected and discussed the data. More students chose police officers and less chose fire fighters.
We made birthday cards for a Veteran who is celebrating his 90th birthday in Mayšš We are being kind, thoughtful and caring to othersš
We used our observational skills and knowledge of positional language to answer the questions in our big book!
We are working on positional language. We practiced using blocks and bugs and putting them in different positions. We named the positions.
We followed the directions to place the characters in the picture using positional language.š
We discussed a new math story problem. How can we draw a picture to show our thinking?
We found that if 9 butterflies are on a bush but 5 fly away there will be 4 left.š¦š¦š¦š¦š¦š¦š¦š¦š¦ 9-5=4
We practiced counting backwards from 20 to 1. We cut out the missing numbers and put them in the correct number sequence.
We discussed the tools each community helper would use.
We hunted around the classroom for the tools that community helpers use then we recorded our findings on our clip board to match.šØāš¾š©āššØāš
We wrote a number line 1-10. We created Emoji puppets to help us count along the number line.
We used our number line and Emoji puppet to help us solve the math problems! We created more of our own questions for the class so we could practiceš
We use pictures and words to convey a messageš
We can label our pictures, give our work a title and write the author!
We created a community helper book. We used a picture of ourselves for the head.
We practiced reading the book independently and to our friendsš
We wrote about our weekend adventures!
Week 30 - April 18th - 22nd 2022
This week we celebrated Earth Day, learned about our community and the people working in it and were inspired to create after reading the book " Ten black dots" By Donald Crews.
During Fundations we worked on tapping for reading and spelling as well as learning that there are short and long vowel sounds!
Below are some of the exciting things we did this week in KA. Have a super weekend! Anita
We collected garbage from around the school property to help keep the Earth and animals safe!
We collected 3 bags!!
Happy Earth Day!š
We use pictures and words to send a message! Thank you friend!
Happy Earth Day š
We had a discussion about how we can keep the earth healthy. We talked about best practices and checked the pictures that represented best choices for the earthš
We created a display to show everyone how we plan to look after the earthš
We promise to help the animals.
We promise to help the environment.
We promise to pick up garbage.
We made a door display of our black dot creations!
We were inspired by the book "Ten black dots" by Donald Crews.
We searched google images to help generate ideas.
We used our imaginations to generate ideas.
We are learning about community helpers!
We hunted around the classroom for the objects our helpers would use in their work. We presented them to the class.
We can draw pictures and write to tell a story about how we feel and what we want.
We had a discussion about community helpers and if we could be a community helper which would we beššØāšš©āššØāš¾
We worked on different ways to show 11.
We created words ending with ot, op, og using our alphabet magnets. We did a word hunt and sorted words by end sounds!
We played a matching game using rhyming words and then we wrote a sentence using one of the words.
Week 29 - April 11th - 15th 2022
This was an exciting week in KA! We showed Mrs. LeClair what we know about Fundations. We listened to sounds to identify words, we tapped out words using the standard letter cards, we showed alphabetical order and printed upper case letters using proper letter formation. We are working hard!!!
We explored and learned using materials associated with Easter this week. Below are some of the activities we participated inšš°š„
Have a Happy Easter friends and family! Anita š
We made bunny masks to wear for our Easter celebration.š°š°
We created spring pictures by adding sticker and marker details to pictures. Can you guess how they are feeling by their expressions?
We created chick baskets to put our treats in from our Egg Hunt! We had fun!!š„
We used magnets to figure out the missing number. We know that a number can be made up of two parts. This was tricky!
We used mini eggs to create math sentences and find out the answer. We add two numbers to create another number!
We made Easter cards using our feet and hand prints. We used Fancy Nancy writing to write our message.šš°š„
We used pictures to tell a story. We put them in sequential order so the pictures matched the story in the right order. We also talked about making sure the egg colours matched the words in the storyš
We used Easter stickers to create 3 element patterns.
We used "thinking time" to plan before we created!
We are learning about symmetry.
We created symmetric eggs!
Week 28 - April 4th - 8th 2022
This week we finished unit 2 in our Fundations program where our primary focus has been, learning alphabetical order, how to print uppercase letters and tapping out CVC words for reading and writing. We also read, wrote and learned using things we might find on a farm as well as reading about a new character Joy Cowley writes about. His name is " Dan the flying Man". Below are examples of some of the activities we worked on this week!
Have a fabulous weekend! Anita
We predicted what Dan might do next if Joy Cowley made another page in her book!
We drew a picture of our prediction and wrote about what we think.š¤
We created a display based on the story - "Dan the Flying Man" by Joy Cowley. On one of the pages he flies over flowers!š·š¼š»šŗ
We learned about different art strategies to create 3D effects.
We can make 3D creations too!
There are lots of things we can fly over!
We discussed what we would fly over if we could fly, just like Dan the flying man.
We created a picture to match our words using different materials.
We chose the materials we wanted to use.
We read the big book - Dan the Flying Man by Joy Cowley. We read the little books in small groups and discussed the rhyming words we heard.
We wrote the words to match the pictures using our sounding out tapping strategy. We identified which words rhyme with Dan!
We created books about Dan the Flying Man.
We displayed them for friends to read!
We created a spring number line to 20. We colored it and attached stickers to match the numerals. We can use it as a resource in the math center.
We matched baby animals to their mothers and learned the vocabulary for each one.
We worked with 3D shapes.
We collaborated with our friends.
We made farms and barns for the farm animals.
We played a game of in the cup/out the cup using jewels to figure out the math problem.š„
We solved a math problem using pictures and a math sentence to show our answer.š š¤šš
We played I spy in the classroom. We sorted objects by 3D shapes and recorded our answers.šā½
We wrote about farms. What do you like about the farm?šššš¤
Week 27 - March 28th - April 1st 2022
This week was spent our time developing skills through play, literacy. numeracy and creative expression. Our main topic of conversation and discussion was centered around Mrs. Wishy Washy and farms!
During Fundation word work we continued working on alphabetical order, tapping out CVC words and working on the print formation for upper case letters.
Below are some examples of our learning this week:)
Have a great weekendšš
We helped the cow find it's way to the tub through the maze!
We used 2 sided counters to help us learn the 2 parts of 10. Spill and shake the cup and count how many of each colour. We recorded all the ways we saw!
We followed the directions on the map! We are learning about mapping and our communityš
We are learning about the animal sounds we might hear on a farm and writing about what we knowš¤ššš
We made pig faces using paper plates and following a resource. We figured out how it was made!š·
Ms. Morrison created a provocation for us to explore and generate idea's around farm animals and 3D shapes.
We used puppets and props to act out the story of "Mrs. Wishy Washy". Everyone in the class got a turn to be a characterš
We displayed our work for an audienceš
We read another book about Mrs. Wishy Washy by the same author! We noticed that in this book she added a new character!š
We I spied 2D shapes in the pig picture and created a block graph to show how many of each we found. We noticed there were more circles and less triangles and that 4, 5, 6 count on. We also noticed that the blocks look like a video game!
We talked about things we see on a farm. Tractors help farmers with their workš We painted our feet to use as the body of the tractor.
We created a title for our picture.
We added details to our tractors and displayed our work!
Week 26 - March 21st - 25th 2022
We had a wonderful first week back after March break! We are excited to play and learn together! We have been playing with our new marble maze, drawing and colouring collaboratively, exploring 3D shapes and playing lots of games involving turn taking and following directions. This week we have been reading about Mrs. Wishy Washy by Joy Cowley. We have had lots of discussions about farms, animals and our own personal experiences. We have learned about text, predictions, inferring and characters. We have discussed the setting of the book as well as what happened in the beginning, middle and end and the main characters and our favourite characters (using a story ball)
During our Fundations work we have been learning to print the Upper case letters G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O,P. We have been using our tapping out strategy to sound out short words and learning about alphabetical order.
Below are some examples of what we completed this weekš Enjoy your weekend! Anitaš
We have been learning about alphabetical order!
We are exploring 3D shapes!
We read the story of Mrs. Wishy Washy. We used a big book and little books to read together!
We chose our favourite character from Mrs. Wishy Washy, we coloured it, cut it out and used brown paint to represent the mud on the animals! We used our hands to paint!
We learned a rhyme to help us remember our vowels. Old MacDonald had a farm!ššš¤
We discussed the characters in the book "Mrs Wishy Washy". We talked about our favourite character and why.
We wrote about our favourite character and drew a picture to match!
We read the morning message and answered the question. We recorded our answers! We learned that when we read a book we don't always think the same as someone else!
We read another book about Mrs Wishy Washy! We predicted what might happen in this book when the title was "The hole in the tub".
We asked our friends who their favourite character in the book was. We tallied our answers and discussed what we found out!
We started doing mazes!! We had to help duck find the tub so Mrs. Wishy Washy could wash her!š¤ We had to look closely and stay in between the lines and we couldn't cross any lines!
We read another story problem!
We drew a picture to show our thinking. We worked independently!
We wrote a math sentence to show our answer.š
Week 25 - March 7th - 11th 2022
What an amazing week in KA celebrating 100 days of school, thinking about everything green for St. Patrick's Day and starting Unit 2 in Fundations! We are working on tapping out words and learning to recognize and print upper case letters!
Below are some of the things we experienced in KA this week. Next week is March break! I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday! Take care and stay safe š Anita
We coloured our pot of gold then sorted and glued on fruit loops using the colours in order of the rainbowš
There were no blue fruit loops! We solved the problem!š
We counted the fruit loops and recorded our answers using numerals to show the number.š
We celebrated 100 days in kindergarten! We made hats to wear on our special day.šš
We predicted how far we would get if we walked 100 steps from our classroom door. We walked 100 steps then recorded our answer! We discussed how far 100 steps is!
We discussed 100 things we would like and 100 things we would not like. We used pictures and words to record our answersš We used our sounding out strategy!
In our science center Ms. Morrison created a provocation. We used our senses to explore the different materialsšš
We put food colouring in cups of water. We used the primary colors. It was a pattern. cup of water, empty cup, cup of water, empty cup.
We arched paper towel from one cup into the next. We wondered what would happenš¤
The paper towel soaked up the colored water and transferred it to the empty cup. The colors mixed together to make new colors. Blue and red together make purple. Blue and yellow together make green. Red and yellow together make orange.
We used a cup of water to represent the rain and put it in the sun light. The sun reflected through the water to create a rainbow.š+ā=š
We learned that you need water (rain) and sun to create a rainbow.
We showed what we know through paint!šØš
We learned about the colors in a rainbow and their names.š We created rainbows using tissue paper to hang from the ceiling! When the window is open they blow in the wind!š¬
Sometimes we use 6 colors to create a rainbow but there are actually 7 colors in a rainbow!š
We answered a math question using illustrations and a math sentence!
We colored and decorated 4 leaf clovers š We learned that 4 leaf clovers are good luckš
We collaborated together using our sounding out strategy to create a list of objects we know that are greenš
Lenny the Leprechaun came to visit KA! He left a note for us to read! We had fun searching for his gold coinsš°š°
We set traps for the Leprechauns who might visit KA on St. Patrick's Day! We are hoping to catch one and find his pot of gold! šš
Week 24 - Feb 28th - March 4th 2022
We are very excited to celebrate our 100 days in kindergarten next week. We have been creating 100 day projects using 100 objects and planning for our celebration.
We began Unit 2 of our Fundations literacy program this week. The focus of this unit is alphabetical order and using our fingers to tap out consonant/vowel/consonant words. Ex. sit, cat, fog
Below are some of the activities we have participated in this week. Have a super weekend! Anita
We used illustrations to show our thinking and solving of math problems. Keaton and Julia got 6 bean bags in the bucket and 2 outside the bucket. We drew a picture to show this and wrote a math sentence to matchš
This week we worked on the number 10. We discussed and recorded all the ways we can show tenš
We can count to 100! We collaborated together to figure out what numbers were missing from our 100 chart. We are working on printing numbers and checking for accuracy !
We did a dot to dot to 100! It made a school housešā We added details to our picture!
We created a picture out of the number 1 0 0.
We wrote about our picture!
We are planning our 100 day celebration!! We made a list of all the things we needed to buy. We had a $10 budget. We figured out the cost of each and discussed ways we could save. We will make the hats, we already have streamers and balloons and we voted on either chips or cookies, not both:) We stuck to our budgetš
We created art using 100 objects!
Our Educational Assistant made an ice cream cone with 100 sprinkles!
We displayed our 100 day projects for everyone to see!
We worked hard on our projects with our families!
We used lots of different materials!
Mrs. LeClair used 100 Covid tests to make a penguin picture for 2022!
Week 23 - Feb 22nd - 23rd 2022
Another exciting week in KA! This week we used bears to help us learn new things! We love to play and learn togetherš
During Fundations word work this week we showed Mrs. LeClair what we know about letters, key words, sounds and letter printing. We now know most letters, key words and soundsš Our next goal is to continue to work on letter formation and start unit 2 with a focus on alphabetical order and sounding out 3 letter wordsš Exciting!!!
Below are some of the activities we did this week! Have a fabulous weekend! Anita
We developed a check list of success criteria for writing. We can use it when we are writing!
We wrote what we did on the weekend in our Fundations journalš
We used 6 Gummie bears and shared them between bear and elephant. We recorded all the ways we can share 6 but decided the fairest way was 3 and 3 ! Way to go KA! You are kind, thoughtful and caring!š
On Pink Shirt Day we discussed with a partner and as a whole group how we could be a "buddy" to another person.
We created bear caves using paper bowls and tissue paper.
We created bear masks to wear for hibernation day in our classroom!š»
We coloured, cut, counted and glued bears into different habitats. We used our pointer fingers to count and check our accuracy. 10 bears in the mountains and 5 bears near the stream.š
We posted a sign outside our door so everyone would know we were hibernating!
This is our bear caveš» We hibernated in it with our blankets, pillows and books!
We used the caves we made and counting bears to help us solve math questions.
We used our bears as non standard measurement. We measured objects in our classroom!
We measured and recorded our answersš
We drew pictures and used math sentences to show and solve math problems. We love finding our friends names in the problems!
We read a series of books about a bear. In the stories bear uses a quilt to keep warm. Using what we know about 3 element patterns we created coloured quilts!
We discussed words we could use to describe what a quilt looks and feels like. We used what we know about letters and sounds to help sound out the words. We used the describing words in the sentence and circled the trick words we knowš
Week 22 - Feb 14th - 18th 2022
This was an exciting week! We started off with a snow storm then a Valentine celebration then conversations about bears in preparation for hibernation day and we finished with Jersey day to celebrate the Olympics! What a week!! We hope you liked the Valentines letters and cards we made you!
This week was a review week for our Fundations program. We reviewed all the lower case letters, their key words and their sounds. We are working hard on our letter formation! It is tricky to remember to always start at the top so we need lots of practice:) We know that practice makes progress in KA!
We also welcomed our Pre service teacher from UPEI to our class:) We hope she enjoys teaching in KA!
Below are some of the concrete products we did. Lots of our work is through play, hands on learning and collaborative work and discussion with our peers:) We are getting very good at observing, questioning and making connections to our learning!
Have a super Islander Day weekend! Anita
We followed step by step instructions to draw a bearš» and wrote a sentence to match.
We grabbed a handful of bear manipulatives then sorted them into groups of red, yellow and blue. We graphed how many of each we had and determined which were more, less or the sameš
We discussed our favourite characters in the book- Brown Bear, Brown Bear. What do you see? š»
We made up our own sentence for the book- Brown Bear, Brown Bear.
I see a colour animal.
We drew a picture to match our words.
We discussed the similarities and differences of these two books.
We read- Polar Bear, Polar Bear. What do you hear? We used props to help tell the story and we noticed the similarities and differences between this book and Brown Bear.
We answered the question... Which was your favourite character and why? We used the trick word "because".
This is a Grizzly Bear foot print. We predicted then measured how many bears long it is. Then we measured our own feet using bears. We found that a Grizzly Bears foot is longer!
Week 21 - Feb 7th - 11th 2022
This week we worked on the letters Qu, qu and Zz in Fundations word work. The key word for Qu, qu is queen and the key word for Zz is zebra. Qu, qu and Zz are consonants. Qu, qu is a plane line round letter and Zz is a plane line slide letter. We also worked on printing using proper letter formation, rhyming and recognizing rhymes in books and developing a sense of sentence structure and conventions. The next 2 weeks will be review and assessment of the 12 weeks in unit 1 before moving on to unit 2.
We continue to enjoy playing and learning together using a collaborative approach with our friends! We have been discussing how to be kind, thoughtful and caring and preparing to celebrate Valentines Day on Monday.
Below are some of the activities we worked on this week in KA! Have a fantastic weekend! Anita
We read the book "Porcupine Valentine" and found words that rhymed. We then wrote the words as a list and read them with Baby Echo.
We each had a box of red and pink smarties. We sorted them by colour then recorded our findings on a block graph. We determined which colour we had more of. Most of us had more pink!
We created a caring treeš We read the message together and each circled a word we knew!
We discussed the words on our caring tree and shared examples of ways to show caring attributes. We wrote our names and decorated hearts to put on our tree to remind us to always try to be kindš
We wrote Valentine notes and drew pictures of us with out Valentinesš
We rolled them into scrolls to deliver the notes!
We have been drawing pictures to help us solve math word problems! We are excited to read our friends names in the story problems!
We created heart people to hang from the lights in our classroom to celebrate Valentines Dayš
We are working on colouring, cutting, gluing and following directions to create a picture. We gave our picture a titleš
Here's another story problem! Two of our friends went to outer space! What did they see?
We added 2 groups of hearts and showed our answer in a ten frame. There are lots of ways to show a number!
We are showing we can extend a patternš We are working independently! šššššš
Week 20 - Jan 31st - Feb 4th 2022 - Back to school!!!
This week we worked on the letters Xx and Yy in Fundations word work. The key word for Xx is fox and the key word for Yy is yellow. Xx and Yy are consonants. Xx and Yy are both plane line slide letters. We also worked on printing using proper letter formation, adding words to our illustrations when re telling the story "Baby Echo Flies" and developing a sense of sentence structure and conventions.
We had a wonderful week reconnecting with our friends and playing and learning together! We made hot chocolate, counted marshmallows, created snow family finger painting pictures, learned about the number 9, and solved math story problems with pictures about our friends!
We finished the week with a KA indoor snowball fight with cotton baton snowballs with trick words on them. We threw them at each other until we heard the word "freeze" then we had to read the trick word on the snowball we were holding or ask a friend to help us:) It was fantastic fun!!!!
Below are some activities we worked on in KA as well as displays we created of some of our remote learning projects!
Have a super weekend! Take care, Anita xoxo
Hand print snow families āāāāā
Fundations letter's of the week. Xx and Yy.
We learned to draw igloo's and penguin's and spelled the words using temporary spelling.
We finger painted to create our snow families!
We added details!
We had an active discussion on all the different ways we can show 9!
We used different coloured markers to show consonants and vowels in our names.
We counted how many vowels we have in our name and recorded our answer. We decorated our pictures using and naming different shapes!
We chose how many marshmallows we would like for our hot chocolate. We showed the number as a numeral and in a ten frame.
We made hot chocolate to have after outdoor recess and we used our sounding out strategy to spell the word mrshmlos š¤©
Week 15 - Dec 13th - 17th 2021
This week we worked on the letters Ee and Rr in Fundations word work. The key word for Ee is Ed and the key word for Rr is rat. Ee is a vowel and Rr is a consonant. Rr is a plane line letter and Ee is a plane line round special letter. We also worked on generating rhyming words, identifying syllables and developing a sense of sentence structure and conventions.
During the course of the week we made our own books! We are authors and illustrators! We wrote about the things we like to do during the holidays and we drew pictures to match our words:) We presented our books to the class! Our friends in KA were the audience!
Below are some other activities we worked on in KA!
Wishing everyone a safe and happy holiday:) See you all in 2022! Take care, Anita xoxo
We are working on the letters Rr and Ee in Fundations!
We are learning that pictures can tell math stories!
We created holiday decorations by scraping the black off to reveal colour underneath! It's magic!
We created Holiday Books. We wrote about things we like to do during the holidays:) We presented our books to our friends, they were a great audience! We even got to sit in the authors chair!
We can show our answer in a math sentence to match our picture! 2+6=8
Winter is coming! We decorated popsicle snowflakes:)
We used jewels to decorate our snowflakes! We showed our creativity!
We are using details in our drawing!
We can use pictures to answer questions!
We had fun decorating Gingerbread men!
We used icing, sugar balls and sprinkles to add details!
All our Gingerbread men were different!
We really liked using our sense of taste! We ate our Gingerbread men !!!
Welcome winter! We used different materials to decorate snowflakes to show winter:)
We created winter trees! We worked on de creating a 2 element pattern as well as developing an awareness of space.
Week 14 - Dec 6th - Dec 10th 2021
This week we finished week 6 of unit 1 in our Fundations program. I will be completing a mid unit assessment during the next week to inform my teaching moving forward. We are having lots of fun with Echo and baby Echo. They are teaching us about our letters, sounds and letter formation to use in our reading and writing:)
Below are some of the activities we have done this week in KA. Enjoy your weekend! Anita
Mrs. LeClair wrote her morning message but she didn't use all the writing strategies we know! We helped her edit her work so it looked and sounded right! We know that we need an upper case letter at the beginning of a sentence, punctuation at the end and we have to use the right words so the sentence makes sense! "It in Thursday" did not make sense! so we changed it to "It is Thursday". We are also working on writing math sentences to match our objects!
We made a class book for our math centre.
We had 10 decorations. We placed some on the tree and some off the tree.
We wrote a math sentence to match our picture. There are lots of ways to show 10 as 2 parts!
We have been choosing to colour with our friends during centre time! We have been writing labels to go with our pictures using our temporary spelling strategy and writing our names to show the author and illustrator:) We decided we would like to display them in our classroom so we created a mural:) We hope you like it!
We can show 8 in different ways. We practiced writing the numeral 8, it is easier now because we have learned to print the letter s in Fundations! We are also experimenting with patterns in our work:) Can you spot our patterns?
We collaborated in small groups:)
We drew pictures of Elves and talked about their workshop:)
We created the Elves work shop! We had lots of rich conversations!
We had fun working together! We discussed how to build it and what would be in our work shops!
We made spiral trees and decorated them with jewels!
We hung them from the ceiling:)
We learned to draw a reindeer using step by step instructions:) Some of us added details!
We created our own math mats to show a number as two parts. We will be using these as a concrete resource throughout the year!
We created a holiday card using our fingers to paint!
We wrote a holiday message and discussed who we might give the cards to:)
We can write a math sentence to show a number in two parts. We are learning that the two numbers can be different:)
We can show the number 9 as two parts.
We counted holiday objects to determine how many in a group and graphed and wrote our answers:)
Week 13 - Nov 29th - Dec 3rd 2021
This week we focused on the count down to the holidays! We have a paper chain hanging from our ceiling with the numbers 25-1. Each day the Ambassador of the day gets to rip off a link on the chain as we count down to the holidays!
During Fundations we started learning about the consonants Dd and Ss. The key word for Dd is dog and the key word for Ss is snake. We learned that both these letters are plane line round letters as they start on the plane line just like o, c, a and g:)
Below are some examples from our playing, creating and learning this week! Have a safe and enjoyable weekend! Anita
We had fun playing with dice and bingo dabbers! Fill a line!
We created Santa puppets to record counting 1-25 by gluing a cotton ball each day to Santa's beard!
We read the poem that goes with our Santa puppet and noticed rhyming words!
We are working on Dd and Ss during word work time:) We are also learning about rhyming words, syllables, how many words are in a sentence, using an upper case letter at the beginning of a sentence and for names and punctuation at the end of a sentence:) Lots of learning!!
We discussed how we can choose to be responsible:)
We used magnifying glasses to see our finger prints then created finger print graphs using ink. We learned that every persons finger print is different!
We used our nose to smell vinegar and grapefruit body cream. Some of us liked the smell of vinegar and some liked the smell of the body cream. It is okay to like different smells:) We wrote about what we like to smell. Some of us used our word resources and some used our temporary spelling strategy!
We are learning to draw things using step by step instructions. We learned to draw a tree!
We learned how to draw a house! We can label our drawings by giving them a title;)
We learned to draw Santa! We love Santa!
We created Reindeer:) We traced our hands to make the antlers! How many Reindeer do you see?
We created holiday trees using rectangles and dots. We noticed that the rectangles got smaller, the dots were less at the top than the bottom and that it is a pattern! This was tricky because we had to think about the position of objects in space!
Happy Holidays from KA!
We followed visual directions to create these tree decorations for our door to welcome friends to KA:)
Week 12 - Nov 22nd - 25th 2021
We continued to explore our 5 senses this week and are developing an awareness of how our senses work, when we use each one and how they inform our decisions by sending messages to our brain! We have been drawing and writing about our senses:)
During Fundations we started learning about the consonant Gg and the vowel Aa. The key word for g is game and the key word for a is apple. We learned that both these letters are plane line round letters as they start on the plane line just like o and c:) We also talked about how we write an a (a) and g (g) and how we see it in print (these look different but are the same letter). We have been learning to extend the vowel sound until the end of our breath:)
We played I spy words and coloured and read a new mini book for our book box:) We are working on identifying and noticing initial consonants in words. Find the word fish, it begins with what letter?
We like Echo and Baby Echo. They help us learn our letters and sounds!
We followed step by step instructions to draw Echo!
Echo is an owl:)
We have been learning about how pictures tell a story. Then we can add words. We told the story "Echo finds dinner" using pictures and words:)
We read the story together and circled some words from the text:)
We enjoy using the white boards and displaying them as resources for our friends. We are learning to title and label our work!
We discuss and recognize how to be kind, thoughtful and caring. What does it look like in our classroom?
In Fundations we are working on the letters Aa and Gg.
We read the big book "911 Quack" together then we used the little books to re read the story in pairs:)
We did a taste test! Before we tasted we used our other senses to see if we could determine what it was. We looked, we smelled, we listened and we touched. We had to taste to tell which one was salt and which was sugar. We used our 5 senses!
We wrote about what we like to taste!
We can read books about our senses!
We touched and created using play clay!
We wrote about what we like to touch:)
We read big books about our 5 senses:)
We talked about how a story has to make sense so the pictures have to go in the right order to tell the story. We worked in groups with story cards to tell stories in the correct sequence. We collaborated!
We worked on the number 6 and showed it in different ways!
Week 11 - Nov 16th - 19th 2021
We have been exploring our 5 senses this week and connecting them to the world around us:) We are very enthusiastic to share our learnings and observations! We read lots of books to help us understand and learn about our senses. Below are some examples of our experiences this week:)
During Fundations we started learning about the consonant Cc and the vowel Oo. The key word for c is cat and the key word for o is octopus. We learned that both these letters are plane line round letters as they start on the plane line:) We have been learning to extend the vowel sound until the end of our breath:)
We created binoculars and telescopes so we could spy things in the classroom using our sense of sight. We can see with our eyes!
We worked together on a "We see cars" poster. We used markers to create colourful designs and scissors to cut them out. We had rich discussions and conversations about what we were doing and our goals for the activity. In KA we enjoy playing with cars!
We are exploring our senses! We see and we hear!
We wrote a sentence in our Fundations journal to show something we see!
We are working on the letters Cc and Oo.
This is our Fundations resource wall:)
This is Echo the owl. She helps us learn our letters and sounds and she watches us from her perch on the calendar:)
This is Echo and Baby Echo!
We created books for our book boxes. We are focusing on the words "I,see,a" as well as noticing periods at the end of sentences! We played I spy words in our books and read them independently! We are super readers!
We used our sense of hearing by playing sound bingo! We played on teams and collaborated:) We had to identify sounds we might hear in our environment and connect them to the pictures on our bingo cards. We used 3 senses! We hear, we see and we touch!
We recorded what we can hear. We are starting to sound out unknown words. We stretch out the sounds and write the letter sounds we hear. This is temporary spelling and encourages risk taking with support:) We illustrated what we can hear to match our words:)
We worked on the number 5. We can show 5 in different ways! The word five, the numeral 5, 5 tally marks, 5 on a ten frame, 5 objects and 5 fingers. We can draw 5 cars! We also used cube a links to play a game of 123 snap. We broke a tower of 5 into two parts. 2 and 3 or 0 and 5 or 4 and 1.
Week 10 - Nov 8th - 12th 2021
It was a short 3 day week. We continued to have discussions about the weather as well as participating in games, songs, art, writing and drawing. Below are photos of some of the activities we completed:)
During Fundations we started learning about 2 vowels, Ii and Uu. The key word for i is itch and the key word for u is up. We learned that both these letters are plane line letters as they start on the plane line:) We will need lots of practice as these vowel sounds are very similar. We have been learning to extend the vowel sound until the end of our breath:)
Mrs LeClair is at the teachers convention on Friday and Monday so have a great long weekend and I will see KA again on Tuesday! Anita
We followed a color by number guide to complete this activity. We read the color words and recognized numbers 1-4. We are doing a great job developing our fine motor control by staying inside the lines and cutting out a shape:)
We used dot stickers to create groups of "more than" a given number.
So important for us to remember:)
We Will Remember Them.
Our 2 new large letter cards. They are vowels!
We discussed what the bear should wear for the different kinds of weather while we played this game!
We discussed our favourite kinds of weather and then wrote about them. We remembered that a picture tells a story and that our writing and picture have to match:)
We used the guided writing strategy. Mrs. LeClair modelled the writing and then we wrote it. We used our "Super Spacer" who help us remember to put finger spaces in between our words. We also remembered that Fundations has taught us to put an uppercase letter at the beginning of a sentence and a period at the end:) We are doing wonderful work!!
We created rainy day pictures. We tore up white tissue to make the clouds and used silver and blue jewels to represent the rain drops. We then recorded how many blue and how many silver rain drops and how many altogether:)
We cut up the title of our work into 3 words. "Rain drop math" and then put it back together on the top of our page. We looked at the initial consonants to figure out which word was which. R for rain, d for drop, m for math. Well done KA!
Week 9 - Nov 1st - 5th 2021
This week we focused our learning through hands on learning activities, creative expression and group discussions around showing and recording numbers in different ways and the weather. Below are some examples of our learning.
During our Fundations time with Echo and Baby Echo we learned the letters Nn and Mm (and reviewed Tt, Bb, Ff). They are plane line letters as they start at the plane line. We practiced writing these letters, read stories and discussed words that begin with these letters, used our magnetic letter boards to find the letters and learned the key words. The key word for n is nut and the key word for m is man. We also talked about how words form sentences and that we need an upper case letter at the beginning of a sentence and a period at the end. Baby Echo helped us read sentences! Echo told us the same story as last week about her day in the forest but then she acted it out while we re told the story! We had to think carefully about the story Echo told us and the details to make sure the story made sense. We did a great job!
During social studies and character building we have been discussing solving problems. Mrs. LeClair often asks us " How can you solve that problem?" " What can you do to solve the problem?" It is amazing what KA can do individually and collaboratively to solve a problem. It gives us the opportunity to become more independent, resilient and confident and therefore more willing to take risks:) Well done KA!!!
Have a great weekend, Anita
We read every day:)
We use our 5 senses to explore the world around us!
These are the large letter cards we review each day with Echo!
We are learning how to zip our jackets so we can become more independent:) It is important to zip your jacket to keep warm:)
We are working on the beginning sounds in words and attaching letters to pictures to show our learning!
We created monsters!!! Monster starts with M!
We read the words of each body part and used a numeral to show how many:)
We are developing creative expression and showing an audience! Are you scared?
We used bingo dabbers to create groups LESS than the given number shown:)
We glued on fall leaves to create groups the SAME as the given number shown:)
We have been discussing expected behaviour and unexpected behaviour in our class and with our friends. We also talked about how some choices are safe and some are unsafe. We played thumbs up and thumbs down when we discussed each set of pictures:)
We used a number cube to play this game! First we did it together and Mrs. LeClair modelled it then we did it independently. We are showing numbers in different ways!
We talk about the weather each day and how it affects the decisions we make. The Ambassador does the weather report at circle time:) This week we read a big book titled "Who cares about the weather?" We noticed it has a question mark in the title! We each created a weather wheel to use at home to show the weather each day!
We can use tally marks to record our answers. Mrs. LeClair asked "Which one would you like me to read first?" We each told her our choice and she recorded our answers using tally marks. We had to solve the problem when two books had the same amount! One student volunteered to change their answer! What a bucket filler!!
We recorded our own answers using tally marks! We are learning to use what we learn:)
Week 8 - Oct 25th - 29th 2021
This week we focused our learning through hands on learning activities, creative expression and group discussions around Halloween. Below are some examples of our learning.
During our Fundations time with Echo and Baby Echo we learned the letters Bb and Ff (and reviewed Tt). They are also sky line letters as they start on the sky line. We practiced writing these letters, read stories and discussed words that begin with these letters, used our magnetic letter boards to find the letters and learned the key words. The key word for b is bat and the key word for f is fun. We also talked about how words form sentences and that we need an upper case letter at the beginning of a sentence and a period at the end. Baby Echo helped us read sentences! Echo told us a story about a day in the forest. We listened very carefully and answered questions about the story afterwards to check our comprehension:) We are good listeners!
Have a Happy Halloween weekend! Anita
We worked on our fine motor control, creative expression and developing our concentration span and stamina.
We created a bat number line measuring tape. We had to cut it out and put it together in numerical order.
We used our bat measuring tape to measure objects in KA and record our findings on a data collection sheet. We also worked on printing our numbers:)
We have been learning about tally marks. We can use tally marks to show a number in a different way. We can match tally marks to numbers!
We can match numbers to objects that show the same amount.
We can collaborate in KA. We worked together to complete this tricky pumpkin puzzle!
We can read "I like" sentences and use pictures and initial consonants to figure out the words we don't know. We can use these words as resources in reading and writing!
We can play games at centre time:)
We can read messages and circle the words we know!
We painted our feet white then turned our foot print into a ghost!!! We read the rhyme together and then used what we know about words to sound out and spell what we like to eat as a treat! This is temporary spelling and encourages risk taking independently:)
More ghosts!! Don't be scared! LOL
Of course we talked a lot about Halloween and our costumes this week! We drew pictures of our costumes and completed a stem sentence to tell about it. We are learning that the picture tells the story and that the pictures and words need to match:)
We worked with a partner to colour a Halloween picture on the wall. We talked together about the colours we wanted to use, who was going to colour what and what the picture was about. Mrs. LeClair heard lots of rich conversations!
By standing to colour we worked on core strength and spatial awareness as we had to stand beside each other to colour:)
We created monsters!!! We named our monsters!! Some chose to name their monster after a friend and found the name through a resource in the classroom and some used temporary spelling to sound out the name!
We are working on 2 and 3 element patterns. We all got a bag with bats and spiders in it. We had to create a pattern using the materials in the bag! We are showing what we know about patterns!
We asked the question "Are you afraid of spiders?" to the whole class. We used our tally mark strategy to record the answers. We found that more of us were not afraid of spiders and less were afraid of spiders! We then wrote the data findings using numerals and drew a picture of a scary spider:)
We each had a bag of Halloween jelly beans! We had to match the colour word to the jelly beans and count how many. We looked at the first letter to help figure it out! We then recorded how many using numerals! Can you guess what we did with the jelly beans next ?!
Week 7 - Oct 18th - 22nd 2021
This week we focused our learning through gourds, pumpkins, Jack o lanterns, Halloween and Fall. Below are some of the many activities we did!
We started our Fundations program with our orientation week. We met Echo the owl and baby Echo who are helping us learn our letters and sounds. We learned how to sit and hold our marker ready to write. We learned the four lines in writing - sky line, plane line, grass line and worm line. We can point to them and name them! We learned the letter Tt. It is a skyline letter as we start by pointing to the sky line when writing the letter t. The key word for the letter t is "top".
Have a super weekend everyone! Anita
We explored gourds using our 5 senses. We wrote down our findings using describing words.
We created "My Pumpkin Seed, a Counting Story" We put it in our book box as a reading source.
We used a ten frame to show the number of seeds in the pumpkin.
We printed the numeral to match and learned the trick words " I, see"
We played the game, roll and draw a pumpkin. Each time you roll a number on the cube you draw a different part. Ex. roll a 1 - draw a nose
We discussed different emotions and expressions. We painted Jack O Lantern faces on paper pumpkins and completed the stem sentence- "My Jack O Lantern is...." with the word to match the face. We used tempory spelling and word approximations by writing the sounds we hear. Ex. Hape (happy)
We drew faces on our pumpkins:) We are very expressive!
We see lots of emotions in KA!
We created a pumpkin number line and practiced counting from a given number using the number line as a resource. Ex. Start at 4 and count to 10.
We sorted and compared our pumpkins and recorded the data we collected. We determined that we have more orange pumpkins and less white pumpkins.
We sorted picture cards based on the initial letter sound. We are letter detectives!
We created witches using our hand prints! We used a visual resource to put our picture together and added our own details:)
The KA classroom is ready for some spooky Halloween fun next week!!
Week 6 - Oct 11th - Oct 15th 2021
This week we focused our learning through Fall activities. This is done by forming literacy, numeracy, science, art and social studies connections to the world around us. Below are samples of activities and learnings in KA this week:) You will notice a reference to "tricky" words. This language is used in the new Fundations program to describe what used to be sight words or snap words. Have an amazing weekend! Anita
This is our "Fundations" corner! We are all ready to begin on Monday!
Echo the owl and Baby Echo can't wait to get started!!!
We used shiny leaves to create fall patterns:)
We put together the parts of an apple then used the seeds to represent the numeral on the apple.
We have been working on "filling each others buckets" with kindness and what it looks like and feels like when we are kind and unkind. We read the story "How full is your bucket".
We used a ten frame to represent the given number on the apple. Before completing this activity we played games, counted apples and did a large group matching apples and numbers activity.
We discussed the things we like to do in the fall and read a story about jumping in the leaves. We did a guided writing activity together and discussed sound/letter connections to sound out words and used "Super Spacer" to help remind us to place spaces between our words. We also talked about how the picture tells the story and that the reader needs to use the picture to help with the words. "In the fall I like to jump in the leaves" the picture has to be a person jumping in the leaves:)
We read a poem about Fall leaves. We focused on the tricky words, I, like, love, as well as the color words. We were word detectives and had to solve the mystery when Mrs. LeClair mixed up the sentences!
We counted objects and matched the numeral. We found a problem and collaborated together to solve it!! There were 7 pumpkins and no numeral 7 so we had to write it ourselves! Nice problem solving KA!
In the science centre we enjoyed searching for letters in the leaves in our sensory bin!
In the math centre we used acorns to fill our ten frames to match the number on the number cube:)
We have been creating little readers that focus on color words, counting and tricky words (I, like, see, is, it,) for our book boxes at school. We are starting to read these books independently and are empowered by our ability to produce and read books! KA's Rockstar Readers!
Week 5 - Oct 4th - 8th 2021
We spent this week working on letters and sounds, patterns and book making for our reading book boxes to foster independent reading. We also worked on needs and wants and had enthusiastic discussions! Below are pictures of some of our activities and learning this week:)
Have a Happy Thanksgiving:) Anita
We are learning about syllables in words and creating patterns.
How many syllables are in your name?
We coloured wooden pumpkins using two colours and creating patterns!
We used our playdough to make apples to correspond to the numeral on the apple basket:)
Creating sets of a given number.
We are developing our fine motor development by rolling and shaping playdough.
We tasted 3 kinds of apples and described how they looked and tasted and documented our findings. The yellow apple was the favourite!
We painted apple trees and numbered the apples. There are 10 apples hanging on the tree!
Happy Thanksgiving! Gobble Gobble!
We created "My fall tree". We cut up the sentence and put it back together!
We used our hands to make the tree trunk and our fingers to paint the fall leaves, Beautiful fall colours!
Week 4 - Sept 27th - Oct 1st 2021
This week was a short week of only 3 days, below is some of what we accomplished that is measurable! I hope these pictures help generate rich conversations about learning at home:) Have an amazing weekend! Anita
We practiced cutting up sentences and putting them back together and used glitter glue to trace our names:)
We created super heroes! "Super spacer" helps us remember to put spaces between our words in a sentence!
We created "I love school" books.
We cut out our favourite food!
We discussed our favourite colour:)
We used a numeral to show how old we are:)
We circled the snap words we know and sounded out the word "play" together!
We displayed our books in the hallway for everyone to see!
We used an "I like" sentence to tell our favourite colour and super spacer helped us with the spaces between our words. We drew a picture of something that is our favourite colour!
We drew Rhyming Monsters. We used rhyming clues to tell us which body part on our monster we needed to draw next! We love our monsters!
Week 3 - Sept 20th - 24th 2021
It was an exciting week in KA as we welcomed back some of our friends and enjoyed seeing smiling faces again! This week the majority of our activities connected to the letters of the alphabet and getting to know each other through play and learning together. Have a lovely weekend and we will see everyone back on Marvelous Monday! Anita
We sorted our names by first letters! Letter A has the most friends!
We read the story "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom" and created our own name trees!
We sorted our names by how many letters are in our name! We noticed we have 2 friends with 7 letters and 1 with 3 letters. We also noticed that 6 letters had the most names!
We read the story "Alphabet Mystery". We discovered that little X was missing! We did a retell of the story the next day for a friend who was absent and we created our own flying alphabet pencils!
We drew our families in our blue journals:)
We made a chart to show who in KA has pets and who does not. We noticed that most children in KA have a pet:)
We talked about our families!! We discussed how they are different and the same, how many people are in our family and what we like to do together. We created a heart chart of all our family members and painted pictures of our families:)
We wrote a sentence to match our picture! "I like my pet."
Week 2 - Sept 13th - 17th 2021
This week we switched to remote learning. Please find the activities we did on the remote learning page of this site. Thank you to all families who helped support remote learning, you did an awesome job:) I can't wait to be back in the classroom on Monday! Have a super weekend:) Anita
Scaffolding conversations at home :)
The welcome sign we made outside our classroom!
Bus reading, math and discussions!
We created a list of the things we "CAN" do in KA!
Here we are!!
Working on the number 1 in our very special math book:)
Week 1 - Sept 6-10 2021
What an awesome start to school! We had so much fun learning and playing together! Above you will see some of the things we accomplished this week:) The next couple of weeks will be spent getting to know each other as individuals and as a collaborative group. We will be having lots of discussions and recording our findings! Can't wait to get to know everyone better:) Have a super weekend! Anita
Mrs LeClair's back to school nails:)
Welcome to KA!
Hello KA!! I hope you had an amazing summer and are ready to Play and Learn in kindergarten this year:)
I can't wait to see you all!
Love from Mrs. LeClair xoxo
This is me at the top of the West Point Light house this summer!
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