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Week 38 - June 26th - 28th 2023
That's a wrap for kindergarten this year my friends! We have had lots of fun playing and learning together! Below are some activities we did this week to finish our year! Have a great summer and we'll see you all back here in September🌞😀 Anita
Affirmations- I am kind, thoughtful and caring
I am patient
I am loved
I will work hard today
I can do hard things
I am my best self!
We wrote about what we think we would like to do when we grow up😀
We had ice cream with our grade 6 Tech Buddies then we read about how ice cream is made. It was a non fiction book!
We collected data from our friends about which flavour ice cream they like best. We discussed which one had the most votes and which had the least. Then we discussed how it was possible that our data was different from each other and what happens if we ask more or less people. Interesting thinking KA!
We created a bucket list plan for our summer adventures!
We read about creatures we might find in the ocean and discussed creatures that live in cold and warm water. In the back of the book there was an I spy page!
We did an I spy activity. Find all the ice creams🍦
Week 37- June 19th - 23rd 2023
This week students have been showing us what they learned from Unit 4 in the Fundations literacy program. We are doing a great job tapping words for reading and writing as well as recognizing trick words and digraphs! Well done KA!
Below are some other activities we have worked on his week😀 Enjoy your weekend! Anita
We decorated for our KA birthday party!
We read the morning message on party day!
We celebrated with pizza, treats and cake!
We made birthday hats! They were cones which are 3D shapes!
Birthday party Piñata!
Everyone got to hit the Piñata!
There was enough candy for everyone!
We love to play games together🌞
We can sort 3D shapes!
We discussed which group had more and why we thought that. We counted to check our thinking and realized that bigger is not always more!
We can represent the number 16 in different ways!
We tried to complete another puzzle. We are developing spatial awareness and it's tricky. We identified the mystery character and noticed the word fish ends with a digraph!
We are master lego builders!
We can figure out how to put a puzzle together and find the mystery picture. We noticed that the word shark begins with a digraph!!
Week 36 - June 12th - 16th 2023
This week in Fundations we continued to tap out sounds for reading and writing, reading fluency and comprehension. We have now finished Unit 4😀
This week we prepared for Father's Day!!! We also worked on planning our birthday party and went on our field trip to Victoria Park. What a great day learning and playing together🏞 Check out what we have been up to below! Have a super weekend, Anita🌞
We had a blast at Victoria Park playing with our friends and exploring the great outdoors!
We can show 14 in different ways!
We are excited when the math question has our friends in it!
We can answer a math question with a drawing.
We can use lots of details and make sure our picture matches the question.
We can answer the question using words.
We made Father's Day cards!!
We wrote about our "Super" dads!
We made Terrariums for our father's for Father's Day!
We used soil, moss, rocks, artificial plants and wooden gnomes. We created them independently!
We made flags with the message "Gnome" one is as special as you, dad!
We measured our height in June and compared it to our height in September. We all grew taller!
We completed our collaborative mural.
We wrote a list of things we needed for our class birthday party. We worked out which we needed to buy and added all our purchases together to see if we stuck to our $20 budget. We did!!!
We like to draw and label our favourite characters!
We can read a sentence. We can recognize if it is a statement or a question and whether to use a period or a question mark. We can circle the trick words. We can scoop a sentence into phrases and we can underline the digraphs! WOW KA!!!
Week 35 - June 5th - 9th 2023
This week during our Fundations literacy program we are working on reviewing and repetition of trick words, digraphs, phrasing sentences, word formation and tapping for reading and writing. This is supported by games and interactive activities.
We have been exploring 3D shapes and talking about finding them in our environment and what the attributes are. We have also been practicing the concept of part, part, whole math and many other projects pictured below😁 Next week is our big trip to Victoria Park which we are very excited for! Enjoy your weekend! Anita
We can play games with rules together.
We found a birds nest during recess. We decided to stay away from it so the mother bird can take care of her eggs.
Our Hairy Harry's need a hair cut!
We celebrated crazy hair day!
We wrote about our crazy hair!
We used brushes to paint the leaves and stems.
We wrote about our lupin painting.
We used cyclinders to make the petals of our lupin flowers.
We learned that lupins can be blue, pink, white and purple.
We talked about ways we can show we are a kind, thoughtful, caring class.
We are practicing writing our trick words.
We are using Fundations letter formation to print our letters!
We used a sort path to show the objects that begin with "h" and the ones that begin with the digraph "ch".
We see 3D shapes all around us! We can sort them and put the same shapes together.
We read the story "Not a Box".
We generated ideas of ways to use a box.
We used our imaginations.
We added illustrations to our box.
We wrote what our box was!
We are creative😀
We played a game using 5 red links, 5 yellow links, a cup and a red and yellow button.
Each time we rolled a colour we had to take the corresponding link off the chain. We were noticing more and less and how many.
We looked at probability. We found that yellow won more often than red. We discussed why that might be?
We are working on showing a number as 2 parts and identifying the parts,
We can use manipulatives to help us.
We are working on core strength by colouring standing up!
We work together towards a common goal😁
We are learning about 3D shapes.
We can use 3D shapes to build and create.
We can work together.
We built our school!
We used lots of 3D shapes.
Many hands create together and share ideas!
Week 34 - May 29th - June 2nd 2023
It is hard to believe we are in the last month of school and will be finishing kindergarten soon! KA have been working hard on their Fundations literacy program. This week we have been working on scooping sentences into phrases, identifying our trick words and digraphs, tapping for reading and writing and story comprehension.
We continue to work on outcomes integrated into spring activities. Below are some examples of our continued growth and development. Enjoy rich conversations discussing the photos below! Have a great weekend🌞🌷 Anita
We can identify trick words in text!
We played hide the worm behind the trick words. We had a lot of fun finding the worm, taking turns and learning our trick words!
We were working on the digraph "th". We found and coloured things that start with the digraph "th".
We bought in our stuffed toys from home.
We discussed what our stuffed toys might do at home when we are at school.
We wrote and drew about our ideas!
We can show a number as two parts.
We can write a math sentence to match our picture.
We used our hand prints to make fish!
We measured our fish using non standard measurement and compared it to other objects. We recorded the data we collected.
We created flower scenes from play clay.
.We experiented with mixing colours
No flower is exactly the same!
We displayed our creations in the classroom.
Our hair/grass is starting to grow!! It took less than a week😮
We were digraphs detectives! We underlined the digraphs we could see in the words on the board😀
We used a sort mat to sort objects that start with the sound h and sh.
We are learning to scoop phrases for fluent reading and identifying trick words and digraphs!
We can use loose parts to create pictures and stories.
We picked an animal card of interest to us then we wrote about what we know about that animal.
We can use pictures and words to show what we know.
Week 33 - May 22nd - 26th 2023
It was only a 3 day school week this week as we celebrated Victoria Day and welcomed our new kindergarten students for an orientation morning in readiness for Sept.
During Fundations word work time we talked about the characters, the setting and the events in a story, recognizing our trick words, recognizing and practicing our digraphs and working on sentence structure.
This week we continued to explore Spring including planting our own grass. We got to visit a tree nursery and see how planting a tree happens from beginning to end🌳🌲then we were privileged to be given a small tree to plant and take care of at home😀 Below are some examples of our learning this week 🐛🦋🦗🐝 Have another amazing weekend, Anita
We read the story "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" and discussed and recorded the characters, the setting, and the main events in the story.🐛🦋
We created very hungry caterpillars by making paper chains.
The paper chains required lots of concentration and manual dexterity!
We identified the digraph "wh" in these objects and coloured them.
We can sort numbers shown in different ways!
We created a list of expected and unexpected behaviour on our field trip. We reviewed the list when we got back to see how we did. Well done KA!
We saw different types of seeds at the tree nursery!
We saw a Coyote!
We saw a beaver and talked about all the things we learned about a beaver at school.
We got to touch the beaver!!!
We saw different kinds of ducks and birds.
We saw a baby Bald Eagle and an adult Bald Eagle. Did you know the Bald Eagle doesn't get its white head and tail feathers until it is an adult?
We saw how the tree seeds are planted using a special machine. We got to touch 2mth old trees then we were given a yr old tree to take home and plant!
We created hairy Harry's and planted grass seed to make the hair. We can't wait to give them hair cuts!!
We predicted if our grass would take less or more than 1 week to grow. We all think more!
We discussed and labelled different parts of a flower.
We created flowers using 2D shapes.
We wrote about our flowers🌷🌼
We discussed our trip to the tree nursery and answered a math question about it by drawing a picture and writing a math sentence.
Week 32 - May 15th - 19th 2023
We started unit 4 in of our Fundations literacy program this week. We are excited to be learning the digraphs "sh, ch, wh, th and ck".
This week we have had lots of discussions around the season of spring and explored books, provocations and art using our 5 senses and how they relate to spring. We have also talked about seeing and creating patterns in our environment. Below are some activities we engaged in this week! Have a super long Victoria Day weekend 🌞🌷🌼 Anita
We are learning about 2 and 3 element patterns.
We can show patterns through art.
2 element patterns are also called AB patterns. 3 element patterns are also called ABC.
We are learning about symmetry. Symmetric means the same on both sides.
We used paint to create symmetric butterflies.
We learned about the life cycle of a butterfly. It is also a pattern as it repeats the cycle over and over.
The life cyce of a butterfly is called Metamorphasis!
We created spring books by writing about things we find out about spring when we use our senses. We are working on adding more details to our writing!
We created AB, ABC and AAB patterned caterpillars.
We work together to achieve a goal!
We are great at making puzzles collaboratively!
We love to create rainbows!
We sorted our lady bugs into numerical order, 1-10, least to most.
We explored and played using our 5 senses! How many bugs do you see?
Week 31 - May 8th - 12th 2023
We have now completed Unit 3 of the Fundations literacy program and assessed for knowledge, skill and ability. Next week we will start Unit 4😀 Well done KA! You are using the strategies you have learned to develop your reading and writing!
We have been discussing and creating ways to celebrate our Mothers and Mother figures this week as we think about Mothers Day at the end of this week. Below are some of the things we worked on😀 Happy Mothers Day to all🌷 Anita
We counted 8 cube links and and then broke them into 2 parts.
We recorded our answers on the flower petals. There are lots of ways to make 8.
We created Mother's Day pictures.
April showers bring May flowers.🌷
We can make flowers that look different from each other.
Spot the difference!
We made butterflies out of coffee filters, markers and droppers full of water. What fun!!
We made a surprise inside for Mother's Day!
We were word detectives! We figured out the missing words from the word bank at the top! We read the sentences!
WE can create words by putting letters in front of sight words!
We drew pictures to solve the math problem independently.
We used natural resources as paint brushes!
Our natural resource paintings!
We explored a log that had been cut by a beaver! We asked the question... Would the log float to make the beaver lodge?
We tried different objects in the class to see if they would sink or float and we recorded our findings. We concluded that anything made of wood will float!
We created lady bugs and chose how many black spots we wanted to use on each wing.
We can choose different mediums to show a colour. Pastels, paint, crayons, markers and pencil crayons.
We used the lady bug wings to show a number as two parts and wrote the math sentence to match.
We can recognize sight words and follow a colour code.
We can recognize and represent the number 13.
Week 30 - May 1st -5th 2023
We have 1 more week left in unit 3 of Fundations where we are practicing tapping for reading and writing, identifying sounds, alphabetical order and talking about reading for comprehension and text knowledge.
Also this week we discovered Dan the Flying Man and words that rhyme with "an". As well as vocabulary around positions in space and mapping. See below for examples of our learning this week:) Have a wonderful weekend! Anita
We used a light table to create and explore.
We read "Dan the flying Man" for meaning and comprehension.
We used the story ball to talk about and catergorize the characters, setting and main events.
We read the "an" story and figured out which an words were missing and then spelled them using our tapping out strategy.
We made a book about Dan the Flying Man and payed particular attention to how the illustrator dressed Dan the same way every time we saw him! We also wrote about what else Dan might fly over and used illustrations to tell the story. We are focusing on details!
We love to explore with blocks.
We can show numbers in different ways and match them.
We can follow directions!
We are learning about the vocabulary for positions in space.
We are talking and learning about maps and the world around us! We inferred that Dan lives in a city!
We can use pictures to solve math problems!
Week 29 - April 24th - 28th 2023
During Fundations this week we learned the new trick words "as, has", we tapped new words for spelling and reading, we identified long and short vowel sounds and we learned that when the /k/ sound is followed by the letters a, o, u, the letter c is used and that when the /k/ sound is followed by the letters e or i the word starts with the letter k.
We also read a book about 10 black dots and created pictures, we learned about a new Joy Cowley character named Dan the Flying man and we experimented with measurement (capacity and volume) and spring. Have a super weekend! Anita
We had a forest provocation to explore!
We had fun exploring and creating forest homes!
We talked about weight and how scales can compare 2 objects and show which is heavier.
We worked in groups and weighed 2 objects. We recorded our findings.
We read "Dan the Flying Man"
We wrote CVC words and noticed the words that rhyme with Dan🌞
We determined if the containers held equal amounts of bugs.
We determined which container held the least blocks.
We determined how many bears filled the bowl to capacity.
We determined which cup held more eggs.
We predicted then measured which cup held the most water. We discussed our conclusions.
We read the book "Ten Black Dots" by Donald Crews.
We talked about objects that have dots.
We created pictures using black dots.
We counted how many dots we used and completed the sentence.
We used our sneakers to experiment with capacity and recorded our findings!
We used what we learned about capacity to predict how many gummy dinosaurs fit in the glass.
We checked our prediction and ate the gummies!
Week 28 - April 17th - 21st 2023
We are learning 2 new trick words this week in Fundations. " is, his". We are also tapping out words for reading and writing, practicing our letter formation and working on alphabetical order.
We have been having meaningful discussion around our affirmations, what it means to be kind, thoughtful, caring, patient and hard working.
We also continued our learning through our interest in farms. Below are some things we worked on during this week. Have a great weekend! Anita
We are identifying initial sounds in words.
We read a new Mrs. Wishy Washy book and noticed that Joy Cowley added a new character! Ask us what it was😀
We wrote about our favourite character in Mrs. Wishy Washy and why we chose it.
We created paper plate pigs.
We read fiction and non fiction texts about pigs.
We displayed our work!
We can read books independently about Mrs. Wishy Washy.
We are now on book 5 of the Mercy Watson series that Grade 2 encouraged us to read🐷
We enjoy reading fiction text and discussing story lines, making predictions and asking questions. These 2 books are written by the same author!
We can record data in different ways. We used our data to tell which had more, which had less and we added 2 shape totals together.
We love rainbows so we created a rainbow wall🌈
We are learning our new trick words.
We discussed ways to take care of the earth.
We cut out the shape of the earth. We used blue tissue paper to represent the ocean.
We used cotton balls to represent the land.
We used green paint to paint the cotton balls.
We can use pictures and words to share our ideas and opinions with others👍
We used jewels to create art.
We created Earth pictures.
We can read books about the Earth.
We can explore through manipulative and sensory play.
Below are some of our exploratory creations!
We taped over the picture then used blue water color on an easel to create rain drops.
We peeled off the tape to reveal the picture.
We can talk about rainy days💦
We can write about rainy days💦
Week 27 - April 10th - 14th 2023
In Fundations we continue to read and write CVC words, practise formation of letters, create CVC nonsense words, incorporate our trick words into our reading and writing and work on alphabetical order😀
This week we started an author study on Joy Cowley who is the author of the "Mrs Wishy Washy" series. Below are some examples of our learning this week. 😀 Enjoy your weekend! Anita
We are working on identifying trick words in a sentence!
We are learning to phrase sentences and recognize trick words.
We predicted what object our green foot print might be transformed into!
We read the book "Mrs Wishy-Washy" By Joy Cowley.
We can use words and pictures to tell a story but we can also act it out using props!
We coloured, cut and mud painted the animals from the book "Mrs Wishy Washy".
We can display our work for other people to enjoy and learn from😀
We completed a farm puzzle and created an I spy game!
We worked together to create a Mrs Wishy- Washy puzzle.
We recorded and shared data that we collected from our friends in response to the question... Who is your favourite character?
We can show and identify numbers in different ways through play and games.
We are having discussions about words that describe our actions.
We created a tractor out of our foot!
We added details to our tractor.
We wrote something about our tractor that we would want an audience to know!
We can sort farm animals by colour! We created a rainbow using the colours.🌈
On our sensory table we did a flower creating provocation.
We can write about our creations.
We created our own flowers from the provocation and displayed them🌼🌷
We have been working on solving mazes. It helps us develop our spatial awareness.
We can solve a math story problem by drawing a picture then writing the math sentence.
We are builders and creators!
We can tap CVC words and sort the words by their endings.
We enjoy telling stories using different materials.
Week 26 - April 3rd - 7th 2023
This week in Fundations we continue with tapping for reading and writing, alphabetical order, talking about text and comprehension, letter formation and the new trick words " and, are, to "
We also celebrated Spring with bunnies, eggs, chicks and baskets. See below for what we were up to in KA! 🐰🐥 Have a sunny super weekend🌞 Anita
We created bunnies using our hand prints🐰
We added details!
An Easter provocation!
We can answer a math question by drawing a picture.
We created rainbows and clouds using a variety of materials.
The season has changed from winter to spring!
We can use words to tell about spring.🌷🌼
We created math mats to show a number as 2 parts.
We recorded all the ways to show 9 in 2 parts,
We used mini eggs to show a number in 2 parts.
We got to eat the eggs after!!
We cut up the letters in our name and then put them back together!
We made bunny baskets for our egg hunt!🐰
Week 25 - March 27th - 31st 2023
This week we have been working on tapping out CVC words to read and write, alphabetical order, story telling and learning the trick words "the, a,". Trick words are shorts words we use a lot in writing that cannot be tapped out. We need to memorize these words.
We are also learning about measurement using different hands on learning materials and continuing our project on rainbows🌈 Below are examples of the things we worked on this week. Have a lovely weekend🌞 Anita
We can create rainbows from construction paper.
We created clouds from glue and shaving cream!
We can write about spring!
Writing conveys a message.
We can measure objects using non standard measurement.
Measuring is fun!
We can work independently😀
We can mix different colours together to make new colours!
When the sun shines through a prism it creates a rainbow!🌈
We need sun to create a rainbow through the glass of water🌞💦🌈
We love to create with lego😀
We read 2 stories about Duncan's crayons and talked about our favourite colours.
We wrote which was our favourite colour and why😀
We took a class vote on our favourite colour and tallied our answers. Red was the most popular and blue, yellow and purple were the same/ equal.
We learned about refraction!
You need sun / light and water to create a rainbow🌈
We showed our findings by painting a picture!
We can use none standard measurement tools to measure different objects!
Week 24- March 20th - 24th 2023
This week we celebrated 100 days in kindergarten🎉🎈 We planned our party and decided what to buy within a set budget. We had a dance party, made hats, had some balloon fun, ate treats and had cupcakes. It was a blast!!! We are 100 days smarter!
In our Fundations literacy program we started unit 3 and are continuing to work on tapping for reading and writing and writing our own CVC words as well as creating silly CVC words.
This week we welcomed spring and learned about the colours in a rainbow🌈
We created rainbows out of fruit loop cereal and counted how many of each colour we used. We recorded our data!
Happy Spring everyone!🌈🌞
We read the math question and drew a picture to show our thinking. We wrote the answer as a math sentence.
We played the game "shake and spill" up to 10 with a partner. We wrote our observations down in math sentences.
We shared our findings with our friends and found all the ways we can show 10 as two parts.
We are learning to read the morning message independently!
2B sent us a letter to encourage us to read a chapter book they enjoyed.
We read the chapter book and wrote a response back to 2B😀
We learned that the rainbow is seen in a certain order.
We hung our rainbows up to welcome the season of spring🌈
We read and discussed a book about colours and connected the book to the rainbows.
We can read a 100 day message!
Our teachers celebrate 100 days of loving kindergarten!
We read books about 100 days👍
We planned our 100 day party together and spent our $10!
We used marker colours in cups and added water to make coloured water.
We made 100 day hats to wear at our party!
We created art using 100 objects!
We worked hard on our 100 day projects at home😀
We used lots of different materials!
Week 23 - March 12th -17th 2023
We finished working on upper case letters in Fundations! We continue to work on tapping CVC words for reading and writing and learning about alphabetical order. We showed our teachers what we know about sounds, letter formation and tapping for reading and writing to finish unit 2😀 Next week we will start unit 3.
Look out for the little green Leprechauns!! We have been setting traps and getting excited about gold! Below are some things we have been working on! Have a fabulous weekend! Anita
We love to make books!
We used bear manipulatives to measure objects in the classroom.
We can share 5 gummy bears in different ways and record the ways.
We can match initial consonants to objects and tap out the words.
We can draw a math problem and write a math sentence to answer the question.
What stories can we tell and creations can we make using these different materials?
We can use different materials to set traps for the Leprechauns!
I wonder if we caught any Leprechauns?
We can use different materials to set traps for the Leprechauns!
We can use different materials to set traps for the Leprechauns!
We can use different materials to set traps for the Leprechauns!
We can use different materials to set traps for the Leprechauns!
We can figure out the missing words so the sentence makes sense😀
We know how to spell sight words!
We can tap out unknown words👍
We can follow directions to draw a Leprechaun☘
We can use different materials to set traps for the Leprechauns!
Week 22 - March 6th - 10th 2023
Welcome back to school after an exciting 2 weeks of Canada Winter Games and vacation time! This week we continued Unit 2 in our Fundations literacy program. We are matching upper case to lower case letters and the letter formation for each using our Fundations letter grid with the sky line, plane line, grass line and worm line. All upper case letters start on the sky line! We are also continuing to practice tapping out sounds to read words and putting them into sentences.
We have been discussing what we know and want to know about bears. Soon they will be waking up from hibernation! We made a cave and pretended to be bears 🐻🐼🐨 We are also using bears to tell stories, solve math problems and do art projects. Below are some things we have done this week😀 Enjoy your weekend! Anita
Our provocation box. Imaginative play with bears🐻
Solving math problems using pictures and math sentences! They even have our friends names in the question!
We created a mind map of things we know about bears.
We talked about creating sentences using a "who" and a "do". We sorted cards into "who" and "do" words.
We wrote about what we know about bears.
We decided to make our writing about bears into a book! We put it in our reading corner😀
We can read poems about bears and match number words!
We can record data on a graph and determine which colour bear is more, less or same.
We read books by the same author and illustrator. We talked about which was our favourite and why.
We can tell a story using pictures, words and characters.
Soon it will be spring and the bears will wake up. We celebrated by pretending to be bears and hibernating in a cave in KA!
We hibernated in the cave in our classroom!
We talked about different kinds of bears and made masks for us to use on hibernation day.
We made caves for our bear manipulatives. We can use them to show a part/part/whole math equation.
We put some bears in the cave and some out of the cave. How many do we have altogether?
Week 21 - Feb 13th - 17th 2023
This week we continued learning about upper case letters, alphabetical order and tapping out words. We are starting to transfer our learning to our daily reading and writing. Well done KA!
This week we celebrated Pink Shirt Day👚, Valentines Day💕 and the kick off to the Canada Winter Games⛸🏒🥇!! It was an exciting week! Below are some of the activities we did😀
We are excited about the Canada Winter Games on PEI!! There are 20 different sports. We discussed the different sports and which we would like to see and why.
We used pictures to show which sports we want to see.
We used words to tell which sports we want to see.
KA students were interested in seeing different sports!
We collected data from our friends by asking them, "Which is your favourite sport?" We gave 3 choices.
We recorded their answers with tally marks then counted and showed them as a numeral. We discussed which sport had more votes and which had less😀
We can use speech bubbles!
We are working on alphabetical order and sight words.
We know that pictures and words send a message to the reader!
We learned that no snowflake is ever the same.
We can create snowflakes using Q- tips. We used different examples of snowflakes to inspire our creations. We can count how many Q tips we used to make our snowflakes and represented the number in the sentence.❄
We can create 2 and 3 element patterns.
These are our valentine caterpillars.
We can read together about people we love.
You are dino-mite! We made valentine cards for someone we love💕
We created a kind, thoughtful and caring tree💗
We can tap out words that we think of to show people we care.💓
Week 20 - Feb 6th - 10th 2023
This week we started working on recognizing and printing upper case letters! We put a special day card on our calender to denote the beginning of upper case letters as we were so excited to get started. We also continued working on lower case letter formation, alphabetical order and tapping out 3 letter (consonant, vowel, consonant) words using our fingers to tap each sound. This strategy will help in both our reading and our writing development.
Below are some things we have been working on including continuing our love of winter fun and preparing for Valentines Day celebrations and we continue our KA mantra of being kind, thoughtful and caring people😍 Have a super weekend! Anita
We can use pictures to retell a story in the correct order using the same character and colours consistently.
We created a mind map of people we love💓
We created a cover page for "The things I love book"
We wrote and drew about the people we love💗
We wrote about our favourite foods.
We wrote about our favourite animals.
We can draw our favourite animals.
We read a list of all the ways we can show that we are kind, thoughtful and caring💗
We wrote an "I can" sentence to show the one we do best.
We displayed our pink shirts in the lobby for everyone to read! Every class in the whole school are going to make pink shirts for the lobby!!
We can write about our drawing.
We matched upper case to lower case letters.
We are ready for our Valentine card exchange!
We can add 2 parts to make a new number. We can show our answer on a ten frame.
We can draw out a math question in the form of a picture.
We can write the answer as a math sentence.
Check out our winter/valentine sensory bin!
Digging for letters and sounds in the valentine rocks💕
We can tap out words.
We made our own Fundation lines to practice printing!
Week 19 - Jan 29th - Feb 3rd 2023
This week we started working on tapping out sounds to spell words, alphabetical order and lower case letter formation. Our big project this week is creating winter books in response to the question - What do you like to do in the winter? We used our resources and what we know about writing to complete our books and will publish (read) them to our Book Buddies in grade 6 and lend them to the library for students to read there. We are super excited for this!!!! Below are some other things we did this week😀 Have a lovely weekend! Anita
We can use our resources to make the sight words we know.
We are proud of our hard work!
We know lots of words👍 We can use them in our writing!
We played sound, letter bingo. We worked together in teams.
We had a snowball fight in the KA classroom! We set out the rules for the game then we threw the snowballs at each other. When the bell rang we had to read the sight word on the snowball we were holding. If we weren't sure of the word we could ask a friend! We can learn in fun, playful ways😀
We are writing books about winter❄☃ We started with the cover page,
We read books about winter.
Day 1, page 1. We are writing independently and showing what we know about writing.
We can draw pictures to match our words.
Day 2, page 2. Writing what we like to do in the winter.
Day 3, page 3. We are learning to use our success criteria.
We made snowflake pictures.
We used green tape to create the shape of a snowflake.
We painted using water colour then added salt to make designs. The salt drew the water in.
We shook off the salt and found different patterns.
We took the tape off to reveal a snowflake shape.
All snowflakes are different.
We can display art and writing together.
We like to share our work with others.
We are working on the number 10. We can show a number in 2 parts!
We talked about the Groundhogs and read stories about the tradition of the groundhog seeing his shadow on February 2nd. We predicted if the groundhog would see his shadow.
We can roll a number cube then print the letter that corresponds to the number. We use Fundations letter formation.
Week 18 - Jan 23rd - 27th 2023
Congratulations KA, you have finished unit 1 in Fundations!! Next week we will start unit 2 and Echo will teach us the Upper case letters. ABC 😀
This week ended up being a short week with some winter storm days❄❄❄ Below are some of the activities we did☃
We matched objects to the initial consonant we heard in the word.
We developed a success criteria for writing. We know all the things that good writers do!
We can use the success criteria to help us with our writing👍
We can use writing to share our idea's.
We are practicing using our success criteria to help us become independent writers.👍
We read every day! We developed a success criteria for reading. These are the strategies good readers use!
We played a game where we had to find the friend that had the same number of mittens on their card even when they aren't the same colour or in the same array.
We can show numbers using bingo dobbers.
We can read the numbers on the pegs and represent the number using dots on our mittens.
We can show a number in 2 parts.
We can use a number line resource to help us print numerals correctly.
We can write a math sentence to match the dots on our mittens,
Guess what we made and tasted?
We chose how many marshmallows we wanted.
We showed the number as a numeral and in a ten frame.
We can use our sounding out strategy to spell the word marshmallow.
We practice writing our sight words.
Week 17 - Jan 16th - 20th 2023
This week in Fundations we learnt about the letters z and qu. z is a plane line slide letter and qu is a plane line round letter. q always has his best friend u by his side! The key word for z is zebra and the key word for qu is queen. These are the last 2 lowercase letters we need to learn to finish unit 1! We have also been identifying vowels and consonants as well as working on syllables, beginning and end sounds and sentence structure.
Below are some other activities we have done this week covering lots of other outcomes and working collaboratively together. Well done KA! Have a great weekend 😀 Anita
We cut up our sentence and then put it back together, just like a puzzle!
We can create an illustration to☃ go with our message.
We are learning to write our first and last name!
We read a story about a snowman melting in the sun in the city.
We created melted snow people ☃
We looked at a resource to help us create!
We can cut different shapes to create a picture!
We created a winter tree silhouette using long and short black rectangles.
We used coloured tissue paper to create the back ground.
We talked about the colours in a sunset.
We can't wait for the sun to shine through our pictures!
We can all create pictures that are different.👍
We can use different materials to create! They are beautiful KA!
We can show nine in different ways!
We have been practising writing the numeral 9 and we can show 9 using triangles 🔼
We can show skittles in 2 parts and then eat them!!
Look at all the ways we can break 5 into 2 parts! We used cube a links to figure it out👍
We are learning to show a number as two parts using cube a links. 5 can be shown in 2 parts. 3 and 2, 4 and 1, 0 and 5.
We created snowmen using paper bags and construction paper.
We named our snowmen and spelled using our sounding out strategy.
We circled the words we know!
We chose 2 coloured markers to represent the vowels and consonants.
We wrote our first and last names using a different colour for the vowels and consonants.
We counted how many letters we have in our name altogether.
We counted how many vowels we have in our name.
We counted how many consonants we have in our names! How many do you have in your name?
We played a game using a number cube, a ten frame and snowflakes.
We played with a partner.
We rolled the number cube and showed the number in the ten frame.
Week 16 - Jan 9th - 13th 2023
This week we worked on the letters x and y. The key word for x is fox and the key word for y is yellow. They are both plane line slide letters. They both start at the plane line. Echo the owl helps us to learn, we love Echo!
We were so happy to see the snow❄☃ We are loving talking about snowmen, making snowmen, and reading and writing about snowmen☃ Below are some of the projects we have been working on! Have a wonderful weekend😀 Anita
We made Echo the owl using a luffer to paint.
We added details to Echo. We love Echo!
A provocation! What can we do with different materials?
We can match numbers in different ways. We can count on, using tally marks starting with a group of 5. We count by pointing with our fingers for accuracy👍
We can draw "Echo" 🦉the owl from our Fundations program by following step by step video instructions.
We created snowmen to hang from our ceiling. We added details!
We talked about the lengths of each strip to make the chain for our snowmen. We used math measurement vocabulary, longest and shortest.
We can draw a snowman following a number cube legend☃ We can play with our families!
We are starting to write sentences using what we know about sentence structure and text. We wrote about whether we would rather make a snowman or a snowfort.
We can show a number in different ways. We can match the numbers by counting👍
Week 15 - Jan 3rd - 6th 2023
This week we worked on the letters v and w. The key word for v is van and the key word for w is wind. They are both plane line slide letters. They both start at the plane line.
We have started a new year and a new season. It is winter! We have been finding lots of ways to represent winter❄❄ Below are some things we did this week☃ Have a super weekend! Anita
We created snow pictures using a choice of mediums to represent the snow.
We could choose tin foil to represent the snow on our tree.❄❄❄
We chose our back ground color and coloured the branches brown. It was tricky to stay inside the lines and we had to work slowly👍
We could choose white paint and Q tips to represent the snow on our tree.❄❄❄
We are working on recognizing lower case b and d. They are tricky letters and we often write them backwards!
We can circle the letter corresponding to the sound!
We used white paint finger to create our snow family☃
We added details to our snow family❄
We showed our snow families to other people in the school.
We are working on the number 8. We can show 8 in different ways. We can show 8 as a math sentence. 4+4=8
We created a winter scene. We talked about soft wood pine trees and how no snowflakes are the same.
We created a 2 element pattern for our pine trees.
We read a book about Snowflake the dog and then created our own snowflakes.
We are working on the letters v and w.
We learned to print the letters v and w. We read stories about v and w. We voted for which story we wanted to read first. We tallied our votes and then wrote a math sentence to show our tallies.
We can solve math problems by drawing them.
Week 14 - Dec 12th - 20th 2022
Hard to believe this is the last week of school for 2022. We have had an amazing start to the school year with lots of playing and learning together with our new friends! It is a pleasure to play, teach and learn with KA!😍 Below are some of the activities we did and created.
Happy Holidays from my home to yours! Wishing you good health and happiness in 2023.🎄🎁🎉
We can match ten frames to a number plus 1.
We can match numerals to ten frames.
We created wooden ornaments.
It was a 3 day process!
We made finger painting holiday tree cards.
We wrote a message inside🎄😀
We can show a math problem as a picture.
We can write a math answer in a math sentence.
We created a holiday store.
We went to the holiday store and "brought" a gift for our mom's and dad's.
We wrapped our gifts for our parents and put the tags we made on them🎁
We can stand to colour.
We are working on developing core strength.
We can work together to reach a goal.
We can show a number as two parts.
We can put jewels on the tree and off the tree.
We found that there are different ways to show 10 in 2 parts.
We made a book to show the different ways to show 10 in 2 parts and we read it!
We made posters to prepare for our KA holiday store.
We created trees with yellow and red decorations.
We wrote a number sentence to match the decorations on the tree.
We can show a number as 2 parts.
We painted boxes and sorted them from largest to smallest to create the shape of a tree. We decorated our tree for the classroom🎄
Week 13 - Dec 5th - 9th 2022
This week we started learning about the letters Ll, Hh and Kk.
The excitement is building for the holidays in KA! We are counting forwards and backwards to the last day of school for 2022! There is lots going on in the month of December including 4 birthdays in KA! Bring on the joyful learning! Below are some of the things we were working on this week. Enjoy your weekend! Anita
Our book buddies came to decorate Gingerbread cookie families. They worked together in groups to create and decorate the family. We had so much fun with 6B!!
We used a potato masher to paint the head of our Reindeer.
We used a pom pom in red paint to create the nose.
We added details to our Reindeer.
We wrote a sentence to tell the name of our Reindeer. We used our sounding out strategy to spell the names!
We had a resource to help us create Santas and Reindeer.
We could choose to follow the resource or create our own.
We used different materials to create Santas and Reindeers.
We hung our Santas and Reindeers from the ceiling!
We practised decorating the tree in our classroom using different decorations!
We followed step by step instructions to draw Santa!🎅
We are solving math questions using illustrations and writing the answer as a math sentence.
We created a 2 element pattern for our snow children hats.
We created snow children to welcome our friends into KA.
Week 12 - Nov 28th - Dec 2nd 2022
This week we continued working on the letters Ee and Rr and we also introduced Pp and Jj. p and j are both plane line letters, they start at the plane line. The keyword for p is pan and the key word for j is jug. We continue to work on rhyming recognition and generation as well as sentence structure and initial and end consonant sounds. We are also working on writing b and d which are proving to be tricky!
We are finishing up our exploration of the 5 senses and starting to integrate holiday activities addressing many different outcomes. Below are some things we have been working on. Have an amazing weekend! Anita
We displayed our work.
We can do hard things!
We are excited and proud to see our work😀
We added details to create a picture!
We painted our hands to create reindeer🦌
We painted our foot to create Santa's sleigh🎅
We made invitations to give to our book/tech buddies to come and visit KA next day 2! We left the invitations on their desks to surprise them! We are going to decorate cookies with them but... Shhhh is a surprise!!!
We created a ginger bread house for our reading corner🏡📚
We worked together to decorate it!
It was a big project!
We are practicing printing our letters!
We have exhibited growth in our printing!
We begin our name with an upper case letter to show we are special😍
We read a Santa poem and are adding a cotton ball each day to fill his beard and count up to Christmas Eve.
We can answer a math problem using pictures and a math sentence.
We published our journals by putting them up outside our classroom for people to read!
We smelt vanilla, coffee, vinegar and chocolate sauce. We recorded in our journal which one we liked best.
We read the poem "My Eyes". We identified all the sight words we know and the rhyming words then we read the poem again and we said all the sight words by ourselves!
We created groups of less than a given number using foam shapes.
We touched different textures and used words to describe how they felt.
We read a senses book about touch.
We wrote in our senses journal about things we like to touch.😀
Week 11 - Nov 21st - 25th 2022
This week was our 6 week mid unit assessment for Fundations. We have been working so hard and have all shown growth in letter and sound recognition.
We also started work on the letters Ee and Rr. r is a plane line letter and e is a plane line, round, special letter. The keyword for Rr is rat and the key word for Ee is ED.
We have also been identifying and exploring our world using our 5 senses. Our 5 senses tell us all about the things around us and we use them all the time!
Below are some activities we experienced this week! Have a super weekend! Anita
We know things that start with Rr and Ee.
Echo taught us about the letters Rr and Ee. The key word for Rr is rat and the key word for Ee is ED.
We know some sight words and can read sentences with visual cues.
We wrote about what we like to taste.
We read a book about taste then we used all our senses to try to figure out what was in the containers. We discovered that 1 was salt and 1 was suger!!
We know sight words! This is our resource door😀
We read a book about hearing.
We listened to different sounds and tried to identify them.
We played listening bingo. We worked together in groups to identify the sounds in our community.
We wrote about what we like to hear.
We created sets of less than a given number using bingo dobbers.
We mixed different water colours together.
We watched to see what happened when we mixed colors together😀 We discussed our findings.
We used our senses to explore.
We used magnifying glasses and our sense of sight to gather information about the Christmas Cactus.
We read a book about sight and recorded what we like to see in our journal.
Week 10 - Nov 14th - Nov 18th 2022
During Fundations this week Echo taught us the letter, keyword, sound for Dd and Ss. d and s are both plane line round letters that start on the plane line. The keyword for Dd is dog and keyword for Ss is snake. We are also continuing to work on rhyming, syllables and sentence structure.
This week we started conversations about our 5 senses. We used big books to learn about our senses and sorted pictures by senses attributes. We also played math games and are starting to develop the sounding out strategy to spell words. Below are some activities we did this week. Have a wonderful weekend! Anita
We are using what we are learning to write our own sentences!
Echo is teaching us the letters Dd and Ss.
We are using pictures and words to convey a message. We write the letters of the sounds we hear. 👂
Sally snail helps us sound out words to hear all the sounds. We can write words using the letter sounds we hear and writing the letter to match.
We learn by playing games.
We learn by doing.
We can roll the number cube.
We can show a number in different ways.
We can collect and record data using a block graph. We found there were a lot of people who liked gym. We solved the problem by adding more blocks to the top of the gym tower.
We rolled a dice then coloured the matching number. We had to get 4 in a row to finish the game!
This is Ed. What rhymes with Ed?
We drew our Ed creatures based on rhyming clues.
Once there was a creature named Ed. He started out with a great big _________.
We can sort objects by using our 5 senses.
We can read about our 5 senses! We are recognizing sight words in text and are very excited to read!
We read about the 5 senses then we read the 5 senses words and matched them to the pictures.
We are learning about the 5 senses and the sight word "can".
We can use our feet to touch.
It wasn't easy to hold a pencil between our toes!
We tried to draw a house with our feet.🏠
We found that it was easier to draw a house with our hands!
We drew a house with our hands then our feet. We discussed why it was harder to do with our feet.
Week 9 - Nov 7th - Nov 11th 2022
During Fundations this week Echo taught us the letter, keyword, sound for Aa and Gg. a and g are both plane line round letters that start on the plane line. g goes to the worm line!!! The keyword for Aa is apple and the keyword for Gg is game. We are also working on rhyming words and identifying syllables.
We learned that we have no school every year on Nov 11th as it is Remembrance Day and we enjoyed a special assembly to commemorate it. Below are some of the activities we did this week! Have a super weekend! Anita
We are working on Aa and Ggx.
We know other things that start with Aa and Gg. We can read stories about Aa and Gg and we can use 10 frames to vote for which book we would like to read first.
We can match letters to key words. We took turns to put the puzzle pieces together!
We counted and recorded how many body parts we used.
We decided what our math Monsters would look like.
We created Math Monsters.
We read a story about a monster and identified the sight words we know!
We traced each others hands then cut them out to create a wreath for Remembrance Day.
We are learning about texture and movement through sensory play.
We can use our learning in our play.
We can show 6 in different ways!
We are learning to print the numeral 6.
We can draw a set of animals to show 6.
We love to write and draw stories on white boards.
We like to display our work!
We watched a video that taught us how to draw a poppy. We labelled our picture using the sight word "my" that we know and listening for the initial consonant in the word Poppy.
We created a Remembrance Day display.
We created fields of poppies using popsicle sticks, tissue paper and cupcake wrappers. We used mediums of our choice.
Week 8 - Oct 31st - Nov 5th 2022
It was a short and exciting week this week. We celebrated Orange and Black day on Monday. We made treat bags for each other and found that we felt happy to give to our friends!😍 This week we reviewed letters already taught and learned different strategies for story telling ( acting it out, drawing pictures and using words.
Below are some examples of our learning this week😀 Have a great long weekend! Anita
We created skeleton pictures. We started by doing the skeleton dance and looking at a skeleton picture before cutting out a skeleton drawing and putting it together like a puzzle. We practiced our scissor skills and worked on our spatial awareness and prior knowledge of a skeleton.
We answered the question- What was your favourite treat? We used red squares to show our answer then discussed the data we collected. We noticed that the candy and chips were same or equal and that the juice had less.
Mrs. LeClair acted out the story of - Echo finds dinner. We then discussed how we could show the story in pictures then words. We talked about details, facial expressions and movement marks.
We are drawing details in our pictures and labelling them using our sounding out strategy.
Pictures can tell a story!
We are learning about authors and illustrators and using words to tell a story!
We are using the word "By" to show who the work belongs to.
We are using sight words and approximations to send a message. We use resources to support our learning👍
We made spider cookies to celebrate Halloween🕷
We had fun decorating!
We took our pumpkins outside so the birds and animals could eat them as it gets colder outside🦨🐇🐀🐦🦉🐌
We thought we should put one in a tree for the birds.🦅
We used our hands to feel the inside of the pumpkin.
We cut the pumpkin in half so we could look at it.
We tried to guess how many seeds were in the pumpkin🤔
We are using pictures and words to tell a story!
We each got a pack of jelly beans. We then had to sort them by colour and record how many of each colour we had. We used a number line to check our numeral printing.
We can use lots of materials to show our stories.
We can use manipulatives to count, sort and match.
We enjoy playing with playdough
We can practice writing the numeral 5 and creating groups of 5.
We can show 5 in many different ways.
We read a non fiction book about spiders then asked the question... Are you afraid of spiders? We asked everyone in the class and recorded the answers using tally marks. We counted our tallies and recorded them as numerals.
We drew our own scary spiders!🕷
Week 7 - Oct 24-28 2022
This week Echo🦉 taught us the letters Cc and Oo. They are plane line round letters. The keyword for Cc is cat and the keyword for Oo is octopus. C is a consonant and O is a vowel. We are also working on recognizing lower case letters in text and sentence structure and changing words to create new sentences.
Halloween is coming! 🧛♂️🧚♀️🦸♂️🎃 and we are learning through Halloween play. Below are some of the activities we have participated in this week.
We created witches. We were given materials and a visual representation and we had to figure out how to put it together. We collaborated and problem solved together.
We labelled our pictures.
Our witches are flying around the class room!
We read a story about a brave witch🧹
We can use pictures and words to convey a message.
We are hearing the end sounds in words. Trick ends with k and treat ends with letter t. We can choose a movement from the bag after we identify the word.
We are reading together and using pictures and initial letters to determine words. We take it in turns to read the sentences to our friends!
We are talking about our Halloween costumes.
We are sounding out and recording the sounds we hear in words.
We played "roll the dice to draw a jack o lantern" game. Each part of the Jack O Lantern represented a number we rolled on the number cube.
We call this temporary spelling. We write the sounds we hear.
We discussed the different emotions we feel. We painted our Jack O Lanterns with different emotions,
We identified the sight words "My" and "is" in our stem sentence and then sounded out the emotion word that matched our Jack O Lantern.🎃
We created monsters.
We displayed our monsters to wish everyone a Happy Halloween!
We named our monsters!
We can count objects to match numerals. Count how many there are.
We can sort by colour and a given number. The orange gems and the clear gems are the same amount.
We have been working on the number 4. We practiced printing the numeral and represented the number using objects. 🌼🌼🌼🌼
We can represent the number 4 in a variety of ways. KA knows lots of different ways, well done KA!
We are using what Echo is teaching us about sentences to write about the scarecrows we coloured. We are using capital letters at the beginning of our sentences, a period at the end, finger spaces in between our words and we are using the sight words we know.
We are excited to show others our work and we like to talk to our friends about our learning 😀
Week 6 - Oct 17-21 2022
We started to learn about Uu and Ii this week. They are both vowels. The keyword for Uu is up and the keyword for Ii is itch. They are both plane line letters. We start printing them on the plane line. We also learned about vowel extensions. this is when we pull the vowel sound out to determine the sound.
It was everything pumpkin in KA this week! Great to see all the pumpkins the class bought in! We described them using our 5 senses, we sorted them, we measured them and we counted them! Below are some of the activities we worked on this week. Have a super weekend! Anita
We measured our pumpkins using cubes. We compared them to other friends pumpkins.
We turned our pumpkins into Jack o Lanterns ready for Halloween🎃
We learned about hearing syllables in words. We clapped the syllables in the names in KA.
We recorded how many syllables are in our names in a sentence and then traced our names with finger paints.👆
We created leaf people out of different shaped leaves. We are using creative expression😀
We wrote about our pumpkins🎃
What an amazing collection of pumpkins!
We explored our real pumpkins using our senses. We explored with eyes open and eyes closed and wrote down words to describe what we felt.
We used shapes to make our pumpkins.
We read about Spookley the square pumpkin and we created our own pumpkin art. Scarecrow is watching over them!
We made leaf books and are learning the sight words - this and is.
We can count objects and write the numeral to match.
We can show a number in a ten frame.
Week 5 - Oct 10-14 2022
This week in Fundations we worked on the letters Mm and Nn. The lower case letters are both plane line letters. The key word for m is man and the key word for n is nut. We worked with our magnetic letter boards and our white boards. We retold a story about Echo finds dinner that we heard last week and built sentences and talked about what we need in a sentence. We had fun with our standard letter cards, taking turns to think of clues for the letter and we explored lots of things that begin with the sounds m and n.
We also started guided reading this week. We are reading in small groups, talking about the pictures, the text and the story. We are having fun reading together!
Also this week we explored our outcomes through Fall experiences. Have a look below at some of the things we did and ask your children to explain the pictures to you👍 Enjoy another lovely weekend! Anita
We are working on the letters m and n with Echo.🦉
We can name objects that begin with m and n👍
We used a flannel board to tell the story of Johnny Appleseed. Then we followed the directions to create a book.
We put the pictures together in the right order to retell the story.
We are creating patterns using leaves🍁🍂
We are talking about patterns and continuing patterns😁
We are building sentences.
We are using magnifying glasses to explore fall nature🍁
We can show a number as a numeral and with objects.
We can count leaves to match the numeral😀
We are working on the new sight word - see
We are learning to put finger spaces between our words, an upper case letter at the beginning of a sentence and a period at the end. We are learning that words carry a message! Echo sees green apples🍏🍏
We can cut apart a sentence and put it back together. There are 3 words in our sentence.
We can use our fingers to paint the leaves.
We can use our door to show our work!
We can create and read a book about counting apples🍎🍏
We can show the number 3 in different ways. We can work on printing the numeral 3.
KA's food donation for the community fridge is growing !! Thank you for being kind😍
Week 4 - Oct 3-7 2022
This week we continued to get to know each other through play, speaking and listening and different activities. We created books to tell about ourselves and we are starting to read the morning message! We are learning new sight words each week😁
Echo taught us the letters Bb and Ff. B and F are skyline letters we start printing them at the skyline. The key word for Bb is bat, the key word for Ff is fun. We are sky writing using whole body movement, printing on white boards and using our magnetic boards to find our letters. Great job KA!
We also had the pleasure of welcoming our UPEI nursing students to our school. They set up a Teddy Bear Clinic and we all got to take our teddy bears to the clinic for a check up🩺💉🩹 It was very exciting and we had a great time😍 Thank you to all the nurses!
Have a great Thanksgiving🦃 I am thankful for KA! Anita
We are learning our letters.
We can work as a group to put together an alphabet train👍
It is Fall and apple picking season🍎
We painted apple trees 🌳
We counted and numbered our apples🍎
We used words to describe the apples and recorded what we noticed. We tallied our favourite apples. The red apple had the most tallies.
We read a big book about apples and how they grow. We talked about what we can use apples for. We used our senses of hearing, seeing and tasting to determine which one we liked best👍
We are learning that words written together make a sentence. A sentence starts with an Uppercase letter, has a finger space between each word and ends with punctuation!
We tried writing a sentence in our journal to show our learning.
We know that our picture has to match the words we write
We created Rhyming monsters and printed a title!
We listened for rhyming clues in the poem to help us draw our monster. Ex. To tell which way the cold wind blows, our monster needs a great big ..... nose.
We are collecting food for the community fridge as part of the West Royalty Elementary kindness project!
We are learning to count objects and identify numerals👍
We are exploring magnets in our science centre using our 5 senses👂🖐👃😛👀
We are working on these sight words and using them to figure out the morning message and write sentences!
Echo is teaching us the letters Bb and Ff 👍
We created books about ourselves.
We learned that the friends in were not all born in Canada. We learned about the flags of the countries represented in KA 😁
We can use wikki sticks to make letters!
Week 3 - Sept 20-23 2022
This week we have been learning about ourselves and each other😍 We have been working on team work and collaboration as well as using our words to express our needs and wants👍 We have also been participating in lots of learning opportunities focusing on letter matching and identification.
Echo taught us the letter Tt and we practiced our sitting ready to write position and our pencil grasp. Great job learning KA! Practice makes progress😁 Have a good weekend and take care, Anita.
We read the story " Alphabet mystery". We talked about the story afterwards to see what we could remember. We remembered that X was the missing letter! We recorded it on our paper and then created our own alphabet pencils using stamps.
We had a discussion about the difference between needs and wants then used a sorting board to help us decide which objects were needs and which were wants😁
We cut up the sentence - "My name is ..." then put it back together in the order that makes sense and we used glitter glue to trace our names.
Echo is teaching us the letter Tt. We can recognize the letter T, the keyword Top and the sound a T makes.
We can print the letter t. T is a sky line letter. Point to the skyline, down to the grass line, cross it on the plane line. We practiced making a T in the sky, in our notebooks and on our whiteboards.
Sometimes we see a t written like this in print.
We can read stories about Tt and we know there are other words that start with Tt.
We read the book 'Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. What a funny story! We decided it was fiction! We created our own coconut trees and the letters in our names climbed up the coconut tree🌴
We are experimenting with patterns using different objects.
We can create patterns. This is a 3 element pattern.
We used bingo dobbers to show how many people are in our families and then counted and recorded the data we collected. We noticed that many families had 4 people and that the family with the most was 9.
We talked about our families and used manipulatives to create them.
Week 2 - Sept 12-16 2022
This week was spent getting to know each other, having conversations and playing with our new friends and character building. Below are some examples of projects we worked on this week👍 Enjoy your weekend😁 Anita
Every day this week at circle time we discussed being kind, thoughtful, caring and respectful. We looked at pictures of students in a classroom and decided what behaviours and actions we would use in KA. We had some great discussions and are learning to develop a positive classroom culture😍👍
We talked about how we are different and the same.
We painted pictures of our families😍
We created the first letter in our name using letter squares. One of our friends starts with a K😁
One of our friends starts with an L👍
We counted how many letters are in our name. We sorted our names by number.
We are counting to 100! Each day we add a link to our poster. When we get to 100 days at school we will plan a party🎉🎈 We are also using the links to create a pattern. We used 2 elements (yellow and green)
We are working on recognizing the sight words, I, like, to this week and using them in the morning message!
We noticed and circled our sight words in the morning message!
We read the morning message together each day👌
We created a "we can" chart to show the things we can do in KA. We all signed it as we were the authors!
We used our sight words as a sentence starter and chose our favourite end word. We colour coded our choices then counted the results. I like to share was the most popular! Nice job KA!
We met Echo and Baby Echo, the owls. They are going to help us learn our letters and sounds. Echo taught us how to echo what she says!
We learned about the Fundations letter grid. There are 4 lines. The sky line, the plane line, the grass line and the worm line. We practiced pointing to them using our arms as pencils then we practiced drawing lines on our white boards using the lines we learned. Ex. "Start at the sky line, go down to the grass line and stop". We also learned correct pencil grasp and sitting ready to write pose😊 Great job KA, you worked hard and listened well!
Week 1 - Sept 7-9 2022
What a brilliant first 3 days we have had together! We played, we made new friends and we learned all about what happens in kindergarten😍 Below are some of the projects that we worked on👍 Have a great weekend and I will see everyone on Marvelous Monday😊 Anita
Mrs. LeClair sits on this chair outside her classroom each morning and greets us all😍 We get to choose a hug or a high five😁
We created a poster for the door of our classroom so that anyone passing knows that they are welcome in KA💕
We drew pictures of ourselves for the bulletin board outside our classroom so everyone knows who is in KA! Wonderful work KA👌
We determined which letter each of our names start with. We placed a name sticker next to the first letter in our names. We noticed that 3 of our friends start with the letter R.😁
We read a fiction big book about a flying school bus then coloured our own school busses and cut out the children to glue on the bus. We were practicing using, pencils and crayons and using and holding scissors correctly 👍
Our motto in KA is... "we are kind, thoughtful and caring". We read a story about taking turns and then discussed the pictures above to determine which pictures showed kindness and why. We know what kindness looks like and sounds like😍
WELL DONE KA!!!!
Welcome to Kindergarten everyone!!! I hope you had a wonderful summer😎 and are looking forward to a great school year!
I am your teacher, Mrs. LeClair, and you are in class KA😍 I can't wait to get to know you all and have fun playing and learning together👏
This is me, Mrs. LeClair and our 8 month old dog, Gibson.
These are my children! Tristan on the left is a teacher, Jordan in the middle is an OTA/PTA and Stephan on the right is a youth worker😍
This is Finn, our 9 week old puppy!
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