Timetable-Aris/Senk 2024/25 FDK 108

Language consists of: shared reading, morning messages, independent reading, letters/words of the week activities, printing/identifying upper  case letters VS. lower case letters, word work, oral communication, learning the alphabet and the sounds associated with each letter, dramatic play and story telling. (along with other topics)

Math Blocks consist of: Incorporating math into our day (following a schedule, clean up time is 3 minutes, while the students are lining up outside, have them look for a shape that looks like a circle, etc.,) Specific lessons will focus around exploring numbers (how to print them and show them in other ways. For example, the number 4 can be shown as a numeral, as a word “four”, as a picture, on our fingers, on a di(ce), etc.) We will study shapes, building with those shapes, making patterns with them. We will predict and estimate (for example: how many cubes can you hold in your hand? How many can Mr. Aris hold in his hand? Who can hold more cubes? Why?) And we will explore math terminology and effective strategies for exploring numbers and to solve problems. For example: adding MORE cubes to the container will make a larger total/sum then when we started. Removing cubes will result in LESS, or a smaller total from when you started

-Gym is on Day 6 and Day 7 with Mrs. Mackenzie, or Mrs. Jackson respectively. Mrs. Mackenzie also teaches music on Days 5 and 6, as well as she teaches them outdoor education Days 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9 and 10.  Please dress according to the weather for outdoor education. Students should also have a change of clothes in case of accidents or wet cloths.

-Library is on Day 7. Please return books brought home so your child may sign out a new book.

The Kindergarten Expectations-Ministry of Education Ontario https://www.dcp.edu.gov.on.ca/en/curriculum/kindergarten

A Parents Guide to Play Based Learning in Kindergarten-Ministry of Education-Ontario

https://www.edu.gov.on.ca/kindergarten/parents-guide-literacy-math-en.pdf