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       Ms. Terry             Miss Sheila               Miss Trin               WELCOME!

  Inclusion Teacher      Paraprofessional          Paraprofessional

Week of 05/03/2026:

Hello Purple Room Families! 

We wish you a Happy Mother's Day weekend! We hope you have enjoyed your special gift from your children, they worked hard on this all week and Love You very much!!

We enjoyed a fun learning week! The children learned about the differences in the kind of books we read. We learned that a reference book is not a story book, it tells us facts and information, so we can learn all about a topic. It is where we find answers when we want to know about something in particular. We used reference books to learn about bugs and insects!

The children learned that not all bugs are insects. An insect has three body parts and six legs. Other bugs may have more legs, or a different number of body parts. We learned some bugs and insects crawl, while others jump, wiggle, or fly! We read interesting facts about specific bugs such as this: Many spiders have eight eyes and some bees have five eyes. Spiders taste through their legs and feet. Caterpillars breath through holes in their sides called "Spiracles". We learned bees will visit over 2 million flowers to make one jar full of honey. We learned that different types of caterpillars become different kinds of butterflies or moths.

Between our classes, the children created a special kind of pattern on a caterpillar template and worked on creating a matching butterfly using daubers on a coffee filter, and then spraying it with water. We studied real bugs and insects encased in plexiglass using magnifying glasses. We determined which was an insect and which was not. The children created their own bug using a critters building set; laced Hungry Caterpillar themed lacing cards; counted bugs onto a template of jars to match the number printed on each jar, and  matched symmetrical butterfly wings by finding the right and left halves of the butterflies. The afternoon group also played the I Have/Who has card game - Bug version.

We have received our caterpillar kit, so the children will get to view the caterpillars in the upcoming week, and watch the life cycle from caterpillar to butterfly in real life! By the end of the week, we saw the first sprouts of our sunflower plants starting to pop up!

We welcomed a new classmate in the morning group, the children were helpful in showing their new friend how school goes, and extending themsleves kindly in play!  We enjoyed a guest reader this week, with more to visit in the upcoming week as well! Thank you for taking the time to join us in class! What a week of kindness all around!

Note: Before you know it we will be discussing end of year celebrations and events. We decorate t-shirts to wear on parade day in June. At any time, please send in a plain white t-shirt, labelled with your child's name inside the collar. By the end of the month we will start paint stamping them. 

Finally, from Miss Sheila, Miss Trin and I, we wish to thank you for all the kindness you showed us during Teacher Appreciation week! Our principal, Friends of ECC parent group, and you all have treated us with such kind gesures and gifts! Our school was well decorated, our classroom was decorated with a beautiful mural painting, we received tasty treats, drawn pictures, cards, messages, flowers, gifts and gift cards for our classroom and to cherish. We could not appreciate you more for all you do for us and our children! 

Thank you for all you do!

Ms. Terry, Miss Sheila & Miss Trin

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