Habitats

We had literacy centers today. Some of us made letters Q and R with our bodies, some had an interactive letter treasure hunt and wrote the letters we found on big pieces of paper, and some of us played literacy apps on iPads and played letter games using dice. We continued our animal research and today focussed on habitats. Ask your child to explain what habitat means and what animal they are researching and what they look like and eat. We also had a fun time with Mr. Der in gym where we played games using a pylon and balls. 

Please read carefully for important updates:

- We are in URGENT need of plastic yogurt or sour cream lids for an upcoming exciting project. Please send us any extras you may have ASAP. We are looking for standard size lids so please see picture below for measurements. Thank you!

- We are beginning to collect writing tools in our classroom (highlighters, pens, mechanical pencils, markers, sharpies, all writing tool lids, etc.) to recycle them. Please feel free to send us any dried up or no longer useable writing tools you may have at home. 

- A new sign up genius for upcoming swimming lessons [April 16, 17, 18, (Tuesday-Thursday) and 23, 24 (Tuesday- Wednesday)] has been created. You must have a valid police clearance done through our school. Please sign up using this link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0E4CA8A82CA2FF2-kindergarten

- AM Kindergarten will be going on a community walk tomorrow Friday, April 5 and PM Kindergarten will be going the next Friday, April 12. Please ensure your child is dressed appropriately for the weather with proper footwear. 

Animal Appearance and Diet

Today, both AM and PM students did a fantastic job of working on their secret missions and putting a smile on people's faces. Students continued working on their books about wolves, grizzly bears, moose, and great horned owls. We did research using different books to learn what each of our animals look like (appearance) and eat (diet). We also had literacy centers and big centres and snack. 

- Ask your child to tell you what animal they are researching and what they look like and eat. 

We learned that dried markers and other writing tools (highlighters, pens, mechanical pencils, markers, sharpies, all writing tool lids, etc.) can be recycled! Kindergarten is taking the initiative to start collecting any writing tools that we can no longer use in our classroom. This is better for our environment as they are made into new recycled products rather than ending up in the landfill. Some students sorted through all the markers at centres and pulled out any that we were dried up. We look forward to seeing where this goes and encourage families to also participate by sending us any writing tools they may have at home that are no longer working. 

Please read carefully for important updates:

- We are in urgent need of plastic yogurt or sour cream lids for an upcoming exciting project. Please send us any extras you may have ASAP. We are looking for standard size lids so please see picture below for measurements. Thank you!

- We are beginning to collect writing tools in our classroom (highlighters, pens, mechanical pencils, markers, sharpies, all writing tool lids, etc.) to recycle them. Please feel free to send us any dried up or no longer useable writing tools you may have at home. 

- A new sign up genius for upcoming swimming lessons [April 16, 17, 18, (Tuesday-Thursday) and 23, 24 (Tuesday- Wednesday)] has been created. You must have a valid police clearance done through our school. Please sign up using this link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0E4CA8A82CA2FF2-kindergarten

- AM Kindergarten will be going on a community walk on Friday, April 5 and PM Kindergarten will be going the next Friday, April 12. We would love to have parent volunteers join us. Please watch your emails for more information from our lovely volunteer coordinators Angie Lang (AM) and Ashley Willetts (PM). Just a reminder that you will need a valid police clearance. Thank you. 

Animal Research

We started working in our new animal research booklets. Students created books about wolves, grizzly bears, moose, and great horned owls. We started literacy centers again where we worked with Play-Doh, manipulatives, and played literacy games. We had centres and snack. AM students also had their first secret mission today and did a wonderful job! PM students are looking forward to receiving theirs tomorrow. These missions will help encourage a more kind and peaceful school and classroom environment. 

We also learned that dried markers and other writing tools (highlighters, pens, mechanical pencils, markers, sharpies, all writing tool lids, etc.) can be recycled! Kindergarten is taking the initiative to start collecting any writing tools that we can no longer use in our classroom. This is better for our environment as they are made into new recycled products rather than ending up in the landfill. Some students sorted through all the markers at centres and pulled out any that we were dried up. We look forward to seeing where this goes and encourage families to also participate by sending us any writing tools they may have at home that are no longer working. 

Please read carefully for important updates:

- We are in urgent need of plastic yogurt or sour cream lids for an upcoming exciting project. Please send us any extras you may have ASAP. We are looking for standard size lids so please see picture below for measurements. Thank you!

- We are beginning to collect writing tools in our classroom (highlighters, pens, mechanical pencils, markers, sharpies, all writing tool lids, etc.) to recycle them. Please feel free to send us any dried up or no longer useable writing tools you may have at home. 

- A new sign up genius for upcoming swimming lessons [April 16, 17, 18, (Tuesday-Thursday) and 23, 24 (Tuesday- Wednesday)] has been created. You must have a valid police clearance done through our school. Please sign up using this link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0E4CA8A82CA2FF2-kindergarten

- AM Kindergarten will be going on a community walk on Friday, April 5 and PM Kindergarten will be going the next Friday, April 12. We would love to have parent volunteers join us. Please watch your emails for more information from our lovely volunteer coordinators Angie Lang (AM) and Ashley Willetts (PM). Just a reminder that you will need a valid police clearance. Thank you. 

We hope everyone had a nice and relaxing spring break!

The day after spring break

Welcome back!

AM Kindergarten students shared what they did over the spring break in their personal journals today. Some AM students and all PM students had art with Mr. Kelly and gym with Mr. Der. We drew amazing owls using individual whiteboards and whiteboard markers. We also read the book A Day in Canada by Per-Henrik Gürth and had a discussion about what animals live in Canada. Students then chose what animals they would like to study more closely: wolves, bears, moose, or great horned owls. We also had Mrs. Kinsman visit us to talk to us about being kind Canadians and introducing us to secret missions that will help us be kinder and more peaceful members of our community. We cannot wait to see what our first secret kindness challenge is tomorrow. We also had centres and snack where many of us continued making mini books, playing with our bird sensory bins, and pretending to camp with our classmates. 

Please read carefully for important updates:

- We are in urgent need of plastic yogurt or sour cream lids for an upcoming exciting project. Please send us any extras you may have ASAP. We are looking for standard size lids so please see picture below for measurements. Thank you!

- A new sign up genius for upcoming swimming lessons [April 16, 17, 18, (Tuesday-Thursday) and 23, 24 (Tuesday- Wednesday)] has been created. You must have a valid police clearance done through our school. Please sign up using this link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0E4CA8A82CA2FF2-kindergarten

- AM Kindergarten will be going on a community walk on Friday, April 5 and PM Kindergarten will be going the next Friday, April 12. We would love to have parent volunteers join us. Please watch your emails for more information from our lovely volunteer coordinators Angie Lang (AM) and Ashley Willetts (PM). Just a reminder that you will need a valid police clearance. Thank you. 

We hope everyone had a nice and relaxing spring break!

Otis the Owl

We had a very exciting day in Kindergarten today! We had an amazing visit from the Medicine River Wildlife Center and Otis the Great Horned Owl. We also read "Otis's Story," and learned so much about owls, wild animals, and ways to keep our environment clean and the animals who live there healthy.

We also visited the Book Fair today to check out all of the great books and supplies for sale. Please feel free to stop by the book fair with your child when you are here for Student Led Conferences tomorrow and on Friday.

Just a reminder that there is no school for Kindergarten tomorrow, March 21st, and Friday, March 22nd, due to Student Led Conferences. Your students are looking forward to showing you everything that we have been working on! As well, there is no school during Spring Break (March 25th to March 31st). School resumes on Monday, April 1st for all students.

After Spring Break, we will be beginning an inquiry into animals. As a part of this study, we will be creating our animals out of plasticine. We will need plastic yogurt or sour cream lids for this project, so if you have any extras around your house, we would welcome them in our classroom!

Math Problem

We did a math problem today- If there are 4 birds, how many wings are there all together? Ask your child to show you one way they can show you the answer. We had centers and snack and gym. We finished up our eggs as well by adding different details to them. 

- Mrs. Conley and Mrs. Watterson will be available for student led conferences from 11:00am-7:00pm on Thursday, March 21. Ms. Khan will be available from 8:00am-7:00pm on Thursday, March 21 and 8:00am-11:00am on Friday, March 22. The blue and yellow groups will book their conference with Ms. Khan, the red group with Mrs. Conley, and the green group with Mrs. Watterson.

- Thank you to those who are bringing back colored folders on a regular basis and exchanging home reading books. We are still working with students to get them in the habit of putting the folders in the bins at the beginning of school. Please help us by reminding students at home to take their folders out so they can get a new home reading book. We are not sending home reading books without folders and students must return their book in order to get a new one.