Ms. Penfold's Kindergarten

Thank you so much to those of you who remembered to send in either a physical copy or an email of a Family Photo ☺  If you still need to send one, there is still time! We will be working on a family art project the next couple days and it is easier for the kiddos if they have a photo to reference.  Feel free to send a hard copy with your kiddo tomorrow or Wednesday, or pass one along to my email (stpenfold@cbe.ab.ca) and I can print it here.  Thanks again and see you all at conferences this week!! 

 Looking back... - The last two weeks we practiced two new letters, Tt and Ff  - We made hidden animals with Tails and had to guess each other's animals and turned the letter T into a Toucan to practice  - In math worked on representing the numbers 1 & 2 in our math books using pictures, numbers, and stickers  - We talked about what a pair is, brainstormed all sorts of pairs of things, and played a matching pair memory game that we made ourselves using different pairs of socks  - Using white boards we started writing the number 3, which has proven to be a little tricky  Looking Forward... - There is NO SCHOOL Thursday November 27 or Friday November 28th in order to run our parent teacher conferences, booking opens this weekend, please book a slot to come see what your kiddo has been learning so far!  - Please send a family photo in with your student next week, as we continue talking about the letter Ff for family.  - A friendly reminder that a...

This week in Kindergarten... Looking Back... - Our letter of the week this week was Aa; ask your student what words they remember that start with the letter Aa - We wrote the letter Aa on white boards and in our work books - We also practiced drawing, doing our first Art Hub of a fall goose - On Thursday we talked about Peace and made poppies for Remembrance Day - In math we continued representing the number 1 using pictures to organize pictures of 1 item vs pictures of more than one item  Looking Forward... - There is NO SCHOOL Monday November 10 to Wednesday November 12, see you again on Thursday November 13th ☺ - A friendly reminder that as the weather cools down it is important for your child to come dressed for the weather! We go outside every day. Please help your kindergartener begin to practice independently dressing for the outdoors, putting on their own gloves, hats and zipping up their jackets. Zippers can be particularly tricky, so lots of practice is required.

 Happy Halloween!! Be safe tonight  This week was quick but busy in Kindergarten Looking Back... - We had our first letter of the week, Pp, for Pumpkin - We sang 5 little pumpkins and created a visual journal page with 5 little pumpkins sitting on a gate - In math we also practiced representing numbers, starting with number 1, using pictures, number, stickers and tens frames - On Halloween we had a costume parade, carved a class pumpkin and had a class dance party - We also went to visit our grade 3 buddies and listened to the story "Creepy Pair of Underwear" and made our own creepy underwear  Looking Forward... - Library day is Tuesday, please return any books still at home for exchange ☺ - Picture Day is TUESDAY NOVEMBER 4th - A friendly reminder that as the weather cools down it is important for your child to come dressed for the weather! We go outside every day. Please help your kindergartener begin to practice independently dressing for the outdoors, putting on their...

 It was so great to meet so many families last week at our first ever September Open House! Thanks for coming out and visiting our classroom  Looking Back... - Last week we had our Terry Fox run! The kiddos ran so many laps and no one gave up, even when they got tired they kept on walking - During the first few weeks we have reviewed classroom rules and expectations, we made a 👍👎 page and sorted different behaviours like using inside voices, walking feet, sharing and yelling, running etc into the right category - We have been practicing important skills using learning tools like scissors and glue. We talked about appropriate ways to use tools - For glue we read "Too Much Glue!" and practiced making mosaic art with small pieces of ripped paper glued onto a shape - For cutting we practiced how to hold scissors and chomp chomp chomp the paper! We made scissor salads and got to cut up all sorts of paper - Monday was Dot Day and we use our imagination to turn dots into a variety...

Welcome to Kindergarten my lovely crew!! We had a great first week ☺ Looking Back… - this week we got to know our new space, toured the school, found the Gym and Music room as well as the office and library.  - we met lots of new friends and practiced introducing ourselves and asking our friends what their names are too!  - we read lots of stories about going to school and the feelings that can come up  - on our first day with the whole class we drew pictures of ourselves and attempted to write our names - we also practiced colouring and making sure we go slow and take our time!! And colouring all the white spaces. Kindergarten is no place for scribbles  Looking Forward… - next week THURSDAY September 11th the AM kindergarteners will be running the Terry Fox Run together! Please send your kiddo in outdoor running shoes for this.  - we are also collecting toonies for Terry, our school goal is for each student to bring in at least 1 toonie in order to reach $1150 ...