Ms. Penfold's Kindergarten

We are in the final stretch before the holidays and getting festive in the classroom!  Looking Back... - This week we were busy!! We started the week learning the letter Ss for Snowflake, Snowman and Snow - In our journals we drew pictures to represent what we like to do in the snow!! Ask your student what they picked to draw about - In math we worked on subitizing numbers; this is having the ability to instantly recognize a number or set of items without having to count them, like when you look at dice - We also represented the numbers 4 (after reading Pete the Cat's "My Four Groovy Buttons) and 5 (after reading "Five Little Penguins")  - With our buddies we made snowflakes in art, using tape and water colour paints Looking Forward... - A reminder that there are to be NO TOYS at school. This is a school rule, as they become a big distraction and we cannot prevent them from being lost or ruined. Please keep all toys at home. I understand daycare sometimes allows toys...

 Friendly reminder; in order for books to be here before the winter break orders are due tomorrow ☺ Visit  https://bookclubs.scholastic.ca/  to place orders using our class code RC110977  This is completely optional, but there are some really great deals if you are looking for any holiday books or last minute gift ideas for your kids, friends or family!

Thank you all for coming to parent teacher conferences, it was so nice to chat with you all about your amazing kiddos!  Looking back... - This week we continued working on the letter Ff for family - We talked about our families, what we like to do with them and drew family portraits using the photos you sent in!  - In math we continued to practice writing the number 3  - We also had a special guest come to our school, Hal Eagletail, he taught us about the importance of indigenous ways of learning through nature, sang us traditional songs and taught us how to make animal sounds!  Looking Forward... - BOOK ORDERS incase you missed it, book orders were sent home last week! If you would like to place an order for any books, please have orders placed online no later than Thursday December 4th so I can place the order on time for the holidays! Order through Scholastic Canada using the classroom code RC110977 - there are some great deals on all sorts of books for our early...

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.