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May 11-14

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Looking Back... - Our letter of the week this week was Xx  - We created treasure maps with an X to mark the spot, and next week we will test out our classroom mapping skills by seeing if our friend can use our map to find out hidden treasure - We continued to observe the chicks and geese to watch them grow and change! - In math we continued on identifying and sorting 3D shapes by similar traits  Looking Forward... - FIELD TRIP: our field trip to the Farm Yard is happening next week Friday May 22nd, please send your kiddo with a snack, water bottle and any weather appropriate accessories they may need (rain coat, sunhat, sunscreen etc.)  - If you have not signed permission forms for the field trip, please have them back to me by Wednesday May 20th - Final Book Order: I have sent home our last book order of the year. If you are interested in any books for summer, please have your order in by Friday May 29th to ensure orders arrive before the school year ends. You can visit...
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May 4-7

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Looking Back... - This week in kindergarten we got some special visitors!! Our eggs hatched and we have two baby chicks and as of yesterday, two baby geese as well - We spent a lot of time talking about, observing and sketching our new baby classmates  - The letter of the week was Qq for quilt, quack or queen - In math we started discussing 3D shapes and how they are different from 2D shapes, we went on a shape walk around the school to try and find spheres, cubes, cones and cylinders in real life Looking Forward... - Tuesday is Library day! Please send books back for exchange ☺ your kiddo gets to keep the book for ONE WEEk!! If it comes back to school the day after library, I am putting it back in their backpack for them to enjoy more.  - There is NO SCHOOL Friday May 15th or Monday May 18th
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April 27 - May 1

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 Looking Back... - The letter of the week was Zz for Zoo and Zebra - We wrote letters to the zoo asking for some pets, ask your kindergartener what animal they "got" (ie. we made our own version of the book Dear Zoo) - We also did some zebra research and learned all about zebras, we created a fun fact page with an interesting fact we learned!  - In science we finished the five senses - With our buddies we celebrated there FINALLY being some sunshine and created a whole bunch of wild flowers for our "kinder garden" to brighten up the classroom - We got to spend lots of time outside getting fresh air and getting our wiggles out - For science we also have some special visitors joining us, right now they are just eggs!! We got to observe a few different types of eggs and make predictions of what is inside, ask your kiddo what they think will hatch (hopefully next week!)  Looking Forward... - Our field trip is coming up on Friday May 22nd for AM Kindergarten friends, if ...
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April 20-24

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 Looking Back... - This week in Kindergarten our letter of the week was Yy for Yak or Yoyo - We made a letter Y into a cute little yak drawing!! And made Yarn Monsters!  - It was also Earth Day, we talked about and brainstormed a few ideas on how we can help our community stay clean and healthy. Ask your kiddo what some of the ideas were ☺ - In math we finished up patterning, we are able to identify the core of a pattern, extend a pattern, label a pattern and create our own pattern using a variety of ideas like colours, shapes, pictures or stickers!  - We also finished our 5 senses science unit!! Looking Forward... - Tuesday is Library day! Please send books back for exchange ☺ your kiddo gets to keep the book for ONE WEEk!! If it comes back to school the day after library, I am putting it back in their backpack for them to enjoy more.  - Given our crazy unpredictable weather, please ensure you are sending your student to school ready for any weather condition. We do...
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March 30 - April 2

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 Looking Back...  - Monday we had our school wide Pancake Breakfast!! What a fantastic way to come back after spring break, the students all got to enjoy some pancakes, and even some line dancing - The letter of the week this week was Ee for Easter, Elephant and Egg... we have started talking about vowels making two sounds, both long and short vowel sounds - In math we returned to patterning and practiced finding the core of a pattern and then extending  - We created pattern Easter Eggs - With our buddies we made stain glass window spring art! Most of these were brought home this week, there are a few still being finished up - Although the weather is not cooperating outside, we have started talking about signs of spring... hopefully soon we can go for a walk and actually spot some spring changes!  Looking Forward... - Tuesday's are library day!  - If you have any leftover amounts of yarn laying around at home, please feel free to donate them to the classroom for...
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March 2-6

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 Looking Back... - The letter of the week was Bb for Bear!  - We did bear research and learned all about bears. We drew scientific drawings, labelled them, read non-fiction books about bears, watched some videos and made a research page about a fact that we learned about bears - ask your student what their fact was!  - For math we have started problem solving, using pictures, numbers and words to solve a variety of math problems - We managed to do two letters this week and also did the letter Hh for Hibernate  - We also discussed how you can organize things by categories such as organizing animals by how they move and we played games moving like different animals - We met with our buddies and made shamrocks!  Looking Forward... - Tuesday is Library day (we missed this week so we will get new books next week) - Tuesday March 17th is St. Patricks Day, your child can wear green if they choose - There is NO SCHOOL Thursday March 19th or 20th for conferences, please ...
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February 17-19

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Looking Back... A quick little week we had again! - The letter of this week was Ll - We labelled the classroom, using our phonetic awareness to stretch and sound out different words! We have been practicing this a lot recently as we start to build our reading and writing skills - We journaled about the Olympics, and drew pictures as what winter sport we would choose if we were athletes, ask your kiddo which sport they picked Looking Forward... - Friday February 20th is PM Kindergarten, please do not send your morning kindergarten friends ☺ our next AM Kindergarten in Friday March 6th!  - Tuesday is library day, please return all books!  - Wednesday February 25th is Pink Shirt day - to spread kindness and a sense of belonging.  - There is NO SCHOOL Friday February 27th for a system wide PD Day - A reminder; please DO NOT let your child bring ANY toys to school. We are having major issues with toys in the classroom, not sharing, getting lost and bringing them to gym/music w...
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