Ms. Penfold's Kindergarten

 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...

 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...