Ms. Penfold's Kindergarten

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...

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

 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 ...