Ms. Penfold's Kindergarten

 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 ...

Hello Kinder Families!  Welcome to Ms. Penfold's Kindergarten classroom blog Kindergarten Staggered Entry Kindergarten students will have staggered entry on Tuesday September 2 and Wednesday September 3. Tuesday September 2 (Students with the last name beginning with A-L) AM 9:00am -10:30am Wednesday September 3 (Students with the last name beginning with M-Z) AM 9:00am - 10:30am Teachers will meet families outside by the kindergarten doors on both Tuesday and Wednesday. After the staggered  entry days; Kindergarten Hours are 8:00am-10:50am for morning classes and 11:40am-2:30pm for afternoon classes. On Fridays, classes alternate and hours are 8:00am-12:00pm. This classroom blog is updated at the end of each week! ☺