Community Helpers

Our favourite part of the day:

On Monday we had the vet centre and we learned the "Magic" dance.

On Tuesday we learned what holds more and we read.

On Wednesday we learned about Farley Fox and wrote the letter "r".

On Thursday we went to the park and made a book.

On Friday we learned how to write the letter "m" and we danced to the song "Friday".

Measurement:
We started our measurement unit this week. We will learn about capacity (how much a container can hold), length (how long something is) and weight (how heavy something is). We began with capacity. I showed the children a slideshow called "Will an Elephant Fit in a Bathtub?" Then we thought about what are things that will hold more water than our water bottle. They were quite creative: buckets, bathtubs and lakes were the most popular.

I got this idea from Kindergarten...Kindergarten. This blog has so many great ideas for math in Kindergarten.

Community Helpers:

The children already had a good idea of community helpers so my main objective of this unit was to learn our phone numbers and have a fire escape plan to help keep up safe. The children enjoyed this unit, especially th pretend play that came with it. 

Here is a list of centres that we had:

Cover the Cavities (adding and subtracting)

Trash or Treasure? (reading real and nonsense words)

Police Car Patterns (extending patterns)

Vet/Doctor Dramatic Play

Animated Literacy:

This week we learned two new characters.  We learned about Kimmy Kangaroo who likes to blow kisses and fly kites, Baby Barnaby who likes to play the banjo and bow. The children learned that there are a few ways to write the "kuh" sound: "c", "ck" and "k". After learning these new sounds we practiced reading some words. I almost tricked them with words containing "c", "k" and "ck".

Please go over the handouts that have been sent home with your child to review the sounds and letters. They can colour the picture and then circle the special sound within the song at the bottom. Remember that Animated Literacy focuses on the sound (phonics) and the writing (graphemes) so for Arnie Aardvark we focus on the "ar" as seen in the words hard, arm and art.

This week was brought to you by: The letter p, r, n and m

This week we practiced writing more lowercase letters. When you have a moment practice writing "p", "r", "n" and "m" as well as what words start with "puh" (for "pet"), "rrr" (for "rut"), "nnn" (for "not"), and "mmm" (for "met") . Another activity could be finding different objects in the house that start with the letters/sounds that we have been learning. 

Don't Forget:

On cold days please make sure to send hats and mittens. Also, on days where there is snow or it is slushy please send boots and snow pants. Thank you!

Feel free to contact me anytime with any questions or concerns. I can be reached at the school, by email or just drop in (I am usually around before school).