Week 15: Run, run as fast as you can . . .

December 16 - 19

At the beginning of the week, we read the story about The Gingergread Man. We re-read the story many times and practiced re-telling the story in order using puppets with images of the characters. Students coloured and cut a gingerbread man and pieces of candy to decorate a large paper gingerbread house.

Wednesday was Grinch Day! Many students wore green and we had a day of fun filled green activities. We used green play dough where some students chose to create patterns, we made a green collage, practiced finding and printing the letter Gg and many more activities. Thank you to the students who brought green snacks to share.

1. Using hole punchers to strengthen our hand we punched out all the letter Gg.

  

2. Students sorted a number of green items.

3. Green collage

Happy Holidays! See you in 2020!

Week 14: Numbers! Numbers! Numbers!

December 9-13

-Thank you to those students who sent in a photo of their pattern they made at home. Keep practicing your pattern making and look for patterns in our world. Here is an example of a pattern sent in:

-This week we worked on drawing pictures to match a number from 1 - 10. Students drew a number of different shapes, animals, letters and numbers to represent a number.

-In kindergarten, we practice counting up to 10 and down to 0 from any number. In the next week, I will check in the each student to see if they can do this.

Next Week:

* Tuesday, December 17th is Ugly Sweater Day and Thursday, December 19th is Pajama Day!

* Monday and Tuesday:  Gingerbread Man story and retelling

* Wednesday is Grinch Day in kindergarten. Students can wear green, we will build with green playdough and make a green collage together. We will talk about how the Dr. Seuss character's heart grew when he did kind things for others. If you want, you can send a green snack for your child or to share with the class.

Week 13: I know all about letter E!

December 2-6

Students were introduced to the word vowel. We completed a Highlight a Letter focusing on the vowel Ee. Students are asked to find and colour all the Es and then trace and print. We talked about how there are many ways to make the letter E and that students should choose the way that works best for their brain.

On Wednesday, students focused on the number 6. We reviewed many different ways to show the number 6. Students then identified all the ways to make 6 that they could find on the Number 6 Hunt page.

During buddies, students played a game using ten frame cards. Each player turns over a card. The player with the ten frame card that shows the highest number, gets to keep the card. We used words like: more/less and greater/fewer.

If your child is using technology at home, please check out these great learning websites:

pbskids.org

starfall.com

abcya.com

funbrain.com

Next week:

-recording patterns in different ways

-check in to see if students can see a dot set on a dice and know how many

-students will choose a number to represent in many ways

-AM group attends on Friday, December 13th