A beautiful flower shop has sprung up in our classroom! Children have fully embraced the arrival of February, the month of love, by creating bouquets of flowers to deliver to one another throughout the day. 

 

  

Students were so excited by this that they wanted to spread their kindness flowers beyond the classroom. The afternoon students created flowers for staff, siblings and friends throughout the school and were SO very proud to go around delivering them. 

 

 

To further our understanding of animals in winter, we spent time this week learning about migration. Ask your child to teach you about some of the animals that migrate. There are 3 main reasons why animals will choose to migrate. See if your child can identify all 3! 

 

We spent time learning about the math word, LESS and practiced coming up with numbers that are more or less than another given number. We learned a new number game called Who Has Less? to help us practice this new skill. 

Our letter of the week was E. These short vowel sounds all sound so similar! Children are learning to hear the subtle differences between each.

Classroom Reminders:

1. Wednesday, February 7 is Winter Walk Day!  This is a Canada-wide initiative to celebrate winter while promoting the year-round health benefits of walking. On this particular day, all Albertans are encouraged to walk outside.  Our kindergarteners will be participating in this initiative by going out for a walk from 11:00-11:20 (am class) and 3:00-3:20 (pm class). Please ensure your child is dressed appropriately to be outside for approximately 20 minutes. We will need 2 parent volunteers from each class to join us for our walk. If you're up for a little winter fun and have your approved security clearance, please email me to let me know (taroberts@cbe.ab.ca).

2. Exciting news! Sound Kreations will be coming to our school to facilitate a week-long dance residency for students. During our gym time this week, children will be learning to explore different types of dance from around the world. We invite you to join us for a short celebration of our hard work on Friday, February 9 from 11:30-12:30. Please note that this is a morning class early dismissal day. If any students from the afternoon class would like to be a part of the final celebration, they are more than welcome to join the morning class during their portion of the performance. 

3. Scholastic orders are due Monday.

Happy Saturday!

Miss Roberts :)