This week in kindergarten...
We welcomed Elder Shirley to our school to teach us about indigenous hoop dancing.
We spent a lot of time talking about family and celebrated how special and unique each family can be. Children used rocks to create portraits of their family.
We continued to refine our drawing skills by learning to draw triangles and use details to turn them into fun things like ice cream cones and party hats. Next week, we will start our weekly letter investigation. Our first letter will be M!
Here's a note from Mrs. Planden about what the kiddos were up to in math on Monday:
In kindergarten this week we have continued our weekly number study with the number 2! We used multi-modalities (lots of different ways!) to practice writing the numeral, and we learned how to say it in sign language and in Blackfoot. As the Blackfoot are the original caretakers of our land, and recognizing that we are all treaty people, we will be learning numbers 1-10 in the Blackfoot language. The links below are the numbers 1 and 2 in Blackfoot if you wanted to learn alongside your child.
https://player.vimeo.com/video/417453941?h=1d89f5dee2
https://player.vimeo.com/video/418181145?h=f80f4d8234
We also made the numeral out of play dough, searched for it in magazines and practiced our fine motor skills by cutting and pasting some of the numbers we found. We determined whether we could fair share the number and then practiced our skills in subitizing it (which means to recognize it at a glance, without counting each individual dot)
Thank you so much to everyone who brought in things that represented the number two. Those that forgot were able to talk about body parts that we had two of. (Eyebrows, eyes, hands, feet, etc.) Next week, it will be trickier to name body parts we have 3 of (haha) so thanks in advance for supporting your child to bring in items that represent the number 3!!
Classroom Info and Reminders
1. Tuesday, Sept. 26 is picture day!
2. In honour of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, there will be no school on Friday, Sept. 29.
3. Starting next week, I will be sending out a weekly email, rather than a blog, to share about the things we are learning about at school. If you are interested in seeing photos of our kindergarten adventures, I encourage you to follow me on instagram, @missrobertsyyc , where you can see photos of our learning at the end of every school day. If you already follow along on instagram, please send me a note to introduce yourself and say hi!
I'll leave you with some photos of our week together. I hope you all enjoy a beautiful sunny weekend!
Miss Roberts & Mrs. Planden
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