Each week in kindergarten, we will highlight one letter to help us practice letter formation and become more confident with letter/sound relationships. This week we learned about the letter P. Children practiced printing this letter in their journals and drew pictures of things that begin with this sound. Ask your child to show you our action and rhyme for this letter! See if you can find any items around the house that begin with the letter P. We were very excited to see how many of our snacks this week began with our letter of the week!

 

We spent time this week talking about how each family is unique! Children were so proud to share about their own special family and drew pictures of what each family member looks like. Our expertise with drawing shapes has helped us to progress beyond drawing stick people! Yaaaay!!! Some of our kiddos even attempted to add letters to their drawing as a way of identifying each family member. 

 

 

In an attempt to foster some new friendships in our classroom, each child was assigned a buddy this week. We spent some time sitting knee-to-knee and eye-to-eye with our buddies and asked each other questions to learn more about one another. Ask your child who their buddy was and what they learned about them. Each week, students will be assigned a new buddy to get to know. 

 

We had so much fun running for Terry Fox on Thursday afternoon. Thank you so much to those of you who were able to join us and for all of your generous donations. 

Classroom Information and Reminders

1. Next week, we will be learning about the letter H and talking about the homes in which we live. Children will be sketching their house and sharing a bit about their home with their classmates. If possible, please send in a picture of your child's home(s). Feel free to send me the photos through email if you like (taroberts@cbe.ab.ca). We will need photos by Thursday, October 3. Thank you so much to those of you who have already sent in your photos!

2. Remember to sign-up for email notifications for these blog posts so that they will be delivered directly to your email inbox each week :) Easy peasy! Please let me know if you're having difficulty.

3. Picture day is coming up on Monday, October 7.

4. We went to the library this week! Please return your child's library book on or before their library day each week. The morning class goes to the library on Wednesdays and the afternoon class goes to the library on Thursdays.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

Miss Roberts :)

It was so wonderful meeting with each of you over the past couple of days. Thank you so much for taking the time to engage in these important introductory discussions about your child. I thoroughly enjoyed the conversations we shared.

We continued our investigation into what it means to be an artist this week and began to explore the exciting world of COLOUR! We learned about warm colours and cool colours, talked about the 3 magic primary colors and enjoyed experimenting with some colour mixing at centre time.

We explored a new artist technique called collage. Our next collaborative art piece is well underway!

We talked about how colours can be associated with different feelings and emotions. Each child created their own beautiful color collage and shared how each colour makes them feel.

 

"I like green because it reminds me of the earth."

Aniya

"My favourite colour is blue because it reminds me of water and the winter and playing in new snow."

Harris

"I like red because it reminds me of love inside. It makes me feel warm."

Henri

"My favourite colour is yellow because it makes me think that I’m in the sand on a hot sunny day."

James

 

 

Our kiddos are working so hard at building their fine motor skills! At this time in the year, children begin many of their days at school with finger strengthening exercises such as beading, manipulating plasticine, building with screws and bolts, printing their name, scissor activities, etc. We attempted cutting out shapes for the first time on Wednesday and the kids did great! 

 

 

Children drew their first self-portraits of the year and each shared a little bit about what they would like me to know about them. 

 

 

Classroom Information and Reminders

1. The school-wide Terry Fox Run will be taking place on Thursday, Sept. 26 from 2:50 to 3:20. We will be running at Green Park, across the street from the school. All are welcome! As this is an afternoon event, morning students are invited to join us for the run, as long as they are accompanied by an adult. Please ensure your child is dressed appropriately for the weather on that day. 

2. In the next couple of weeks, students will begin investigating the communities in which we live. If possible, please send in a picture of your child’s home(s) so that they may share a little bit about where they live with their classmates. Feel free to email me the photos (taroberts@cbe.ab.ca) if that is easier. Please send in home photos by Tuesday, October 1. 


Have a wonderful weekend! See you on Tuesday!

Miss Roberts :)