October 16-20

 Hello Families!

It was a very busy week in Kindergarten this week as we dove into our "All About Me" unit.  Our word of the week was "Unique" and we learned all about what it means to be "One of a Kind".  Mrs. Rupert shared her special "Me Bag" with a few special treasures inside.  Students were very excited to brainstorm ideas of what they can put in their own "Me Bag" to share with the class.  Please help your Kindergartener to find a few special things or pictures (or drawings) to go in their bag to share with their classmates next week as we celebrate all the ways we are different and unique.

We spent time reading stories that focused on our own special qualities and features and had time to do drawings and share our ideas in our journals.  Students are working towards adding details to their drawings, making sure their ideas match their illustrations and making connections between their lives and the stories and conversations we are having in class.   

We also began learning about letters and the sounds they make.  We learned how to print and uppercase and lowercase "A" and we learned that A is a vowel that makes 2 sounds.  Students were eager to bring home their new Letter books to share their letter and the song that we learned about it.  We will continue to put new letter pages and poems in the Letter Books to send home throughout the week for students to share their learning and to support sharing letter learning at home.  Please help students by keeping their letter books in their backpacks, or sending them back to school daily- so we have them available when we need add our new pages:)

Here's a link to our "A" song: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1xmriwh2T8

In math, we have continued to practice writing numbers and representing numbers in different ways.  We have continued to work in our Math Journals showing our numbers on a ten frame, as a digit, and through pictures.  We have also been practicing our subitizing skills.  Students are becoming amazingly quick at recognizing numbers fast when they are represented as dots on a dice or on a ten frame.  

During our centre times we made apple prints, built amazing creations out of blocks, took care of our toy babies in the house centre and learned how to play our first partner math game with dice.

Next week we will likely have some colder weather, but we may still have the opportunities to go outside for fresh air and exercise.  Please send your child in clothing appropriate for the weather, and please help make sure all student's gear and materials are labelled so we can make sure it does not get mixed up. Please encourage your child as they practice putting on warm outside clothing independently.  Some items can be tricky to get on just right (finger gloves, zippers), and may need a little extra practice over the next few weeks-  we are all about trying and learning and persevering as we develop new skills in taking good care of ourselves in Kindergarten.

Here are some fantastic photos of our last week: