February 5-9

 Hello Families!

Mrs. Rupert missed most of the week due to sickness, so unfortunately there are not many pictures to share this week.

You have likely heard all about the different Guest Teachers who came to our classroom this week.  I was so very proud of the reports from all of them about what kind, responsible and hard-working students are in our Kindergarten class.   Our word of the week was "Flexibility" which seemed to fit considering how flexible the students were in their routines and approaches to learning this week.

This week while Mrs. Rupert was away students learned all about the letter Rr and the letter Uu.  They learned about their sounds, and were able to sort pictures of items that begin with those sounds.  They also practiced their labeling skills this week as they continued to label their illustrations and make research notes about animals that Migrate- like caribou.

Students learned all about Lunar New Year (February 10), and were able to identify various symbols that represent this holiday.  We found out that the colour for Lunar New Year is red, and that it is going to be the year of the Dragon.  

During math this week we practiced printing numbers and playing different spinner and subitizing games with dice.  We are continuing to practice our number fluency skills.  We are so good at subitizing and counting forwards and backwards.

During center times we enjoyed playing in our new rice sensory bin, playing board games, building towers and making comics and cards.  The AM class was super helpful in setting up a new puppet theatre center for next week.  The AM class also was able to meet with their Big Buddies on friday to work on our "super-huge-full-of-love-collaborative-heartwork" artwork!  It is going to take a few more days, and the PM class needs to add their part- but we can't wait to share it when it's all done.  

Just a reminder:  Next week students are welcome to wear Red on Valentines Day (Wednesday).  They can also bring Valentine cards to share with their classmates.  Please do not address the cards or put names on the cards for their classmates- just write your own child's name on the cards so they can be handed out easily and independently.  There are 22 students in the AM class and 18 students in the PM class.  Please remember that we do not allow sharing food or treats at school.

Have a good weekend, 

We're looking forward to a fun and healthy week next week!