May 21-24

Our word of the week was "event" and it was quite an "eventful" week!  We visited the Book Fair,  went to watch the amazing Grade 2&3 Spring Concert in the gym and our AM class went on a field trip to the Calgary Farm Yard.  Both classes have been eagerly counting down and the anticipation was great this week!

In phonics we focused on rhyming words and learned a funny rhyming poem about a "Big Red Barn".  We also continued to learn new sight words and began using our sight words to build beginning sentences. 

In Literacy, we listened to and acted out the story "Little Red Riding Hood".  We can identify what makes a story a "Fairytale" and we can identify the characters, setting and the events that happen in a story.  We also practiced sequencing the events in the story "Little Red Hen".  

In math, we learned how to take a survey and show our data on a graph.  We asked our classmates which farm animal was their favourite, and then we counted our collected information and shared our results.

We have continued to play using our imaginations in our camping centre, and even went on a animal track word hunt.  We created marshmallows out of clay to roast on our fire, and we used coloured clay to sculpt animals and nature things in our art centre.  We have continued to explore building with various materials and even had a day to play parachute when it was storming outside.  Even on the darkest, rainiest days the Kindergarten students brighten up our classroom.  

I'd like to send out a huge thank you to the parents who volunteered to join us on our field trip to the Farm Yard.  The kids had a fabulous time, the weather was pretty good.  We returned covered in mud and dirt, with wild hair and HUGE smiles.   Thank you to all AM families for sending children with boots, lots of layers and backpacks with snacks.  

 The PM class will be heading to the Farm Yard on the 30th of May.  I will send out information to volunteers in the next few days and we will continue to countdown.

Here are some photos of our week and from the AM Field Trip: