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Monthly Archives: November 2011

28 more sleeps until Santa comes…

28 Monday Nov 2011

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The children are getting excited about Christmas, and they may have told you about our sleeps countdown!  We having been counting backwards since 40 sleeps!  As well, in preparation for the upcoming holiday season, we have been practicing our Christmas song, All I Want For Christmas is My Two Front Teeth.  If you are familiar with the song, it wouldn’t hurt to go over it with your child at home.  They love to sing!

We are still working on a number of different inquiry-based learning projects in the classroom, one of which is the recognition that we are unique and special in different ways, as set out as a learning outcome in our Social Studies curriculum.  I am sending home a book that we compiled last month, in your child’s backpack for this coming week for you to read with him/her.  As I had mentioned before, it is called The Important Book.  As a follow up to that activity, we will also have a wee homework assignment on your child’s name and how it was chosen.  This emphasizes the importance of our individuality through our given names, and allows children and parents to exercise speaking and listening skills in the process.

We have been focusing intensely on rhyme over the last number of weeks, through silly songs, games, stories and activities. There are a number of fun things one can do to help with this important area of phonological awareness and processing.  The “Name Game” is a fun one for the car.

Using the name Katie as an example, the song follows this pattern:

Katie, Katie, bo-batie,
Banana-fana fo-fatie
Fee-fi-mo-matie
Katie!
(see wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Name_Game  for further explanations)

As well, through our Jolly Phonics program, we have been focusing on initial, middle and sometimes final sounds in words.  There are a number of neat ways to enhance learning in this area as well.  For instance, if you know the tune “If You’re Happy and You Know It,” have your child respond to a verse such as this:

If your name begins with /t/, stand up

If your name begins with /t/, stand up

If your name begins with /t/, stand up and wave your hands

If your name begins with /t/, stand up.

(try it with a end sound!  Kate ends with the /t/ sound)

As I have said before, and I re-iterate once again, you are your child’s first and greatest teacher! What an awesome and tremendous responsibility! Have a wonderful week!

November 16, 2011

17 Thursday Nov 2011

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It has been a while since I last posted, and it seems like so much has happened over that time.  We have all met and discussed your child’s progress in a Parent/Teacher interview, and I trust that the discussion we had and the feedback I gave you was useful and explanatory.  I am very pleased over-all with the ways in which the children have adapted and adjusted to school life, and they are daily learning new things that contribute to their early literacy and numeracy understanding, as well as taking forays into the subjects of social studies and science.  On the topic of social studies, over the past few weeks, we have started a study of the students as unique individuals.  We have read a number of books that focus on the personal interests, characteristics and preferences that make each child unique and special, as laid out in the Kindergarten curriculum.  In a week or so, you will see a social studies project come home for you to complete with your child on the topic of why you chose their name.  Please use the project as an opportunity to speak with your child and encourage them to ask you questions.  As well, we have created a book on the subject of important things about ourselves which will also be sent home with each child for a night for them to share with you and read together.

Report cards will be sent home this week, and I feel confident that your child is learning a great deal.  Please do not be alarmed if there are areas that might need improvement, as it is only the first term, and they have only just begun.  I am confident that they are all well on their way to a successful school year!

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or concerns.  Have a great week-end!

Halloween Photo Gallery

07 Monday Nov 2011

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I thought you might like a few pictures of our day last Monday, Halloween 2011.  The children had a great day and enjoyed the Halloween activities planned by the Grade 6 Leadership team at Bloomfield.  We started the day off with a parade, followed by a Haunted House sensory activity and then various games and relays were played in stations set up all around the gym.  After a little snack and Halloween treat, we left for some educational centers in the music room, library, resource room and computer room.  By lunch time, the children were ready to head outside to play and enjoy the beautiful fall day. After lunch, we carved a pumpkin and did a pumpkin sensory activity and craft and ended the day with the story, Franklin’s Halloween, written by Paulette Bourgeois.  The children were so excited then to head off for home at the end of the day with the promise of trick-or-treating to follow in the evening.  Hope you enjoy this photo gallery!

Kindergarten English dressed in their Halloween costumesAlex and Pierce playing a game at a station in the gymColoring Halloween pictures in the libraryPlaying Halloween Bingo in the resource room

Kindergarten English dressed in their Halloween costumes
Alex and Pierce playing a game at a station in the gym
Coloring Halloween pictures in the library

Playing Halloween Bingo in the resource room
Digging out the pumpkin guts!
Our finished jack-o-lanterns

“Franklin’s Halloween”, written by Paulette Bourgeois, illustrated by Brenda Clark.

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