Happy Valentine's Day, everyone! The children had a great time today talking, reading and singing about friends. They also enjoyed handing out their Valentines and sharing lots of treats! Thanks so much for taking the time to help your child write out his cards.
WINTER FUN DAY
Carleton Heights is set to have a Winter Fun Day this Thursday, February 17 at 9am. In order for our class to take part in the fun we'll need to reverse our day. This means children will come to school from 9am-11:25am. THERE WILL BE NO AFTERNOON CLASS. Arrangements have been made for bus students, as well as those attending CHCCC (please see Suzanne for info re: pick-up times, etc.). The Fun Day may be rescheduled due to the uncooperative weather...please check back for more info AND I will send a note home. Thank you for your flexibility! The children will have a great time!
NO SCHOOL ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18th or MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21st
Teachers will be at the Palais des Congres for a professional development day. There are no classes.
Monday is 'Family Day' in Ontario. I hope you have the opportunity to enjoy the day with your children!
WELCOME ZEINAB
The SK class is very lucky to have Zeinab Khazaal, a Co-op student from Brookefield H.S., join us every afternoon (starting today). Zeinab will assist children with activities, read one-on-one, help set-up and tidy up and assist in all aspects of our program. She is warm and friendly and already a big hit with the kids (she brought in treats today!). Welcome, Zeinab!
THIS WEEK...
Our focus this week (as every week) is 'Friendship'. We continue to explore the different characteristics of fiction and non-fiction works. I will be modelling letter writing and we will complete some 'Shared Writing' when we write a thank you letter to our Reading Buddies (for the fun 100's Day activities they shared with us). Students will also be encouraged to visit our 'post office' and write letters to their friends and families.
We will be reading "Looking for the Letter 'L'". Watch for it and enjoy repeated readings with your child! Our Shared Reading this week is "Hearts Everywhere".
Our Math activities this week focus on Valentine pattern cards (identifying and extending using manipulatives). We will also be counting to 100 by 10's, counting down from 10 and practising our numbers (7 & 8) in our notebooks. Please continue to help your child count to 30 if they are not already doing so independently.
Our crafts this week include heart painting (using brushes, sponges and cookie cutters) and Valentine cards.
We continue to observe and measure our Paperwhite each day. The kids were soooo excited today when they arrived...we have our first BLOOM!! It's a pleasure to watch the children enter the class each day and head straight for their flower to check on its progress. Many of the children are now very comfortable picking up the ruler and measuring the flower on their own. Bravo! If you're looking for a fun and easy activity to do with your child, why not plant a bulb, or another fast growing plant? Talk about what it needs in order to live, let your child do the watering and the measuring. It's easy and fun to encourage your tiny green thumb!
Thank you for checking in and have a wonderful week!
Warmly,
Ms.Cox
No comments:
Post a Comment