February 13-February 17

Hello everyone and welcome to another week!

LAST WEEK...

Last week we transformed our Drama Centre into a puppet theatre. Children have a ticket booth to 'sell' tickets, an audience section, the stage and a variety of puppets. This tied in nicely to our Kids on the Block puppet show. The SKs were a great audience...attentive and participatory! Well done! We will continue our study of 'theatre' as we prepare for our Director's Cut production of 'The Mitten'. We had our first full rehearsal with the students from Ms. Hogan's class on Friday and I thought it went very well! We are using a large white sheet as a mitten and it gets pretty crowded in there, but the kids understood their roles and did a great job. A big THANK YOU to Jack K's Aunt Evelyn for kindly agreeing to knit us the mittens!

We will continue with our puppet centre and we will be learning some new vocabulary this week, as well (props, set, costumes, scripts, stage, etc.).

PERMISSION FORMS....I'm still missing about 5 permission forms for the production on Thursday, so please be sure to send them is ASAP. Thanks!

100s DAY!

Thanks for helping us celebrate 100s Day! We had quite the collection of items! We wore our crowns, shared our collections, took pictures, shared treats, counted by 10s and 1s to 100 (and counted by 100s to add up all of Jack K's bags!). Watch for the 'class book' as it will start travelling soon!

CROCUS FLOWERS

I was about to give up on our crocuses that we planted during science class a few weeks ago, when just today, the kids noticed a few have begun to grow! Very exciting for everyone and fingers crossed that they continue to thrive. We are discussing how to care for plants, the difference between living and non-living things and hopefully, we'll be able to do some measuring and record our observations.

PLANT/FLOWER DONATIONS

If you have an extra plant or some clippings at home that you would be willing to donate to our class, we would love to care for them! I seem to have quite a few budding 'green thumbs' who are very interested in caring for plants, so I think a little 'greenhouse' by our sunny windows would be an excellent addition to our room.

LAST NAMES

Students have been working hard the last few weeks to say and identify their last names! We have them written on the circle time snowflakes and children find their last names and sit down. We will soon start printing them. This is something fun that can easily be practiced at home, as well!

SHOW AND SHARE

We finished our 'Surprise Box' Show and Share today and the children really enjoyed this activity. Thanks so much for taking the time to help your child prepare. We strengthened our writing skills, our listening skills, our critical thinking skills and became 'tallying' masters.

As February is halfway over, we will do something a little different. Instead of a monthly schedule, please watch for a 'Friendly Reflection' sheet to come home with instructions attached. Take your time completing it and send it back in when you're ready. Thanks!

SCHOLASTIC BOOK ORDERS

Book order forms were sent home today and will be due on, or before, FEBRUARY 21.

PD DAY AND FAMILY DAY

Please note that Friday, Feb. 17 is a PD day and that Mon. Feb. 20 is Family Day-there are no classes.

VALENTINE'S DAY

Just a reminder to have your child wear red, pink or white tomorrow and to bring in a cut up fruit to add to our class 'Friendship Fruit Salad'...should be tasty!

Thanks for checking in and have a wonderful week!

Warmly,
Ms.Cox