Sunday, April 30, 2017

MAY NEWS


Finally --- Spring has sprung!!  We will continue our discussions on this wonderful season, chicks, worms and additionally focus on Pets, Farm & Exotic Animals.  

Class inquiries should include: caring for pets, animal needs, extinction, habitats and respecting God’s creaturesAnimals will be classified into groups according to physical and environmental characteristics. In math, we will sort them into groups according to various characteristics (e.g. with / without wings, two vs. four legs etc.) as well as discuss the concept of symmetry; particularly in nature (e.g. butterfly wings). 

Thematic Farm vocabulary includes:
animals/ animaux         farm/ ferme        farmer/ fermier- ière         cow/ vache 

dog/ chien       cat/ chat         hen/ poule          chick / poussin          pig/ cochon


    horse/ cheval           sheep/mouton            duck/ canard            goat/ chèvre


Thematic Wild Animal vocabulary includes:
   giraffe/ girafe           monkey/ singe             lion / lion          tiger / tigre
              
zebra / zèbre          elephant / éléphant         gorilla / gorille       snake / serpent

  fox / renard            porcupine / porc-épic           wolf/ loup          bear/ ours  


On Thursday, June 8th all the Kindergarten classes will be
visiting the Saunders Farm. We will depart from school at 8:45 am and return around 2:00 pm. The cost for this excursion, including admission and busing fees, will be provided by the Activity Fee fund. 

Please note that our excursion will occur regardless of the weather conditions. Please have your child dressed 

appropriately for the conditions.

MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW.



READING: All “popcorn” / high-frequency words should now be practiced regularly by SKs and they should be making frequent attempts to read as many words as possible in their environment.  Continue to encourage them to read pattern books or read along with you whenever possible.    
   
Popcorn” Words to review:
I, is, in, it, a, am, an, and, at, my, me, we, see, he, she, the, you, yes, can, to, do, so, go, no, look, like, love, mom, dad, bus, was, went, said, come, that, up


WRITING: At this point in Senior Kindergarten we are expecting all students to phonetically write simple sentences to the best of their ability and to make attempts to include “popcorn” words wherever possible. Sentences should begin with an upper case letter, end with a period and include spaces between words. Please encourage labels on their pictures and help them to write lists, emails or cards.



We also encourage children to wear sunscreen and hats for safe outdoor play now that the warm sun has finally arrived. If you are putting a bottle of sunscreen in their backpack, please package it in a ziploc bag to avoid messy spills. Thank you.  

Please CHECK your child's backpack daily, and insist that personal toys stay at home, this includes Pokeman cards, Shopkins, etc.

Saturday, April 29, 2017

Paper towel rolls PLEASE!

Mme. Blahout continues to collect paper towel rolls for a craft celebrating Canada's 150 birthday. 
Please send paper towel rolls ASAP as we are in the midst of creating "totem poles" in celebration of Canadian Art. (We don't have enough rolls for everyone to make their own.) 

Thank you to Mrs.Unger and to those parents who already sent in one or two rolls and one special parent who has sent in 6+ by lobbying her friends and neighbours. 🌝  

Thank you in advance to those who are able to help me out this week.  It is very much appreciated.

Monday, April 24, 2017

What is an incubator?


We have an incubator full of eggs and are very excited to be hatching chicks!  Over the next few weeks, we will be learning about eggs and the development of chickens through guided inquiry.  The children will be participating in a number of egg and chick related activities including:

- The Life cycle of the Egg and Chicken
- Egg Candling
- Parts of the Egg and Chicken
- Egg Experiments
- Fiction and Non-fiction Reading 

- Developing their research and inquiry skills

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

PAPER TOWEL ROLLS please!

Mme. Blahout is hoping to collect at least 32 empty paper towel rolls for an upcoming craft. 

Please send in whatever you can by next week. 

 Thank you in advance for your help.

Tuesday, April 4, 2017

APRIL NEWS - WELCOME SPRING TIME!

Dear Parents,
April brings forth discussions about Spring / Le Printemps, the symbol of new life and renewal. We will focus our attention on seasonal changes, Easter and plants.
Easter is the ultimate celebration for the Christian community and extends beyond the day or weekend celebration (April 14-17). As Spring unfolds, life overcomes death, as reflected in all plant and animal life. Spring is so inviting for children to observe, explore and celebrate the signs of new life that are all around. In Science, we will examine life cycles (e.g. plant, butterfly, frog) and investigate how to distinguish between living and non-living things.  We will also be experimenting with the concept of buoyancy at the water centre. 

FRENCH vocabulary includes:
Spring/ printemps            April/avril             sun/ soleil          rain/ pluie      

umbrella/ parapluie        flower/ fleur         egg/ oeuf          bird/ oiseau       nest/nid

butterfly/ papillon          rabbit/ lapin        chick/ poussin        new life/ nouvelle vie

 Easter/ Pâques       God/ Dieu          ladybug/ coccinelle           butterfly/ papillon


Please check the school "Lost & Found" for any of your missing items. Also please continue to reinforce school rules about personal toys staying at home. Thanks for your help in this regard.