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Friday, October 30, 2015

Happy crazy Friday!!!

We had a great day today!
JKs were really excited about Halloween and having their cute costumes on.
We began the day with a house game in the gym, snacks and circle time.
In language/math we worked with sequence today. Students cut and paste the life cycle of apples and pumpkins. We learned that yesterday at the farm!
In the afternoon we sang Halloween songs, danced and had centers.
Have a great weekend everyone!
 



Thursday, October 29, 2015

What a cold day!

Wow! It was cold at the farm, but students still had lots of fun!
Take a look at the pictures:
A special thank you to our volunteers!!!
















Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Field Trip


Dear Parents,

What a nasty weather!

Well, our trip to Chudleigh’s is “rain or shine”. Please, dress your child according to the weather, it will probably be muddy at the farm, boots are a good option. J

Remember:

-          Avoid sending containers, put snacks in Ziploc bags

-          Bring in a labelled disposable water bottle (try to fit in the lunch bag, if possible)

-          Be at school at 8:45am

-          Students who ordered school lunch, will still receive their lunch when we come back to SJA (at around 2:10pm)

-          JKs will also have the opportunity to purchase baked goods from the MYP bake sale when we return to SJA, please send in the money in your child’s agenda

 

Thank you and have a great day!

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Happy Tuesday!

Today our routine was a bit different because of the school pictures. We spent good part of the morning taking the pictures.
In the morning we had art class and circle time.
In language arts we worked on beginning sounds and also recognizing the vowel in short words such as pig, cat, dog, bib, pen, pot, tub, etc.
In math we worked on number sequence and also counting in groups.
To finish off the day we had French and story time.
Have a great evening!
 
Everyone ready for story time! :)

Monday, October 26, 2015

Happy Monday

I hope everyone had a great weekend!
Today we began the day with morning circle time and healthy snacks.
In language we sang our phonics song for the letter L and also practised writing lower and upper case L.
For students who finished earlier, we had reading groups.
In math we continued with our unit on numeracy. Today we worked on counting the friendly monster's googly eyes and gluing the correct number to match.
In our UOI we will be doing some fun activities throughout the week involving Halloween theme. Today we coloured and decorated silly monsters.
Today the JKs attended Gym and French classes.
Have a great evening everyone!

Friday, October 23, 2015

Happy Friday!

Cold and sunny Friday!
We began our day with Art class with Mrs. Kerr.
In language we practised writing upper case and lower case T. Students also practised reading and writing words from our alphabet centers that begins with T.
In math we had our goldfish cracker counting activity.
Today we also had the Show and Tell presentations and centers. I'm happy to say that students are getting better and better when listening to the presentations. Be a good audience is a skill to be learned for life! Great job JKs!
To finish off the day we played musical chairs and attended French class.
Have a great weekend!




Thursday, October 22, 2015

Hello Mr. Sun!

What a great sunny fall day!
We started our day with art class with Mrs. Kerr. Then we had circle time and snacks.
In language we worked on writing the letters correctly and also beginning sounds.
In math we played a fun game using math counters and a die. Students rolled the die and then matched the counters on the ten frame.
After playing the game, students had the chance of sorting or making patterns with the counters.









To finish off the day we had centers and story time.
Have a great evening everyone!

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Happy Wednesday!

What a grey day today! But we still enjoyed our time in the class!
We began the day working with our reading buddies. Today our reading buddies assisted us to complete a pumpkin booklet from numbers 1-10. Students were instructed to colour the correct amount in the 10 frame and then trace the numbers.
In language we used the bingo dauber to identify upper case and lower case of the following letters: f, g, p, a.
We also spent some time having reading groups, where I read with a couple of students at the time.
In the afternoon we worked a little bit more on numeracy. JKs worked on number sequence and also counting in groups.
To finish off the day we had centers and story time.
Today students attended gym and French classes.
Have a great evening everyone!

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Happy Tuesday!

Today we had a great day!
We began the day with art class, snacks and morning circle time.
In language we completed two worksheets. The first one students cut and paste matching lower case with upper case letters and the second students cut out the pictures and paste with the correct beginning sound letter.
In math we worked on numeracy. Students cut and paste the correct number to match the amount of pumpkin pictures.
For our UOI we had math centers where students practised sorting, writing numbers and counting in groups.
Have a great evening everyone!





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Monday, October 19, 2015

Great Monday!

A little bit chilly today, but we had fun!
We began the morning with circle time and snacks.
In language arts we learned name, sound and formation of T. Students sang our phonics song for the letter T.
Next, they practised writing upper case and lower case T and JKs went on a letter hunt with bingo dauber to find all Ts on the page.
In math we worked on numeracy. Each students completed a page where they had to count the pictures and then circle the correct number.
After that we had some time to play games as a class.
Have a great evening everyone!



Friday, October 16, 2015

Great Fall Morning!

We had a great day!
In the morning we had our circle time and snacks.
Next in language we worked on identifying beginning sounds by cutting and pasting in the correct picture box.
After that we went on a leaf hunt. Next week we will be doing some activities involving leaves.
In the afternoon we had the show and tell presentations and story time
In math we practised counting objects in a set and also writing the correct number.
To finish off the day we had play dough with lots of cutters and French class.
Have a great weekend everyone and stay warm!