Friday, February 9, 2012
The second time trying
to go to the zoo was a major success! We
all had a great time seeing all of the different animals and having a fun day
out together. I want to thank Joyce
(Valerie’s mom) for driving us to and from the zoo. We have many more field trips coming up and
if you are interested in coming along and or driving please let me know.
It was a very busy week
in the Pre-K class. We have started our
new unit on Valentines Day, 100 days of school and multiculturalism. Also, on Wednesday our buddies helped us
paint some lanterns. Next Tuesday we
will be having our 100th day of school party. We will be doing many activities all based around
the number 100.
On Monday I will send
home the word rings. Could you please spend
some time helping your son or daughter go over the new words. For the newer parents in the class the word
rings are all of the sight words that the students learn put onto a metal ring. Since we learn one or two new words every
week the word ring will grow and grow.
On occasion these word rings will go home and could you please quiz your
child on the words. High frequency words
are essential to know and use in both reading and writing. When children have a number of high
frequency words under control they can read them in text and then focus their
attention on solving new words. The same
occurs in writing. Please return the
word rings after a few days at home so we can add more words to them. Also, each word has a corresponding hand
signal I do for them. If you child gets
stuck on a particular word you can come and see me and I can show you the
corresponding hand signal. For the newer
students it will be a lot to learn, so perhaps choose only a few words to teach
them.
Thanks for your support!
What we
did in our centres this week
Literacy Centres
1. Writing
Valentines Day messages to our buddies.
2. Computer
story “Subway Ride”
3. Beginning
sounds Valentines Day cut and paste activity
4. Phonics
book Qq
5. Making
Valentines Day cards
Math and Science Centres
1. Cut and
paste missing numbers
2. Grab
and guess game
3. Valentines
Day graphing
4. Painting
country flags
Student
of the Week
The student of the week this week is Andy. For only being here a very short time he has
shown tremendous growth. Andy is always
polite and tries his best at everything he does. Great job Andy we are all so proud of you!
Reminders
and Notices
1.
February
27th and 28th there will be no school due to Peace Day.
2.
International
week will be from February 20th – 24th.
3.
100th
day of school party and Valentines Day is February 14th.
Like
always, if you have any questions or concern you can always write me an email
at bsharp.his@gmail.com or come by
and speak to me in person.
Cheers
Vicky, Kris and Braedon
