Sunday, September 30, 2012
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Friday, September, 28 2012
Wow! October is already here. I am very pleased with how far the Pre-K’s
have come in a very short time. The
students are already surprising me with how much they can do now. Our centres
are working very well and every student is trying so hard!
Every Friday we do “Writers Workshop” which is
weekly writing activity about what we did that week. It is posted on the wall in the classroom and
you are more than welcome to come in and see what your child is writing
about. The students love showing their friends/family
what they can do in class.
Every October I offer a homework
pack for the month. It involves various
short activities (10 minute maximum) that shadow what is covered inside the
classroom. It goes out on Monday and can
be returned so I can take a look at it on Friday. If you would like your son or daughter to
participate then could you please come and talk to me or write me an email so I
will know how many I need to make. There
is also a letter explaining how it works.
If you are confused or need some clarification come by and we can
discuss it. As I mentioned it is
voluntary and I will never grade it. I
will look at it and then write some tips or suggestions to help the student.
Since library books and the letter
books are going home on a consistent basis I have decided to give some tips on
how you can help your son or daughter with learning to read.
How will my child learn to read?
Learning to read does not happen all at once. It
involves a series of stages that lead, over time, to independent reading and
to fluency. The best time for
children to start learning to read is when they are very young, usually at the
preschool level. This is when they are best able to start developing basic
reading skills.
1. The pre-reader and the beginning
reader:
·
likes to look at books
and likes to be read to
·
likes to behave like a
reader – for example, holds books and pretends to read them
·
learns about words by
looking at picture books and playing with blocks that have letters on them,
magnetic letters, and so on
·
learns about words from
songs, rhymes, traffic signs, and logos on packages of food
·
learns how text works –
for example, where a story starts and finishes and which way the
print proceeds
·
begins to understand
that his or her own thoughts can be put into print
·
uses pictures and memory
to tell and retell a story
What we
did in our centres this week.
Literacy
Centres
1.
Silent reading.
2.
Computer story “Big or Little” and “Clevor
Trevor”
3.
Name puzzles
4.
Making names using plastic letters.
5.
Phonics book letter “D”
6.
All about me books
Math
Centres
1.
Math one to one correspondence books.
2.
Computer counting fish game.
3.
Tracing and painting our bodies.
4.
Sand table.
Word of
the week: can
Student
of the week
The student
of the week is Isabel. She always
raising her hand to answer questions and is a strong leader in the Pre-K
class. Ms. Vicky and I are very proud of
you, keep up the great effort!!!
Reminders
and Notices
1. Mini books that get sent home need to be
brought back to school
2. Remember to bring back library books by
Tuesday
3. September 30th mid-autumn
festival
4. October 1-5th Awareness week
5. October 8th Canadian Thanksgiving
6. October 10th Double Ten Holiday
7. October 26th Monthly assembly
8. October 31st Fancy dress day
(Halloween)
As 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 and Braedon
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Friday, September, 21 2012
Last Friday I sent home some play dough that we made in class
and I hope everyone had a chance to play with it. It was a lot of fun to make and the students
got learn about ingredients and how to follow a recipe. If you have an opportunity this weekend could
you please ask your child to spell their name with it? We have done this many times at school and
any time spent at home reinforcing what I do in the classroom will
significantly benefit your child. If you
want to extend it even farther ask your child to spell the names of other
students in the class.
Over the past week I
have begun my first assessments of the students. My first assessment is a basic understanding
of the strengths and weaknesses of each student. This then allows to me see what we need to
focus on in the coming months.
Ms Vicky and I have noticed that many students are tired at
school. Like I mentioned at the
curriculum night, all students need adequate sleep if they want to perform well
at school. Most experts state students
between the ages of 4 and 5 need between 11-13 hours of sleep per night. Below I have some links to some interesting
articles about sleep and the relationship to performance at school.
Next week I will be starting “Treasure Bag,” this is my
version of show and tell. Every night a
child will get an opportunity to take home the bag and put something in
it. You and your child can choose
anything they want to put in it. More
instructions will be in the bag and this is the chance for the students to
bring in a toy from home. Could you
please refrain from sending toys to school at other times because I would hate
to see them get broken or lost.
What we
did in our centres this week.
Literacy
Centres
1.
Silent reading.
2.
Computer story “Big or Little”
3.
Colouring “Bb” book and guided reading.
4.
Making names using plastic letters.
5.
Phonics book letter “C”
Math
Centres
1.
Math one to one correspondence books.
2.
Computer counting fish game.
3.
Counting letters in names.
4.
Sand table.
5.
Dice game with sand boards.
Word of
the week: is, a
Student
of the week
The student
of the week is Irene. She is always very
polite and kind to others and will go out of her way to help others. She will also raise her hand to be heard and
refrain from shouting out her thoughts.
Keep up the great work Irene!!!!
Reminders
and Notices
1. Mini books that get sent home need to be
brought back to school.
2. Remember to bring back library books by Tuesday.
3. Remember to send in two pictures of your son
or daughter.
4. September 28th monthly assembly.
5. September 30th mid-autumn
festival
6. October 1-5th Awareness week.
7. October 8th Canadian
Thanksgiving.
8. October 10th Double Ten Holiday
As 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 and Braedon
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Friday, September, 14 2012
Another
exciting week has passed in the Pre-K class.
Thank you to the parents that came out last night to the Introduction
meeting. It was great to go over the
year’s curriculum and plans with you. If
you couldn’t make it and have any questions for me, you can always drop by and
see me or write me an email.
Please
remember to send in the borrowed library books by Tuesday so that your son or
daughter will be able to exchange them.
If you want to send them back by Friday or Monday that is okay. I strongly encourage you to re-read the
library books throughout the week. Kids
at this age love hearing stories again and it is an excellent opportunity for
them to help you read or to have a talk
about the book after it is read.
What we
did in our centres this week.
Literacy
Centres
1.
Writing names on the large sand boards.
2.
Computer story “First Day Jitters”
3.
Colouring “Bb” book and guided reading.
4.
Making names with play dough without whiteboards
as a guide.
5.
Phonics book letter “B”
Math
Centres
1.
Math one to one correspondence books.
2.
Computer Starfall colour game.
3.
Counting letters in names.
4.
Magnetic letters to number of letters in name.
5.
Decorating self portraits.
Word of
the week: see
Student
of the week
The student
of the week is Chaline. She is always
trying very hard to add to group discussions and is the most energetic when
singing. Keep up the amazing job,
Chaline!!!
Reminders
and Notices
1. Letter books (My Aa, Bb) that get sent home need to be
brought back to school.
2. Remember to bring back library books by Tuesday.
3. Remember to send in two pictures of your son
or daughter.
4. September 28th monthly assembly.
5. September 30th mid-autumn
festival
6. October 1-5th Awareness week.
7. October 8th Canadian
Thanksgiving.
8. October 10th Double Ten Holiday.
As 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
Braedon
There are two educations. One
should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live.
John Adams
John Adams
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Friday, September, 7 2012
We have completed
our first full week in the Pre-K
class and I couldn’t be happier with how well we have settled into the daily
classroom routine. We started our Math
and Literacy centres and all of the students did an excellent job! In language we were busy with many activities
with our names. We also had the opportunity to start using the computer. In Math we did many centres based around one
to one correspondence.
Next week we will be having similar
centres based around our names and begin to explore parts of our bodies. Today I sent home the “My Aa Book,” let your
child read it to you a few times over the weekend and once you are done with it
could you send it back to school so
it can be put into the portfolios. Every
week we will be completing one of these books and they will go home every Friday
or Monday.
Today we also started the
“Student of the Week Award.” Every
Friday I will be giving out a certificate to a student that has done an
excellent job that week. This program
will give the students something to strive towards and honour those that do
excellent work. During the monthly
assembly these special students will also receive a certificate that they will
be able to take home.
What we
did in our centres this week.
Literacy
Centres
1.
Writing the letter Aa on the sand boards.
2.
Crayon name trace.
3.
Computer story “Franklin
4.
Colouring “Aa” book and guided reading.
5.
Making names with play dough.
6.
Phonics book letter “A”
Math
Centres
1.
Dice and blocks game.
2.
Computer Starfall colour game.
3.
Counting letters in names.
4.
Magnetic letters to number of letters in name.
5.
Puzzles.
Student
of the week
Our first
student of the week is Melody. She is
always helping other students and teachers whenever she can. This week she volunteered to put the chairs away
and would always give a tissue to a fellow classmate if they started to cry. We are very proud of you Melody!
Reminders
and Notices
1. Mini books that get sent home need to be
brought back to school.
2. Remember to bring back library books by Tuesday.
3. Remember to send in two pictures of your son
or daughter.
4. Parents Introduction meeting will be
September 13th at 6:30pm.
5. September 28th monthly assembly.
6. September 30th mid-autumn
festival
7. October 1-5th Awareness week.
8. October 8th Canadian
Thanksgiving.
9. October 10th Double Ten Holiday
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
Braedon
I have just three things to teach:
simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
Lao Tzu
Lao Tzu
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
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