Due to many circumstances sports day will be cancelled until a further date. Most likely during a regular school day. Sorry for all of this confusion.
cheers
Braedon
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Monday, March 14, 2011
Sports Day Rain Date
Due to the rainy weather last Saturday the Sports Day has been moved to this Saturday, March 19th. Please meet at 8:00am in the back field. If you cannot make could you please let me know so we can make the necessary team changes.
Thanks
cheers
Braedon
Thanks
cheers
Braedon
Thursday, March 10, 2011
March 11, 2011
Friday, March 4, 2011
Another week has passed in the Pre-K class. We have been having a lot of fun with our dinosaur unit and today we were able to go out and find some bones and fossils (pictures below).
Make sure to get some rest tonight because sports day is tomorrow morning. Remember to bring enough water and appropriate clothes. Its not suppose to rain but it might be a little chilly so bring layers. Also starting Monday is spirit week and each day there will be a special activity.
Monday: Funky Hair/Most Colorful Clothes
Tuesday: Nerd Day
Wednesday: Students be your teacher/Teachers be your student
Thursday: Green Day (St. Patrick’s Day)
Friday: Favorite Character – from book, movie, your hero… you choose
What we did in our centres this week.
Literacy Centres
1. Fishing game with lower and upper case letters.
2. Acrostic name game with writing or pictures.
3. Computer story “Dino Train”
4. Making books about Dinosaurs.
Math and Science Centres
1. Measuring string with blocks.
2. Measure the room using small blocks.
3. Making 3D dinosaurs using Connect blocks.
4. Card game “Go Fish”
Reminders and Notices
1. Please refrain from sending toys to school.
2. Please bring back “Aa, Mm” books.
3. P.E will now be on Friday afternoons.
4. Sports Day will be March 12th at 8:00 am
5. Making pottery will be April 13th during the school day.
Like always, if you have any questions or concern you can always write me an email or come by and speak to me in person.
Children have to be educated, but they have also to be left to educate themselves.
Abbé Dimnet, Art of Thinking, 1928
Cheers
Braedon
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Sports Day
I think I have finally got the right information and sports day will start at 8:30am but you need to bring your son or daughter to the back field by 8:00am. This allows everyone to get ready so we can start on time. Remember sun screen, hat, water bottle, proper running shoes, and the specific colour shirt for your team. Its going to be a fun day out.
Thanks
cheers
Braedon
Thanks
cheers
Braedon
Thursday, March 3, 2011
March 4, 2011
Friday, March 4, 2011
So I think spoke to soon when I stated that the cold weather was behind us. Well soon enough it will be. We had a short week in the Pre-K class and have we have just begun our dinosaur and measurement units. English all the time in the class is going very well and the students rarely make any mistakes. Our next goal will be to use proper English when inside the classroom, with an emphasis on proper grammatical sentences.
Since our class is getting bigger we are have now separated with the kindergartners with library and P.E. Our library is the same but our P.E has now switched to Fridays. I have posted the new daily schedule with a few rearrangements below (click on it to enlarge). Due to many circumstances that arise daily this is just a rough timeline.
Sports day will be March 12th at 8:00am in the field behind the school. The students will be put into certain teams and therefore need to wear a certain colour of shirt. Please remember to bring enough water and if necessary sun screen. It should be over by 12:30 and there will be a few food vendors selling lunch and snacks.
Name Team and Colour of shirt they need to wear
Kristopher, Vincent Green Team
Jerrick, Nathan Blue Team
Noah, Duncan, Ashley Red Team
Next week I will be sending home the word rings again. Please practice them with your child. For the new students I have altered them with only a few words. The idea of the word rings is to add a new word a week. These words make up over 25% of all reading. That is why we call them high-frequency words. We have introduced them as words of the week, they are on our word wall and word rings. It is more effective to know these words quickly then to move on to more difficult words. Knowing these words gives the emerging reader confidence and encourages him or her to feel like a reader. Learning these words can begin once the child can recognize many of the letters. The child should also be able to follow “word by word” when they begin to read. To encourage learning these words, you can try some games.
Sports day will be March 12th at 8:00am in the field behind the school. The students will be put into certain teams and therefore need to wear a certain colour of shirt. Please remember to bring enough water and if necessary sun screen. It should be over by 12:30 and there will be a few food vendors selling lunch and snacks.
Name Team and Colour of shirt they need to wear
Kristopher, Vincent Green Team
Jerrick, Nathan Blue Team
Noah, Duncan, Ashley Red Team
Next week I will be sending home the word rings again. Please practice them with your child. For the new students I have altered them with only a few words. The idea of the word rings is to add a new word a week. These words make up over 25% of all reading. That is why we call them high-frequency words. We have introduced them as words of the week, they are on our word wall and word rings. It is more effective to know these words quickly then to move on to more difficult words. Knowing these words gives the emerging reader confidence and encourages him or her to feel like a reader. Learning these words can begin once the child can recognize many of the letters. The child should also be able to follow “word by word” when they begin to read. To encourage learning these words, you can try some games.
*Write the words on cue cards, put them on the floor and jump on them while saying them.
*Use a dollar store fly swatter to swat the words, while saying them.
*Play a hide-and-seek game, hunting for the words. Student love searching for letters and words in the classroom.
*Have your child write the word in paint or on a white board.
Have fun and speak to me if you would like some more reading and writing strategies.
What we did in our centres this week.
Literacy Centres
1. Fishing game with lower and upper case letters.
2. Acrostic name game with writing or pictures.
3. Computer story “Dino Train”
4. Making books about Dinosaurs.
Math and Science Centres
1. Measuring string with blocks.
2. Measure the room using small blocks.
3. Making 3D dinosaurs using Lego.
4. Card game “Go Fish”
Reminders and Notices
1. Please refrain from sending toys to school.
2. Please bring back “Aa, Mm” books.
3. March homework will be sent home March 7th.
4. P.E will now be on Friday afternoons.
5. Sports Day will be March 12th at 8:00 am
6. Making pottery will be April 13th during the school day, please bring in your money..Like always, if you have any questions or concern you can always write me an email or come by and speak to me in person.
Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty.
Henry Ford
Cheers
Braedon
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