Friday, March 16, 2012

Spirit week was a lot of fun and we all enjoyed dressing up in the Pre-K class, above you will see some of our great pictures.   Our Space unit is going really well and our Styrofoam models we painted and labeled are now on our bulletin board, please come take a look.  

We will be continuing our Space unit next week by taking a closer look at the planets.  Today we also made some more straw rockets with our buddies.  It was fun seeing how far our rockets would go.  In Math we are still investigating measurement and are starting very basic addition.

 

Let’s all hope this sunny weather lasts, have a great weekend!

  What we did in our centres this week

Literacy Centres

1.      Acrostic using the names of the planets, write the room

2.      Computer story “I got two dogs” then NASA phonics games

3.      Phonics book the letter “T”

4.      Pocket chart poems

5.      Buddy and independent reading from portfolios

Math and Science Centres

1.      Magnets making 3D shapes

2.      Measure the room using paper clips

3.      Sand pit free exploration

4.      BINGO card game

Student of the Week

The student of the week is Ian.  He has had a great week and exemplifies the word of the month, sportsmanship.  Ian is very kind to others and goes out of his way to help his friends.  Kris and I are so proud of you.

Reminders and Notices

1.      Pre-K music scavenger hunt will be March 28^th in the morning.

2.      Running races will March 28^th in the afternoon.

3.      March 30^th is our monthly assesmbly

4.      March 31^st is Earth hour (lights off between 8:30-9:30am.

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

Running Races Postponed

Hello All,

Due to the weather and condition of the track, Race Day will be postponed until Wednesday March 28th.  Sorry for the inconvenience but with a dry track and warmer weather on the way (postive thinking!)  it will make it a more enjoyable occasion.

cheers

Braedon

Fresh Off The Wire

Hello all,

Due to confusion and to make things easier Tuesdays spirit week can be any of the following; zombie, crazy hair or hat day.  This should make life a lot easier.
Have a great weekend and if you are by our classroom come see our amazing solar system the kids made this week.

cheers
Braedon

March Centres

Friday, March 9, 2012

I am sure all of you noticed the beautiful coin bank your son or daughter took home last Friday from the Tzi Chu foundation.  A group of them came to our school to do a small presentation and thank us for the money we donated to them.  They showed us a few videos and taught us some sign language.  It was great to see all of the hard work we did during Read-a-thon pay off while helping the good people at the Tzi Chu foundation.

Next week is spirit week and few parents have asked about zombie day on Tuesday.  Trying to incorporate the entire school in spirit week can be difficult due to the various ages.  Some ideas for zombie could be to dress your child in all black or white, smudge some mascara on their face and have crazy hair.  It’s a fun week for the elementary department to come together.

            Could everyone try to get their son or daughter to be at school by 8:30 in the morning.  Before sharing time is an excellent time for me meet with students one on one to do some guided reading or have a math conference.  I understand it is hard in the morning to get everything ready but please try your best, thanks!

What we did in our centres this week.

Literacy Centres

1.      Acrostic using a friends name, write the room

2.      Computer story “I got two dogs” then NASA phonics games

3.      Phonics book the letter S

4.      St. Paticks Day sight words card game

Math and Science Centres

1.      Magnets making 3D shapes

2.      Starfall measurement game

3.      Sand pit free exploration

4.      BINGO card game

Student of the Week

The student of the week is Thomas.  He has been learning so much with our space unit and is very knowledgeable about the planets.  Thomas has also did an excellent job this month during his reading conference.  Keep up the amazing work!

Reminders and Notices

1.     Please return the word rings once you have finished with them.

2.      March 12-16 is Spirit Week

a.      Monday: Twins Day

b.      Tuesday: Dress like a Zombie, Crazy Hat or Crazy Hair Day

c.       Wednesday: Rainbow Day

d.      Thursday: Character/Celebrity Day

e.      Friday: Dress in green for St. Patrick’s Day

3.      Pre-K music scavenger hunt will be March 28^th.

4.      March 14^th will be running races.

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

Spirit Week

Spirit Week 

Starting next Monday will be spirit week and as I mentioned on the blog there is a special theme for each day of the week.  On Monday it will be dress like a twin day.  I have paired the students up and they have chosen a colour they want to wear for that day.

Below you see whose your child’s twin is along with the colour they should wear on Monday. 

Thanks 

Cheers, Braedon and Kris

Twins	Colour to Wear
Freesia and Natasha	Blue
Daphne and Lucy	Pink
Valerie and Sim Ru	White
Wayne and Ian	Blue
Thomas and Arnav	Red
Bryan and Andy	Black

Tzu Chi Assembly