Student-Led Conferences and Everything Else!

Hello parents! I hope you have enjoyed this week as much as our kindergarteners have! Everytime we talked about our "meetings" this week (which was a lot!) they broke out into big grins! While that was definitely the "big thing" of the week (and month), we also had some other fun experiences to tell you about.

We found some treasures outside that God made! Mrs. I. brought us a nest. We all had a chance to look and feel and describe it. Some said it felt soft, some wondered why it had harder hay on the outside, and some said it felt like a big comfy couch!

We also were very interested in making books this week. If your child brought home a handmade book, read it with them. If they used pretend writing, they may tell you words to go with the pretend writing, or may ask you to "read it." This interest in books and the use of illustrating and writing with letters or pretend writing are important pre-literacy and literacy skills. They also used our 7 Habits as they worked together on some of these projects. 

We used Habit 6, Synergize, to make an art gallery of dots, based on the picture book The Dot by Peter Reynolds. This story about a girl who discovers that she can make art through just "make a mark and see where it takes you" is rich in dialogue about creating, and also ties into our theme of fingerprints. Can we leave fingerprints, our mark, on people that show them God's love? Let's see where it takes us.

JA and KA also synergized to make a card for a Grade 8 student who drew a squirrel for our bulletin board!

The highlight of our week though was definitely our conferences! As a teacher, it was so wonderful to see these students interact with you, the parents, and see the encouragement you gave. What a wonderful way to celebrate learning! I encourage you to continue this at home. Ask them what they've done and talk about the pages they bring home. You are the first educators of your children; it is an honour to partner with you in that and watch your child grow. I hope you enjoyed this special time to spend with your child and see what they are learning! 

Practicing for meetings