Hello! A quick update from our students today (FYI, the next blog probably won't be until the end of next week). We have a very exciting week and students were very eager to share about it!
So what are some things we have been learning?
JE: "We can rhyme and then make it funny!"
We have been working on our rhyming and discovered that rhyming words have the same ending, but a different beginning! (We have also discovered that Miss K has special skills in making rhyming words into silly sentences - the students love to give me new rhyming words to see how I can twist it into a story, and they are getting more practice manipulating sounds to produce new rhyming words!)
JA: "Math is everywhere!"
We have also started learning about sorting/describing objects, and counting the ones in our groups. They thought it was very fun to look at a picture of a messy floor and find all the matching socks! We found out that we use sorting all the time!
ZO: "Today I played a new game - a shark game. We had to try to get across on the islands without Miss K getting to us."
JA: "You can't get caught by the shark! Or go in the water!"
In physical education, we have been working on spatial awareness and gross motor development in the form of jumping vs. hopping vs. stepping. Today, we put hula hoops and mats (islands) on the floor (which was shark-infested waters). They had to step/hop/jump depending on my instructions only on the islands, or the shark (Miss K) might try to catch them!
JA: "You can't get caught by the shark! Or go in the water!"
In physical education, we have been working on spatial awareness and gross motor development in the form of jumping vs. hopping vs. stepping. Today, we put hula hoops and mats (islands) on the floor (which was shark-infested waters). They had to step/hop/jump depending on my instructions only on the islands, or the shark (Miss K) might try to catch them!
LUk: "We did more sticky blocks with LUc"
JA: "I built an alien! They can stand with their own hands!"
AY: "We build houses with blocks."
AY: "We build houses with blocks."
Students continue to love to build and create and imagine - one of my favourite things to do is to listen to this group of students as they play with their sticky-block creations. So much vocabulary and oral communication growth!
AY: "I made a picture with a marker"
As students explore in the atelier, they practice important skills like cutting, drawing, writing their name, gluing, and all those other little skills that build fine motor strength and creative communication!
AY: "I made a picture with a marker"
As students explore in the atelier, they practice important skills like cutting, drawing, writing their name, gluing, and all those other little skills that build fine motor strength and creative communication!
OW: "We did music... We got to be a kindergarten band!"
We have some new instruments in our classroom (Thanks, Mrs. H!) and today we practiced keeping the beat first with our feet, and then with unpitched instruments - I was so proud of the way the students listened to instructions and used their instruments in the right way! We sounded great!
So what is on our calendar soon?
OW: "Field trip!"
We are so excited for this! What a great way to deepen our learning about how things go!
JA: "Fire drill!"
Note to parents, particularly of those students who have not been in school before...Fire drills come with big, very loud noises, and a sense of urgency that can be unsettling. We will have a story and lesson about why fire drills are important and how it is just a practice, and there is not a real fire. This is an important safety matter - check with your child about what they learned about fire drill! This gives them a sense that it is good and safe and important!
LU: "We will have a new visit teacher because Miss K's sister has the wedding."
Our substitute teacher will still be checking envelopes, so feel free to send notes ect./things for the office, but know that I won't see anything for me until Monday. If you need me specifically and it can't wait, feel free to email and I will get back to you when I can.
We have some new instruments in our classroom (Thanks, Mrs. H!) and today we practiced keeping the beat first with our feet, and then with unpitched instruments - I was so proud of the way the students listened to instructions and used their instruments in the right way! We sounded great!
So what is on our calendar soon?
OW: "Field trip!"
We are so excited for this! What a great way to deepen our learning about how things go!
JA: "Fire drill!"
Note to parents, particularly of those students who have not been in school before...Fire drills come with big, very loud noises, and a sense of urgency that can be unsettling. We will have a story and lesson about why fire drills are important and how it is just a practice, and there is not a real fire. This is an important safety matter - check with your child about what they learned about fire drill! This gives them a sense that it is good and safe and important!
LU: "We will have a new visit teacher because Miss K's sister has the wedding."
Our substitute teacher will still be checking envelopes, so feel free to send notes ect./things for the office, but know that I won't see anything for me until Monday. If you need me specifically and it can't wait, feel free to email and I will get back to you when I can.
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