Tomorrow is Black & Orange Day

Students are encouraged to wear Black & Orange to celebrate Halloween on October 31st.  Happy Halloween! 

It was a soggy Friday

We had many soggy friends in kindergarten today.  The wet snow left kiddos with wet socks and pants. A gentle reminder for students to please come to school wearing rain/snow boots if there has been a rain or snow fall.  Also,splash pants/snow pants also help to keep everyone dry.  Mittens and hats should also be worn.  We spend a lot of our day outside and want to be sure all students are comfortable, warm and dry.  

Thank You!!

Halloween Fun

Dot-to-Dots

Letter Matching

Light Table Fun with numbers

GOOP!!

Halloween Math Provocation

Halloween Patterns!

Pumpkins!

Thought I'd share a poem we have been working on.  This poem has been giving us a lot of learning opportunity.  We have been talking about "describing" words.  We have practiced describing pumpkins in our classroom using words like: bumpy, smooth, orange, white, big, small, and stem. We have also searched for the popcorn (words that pop up everywhere) 'I'.  Lastly, the students have been having fun tracking the words (using a pointer to follow the words as they read) while using pointers during learning centre time.

Play For Change - Friday!

The grade 6's at St. Gabe have organized a fun annual event.  Play For Change is back!  The 6's have worked hard and have created/organized games for students to play in exchange for coin donation. The money raised will help support aboriginal education, CHEO and students in Haiti.

Pumpkins

With fall upon us, we have brought many signs of fall into our classrooms. Pumpkins, gourds, leaves, and branches.  We have been using all of these treasures found outside in our classroom for art, measuring, exploring and building. Above is a picture of a poem we are learning.  We spoke about the describing words we use to talk about the pumpkins.

The Beaver Pond

What a fabulous morning in the rain today!!!  With rubber boots  and raincoats on the kinders had a great time walking in the rain. Here are some pictures of the wondrous things we saw along the way.

Do you know what this is?

An Inkpot mushroom. Skunks and squirrels like to munch on these!

A worm on a rainy day.

"The plants are sucking the water from my hand. I'm helping them." 

We learnt the word 'canopy' today.  We all stopped the listen to the rain falling on top of the tree.  

We called it nature's music.  It was beautiful. 

Another neat mushroom that reminded us of a stingray.

We had a friend come say hi. We discovered that this is a  mommy Mallard Duck.  She is brown in colour so she can camouflage in the marshes and protect her ducklings. We also took notice to her webbed feet. 

Can you see the Blue Heron in the photo?

It's hard to see, but there was a beaver (possibly a muskrat) swimming and splashing in the water!

Our gang!! Thank you to all the moms and dads who could join us today.  We look forward to next time!!

We Scare Hunger

We Scare Hunger!We Scare Hunger! https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1LzNThzvQMvD_mbRw-DmjwaV44yLYSvx1jR3893hEB70/edit

Let's Catch Up!

Time keeps getting away ... here are a few photos of the learning fun happening in our room.  We are busy exploring patterns, recognizing numbers, building ramps, becoming artists, and learning more about eachother.  We are really looking forward our walk on Thursday!

Happy Thanksgiving - opps...I thought this has been posted.

There is so much to be thankful for. Wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. What a beautiful weekend to stop, reflect and find the beauty that surrounds us everyday....family, friends, Mother Nature and love. Lucky us.

Co-Constructing

Our dramatic area slowly progressed from a kitchen to a classroom. The kinders worked together to co-create a list of tools and materials they needed for their classroom. Next, step they will gather materials and we will begin the transformation. What may appear as a regular play activity is actually a rich learning experience demonstrating problem solving, collaboration, belonging and contributing, and writing and mathematical behaviours. So much learning in our everyday experiences!!!! 

Terry Fox Walk

Our kinders did a great job walking in support of Terry Fox and raising funds to research a cure for cancer. The children showed a lot of interest in Terry Fox's story. Words they used to describe him were strong, love, courage and fast. 

Bubbles Bubbles

Exploring mixing primary colours while blowing bubbles. "What makes a bubble?"