Look at what we did over March Break!!

When we returned from March Break, everyone had a special moment or adventure they wanted to share from their March Break.  Time to break out the journals!!!  The perfect writing opportunity!  Take a look at some of the journal entry's captured so far. In Kindergarten we are writers!!!

On March Break I go to swimming lessons. -Madison 

On March Break I went to Montreal. - Kylie

On March Break I went to swimming. - Allison

On March Break I went to the restaurant.

On March Break I went to Disney. - Danielle Kate

On March Break I went on the roller coaster. - Melilla

On March Break I went biking. I played Uno. I watched a video. - Joel

Welcome to Kindergarten Mrs. Forbes!

Mrs. Forbes will be joining us in Kindergarten for the next 5 weeks.  We are excited to have Tammy in our room, learning from each other.  We look forward to all the fun new learning opportunities that will arise with a third teacher in our classroom!

2D Shapes

Dear Families, 

We have begun exploring 2D shapes.  We are learning to recognize shapes like square, triangles, rectangles and circles in our school, home and communities.  We have been learning how one shape is different from other shapes.  For example, a square has 4 equal sides and 4 corners.  A circle has no sides and no corners. 

 In the above pictures we used large shapes taped to the floor to explore each shapes special characteristics.  We took turns walking along the perimeter of each shape, counting each side and identifying corners. This also lead us to compare each shape and how they were similar or different. 

We read the story, Mouse Shapes.  This lead to a group discussion about how shapes are useful to us, especially when drawing.  We have been using illustrations in books to show how shapes can be used to create a picture.  



We have been spying shapes around our classroom, using geoboards to make pictures and designs using various shapes, and built shapes as a whole group using different materials like straws, yarn, pipe cleaners, and popsicle sticks.  This particular group activity was a great way for the students to problem solve.  They individually had to think about the shape in question and it's characteristics.  Then, they had to choose which material was best for building their shape. When I called out, "circle", I was pleasantly surprised to see that not one student attempted to build a circle using a straw or something similar. Students were quick to choose a pipe cleaner or yarn to create their circle!

At home you can play a game of "I Spy" with your child.  Say, "I spy, with my little eye, something in the house that looks like a triangle... or a square....
Or, you can provide different materials for your child to create shapes with.  Shapes are everywhere!! Math is everywhere!!

Lent

The Lenten Season is upon us. The Kindergarten students participated in a beautiful liturgy on Ash Wednesday. The students learnt that Lent is the time between Ash Wednesday and Easter. We spoke about how Lent is a time we prepare for Easter by praying and by thinking, speaking and acting as Jesus would. Lent is a good time for all of us to work at being the best we can be. We all make mistakes. Sometimes we are unkind, sometimes we have trouble sharing, sometimes we don’t listen well to our parents or teachers. Lent is a time to focus on praying more often, and doing good deeds to be more like Jesus. During Lent the children will be creating a Kindness Quilt to display how they show kindness. Currently, the students have been making cards for a young boy in one of our schools who is staying at CHEO. Mateo's only wish is to have cards made for him. The students have been busy sending him prayers and wishing him well. Here is a video we watched to help explain The Easter Story.

Making cards