November 21 - 25 Pete the Cat!

Turn and talk the children are telling each other what they like to so outside in the snow.

In Social studies we have been discussing Needs and Wants.

We have been reading Pete the Cat books all week.  We voted on our favorite of these three books.  Pete The Cat Rockin’ in my School Shoes was the favorite!

Lots of fun counting, and taking turns with Pete the Cat board game.

The Pete the Cat puzzle was a hit.  One group managed to put the puzzle together 5 times during work job time!

The completed puzzle!

Celebrating teamwork!

Concentration card game.  Watch carefully to see what cards your friends turn over.  If you get a match you have another turn.

Pete the cat art.  Cut out, glue together and add details to your own Pete the Cat!

Our finished Pete’s.  I love their different personalities!

Interactive Pete is outside on the hallway.  Anyone going by can change the number of buttons on Pete’s shirt.  It is changed every time we go out of the classroom.  The students change it if they go to the washroom,  the office, anytime they are in the hallway.

We have began Writer’s Workshop.  Your children decide on what they want to draw a story about. Then during learning centre time I assist them with guided writing to write the story.

We signed out the chrome cart on Friday for the first time.  Four students were able to independently login and then helped a friend.  I will try to sign out the chrome carts once a week.

Some learning centre time activities!

November 21 - December 1 ~~~~~~~~ Pete The Cat!

Working with the pattern blocks.  Using the blocks to make images and letters.

Dominoes 1-5.  Count the dots on the domino and place it under the correct number.

Number puzzle 1-10.  This was quite challenging to put together.

Beading letters.  Add the letters that you recognize on your string.  Can you make your name?  Sight words?

Some learning centre time activities!

We were working on rhymes and the children then were asked to create a rhyming board.

Learning all about numbers.

Draw a Rhyme Story.  The children listened to each direction and then drew their rhyme monster and finished it by coloring it up.  Each monster certainly has it’s own personality.

Creating our crowns to wear on National Child Day!

All ready to go on our National Child Day March.  We marched to the office and treated people along the way with a cookie.  The students were spreading the message of National Child Day.  On the way back we stopped into grades, 1, 2, and 3 and had enough cookies to treat each class.  Thank you to Cassie, Kaitlynn, Patrick, and Brooklynn for bringing in cookies!

November 7 - 10 Finishing up Mrs. Wishy Washy and Celebrating Remembrance Day!

We created our own Mrs. Wishy Washy.  Each one is unique with her own personality!

Our Remembrance Day Art!  We added our Poppies to the Grade one display!

Our Remembrance Day service assembly.  The kindergarten children were awesome.  It is not easy to sit on chairs in the front row of an assembly and sit quietly for a long time.

This work job consisted of using the pictures from the Mrs. Wishy Washy story and putting them in the proper sequence

Each card had a letter on the front.  Find the picture that makes that initial sound.  Some of the children found this quite difficult.

Color by number. Roll the dice and color the part of the picture using the color code

Cut out your Mrs. Wishy Washy story that you colored last week.  I laminated them so you can share the story with your family. Enjoy!

Some learning centre time activities. Dramatic play is a favorite centre.

Working on number concepts.  How many different ways using two trays and magnets can you make that number amount.  We noticed that 0 +5 = 5, 1 + 4 = 5, 2 +3 = 5, 3 + 2 = 5, 4 +1 = 5, and 5 + 0 = 5.

Mrs. Wishy Washy (aka Mrs. Dumville) made an appearance and picked up the children from music.  The children said they knew it was me as they could tell by my white ears.  Imagine!

October 31 - November 4th Halloween and Mrs. Wishy Washy!

All dressed up for Halloween!  Patrick’s was the lucky student whose name was drawn to take the Jack-O-Lantern home!

Halloween Dance . . . when the music starts find a partner and dance!  When the music stops find a new partner.  Who will end up with the witch as their partner?

Our Halloween treats thank you to Michael and Cassie for bringing them in!

Pin the wart on the witch.  See if you can place it on her nose!

Enjoying the treats for snack!

Using letter tiles spell out the words from Mrs. Wishy Washy!

Clipboard cruising with words from the story!

Help the animals get to the tub.  Careful stay on the path.

Pick a word from the tub, find it on your tub sheet and using a bingo dabber dab it.  If the word says pop!  Dab any word you would like to dab.

Mrs. Wishy Washy board game.  Who will arrive at the finish first?

Working on our own Mrs. Wishy Washy story!

Roll the dice, place that number of bears in the tub.  How many dice rolls will it take to fill all the tubs?

Mrs. Wishy Washy play dough mats.  Spell the word and that animal in the tub.

Working on number formation.  These number 5’s are looking awesome!

Some learning centre time!

We had lots of fun acting out Mrs. Wishy Washy!!!  We acted it out three times so everyone had a turn to be a character.

Working with a five frame.  Roll the dice count that many bears to place on the 5 frame.

Portfolio keepsake decisions.  The children are deciding which three pieces of work they would like to keep in their portfolios.