November 19 - 22 ~~~ Mrs. Wishy Washy week #2

Count and create some patterns

on the sheet of tubs.  Then

using the letter tiles build some

words from Mrs.Wishy Washy.

Draw a word from the word box.

 If you have it on your Mrs.

Wishy Washy sheet dab it with a

bingo dabber.  If you get

the word POP dab any word

you want.

Roll and color Mrs. Wishy

Washy using the number color codes.

Create your own Mrs.Wishy

Washy for our Wall of Art!

Mr. Wishy Washy!

Some creative structures

using the blocks and Lego.

Outside in the snow at recess!

Some learning centre time pictures.

Making our crowns

for National Child Day!

We went on a parade through

the school and dropped into

several classrooms to wish the

students a Happy National Child Day!

Creating out bracelets or

wristbands for the 50th

Day of School!

The whole class showing

their 50th Day wristbands!

Our 50th Day of School pictures.

The children are adding more

detail and becoming wonderful

illustrators.

Each table had a 50th Day

of School board game.  Lots

of fun counting with this activity.

The children decided which Mrs.

Wishy Washy Book they enjoyed the most.

It looks like all the books were favorite.

Mrs. Wishy Washy aka me …

arrived to read the story.

We still have one more day

to finish our Mrs. Wishy Washy

work jobs before we move on to

“Pete The Cat”!

November 13 - 16 ~~~~ Mrs. Wishy Washy ~~~ Week # 1

Paige celebrated her 5th birthday.

 Happy Birthday Paige!

Our Remembrance Day Poppies.

Clipboard cruising with words

from Mrs. Wishy Washy.

Putting the story in sequence

and retelling the story to our friends.

Help the animals and Mrs. Wishy

get home through the maze.  

Do not cross any lines.

Mrs. Wishy Washy board game.

If you land on certain spots you

either go back a couple of spaces

or go ahead a couple a spaces.

I added a new job to my

colorful helpers list.  This

job in the morning greeter.  

Each child chooses how they

would like to be greeted.

Choices are with a hug,

handshake, fist bump or high five.

The children say good morning

and choose their greeting.

KaDee was our greeter this week.

We made Mrs. Wishy Washy

puppets using toilet paper rolls.

On Monday we will create Mr. Wishy Washy.

We had so much fun acting out

Mrs. Wishy Washy. To make

sure everyone had a turn we acted

out the story four times.  Lots of

fun learning, the expressions were awesome.

Some students from Dalhousie

offered a coding workshop.The

kindergarten children colored a

picture and then Chere showed

the students how to make in come

alive or interactive by using a coding

program.

November 5 - 7

Stringing Letters … string the letters 

you recognize.  If you do not know

 the letter ask your friends. 

Fine motor, literacy and fun!

Kanga Kangaroo has a pouch full

 of uppercase letters. Take a letter

 if you know it you keep it on the table. 

If you do not know the letter, 

ask your friends and then put 

the letter back in Kanga’s pouch.

 Pass Kanga to your friend.

Say it, build it write it. 

 Using the sight words, put a 

sight word on the top of the sheet, 

build it with the letter tiles

 and finally print the word.

Sink or float.  First print your

 name on your sheet,  then cut the 

pictures off your sheet. Take turns 

dropping items into the water. 

Glue the picture of the item

 onto the sink or float side of your sheet.

Hearing and clapping syllables.  

Each child was given a picture. 

They said the name of the picture 

slowly, clapped the syllables and placed

 the picture under the number 

to show how many syllables they heard.

Group work … teams to work on puzzles. 

 If your group finished your puzzle 

they joined another group to help 

them complete the puzzle they

 were working on.

Some learning centre pictures!

Part Part whole. Drop the disks on the mat.

  Some are all red and some have a 

black centre.  Count them to see what

 combination they make for 10.  

3 red and 7 black = 10

Our Remembrance Day Ceremony.

Turn and Talk.  The children are getting

 good at talking and then listening to

 their friend talk.

Parker Grimmer, Director of the

 Public Schools Branch was at our school.  

He spent some time in our classroom.

 The students read him our Big Book of Names

 and told him some of the things they were

 learning in kindergarten.  

After Mr. Grimmer read the class, 

Can I Play Too? By Mo Willems. 

The picture captured his enjoyment of reading

 and how engaged the children were as he read.

October 29 - November 2 ~~~~ Halloween

Halloween Concentration … turn over two 

cards if they match, keep the cards and go again.

Fruits and Vegetables - first sort

 the items on your mat.  Then using two 

sets of the cards play the matching game.

Halloween Clipboard cruising!

Sorting and making patterns using

many different Halloween items.

Tic, Tac, Toe - thank you

to Charlotte’s Mom for sending

in the game for the class.

Cleaning the class Jack-O- Lantern!

We put all the names in a container

and drew out one name. Paige was the

lucky winner. She won the the Jack-O-Lantern!

Outdoor recess!

Halloween morning the children

 arrived and went right to work

 in their Math Problem Notebooks!

After completing a math problem

 there was arts and crafts at the

 writing table each child could make

 a small and large Halloween art.

The Halloween treats sent in by:

 KaDee, Charlotte, and Jaxon! Very tasty and spooky!!!

The children passing out their treats.  

We are enjoying our morning snack. 

Someone asked if I could shut off 

the lights and just have the Jack-O- Lantern on.

Our Halloween Party… who’s behind the mask??

Spider on the Head relay race… lots of fun!

Dance with the Ghost. When the music

 stops find a new partner try not to

 dance with the ghost!

Catch the Flying Bat… my black stuffed bat.

 Call out a friends name and throw the bat 

to that person. He sure was flying!!!

The costumes were neat!

We ended the day with a short

 Halloween story on the LCD projector.

Whiteboards are used often in the class.

 First we do some letter and number

formation, print some sight words and

before putting them away I try to give

a few minutes of free choice. Sasha

drew her and I, Primrose and Jazlynn

started writing the list of open centres

as it was an indoor recess day. Other

children were drawing houses, friends, etc.

Our class book … The Big Book

of Names is used often by the

students. We invited Mr.

MacDonald up to the class and

the children took turns reading the pages.

Gavin was our first Student of the Month.

 Cameron was KB’s student of the month.

 Congratulations Gavin and Cameron!

Some learning centre pictures.