October 21 - 25 ~~~~ Halloween

The children decorate the 

display table for Halloween.

Halloween Tic Tac Toe.  

Thanks McKinley for sending

 in the game with two games

 it became a work job!

Creating Halloween witches.  

Each one has their own personality!

Our Wall of Art ~ Halloween witches!

Sorting/ counting & creating patterns 

using Halloween items.

Roll the dice, build a tower

 and place on the number you rolled.

Ted Johnson our Math Consultant 

was in to see the fun learning math 

activities that are occurring in kindergarten.

 The children chose a partner, received

 a dice with the numbers 1-5

 ( I covered the 6)  they had a five

 frame and 5 counting bears. One child

 rolled the dice the other placed that 

number of bears on the five frame and

 then they switched jobs.

We took some time to see how 

we could build different things 

with the blocks.  Every student

 received some blocks and were

 asked to build something.  The

 structures took on a whole new look.

Then the children had the

 opportunity to team up with 

some friends to see what they

 could create together. 

 The structures were awesome!

McKinley is having some 

fun reading our Halloween poem.

On Fabulous Friday the 

children sit wherever they wish… 

on the mat and for snack.  

They enjoy this change.

Some learning centre pictures.

Some day 3’s when I do not 

have duty I give the children

 the opportunity to have a break 

from the lunchroom and eat in our

 class.  The children really enjoyed

 watching Franklin’s Halloween while

 enjoying their lunch on Friday.

October 7 - 15

Avery celebrated her 5th birthday.  

Happy Birthday Avery!

Initial Sounds… cut the pictures apart

 and glue the pictures under the correct

 sound S. L, T, or P.  There was lots

 of assistance with this work job.

Count the dots on the dominoes,

 glue the correct number on each

 of the dominoes.

Rhyming apples.  Match the 

apples that rhyme. Say the 

rhyming words. The apples 

are coded for self correction.

I See Apples… the children

 colored the book. Read it

 together with me and took

 the book home to read. 

 I had some very proud readers!

Our Wall of Art stained glass apples.

Thanksgiving … We had Tommy,

 Terry, and Taylor turkey.  

Each day Tommy turkey was 

hiding and the children had 

to find him.  Lots of fun!

Creating our Thanksgiving Turkeys.

Our Thanksgiving Turkey Hall Display!

Listen and draw a turkey.  

They look awesome!

Pin the wattle on the turkey.

Lots of laughs during this game.

Some learning centre pictures.

Levi celebrated his 5th birthday.

Happy birthday Levi!  Thank you,

Mrs. Arsenault for taking and sending 

me the picture.

We have a new student in our class. 

 Tuesday, October 15th was Amber’s first day!

Thank you to Mrs. Arsenault for taking and sending 

me the picture.

September 30 - October 4th ~~~ Apples

Susan, a lovely lady donated 

some mittens to our class.  

The children were happy to 

wear them on Thursday as 

it was very cold. The children 

Are outside most days please

dress for outdoors.

Mmmm, Mmmmm Good!  The children 

turned over a number leaf and 

whatever number was on they placed

 that many worms on the apple.

How many apples can you place

 on your apple.  You pick up one 

apple at a time using a spoon, 

popsicle sticks as chopsticks or

 a clothespin. You cannot touch 

the pom pom apples with your fingers.

Rhyming Apples … find the two

 apples that rhyme for each basket. 

 They are coded on the back for self 

checking. Say the rhyming words.

Initial Sounds …. Match the top 

and bottom of the apples. Once

 again they are coded on the back

 for self correction.  Say the two 

items that begin with the same sound.

Orange shirt day … every child counts!

After reading the stories

 5 Apples on Top and 10 Apples

 on Top we had some fun to see

 who could balance an apple on their heads.

More on AB patterns.  

Raye is arranging the

 pattern.Great job Raye!

Our grade 4 book buddies are

 helping with chrome books. It

 was the first time the kindergarten

 children seen a chrome book. 

 The sites that we use in 

kindergarten are: Starfall.com, ABCYA, 

and PBS.

Working on apple art.  

The children decided 

which color of a stained 

glass apple they would like

 to create. First they used 

markers on a coffee filter,

 sprayed it with water and 

the colors ran. They cut our

 apple frames and put the 

stained glass art in the center

and glued the apple frames together.

  I will take a picture of our art

 wall next week.

Indoor recess I set up

 three areas with activities

… wikki sticks, magnetics and 

connecting straws!  All activities

 use fine motor muscles which need

 to be developed. Each child

had a turn at each activity.

Some learning centre pictures!

Our classroom is a community 

where everyone helps to keep

 it clean and tidy. Landon is 

doing a great job of sweeping

 up the playdough.

Our first student of the month

… Kynlee Servos.  Keep up the

 awesome work Kynlee!

“Power of Positivity”  If I see

 a student doing something 

kind/special for someone else

 I send that student’s name to 

the office. At each assembly 5

 or 6 names are drawn and the

 student is recognized and is able

 to go see Ms. Gogan for a prize.

  Many students names may be

 entered and the names that did 

not get drawn remain in the box for another

 opportunity to be drawn.  

McKinley’s name was drawn this assembly. 

 McKinley always offers to help some

 other students zipper their coats.

Playdough … many children are using 

the playdough each day and I noticed

 it needs to be replaced more often. 

 I told the children I would make some

 this week-end.  They had a few requests

 for colors. If you are able to make 

to make a batch of playdough or buy 

a few jars we sure would appreciate it.

  Thank you.  Just send it in and I will put

 it out when new is needed.