Week of May 28th

Our letters of the week are "th" and our word of the week is "that".  The children discovered that our new word of the week has our last word of the week in it "at"!  The sk students wrote some amazing sentences using "that".

Please continue to point out our popcorn words during nightly reading with your child.  It is very beneficial especially for the sk students moving up to Grade One.

This week is going to be a warm one.  Please ensure that your child comes to school with water, a sun hat and cream sunscreen.

On Friday, Luv2Groove will be here teaching the students how to do hip hop dancing.  It is going to be so fun!  Stay tuned for pictures!

Today we put on our scientist hats and observed and explored marbles with real bugs inside.  The kids were very detailed with their observations and drawings.

If you have any flowers at home that have bloomed and are dying, feel free to send them into school instead of throwing them out.  We will use them in the classroom for exploration.  We painted pictures of lilacs today and they turned our so beautiful.  If you have a lilac bush, feel free to send in a bloom or leaves.  This always makes for a fun art tabletop activity!

Here are some pictures from today:

Week of May 22nd

We hope you had a wonderful long weekend!  Today was a very exciting day because we released our butterflies to the world!  The students were naming them as they flew away and  were so excited to watch them fly.  This year we were lucky to have 6 butterflies as our temporary classroom pets!

There will be no letter or word of the week this week.  Please continue to practise letter recognition and sounds with your child.

On Wednesday, we will be hosting 13 delegates from China in our classroom.  They are interested in seeing how we teach our students in kindergarten.  They will be visiting many schools in Ottawa.  We are very excited to show them how we explore and learn in Room 138!

Last Thursday we had a perfect day for Outdoor Learning Day.  The students had a blast counting dandelions in hula hoops,  writing and drawing pictures using chalk on the sidewalk, drawing their favourite part of the story we listened to and filling up ten frames using nature (rocks, twigs, dandelions).  Please see below for pictures from this day.

Reminders:

• Sunscreen:Unfortunately we are not allowed to apply sunscreen on the students.  If you could send them in with sunscreen already applied, that would be great.  If you send sunscreen in with your child, please ensure that it is NOT the spray kind.  This makes the floors very slippery and hazardous.  Creams only please.

• Please send in a refillable water bottle.  Now that the weather is warming up, the kids are outside and get extra thirsty from running and playing in the heat.

• If your child does not have spare clothing (shorts, underwear, socks and shirt) please send some in a labeled ziplock.

Week of May 14

What an amazing day we had today with our lovely moms! Thank you so much for spending your morning with us.  The kids were so happy to have you at their school.  The rest of the day was very peaceful and calm.  A big thank you to yogi Alda for sharing her amazing practice with us.  It was so beautiful to watch the bonds between mom and child.  A lot of great moments were captured in the pictures below.

Our word of the week is "at".  The sk students did a great job writing in their journals today.  We are seeing a lot of confident writers in Room 138. 

Thank you to all who volunteered for our field trip to the farm.  The weather was fantastic and we couldn't have asked for a better day to go to the farm.  The kids were exhausted when they got back to school which is a sign of a great day!

Reminders:

Please ensure that your child has spare clothes at school.  We have noticed that many students do not have spare clothing which makes it a bit difficult if they have an accident.  Also with the warmer weather, if you want to send in shorts for their spare clothing, we can send back the winter clothing.

Please ensure that your child comes to school with a sun hat/ball cap on the warm, sunny days. We will remind them to wear their hats outside.

Sunscreen:  If you send in sunscreen, please do not send in the spray type.  It gets on the floors making them very slippery and dangerous.  We are not allowed to apply sunscreen on your child but can remind them to apply it.

Here are some pictures from today as well as from our field trip to the farm:

Mother's Day

Wishing all you amazing moms a wonderful Mother's Day. Please check your email for a special message from your child.  We hope you enjoy it! Don't forget to check your child's mailbag as well for your gift. 

On Monday, please come for 9:30 to the classroom.  We will do yoga in the learning commons followed by iced tea and cookies in the classroom.  Looking forward to celebrating our special moms!

Week of May 7th

Our letter of the week is "m" and our very special word of the week is "mom'.  There were lots of sentences written today about how much the children LOVE their mom!

Today we looked at our caterpillars and noticed a big change!  They are now attaching to the top of the paper towel and hanging from the lid of the container.  Tomorrow we will be placing the caterpillars in the big aquarium in anticipation of their transformation into a pupa and then butterfly.  Such exciting times in Room 138!

The students who had money for the book fair went today and purchased books.  If your child did not bring money but would like to at some point this week, please send the money in a labeled ziplock and we will ensure that your child gets to the book fair.

Here's a list of things happening this week in Room 138:

Tuesday May, 8th
Wear blue in support of Autism

Wednesday, May 9th 
-Field Trip to Valley View Farms from 9:00-1:30 pm
-Double Lunch Day

Thursday, May 10th 
-Carleton University study in our classroom at 9:45 am

-Grade 6 Showcase Sale at 2:20 pm.  All profits made from the same will be donated to the Kanata Food Cupboard.

Friday, May 11th
-Muffin Breakfast and Open House 8-9am. Be sure to come into our classroom (rm 138) for a visit!

**Parents are asked to bring in 6 peanut/nut free Muffins PER FAMILY

-Coffee and Juice will be served

-School Spirit Day- wear purple and grey

Monday, May 14th-

Mother's Day Celebration from 9:30-11:30. Don't forget your yoga mat!