Week of March 19th

We hope everyone had a lovely March Break!  Everyone seemed well rested and not too many took advantage of quiet time!

Our letter of the week is h and our word of the week is he.  We have been practising using the correct pronouns so our word of the week came in handy today.  Please continue to practise letter recognition and sounds with your child.  It is very beneficial and the children are so excited to share their knowledge of letters during discussions.

We are looking forward to getting started on our VIP project.  We have received a few pictures of parents in their work environment but are still in need of many more.  If you have not emailed your photo, can you please do so by March 30th.  Our goal is to show the children the photos without reading your write up and have them guess what job each parent does. Please email the photos to andrea.rocco@ocsb.ca. Thank you for your participation.  It is going to be a great activity to discuss jobs in our community as well as the importance of our family.

The month of March is Nutrition Month. On March 23rd at 2:30 pm, St Gabriel School will take their BIG CRUNCH. The Great Big Crunch is an annual moment of anti-silence where everyone gets together and bites into crunchy fresh local produce in unison.  Please send an apple to school with your child on Thursday March 22nd so that they can participate in the school wide BIG CRUNCH!

We are looking for pots, pans, strainers, cookie sheets, spoons, scoops etc for our outdoor learning environment.  If you have any of these items and are looking to get rid of them, we would love to take them off your hands and put them to good use at school!

Here are some pictures from today:

Happy March Break!

Wishing you all a great March Break with your family.  We are sending the blankets home again.  Please wash and return them back on the 19th.

Week of March 5th

Happy Monday! Our letters of the week are "sh" and our word of the week is "she".  The kids came up with a list of great "sh" words.  Our sk students are doing an amazing job attempting to sound words out phonetically.  We always encourage them to write the sounds that they are hearing.  Mrs. T and I do not correct their work and always praise them.  They are showing confidence and enjoyment during free writing and are adding words to their artwork independently.  It is so exciting to see this unfold!

Today we experimented with Google Hangout and video called Mme Roy.  The students were SO excited to see and talk to her.  Mme showed us her new office and answered all our questions.  We will be partnering up with a kindergarten class from Mme. Roy's school (Guardian Angels School) to do pen pals.  Our class will get to meet our new Stittsville friends using Google Hangout.  There are some exciting times ahead for us!

Last week we started drawing the "other half" of us.  The students were given a picture of their face cut in half and they had to draw the other half so that it matched.  We took this opportunity to introduce the word symmetry.  Their artwork is so well done.  If you are passing by our classroom, come have a look at our symmetrical portraits!

We will be talking about people in our community and the jobs that our mommies and daddies do.  A special note was sent home last week (called VIP Project) explaining a project that we will be starting in the month of March.  We will be very grateful for your participation.  Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions about the VIP Project.  It is going to be so fun and special for the children.

Here are some pictures from today:

Week of Feb.26

This week we will only have a word of the week.  Our word is "do".  We will continue to work on letters and their associated sounds.  The kids had a blast finding all the "do"s in our poem this morning.  They were all eager to participate. 

We will be talking about people in our community and the jobs that our mommies and daddies do. Today a special note came home (called VIP Project) explaining a project that we will be starting in the month of March.  We will be very grateful for your participation.  Please feel free to contact us if you have an questions about the VIP Project.  It is going to be so fun and special for the children!

Now that the snow is almost gone, the puddles have arrived.  Please ensure that your child has a few spare pairs of socks as well as a change of pants. 

Here are some pictures from today:

Outdoor Play-day Cancelled for Friday

Due to the wet weather and lack of snow, our outdoor play-day will be cancelled on Friday and hopefully rescheduled when the weather cooperates.  We will still have a red and white day in support of Canada on Friday.

Here are some pictures from today:

Week of Feb 19th

Happy Family Day!  We hope you are enjoying your day with your family.  The sun is out and it looks like a beautiful day to be outside!

On Friday, we had the kids pack up their blankets to bring home for a wash.  It was time!  Please send the blankets back tomorrow with your child.

This week, we will not have a letter or word or the week.  Instead, we will just review the words and letters that we have already looked at.

On Friday, we will be having an outdoor Olympic play-day for the kindergarten students.  It will take place outside in the morning (for a few hours) so please ensure that your child is dressed appropriately.  The goal is to enjoy the fresh air as well as be active throughout the planned activities.  The kids are going to have a blast!  Let's hope Mother Nature cooperates with us. In support of all the Canadian athletes, we are asking the kids to wear red and white or something showing the maple leaf.  Go, Canada!

On Friday we finished our egg experiment after 20 + days.  Mrs. T had the honours of cutting open both eggs.  The students made many great predictions.  They predicted that the egg in vinegar had grown because the vinegar was inside it.  When Mrs. T cut it open, there was a big gush or liquid - the vinegar.  The kids were a bit grossed out and amazed all at the same time!  The egg in water had remained unchanged.

Week of Feb 12th

Today we looked at the letter "l" and the word "love".  We have another catchy song to help us spell love.  Please ask your child to sing it to you tonight! Our sks wrote many lovely sentences using the word love.  They ALL love their family so much!

Snuggle Folders and library books came home today.  Happy reading!

We are still in need of 10 empty kleenex boxes for Wednesday.  If you have any at home, please send them our way!  We will go ahead with Valentine's Day on Wednesday even though Ash Wednesday falls on the same day.  The students are welcome to wear red, pink and white.  Please do not address each Valentine by the student's first name.  Just fill out the "from" portion of the card.  It makes it easier to pass them out. There are 29 students in our class.

 If you have any used shoes that you are wanting to part with, please send them in.  We are looking to break our record of donations from last year (1048 pairs school wide).  These shoes all go to the non-profit organization Soles 4 Souls.

Here are some pictures from today: