Hello Families!
Happy New Years! It was so exciting to return to school and all be together again. The Kindergarten students were all so happy to see one another and catch up- sharing all about their Winter Breaks, giving hugs and returning to play and learning together. Thankfully, we had some sunshine and (slightly) warmer weather so we could go outside and play too.
This week we jumped right back into our learning by reviewing letters, letter sounds, rhyming and blending compound words during our phonics times. We also learned all about the letter W. We know what sound a W makes, how to write a W and we can identify so many "W" words. We painted "Whales with Polka Dot Tails", made our own "watches" and we read stories about Winter and worms. The PM class learned about Walrus's and even had a chance to do some taste testing- trying juicy watermelon and snacking on "warm waffles". Our AM class will have another taste test Friday soon- don't worry!
During our math times, we continued to work in our number journals. We practiced recording numbers in different ways, practiced our subitizing skills and even played a math game with Ms. Rupert's giant dice. We read the story "Six Sticks" and created our own "Math Masterpiece" using 6 popsicle sticks. We used our imaginations and we all had so many different ideas. I will share them next week on the blog as we are still finishing them up.
We did some journaling this week, shared lots of stories, visited the Library, exercised in the gym and we explored lots of new centres. We made a fort for our light table and made cool, glowing towers, we played so many board games and practiced drawing triangles in our fine motor books. It was a good week full of lots of joy. I was so happy to have the Kindergarten family back together.
Here are some pictures from our week:
