Hello Families!
What a wacky week in Kindergarten as we watched Spring disappear in a giant snowfall! Wow! Our "Weatherperson of the Day" have been giving us all of the updates this week as we continue to shift between seasons!
We had a great week together learning all about the letter Jj. We have now covered 21 out of 26 letters of the alphabet- and we are becoming more and more confident using all of our letter and letter-sound knowledge to develop our reading and writing skills. The Kindergarten students have been fearlessly "guess-spelling" everything and it is incredible to see their amazing skills growing everyday!
Along with the letter J we learned all about Jellyfish! We know lots of facts about them. We explored various non-fiction texts and watched a short video about them to learn more. We discovered that they have no brain, bones, or heart. And a group of Jellyfish is called a "Bloom". We also made our own Jellyfish. We also found out some neat facts about Jaguars and created our own Jaguar puppets at the art centre.
In Math, we revisited "Patterns". We learned how to accurately "name" or label a pattern. We explored materials to extend and create more complex patterns and worked to identify and label them using ABCD letters. We participated in the "Great Jelly Bean Pattern Challenge" and then created and labelled our own complex pattern using "jewels".
During Science we continued to explore the 5 Senses. We learned about our sense of hearing. We went on a listening walk, learned about how our ears work, and practiced our listening skills playing "Guess the Sound" and "Telephone". We also made lots of connections between how we use our senses and how other animals and creatures use theirs. Like Jellyfish, and Jaguars. So many connections. The PM group was able to explore all 5 senses on Friday during our delicious experiment. We made popcorn in an air popper. We could hear the popcorn, smell it, touch it, see it and taste it. Yum.
The PM class also participated in "Joy Day". It is a day we learn about what brings us joy, how we can share joy and how it feels inside when we spread joy to others. They went on a "Secret Joy Mission"- surprising and delivering snacks and cards with joy messages on them to Teachers, Helpers and Staff in the school- it definitely spread LOTS of JOY! The AM class will have an opportunity to have their own "Secret Joy Mission" another Friday.
In Centres, we have become more creative in our play- crafting all kinds of new things at the open art centre, building our own dollhouses- creating giant train track villages and creating our own restaurant in the House Centre.
Families, please help your child to remember to return their Library Books. Our PM class have Book Exchange on Tuesdays and the AM class has Library on Thursdays!
Also- it will likely be very muddy and wet this week as the snow is melting. Please send your child with boots as we will be going out to play!
Here are some pictures from our week:
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