Happy Wednesday!

Morning circle time – we had our special helper of the day adding the date to our calendar, we sang our morning songs, then added one more popcorn to our 100^th Day of school counting. During our morning circle time, we also focused a little bit on phonics as JKs learned a new song with words that end with “ig”. Words such as pig, dig, wig, fig and big.

Snack – JKs were encouraged to eat a healthy snack.

French class – please visit Mme. Jessica’s blog http://mllehousja.blogspot.com/

Recess and Lunch

Language – we reviewed our phonics song for all letters learned so far. Here is the link for our weekly Jolly Phonics songs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K2rxtgQpd0

For letter Q (this week), this is the song we are learning: https://youtu.be/CZ6L8EmV3gg

Then we used the small white boards to practice writing lowercase and uppercase Qq. 

Math/UOI – today we created a pattern mitt. They all turned out great!

Math – we reviewed the 2D shapes and then used play dough to form the shapes. 

Recess and Lunch/snack

Gym class – please visit Ms. V’s blog https://msvphysed.blogspot.com/

Centers – today JKs had different types of blocks to explore. Blocks are great for developing the following: problem solving, imagination, self expression, mathematics, creativity, science, self–esteem, social and emotional growth.

Have a great evening everyone! 

Happy Tuesday!

Music class – please visit Ms. McMillan’s blog https://mrsmcmillanmusic.blogspot.com/

Morning circle time – we had our special helper of the day adding the date to our calendar, we sang our morning songs, then added one more popcorn to our 100^th Day of school counting.

Snack – JKs were encouraged to eat a healthy snack.

French class – please visit Mme. Jessica’s blog http://mllehousja.blogspot.com/

Recess and Lunch

Language – we reviewed our phonics song for all letters learned so far. Here is the link for our weekly Jolly Phonics songs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K2rxtgQpd0

For letter Q (this week), this is the song we are learning: https://youtu.be/CZ6L8EmV3gg

Then we put on our detective hats and found all Qs on our paper. As we found, we dabbed using the bingo dauber. 

Next, we practiced our poems. 

Math/UOI – today we used different materials to make patterns.

Math – we reviewed the 2D shapes and then sorted the shapes as a class. 

Recess and Lunch/snack

Gym class – please visit Ms. V’s blog https://msvphysed.blogspot.com/

Centers/Purposeful Play – today students had the opportunity to play with pretend food. Playing pretend helps to develop the following: social, emotional and mental development and communication skills.

Have a great evening!

Happy Monday!

Morning circle time – we had our special helper of the day adding the date to our calendar, we sang our morning songs, then added one more popcorn to our 100^th Day of school counting. Today we also shared something we did over the weekend.

Snack – JKs were encouraged to eat a healthy snack.

French class – please visit Mme. Jessica’s blog http://mllehousja.blogspot.com/

Recess and Lunch

Language – we reviewed our phonics song for all letters learned so far. Here is the link for our weekly Jolly Phonics songs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K2rxtgQpd0

Then we used play dough to form the letter of the week, which is Q. Then JKs had some time to use play dough cutters in order to develop their fine motor skills.  

Math/UOI – today we made a flower pattern. We talked about places in nature we find patterns, such as leaves, tree trunk, trees, flowers, acorns, etc…

Then we created our flower using colorful strips of paper and bingo dauber.

Math – we reviewed the 2D shapes and then completed an activity where JKs had to count the sides of each shape, cut and paste them in the correct category.

Recess and Lunch/snack

Gym class – please visit Ms. V’s blog https://msvphysed.blogspot.com/

Centers – today JKs had the opportunity to have play dough during our purposeful play time. The benefits of play dough play are numerous and children of all ages have much to gain from engaging with play dough activities. Here are some of the benefits: fine motor skill development, creativity and imagination, hand-eye co-ordination, social skills, literacy and numeracy development.

Have a great evening!

Happy Friday!

Music class – please visit Ms. McMillan’s blog https://mrsmcmillanmusic.blogspot.com/

Morning circle time – we had our special helper of the day adding the date to our calendar, we sang our morning songs, then added one more popcorn to our 100^th Day of school counting.

Snack – JKs were encouraged to eat a healthy snack.

French class – please visit Mme. Jessica’s blog http://mllehousja.blogspot.com/

Recess and Lunch

Language – we reviewed our phonics song for letter Pp. Here is the link for our weekly Jolly Phonics songs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K2rxtgQpd0

Then we had the show and tell presentations. After show and tell, we made a list of words that begin with P. We focused on short words, such as pet, pan, pot, pin, pig.

Math/UOI – today we made a pattern plate. We used colorful pieces of paper to build a pattern.

Math - we used geometric pattern shapes to create pictures. 

Recess and Lunch/snack

Gym class – please visit Ms. V’s blog https://msvphysed.blogspot.com/

Centers – today students had the opportunity to play with pretend food. Playing pretend helps to develop the following: social, emotional and mental development and communication skills.

Have a great evening everyone!

Happy Thursday

Morning circle time – we had our special helper of the day adding the date to our calendar, we sang our morning songs, then added one more popcorn to our 100^th Day of school counting.

Snack – JKs were encouraged to eat a healthy snack.

Reading Buddies

French class – please visit Mme. Jessica’s blog http://mllehousja.blogspot.com/

Recess and Lunch

Language – we reviewed our phonics song for all the letters learned so far. Here is the link for our weekly Jolly Phonics songs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K2rxtgQpd0

Then we worked on our Writing with Phonics workbook to practice writing uppercase and lowercase p within the lines.  

Math – today we went on a shape walk. Each student had a page with the 4 basic shapes (rectangle, square, circle and triangle), as they found one of those shapes, they put a check mark on their paper. After our walk, we came back to class and drew a real life object to match each shape.

Recess and Lunch/snack

Gym class – please visit Ms. V’s blog https://msvphysed.blogspot.com/

Centers - today JKs had the opportunity to play dress up. Dress-up engages your child’s brain and memory. Dramatic play requires students to remember what they’ve seen or heard. It also develops the following: vocabulary building, problem-solving, empathy, emotional development, motor skills, socialization and imagination.

Have a great evening everyone!

Welcome Back!

So glad to be back and start 2020 with my JKs! I honestly feel very blessed to have such great class this year! I hope you all had a great break! 

Morning circle time – we had our special helper of the day adding the date to our calendar, we sang our morning songs, then added one more popcorn to our 100^th Day of school counting. Today we spent some time sharing some of the fun activities we did over the break.

Snack – JKs were encouraged to eat a healthy snack.

French class – please visit Mme. Jessica’s blog http://mllehousja.blogspot.com/

Recess and Lunch

Language – we reviewed our phonics song for all the letters learned so far. Here is the link for our weekly Jolly Phonics songs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K2rxtgQpd0

Then we put on our detective hats and tried to find all Ps on our paper. As we identified the uppercase and lowercase Pp, we used the bingo dauber.

Math – today we introduced the new unit in math. We will be learning about shapes. Please see the letter in your child’s agenda. We made this chart as a class. 

Recess and Lunch/snack

Gym class – please visit Ms. V’s blog https://msvphysed.blogspot.com/

Music class – please visit Ms. McMillan’s blog https://mrsmcmillanmusic.blogspot.com/

Have a great evening everyone!