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 and leading us in our morning songs.

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 – today we worked on beginning, middle and ending sounds in short words. JKs were encouraged to fill in the missing letter. This activity was great to increase their phonemic awareness. 

Recess and Lunch/snack

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

St. Patrick’s Day Assembly – we ended the day off with a house game.

Have a great March Break!

Happy Sports Day!

Morning circle time – we had our special helper of the day adding the date to our calendar and leading us in our morning songs.

Snack – JKs were encouraged to eat a healthy snack.

Police Officer Visit – we had a surprise visit from the police officers and they brought 3 cruisers. This was nice to tie with our UOI about transportation as students are understanding the purpose of each mode of transportation. 

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

Recess and Lunch

Language – today we worked on short words. JKs practiced sounding out the following words: cat, mat and rat. They cut and paste letters with the objective of forming the words.

Math/UOI – today we worked with 3D shapes foam blocks. JKs built structures with 3D shapes.

Recess and Lunch/snack

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

Centers – today we had a variety of sorting stations. Sorting is such an important concept for children to understand that things are alike and different as well as that they can belong and be organized into certain groups. Getting practice with sorting at an early age is important for numerical concepts and grouping numbers and sets when they're older. This type of thinking starts them on the path of applying logical thinking to objects, mathematical concepts and every day life in general.  

Have a great evening!

Happy Wacky Wednesday!

Morning circle time – we had our special helper of the day adding the date to our calendar and leading us in our morning songs.

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 – today we worked on short words. JKs practiced sounding out the following words: cat, cup, fox, dad, fan, gum and dog. They traced and wrote the words as well.

Math/UOI – today we worked on matching the correct amount of objects to the number correspondent.

Recess and Lunch/snack

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

Centers – today JKs explored lacing. Lacing improves eye-hand coordination, builds pincer grip and improves attention.

Have a great evening!

Happy Tuesday!

Morning circle time – we had our special helper of the day adding the date to our calendar and leading us in our morning songs.

Reading Buddies – During reading buddies, students will benefit from:

·        hearing stories read-aloud (modeling of reading fluency, phrasing and expression)

·        having conversations with an older student about topics that interest and involve them (extending their vocabulary, oral language abilities)

·        having regular opportunities to practice familiar reading with 1:1 assistance

·        enjoying fun, positive experiences with ‘big kid’ who is now a recognizable face in the school community

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 – today we used magnetic letters to practice forming CVC words (cvc= consonant/vowel/consonant).

Math/UOI – today we worked on numeracy. We reviewed numbers 1-20.

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! 

Happy Pijama Day!

Morning circle time – we had our special helper of the day adding the date to our calendar and leading us in our morning songs. Then we 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  - Today JKs were introduced to read short words by first separating (segmenting) each sound and then blending them together. When beginning readers sound out words, they slowly say each sound in a word (c-a-t), and then say the sounds quickly together to "read" the word (cat). In reading, teachers call this blending because sounds are being blended together. Blending (combining sounds) and segmenting (separating sounds) are skills that are necessary for learning to read.

Developing a child's phonological awareness is an important part of developing a reader. Many research studies indicate that kids who have weak phonological awareness also have weak reading skills. In term 1 and 2 we focused on a letter per week and learned its name, sound and formation. Now, moving forward, JKs will focus on segmenting and blending. I'll be sending a package home to practice during the break. 

Math – this week we are dedicating our math time to review the units we had in term 2 (Patterning and Geometry). 

UOI - during our UOI we spent some time learning about some basic road safety signs. Today we made a traffic light. And then played a game following the traffic light rules. 

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!