Hello Kindergarten Parents ,
I will be preparing packages for your children for the 10 days that school is closed in March and April. Those packages will be ready for pick up on Friday. If your child is home this week, here are some things you can with them. It is important to have a balance in their day of these activities: 1. Reading books and poems at their level- (Rivet - is an app) Your child has the reading strategy checklist in their zippy and I have attached helping your child read prompt information) 2. Stories- read to them lots and have a book talk after you read the book. ( I have attached a Book Talk sheet of ideas) 3. Movement/Energy Break activities- Go Noodle is a website with free sign up and has yoga, music and movement activities as well as rest and mindful activities for rest and downtime. 4. Math- they can sort, count, make patterns and represent numbers. They can play card, board and math games. 5. Free Play and Exploration 6. Outdoor Play Activities and Exercise 7. Snack- 2 times a day 8. Creative Time- art, painting, playdough etc. I will let you know when you can pick up the packages on Friday. I know this is a unsure time for everyone. I hope you all stay well. Take care, Ms. Kajati Websites and Apps: - https://savedyouaspot.com/2020/03/12/20-screen-free-things-to-do-with-your-kids-indoors-when-school-is-closed/ - https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html - https://www.khanacademy.org/math - Practice and lessons for specific grade levels - https://illuminations.nctm.org/ - Games, lessons and brainteasers - https://www.gregtangmath.com/games - The online games are a good for students to use at home. - https://gregtangmath.com/spring - Greg Tang has some math challenges that can be easily copied and sent home. They come with parent notes. - www.openmiddle.com – The site contains problems at different grade levels. - https://nzmaths.co.nz – The site contains a plethora of learning experiences. The site has list of math picture books. Picture books can be sent home with students to read and have them connect with doing a mathematics activity. - https://nzmaths.co.nz/picture-books-number-content - https://kidsactivitiesblog.com/135609/list-of-education-companies-offering-free-subscriptions/
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This week we have welcomed Miss Sherwin to our classroom! She is a second-year education student teacher from Brandon University and will be taking over the teaching duties until May 1st. We are so lucky to have Miss Sherwin in our classroom and we welcome her with open arms. We cant wait to learn everything that she has to offer! Please note that next week is "I love to read week!" This week is dedicated to all the fun we have with literacy. Tonight there was an "igloo take home reading" sheet put in the kiddos black reading folders. For every book the kiddos read, have them write the title on the regular sheet and color in a cube on the igloo. Once all the igloo is colored in, we will submit them to the literacy crew at RH and the kids will be entered into a draw for a free DQ blizzard.
If you have any questions or concerns, please never hesitate to reach out to me. - Ms. Kajati Yesterday, our room was vibrating with excitement when Mrs. Currie knocked on our classroom door and brought me flowers! She told us that they were from my partner, Matt. We quickly opened the package up and took a peak at them. They were beautiful carnations, but there was one problem... They were white. I shared with the kids that I HATED white flowers. The kiddos were so sweet and quick to let me know that I should be grateful that I was gifted the flowers, no matter the color. They also shared some ideas on how to fix the problem! One of the kiddos suggested that we paint the flowers. We picked the flowers up and examined the petals. I explained that the petals are sort of like the lungs of the flowers. If we painted them, we would suffocate the flower and it would begin to wilt. Great suggestion but back to the drawing board. Another kiddo suggested that we put food coloring in the water to see if the flower would drink the water and in return, cause the petals to turn the color of the water! Bingo! We decided to conduct an experiment, using the scientific method: 1) We predicted that the petals of the flower would change colors, if we put food coloring in the water. 2) We conducted the experiment 3) We are observing the flowers in the water over the next few days and recording our findings in our "flower journals." We discussed how long ago, scientists sometimes made ideas up and never conducted experiments. They would publishing their "findings" and people would believe the ideas were true, even when they were not. Together, we decided we wanted to be great scientist. So, we got busy working in our journals and only recording down exactly what we see. To our surprise, this morning when we got to school, the kiddos noticed that the experiment was beginning to work! Some of the flower petals were beginning to turn the color of the water they were placed in. We got busy writing in our journals once again, while carefully observing the pattern on the petals. We will see what tomorrow brings to our curious scientists!!
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