Community Helpers

Our students have decided to turn our drama centre into a Hair Salon/Barbershop. Did you know that hairdressers are community helpers? The Glam Squad Salon offers a variety of services including; hair styling and hair cuts for boys and girls, and manicures. Doesn't Ms. Ramirez look great? 

On Thursday, our students noticed a lot of trucks and constructions workers in our back play yard and had a lot of questions for us. In order to get a closer look and find out what was going on, we decided to take our investigations outside. 

Ask your child about what these "community helpers" are called. Can your child identify any other community helpers in their neighbourhood or family? 

New Class Member!

Ms. Ramirez surprised our students with a new member this week... a HORNWORM! Our students were very excited and couldn't wait to share their "I wonders" about him/her. Some wonders we have: 

"I wonder what he likes to eat".

"I wonder why he is blue". 

"I wonder how he sleeps". 

Students also had the opportunity to hold the Hornworm. Some descriptions we heard: 

"He feels like playdough".

"He feels soft". 

"He looks like candy". 

Stay tuned for more learning about our Hornworm!

Remembrance Day

Remembrance Day is an important day for all Canadians, including our younger kindergarten learners. After reading a few stories and poems about the poppy and peace, many of our students were more than happy to make their own poppy for our class wreathe. Can you and your child find our class wreathe? (Hint: Peace)

Some of our students were VERY excited to see a REAL soldier in our school hallway!

Remembrance Day made us think about Peace in our own lives. After reading the book 'What does Peace feel like?', our students were able to represent their own ideas of what peace looks like or feels like to them. Our kinder learners had some amazing ideas to share! Here are just a few for you to enjoy. (Q: Ask your child what peace means to them).

Fall Leaf Inquiry

Upon the arrival of Fall, many of our students began bringing in fallen leaves to share.  After a few discussions, we decided to create our 'I wonder...' chart. Each student was able to contribute some of their thinking. Take a peek at our wonderful Fall learning! (Q: Ask your child how we co-created our leaf graph and what we learned from it.)

Focusing on the details! We used a variety of paint colours to recreate our favourite leaves!

In early November, we were very lucky to have Shirley and Paula from Forest Valley visit our class. After reading the story "Leaf Man" with us, the students we set free to gather the leaves necessary to create their own leaf pictures. Here are just a few of the wonderful leaf art hanging in our classroom. (Q: Ask your child what image they created with their leaves)

Math Learning

A quick peek into some of the math learning centers that our kinder students have been working hard on. Ask your child what their favourite learning activity has been so far. Use the pictures to help them think about their learning. Enjoy!

Work with your child to identify the sorting rule in each picture above.

Literacy Learning

A quick peek into some literacy activities that our kinder students have been working hard on.  Ask your child what their favourite activity has been so far. Use the pictures to help them think about their learning. Enjoy!