We are looking forward to sharing our learning with our families at conferences coming up in March! We have been quite busy these past few months learning new things and developing our skills in many areas.

We will be focusing on these areas during our final term of school:

- Becoming stronger writers and readers.
- Improving our counting, number recognition and building on our problem solving skills.
- Learning about new concepts in science and social studies. (paper, spring, the world around us, etc.)
- Studying healthy foods and learning about ways to keep our bodies healthy. (Let's make and bake some food too!)
- Learning new techniques in art and creating art pieces that have to do with spring and foods.
- Learning outdoors!

AND...

Let's go on a couple of field trips!

There are so many things to look forward to in the next few months. We are excited!
 

November

We are working hard to put together our growth-folios for first term conferences. We are looking forward to sharing our work with our families! We hope to see you at conferences on Nov. 22nd or Nov. 23rd.

Welcome Kindergarten Families,

October is a busy month as we celebrate Thanksgiving, Halloween and much more learning! Watch for more updates in your child's Bird Binder on special activities happening later this month! Take a look at the October newsletter and calendar located on the right side of the blog!

Mrs. Lavallee :)

May

We will be wrapping up our final units in social studies and science in May and June. We are excited for the culminating projects based on our learning about Living Things and Connecting With Others.

In science we will be creating a class zoo and each student will research an animal of their choice.  After researching the animal, students will create a non-fiction book about the animal.

In social studies we will be learning to connect with classmates through spirit buddy meetings. The meetings will happen in the morning at the beginning of our day. The idea is for students to have meaningful conversations with their peers and learn more about them. 

We will also be starting some new learning about fairy tales. We will be comparing fairy tales, looking at character traits of certain characters and making connections to the books we read.

Keep an eye out for some of our new art projects we will be completing. Check the blog and Instagram for pictures of our Van Gogh sunflowers and art pieces inspired by Canadian Indigenous artists.

We hope you have a great May and we welcome the warmer weather!!

December

Winter break is right around the corner and we are working hard to be ready for the concert on the 15th. There will be many fun and exciting activities happening this month. Please check our class and school newsletter for important dates and times. Please also check your child's BIRD binder on a regular basis for notes regarding activities happening this month.

We will be learning about polar bears this month. If you find any interesting news articles or have something interesting to share about polar bears, please feel free to bring any items in to enhance our learning!

Have a wonderful Christmas break and all the best in the New Year!!

Pumpkin Carving

Our class pumpkin carving was a success! Each pumpkin was very unique and it was apparent that everyone had a lot of fun! I heard a few students say that it was the best day ever! I am glad that everyone enjoyed themselves. Thank you to families that donated a pumpkin and thank you to our wonderful volunteers who came in to carve. Your help was much appreciated! We could not have done it without you!!

Getting Halloween Ready and a Few Other Things!

We started our study on bats this week and began our math pattern centers. We cannot wait to share our pattern books with our families at triad conferences in November. We also completed some fall Piet Mondrian inspired leaves with our TIA artist, Mme Broughton.