October 24th - 28th

It was a spooktacular time in Kindergarten this past week! Students enjoyed learning about and acting out the life cycle of a pumpkin, exploring at our Halloween centres, as well as doing to the Spooky Pokey in gym! 

The Tuesday/Thursday class sure looked great in their costumes!

We look forward to seeing our Monday/Wednesday friends in their costumes!

Learning Intention:

- Children investigate movement of the body. Creative movement can be inspired by imagination, music, nature and/or literature.

I Can:

- Demonstrate movement of my body in creative ways

Learning activities that focused on creative body movement this week were:

- acting out the life cycle of a pumpkin

- dramatizing the '5 Little Pumpkins' poem

- dancing like different creatures during the Spooky Pokey

Life Cycle of a Pumpkin

            

Centre Snapshots

        

     

       

October 17th - 20th

~  We had a wonderful week enjoying the beautiful fall weather

and lots of fun exploring Fish Creek Park and connecting with nature  ~

Learning Intentions:

- students will explore and investigate objects and events in the environment

- students will demonstrate an awareness of some properties of objects in the environment

- students recognize boundaries in various situations

I can:

- look closely and investigate objects in nature 

- describe different objects in nature 

- follow the group plan and do what is expected to keep myself and others safe

Ask your child:

- What was something you looked closely at in Fish Creek Park?

- What was something interesting that you saw?

- What is a question or wonder you have about nature?

- What is important to remember about being in Fish Creek Park?

   

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Classroom Snapshots

October 11th - 14th

 

It was another wonderful week in kindergarten!

We continue to look closely and notice the seasonal changes happening around us and wonder about the story that nature is telling us right now.  Some of our wonders were:

• Why are there some green leaves on the ground...why didn't they change colour before they fell off the tree?
• What is this white stuff in the pinecone?
• How come some of these pine needles are so brown?
• What is this green stuff on the tree trunk?
• Is this sticky goo sap?

This week we worked on noticing different patterns in our environment. Inside the school, students identified various patterns such as the stripes on the hallway floor, the up-down positioning of the coat hooks, the spacing on our classroom shelves and even the patterns on the fish in the Learning Commons!  While exploring in our Learning Grounds outside, students found lots of patterns in nature such as the veins on a leaf, bumps on a stick, the leaves on a branch and the scales on a pinecone.

Learning Outcome:

- Children identify and create repeating patterns

I Can:

- Identify and create a repeating pattern

Ask your child:

- Can you show me an example of a pattern with 2 parts?

- What does 'repeat' mean?

- Can you find a pattern in your house or yard?

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Center Snapshots

October 3rd - 7th

It was another wonderful week in Kindergarten!  We were very excited to see the colourful leaves on our school trees begin to dance down from the sky!  We spent some time in our learning grounds choosing our 'Kindergarten Tree' and practicing our sit spots.  

Learning Outcome: 

- Students demonstrate curiosity, interest and a willingness to learn about the environment and the community.

I Can:

- Explore and investigate objects and events in the environment.

Ask your child:

- What season is it?
- What is happening that shows us it is Fall?
- In the story The Fox and the Falling Leaves, why was Fletcher the fox so worried about his tree? What happen to his tree at the end of the story?

 

 

    

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We looked back at our story Finding Muchness by Kobi Yamada, to talk about this page. We talked about what we thought it meant to be kind to everything that lives.  Students made lovely connections and comments such as - "It means being nice to everyone!", "I think it means that you need to be kind to the animals in the world" , "Be kind to your family."  We talked about the difference between living things and non living things and the reciprocity of kindness. 

         

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