Kindergarten Week 4: Signs of Fall

Books We Read

The Great Fuzz Frenzy
O Canada
Franklin's New Friend

Song of the Week
O' Canada (Second Verse - quite a few of the kids actually got it!)

O Canada! Where pines and maples grow.
Great prairies spread and lordly rivers flow.
How dear to us thy broad domain,
From East to Western sea.
Thou land of hope for all who toil!
Thou True North, strong and free!

God keep our land glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

Weekly Centres

Printing
We continued learning our letters, this week working on the letter E

Math
We sorted teddy bears, sticks and buttons by size, colour and shape.

Art
We worked on the first part of a two-part project, leaf rubbings!  Students rubbed the outline of a leaf into a white piece of paper, which will be painted with watercolours next week!

Science
Students were given magnifying glasses to look at our fall discovery table and see if they could find out what was on the table (answers to be given in week five).  They also used the Fall Finder to discover and draw signs of fall right outside our window.

Free Centre

We returned to the sandbox centre this week, but the challenge was now to add water and see if we could build castles and notice what happens to the sand as it gets wetter and wetter.

Other Things We Did

We sang verse two of O Canada with our Reading Buddies at the tree planting ceremony which was held at Jackman in honour of Jack Layton.

We learned how to take books out of the library and have started taking them home!

We also made our own library cards.

We had our first supply teacher of the year, Ms. Sparling, who will be back for the afternoon of October 1st.

Kindergarten Week 3: Heroes and Good Friends

Books We Read

Terry's Story

(we didn't actually read it, but I showed the students pictures and explained the story of Terry Fox and why we run for him every year)

We Share Everything

A Sick Day for Amos McGee

The Pet Dragon

Weekly Poem/Song

(to the tune of "If you're happy and you know it")

Where do you start your letters?  At the top!

Where do you start your letters? At the top!

If you want to write a letter then you better, better, better

Remember to start it at the top!

Is this the top, top, top?  No, it's the bottom!

Is this the top, top, top?  No, it's the middle!

Is this the top, top, top?  Yes, it's the top, top, top!

Remember to start it at the top!

Weekly Centres

Language

We worked on writing the letter "F" (remembering that our letters start at the top!) both on chalkboards and on sand.

Math

We sorted a rainbow of bears into lines of numbers.

Art

We each designed our own hero (super or otherwise), giving them names and powers.

Science

Using the water table, we started making scientific predictions about whether objects would sink or float.

Sand Table

Sand was used as a free play centre this week, as students shared the different sand toys.

Other Things We Did

We came up with definitions for "hero" (somebody who helps or saves people) and "prediction" (a thinking guess).

We worked on the concept of bigger and smaller using numbers.

We kept changing our predictions of how many days are in the school year.

We learned how to find books in the library.  Soon, we'll start taking them home!

Week 2: Friends and Filling Buckets

Hey everybody!

Another fun week in Room 207!  Here's what we did!

Books We Read

Those Shoes

Enemy Pie

The Giving Tree

Poem/Song of the Week

(sung to the tune of Frere Jacques)

Fill a bucket (fill a bucket)

Every day (every day)

I can fill a bucket (I can fill a bucket)

You can too (You can too)

Fill a bucket (fill a bucket)

Every day (every day)

I like filling buckets (I like filling buckets)
You will too (you will too)

Weekly Centres

Language:

We created our"September" page for our portfolios, drawing a picture of anything we want and writing our names (or attempting to)

Art:

We drew pictures of what makes us happy inside buckets so everybody can know what "Fills Our Buckets"

Blocks:

We tried to recreate structures in pictures by the wall.

House & Drama:

We were challenged to set the table to look like a picture.

Sense and Sensory:

We practiced our fine motor skills by tracing lines, playing with shoelaces and using tweezers to move small objects from one bowl to another.

Other Activities

We met our Grade 5 reading buddies and they read to us!

We learned and acted out the story of "Herman the Worm"

We changed our estimates of the number of school days in the year

We helped Mr. McCullough reorganize his alphabet tiles.

Week 1: My Friends and I

Hey everybody,

Here's a quick overview of what we did during our first week of kindergarten!

Books Read

The Kissing Hand

A Visitor for Bear

Fill A Bucket: A Guide to Daily Happiness for Children

Winnie the Pooh: Friendship Day

Poem/Song of the Week

(Sung to "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star")

Kindergarten here we come.

We know we'll have lots of fun!

Lots of things to make and do.

Reading, writing, counting too.

Kindergarten here we come.

We know we'll have lots of fun!

Art

Students were asked to draw a picture of themselves and attempt to write their names!  We will be revisiting this activity later in the year to see how students do.

Other Activities

We learned how to use the block, sand and drama centre.

We danced to the "Popcorn" song.

We are signing in every day before we start our daily reading.

We are counting down to... how many days are there in the school year again?