We are off to a great start as we enter a new year!
Welcome Back Mme McMillan!!!!!!
Mme McMillan has returned from her awesome adventures in Australia! We are very happy to have her back in the classroom with us again. The children were also very excited to see her and she is so happy to be working with the "new" JK students. Welcome back, Mme McMillan!!!!!
Oh what fun we are having in the snow! There are so many great activities that the children do when our yard is covered in this white stuff!
This is also a great time to read the book, The Mitten, by Jan Brett. This book offers many learning opportunities, such as animal characteristics, sequencing and ordinal numbers (1st, 2nd, 3rd....last), a little bit about Ukrainian culture, illustrations and storying writing, story retell, and fiction versus nonfiction reading materials.
After reading this book, we took turns being the animals in the book as we tried to remember which animal came next. We read a simple 10 page booklet and we are creating a big book where each child will be responsible for the illustration and writing piece. The children are excited to create and read their book entitled, La Mitaine!
For most of the month, we will be focussing on fiction and nonfiction books teaching us about animals, winter, kindness, and camaraderie.
The students have been learning that words are made up of syllables. Each day we see if we can count how many syllables are in various words. Try it at home! "How many syllables are in the word 'spatula'?" "Three! spa/tu/la" This also builds their understanding of one-to-one counting.
In math, we continue to focus on learning our numbers from 1-10, especially improving our ability to see the amount without having to count each object in the group. The children are getting so much better at this skill! Bravo, les amis !
We are continuing to talk about the importance of being kind to one another and helping each other out when we are in need. Our bucket is getting filled with so many great acts of kindness! We are so proud!
Thank you for labelling your child's clothing and for making sure that they are dressed appropriately for the weather! We will continue to explore the outdoors, so please send extra socks and mittens to school, especially on those damp days!
Have a wonderful night!