April 19th: do Raz-Kids, Epic books and 1 seesaw activity.

Using Seesaw Video

April 20th:
I Can Save the Earth Book
–J. H. Recycle Song
–Recycle Items
–Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Song

Sequencing Math – following an order
–Follow the Leader Action & Songs
–Follow the Leader Song #2
–Follow the Leader Book
We learned a bit about Soca music as well, since they songs are in that format.

April 21:
The Tree
Vist a Recycling Centre Video
–Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Song
Sequencing Math – What do our daily routines look like?
Before and After Book
–Morning Routine
–After School Routine
–I Can Move My Body

April 22:
Recycling Video
–Going Green Song
–Reduce, Reuse and Recycle Song
–Earth Day Freeze Dance
-Sequencing Stories:
–What is Story Sequencing?
–Sequence Story
–Gummy Bear Song

April 23:
–How to Draw the Earth
Help the Earth
Procedure Recipes:
Making Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich
–Peanut Butter & Jelly Song
–Lemonade Song
–Peanut Butter in a Cup

Spring Break: April 12 -16

Raz-Kids – online reading program:
-We normally send home book in a bag (levelled readers) but are unable to because of COVID19, so the school paid for each child to have a Raz-Kid subscription.
-Mrs. Tessier is still checking Raz-Kids every Wednesday morning and leaving messages for the students.
-Please make sure you spend at least 10-15 minutes ONCE a week with your child, so s/he is reading or listening to at least 2-4 books.
-It isn’t a lot of time, but it is extremely beneficial.
*The school has paid for your child’s membership until June 28th, 2021.

If you have any questions or concerns, please let us know via Seesaw Message.

Classroom Learning:
We are currently doing letter sound reviews for the JK students, along with blends (sh, th, ch)
SK students are doing review words: boy, but, of, off,low, lie, up, us, under, go, got, me, my, mom, are, he, his, him ,eat, can, could, in, no, up, I, is, it, the, that, at, an, am, and, are, see, said, she, do, dad

I wonder/Science: We are looking at life cycles, magnets, and ways to help the earth. Earth Day is April 22.

Math: We are finishing our unit on measurement, as well as looking at time and money.

For families who are interested, the Virtual Book Fair link will be live on Sunday March 14 until Sunday March 28.

Use the link prior to March 14 to browse available titles and view author videos:
https://virtualbookfairs.scholastic.ca/pages/5156962

Here are the Spirit Days for next week! Let’s have some fun!!!
March 15 -19:

Monday: Silly Hair Day

Tuesday: Jersey Day

Wednesday: St. Patrick’s Day -green and yellow theme? (we’ve never really been able to celebrate before as it is always March break!)

Thursday: Hat Day

Friday: Favourite book/movie Character

Tomorrow, Friday, February 26th is school spirit day. Please wear clothing that is blue and gold/yellow (school colours).

One thing we have been working at school is retelling several stories. One activity to support our work is making props. The student are bringing these home, so please get them to retell the stories to you using their props. I have attached links to some of the stories:
– Three Snow Bears
– The Mitten
–Goldilocks and the Three Bears
We have read multiple versions of Goldilocks and the Three Bears and compared the similarities and differences between the stories. One of these other versions was:
–GoldiRocks and the 3 Bears:

We also made a snowman picture with a poem on the back, your child can read the poem with you to practice tracking words and reading.

Hello,
We hope everyone is doing well. Our back to school transition has gone smoothly and everyone is happy to be able to socialize and do activities with their friends.

Report Card Envelopes:
On Friday, February 19th, we sent home a term 1 communication of learning with your child.
-This report card stays at home.
-Please sign the front of the envelope under TERM 1 – Parent/Guardian Signature.
-Please return the empty, signed envelope back to school with your child asap.
*We reuse the envelopes for the final (term 2) communication of learning.
**If you want to discuss the report with staff then complete page 4 and check the bottom box “I would like to discuss the communication. Please contact me.” and return that with your child’s envelope. Otherwise, page 4 is OPTIONAL and you only need to sign and return the envelope.

Thank you to the families who have already returned their signed envelopes.

Raz-Kids – online reading program:
We are unable to send home our book in a bag, so Mrs. Tessier is still checking Raz-Kids every Wednesday morning and leaving messages for the students.
Please make sure you spend at least 10-15 minutes once a week with your child, so s/he is reading or listening to at least 2-4 books. It isn’t a lot of time, but it is extremely beneficial.
*The school has paid for your child’s membership until June 28th, 2021.

If you have any questions or concerns, please let us know via Seesaw Message.

Learning Songs, Books & Videos for February 4 – 8:
All you need to do is click on the blue words, which are direct links to the media.
*These are some of the items that we cover that are available online.
*If you want to see the links from previous weeks, please scroll down on the blog to find that week.

Monday, February 1st:
–Groundhog Day Facts same video as on seesaw activity
—Letter Bb
–Brr Song
–Making a Picture Graph
–Tally Mark Song

Tuesday, Feb. 2nd:
–Groundhog Day Song
–Groundhog Day Facts
–Groundhog Wiarton Willie Prediction
–Jolly Phonics letter Bb-Letter Bb
–Groundhog Day Song
–Funky Monkey–Graph Rap
–Snowmen at Night

Wednesday, February 3rd:
–J. H Letter Bb practice
–B Book
–Exercise and Freeze
–Sight Words – Popcorn Words
–I am Enough Book
–Making a Bar Graph
–Using Data to Create a Graph
–I want to Build a Snowman

Thursday, February 4th:
–Letter B words
–Milkshake
–Sight Words
–Penguin Dance
–Sight Words

Friday, February 5th:
-PD day – no work for students
-Staff will be working on report cards
-Enjoy your long weekend! 🙂

Learning Songs, Books & Videos for January 25 – 29:
All you need to do is click on the blue words, which are direct links to the media.
*These are some of the items that we cover that are available online.
*If you want to see the links from previous weeks, please scroll down on the blog to find that week.

Monday, January 25th:
–Letter yY practice
–Jolly Phonics letter Yy
–Y Book
–http://-3D Shapes“3D Shapes
–Sight Words – Popcorn Words

Tuesday, January 26th:
–Y can be a Vowel
–Letter Yy
–Words that End with Y familyprint these out.
–Sight Words
–3D Shapes – Faces, Sides and Vertices
–Dinosaur Stomp

Wednesday, January 27th:
–Words Ending with Yy
–Exercise and Freeze
–Sight Words
–I want to Build a Snowman
–3D Shapes – Curved & Flat Sides
–3D Shapes – Stack, slide & roll

Thursday, January 28th:
Special Presentation from Kids on the Block at 8:30 am, please arrive on time. The topic will be Pedestrian Safety.
–Milkshake
–Funky Monkey
–How to Draw 3D Shapes

Friday, January 29th:
–How to Draw A Groundhog
–2D and 3D shapes
–Count by 5’s
–3D Shapes
–Get Up to Get Down

Learning Songs, Books & Videos for January 18 – 22:
All you need to do is click on the blue words, which are direct links to the media.
*These are some of the items that we cover that are available online..
*If you want to see the links from previous weeks, please scroll down on the blog to find that week.

Monday, January 18th:
–Letter Uu practice
–Umbrella Bird’s Umbrella
–2D Shapes

Tuesday, January 19th:
–Lucky Duck
–“Ug” Word Family
–Letter Uu –Words that Start with Uu
–Pump up the Patterns
–Shapes that Roll

Wednesday, January 20th:
-–Letter Uu
–ut family words – print these out.
–Count Different Ways (2’s, 5’s, 10’s)
–Chicken Dance
–The Penguin Who Wanted to Fly – What did you like? Dislike? Why?

Thursday, January 21st:
–Count to 100
-A Mule Named Sugar Cube – listen to the rhyming words
–Long u Words
–Moving is Cool
–3D Shapes

Friday, January 22nd:
–How to Draw An Arctic Fox
–Wiggle It
–3D Shapes All Around
–3D Shapes
–Count by 5’s
–Popseeko

<strongLearning Songs, Books & Videos for January 11 – 15:
All you need to do is click on the blue words, which are direct links to the media.
Monday, January 11th:
–Letter Oo practice
–Letter Oo
–Olive the Octopus’s Day of Juggling
–2D Shapes
–Brown Rabbit’s Shape Book – look at all the shapes and think about where you see shapes in your home and environment

Tuesday, January 12th:
–Letter Oo
–Words that Start with Oo
–Todd’s Odd Day – listen for and say the “oO words” or even try printing some of them.
–Shapes, Sides and Vertices
– I see shapes read aloud by Marcia Fries

Wednesday, January 13th:
–ot family words – print these out.
–2D Shapes are Everywhere
–Sight Words

Thursday, January 14th:
–Long o words
–Count to 100 with animals moves
–At Home with Mole and Toad listen to the long o words
–5 Little Penguins on the Bed
–5 Little Penguins on the Ice – listen to the rhyming words

–The Shape of Things by Dayle Ann Dodds– look at all the shapes and think about how you can use shapes in a picture.
–Shapes
–Moving is Cool

Friday
—O Words – try and print these words; plus look at the clay creatures and think about if you could make some of these animals or things.
–How to Draw A Penguin
–Penguin Dance

Next Week:
–Shapes that Roll

Learning Action Songs & Links from Jan. 4-8:
Language::
–difference between b and d
–ed word family
–at word family
–Sight words

Math: :
–Count to 10
–Count to 20
–Count to 30
–Subitizing to 10

Our Daily Class Routine for Jan. 11 – 22 (Monday – Friday) with continued online learning in the same format as Jan 4-8:

We will have 3 class meetings a day (same link codes as Jan 4-8).
For each class meeting, please bring:
* 1-2 books (to view while waiting for classmates & the meeting start)
*If available – Writing tool & writing media
(ie. whiteboard w/marker OR chalkboard w/chalk OR paper w/pencil)
*Sometimes you need to bring other items to the meet, but we will remind you at the beginning or end of each meet about these items.

8:30 am – Language meeting (alphabet/language review)

9:30 am – Fitness Fun & Learning

1:00 pm – Math meeting (number/math reviews)

-At the end of every meet, if you have a questions or concern, you are welcome to stay on and speak with the staff. Alternatively, you can send a message via Seesaw and we are available to help out either on Seesaw or google meet.
-In between these meeting times, please work on the daily assigned seesaw math and language activities, along with the self-regulated play and the two nutritional breaks.

*Every week our seesaw assignments will include: Raz-kids; phonics duo tang pages; math duo tang pages; Epic book or other read aloud activity; along with some other seesaw activities related to our new math and/or language lessons. Plus, Ms. Spearman who does outdoor fitness with the students on Wednesdays will post a Seesaw fitness activity on that day.

Play is a large & very important part of our program. Students normally get outside twice a day. Plus, students self regulate and get to choose to: build with our indoor resources (lego, magna-tiles, mobilo, etc.); play games like bingo, cards, memory or Candy land or educational iPad games; create at the art centre with paint, play do and a variety of craft & art supplies; experience sensory items & tools – like sand or snow & shovels or water and measuring cups; do puzzles; experiment at our science centre; and use their imagination with a range of toys – kitchen centre, vehicles & ramps, dolls, dress up clothes and puppets.
*Typically, 1 of our seesaw activities will have an oral and/or written language component where we ask your child to share about these play experiences, but you are welcome to add more photos of their work to their seesaw journal.

**If your family chose option #2, please continue to participate in all the seesaw activities, including Raz-Kids and home phonics/math duo-tangs. Next week, we will also be providing some links that cover some of the new information we are sharing with students.
-If the timing ever works, please feel welcome to join one of our regular meetings.

If you have any questions, concerns or need some help with these activities, please send a seesaw message to staff.

Some of our Learning Songs, Books & Videos for January 11 – 15:
Monday, January 11th:
–Letter Oo practice
–Letter Oo
–Olive the Octopus’s Day of Juggling
–2D Shapes
–Brown Rabbit’s Shape Book – look at all the shapes and think about where you see shapes in your home and environment

Tuesday, January 12th:
–Letter Oo
–Words that Start with Oo
–Todd’s Odd Day – listen for and say the “oO words”

–Shapes, Sides and Vertices
– I see shapes read aloud by Marcia Fries

Wednesday, January 13th:
–The Shape of Things by Dayle Ann Dodds– look at all the shapes and think about how you can use shapes in a picture.

Thursday, January 14th:
–Shapes that Roll

Learning Action Songs & Links from Jan. 4-8:
Language::
–difference between b and d
–ed word family
–at word family
–Sight words

Math: :
–Count to 10
–Count to 20
–Count to 30
–Subitizing to 10