All About Numbers!

We've been very busy here in kindergarten trying to learn our numbers. We've been learning how to print numbers, recognize numbers by sight and even how to represent numbers using tally marks. Take a look at what we've been up to:

Take a look in your child's shared reading duotang for our number poem. Follow the links below to listen to each poem. 

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"Snow" Much Fun!

Yesterday was such an exciting day! Our first snowfall of the school year! We saw such wonderful play during our outdoor time. We watched many students work together to build and create many things using snow.

We saw many students making snow angels.

"I used big stretches. You stretch out your arms and legs to make a snow angel". - Tara

"I used my whole body". - Nicole

We heard so many friends working together to build a snowman. 

"You roll it first, then pass it to me". - Nyah

"You can make the bottom and I'll make the top". -Madison

Joshua made a giant snow monster.

Charlotte made a carriage for Cinderella.

Many students decided that they wanted to TASTE the snow. This lead to a great question at our science table. "Is it a good idea to eat snow?" We brought some snow inside and allowed the students to use magnify glasses to take a closer look at what was in the snow. Once all the snow had melted we learned that snow was mixed with dirt and sand from our playground. 

Today at the science table we had three snowballs. A large, medium and small ball. The students were asked the question "Which snowball will melt the fastest?". Here are some of their responses:

"I thInk the small one because it's more small and small ones can melt better than the bigger ones". 

 - Senna

"I think the big one will be slow". - Goewra

"The small one because I see drops". - Charlotte

"The little one because it's really little". - Alexis

Remembrance Day

This week we've been talking a lot about Rembrance Day. Our religion teacher, Mrs. D asked the children what they think Peace means. Here are some of their responses:

The red and green classes were asked "What does being free mean to you?"

Here are some of the crafts we made this week. 

We are Builders!

These last two months at school have been tons of fun! We've learned that we have future architects in our classroom. We have provided our students with different materials and watched them build many different things. Take a look at what these young minds have created. 

"We made jumps for the playground, for the skateboards and cars. You can drive the cars to the playground then go on with skateboards." -Tyler

"I made an elevator house to take me upstairs to my garage." - Justin (SK)

"A movie theatre. It's the screen. It's the seats. They are holding popcorn." - Madison

"It's a playground, a big trampoline. There are three tall towers. It's sand and people can run with their running shoes." - Jakob

 

"We made a zoo." - Emily

"It's an animal zoo." - Charlotte

Nicole was the first friend to start building with the sticks. She created a house. As more friends joined in her play the house soon became a part of a town. Each friend added their own ideas of what needed to be built. The town included a playground, Walmart, house, fence, bush, school, Farm boy, school bus, drive way, car and parking lot. 

"So first I stacked them together. I made a garage. Then I put the big pieces. Then I put the wooden blocks and the blue blocks. It was a garage for the cars in it." - Mattias