The Letter M

Today we had a great deal of fun.  We talked about all the different foods that we liked.

Then we learnt the letter 'M m' because when we like food we say mmmmmmm.  Then what better way to practise making letters than in cool whip.

"I made a little m."

I liked eating it the best.

"I made a capital M."

This is too yummy to write letters with.

Volunteering

I have been working very hard to get together a schedule for volunteering.  A parent showed this site to me so I have decided to use it so that you can sign up when you want to.  I will update the days as often as possible when I have spots.  If you would like to volunteer on a day that you do not see please email me.

VolunteerSpot (the leading online Sign-up and reminder tool) to organize our upcoming Sign-ups.

Here's how it works in 3 easy steps:

1) Click this link to see our Sign-Up on VolunteerSpot: http://vols.pt/onp5Pu (blue link works as well)
2) Review the options listed and choose the spot(s) you like.
3) Sign up! It's Easy - you will NOT need to register an account or keep a password on VolunteerSpot.

Note: VolunteerSpot does not share your email address with anyone.

Volunteer Spot

Let's Talk Science - Feast of the Senses

We had some volunteers come in to run some activities to reinforce the things we are learning about our senses.  The children were really excited to learn more about smelling, sight, hearing, touching and tasting.  They were a little sad there was nothing to eat.

This child is checking out a clicker and a bag of sand.

The first station is where they checked to see if they could hear through different objects.  Can you hear the click through the wood?  Can you hear the click through the water?  Can you hear the click through the sand?

We decided it was the most difficult to hear through the wood.

I like to call the next one the hide and seek box.  The children were asked to look through different holes and find objects.  It was very hard not to grab out the things we were seeing inside.

The next one was a smelling station.  We tried to match the scents with the pictures.  It was really tricky sometimes.

The last station was a feeling station.  We held different bags in our hands and felt what was inside the bag.  There was a picture attached to the bag.  The picture was of an animal.  That was our only clue to figure out what was inside.

To wrap up the time spent we all found a spot on the carpet and listened to a noise machine and tried to figure out the noise.

The Letter 'E'

This week we worked on learning the letter 'E e'.  We did this as we are exploring and becoming scientists.

The children's favourite part of learning new letters has been going to the different centres to try and make the letter out of found things.

  

They are also having so much fun learning the new songs.

We have also been working in our number books over the past couple of weeks.  I will post the songs when we have made it all the way to 10.

Remembrance Day and the letter "R r"

This week was Remembrance Day.  The children did a great job at the assembly.  We created a peace garden outside of the classroom.  We also created our very own journal pages on what peace is to us. You will be able to see them during parent conferences as they are displayed in the hallway.

We also worked on the letter "R r".  The children surprise me every week as they learn new letters and come up with words that start with that letter.  They also tell me about some of the things they talk about at home.  You may look at "Rockey" and think I made a mistake but that is how one of the students said that a friend spells their name.

The students are always so enthusiastic to learn the new songs.  They all really want to be in the videos that we post for you to hear.

 

Conferences Coming Up Next Week

I just wanted to make sure that everyone knows that there are parent - teacher conferences next week. You can sign up the same way you did before.  If you forget how to do it you can go to the Belvedere Parkway main site, click on parent and there is a tab to click for signing up.  There are time spots all day Thursday and Friday.  The children will come to school like normal on Thursday but there will be no school on the Friday.  I also wanted to let everyone know that if you are working in a split home and would prefer separate times that is fine.  The children will not be attending these round of conferences.  If you have any other questions please feel free to email me.

The Letter "S"

This week as it snowed we decided to focus on the letter "s".  The students all came up with some great words.

In the afternoon, after starting to talk about Remembrance Day J said, "Solider starts with S."  We all agreed and he felt very proud.  To try and work on recognition of the letter "S" we went into different centres in the classroom and tried to make the letter our of things we found in each place. (See pictures below) We also practised writing them in the sandbox.  The letter "S" is a little bit tricky and we sometimes turn it around.

           

           

               

Reminders and FYI

Just because I am not sure all the forms have made it home.

1. There was a blue form sent home today that I would like returned as soon as possible.  It has information about volunteering as well as a question about the different things your family celebrates.
2. There was a form in the home reading about a pizza and dance night. November 4th from 6 to 8 in the gym.  There is pizza to buy and other fun things. (If you do not have the form please email me if you need to be added to the list. $2 for a slice of pizza)
3. For Remembrance Day we will be doing a can food drive as well as collecting money for the Poppies. (Red form came home)
4. Please dress your child for cold weather.  We will go outside to do some learning and drawing and we will need snowpants, coats, mittens, boots, hats and maybe a neck warmer.  If you are afraid of your child misplacing mittens please put them on a string and thread them through the coat sleeves.
5. Home Reading not being returned.  I know that some of you are very good at returning home reading and filling out the paper.  Below is a sample of what to do and what the bag looks like in case you have misplaced it. (They are small paper books with only a few pages.)

Letter P

We began our study of the letter "Pp" last week and have finished it this week.  We came up with some pretty neat words as you can see.

They also have had a great deal of fun learning the song for this one.  The class below is showing you how we "pump".  Some of us were a little silly and that is okay as we were still singing the song and can find the letter "Pp".