Update!

Mad About Math Night Thursday Night!
Mad About Math Night invitations went home with your children last week. Please see the photo below if your invite managed to jump out of a backpack.

Writing:
Kindergarten students have started writing sentences. We work as a group and build a group journal while learning about capitalization and punctuation.

K-4 Elboya Family Dance:

Please mark your calendars for the Elboya Family Neon Dance Party on Thursday, February 22 from 5:30-7:30PM.  This dance is for children and their families in grades K – 4. Cost: $5 per ticket or $20 per family. We will be sending home ticket order forms with your child next week. Plan to come out and enjoy the party!

Scholastic:

Scholastic catalogues went home in Yellow Folders. If you wish to order, please send in your order with your child. Payment can be made by cheque or by credit card online. Orders are due by February 8th.

Thursday/Friday:
Thursday is a regular day at school with regular hours. Friday there are no classes for either class as it is a PD day. 

K Update

Language Arts:

We have been working on a new comprehension reading power! The power to ask questions! Our new song is below. It is sung to the tune of "Oh My Darling, Clementine."

While reading at home, encourage your children to ask questions about what is happening in the story. They can ask quick questions and deep questions. Quick questions can have yes or no answers and the answers can be found in the book. Deep questions might take some discussion, inferencing or further reading to answer. 

When readers learn to question while reading:

• they are learning the power of asking as well as answering questions
• they are encouraged to be curious readers
• they learn that asking questions can lead them to a greater understanding of the text
• they learn that not all questions have answers, and often these unanswerable questions will help to get at the heart of the story better than those that can be answered. 

Report Cards:

Report Cards were sent home today! Please check Yellow Folders for your child's report card. Please let me know if you have any questions. 

Valentine's Lists:

It's almost February and that means Valentine's Day is near! Valentine's class lists will be coming home in Yellow Folders on February 1st. If the list doesn't make it home, feel free to ask me for another one. If you are choosing to do Valentines's cards, please ensure that one is made for every child so we can make it a happy day for all!

Kindergarten Update

Play-dough day!:
Thank you to our very brave parent volunteers who made our kindergarten play-dough days a big success!
If you would like to try our no-bake play-dough recipe at home, the recipe is below our photos.

Ingredients

• 2 cup plain flour
• 1 cup salt
• 1 tbs oil
• 1 cup cold water
• 2 drops liquid food colouring

Method

• STEP 1 Combine plain flour and salt.
• STEP 2 Add water, food colouring and oil. Mix until ingredients are combined.
• STEP 3 Knead well.
• STEP 4 If consistency is too wet add a little plain flour.

Shape Art:
Kindergarten has been working on building our knowledge of shapes and we have been creating shape art. Ask your children to talk about the shapes they see while you're out and about.

Crazy Hair Day:
Crazy Hair Day will be on Thursday, January 25th. Feel free to come to school with a crazy hair style! Students with crazy hair will earn Spirit Points for their house teams.

Welcome Back!

Welcome Back! We've hit the ground running and we have a lot going on.

Plans for Next Year:
Forms have been sent home regarding student plans for next year. Please fill out the form and return it as soon as possible.

Shapes:
We have started exploring and working with shapes! We have been working with some new vocabulary and talking about how many sides each shape has. Have a look at the photos and chart below for some of our new math vocabulary.

Buddies:
We have spent some time exploring computers with our buddies. We tried out the Raz Kids reading program and some math games.

Scholastic:
New Scholastic catalogues went home this week. Should you choose to make an order, you can do so by placing your order online or by sending a cheque in via the yellow folders.

Thank You!

Happy Holidays! 

We had a fun and celebratory last day of 2017 classes in Kindergarten. Thank you so much for the generous gifts and kind cards!

Have a wonderful break with family and friends and we will see everyone in 2018!

Week Before the Break!

Ugly Sweater Day!:
Ugly Sweater Day is on Thursday the 21st of December! Wear a holiday outfits to get spirit points for our house teams.

Holiday Crafts:
Thank you so much to our parent volunteers who made these crafts possible! Students will be coming home with their tree ornaments this week.

Winter Break:

The last day of school before Winter Break is December 21st and it will be a regular day of school. The first day back following the break will be January 9th. 

Happy Holidays!

Concert Tonight!

Our Winter Celebration is tonight!

Please drop your children off at the Kindergarten room between 6:15 and 6:30. Our dress code is just our best attire. Kindergarten will be on the stage twice and can be picked up from our classroom following the show.
Thank you so much for all of your help and understanding!

K Info Drop!

Winter Concert:
The Winter Concert is fast approaching! We will be having a rehearsal on Thursday, December 14th from 10am until to 12. All afternoon students are invited to attend should they want some onstage practice time. Afternoon students who attend the rehearsal will need to be picked up for lunch and return to school at 1 for their regular class time.

For the concert, K kids are to asked to dress in their favourite dressed up clothing. We will be on stage twice throughout the show to perform our songs and poem. Please see the handouts your children brought home for full details. The show will be Thursday, December 14th. We can't wait to see everyone there! 

Math:
K has been working on learning about "greater than" and "less than" and what the symbols mean. There is some important math language that we can enforce when talking about numbers at home. When two numbers are the same, we say they are equal. A larger number is referred to as greater and a smaller number is referred to as less.

Kindergarten Happenings!

Food Bank Drive:
Elboya is collecting donations for the Food Bank! Please help support our Food Bank Drive by sending donations of non-perishable food items to school with your children. We have themed weeks for donations! This week is breakfast week! Baby items and personal hygiene items are in high demand and would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your support!

Scholastic:
I sent home some Scholastic catalogues in the Yellow Folders yesterday. Should you wish to make any orders, please send them to school by Tuesday, December 5th. Payment can be made by cheque or by credit card. Please let me know if you have any questions!

Winter Concert:
Our Winter Concert will be on Thursday, December 14th! It will run from 6:30 to 7:30. Kindergarten will be performing! (Or something that resembles performing while looking very cute on stage!) We have been practicing two songs. Should you wish to practice together at home, the lyrics are below.

Burn Little Candle

Burn, little candle, through the night.

Show to us your flick’ring light.

Turn our darkness into day,

Then slowly melt away.

Say the words:  Burn, little candle, burn so bright. (4x, each time gets a little louder)

Burn, little candle, through the night.

Show to us your flick’ring light.

Turn our darkness into day,

Then slowly melt away.

Festivals of Light

Festivals of light,
Candles glowing oh so bright
Different people have different ways
To celebrate winter holidays
Candles warm up the night
In festivals of light

This Week in K!

Language Arts:
Visualizing:
Kindergarten Students have begun working on a new comprehension skill, visualizing. We have two new songs to help us remember how to visualize. K students have been practicing drawing out their visualizations while a story is being read aloud.

Writing:
Letters To Huck:
Our new Centre, Letters To Huck is open! Students can choose to come to this centre, write letters to our class pen pal, Huckleberry, and he will write them letter back!

Printing Work:
Kindergaten is wrapping up our first round of printing work and rolling into our second round. Up to this point, students have been working to print their upper-case letters, we are now beginning to write with both upper and lower-case letters.

Math Art:
Kindergarten kids have begun working to build Tangram art. They are using shapes to create designs of their own or to follow a pre-set pattern. While they are building, they are discussing the names of the shapes as well as how many sides they have.