Bake Sale

Thank you so much to Alexander's mom. While baking for the bake sale, she thought of the kids who may not have money to spend and donated cookies to those kids and since there was one for me too I can tell you they were very yummy.

Thanks to everyone who donated to the bake sale. The graduates will thank you when they are on their end on the year trip.

:)
Miss Mynes

It's Friday!

Today is our last day of our Transportation unit. Our riddle was about bikes and we are reading a book about trains. The morning students are in the gym as I type listening to an Olympic athlete speak. She is a hockey player. That also means the kids are missing computer lab today. I was hoping to measure the kids today to see how much they have grown since the first month of school but it is looking like we won't have time. The afternoon kids have computers with Mr. Kirsi's occasional teacher (Mr. Kirsi is absent) and they also have a Great Golden Bear assembly. The winning student this month is the afternoon classes most empathetic student.

Have a wonderful weekend,
Miss Mynes

lost book

Someone returned a book to the school called Countdown to Kindergarten. It belongs to the Albert Campbell library. If you are looking for it, I have it. Just let me know.

Wednesday!!

Today we are continuing our Transportation theme with a riddle - the answer is train - and a movie about transportation in India. I will be continuing to assess the seniors math skills for an initiative that begins in January where 3 students will receive daily intervention in math from a Ryerson ECE student. you will learn more about this before the students begin their placements.

The morning class has gym. They will be working on rolling a ball to a target. The afternoon class has library.

We are beginning to practice for our December concert. As usual, kindergarten will stale the show.

:)
Miss Mynes

here we go

Well, here we go - term 2! Where has the time gone?

We are learning about transportation this week. Our first riddle is about travelling in a sailboat.

I will be out of the classroom today. In the morning, I have a meeting about our current Teaching and Learning Critical Pathway and in the afternoon I have a meeting about the Ryerson students who will be working in my and Mrs. Matnishyan's class in the new year.

The morning class will have free play in the gym with Mrs. Bonvillian and the afternoon class has library.

:)
Miss Mynes

Friday!

Today, our riddle will be about one of the kids in the class. We will be having a science lesson about water. The morning class has computer lab with me and the afternoon class has it with Mr. Kirsi. We will be reading a book about dinosaurs. I also have a Friday award. This week it's a good attitude award.

Have a great day and a wonderful weekend,
Miss Mynes

a bit about our day

Today we are continuing our popular dinosaur theme with our riddle, independent reading and a movie. We are also doing our pre-test for our current Teaching-Learning Critical Pathway. The primary division looked at last years EQAO scores and discovered that the children struggled with the concept of mass. For the next few weeks the whole division will focus on this part of the curriculum. At the end of the pathway, there is a post-test to see how much our focus has improved the children skill in this area.

The morning class has library. The afternoon class has gym. They will have a free play period as the morning class is behind them in our Active-8 gym program and I want to allow the morning class to catch up before we move on to a new program.
The rain is so dreary. I think it is a good day for comfort food.

:)
Miss Mynes

our day today

Today we are continuing our dinosaur theme. We are also having a math lesson and will practice printing the numeral 5 and the word five. The morning class will be working on bouncing and catching in gym and the afternoon class has library. We will all watch a movie called Dinosaur Bones.

Hope you have a great day,
Miss Mynes

a bit about our day

Today we continue our dinosaur theme. I am always amazed how excited some kids get about dinosaurs.

Our focus today is on the personal/social portion of the curriculum. We are doing a lesson about how to be a good listener. Ask your child about it after school.

The morning class has library and the afternoon class have gym. They will be working on rolling a ball to a target.

The Social Justice Club continues to collect items for the Share Christmas charity. Fell free to donate non-perishable foods, cleaning products, hygiene products and other household necessities like blankets, underwear, socks.

Have a great day,
Miss Mynes

Science

In Science this week, we are talking about water. The students will be able to describe a variety of ways and reasons why water is important to people and wildlife. On Wednesday, have your child bring in a photograph from a magazine that shows water.

Thanks, for your support,
Miss Mynes

our day today

Today we start the theme of dinosaurs.

We are working in our writing folders today.

The morning class has gym. Ms. Ruiz took them while I did some work for Ms. Lee.

This afternoon is library for the afternoon class.

Thank you to Sydney's mom who volunteered last week and did a wonderful lesson and activity with the afternoon class.

Enjoy the sunshine,
Miss Mynes

a bit about our day

We are continuing with our Space theme.

The morning class had a Remembrance Day assembly where we learned about the first world war. Because of the set up for the assembly, the morning class missed gym.

I have been doing lots of assessment this week to firm up my evaluations as I write the report card for the seniors.

The afternoon class has library today with Mrs. Poirier

Enjoy the sunshine,

Miss Mynes

Yummy

Thank you to Sydney's family for the yummy birthday banana bread. That's a recipe worth sharing!!!

our day today

We are continuing our shape theme with a book all about shapes and colours.

Our riddle today is about one of the kids in the class.

In Math, we will be looking for numbers in books and practicing printing our numbers.

The morning class has library and the afternoon class has gym

The afternoon class will also be having a police officer visit. I believe he will be talking about traffic safety but I am only guessing based on last year.

Have a great day.

a bit about today

Our theme this week is shapes. So far we have talked abut circles and triangles.

Our science lesson today is about habitats. We learned about what is needed in a habitat and then drew our own habitats.

We are watching a movie about shapes.

If you decided to have your child's sight and hearing tested, it is happening today.

Enjoy the sunshine!

:)
Miss Mynes