Tomorrow

Tomorrow is Wednesday which is physical education day.  With rain boot season, please remember to send running shoes for your child to wear in the gym so they can participate safely.  Our lesson will be bouncing and catching balls.

Have a good afternoon,
Miss Mynes

Christmas Share

Again this year, JG Workman PS is supporting a community organization called Share Christmas.  They provide baskets to needy people right in our community.  People of all faiths who are in need can receive a basket of much needed necessities.  We are collecting non-perishable food, hygiene products (toothpaste, deodorant etc.), household products (cleaners, paper towels etc.) or you can write a cheque to BBNC Share Christmas.  Thanks you for your support.

Enjoy your day.
Miss Mynes

Tomorrow's Language Lesson

Tomorrow we begin a focus on the Story Ingredient of the setting - where the story takes place.  We will be using a wonderful book called Mama Panya's Pancakes: A Village Tale From Kenya to launch this focus.  The children will be encouraged to include the setting when telling a story.  Remember, right now we are working on turning the children into story creators.  When you read to your child, ask them what the setting of the story is as well as to name the characters.

Have a great day,
Miss Mynes

Gym Tomorrow!

Don't forget that we have physical education tomorrow.  We will be working on star jumping from a height.  Don't worry, the height is just a bench.  This will help the children with their movement skills of stability and the movement concept of body awareness.  The children should be wearing running shoes and comfortable clothes in order to participate safely.

Ask your child to do a star jump for you when they get home from school tomorrow.

:)
Miss Mynes

a look at our news

Each day, I ask the children if they have news to share and I record their news in a note book.  Here is a sample of what I have heard lately.

"One Day, I talked on the cell phone."
"My mom says "There's monkeys in the story."
"One day, my dad bought me a fire toy."
"My mom thinks alligators are scary."
"One day, my dad bought me an extra Beyblade."
"There was a packet of Beyblades called Snaketuraganit(sic)."
"Once day, my dad bought me a Pokemon Beyblade."
"My mom bought me number words in cereal."
"When my dad bought me a Sonic Toy."
"One time, when I was shopping with my dad, I got two Beyblades."

This is a sample of the news the children share with the class.  Provide your child with interesting life experiences so they have interesting news to share.

Hope to see all of you at the Eid Supper tonight at 5:30 in the school gym.

:)
Miss Mynes

Parent Interviews

Tonight and tomorrow morning are Parent Interviews.  I am required to schedule an interview for all of my students.  I am happy to meet with you during the indicated time to discuss your child.  As a kindergarten teacher, I am lucky to see most of you each day and if I had any concerns, I would address them with you as they arise.  For those of you who come to the interview, I will show you some of your child's work and discuss their strengths and areas they should focus on.  If you are unable to attend the interview, I will send your child's work home with them for you to see next week.

If your interview time is inconvenient for you or you are unable to attend, please call Mrs. McLaughlin at 416-396-6365 to reschedule or cancel so I can have an accurate schedule.

Thank you,
Miss Mynes

Pizza Snack

Tomorrow, room 10 will have a pizza snack in the afternoon as a reward for raising the most money for UNICEF.  Today we will take a survey of what we like to eat on our pizza - I suspect it will be plain cheese but the kids may surprise me.  I will order the pizza so we can eat our pizza square around 2pm.  Thank you for your support with our UNICEF fundraiser.  UNICEF does some great work around the world.  The money we raised will go for everything from bed nets to equipping schools around the world.

Way to go room 10!
:)
Miss Mynes

and today...

Today we continue to look at the letter i with Into Invisible Igloos and our sight words (me, day, did, if, get, we, so, for, big, here).  We also continue our focus on story ingredients with a closer look at characters.  In math, we begin a unit on patterning.  The children have library in the afternoon.

Have a great day!
Miss Mynes

A Little About Our Day

Today, we are learning about the letter Ii with the poem Into Invisible Igloos.  We are also learning the sight word if.  In physical education, we are working on throwing towards a target.  In math, we are practicing writing the numbers from 1 to 10.  We will also have reading conferences for the seniors and writing folders for everyone.

Enjoy your day,
Miss Mynes

Eid Supper

Are you coming to the Eid supper in the gym on November 22nd at 5:30?  Last year there was a lunch and it was amazing!  Come and enjoy a wonderful meal and celebrate Eid or learn about Eid.  You can eat yummy food or try food you have never tried before.  Let's celebrate our cultural diversity together.

Hope to see you all there!

Miss Mynes

New Math Unit

We are beginning a new math unit.  We are still working on numeracy but moving into representation.  The children will learn to demonstrate understanding of sets and whole numbers, recognize and write numerals 1 to 10, count orally to 30, and use cardinal and ordinal numbers during play and daily classroom routines (e.g., identify first, second, and third places in a race). 

Officer Jacobs had to cancel our presentation yesterday.  It has been rescheduled for December.

We are having a Remembrance Day assembly today at 10:20.  The children have being learning about Remembrance Day with Miss Parton while in the library.

Have a great day!
Miss Mynes

Officer Jacobs

Today, Officer Jacobs will be visiting us after lunch to talk about traffic safety.  Anyone remember Elmer the Safety Elephant?  He's alive and well.  Ask your child about Elmer's rules after school today.  There will be handouts going home from Officer Jacobs.  Check your child's backpack.

:)
Miss Mynes

letter sounds

This year, we are using ABC Poem of the week to teach the sounds of the letters.

Here are the poems we have learned so far.

Amazing Active Astronauts
Ball-Batting Baboons
Cozy Carefree Camels
Deep Diving Ducks
Eggplants to Eat and Enjoy
Four Feathery Falcons
Gorgeous galloping Gazelles
Hank's Handy Hammer

We read the poems daily, find the letter of the week and find words that we know.  The kids have a lot of fun and often have the poem memorized by the end of the week.

This shared reading experience allows the children to learn many reading concepts: pointing to words as you read (you say one word for each word on the page), familiar words, letter sounds and also knowledge of thins like space, baseball, camels, etc.

Ask your child about the poem of the week over dinner.

:)
Miss Mynes

a little about our day

Today we continue with our poem Gorgeous Galloping Gazelles, our study of the letter Gg.  We are adding the sight word "so" to our sight word vocabulary.  For reading, we are going to start turning our attention from the pictures in the book to the words and letters.  I will read with the seniors and everyone will write in their writing folder.  In math, we are working on the concept of more/less/same.  Today we will each create a display of a number of counters and tomorrow we will use this display to challenge ourselves to identify and create displays of more/less or the same number.  It is book exchange day in the library so expect your child to come home with new library books.

:)
Miss Mynes

a couple of things....

A reminder that we have physical education class on Monday and Wednesday morning.  Please be sure your child is wearing running shoes on these days.

So far this year we have learned the following letters and words: Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg
                                                                                                 me, day, for, here, get

Picture retakes are Friday afternoon.  Please be sure to remind Mr Pate or myself if you want your child to have their school picture retaken.

Enjoy the sunny afternoon,
Miss Mynes

Parent Interview Forms

Thank you to those of you who have returned your interview time request forms.  I will attempt to accommodate all requests.  As I only have 22 interviews this year, I should be able to meet everyone's needs.  I am required to schedule an interview for all parents but that does not mean I need to see you.  Interview times will be sent home in the report card envelopes.  Senior kindergarten students will be getting a written report card, junior kindergarten will not until the winter reporting period.

Miss Mynes