Our Poem of the Week

Rock and Roll Rabbits

Racing on stage with the flashing of lights.
Rock and Roll Rabbits
Hoping for the most exciting on nights.
Rock and Roll Rabbits
Who would have thought of such a thing?
Rock and Roll Rabbits.
Hares that play music and really sing!
Rock and Roll Rabbits.

a little about our day

Today, we are focusing on storytelling.  We will be discussing having the words you write match your picture.  The students will tell their partner a story and then they will draw and write about their story.  The seniors will be required to write a sentence and the juniors will be required to write a word.  I will be there to support them in finding the words they need.  I encourage them to try to write independently, writing the sounds they hear, but will also provide the word on the word wall in order to find and copy it if they prefer.  Often children as so worried they will spell it wrong that they will not try to spell independently.  This holds back their writing progress.

In Math, we will be continuing our short unit on probability.  The children will be writing (seniors) or telling (juniors) about things that might happen in kindergarten and never happen in kindergarten.

It is also book exchange day in the library so the children will be bringing home new library books today.

:)
Miss Mynes

A Special Event

Today, the whole school will be at a presentation in the gymnasium by Q-Mack.  His message is anti-bullying and he does amazing basketball tricks.  I have been lucky enough to see him at a Boys Reading Club conference a few years ago and hope the kids will enjoy him today as much as I did then.

When your child gets home from school, ask them about Q-Mack and what he taught them about bullying.

Have a great day!
Miss Mynes

Our New Math Unit

Today we began our math unit on probability.  We will learn to use mathematical language in informal discussions to describe probability (e.g., chance, never, sometimes, always).  Tomorrow, your child will bring home a paper telling you of a fun - and totally optional - way to support this unit at home.  No need to send it back to me, just have fun at home.  Board games are another fun way to reinforce probabliliy, and card games.

Many of the students are sick right now.  Thank you for keeping your ill child at home.  I know that can be inconvient but the germs going around are strong enough to knock out half the class so they are easily transfered from student to student.  We try to reinfoprce prpopr hygene like washing hands and hand santizer is available, although I never encourage it as it is no substituate for a good hand washing.  As long as the temperature is aboput -27 (wind chill taken into consideration), the children will be going outside.  Fresh air is a great way to blow away the germs.

Have a good day,
Miss Mynes

Next weeks poem of the week

Quite Quarrelsome Queens

Never agreeing, they quibble and shout
Quite Quarrelsome Queens
Stomping their feet, always rumbling about.
Quite Quarrelsome Queens
Should they eat inside or have a cookout?
Quite Quarrelsome Queens
Should they eat their hot dogs with sauerkraut?
Quite Quarrelsome Queens

a bit about tomorrow

Tomorrow we has physical education.  Please be sure your child has running shoes at school so they can participate safely.  In the gym, we will be working on circle games - games that happen in a circle formation.

In Mathematics, we will be making a Pictograph about shoes.  The students will learn how to plot information on a graph as well as read information from a graph.

Have a nice evening,
Miss Mynes

Professional Activity Day

This Friday is a professional activity day.  There is no school for students.  Teachers will be writing their report cards on this day.  In February, the junior kindergarten students will receive a written report called the Junior Kindergarten Summary.  The parents of seniors will be given the opportunity to have an interview.  The interview times will be sent home on the same day as the report cards.  I am very flexible with when we have an interview and you have the option of  declining the interview or a phone interview as well.  Well, I should get to writing those reports.

:)
Miss Mynes

The News Your Children Share

Here is a sample of the things your children share during Sharing Time.

One day, my mom bought me a plant and a barbie.
When my dad bought me a Beyblade.
On Sunday, my dad bought me a barbie.
One day, my mom bought me a pink barbie.
One, day when I was shopping with my dad, he got me a Beyblade game for the Wii.
One day I got a dog.
One day, my dad bring me some toys.
My sister is going to bring me to Phisone's house.

Sharing time is a time to tell our classmates about an interesting experience we have had.  When you do something interesting with your child, talk to them about it so they can be prepared to talk about it at sharing time.

:)
Miss Mynes

New Math Unit

This week we will begin a math unit on data relationships.  The children will learn to collect objects or data and make representations of their observations, using concrete graphs.  They will also learn to respond to and pose questions about data collection and graphs.

I will be sending home a letter of fun ways to support your child's learning at home.

Enjoy the snowy day!

:)
Miss Mynes

Our Sight Words

It is amazing to see juniors and seniors finding sight words!  They are so proud of themselves when they see a word they know.  Here is a list of the sight words we have learned so far: so, for, big, here, me, day, am, did, if, get, we can, how, little, fun, an, who.

Happy Reading,
Miss Mynes

Next weeks poem of the week

Over Old Oaks

Breezes and sunshine fill up the sky
Over Old Oaks
Owl and eagels soar as they fly
Over Old Oaks
Branching green leaves reach up so high
Over Old Oaks
A beautiful sight that pleases the eye
Over Old Oaks

Math

Right now, in Math, we are working on a data management and probability unit.  In kindergarten that means sorting.  We are looking at different attributes (colour, size, texture, shape etc.).  Ask your child how things are the same and different.  That will help them focus on objects attributes.

Enjoy the fresh snow,

Miss Mynes