Fruit and Vegetable Tasting Party

Tomorrow is our Fruit and Vegetable Tasting Party.  Thanks in advance for sending in a fruit or vegetable for us to taste.  I love doing this activity with the children.  It can make them more open to healthy food, makes them aware of letter sounds of the words they use every day and expands their vocabulary.

Tomorrow, after school, ask your child what fruits and vegetables they liked best.

:)
Miss Mynes

next weeks theme

Next week, we return to the book Eating the Alphabet by Lois Ehlert.  We will be identifying fruits and vegetables to expand their vocabulary and hopefully increase the fruits and vegetables they are willing to try and maybe even enjoy.  We will have a fruit and vegetable tasting party - with your help - and record our top 5 fruits and vegetables.

In Mathematics, we continue with our numeracy skills.

:)
Miss Mynes

a bit about today

Today, we have health with Mr. Kirsi and Mr. Pate in the morning and music with an occasional teacher and Mr. Pate in the afternoon.  We will write about "I things" in our alphabet books and make a class alphabet book about snacks.  In the afternoon, we will read a book nominated for the Blue Spruce award and vote on our favourite book so far.  We will also play a math activity called Shake and Spill to reinforce our operational sense.

Have a great day,
Miss Mynes

a little about today

This afternoon, a nursing student will be teaching the children about healthy eating.  Also, there is physical education with Mr. Kirsi.

This morning, we have library.  Your child will be bringing home new books for you to read together.  We will also be writing about things that start with H.

:)
Miss Mynes

a busy morning

What a busy morning we have today!!  We are readin Mouse Mess  and doing an activity based on beginning letter sounds.  Then we are writing about this weeks Top Cat.  Next, we will write about G things in our alphabet books.  Then I will read with some seniors and finally we will write in our journals and writing folders - and that is just the morning...wow!

I hope your morning is as productive as ours,
Miss Mynes

School Clothes

As my students grow, our school clothes shrink.  If you have any old clothes you don't need anymore, I encourage you to donate it to the classroom.  Sometimes, we get wet in class or at recess and having dry clothes to change into feels good.

Thanks a bunch,
Miss Mynes

Tuesday in Math

On Monday, our Math activity is called Boxcar Mystery.  Using interlocking cubes, working in pairs, the seniors will make a train with 5 cubes.  The student then hides the train behind their back, snap off cubes from the train and shows their partner what is left.  The partner has to guess how many cubes are hidden behind their partners back.  It's a great activity, working on their operational sense.

:)
Miss Mynes

Next Week

On Tuesday, we begin a focus on beginning letter sounds based on the book Mouse Mess by Linnea Riley.  We will talk about all the foods in Mouse Mess and their beginning letters.  We will write about a snack we like and the letter it starts with and put that writing into a class book.

Have a great long weekend,

:)
Miss Mynes

Valentine's Day

Tomorrow is Valentine's Day and room 10 will be having a party in the afternoon.  Feel free to send in a treat for your child to share with their classmates. 

The junior kindergarten students will be receiving report cards and interview times if you requested an interview.  All senior kindergarten students will receive an interview time, as required by the Toronto District School Board.  I am so happy that I have such a wonderful class this year, with no concerns.  If you also have no concerns or questions about your child's progress, you can call Miss Warener at the office to cancel our scheduled interview.  You can contact me at any time with your concerns or questions, either by phone, email or you can schedule an interview outside of the designated interview times.  I just want you to know that you have options if Thursday night or Friday morning don't work for you.

Happy Valentine's Day Eve,

Miss Mynes

Thursday is busy....

Today, we have so many things to do.  We will write about the letter C in our Alphabet Books.  If time permits, I will read with the seniors and do journals and writing folders with all students.  The children have Health with Mr. Kirsi.  After lunch, we will continue our numeracy work by working with 5 frames.  We will read, write about and vote on a Blue Spruce book with Miss Parton in the library.  We also have music with Ms. Piazza.  Wow!  What a day.  Hope yours is as productive.

:)
Miss Mynes

Alphabet Under Construction

We are learning about letters and phonemic awareness using the book Alphabet Under Construction by Denise Fleming.  We are constructing our own alphabet books.  Today, we do the letter C.  Talk about the names and sounds of the letters with your child using both upper and lower case letters.  Knowing the sounds of the letters will help your child when we move onto beginning letter sounds next week.

Have a great day,
Miss Mynes

Tomorrow

Tomorrow, I will be at a volleyball tournament with the grade 8 girl's volleyball team.  That's assuming my sore throat doesn't keep me at home   :(   Either way, there will be an occasional teacher covering me for the day but not to worry, Mr. Pate will be here so the children have a familiar adult.

:)
Miss Mynes