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