Nov. 19th - 23rd N = November & Name

Welcome back to another week of Kinder!   It's been a while since we have had a full week of classes!

This week we will be looking at the letter N - looking more closely at how it is printed, its sound, and things that start with the letter N.

Morning Message


We have started reading a morning message every morning while we wait for 0' Canada.  This gives the class practise with print recognition, reading and tracking, as well as allows us a backdrop for  different Minni lessons involving writing, print and reading strategies.  

As the kinder's get familiar with the format, they will be able to help me construct a shared morning message, and then move into creating their own individual message.

Special Guest
This week we will have a special guest coming into the classroom and working with Mrs. K and some students to further Mrs. K's knowledge in teaching early reading strategies.

over the next three days students will sit down with Mrs. K and Mr. Stouffer (RRSD literacy specialist) and get a Minni-lesson on beginning reading strategies with some pattern books in our classroom.

On Monday - we read the book Colours.  Students learned how to track the words one at a time with their pointer finger.  We learned that jumping from word to word with our finger helps us learn the proper spacing in written text,  rather than just sliding our finger along!

Letters vs. Words

This  week we will also be looking more into what a letter is compared to a word.  Students helped create a comparison chart during learning carpet time.

We also looked at our names - and how many letters are in our name.  We created cute snowman posters to show how many letters make up our name.

For the rest of the week,  we will be comparing our classmates names, graphing how many letters are in our names, and participating in centers revolving around our names and the letters in them.

We will also be looking  at the numbers 8 and 9 this week in our daily number booklets.

It's going to be a fun week -  and  on Thursday and Friday look for a small homework assignment  in the bear books for parents to fill out about their kinder's name!

 PAC Hot Dog Day - Friday November 30th
The blue class will get hot dog order forms sent home on Tuesday for next week.  Order forms and money  must be returned to the school by next Monday  - please send them in BEAR book's if you would like to make an order.   Hot dogs are 2.00  each - with all proceeds going to the playground fundraiser.
Mr. Sheppard and Mr. Rapsky will also be decked  out  in cheerleader uniforms for the day thanks to all the funds raised from the book fair last week!