Happy Friday Kindergarten Families!

We have had a wonderful week in kindergarten! We have been reading books about fall and what is happening to the trees and leaves this time of year. Students have worked hard to read our poem this week and and play at different discovery centers. 

Students worked on asking questions about fall and what is happening to our tree. Next week we will start to find the answer to some of these questions. 

On Fridays, we do not do our discovery centers in our classroom. We use that time to go outside onto the land around our school and play and discover in nature. We have chosen a class tree and like to visit our tree and see the changes happening to it. We play different games and sometimes we do a scavenger hunt to look for different nature items. Each student has a sit spot that we use to sit quietly for a couple of minutes and observe what is around us. We look and listen but remain quiet. We talk about what we observed during that time as a group when we are done. 

We are busy and doing lots of great learning in kindergarten!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Ms. Blake

smblake@cbe.ab.ca

 Happy Tuesday!

I hope you all had a lovely and restful long weekend! Last week we took the week to learn about ladybugs and what they are doing in the fall. We talked about the different colors of lady bugs and where we might find them outside. This week we will be continuing about the changing season and what we are noticing outside. What we see with the trees, how the air feels, what the days are like. 

We will have a new class poem the week called Fall. We will work on reading the poem as well as looking for letters we know, words, repeating words, how many words, reading and pointing with our finger going from left to right. Here is the poem below.

Fall

Fall has red leaves.

Fall has yellow leaves.

Fall has orange leaves.

Fall has brown leaves.

Fall has falling leaves.

Feel free to read this poem with your child. You can look for letters they may know and they could draw pictures of the different colour leaves.

Hopefully the weather will hold up so we can go outside and see the different colors of leaves on the trees. 

Have a wonderful week,

Ms. Blake

smblake@cbe.ab.ca

 Here is the link of the scholastic flyer. 

https://cdn.coverstand.com/63079/674017/dd7bc65fdcd64cd388c5a491d48825403c2108ba.pdf

Have a wonderful weekend!

Seana Blake

 Hi Families!

We have had another wonderful week! This week we have have been taking about Orange Shirt Day and how all children matter. We read the book "My Hear Fills With Happiness" and talked about what makes us happy. Students had some lovely ideas about spending time with family, playing together and holding hands. We also created beautiful pictures about what fills each of their hearts with happiness. These pictures will be going up in the hall show we can share our happiness with the rest of the school.

Today kindergarten and the whole school participated in the Terry Fox Run. We read a book about Terry called "Terry Fox and Me" and then went out onto the field to run just like Terry did. We didn't give up and tried our hardest to run the whole time!

I attaching a link to the October Scholastic flyer in case you are looking for some new books for at home. This is optional for you but it is a great way to get new books at a great price. It also helps me to get new books for our classroom as well. If you decide to order, make sure you use our class code which is RC190682. 

October is off to a great start in kindergarten!

Have a wonderful and restful weekend,

Seana Blake

smblake@cbe.ab.ca

 Hi Again,

I forgot to mention in my last post that we will be starting Scholastic Book Clubs in class as well. This is a great way to get new books for you children at good prices as well as give back to our classroom community. If you are interested in purchasing books for you home you can go to http://www.scholastic.ca and use the class code RC190682 when you order. I will also be sending out a letter next week with more information. 

Happy Reading,

Seana Blake

smblake@cbe.ab.ca

 Happy Friday Everyone!

We had another great week in kindergarten! The students are settling in well to the classroom routines and are enjoying getting to know each other better each day. We have recently started talking about our names and what makes us unique. We are looking at the letters in our name and why our names start with a big letter and not a small one. We are also counting the letters and so far the longest name has had 6 letters. I would also like to talk with the students about the significance of their names and where their name game from and why you chose their name. If you could send me a short email answering those questions it would be very helpful in supporting our learning. 

Over the next week, we will be talking about Orange Shirt Day which is on September 30th and Terry Fox as we will be doing our Terry Fox Run on Friday October 2. Students are welcome to wear anything they have that is orange on September 30. If you don't have anything orange please don't feel like you need to go out and buy something as wearing orange is not mandatory. On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday we will be talking about the meaning of Orange Shirt Day and why we choose to recognize it as a school. For our Terry Fox Run on Friday, please ensure that your child comes to school in appropriate clothing to run in. We will be doing our run on the top field behind our school. 

I am excited about the week ahead and I know the students will have lots to tel you about what we are doing in class.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Seana Blake

smblake@cbe.ab.ca

 Hello Kindergarten Families!!

Well, we made it through the first week of everyone in kindergarten and it was great! It has been so lovely to have all of your children here and have then start to form friendships and relationships with each other. The students are starting to get used to being in the classroom and expectations around being in school. They are getting to know the classroom and the school building as well. It has been a great week getting to know each other and building a classroom community.

There are a few things I want to let you know about that can help your children transition into school:

• please make sure your child has a separate pair f shoes to use while inside the classroom (runners are the best as they can be worn when we go to gym)
• sending a water bottle filled with water would be best as we have carpet in out classroom and if there are spills it could get messy
• students are only here for a short time so sending a small snack works best as we don't have a lot of time to eat and that way food isn't being wasted
• if there is a change in your child's routine after school please. make sure you either email me or call the office so I know who is picking them up. Also anyone picking up your child needs to be on file in the office so we know they are approved by you.
• if you feel your cild may need a change of clothes please send them in a bag in your child's backpack

If you need to contact me you can email me at smblake@cbe.ab.ca or you can call the school at 403-777-8110 and I will get back to you as soon as I can. You can also chat quickly with me at the door as well. :)

Please reach out at any time if you have any questions or concerns.

Hope you are all having a wonderful week!

Seana Blake