Special Activity

Playing outside!

Today we got to play outside in the snow! 

Not only did we have tons of fun, we also got to explore and explain all the exciting things we can do in the snow and develop our vocabulary.

Here are a few photos of students exploring in the snow:

 

 

Ahmad: I found a rock with snow.

Gul: I'm making a castle, but it's still breaking! Mehreen: you have to pack it!

Jairo: I'm drinking cold cocoa!

Naail: The snow is living on it! (sticking to mittens)

Rayan: I'm making snow angel.. you need to move it.

Reynit: I'm filling the bucket with the scoop.

Siya: I'm making a snow castle. I'm going to put it (the snow) in the bucket then flip it over.

 

 

Divjot: First I put snow then I make a snowball.

Harlene: I'm going to make a snowman. I need one circle medium, big, small, a nose, a button and stick arms!

Keeratdeep: I found your foot print!

Momna: I found a snowflake!

Rahaan: I'm making an ice-cream.

Shahran: You lay down and do this... move your arms and legs (to make a snow angel).

Sultaan: The hard stuff is like ice. 

Playing outside and Pink Shirt Day

Tomorrow, February 26th, is a very exciting day!

Please remember that students will be going outside tomorrow, Wednesday, February 26th is order to explore, experiment and describe snow. Students will need to dress appropriately for the weather. 

Please make sure your child has the following with them:
- a warm jacket
- snow pants
- winter boots
- hat
- mittens or gloves
- scarf (optional)

February 26th is also Pink Shirt Day! Your child is invited to wear a pink shirt to school in support of creating a welcoming, safe, and respectful school environment. 

Playing outside

Snowmen

In kindergarten, students select and work with a variety of materials and begin organizing and arranging them in to create something new. 

This week, students were given a variety of materials and asked what they could make. Students eagerly took to the task and created many different and exciting projects.

Here are some of their creations:

 Sultaan made a replica of "Godzilla"

  Jairo created "an alien wearing a scarf so he can go to the moon."

Siya made a "polar bear because polar bears are white."

Jessie created a "butterfly".






One creation that made several appearances was snowmen. Rahaan explained that a snowman made sense because, "it's still winter and it is something we can make outside."

Here are a few of our snowmen:

After seeing so many snowmen, we decided to asked the questions, "What do you know about snowmen?". Here is a look at what students already know about snowmen:

After discussing what we know, we also had a chance to build our vocabulary and talk about the different parts of a snowman, including: a big circle at the bottom, medium circle in the middle, a small circle at the top, a hat, a scarf, a carrot nose, two eyes, a mouth and 3 buttons. 

When students arrived at school the next day, many started independently building their own snowmen stories using their own materials.

Boys and girls then had the chance to go and build their own snowmen

as well as participate in a guided drawing activity and share with their peers:

 


At home, you can practice drawing snowmen and discussing the different parts to help build vocabulary. Students are also encouraged to go outside and enjoy building snowmen! 

100th Day of School

100th Day of School!

Today we celebrated our 100th day of school by going to the gym and taking part in different activities for 100 seconds and by doing 10 reps of 10 different exercises!

Here are a few photos of our time celebrating:

Valentine's Day Reminder

Just a reminder that tomorrow, February 12th, we will be celebrating Valentine's Day in the classroom. If you would like, you can send cards to school with your child to give to classmates.

Please remember:
- bringing cards is optional
- if you wish to send cards, there must be 1 for every child in the class 
            AM has 24 students
            PM has 20 students
- if bringing cards, your child must only write their name on the cards (not the names of classmates)
- please do not send any treats to school

In the classroom, we have also been talking about the colours we see around Valentine's Day. If you wish, your child can wear Valentine's Day colours to school tomorrow, such as pink, red, or purple.

*Please note* If your child's home reading day is usually Thursday, you can send it to school on Wednesday, February 12, so that you have new books over the long weekend!

Thank you!
Mrs. Beaton

Snowflake Experts

This week, we continued to build on our knowledge and understanding of snowflakes in order to become snowflake experts. We learned that snowflakes all have six lines and that every line is the same. We also learned that we could make our own unique snowflake designs using letters or shapes.

First, we explored drawing snowflakes together using shapes.

  

 

Next, we watched a video with a snowflake expert that taught us how to make snowflakes using letters.

 


 

Then, we explored with a variety of materials, such as pattern blocks and loose parts, in order to build our own snowflakes.

  

 





Last, we experimented with lines and shapes to make unique snowflakes designs. 

  

 

Students also had a chance to share what they learned about snowflakes. Here are a few of their comments:

Avalynn: "A snowflake has it's own design."
Gul: "I know a snowflake has an "x" and a line.. shapes."
Mahtab: "Snowflake has 6 lines."
Nyada: "they come from the sky and there's little pieces of water and when they bump they make a big rain drop and the cold makes a snowflake."
Siya: "I know they have 6 lines and they're really really beautiful and they have designs and they are made of snow."