Happy Victoria Day weekend! Hopefully the weather will co-operate for the rest of the weekend. Enjoy the long weekend and travel safely.
The children explored living and non-living things this week. They had the opportunity to sort pictures on a "T" chart and on Tuesday they drew pictures and labelled their own ideas of living and non-living things. Miss Santiago and I loved their great ideas and writing. We also began our study of money, beginning with the nickel. We will discuss the features and values of Canadian coins. Our classroom store is also open, with a cash register, real coins and a variety of things to purchase. We also practised counting by 10's and 5's this week.
After planting and watching our sunflowers grow, we have also introduced the children to some of the art of Vincent Van Gogh, especially his sunflower paintings. The children are in the process of completing their own sunflower masterpiece. You can see the process in the pictures to the right of the blog. We will put the paintings in the hall as they are completed this week. One amazing fact we discovered this week, Van Gogh only sold one painting while he was alive and now his paintings are priceless.
We also discussed the Royal Wedding on Friday. The children were excited to discover that Queen Elizabeth was Prince Harry's grandmother. We had been talking about Queen Elizabeth during our discussion of coins. It is wonderful when information we are learning overlaps into other areas. The children were excited to watch the wedding on Saturday. I hope none of the children woke you up at 4:00 to see the wedding live. I have to admit that Steve and I were up this morning at 4:00 am to watch every minute!
Ms. McGee has sent home overdue library notices this week. As the end of the school year approaches, we will continue to look for overdue books. All books must be returned to the library by June 11. We have sent home the last Scholastic Book order for the school year. Your book orders are due to school by May 31. You may place your order on-line if you wish. Thanks in advance.
In the computer lab this week, the children worked on BookFlix and read the story, "It Could Still be a Flower". They watched the story, "Planting a Rainbow." In the gym, Miss Santiago, introduced "Ribbit, Ribbit, Jump" and "Robot".
The Grade 7 classes are continuing to collect books for The Children's Book Bank. They are collecting slightly used children's books to be donated to less fortunate children. All donations may be brought to our classroom this week. Friday is the last day for donations. Thanks in advance.
The Springfest Committee is collecting Tombolas for Springfest. Please read the information email from the Grade parents for more information. Tomblas should be brought to the classroom also.
The Terry Fox committee is selling ice cream sandwiches and cookies on Wednesdays to raise money for our Terry Fox campaign. The Kindergarten teachers have discussed this and due to the timing of lunch periods, the size of ice cream sandwiches and the mess, Kindergarten children will not be able to purchase the ice cream sandwiches. They will be able to purchase the cookies if you wish. As always there is no obligation to participate in this fundraiser. More information can be found in the LKS Bulletin. Thanks for your support in this decision.
This Week:
Monday-Happy Victoria Day!
Tuesday-Library (A), Computers (B)
Snuggle Up Books exchanged
Wednesday-Bring your donations for the Book Bank
Thursday-Library (B), Computers (A)
Bring your Sound Review Books and
Sight Word Books
Friday-Pizza Lunch
Snuggle Up books exchanged
**ALL WEEK**-Bring your Donations for the Book Bank
Bring in your tombolas
