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Thursday March 20

We focused on the letter W.  We learned the songs, practiced printing , and drew pictures that start with the letters .We have learned the following letters and letter sounds at school this year and your child should be familiar with them all: S, M, T, I, P, N, D, C, P, O, A, B,G,E,R,H, F, K L ,V, U& J.  Please make sure they are familiar with both the upper case letter and lower case letter. In math, we have been working on making 10. We worked on a math problem about a   grumpy king who had enough money to buy 10 blocks and wanted to know how many towers he could make with his 10 blocks.  The king does not allow us to use the same number for any of the towers.   Each day we worked on solving this problem using blocks .  We read stories and talked about Spring. We wrote in our journals about our favourite spring activities. We look forward to seeing families tonight and tomorrow for conferences. Our learners are excited to share all their learning...

Thursday March 14

We focused on the letter J.  We learned the songs, practiced printing , and drew pictures that start with the letters .We have learned the following letters and letter sounds at school this year and your child should be familiar with them all: S, M, T, I, P, N, D, C, P, O, A, B,G,E,R,H, F, K L ,V& U.  Please make sure they are familiar with both the upper case letter and lower case letter. In math, we have been working on making 9. We have looked at what numbers make 9 through lots of practice with making number pairs.  We have learned to play 3 different math games to help us learn the number pairs.  We like to play Shake and Spill, Memory, and Race to 9. We continued to explore animals and what they do in the winter. We are looking at the animals we saw in the "Loud Winter's Nap" story.  This week, we looked at the beaver and the squirrel. Ask your child what they learned about what these animals do in the Winter. In physical education, we are working on b...

Thursday March 7

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We had a very extremely exciting week at the swimming pool. We are very proud of all our learners who pushed themselves and had fun learning and improving their swimming skills.  We want to say a huge thank you to all the volunteers who joined us. We could not have done the week without your support! It is greatly appreciated. Upcoming Dates Friday March 8:  P M Kindergarten attends Friday March 15:  A M Kindergarten attends Thursday March 21:  Student Led Conferences in the evening- (Regular school hours) More information to follow Friday March 22:   Student Led Conferences- No classes March 25-April 1:   Spring Break Tuesday April 2:   Classes Resume Save the Date -Kindergarten Field Trip  Friday June 14: AM Kindergarten Field Trip to Butterfield Acres Friday June 21: PM Kindergarten Field Trip to Butterfield Acres

Thursday February 29

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We focused on the letter U.  We learned the songs, practiced printing , and drew pictures that start with the letters .We have learned the following letters and letter sounds at school this year and your child should be familiar with them all: S, M, T, I, P, N, D, C, P, O, A, B,G,E,R,H, F, K L ,V& U.  Please make sure they are familiar with both the upper case letter and lower case letter. In math, we have been working on making 8. We have looked at what numbers make 8 through lots of practice with making number pairs.  We have learned to play 3 different math games to help us learn the number pairs.  We like to play Shake and Spill, Memory, and Race to 8. Swimming is next week.  Please check your email for all the swimming details. This week we used our puppets from the story "A Loud Winter's Nap" to practice re-telling the story.  We had fun building with loose parts to make the scenes. Wednesday Feb 28 was Pink Shirt Day.  Thank you to everyone ...