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Posted: February 12, 2012

February 13th - 17th

Happy Valentine's Week!!!  Tuesday is Pink Shirt Day and Valentine's Day. Everyone is encouraged to wear pink to show that bullying is not acceptable.  We will have a class Valentine's party and hand out some cards. Wednesday is the CUTE Award ceremony. Congratulations to the boys and girls in KM that have been nominated! Way to go!!! In Language Arts, we will be working on writing sentences and counting the number of words in sentences. We have a lot of Valentine books to read and stories to share.   In Math, we are going to be doing some neat and "yummy" measurement activities!!!! We will be celebrating the 100th day of school on Monday, February 20th.  You can bring in your collection of 100 things anytime between now and then.   Show and Tell is Friday. Please check the schedule to see if it's your turn.            

Posted: February 11, 2012

Pink Shirt Day

                 Tuesday, February 14th is Pink shirt Day at Gretna Green.  Everyone is encouraged to wear pink to show that they will not tolerate bullying.

Posted: February 11, 2012

CUTE Awards

Yay! Ryelee, Kalli, Madeline, Marcus, Tasheni and Courtney have been nominated for a District 16 CUTE Award for their rendition of the Gretna Green Morning Announcements! Congratulations!!!!! The ceremony will be on February 15th at 7:00 pm in the James M Hill auditorium. Everyone is invited to attend.

Posted: February 9, 2012

Reminder

Don't forget to bring an empty kleenex box tomorrow!!!

Posted: February 5, 2012

February 6th - 10th

We're back online! Yay!!! February Homework calendars will be going home this week.  There are ideas for homework extensions on the bottom of the calendar.  Please continue to practice the sight words that have been sent home and review letter sounds.    In Math, we are working on a unit on geometry and measurement.  Encourage your child to look for and identify shapes in the environment and to compare different sizes of objects.   The 100th day of school is approaching.  Work with your child to gather 100 objects.  Have them group/count in sets of 10.  Fruitloop necklaces and pictures made from cheerios or stickers are easy and fun to make.   When your child brings home a guided reading book, have them read it aloud to you.  Ask them questions about what they have read.  Encourage them to read the book more than once.  This will help develop reading fluency.   We will be finishing up our Five Senses unit this month.    We will be going on a tour of the Miramichi Regional Hospital later in the month. More details will be sent home closer to the trip.   Show and Tell can be any object of your child's choosing.  Encourage them to bring something that they can easily talk about.  See the show and tell schedule that has been sent home for your child's week.    

Posted: December 19, 2011

December 19th - 23rd

Wow! It's hard to believe that this is the last week of school before Christmas vacation!   The Christmas concerts are being held on Tuesday, December 20th at 10:00 and 12:30.  Hope to see you all there!   Show and Tell will be on Thursday! I can't wait to see what everyone brings.   There is no homework this week! Yay!   Friday is a half day!  Dismissal will be at 11:15 and students will travel home on their regular afterschool bus.

Posted: December 16, 2011

Kindergarten Christmas Wishes

The boys and girls in KM have been talking about how Christmas is about caring and love. They made some Christmas wishes to show that they care. Amber: I wish for a puppy dog for my Aunt. Courtney: I wish that everybody has a great Christmas! Zesha: I wish that my mom had a puppy. Logan: I wish that everybody would go to my house. Madeline: I wish that everybody in this class has a really happy super Christmas! Jonah: I wish that Damion would get a cat.  Colton: I wish that Miss Matheson had a princess DS and that everybody keeps caring about Miss Matheson. Ryelee: I wish that my mom has a happy super duper Christmas! Marcus: I wish that all the kids would have a great Christmas and a super duper, duper, duper good time! Kalli: I wish that everybody in the class has a great Christmas! Tasheni: I wish that everyone has a great, great Christmas! Jonathan: I wish everyone will get apples. Konnor: I wish that everyone has a great Christmas! Damion: I wish Courtney had a whole bunch of princess legos. Peyton: I wish for gingerbread for Zesha. Desmond: I wish I had Lego for Damion.  

Posted: December 4, 2011

December 5th - 9th

Three more weeks until Christmas!!!! Wow!   This week, we will be working on the letters Yy and Zz.  Ask your child to tell you about yancy yak and zeke zebra.  Show and Tell for these letters will be on Friday.   In Math, we will be doing some Christmas counting activties.   Skating is next Monday (December 12th).   We will be practicing our song for the Christmas concert this week. It's one we all know ---Jingle Bells!    

Posted: December 4, 2011

Class of the Month

Kindergarten Matheson won class of the month for November!!!! Yay! We have been doing very well walking quietly in the hall, keeping our classroom clean, working hard and being good listeners! Great job boys and girls.

Posted: November 27, 2011

November 28 - December 1

We are working on the letters Ww and Xx this week.  Ask your child to tell you words that start with these letters. Show and Tell will be on Thursday.   This week's sight words are: of, was   Report cards go home on Monday. Please check the envelope for parent teacher appointment times. There is no school on Friday due to parent teacher meetings.   December's homework calender will be sent home next week.    

Posted: November 22, 2011

Kindergarten Sight Words

Here is a copy of the powerpoint that we use in class to practice our sight words.  Play the slide show and see how many words your child knows!

Posted: November 20, 2011

November 21st - 25th

  We are working on the letters Uu and Vv this week.  U is a hard worker and makes two sounds! Show and Tell for these letters will be on Friday.  Happy hunting! Our sight words this week are: he, is.  Keep practicing the words you already have at home.  See if you can beat mom or dad in a flash card game!  Monday is the 50th day of school!  We are halfway to the 100th day already! Wow! The Kindergarten classes are going skating on Thursday at the Civic Center. We skate from 9:30 until 10:15.  Please make sure your child is dressed warmly and has skates and a helmet.  They will not be allowed on the ice without a helmet.  Parents are more than welcome to come!  Hope to see you there!  Last week we learned about our Thinking Me and our Caring Me.  Ask your child to tell you what they are.  We are going to learn three more Me's this week!  

Posted: November 14, 2011

November 14th - 18th

We are working on the letters Ss and Tt this week.  Ask your child to show you the signals for Sammy Seal and Timothy Tiger and see if they can tell you any words that have these sounds in them.  Show and Tell will be on Friday.   Our sight words this week are: in, to.  Encourage your child to use these words in a sentence.   In Math, we are continuing to work on the numbers 1 to 5.  Let your child practice counting to 5 and back to 0.  Encourage them to practice printing these numbers.    

Posted: November 7, 2011

November 7th - 10th

We are working on the letters q and r this week.  Have your child show you the signals that queeny quail and robbie rabbit make.  Show and tell will be on Thursday.  Be creative when finding things that start with the letters q and r!   Our school Remembrance Day ceremony will be held on Thursday, November 10th at 10:30.  The Kindergarten classes will be singing "Do You Know Where I Find Peace".  The lyrics to the song can be found in the documents section of our page.  Please encourage your child to practice the song at home.

Posted: October 23, 2011

October 24 - 28

Letters of the week are Mm and Nn.  Note:  There will be no show and tell this week!!   We are continuing to work on the numbers 1 to 5.   Sight words of the week: it and like   Tuesday:  Halloween Buddy Reading   Wednesday:  Scary Hair Day   Thursday:  Black and Orange Day   Friday: Halloween Costume Parade.  Children can bring their costumes to school and will have time to change into them at noon.  Children are not to wear their costumes to school in the morning (they will be asked to change).  Classroom parties will take place on Friday.   Anyone who wishes to send in treats please do so on Friday only.  We will not be handing out treats of any kind on Monday.  Gretna Green is a NUT FREE school and there are children with severe allergies in the primary wing.  Please ensure that all treats are completely nut free.  

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