Posted: October 19, 2017
Our letters of the week so far have been Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd and Ee. Please practice these at home. Work on identifying the letter in print, practice the letter sound and Zoophonics signal, practice printing the letter and look for words that have the letter in it and words that begin/end with the letter. Have fun!
Posted: September 25, 2017
We are off to a great start in Kindergarten. I'm looking forward to working with all the boys and girls in KM. They are a super bunch! We have been busy making new friends and learning some rules for the classroom. Ask your child to tell you some of their new friends names and see if they can remember what the 5 rules of the classroom are.
We have started learning some Zoophonics signals and will be working on the letters Aa and Bb this week. At home, have your child look for these letters in their environment, practice printing the letters and find objects that begin with the letters Aa and Bb. Another activity to do at home is to have your child work on printing their name using an uppercase letter at the beginning and lowercase for the rest. In Writing, we are learning how to tell a story by drawing detailed pictures. Try this at home. In Math, we are learning about sorting and about patterns.
We have visited Mr. Stewart. He has taught us how to be Whole Body Listeners and Bucket Fillers. Ask your child to tell you how to be a Bucket Filler.
Posted: March 27, 2017
There will a Scholastic Book Fair held Monday to Thursday this week. We will be going as a class on Monday and Tuesday to view the books. If you want your child to purchase a book, please send the money in a baggie with their name on it. Thanks!
Posted: February 8, 2017
We will reschedule skating and will send a note home with the new date!
Posted: February 2, 2017
Wednesday, February 8th, we will be going skating on the outdoor rink here at Gretna Green (weather permitting). Please make sure your child is dressed warmly that day and has their skates and helmet. Parents are welcome to attend but if you are unable to make it, there is always lots of people here to tie skates. Chairs can be brought out to help your child practice their skating.
Posted: February 2, 2017
We will be having a snowman building contest for the month of February. Simply build a snowman at home and email a photo of your cool looking snowman to Mr. Comeau, keith.comeau@nbed.nb.ca (link sends e-mail). These photos will be posted at school and a vote will be held for the nicest looking snowman. Remember, be creative, imaginative and have fun outdoors! Winning snowmen will be announced at the end of February. Posted: December 19, 2016
Wednesday - PJ Day!!!!!
Thursday - Elf / Santa Hat Day
Friday - Red and Green Day
Friday is a half day and dismissal begins at 11:00. Have a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful holiday with your families!
Posted: December 5, 2016
We are participating in the Holiday Card Exchange Project with schools all over the world. This year the theme is Gingerbread. We made and sent out 29 cards and Gingerbreads last week. Today, we received our first card! It was from a Kindergarten Class at Linwood Elementary School in PA! We are going to track our cards on a map and can't wait to see where they come from!!
Posted: November 14, 2016
There will a Scholastic Book Fair held Monday to Thursday this week. We will be going as a class on Monday and Tuesday to view the books. If you want your child to purchase a book, please send the money in a baggie with their name on it. Thanks!
Posted: October 23, 2016
It's Halloween week at Gretna Green! Our letter of the week is Hh and H is for Halloween! Honey Horse is the Zoophonics character for the letter Hh. It can be found at the beginning of Huxley, Henry, Halloween, hat and hello or at the end of Math, with and wash. Look for Hh at home. Practice printing upper and lowercase Hh.
In Math, we are working on the numbers 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Practice printing these numbers. Can you count to 5 starting at 1? What's different if you start at 3?
Tuesday is Scary Hair Day and Thursday is Black and Orange Day. On Friday, we will be having a parade of costumes in the gym in the afternoon. You can bring your costume to school and we will change into them at lunch.
Posted: October 16, 2016
This week we will be working on the letters Ff and Gg. Show your parents the zoophonics sound and signal for Francie fish and Gordo gorilla. Funny, Friday, first and fish start with the letter f. The /g/ sound can be found in the words gum, guitar, dog and great. What words do you know that begin or end with these letters? What would your name be if it started with these letters? I'd be Fiss Fatheson or Giss Gatheson! That would be silly!!! Practice printing these letters at home. We are learning about rhyming. Do cat and hat rhyme? How about dog and muffin? Keep practicing the sight words for October (a, I, like, and, the, to). In writer's workshop we will keep writing stories through pictures and work on stretching out our words for sounds. Remember the more detail you add, the clearer the story becomes!
In Math, we are going to finish up our unit on patterns and spend time looking at the numbers 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5! "abcya.com" has lots of fun Math games to try at home.
Library is Thursday. Show and Tell is Friday. Check the schedule to see if it's your turn.
Posted: October 11, 2016
We will be working on the letter Ee this week. Ee is a hard working vowel that makes 2 sounds. Sometimes it says /e/ as in egg, elephant, Elle and Elmo. It can also say its' name /e/ as in Easter, eagle and Eva! Look for the letter Ee at home, practice printing it and make lists of words that have the letter e.
Keep practicing your sight words: I, and, to, the, like, a. Try writing sentences using these words. (I like pizza. Owen and Roman like to play with cars.)
It's fire prevention week. We will have some special firefighter visitors on Thursday.
Remember to bring back your library book for Thursday.
Posted: October 2, 2016
This is a short week in Kindergarten. There is no school on Thursday and Friday (PD Days). We will spend the week reviewing the letters Aa (Allie Alligator), Bb (Bubba Bear), Cc (Catina Cat) and Dd (Deedee Deer). At home, have your child search for these letters, practice printing the letters and find things that begin with each of these sounds.
We have started learning some sight words to help as we get ready to learn to read. Our words for October are: I, like, to, the, and, a. New sight words will be sent home each month. When reading, it's important to be able to quickly identify these words in print.
In Math, we are working on creating, extending and recognizing patterns. We are also looking at the numbers 1 to 5.
Homework will begin next week. A calendar will be sent home with a list of activities to complete. Your child will also take home some books to read. When reading them with/to your child, have them point out various letters, sounds, punctuation, etc. Homework books will be sent home at the begining of the week and are to be returned to school on Fridays.
Have great week and enjoy your Thanksgiving long weekend!
Posted: September 29, 2016
We will be going to the Library every Thursday. Everyone is allowed to check out 1 book and keep it at home for the week. Remember to bring it back by Thursday so you can get a new one!
Posted: September 18, 2016
We are off to a great start in Kindergarten. I'm looking forward to working with all the boys and girls in KM. They are a super bunch! We have been busy making new friends and learning some rules for the classroom. Ask your child to tell you some of their new friends names and see if they can remember what the 5 rules of the classroom are.
We have started learning some Zoophonics signals and will be working on the letters Aa and Bb this week. At home, have your child look for these letters in their environment, practice printing the letters and find objects that begin with the letters Aa and Bb. Another activity to do at home is to have your child work on printing their name using an uppercase letter at the beginning and lowercase for the rest.
We are learning how to tell a story by drawing detailed pictures. Try this at home. Their stories are so fun!
Ask your child to tell/show you the best way to read to a buddy (elbow to elbow, knee to knee, book in the middle so we both can see). In Math, we will be starting to learn about patterns.
We started to learn some safety rules for the bus and Mr. Stewart taught us how to be Whole Body Listeners. Ask your child to tell you how they listen with their eyes.
Show and Tell will start this Friday. Yay! Look in your child's home folder for a notice.
If your child orders from the cafeteria this week, please remember to put their order and correct amount of money in a baggie with their name on it in their home folder. Cafeteria orders are sent to the office early in the morning and I am unable to check lunch cans for orders. Thank you :)
School picture day will be on Friday, September 23rd!!!
Have a great week!