Ms. Matheson Notes

Ms. Matheson

Notes

Posted: May 11, 2015

May 11th - 15th

   Welcome back to another busy week in Kindergarten!  This week we are going to talk about silent/magic e! The letter e sometimes does crazy things when it's at the end of words!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnanlcyRuuIIn Math, we are working on the numbers 9 and 10.  How many ways can you show these numbers? On Wednesday, the Grade 5's are having a yard sale to raise money for their field trip.  There are always lots of cool things to buy! Parents, if you are sending money please put it in a baggie with your child's name on it. Thanks!   On Thursday, we will be travelling to James M Hill to watch a black light show put on by St. Andrew's Elementary.  We will be leaving the school at 9:30 and returning at 11:30.  Eat a big breakfast because we will be having a very late recess!  If you haven't already brought your toonie in for the show please bring it before Thursday. Thanks! Have a great week!         

Posted: April 26, 2015

April 27th - 29th

There are only 3 school days this week so there will be no homework.  Use the time to play some of the fun Math and Language Arts games we've played at school.  You can find the links under "weblinks".  May homework calendars will be sent home next week.   Monday is the final day for the spell-a-thon.  We will be having a prize assembly on Wednesday. Our playground is very wet.  Remember to wear splash pants and rubber boots!   Have a great week! 

Posted: April 20, 2015

April 20th - 24th

This week we are working on the "at" and "an" word families.  If you know how to spell at, you can spell cat, hat, bat and sat! If you know how to spell an, you can spell ran, fan and tan!  What other words can you find that are part of these families?  Follow the link to sing the word family song! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z753SITeq0    Keep practicing your sight words and try writing a story at home. Remember to use finger spaces!     In Math, we are working on the number 8.  Practice printing 8's at home.  What number comes before 8?  What number comes after 8?  We can make sets to show the number 8.  For example, 4 apples and 4 oranges make 8 pieces of fruit!  5 happy faces and 3 crazy faces make 8!  Try drawing some examples at home.      Wednesday is Earth Day!  We have learned about recycling and ways to keep our Earth healthy.  Pick up some litter or practice recycling this week!       Our playground is very wet and we still have snow so make sure you have skipants or splash pants and boots!! It would be a good idea to put some extra socks in your bookbag!   Have a great week!!

Posted: April 13, 2015

Congratulations!

       The kindergarten classes were both very excited to learn Friday morning that our Patterns video won in the Animation category at the CUTE Awards on Thursday night. They are pictured here with their trophy. Thank you to those who attended the ceremony! You can see more pictures from the evening by visiting the following link. http://asd-n.nbed.nb.ca/gallery/showcase-and-show-cute-2015

Posted: April 7, 2015

CUTE Awards Rescheduled

Just a reminder of the 2015 ASD-N CUTE Awards taking place this Thursday, April 9th, 2015 at 7:00 PM at the JMH theatre. You can view projects in the library from 6-7 before the show starts. If you are planning on attending the show please try and sit in the lower left hand section. Thanks!

Posted: March 31, 2015

Teddy Bear Picnic

There will be no school for Kindergarten on Tuesday, April 7th as it is Teddy Bear Picnic Day for next years Kindergarten!!!

Posted: March 31, 2015

Bake Sale!!

On Wednesday, April 1st the Grade 5's are having a nut free bake sale to help raise money for their end of year field trip.  All items will be $1.00 or less.  We will be going as a class in the morning.  If you are sending money, please put it in a baggie with your child's name on it.  Thanks!!

Posted: March 29, 2015

March 30th - April 2nd

This week we will be learning that when two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking! For example in the word meat you hear the /e/ sound.  What do you hear in the word soap?  Here's  a link to a song we use in class.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fb3Pdt8kxg   What words can you find that have 2 vowels in them? Continue to review your sight words and practice your letter sounds.  A fun way to work on sounds is to read nonsense words. We've practiced in class so now you can show your parents at home.  Try reading these:  nov, bip, zuk, rup, mif, faj, dol. Write a story with your parents at home.  Show them how well you can write sight words and stretch out harder words! They will be so proud! Remember to use finger spaces!!!   In Math, we are working on the numbers 6 and 7.  How many ways can you show these numbers? What makes 7?  Practice printing and drawing sets at home. We will continue to work on our recycling projects this week. There is no school on Friday or Monday for Easter weekend.  Have a wonderful Easter with your family and friends!! Fingers crossed for some warm spring weather! 

Posted: March 24, 2015

CUTE Awards Rescheduled

We are happy to inform you that the CUTE Awards have been rescheduled to Thursday, April 9th. The ceremony will take place at the JMH theatre. The official show will begin at 7:00 with a 21st Century Learning Showcase taking place in the JMH library from 6:00-7:00 pm.

Posted: March 22, 2015

March 23rd - 26th

We are having a Scholastic Book Fair this week!  Our class will be attending the fair on Monday and Tuesday.  If you want your child to purchase books, please send the money in a baggie with their name on it.  The book fair will also be open during parent teacher. Report Cards will be sent home on Monday.  Parent Teacher appointment times will be attached.  Please remember to sign and return the envelopes so they can be re-used in June! In Math, we are working on numbers 6 to 10.  We will be covering the concepts of before/after, more/fewer, number order, counting forward and back, making sets, showing the numbers in different ways (ie. 4 and 2 make 6) and printing numbers. We talked about the H Brothers last week. I attached a video in weblinks that we used in class.  March sight words have wh, sh and th.  What other words can you find that have these sounds? We are talking about the 3R's in You and Your World.  They are Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.  This week, we will learn what kinds of things we can recycle and we will get in small groups with Mrs. O'Toole's class to begin working on our projects.  If you have any pictures of yourself recycling send them to me! Library is Thursday.  There is no school Friday due to parent teacher. Have a great week and hope for sunshine!!! 

Posted: March 18, 2015

CUTE Awards Postponed

The CUTE Awards have been postponed due to the weather.  A note will be sent home with the new date.  http://asd-n.nbed.nb.ca/news/2015-cute-awards-postponed

Posted: March 16, 2015

Congratulations!!!!

Congratulations Boys and Girls on being finalists in the animation and video documentation categories at the 8th Annual CUTE Awards!!! Our friends in Grade 1 are also finalists with their Bridges and Welcome to Kindergarten video they created in kindergarten. Yay!! Congratulations also to Matty & Mikail for being finalists in the 21st Century Learning Elementary category. The CUTE awards will take place this Wednesday evening at 7:00 at JMH. We will be sending a note home tomorrow with more details if you plan on attending the show. http://gretnagreen.nbed.nb.ca/news/gretna-green-nominated-cute-awards For pictures from the 2014 CUTE Awards click the link below. http://asd-n.nbed.nb.ca/gallery/2014-asd-n-cute-awards-show

Posted: March 13, 2015

Congratulations Caden, Matty and Emmily!

Caden, Emmily and Matty participated in a gymnastics competition for the Miramichi Gymnastics Club.  They were very excited and had a lot of fun.  Congratulations boys and girls!!

Posted: February 22, 2015

February 23rd - 27th

It's Student Appreciation Week!!!! Monday, you will have an extra long recess and it's Day 1 of Survivor. Tuesday is Twin day and Day 2 of Survivor. Find a few people to partner with and dress the same! Wednesday is PJ day, Day 3 of Survivor and the 100th Day of School!!!  Thursday is School Spirit Day.  Wear Green and Gold.  There will be no homework this week! If you are doing a 100th Day project, you can bing it in any day this week. I'm excited to see what you've done! Have a super week. The last one before March Break!

Posted: February 16, 2015

February 17th - 20th

This week we will continue to review vowels and their 2 sounds (a, e, i, o, u and sometimes y).  How many words can you think of where the letter a says it's own name? (ex. ape, crate)  Continue reviewing your sight words and remember to read every night! In Math, we are learning about nonstandard units of measurement.  For example, we can measure how long a book is using linking cubes.  Try measuring at home.   The 100th Day of School is coming up! As of today, it will be on Tuesday, February 24th!! We have lots of fun activities planned for the day.  I am excited to see the collections and/or projects that you bring in.  If you need some ideas, there are videos and image galleries for previous years on this page as well as, Mrs. O'Toole's class site. Have a great week!

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