Mrs.Cooper's and Mrs.McEvoy's Kinders!

We have been busy in Kindergarten preparing for our Christmas break.  We have been finishing up our capital letter printing in our journals, playing turn taking games, singing jolly tunes, building foam snow forts and traps to catch elves.   -Tomorrow we will be decorating gingerbread cookies.  The cookies will be sent home to eat at your discretion.  Please let us know if your child is not able to decorate a cookie.  - Tomorrow is PJ day.  Please send your child in their PJ's to school - Last day of school for PM Kinder is tomorrow - AM kinder will attend school Thursday until noon

Christmas Concert Day!!! -Doors open at 4:30. Please bring your child to their regular classroom. This is where you will pick your child up after the concert. Special Guest in January -A notice was sent home today regarding Mad Science coming into our classroom in January.  The cost is $6.00.  Please pay on your Power School account. Art -This week we studied a Canadian Artist named Ted Harrison.  We created our own landscape paintings in a multi-step process. -We also started a very special art project that will be secretly coming home next week... PM Kindergarten is tomorrow!

So much has been happening in preparation for our upcoming concert tomorrow.  Just a reminder that doors will open at 4:30 pm tomorrow for the concert.  Children should be dropped off at their classroom and picked up afterwards from the same classroom. Dress rehearsals will take place in the AM at (10:15) and the pm at (1:00).  We strongly encourage extended family to attend the dress rehearsal performances.  Hope to see you all there! Christmas has arrived in the classroom, check out some of our centers...  We continue to work on fine motor practice, cooperative play, sensory engagement, letter sound relationships and number recognition.  Ask your child what their favorite center is... Stay tuned for upcoming events next week!

Auburn Bay School Presents Lights! Camera! Christmas! By John Jacobson & Roger Emerson Families of students are invited to attend the following concert times: ·        Tuesday, December 10 th at 5:00pm Grade 2 & 4 and Handchime Choir ·        Wednesday, December 11 th at 5:00pm Grade 1 & 3 and Senior Choir ·        Thursday, December 12 th at 5:00pm Kindergarten  Doors open at 4:30pm regardless of the weather conditions.  Front door entry only.  No early admittance or side door entry.  Please drop your child off at their classroom before you head into the gym. Please consider attending the dress rehearsal. More parking, less crowded! Concerts are an exciting time and we fill our gym to capacity. For a less crowded experience please consider joining us for our dress rehearsals.   As well, please encourage extended family and friends to attend our afternoon dress rehearsals leaving room for parents at evening concerts. We appreciate your suppo

Math -This week in math we have been measuring objects by length.  We have been comparing two objects as shorter or longer as well as challenging ourselves to order more than two objects by length. -We have continued to play math games that use dice and cards to reinforce counting, subitizing, and number recognition. Literacy -We focused on the comprehension strategy of making predictions. We read the wordless picture book called Crocodile Blues and used the pictures to make educated guesses that make sense. Snack -Just a reminder that snack is only about 10 minutes.  Please only send one or two small nutritious snack items. Volunteer Request -If you are able to make Gingerbread Playdough and send in for the students to use please send Mrs. McEvoy an email at jlmcevoy@cbe.ab.ca to let us know.  We would like it as soon as possible please. -If you are able to make salt dough and send it in on Wednesday December 11, please let Mrs. McEvoy know. -We are looking for one or two

My Responsibilities... Today we focused on our responsibilities across different settings.  We talked about the jobs we have and the importance of ensuring we do them.  We brainstormed as a class and then used a graphic organizer in our visual journals to share 4 responsibilities unique to us.  Here are some of our ideas... Canadian Animals During centers we are continuing to work on exploring some Canadian animals.  We are creating and investigating tracks, studying bones, sketching animals, building habitats and making food webs.   Can you guess which track this is?