November 15, 2019

Dear Family and Friends,

This week we began exploring the members in our family and made family portraits in wooden houses. Next week we will continue talking about our families and begin exploring where we live, in Canada. 

We have been focusing on the number 2 and how to represent it in different ways. We also continued learning about the letter D and E. 

We had a guest teacher, Ms. Tara, our speech and language pathologist. She helped us learn more about our thoughts and feelings and how to recognize the thoughts and feelings of our friends by looking at facial expressions. 

This week was National Métis Week and we began learning about their beadwork art. Next week we will be doing pointillism art to represent the beadwork of the Métis culture. 

November 19 - School Picture Retake Day - For children who were absent on our photo day in October or if you would like a retake of your child's photo, picture retakes will be on November 19. 

November 22 - No school for students for teacher professional development. 

December 19 - The afternoon kindergarten students will be performing in our Celebration of Learning assembly. I will let you know the time closer to the date. (AM students will have their Celebration of Learning in May)

Snack

• Due to severe allergies, please don't send any snacks that have nuts. 
• Healthy Snack - Please ensure your child has some healthy snacks to choose from and avoid sending junk food (candy, chocolate, chips). Our snack time provides nutrition to the children and helps them have energy to learn. Some ideas are vegetable, fruit, yogurt, cheese, sandwiches, boiled eggs, whole grain crackers and granola bars. Thanks for your support with this. 
• Extra Snack - If your child is in school on FRIDAY please send extra food for your child. They have a long day and get hungry with all our busy activities!

Home Reading - Return books to be changed every Thursday. 

Please have your child read with an adult or sibling every day. You may read the book to them and let them read some of the words if they are able to. Rereading the same book supports success when children are able to remember familiar words and patterns. Throughout kindergarten we will be learning the sounds of the letters and how to blend them together. In your child's book bag is a list of reading strategies that we will also use as the children develop phonemic awareness.

Winter Clothes - As the weather gets colder, please ensure your child has warm, waterproof outdoor clothes. Also keep a change of clothes in their backpack for emergencies. We will continue playing outside as much as possible, as fresh air and exercise are an important part of our students' learning.