Ms. Kinnear's Kindergarten Class

  Hello Kindergarten Families! This week in Kindergarten we went to the Community Garden to help and learn more about the lifecycle of a plant. We did a scavenger hunt and made lots of observations about living things. We even had time to play at the playground nearby.  On Thursday, we had some special guests come to our classroom! The students were thrilled! They became scientists who observed ducklings both in and out of water. Everyone got to hold and pet the ducklings.      In math, we focused on the number 8 and started working on 9 in our journals. We represented these quantities in multiple ways. The students are getting good at counting and identifying numbers.          In gym, we continued with our kickball unit and the students have played a few rounds. They know how to run around the bases and are learning to pass the ball to teammates. This was so fun to watch as the kids were on teams and worked together to make the gam...

  Hello Kindergarten Families! This week the students were excited for their field trip to the Zoo. We talked about when we were going using words & phrases like "this week," "Thursday," "the day after tomorrow", and "tomorrow." We discussed what animals we might see and which ones we would like to visit. We also reviewed expectations including, how to remain in a group.  We continued our work with the letter Rr and introduced students to the concept of "Rr" being the second letter in some words and how to sound it out and blend it to say words like "grab," "frog," "crop" and "trip." Take a look at our home reading sheets and practice reading with your child. Rr is a tricky sound for many students. It helps if we continue to work on these sounds at home.    In math, we formed the numeral 6 and explored ways to make quantities of 6 (3 and 3, 2 and 4, 1 and 5, etc.) We also had a conversation ab...

  Hello Kindergarten Families! This week in school we observed our butterflies emerge from their chrysalises! We noticed that they still had 6 legs, 2 antennas, and a proboscis. We also noticed that a butterfly's body includes a head, thorax, and abdomen. Since the butterflies emerged early in the week, we were also able to observe them as we released them near the school garden. Some butterflies flew out of their enclosure right away and others took some "convincing." We discussed how butterflies survive in their natural environments and how they now have risks because they are outside of a safe enclosure. Students loved seeing the orange, black and white colour of our painted lady butterflies.      In math, we broke apart the number five and played a spill and count game to represent different ways of making 5. We are practicing forming our number correctly (facing the right way) and making addition math sentences that equal 5. You will be able to see this work in ...

  Good Day Kindergarten Families! This week in kindergarten, we were very excited to observe another big change in our classroom caterpillars. Many of them turned into chrysalises! The students were amazed to see how quickly they changed and enjoyed discussing the different stages of the butterfly lifecycle. We completed our second caterpillar observation in our journals, where students practiced carefully looking at details, drawing what they noticed and sharing their ideas through pictures and words.  We also created colourful caterpillar art projects that are now brightening up our school!          In Math, we continued with our exploration of the number 4 and how many ways it can be made. We played a pizza game in our journals and experimented with making number sentences  (ie, 1+3=4, 2+2=4, 4+0=4.)     During our UFLI literacy lessons, we focused on the leter Hh and the /h/ sound. Students practiced identifying words that begin with...

Greetings Kindergarten families! We have caterpillars! We have been observing their size, shape and colour and drew our first observation in our journals. They grow quickly. We noticed that they can make webbing to protect themselves. We learned that they shed their skin as they grow, and that their food and poop are the same colour but different textures. (We only smelled and felt the food.)      W e began our week outside and then  started our skipping unit in gym. Students are practicing hopping, jumping, and gliding with both feet. We learned how to hold a skipping rope and how to move our arms to swing the rope over our heads. We are building our ability to jump over the rope.             In our journals, we practiced writing the number 4 and made an "I can see..." sentence. We also finished drawing and writing about our outdoor observation from last week.            We had "Family Friday" on Thurs...