Interviews by Request

Just a reminder we are having interviews by request this Thursday, April 21. There was a mistake on the notice that went home which had the wrong date. These interviews are for those who have concerns about their child. Please contact me if you wish to come in Thursday (4-7:30) or I will contact you if I have concerns about your child. Thank you!

April

Hope everyone had a great break! As you may or may not know I am heading to the Dominican tonight! Mrs MacAskill, my momma bear, will be subbing for me all week. I'll be back April 10.

Here's what the month of April has in store for us!

Early Literacy:

• Continuing with our letters Pp-Tt
• Working on writing - students are practicing sounding out! We encourage them to listen for the sounds in the words and write the letters that they hear. It is important that your child is recognizing most of their letters (capital and lowercase) and can identify their sounds. 
• Working on reading - we will be continuing to "read the pictures" and will be starting on comprehension

Early Numeracy :

• #6-10 and counting backwards. Students should be able to recognize all numbers from 1-10 and be able to recognize the 10 frames from 1 to 10 without having to count. They should be able to count starting at any number up to 10 and be able to count backwards from 10-1. We will be reinforcing these skills in the centre time format of Daily 3.

Citizenship and Identify

• I Belong - We will be working on group skills such as cooperation, respect, feelings and identifying the needs of others. I'm looking forward to large group project where all classmates will have to participate in order to accomplish a goal!

Environment and Community Awareness

• Exploring our 5 Senses
• Earth Day is April 22! We will be learning about how to take care of our planet and keep things green!

Personal and Social Responsibility

• Continuing our 5 Senses goal sheet
• We have 2 new students in our class! We will be talking about friendship and what it means to be a good friend, to be welcoming and to be helpful. So far I am so impressed with how our kids have been treating the new student! The second one comes on Tuesday and I'm sure they will be just as welcoming!

Physical Skills

• We will be talking about our health and our body and how we need to take care of ourselves through exercise, eating good foods and practicing good hygiene.

Creative Expression

• We will be continuing practicing different movement and action songs
• Looking at and appreciating art in the environment

Don't forget to check out the Classroom Fun in Photos section to see some cute pictures of our kids!