Mrs. Hendry - Archived - 08/2013 Notes

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We have been learning about all the parts of the orchestra by helping Violet and Uncle Ollie collect the missing instruments on this great site: http://listeningadventures.carnegiehall.org/ypgto/index.aspx In class the children took turns helping Violet, but at home they may be able to do the whole adventure! If you register, the game will save where you leave off each time.

Posted: May 31, 2013

The tall ships are coming! The timing was perfect to read boat books and sing these songs: Row, Row, Row Your Boat http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7otAJa3jui8 I'm on a Boat http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGf1ITv8qM8 If your get a chance top take in the festival see if your child can tell you the parts of the boat. We talked about the mast, the bow, the stern, and the hull.

Posted: May 29, 2013

The children enjoyed these videos so much that they asked me to post the links. How can I resist? Two vowels go walking: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fb3Pdt8kxg Check it out the Starfall version too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o84ndBQU6vQ The 10 Little Pigs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acZfmL4SUIc  

Posted: May 29, 2013

We have been having sooo much fun learning even more about farms (and reading, writing, and counting farm things) since our field trip Monday. Here is a link to the cow song got us ready to spell "cow" and other "ow" words. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3_7UikPpcg We discovered that if we know how to spell cow we can also spell how, now, bow, chow, and plow. These smart kindergarten children also noticed that "ow" chunk is in th word "down" - which helps us read and write town, brown, clown, crown and gown! Wow! Want to draw a cow? Here is a link to a how to draw page on You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=SXlyuOE0JyQ#!  

Posted: May 22, 2013

We are very excited to be going on our train trip to Rogersville tomorrow! Choo! Choo! Check out this website from Library and Archives Canada as it has lots of interesting train facts: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/trains/kids/index-e.html If you really feel like chugging down the track try singing these songs: I've Been Working On The Railroad (with some old train track building footage!): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lDlfDtJYF8 Children’s  version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtAGTm5WHTs "Train is Coming" with some great pictures of trains: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ly9oC3OZmWE    
We have been exploring our sense of sight during our "You and Your World" time. Children have noticed that some things are harder to do when you can't see! They found they couldn't catch very well or draw a picture of themselves when they were wearing a blindfold! We also discussed how, if you couldn't see, you would not be able to know the colour of things. We had fun predicting and then watching what happened when we combined the 3 primary colours (food colouring and water)  to make new colours. Here is a fun video that shows the colours we made. Do try this at home! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu44JRTIxSQ Watch Maria Menounos and Oscar discuss how they use their 5 senses: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2iqLRyL5kg  

Posted: May 15, 2013

Because 7, 8 (ate), 9! You guessed it! We are counting up a storm in kindergarten again. We are being more careful counters now because the numbers are getting bigger. We notice that we need to keep track of what we counted and/or arrange what we are counting. Of course we are watching fun videos that make counting fun and help us visualize common arrangements for the numbers to 10. Here are some we watched recently: A Number 9 Martian Beauty: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ5Y3TizswY  The Classic Clumsy Baker: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZjObQW247Q The Alligator King: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVDUYJo3CjU 9 Pigeons on a Wire: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AXaWdM-h5s And did you know how many children the Old Lady Who Lived in a Shoe had?: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARw69UtyuvM    

Posted: May 15, 2013

The last few weeks we have been learning all about silent E.  He has so many names (Silent E, Bossy E, Magic E) but they all mean the same thing! When we see this Ee at the end of a word he makes the other vowel say it's own letter name.  There are some really cute videos that we have watched. I have put some links below for you to watch and enjoy! Try muting the sound and reading the words yourself for some extra practice. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZhl6YcrxZQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xx6-xxkodS8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsWtEYF3HCY  

Posted: April 22, 2013

We had a wonderful day learning and singing about helping our planet, Earth! Raffi has some great songs for this theme. Big Beautiful Planet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z23KEHEt0dE Evergreen Everblue: http://www.artistdirect.com/video/raffi-evergreen-everblue/50879 The children were excited to bring home their checklist to record the ways that they will help the earth all year. We will share the list with the class next Monday, April 29th.

Posted: April 16, 2013

As part of our You and Your World Curriculum we have been talking about how good food helps our bodies grow and stay healthy. Check out this link to a free section on Brain Pop Jr. that has video and activities on this topic. Be assured that we talked about how cookies are only an occasional treat! http://www.brainpopjr.com/health/food/

Posted: February 28, 2013

The children loved the book The Gruffalo that was our read-aloud today. Here is the link to a reading on you tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_kGVjH8_Yg There is also an official website where there are games and songs related to the book. Check it out: http://gruffalo.com/section.php?s=html/gang.html We also enjoyed the book The Gruffalo's Child. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiqjO7j3SmE    

Posted: February 23, 2013

We did manage to get a few things covered between snow storms this week. We discovered how knowing the word "it" can help us read and spell lots of other words - like bit, kit, sit, hit, fit, lit, nit, pit, quit. We also looked at how two letters "blend" together at the start of words with the little word "it" hiding inside - spit, skit. Here is the link to the "it" video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dmr8WrYbUNI&playnext=1&list=PLCBFFAAA3E68... and to an "it" word family "book": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lJnm1wiepc&playnext=1&list=PLC6F6137994A... Your child may want to write "it" words on an magna doodle or a wipe-off board. The children think it is cool that you can change one letter and have a whole new word! We continued counting to 100 with these videos, some have an exercise twist to them: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9-pEVaO4pM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4rhzjD5ohw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGKXZVxAffM    

Posted: February 13, 2013

Looking to share some love with your child on Valentine's Day? Here are some valentine and love themed on-line stories that will warm your hearts. This is the Arthur section - check out his Valentine story. http://kids.aol.com/KOL/2/KOLJrStories/Archive/arthur-stories   http://kids.aol.com/KOL/2/KOLJrStories/FlashHolder/how-many-kisses   Animals show love too - look at these cute pictures!   http://kids.aol.com/pictures/animals-in-love-pictures/

Posted: February 7, 2013

There has been lots of nice talk in kindergarten this week - we have been talking about friendship as we get ready for Valentine's Day. Isn't it interesting that our sight words this week are "like", "you" and "for"? :) Check out Sandra Boynton's site. She has a great song called "Snuggle Puppy" that we have been reading and singing in class. Follow this link and scroll down to the Philadelphia Chickens book. Snuggle Puppy is the sixth song. http://www.sandraboynton.com/sboynton/boyntonmusic.html The children also enjoyed the rebus book I Love You by Jean Marzollo. The pictures helped us read the whole book! Here is the link to the whole book online! http://www.jeanmarzollo.com/books/iloveyourebus.html This link shows a cute way to "sing" out some of the sight words: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo5PF0bDjq4

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