Posted: April 6, 2016
Check out the chairs built by the kindergarten students! We could actually sit in them! They also looked at an Inukshuk picture and then made their own version with partner. Can they tell you what an Inukshuk is for? Here is a link with more details than I told them :)....
Posted: April 6, 2016
The children loved working with tangrams in math class today. They are able to make shapes out of the tangram pieces. They have a paper tangram square in their take-home folders in case you want to do some activities with the shapes. This You Tube link will explain tangrams: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVUy058_JNE
Here are some links for more tangram fun: http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/tangrams
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/math-games/tanagram-game/
http://www.abcya.com/tangrams.htm
Tomorrow I plan to show this story on You Tube since it has so much math in it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5mc-dkYLfI&nohtml5=False
Posted: April 5, 2016
We keep learning more sight words! This week we are focusing on "went" because we see it in our books and we need to write it often too.
The second word on this sight word video is "went" - check it out!
Posted: March 23, 2016
The children loved watching and retelling Little Rabbit Foo Foo today. The video matches the book we have in our class! Here is the link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cOT4T2jDho
Mrs. Hendry knows this version well from when her children were small:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91jTArjHwCI
What a naughty bunny!
Posted: March 22, 2016
With Easter so close we are learning about rabbits. We learned to draw a rabbit today by following the steps on this You Tube Video: How to Draw a Rabbit. Your child may want to try at home.
Posted: March 18, 2016
We celebrated "Big Crunch" with all the NSEE students today. Here are some fun apple songs to help you celebrate healthy apples too:
Way Up High in the Apple Tree: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKmFHRrkFuQ
Raffi sings a funny song changing the vowels in the words Apples and Bananas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oacQL7UQtlk
I Like Apples: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTTz2dL0jb8
Planting and Apple Tree (information video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eJiAghjYQ8
Posted: March 17, 2016
I took some more pictures on the last skating day - they are now in the Skating Fun gallery.
Posted: March 17, 2016
Both the Grade 1 and Kindergarten are learning about 3D shapes. Here is a great link for learning their names and where we find the shapes in our environment. We are also practicing using describing words to talk about the shapes,their sides and faces, and how they move: curved, flat, straight, point, corners, smooth, solid, slide, roll, topple....
Posted: March 17, 2016
What a great song to practice our skip counting today!
Posted: March 17, 2016
Look at the lovely leprechauns that showed up in our classroom today! We now know lots about the Irish St. Patrick's Day folktales. Can your child tell you what a leprechaun's job is? Do they know how leprechauns trick people? Where do they keep their pot of gold? Maybe they can even tell you...
