Mrs. Wacker's Kindergarten Class

Hello Kindergarten Families,  It was great seeing so many of you today and over that last week.  If scheduling did not work for your family this week, email you teacher and we would be happy to meet next week after class or through a Teams Meeting.    Our learning from this week:   Math:   We have introduced patterning and worked on recognizing familiar dot patterns, such as the ones found on dice.      Literacy :   We introduced the letters Aa and Mm using our UFLI literacy program.  We were able to practice forming these sounds and printing the letters.     Social/Science:   We continued to explore our outdoor environment this week using our five senses.  The children noticed things like crunchy snow, frosty breath, and cold air touching their skin.  They noticed that snow doesn't have much of a smell.  We also had lots of fun digging and playing with the snow.     Afterwards we worked ...

 Hello Kindergarten Families, It was great to have a full week of Kindergarten!  Our learning from this week:   We were scientists and observed our natural environment outside the school. We used our senses to explore various sounds, sights, touchpoints and smells of the outdoors. Then we drew in our journals about nature and used the colours we saw to guide our choices.     We had an Assembly for Remembrance Day. Through books and conversations, we learned about the symbolism of the popp y and the concept of peace, which we drew about in our journals.  We also showed gratitude to our  Veterans by making  Poppy Postcards to say thank you to them which I will deliver to a legion this weekend.    We sorted objects in math using different rules (size, shape, colour.) Ask your child about sorting and encourage them to use a rule to sort objects at home or outdoors. We opened our medical centre this week.  The children worked collaborati...