Mrs. Wacker's Kindergarten Class

Our winter break is upon us and we hope you have a wonderful time with family and friends.    We spent a few minutes every morning with the entire school singing Carols in the gym. We made  a special art project for our families this week. Maybe you can decide whether you open it now or save it for a special celebration in the coming week.  Our gifts are very fragile, so handle them with care.      Our learning from this week:   Math:   We have continued patterning and worked on  making patterns with a variety of mediums. The students made wrapping paper using patterns for their special family gift.      Literacy :   We have learned letters Aa, Mm, Ss and Tt. We are beginning to learn about VC (vowel-consonant words) We will be working toward making some CVC words (consonant-vowel-consonant) in the New Year. A blue at home practice folder was sent home this week. Please take a look and keep the folder at home with you...

  Weekly Message   We are definitely getting into the Holiday spirit here in Kindergarten.  Our students did a wonderful job at the winter concert; their hard work shone through, and it was a joyful learning experience for everyone.  The children have been busy pretending in our Cozy Christmas Baking Centre making pretend cookies and treats. These spaces now have Christmas Trees, which we have been decorating with some beautiful ornaments from the writing centre.  We used our senses to make some observations about some Christmas presents.  We looked at the size and shape of the presents and used our sense of hearing to help us make guesses of what was inside!      Our learning from this week:     Math:   We have continued patterning and worked on  making patterns with bingo  dobbers  to look like Christmas lights. We also played the math game, "Garbage", which helps children learn to sequence numbers from 1-5 usi...