Spirit Day

Monday, December 17th is Spirit Day and students can choose to wear a jersey from their favorite sports team or their uniform.

Parent Teacher Conferences December 20th and 21st

Parent Teacher Conference sign up and times are now available online at https://sis.cbe.ab.ca/public/home.html .  We look forward to meeting with you to discuss your child's learning next Thursday or Friday.

Just a reminder that PM students attend school this Friday.

Students are reading books and identifying words that begin with the letter j.  Students are watching online videos with songs and new words that start with the letter j.

Ms. Phillips and Ms. Rothe

This Week in Kindergarten

This week our letter is j.  Students are having fun brainstorming words that start with the letter j.  Students are enjoying the videos on the letter j and practicing their sounds using the posted grapheme gesture video.

Upcoming Book Fair

Pamphlets will be sent home tomorrow and a letter with more information about times will be posted as well.  This year parents will be able to pay for books and resources with a debit machine or their credit card.

Outdoor PE

Our gym is booked this week for inline skating with the older grades and our Kindergarten students are enjoying the opportunity to go outside for gym activities and games.  Please make sure students are dressed for the weather.

Parent Teacher Conferences

We're looking forward to meeting with all of you for Kindergarten Parent Teacher Conferences December 20th and 21st.  If you haven't already booked please take the time to do so.  

Family Dance is Tonight

Thurs, Dec 6  Festive Family Dance:

-all families are welcome to our dance where our students can share the dances they have been learning during PE classes from 6:00-7:00 pm

-visit the bake sale in the Library from 6:00-6:45 pm

-if you ordered chocolates from Purdy’s you can pick-up your orders at the staff room doors during the dance

Constable Wil

Today Ms. Rothe's class had a visitor! Constable Wil shared so much information about the importance of wearing your seat beat, the role of a police officer and why it is important to know your family's personal information. Ms. Phillip's class will have Constable Wil in tomorrow.

Constable Wil shared that it is very important for kindergarteners to know their parents full name, phone number and address. Please practice remembering this information at home.

Reminders:
- Family dance is on Thursday from 6:00 - 7:00
- No school for any students on Friday

Letter I

This week students are learning about letter i and the sounds it makes. Ask your kindergartener if they know how many sounds letter i make and the actions for each sounds. Here are two of the sounds that i makes in the song below.

Reminders:
- Library books are due every Monday and Thursday
- Constable Johnson will be visiting Ms. Rothe's class tomorrow and Ms. Phillip's class on Wednesday
- Family Dance is on Thursday from 6:00pm - 7:00pm (more information is available on the previous blog post)
- No school for any students this Friday (it is a PD Day)

Coming Up in Kindergarten

A Special Visitor

Our school Constable, Constable Johnson, is visiting the classes to share his role as a community helper and all he does to support people in the community.  He will be in Ms. Rothe's classroom on December 4th and Ms. Phillips's classroom on December 5th.

Library

With the break coming up it's the perfect time to return all past weeks books to the library.

The upcoming Book Fair will be held during parent teacher conferences and times and dates will be posted closer to the event.

School Dance

We're looking forward to seeing all students and their families at the school dance next Thursday, December 6.  The dance is from 6:00 - 7:00. Kindergarten students can wear what they'd like that evening.  Students have been working on dances to share with you so come prepared to learn some new dances.  The bake sale requires cash so please come prepared to shop for baked goods to support our School Council initiatives.

PD Day next Friday, December 7th.  No students attend school next Friday!

Kindergarten News and Reminders

This Friday the AM students attend school.  Please remember to pack a lunch since dismissal time is at 1:25.  

Notices went home about the Holiday Bake Sale but a reminder that this is coming up and will be held in the Learning Commons (Library) from 6:00 to 6:45 the night of the school dance Thursday, November 6th.  The dance is from 6:00 - 7:00.

Students are learning patterns and patterning in math centers.  Reading books about patterns and identifying patterns in our school and world is ongoing.  

Our letter this week is h and students are working on the letter h, finding words that start with h and reviewing the letters and sounds we have learned to date.  

Tomorrow there is no library exchange for pm students.  There is the Indigo Circus presentation in the gym during our time

Ms. Phillips and Ms. Rothe 

Kindergarten This Week

This week we are working on the letter h.  Students are brainstorming words that start with the letter h and watching videos about the letter and sound h.

We are continuing our work on shapes and students are making patterns with shapes in math centers.

The Kindergarten classes are sharing a tree and will continue their work on shape and patterns to make garlands and decorations for our tree.

The school Dance is Thursday, December 6th and students are learning dances in gym class that will be part of our evening next Thursday.

Library

Students can return their books this Thursday and library visits continue to be one of their favorite times.

Ms. Phillips and Ms. Rothe

No School Tomorrow

This week the kindergarteners have been learning about 2D shapes and what makes them different from one another. We have been counting the sides and corners of each shape.
We have been focusing on the letter e and brainstorming different words that start with letter e.
For social studies, we have been discovering how we are all unique and different. We have been creating maps of our hearts to show others what we love the most.

Reminders:
- No school tomorrow for any students - Non-instructional day
- Family Dance is on December 6th - More information will be posted soon
- Library books are due every Monday and Thursday

Kindergarten This Week

Favorite Animal Day

Tomorrow is an opportunity for students to dress up as their favorite animal.  If they choose to do so they do not have to wear their uniform.  Please be creative and make or find ways of creating their animal costumes at home.  There is no need to go out to buy anything.

There is no school this coming Friday, November 23rd for both AM and PM Kindergarten students as it is a PD day.

The letter this week is e with the words we and wet for the two sounds.  Parents can read books and identify words with these two sounds as well as brainstorm words with the sounds to support learning the sounds this week.  Using the posted video on grapheme gestures is a good way to review the letters and sounds we have learned so far this year.

Thank you for making sure the library books are returned in a timely way and our library days continue to be Monday and Thursday.

Ms. Phillips and Ms. Rothe