We are the Bluejays in Ms. Boag and Ms. Ancona's class and we are excited to share some stories from our first weeks back to school! Every Friday we will be writing stories about our adventures and learning in Kindergarten! Ms. Boag will also post important messages, dates, and reminders here.
Coming Up in Kindergarten
- September 16 - School Council Meeting
- September 23 - P.A. Day
- September 25 - Scholastic Book Orders Due
-September 27 - Terry Fox Run
- October 3 - Markham Fair Field Trip
Here are some stories from our week:
Fire AlarmOn Wednesday we had our first fire drill. We practised leaving the classroom and lining up outside. The fire alarm is a loud noise but we all walked safely outside.
Centres We Love
There are so many places to work and play and learn in our classroom. Our favourites right now are the construction centre and the snack centre! At construction we create houses, ramps, roads, and towers and we are practicing taking turns, sharing materials, and tidying up when we are finished. At the snack centre we find our nametag to save our spot and then we go and wash our hands. After that, we get to eat our snacks! It is fun to talk to our friends here and to see all the different foods that we eat!
Popsicle Shop
We have opened a 'Popsicle Shop' in the Let's Pretend Centre. We create different popsicles using sticks and coloured foam and our friends come to visit. They tell us their order and need to give us some money coins before we give them a popsicle.
Making Art
We are artists in Kindergarten and we love making things. This week we created art using the first letter of our name. We also tried painting with tempera paint, water colour paint, and finger paint! Some of us made party hats with Ms. Ancona and we are going to enter them in the Markham Fair art competition!
Finger Painting
Finger painting is so much fun! We love to be messy! We got to choose our paint colour and paint a picture using our fingers and hands. We made swirls, lines, dots, and waves. Some of us chose one colour and some mixed colours. The paint was squishy and cold. Brown Bear, Brown Bear
We read the book Brown Bear, Brown Bear this week and Ms. Boag brought out a felt board with all the pieces to the story! Now, we like to read the book with our friends and retell the story!
Nature Walk
We went on our first nature walk this week with Mrs. Darlow. We walked around the school field and looked for nature things to bring inside. We are using the leaves, grass, flowers, rocks, and feathers that we found to create pictures.
Dot Day
Friday was Dot Day to celebrate Peter Reynolds book 'The Dot'. We worked together to create our own dot masterpiece using different shaped lids.
