Our Week April 3 - 6

Hi Families,

Here are some stories from our 2 short weeks at school. 

It's a Zoo!
We have been busy making different animals to go in our zoo. Now we have started to think about what a zookeeper does in the zoo. We are researching our zoo animals to see what the zookeepers do to take care of them. 
                          

Elephants and Polar Bears
We watched a video about elephant zookeepers. They clean the elephant's feet, look in their mouths, and cut up celery and apples for the elephants to eat.
                         

Ms. S brought in a paper polar bear for us to see and it was so big! It was as big as our carpet! We did not know that polar bears could be so big! We have been working in small groups to try to measure our polar bear in different ways. So far we have measure using cards, shapes, and dominoes.
     

3D Shapes
It is fun learning about 3D shapes. We have a 3D song that we like to sing everyday. We have looked for different 3D shapes in our classroom and have tried to build our own. 

Shape Shadows
At the construction centre we all got to build a tower using 3D shapes. Then we put a flashlight behind our tower so we could see the shadows. We put paper on the wall and then we drew our shadows to make our towers into art.

             

Getting Ready for the Concert!
On April 26th at 6:30pm it will be our Kindergarten Concert 'Rhythm of the Night'. We have been busy learning about dances from around the world and we have decided to do a hula dance for the concert! Our song is called Hawaiian Roller Coaster - be sure to ask us to show you our cool moves!

Our Week - March 19 - 23

Hi Families,

Welcome Back!!! We hope you had a restful March Break! We were excited to share stories from our March Break in our sharing circle and we wrote stories for our Special Books.

March Break Journals
Each Day this week we have had students share their March Break Journals. They each take a turn to show pictures and answer questions. 

Eye Tests
Our Bluejays has their vision screening this week. They all had a photo taken of their eyes with a special camera. Then they did different tests wearing glasses or with one eye closed.

Graduation Photos
Our Bluejays were very excited to bring home their Graduation photos to show their families. Please remember to place your orders by March 29th!

It's a Zoo
We have decided to close our Aquarium and are creating a zoo! We have made different animals from egg cartons and now we are making them homes.

Ramp Challenge
As we begin to explore shapes we have started to make ramps in our construction. We are trying to see what shapes will roll the farthest and the fastest. 

Spring
Spring is here! We were happy to see that there is no snow left! We went out to the forest with our big buddies today to look for Spring changes.

Welcome Ms. S!
Ms. S has joined us this week from UOIT. She is teaching us about 3D shapes. 

Our Week Before March Break! March 5-9

Hi Families,

We wish you all a safe and happy March Break! Remember that your child has a March Break Journal that he/she can write stories in. Or feel free to send us a postcard!

Here are some stories from the week.

Birthday Balloons
This week we sorted ourselves based on our Birthdays. We made Birthday Balloons this week to go on our wall to show our sorting. Now we can see when our friends have birthdays!

Nature Walk
Owl Game - Ms. Boag was the owl and we all had 10 seconds to hide while she closed her eyes. If she called our name we were caught! We also spent some time listening to the forest and looking all around. We each chose a quiet sit spot where we could draw things that we thought we interesting.


Superhero Costumes
Some people knew that they did not have superhero costumes so this week we made our own costumes! We used paper, string, paint, pencil crayons, plates, crayons and more to make our costumes!
                       

Superhero Shapes
After a Chickadee noticed that Batman's logo is an oval shape we decided to look for more superhero shapes! We drew them into our shape books!
                           

Big Buddies
Our Big Buddies came to visit on Thursday. Together we made superheroes and side kicks. We used a blank person shape and then we coloured them to turn them into superheroes. We gave each superhero a power and a superhero name.
                       


Superhero day
Superhero Day is special because we get to wear costumes. It is fun to pretend to be superheroes and to to make superhero poses. We had many Wonder Women, Supergirls, Spidermen, and Batmen! We named superheroes and sorted them in different ways.

One of our Bluejays brought a game for us to try! It was called 'Pin the A on Captain America'! We really liked this game!
                

Our Week - February 26 - March 2

Hi Families,

Here are some stories from the week...

Olympics
The Winter Olympics finished on the weekend, but the Black Walnut Olympics finished on Wednesday! We were very happy that our class country of Slovenia finished the race! We learned a lot about winter sports and had fun learning new ways to exercise. 
                              


It's a Zoo
We read the story Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell. It is a funny story with a patterned text so we enjoyed helping to read the story. After reading, we decided to make some of our own animals that we can tell our own stories with and then we can make a zoo with them.
                   


Pink Shirt Day
On Wednesday, we celebrated Pink Shirt Day by wearing pink and red.  We practised being a buddy not a bully and made our own T-shirts with messages. 

Here are some of our thoughts on being kind:

Being kind is talking to people and helping them get to the snack table
Being kind is not grabbing. We should be nice sharing and ask nicely
Being Kind is reading a book to a chickadee and helping them
Being Kind is not breaking things. We should be kind and gentle and careful
Being Kind is playing with everyone and not being mean. Try to make a new friend each day.

                      
                          
Shapes! Shapes! Shapes!
This week for our nature walk we used clipboards and pencils and went on a shape walk. We stopped in different places and looked for shapes in the world around us and drew them into our shape books.
When we got back to class, we added some different shapes to our math centre to play with and explore. 
       
                                
Letter Book
We took down our Chicka Chicka Letters this week and put them together in a book. It was fun to look back on all the art we received and we already love looking at our new class book. 
                     



Chicks
We had 4 special visitors on Wednesday. One of our Bluejays brought in some chicks that she and her family are taking care of. She told us that they came out of eggs and are now growing big! We watched them eat and drink and we listened to them peeping!


Grad Photos
Our Bluejays looked fantastic today for their SK Grad photos. You are going to love them!
             

Our Week - February 12 - 16

Hi Families,

Enjoy Family Day on Monday and we will see you on Tuesday back at school.

Here are some stories from our week of celebrations!

Olympic Podium
We have been tracking Team Canada all week and have put up a flag each time Canada won a medal in the Olympics - it is very exciting!! If anyone has any newspaper clippings about the Olympics at home please send them in!
                          


Hundredth Day
Tuesday was our 100th Day of School! Some friends made collections at home of 100 things. We made stories together about things we love so much we want 100 of them!
                            

Valentine's Day
On Wednesday we wore red, pink, and white to celebrate Valentine's Day. We made mailboxes and we gave out cards. It was fun to read the messages from our friends.
                         

Lunar New Year
On Friday we celebrated Lunar New Year! Some friends wore new and special clothes. We painted numbers, made noodles, and played mah jong. 
    

Olympic Challenge
We continued our school's Olympic Challenge this week. Our exercises trained us for snowboarding, bobsled, luge, skeleton, and aerials. You should see our muscles!!
         

Gingerbread Houses
Our gingerbread houses are complete! Check your folders to see pictures of the completed products. 
                     


Snowman Report
We had 4 Snowmen come back to us this week! We had a Police snow-woman, a Chef, a Ballerina, and a Chinese New Year Girl.
                             

Our Week - February 5 - 9

Hi Families,

What a great week! Here are some stories...

Cube Names
Using connecting cubes we have started to make our names. Some letters are very tricky like the letter A but we are trying our best. Can you read our names?

Fish Surveys
We have finally started to name our pet fish! We took photos of the fish and started to brainstorm names for each fish. Then, different students made surveys to ask the class what names were their favourites. So far we have names for 4 fish....4 more to go!
                                   

Marble Maze
With a new Marble Maze kit in our construction centre we are making some innovative designs! You have to get the marble from the top of the maze to the bottom through different swirls and loops. 



Grade 2 Show
Ms. Phongsy's grade 2 students came to visit this week to present a play! They showed us the story 'Stephanie's Ponytail' by Robert Munsch. It was a very funny story and the kids did a great job!


Mask Making
We found a pile of paper plates at the art centre and have started to make all sorts of masks!! We are thinking of putting on a show - we just have to figure out a story with Transformers, ladybugs, owls, and mice in it!

Olympics

We are so excited that the Olympics have finally started! We spent the week getting ready for the Olympics by learning about Canada and about our new country for Black Walnut's Olympic Challenge. We are playing as the Slovenia team. We learned that Slovenia has 71 competitors this year and they are very good a skiing sports! 



For the Black Walnut Olympics, we learn about a new sport each day and do exercises to train for that sport. So far we have learned about curling, aerial skiing, and cross country skiing. 









We are keeping points in the school and so far our class is one of the classes in the lead!!


Snowman's Big job
We all got a very special snowman today in our folders. We are excited to give our snowmen a job!