Hi Families,
Here are some stories from our wonderful week!
Poppy Painting
This week we read stories about Peace and made poppies in different ways. We have begun to write our own peace stories too:
'Peace smells like fresh air'.
'Peace feels like rose petals'.
'Peace tastes like pepperoni pizza fresh from the oven'.
'Peace looks like friends helping each other'.
'Peace sounds like friends laughing'.
Chicka Chicka Letters
Our alphabet is still growing! We got the letters Gg and Nn this week. The Giraffe and Ninja Turtle letters were really great!
Math Centre
Our Math centre has some new activities this week! There are new materials for us to work with. Now we can sort, measure, count, and match with dominoes, cubes, links, chains, dinosaurs, and even worms!
Nature Walk
On our visit to the forest this week we looked for interesting things and then we sorted them in to 2 piles - 'nature' things and 'people' things. We noticed that all the 'people' things were junk and garbage and that they shouldn't be in the forest!
Beautiful Junk
We opened our Beautiful Junk centre this week! It is a great place to build and create and imagine! We have lots of neat things sorted by colour and we can find what we need and use it!
**We are always looking for boxes, lids, containers, and wrapping paper tubes so please send them in if you have any!!!
Snow!
It snowed today!! It was not a lot of snow but we had fun making snow angels and piles of snow!
Hi Families,
Here are some stories from our wonderful week!
Helping Hands
This week we introduced 'Helping 'Hands'. Each week we will have 6 helpers. They get to sit on the couch or on special seats. The helpers get to help the classroom by stacking chairs, cleaning shelves, and taking the attendance.
Halloween
We all got to wear costumes on Halloween. We had Superman, Vampires, Spider girls, a Mermaid, and a Hulk! It was fun to see our cool costumes and to pretend to be someone else. After lunch, we did the parade. We walked in the gym and all around the school. We also got to pull the seeds out of a pumpkin and put a face on it! 
Tulips
We helped to plant tulip bulbs in JK yard in the gardens around the trees. We have to wait a long time but we are excited to see them. We think the tulips will be red and white.
Chicka Chicka Letters
On Friday we got the letter S. We predicted that it might be a snake, a snowman, Superman, a sun, a spider, or a sandwich. It really was a spider! But it only had 2 eyes and not 8 like usual spiders.
Chickadee Visits
The JK families get to come to school to visit. We have had some Moms and Dads so far. More will come to visit next week!
Hi Families,
After a P.A Day last week, we have a lot to tell you about!
Ms. Boag's Library
On Monday, we opened 'Ms. Boag's Library' in our classroom. We all got to choose a special book from her collection to take home and read with our families. We saw some of our favourite books and some new titles too!
Tree Painting
On Tuesday, we went to the forest to look at the trees in the Fall with Mrs. Darlow. Then in the afternoon we thought about the fall trees and we painted them with Mrs. Boag! First, we made the tree trunk and then used sponges to make leaves.
New Trees!
On Wednesday, it was 'Get Outside and Play Day'! We had fun playing outdoor games like 'Fruit Salad', 'Here and There', and 'Don't Throw Your Junk in My Backyard'!
We were also surprised to see 4 trucks in our backyard! The Board has given us 3 new trees and they used a digger to dig holes and to plant them!
We named the trees Fireball (Autumn Blaze Maple Tree), Big Red (Red Oak), and Honey (Honey Locust). We promise to water them and take good care of them!
Leaf Hunt
On Thursday, we went on another nature walk but this time we had a challenge. It was a leaf hunt challenge. We each needed to choose 2 leaves from the forest floor that were our favourites. We drew pictures of the leaves in our nature journals and then brought them back to class! 
Chicka Chicka Letters
This week we got 2 new letters for our Chicka Chicka alphabet! We got the letters H and J. The Hh was a house and a hive for bees. The Jj was a jaguar and a jigger (we learned this is a kind of fish hook).
Hi Families,
What a wonderful week we have had! Here are our stories.
Art Wall
We have an art wall in our class. It has lots of art on it. Our art is different colours, pictures, and shapes. We made our names. We made paintings. We made nature pictures too. We love the art wall because it is beautiful!
Gym
Gym is our favourite place to go. We like to run and play in the gym. This week we played with 2 parachutes!
Nature Walk
This week we went on our first nature walk to the forest. We saw a snake!! It was nice visiting the forest.
Book Fair
This week it was the book fair. We all went to the book fair together and we each made a list of the books we liked. Some of us went to the book fair last night to get a book. Some books have our favourite characters and some books have stickers inside and some books have toys inside. We love to read! Thank you for supporting our school!
Potato Measuring
We got a potato from the Markham Fair that was grown by a farmer on a potato farm. It won the prize for being the biggest and heaviest potato at the Fair! We measured it on a balance scale and tried to find something in our class that was heavier than the potato.
Chicka Chicka Letter W
We read a book called 'Chicka Chicka Boom Boom' and we made letter W. We made our Ws into watermelons, whales, walrus, wagons, worms, and Wonder Woman! We are going to put our letter Ws in the mailbox to send them to other schools and hopefully we get some letters back!
Train Station
We got some paper trains and buses at the Markham Fair. We made a train station for them to park in. We also made tracks, roads, and signs for the station.
Mystery Plant
We brought a mystery plant back from Markham Fair. We have looked closely at it this week and found some clues:
-it is round
-it is green and purple
-it is a plant but it is not a flower
-it has leaves
We made predictions of what we thought it was
-it's broccoli
-it's a rose
-it's lettuce
Today we found out that it is a cabbage!! Thank you parents and families for your help!
Every morning we begin the day by signing in using our name cards. Each letter of our name is in a box. We are using these cards to count the letters in our names and find the longest names and the shortest names. 
