Here we are with our grade 4 and grade 5 'Tech Buddies'.  We have mostly just spent our time getting to know one another and reading stories together.

Introducing Our Kindergarten Friends

Wait until you hear the cutest little voices EVER!  Here are the afternoon kinders introducing themselves in French.  Watch it together with your little one and ask him or her for a live demo of "Je m'appelle____."

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I'd also like to take this opportunity to introduce Monsieur Dénis.  He is featured at the very end of our video.  He is an educational assistant in the school and a big part of his job is doing math support, so he spends a lot of time playing math games with the kindergarten and grade 1 students (individually and in small groups).

Songs We Love

Check out this song that we have been singing in class and ask your child to perform it for you. Be careful, though. It's very catchy! I guarantee you'll be humming it all day tomorrow.

Salut - Le clown Alexandre

Math Centres: Part 2

We started our second round of math centres yesterday.  The kids had a great time practicing their patterns, 'counting on' numbers, playing number memory, going on a counting hunt, and using magnifying glasses in our 'I Spy' number game.

 

Star Behaviour and Artists at Work

Last week we started our Star Behaviour program in kindergarten.  It is a system that serves as a reminder for students to follow all of the (strange and new) rules that come along with starting school.  It has built-in consequences and incentives and it's my favourite way to manage twenty energetic 4- and 5-year olds who are getting used to raising their hands, changing into indoor shoes, and asking to use the bathroom.  This year I have added a punch card as a way to communicate with parents about how their child's days are going, and as a way to reward students who make an effort to follow classroom expectations.  After seven days on the star, your child will get to pick a ticket which will give them a prize like staying in at recess with a friend, eating their snack at the teacher's desk, or wearing a costume to school. 

Today we used watercolour paint to decorate our September printing samples and self-portraits.  The kids took great care to add detail and vibrant colour to their work.  

Our literacy centres are up and running!

We started our literacy centres yesterday.  They will help the kids practice a variety of literacy-related skills on a daily basis.  Three of them will change weekly to go along with our themes and to help keep the kids engaged.

Listening to Books:

The kids use a QR code scanner on the iPad to pick a story.  It takes them to a website to listen and 'watch' the book that they chose.

Lire, dire et écrire: Find the words, read the words, and write the words

 les couleurs

 

Reading in our Classroom Library

Activity: La coccinelle est rouge.

Word Work: Letter Beads