Short Week

 Hi everyone,
I hope you all had a fabulous week and a productive week end. The weather has been amazing! I hope it keeps up into the weeks to come. 
Next week is a short week for us seeing that it is only 3 days. It will be a very busy one here at Spring Park. We will celebrate Diversity week starting the week off with wearing orange shirts on Monday to show our support. If your child does not have an orange shirt they are encouraged to wear anything they have that is orange to show their support. On Monday our class will participate in a drum circle happening in the afternoon. Friday we listened to a drum circle on youtube. Through out the week we will read stories and do activities to further our learning. 

Our school wide Terry Fox run will be happening through out the day on Wednesday. Our class cohort will take the last slot of the day before heading home. Please be sure to check the weather for the day and dress them accordingly. The school will be collecting 1$ donation for the Terry Fox foundation. If you wish to donate please send in money on or before Wednesday. Any donation is excepted! Terry Fox always sparks a lot of conversation, feelings and emotions. It would be great if you spoke with your child about him and his journey to get them ready for the special day. 
Here are a couple of links you can watch as a family to get ready for the day. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FaYghR63LI Terry Fox and Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BzyHYZgMz8&t=1s - Terry Fox, Anything is possible
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1HheJV-pNM - Never give up on a dream-Rod Stewart 

Wednesday September 29 is library. The librarian has asked that the books be
returned the day before library. Please return books on Tuesday September 28 if your child has not already returned them. 

Friday your child went home with a yellow song duo tang. They will share their songs with you. We aren't great lol but we are working on it! I will attach a link to the last song in the duo tang to help you out. Please be sure to return Monday as we will continue to practice together. 
https://youtu.be/gBhTOkGr6_c?list=PL2flOGWRc8bh1UbG6G_r0lkpq07qh1UuN

I will be sending home new Jolly phonic practice sheets on Monday (c,e,x,n,l) We will keep these letters for an extra week seeing that we only have 3 days to cover them. The dark blue duo tang can stay home. Please take it out of the blue bag if you have not yet. When checking the agenda also please be sure to sign it daily. This lets me know you are looking at it, just in case a message has been put in there. If you have not paid your school fees yet this is a friendly reminder to please do so. You can pay the office $45.00. 

We will be having two nursing students join us in class over the next couple of weeks to observe the students. A letter went home the other day from the Nursing department, you can find out more there. Please sign this form and return by September 29. Students are asked to bring a Teddy bear for October 7th. I will send a reminder closer to that date. Please do not forget to send your child with forks/spoons. I do not have any in the class to pass out so some have been creative lately trying to eat their lunches and snacks. 

We will be learning all about apples this week. One of our projects will be to make apple sauce in class if time is in our favor. Could you please send in a plastic bowl and spoon in a ziplock bag with your child's name on it for Monday. 

Thats all for now. Hope a great week! 

Reminder:
No school thursday or Friday.
Terry Fox Wednesday- Bring $1 donation
Drum Circle and Orange shirt day Monday- Wear orange.
Library book return tuesday-Library class wednesday. 
School Fees due
Teddy Bear Clinic forms due Wednesday
Return yellow song duo tang Monday. 

Welcome to Maternelle!

 Hello everyone! 
Welcome to the exciting world of Maternelle! It will be a fabulous year of learning together! This is my first year teaching kindergarten however, I have taught grade 1 French immersion for over 10 years. I love this age for so many reasons! I am looking forward to meeting you all and working along side you as we watch your child grow both socially and academically! 

Just in case you wanted to know a little about me. I am from PEI and went through the French Immersion program in Summerside. I taught at Greenfield Elementary for a couple of years before I moved to Calgary. I taught grade two then back to grade one until this past June, when we decided to move our little family home to this beautiful island. Our daughter Winnie loves being here and going to see her grandparents and the beach! You will hear a lot of stories am sure of our adventures! 

Here is a little break down of what we will be learning. This month in class we will focus on routine, following instructions, how to play in large and small groups along with new French vocabulary focusing on school supplies this month. This week in class we are learning letters sounds and names for "m","i","a", and "t". We covered "s" last week. Every Friday we will review the letter sounds. You can help your childs' progression by reviewing with them and going over the Jolly phonics duo tang that will be sent home. We have also been working on pencil grasp and following a line of print. This is something we will continue to work on over the months to come. In class we teach and cover many subjects cross-curricular our main focus is on literacy and numeracy. 

In math, students are learning about patterns. They must know how to make a pattern using different attributes (ab, ab, ab/ aab, aab, aab/ abc,abc,abc.....) We have talked about how a pattern can be different sizes, have different colors, shapes, objects but patterns must repeat 3 times to make it a pattern. In French, patterns are called, les regularites. We will also be counting to 10 in French. Students will be working in math centers also this week, focusing on representing numbers with objects, recreating patterns, and counting.

In Science, we are learning about colors. Students will learn the name of colors in French. So far we have talked about the primary colors (rouge, jaune et bleu). This week they will do some experiments mixing these colors to find out what will happen. (Making secondary colors) 

In health, we will be learning about germs and how to properly wash our hands! In social studies, students will be learning about the meaning of identity, what makes us unique and what talents do we all have.

Students will also have the opportunity to develop their fine motor skills by participating in cutting, hole punch, pin push, tweezer centers this week. 

The students will take home their song duo tang Friday.  They will take it home every Friday and return it on Monday as we will be adding new songs each week.  This week we will focused on two songs and am sure they will love to sing these to you! Here are some links to songs we are singing in class. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXn5BFye360&t=20s -Bonjour, comment ca va?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4kNeFGBAcw- Les couleurs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atNkI6QFZ50 -Bonjour, bonjour!

Students will have their first library day on Tuesday, day 5. They are to return their library book in a extra-large ziplock bag labelled with their name please. 

We are practicing in class Bonjour! Je m'appelle________. Hi! My name is _____. Comment ca va? How are you? Ca va bien. I am good. Ca va comme-ci, comme-ca. I am OK. Ca va mal. I am not good or I feel bad. It can mean many different feelings.  You can practice these at home with your child! 


I think that's all for now. 

Have a great week! Enjoy the sunshine! 
Mme Laurie-Anne