Castle inquiry!

 The class was very excited about St George day last week. They had many questions. The girls  have also been making crowns and long Elsa hair (from the movie Frozen). So when we voted on what we wanted to change our market into next, the majority voted for a Castle!

We have started painting our boxes to create a castle in our classroom. Many of the students have participated. We are doing research on what a castle looks like, what we need to put in it, who are the people that live in castles. We have many books and images to help inspire us.

At our art easel,  the class was encouraged to try and draw a castle of their own. We were so impressed with the student's work!

The class have also been making many crowns, shields and royal fans!

Jacob brought in this drawing he made at home. Great work Jacob the knight!

Here are some of our french vocabulary words we are using.

Here is a song we have been singing:

We will post pictures when the castle is complete. 

Tech night

Just a reminder that tomorrow night is our tech night. We will be talking twitter, the blogs and other type of technology we are using in our Kinder classes. It should be a fun night!

Technology

Hello parents,

I had the opportunity to sit down with someone from the board this afternoon who taught me many new things in technology.  I have added links on the right side of the page to: raz-kids, dreambox, as well as the St George website, the Full-Day Kindergarten curriculum and the transportation website that tells you if buses are running.

She also introduced me to twitter. (yes, I had never been on twitter) If you would like to follow our class on twitter here it is:  @stgeorgefdk

It was a great afternoon of learning for me.

Mrs McAteer

Counting by 5

We are working on  counting by 5's. Here is a video that you can watch at home to practice.

                                

The children know that we skip count by 5 because it is a faster way yo get to 100!

Popcorn day

Hello, we will be having another popcorn day on Friday, April 11th for Ok Clean Water. Please bring a toonie!
*To avoid frustrations could you please send the toonie in your child's note tote . This way it won't get lost. You can even tape it to the notebook and leave the notebook open.
Thank you!

Tomatosphere 2014

The k1 class has been given the opportunity to conduct an experiment with tomato seeds.  There are 2 groups of seeds. One is labeled "T" and the other "V". One spent 22 months in space aboard the International Space Station. They left on July 8th 2011 and returned with Commander Chris Hadfield on May 15, 2013. The other half did not. We do not know which ones did or not. We have planted all the seeds from group 'T' and group 'V' and will take note of the growth.  We will then send submit our results to the Tomatosphere website.

It has been a great opportunity to talk about space. We watched a fun video on YouTube recorded in space showing us where the astronauts eat, sleep and exercise. 

Here are some students helping Mme Dolgos plant some seeds.

We will add pictures as they sprout!

The Farmer's Market

The St George Market! Le Marché St George!

Our flower shop has now transformed into a Farmer's Market! We still have flowers but we brainstormed what we find at the Market. We have added various fruit and vegetables. We have taken the opportunity to talk about french vocabulary of fruit and vegetables.

We read "La chenille qui fait des trous" this week. Many of the children had already heard the story in english. We used french vocabulary of fruit and other food. The class was really excited about the art in this book. We created the caterpillar from the book on Tuesday and the butterfly on Wednesday. They turned out so nice!

                                          

Here are our Hungry Caterpillars:

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Here are our butterflies:

                        

                      

Pyjama Day on Friday!

There will be a pyjama day this Friday, April 4th for Ok Clean Water. Please bring a loonie! Don't forget your teddy bear.