Welcome to the K2 Kindergarten class blog. We are settled into our
routines. Our Sk's have been great leaders for our new Jk's. Everyone seems to
be enjoying the new school year, getting to know each other and exploring all
the learning centres. The class voted on a class name. We are The Beautiful
Butterflies!
We welcome Mrs McGuinty to our class. The children get to spend Mondays,
Wednesdays and alternate Fridays speaking and learning in French with Mme
Dolgos and Tuesdays, Thursdays and alternate Fridays speaking and learning in
English with Mrs McGuinty. The children spend every day with me, Mrs McAteer,
the Early Childhood Educator. We also welcome Mrs Leduc who is the Educational
Assistant with us every morning.
The class has already done many fun activities. We worked on
self-portraits. We created our alphabet using various found materials. We are
doing various activities to practice our names ie: using magnet letters,
coloured transparent letters on the light table, writing our names in shaving
cream. We are working on a class book about us. We received a few Monarch
caterpillars and 1 chrysalis. Our Chrysalis has already turned into a beautiful
Monarch butterfly which we set free last Friday.
Here is our flow of the day:
8:55-9:20 Outdoor play while children arrive
9:25 Enter school and settle in
9:35 Carpet time: O Canada, Prayer, pick a leader, calendar,
lesson
950 Learning centres and snack, small group lessons
11:00 Tidy up and sharing time
11:30 Recess
12:10 Enter school and settle in for lunch
12:20- 12:50 Lunch, washrooms
1:00- 1:30 Quiet time. Relaxing music plays and lights are off. Children
can look at a book quietly
1:35 Carpet time, lesson
1:50 Learning centres and snack, small group lessons
3:00 Tidy up, sharing time and getting ready for home, outdoor play if
time permits
3:30 Dismissal
We have gym on Tuesday for 35 mins. We also have many opportunities to
do physical activities in class. We enjoys Just dance routines from You
tube! We will start yoga again soon.
We will start taking out books from the school library (learning
commons) as soon as it is set up and running. We will visit bi-weekly on
Fridays.
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Looking forward to an exciting school year!
