Friday, October 22nd, 2021

Hi Families, 

Sorry for the late blog update!

Literacy

Last week, as part of our Literacy routines, students were introduced to some of the characters from the Animated Literacy program. Animated Literacy provides explicit, systematic instruction in phonological awareness, through multi-sensory approaches. There are opportunities to build differentiation through the program, so learners who are at different stages of their letter/sound acquisition. 

This visuals will also be added to Google Classroom by the end of the week if you would like to print them and have your child colour them, or to complement your home practice routines. 

We also learned a seasonal rhyme and developed actions together:

See if your child care recite with you, and teach you the actions. 
It's ok if new actions are developed. 

We also introduced Mat Man this week. Mat Man is another multi-sensory activity that teachers body awareness, drawing and pre-writing readiness skills. Mat Man is made up of the different straight and curved lines used to form our letters. 

Mathematics

We compared and sorting objects in the classroom by colour, shape, size and other attributes. We also sorted ourselves into hair colours, pants colour, teacher and shoe type (velcro, laces, slip ons). 

You can practice this at home by having your child sort objects and having you guess the rule, or vice versa. Extra spicy version: sort by attribute or category (things that fly vs things that don't, wild animals vs pets, etc) 

Indigenous Learning

Connecting to our story, "The Sharing Circle", students created their own talking stick. In the story, a sharing circle helps the members of the animal community solve a conflict that has happened, and a talking stick lets everyone's voice be heard. We plan on practicing using our talking sticks in the classroom, and then brining them home to host child-led sharing circles with our families. 

We also introduced the students to a Molly of Denali, an animated series featuring a First Nations character from Alaska: https://gem.cbc.ca/media/molly-of-denali/s01 

Halloween Expectations

This Friday, October 29th, students at Lake Bonavista School will be celebrating Halloween! 

It is a AM Kindergarten day. Students are invited to wear their costumes to school. If students choose to wear their costumes to school, they must arrive with it on. We remind students that we are not wearing costume masks, and that no weapons are allowed. 

Due to COVID regulations, no outside treats (edible or other) are permitted for classroom sharing. 

Thank you families! 

Additional Reminders:

- Friday, October 29th: Halloween at LBS

- Tuesday, November 2nd: Photo Retakes

- Thursday, November 4th: Moustache Day

- Sunday, November 7th: Time Change

Thank you families!
Ms. Thomas