Kindergarten with Ms. Thomas: Thursday, January 20th, 2022

Hi Families,

This week, we continued exploring the idea of being unique, and what we have to contribute to our classroom and community, by identifying and representing our SUPERPOWERS! This is the last component for our "All About Me" posters, before we start sharing them small group and then documenting them to share with our families at home.

What's My Superpower Read Aloud:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9LZPF4hGgM

Students listened to the book and tried to help identify what Nalvana's Superpower was. We then shared what we thought our own Superpowers were. Some students are Super Fast, others are Super Helpful, and some are even Super at Making Friends. What are the different Superpowers in your family?

On Tuesday, we enjoyed a virtual table-reading of Napi and the Rock, presented through the Calgary Public Library. The students were thoroughly engaged as the actors read VERY expressively. They all hope to be able to visit Okotok (the Big Rock) soon.

Okotok is the Blackfoot word for big rock.
The erratic can be found just outside of Okotoks,
on the way to Black Diamond.

If you would like to watch Napi and the Rock with your child, this is the link for the complete presentation: https://calgaryphil.com/napi-and-the-rock/

Discover the traditional Blackfoot story of Napi and the Rock
in a new virtual performance combining music and drama.
This special collaboration with Making Treaty 7 Cultural Society
features music performed by Calgary Philharmonic musicians,
combined with engaging storytelling and set design.

In Math, we've been exploring Number Lines. Students co-created a number line, sequencing number cards 0 to 10, looking at ways to identify where their assigned number would fit, and how to determine if numbers were missing. See if you can find an example of a number line at home.

If your child would like to explore Number Lines at home, here is an Interactive Number Line game (the game explores numbers higher than kindergarten curriculum):

Missing Numbers on a Number Line: https://www.splashlearn.com/s/math-games/missing-numbers-on-number-line

We ended our week with another Guided Drawing. Students had guesses at each step of the process about what animal we were drawing: cow, yak, buffalo, bull...ask your child what animal it ended up being, and how to spell the word.

When we were done, we conducted a Gallery Walk, celebrating everyone's drawings. We practiced generating specific compliments about the work we were seeing, and students did really well personalizing their compliments for skills and details they identified. Ask your child what they liked best about their own drawing.