Masks and Rapid Test Kits

 We have received our delivery of rapid tests and medical grade masks from Alberta Education.

Today we will be distributing these items to students. We will be helping each student to put these in their backpacks ​to ensure they find their way home at the end of the day. Each student will be receiving a personally labelled Ziploc bag with 10 disposable masks and 1 box of rapid tests (each box contains 5 tests). We received masks for each student to have a 10 day supply. The masks going home are for students to wear to school in the morning. Teachers will have additional masks in the classroom so students can change their mask after lunch. ​All K-6 masks are identical. Students can continue to wear masks provided from home if they prefer. 

If your child was not at school today to get their package, they will be kept in the office and sent home when your child returns to school. Please contact the office if you would like to pick up the package – which will be available Wednesday morning. We cannot accommodate pick ups today.

Thank you.

Friday, January 14th, 2022

Hello Families, 

Happy 2022 and welcome back to school! It was so exciting to see everyone back after an extended winter break. We've had a wonderful week reconnecting with each other, and our space. 

This week, students were introduced to some new work choices in the classroom:

Creative, collaborative exploration.

Developing our understanding of light and shadow.

Applying understanding of shape and pattern.

Developing communication through cooperative play and problem solving.

One BIG idea!

Ordering from tallest to shortest using matryoshka snowmen.

Creating sets of objects to match numerals.
Organizing by twos to develop sense of odd and even. 

We love puzzles and get excited when
there are new ones, and bigger ones to solve!

Write the Room: Winter Vocabulary

We revisited patterns and subitizing through some different snowmen activities:

Examples and Non-Examples: Snowmen Patterns

Can your child explain the reasoning why
each pattern is an example or non-example?

Roll-a-Snowman
Have your child teach you this game at home. 

Learned a new rhyme, to the tune of, "I'm a Little Teapot":

We developed actions to connect to each verse,
as well as identified rhyming words,
and predicted an ending. 

And did a step-by-step drawing of a "pup":

The teacher illustrates each step of the drawing on the SMARTboard.
Students match each step in their sketchbooks, step-by-step, 
developing spatial awareness, 
and practicing different lines.

We are learning about labels for our work.
Together, we stretch out the target word, identifying how many sounds it has.
Counting sounds is an important, foundational literacy skill. 
We then match the sounds to letters. 

Students then label their own drawing,
focusing on proper letter formation.

In your child's backpack today, please find the most recent Scholastic Reading Club flyer. If you wish to purchase any books, please see the instructions on the front of the flyer, and use our Class Code: RC190704. Prices and availability of this flyer expire at the end of February. 

Reminders:

- Friday, January 21st: PM Kindergarten

- Friday, January 28th: AM Kindergarten
- Monday, January 31st: PD Day

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
Ms. Thomas

Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays from the Elves of Room 15!

See everyone on Tuesday, January 4th! 

Move-ember!

 Hello Families, 

 

Thank you so much to everyone who participated by tracking their movement minutes in Move-ember! The active living am happy to announce the winning class is ROOM 16!

 

Way to go to all the students’ in Ms. Carroll’s class who earned 27, 729 minutes in November!

 

The list of honourable mentions includes:

Room 10 with 19, 321 minutes

Room 17 with 17, 751 minutes

Room 13 with 15 440 minutes

 

Lake Bonavista School earned a grand total of 153, 782 movement minutes in the month of November, this is equivalent to 2, 563 hours or 106.8 days spent moving. Outstanding work LBS! Do your best to keep the movement up all through December and stay tuned for new challenges in 2022!

 

Wishing everyone a wonderful holiday season!

 

From the Active Living Committee

Friday, December 10th, 2021

Hi Families, 

We are having so much fun in our class in the days leading up to break! There are a number of new choices for students to engage in, as well as the opportunity to revisit familiar choices with some new materials! 

Celebration Station Dramatic Play

North Pole Maker Space

Vertical Writing Space (reusing plexiglass dividers)

Ornament Beading

Christmas Colour Sorting

Math Game with Nutcracker Game pieces

Mini Ornament Sorting

We've also been working on some direct teaching tasks, with our Mathematic Christmas Trees, and our All About Me ongoing poster work.

Our Subitizing Board

Creating sets, ordering shortest to longest,
and self-correcting using number sequence and patterns. 

O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree...

Our ongoing "All About Me" posters.

Finally we have been enjoying some seasonal riddles and jokes to end the day. 

We're working on our "punny" sense of humour ;)

Important Dates and Reminders:

Friday, December 10th - PM Kindergarten (again)
Thursday, December 16th - Festive Sweater Day
Friday, December 17th - AM Kindergarten
Friday, December 17th - PJ Day
Friday, December 17th - Last Day of School 

Tuesday, January 4th - First Day of School in 2022!

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
Ms. Thomas

Friday, December 3rd, 2021

Hi Families, 

Happy December! The energy is high in Kindergarten these days as we work through our final weeks before break. We hope everyone continues to stay happy and healthy - we appreciate your ongoing communication regarding expected and unexpected absences. 

A couple of reminders for the next couple of weeks:

- Please ensure your child has extra clean masks in their backpack to continue the independence with protocols at school. 

- We will continue to go outside on Fridays. Please ensure your child is dressed with boots, snowpants, jacket, mittens and something to cover their head. 

Important upcoming dates:

Friday, December 10 - PM Kindergarten
Thursday, December 16 - Festive Sweater Day 
Friday, December 17 - AM Kindergarten
Friday, December 17 - PJ Day 
Friday, December 17 - Last Day of School

Tuesday, January 4 - First Day of School in 2022!

Have a wonderful weekend!
Ms. Thomas

Classroom Donations

Hi Families, 

For some upcoming projects, we are looking for donations of magazines/flyers/pamphlets that have pictures of nature. Ideally, the paper would be glossy, but we will take all donations. 

You can send them in with your child, or if you have a larger donation, send us an email and we'll make arrangements.

Thank you!
Ms.Thomas and Ms.Romanko