EHS Kindergarten Blog 2019-2020

Today we had new arrival centers. Centers included: Sketching gourds and squash Pinecone sorting Cooperative games : Tick Tac Toe, snakes and ladders, candy land, memory Finger painting Fall trees Playdough loose parts Making Fall words with magnetic letters Writing names and friend names We read, The Most Magnificent Thing and stopped before the end of the book and had to make a prediction about the little girl made. Ask your child what they thought she created. They drew pictures and wrote about it in their journal. Mrs. Mask's class had music with Mrs. Coulson. Mrs. Conley and Mrs. Watterson had gym with Mr. Der. What did they learn today? The PM Kindergarten students attended an assembly for Orange Shirt Day. Ask your child what they learned at the assembly. For more information please visit: http://www.orangeshirtday.org  We are all readers in Kindergarten. We want to instill a love of reading in each and every child. Over the next couple of

Today was the Terry Fox run with Tuscany School and Twelve Mile School. We had such a good time, even with the winter weather rolling in today. Thank you to all of our school wide parent volunteers that helped make this event so successful! Mrs. Mask's AM kindergarten ( BLUE  group) will be participating with The Happiness Museum as indicated on the note that was sent home yesterday. Please send an item on Monday, September 30th. It will stay in the classroom and sent home on Friday, October 4th. ORANGE  shirt day on is on  Monday, Sept.30.  Orange shirt day is to promote awareness about Indigenous residential school system and the impact on their communities. It is the day we honor the Indigenous children who were sent away to residential schools in Canada. Since winter seems to have arrived early, please have your children dressed for the weather as we will continue to go outside. It is also a good idea to label your child's belongings with both first and last names.  As

Today we painted our texture collage. We experimented with mixing colours. What happens when you add white to your paint colour? What happens when you add black? All classes had gym today. We worked on relay races and passing skills. We read Scribble, and practiced making wavy lines. Try making these lines at home. Mrs. Mask's AM kindergarten ( BLUE  group) folders came home today with a notice about The Happiness Museum. Please send an item on Monday September 30th. It will stay in the classroom and sent home on Friday October 4th. ORANGE shirt day on is on Monday. Orange shirt day is to promote awareness about Indigenous residential school system and the impact on their communities. It is the day we honor the Indigenous children who were sent away to residential schools in Canada. AM Kindergarten On Monday, we will have a Terry Fox walk with the AM students around our field. The students will have a snack provided after our walk. That way all students will be able t

We did texture art today. We used our cereal boxes and loose parts to create a texture collage. We will add to our collage tomorrow. We had to choose at least 10 items with a variety of textures. We read, A Pair of Socks. We talked about different ways items can be sorted. As a class, each student got a sock. We then looked at our socks and had to decide how to organize them. AM kindergarten sorted by long, polka dots, fuzzy, picture, stripped and shape socks. Can you try this at home? Your child can help sort the laundry and decide how socks could be sorted. All students went to gym class today. What activities did your child engage in? A Kindergarten Calendar came home in our folders. Please check your child's backpack. Some parents had older versions of the calendar. The up to date calendar is also available on the school website. Sorry about the confusion. http://school.cbe.ab.ca/school/ericharvie/SiteCollectionDocuments/2019-2020-EHS-Kindergarten-Friday-Times.pdf

Today was picture day. Big smiles all around! We read, The Button Box and each got a cup of buttons to try and sort. What did you notice about the buttons? Size, colour, shape, number of holes, texture etc. The students then paired off and played a button game. A cup was filled with buttons. We swirled the buttons around . Each person closed their eyes and picked one button. Once we picked a button we opened our eyes and described the button. Then we had to find the similarities between the two buttons. Can you play this game at home? You can use a number of different objects to play. We read,  Soft and Smooth, Rough and Bumpy. We learned about our sense of touch. We had mystery bags and had to describe how each item in the bag felt. Mrs. Mask's classes went to gym class. Mrs. Conley and Mrs. Watterson's class had music. It was a beautiful day so we took a break and went to the playground in the morning. Hopefully we can go tomorrow afternoon as well. Mrs. Watterso

Today is the first day of Fall so we talked about Fall. What are some changes we see?  We read, Mouse's First Fall and drew in our journals about our favorite fall activity. The AM students had a chance to look at and describe buttons. See the picture below. Can you describe each button? What do you notice about them? Can you sort them in different ways. The AM students attended an assembly about Terry Fox. Who is he and why is he so special? The PM students participated in our first fire drill of the school year. We learned how to line up quickly and quietly to go outside. Green Group - please send in your "Happiness Museum" item and we will start sharing tomorrow with the PM students. If you have an empty cracker or cereal box, please send one in with your child by Wednesday.  It is for an art project we will be working on. Thank you! Folders sent home today with first scholastic book order of the year.  Scholastic book orders are due Sept 30.  Please see the

Today we looked at non fiction and fiction stories about families. We talked about how all families look different and spoke about our own. Students drew and wrote about their families in their journals. We have first year student teachers Ms. Pickford and Ms. Grover from Mount Royal University joining our morning kindergarten classes every Wednesday.We are happy to have them helping out in our class. All classes went to gym today. What games did your child play today? With the last days of summer coming to an end, we graphed our favourite summer activity. Ask your child what they choose. Talk about the words, more, less, most, least at home. When out on errands or in the household see if you can have your child look at a group of items and compare. Which has more, less, the same? Mrs. Watterson's class had a notice go home about The Happiness Museum.  Each class will be participating, but Mrs. Watterson's group will start next week from September 23-