Last day of school!!

The last day of school always brings such mixed emotions for us educators. We are so excited for summer (as are all the kiddos) but we are also so sad to see this group of kids move on to the next chapter of their life. We are also so proud of what they have  accomplished over the past year and how much they have grown.

As a team we would like to thank all of you parents and your kids for a wonderful school year full of songs, smiles, learning, play and sharing and for the extreme generosity you have shown us through gifts, support, volunteer hours, and kind words. We want to wish you a safe and relaxing summer with your families. 

Please check your child's note tote one last time for a Pirate year book, a special award they received today as they graduated from kindergarten, and a little something from us :)

Thank you again from all of us- un gros merci!

Jessica, Amber, Gilda and Shanna

Sneaky Learning - Summer Edition - MATH ACTIVITIES

Here are some sneaky learning activities to help practice math skills over the summer months :) Click on the pictures to be sent to the blog or website that fully explains the activities.

This could be done using chalk on the sidewalk or drive way :)

Fun and easy to prepare. Grab some popsicle sticks from the dollar store and a patch of unused grass or garden space.

Not really an outdoor game but great for practising number formation.

http://www.messforless.net/search/label/Learning%20Activities?max-results=5

This website has great ideas!

A nice compilation of outdoor math activities.

A fun and active way to practice shape recognition in the house, the backyard and around the neighborhood!

Hide and seek with numbers! Great for active little learners who need to practice number recognition. You could also pair this with pictures of objects (ie. a picture of 10 ladybugs, they have to find the number 10 hidden in the garden and match it with the right picture).

This picture also links to a great site called Making Boys Men: Growing our Boys Through Fun, Play and Adventures! This site is wonderful for our boys who like to learn through more active play and are kinesthetic learners. 

Another compilation of indoor and outdoor math activities great for summer time learning.

Sneaky Learning Summer Edition - LITERACY ACTIVITIES

During many of our discussions with parents recently, we have been asked how the children can continue to practice and learn over the summer. Mrs. Steeves and I are strong advocates of learning through fun and play and therefore thought we would collect a number of different ideas of how the kids can do so through the summer months.

The following is a collection of fun ideas of games and ideas for practising LITERACY skills over the summer (another post is on the way with similar math games). The games can be played in both languages and we strongly encourage our students to continue learning through play over the summer! Click on the image to be taken to the page that explains the activity :)

TWISTER with Sight Words!!

A collection of great sight word games- remember: you can play these in either French or English. Just use the sight words we sent home in May!

Great backyard (or driveway) literacy activities!

This is a great activity for very active little people. Just hide foam letters (easily purchased at Dollar Store) outside in the back yard and have a "home base" bucket where they have to drop the letters in once they find them!

HOPSCOTCH and learning?!? Great for letter recognition, sight words, sound blends and even numbers!!

This is a great game that we have played frequently in the classroom. Great for kinesthetic learners.

FUN! (and educational!) Again, this game could be played with numbers, letters, sound blends as well. 

A fun way to practice sight words. Just print these cards and have your child pick one. They then follow the directions on the card and practice their sight words!

New items in the "Home Connections" tab

As promised to some parents during interviews, we have posted Mrs. Steeves' handy letter formation information in the "Home Connections" tab (see above). The pictures posted are little "poems" kids can say out loud while they write their letters in order to help them with proper letter formation :) Hopefully, you will also be able to print them out at home. 

Please check back soon for an addition of "Sneaky Learning" ideas that are great for practising over the summer months :) 

Un gros merci!!!

We realized today after parents had left that we didn't say a proper thank you after our spectacle. We are thrilled with the students performance and very proud of their hard work and the tremendous progress they have made over the past months. We hope that you enjoyed the 'spectacle' today and we are so thankful that you were able to join us. Thank you also for working tirelessly on the songs and play lines that went home. It is so wonderful to have such a helpful and supportive parent community. 

Merci!!

Reminders

A couple friendly reminders:

-tomorrow Wednesday June 3rd is our play "Les trois petits cochons" at 2:15 in Room 20. 

-please return the interview request forms  by Thursday June 4th. If you did not receive a form, please let us know by email

-please send back any library books or book-in-a-bag books to school

-please remember to keep checking and returning your child's note tote. As the year comes to an end we will have many things to send home and a note tote helps to keep us all organized. If your child has misplaced their note tote, a lare zip loc bag will do with their name on it :). Remind them (as we do each day) that it is their responsibility to bring it to and from school. This is great practice for future grades! 

Thanks for your continued support! Liking forward to seeing many of you tomorrow!

Interviews, Spectacle and more!

Hi parents!

Lots of exciting things happening in Room 20 lately! I'm sure many of your kiddos have told you about the newest addition to our class-- baby chicks!!! (Well 'des oeufs' for now but in the next few weeks we hope to seem some 'poussins'!) We are learning all about chicks and chickens an Mme Gilda is teaching us all about how to use a flashlight to see forming veins and body parts of little chicks in their eggs!

We are also doing chick crafts and making egg "protectors" that you may see coming home. 

Reports and Interviews:

In the next day or two you will see a note come home in your child's note tote about upcoming report cards. Please take a moment to fill out the form an return by June 4th. As always, we welcome your questions!

Also, a quick reminder that Wednesday June 3rd at 2:15 is our Room 20 End of the Year Spectacle!! We will be putting on the play "Les trois petits cochons" and singing some songs. We look forward to seeing many parents then!

Check back soon for a calendar of events (June is a very busy and exciting month!) for the next month of school :)