Ms. O's Kindergarten Blog

How can it be the end of November already?  I don't know if I have said this, but I am enjoying these 2 groups of Kindergarten so much!  They are both amazing, unique groups of students with such a wonderful energy and enthusiasm to learn!  I enjoy every day spent teaching them! Last week was filled with talk about our families.  We graphed how many people are in our immediate families using a horizontal graph which was different from the vertical graph we used to graph the number of letters in our names.  Some of the things we discovered were ... R. O. – 4’s have the most.   That means that the 4’s have way more than the 5’s and the 6’s and the 3’s.   A.M – 5 and the 3 have less.   E. S-J – 3 people have 6 people in their family. CM – There are more people with 4 people in their family than 5.   BM – I learned that 5 has less than 4 and 4 has more and 2 has 2.   AK – I learned that 4 is lower than 5 and 6 is lower tha...

Happy Friday!  We had a great day today!  Here's what happened ... We had our first fire drill of the year (for the afternoon class).  The students did a great job of moving quickly and quietly.  Way to go Kindergarten! Flashlight Friday!  We were excited to meet with our buddies to share our poetry books and a story with our grade 5/6 friends.  Here are some pics ... We had music with Mrs. Anderson, gym and enjoyed making beaded bracelets and building the saddledome/playing hockey at our big blocks center.   Next week I would love for each family to bring a small (4x6 or 5x7) family photo of the family members living in the house.  We will be chatting about our families and graphing how many people are in our immediate families next week. Have a wonderful weekend! Ms. O. 

Happy Thursday!  What beautiful weather we have had this week!  We may go outside for a bit tomorrow, so afternoon class, please make sure you have boots and winter gear!  Tomorrow is the afternoon class' turn to attend.  We are having PJ day, so wear your favorite, comfy pj's and get ready for Flashlight Friday, starting with buddy time.  Morning class, have a fabulous day staying in your pj's and sleeping in!  I will miss you! This week we talked about the following: World Kindness Day/Cardigan day:  Thank you to everyone who wore their cardigans in memory of Mr. Rogers and to celebrate World Kindness day!  We got in the spirit of being kind (or kinder than usual) by passing out some kindness notes to our school community.  I also gave each of the students a "love" button and pinned it above their heart to "soak up their good vibes".  The "Love button" is meant to be given away to someone who needs a bit of love and kindness. ...

Happy Friday!  It's been another full week in our classroom.  Here is what we have been working on ... 1.  Remembrance Day:  We finished our felt poppies and were excited to wear them for our assembly today.  We also finished our poppy art (proudly displayed on the bulletin boards at the end of the main hallway) and added a new poppy poem to our poetry books.  We had fun sharing our poetry books with our grade 5/6 buddies this morning. 2.  Math:  We have continued our work on sorting, subtizing and showing numbers through drawing pictures, using the 100's chart and ten frame, showing what the number looks like on a face of a dice (or on two die), number stories (mostly addition at this point) and recording using tally marks.  We have also been learning about patterning. 3.  Literacy:  We have been working on sounding out words during large group literacy activities, increasing our understanding of the relationship between lett...