Ms. Fieldstone Kinder KTS: January 2021

Friday, January 29, 2021

The Colour Monster

Hi Kindergarten Families,

Thank you to our guest teachers Mrs. Wilcox and Mrs. Roberto for teaching us this week. I am looking forward to seeing all of your smiling faces (under your masks :) ) on Monday!

To develop our literacy skills we have been using The Colour Monster Wall story. We use Wall Stories to build our oral language, fluency and print awareness, develop confidence in reading and see ourselves as authors and illustrators! Together we are learning how to identify our emotions (e.g. "I feel happy", "I feel calm"), and regulation strategies we can use when we feel sad, scared or mad.

We began with simple patterned sentences inspired by "The Colour Monster" to explore feelings and emotions. We are focusing on the sight words "he" and "is".

Using our knowledge of lines and shapes, we learned how to draw the colour monster, and how to identify what emotion he is feeling using colours (e.g. yellow = happy, blue = sad).

The Colour Monster is one of our favourite books in Kindergarten! Here is a version of The Colour Monster we have read in class :)

Ask your child "What colour do you feel right now?"

Reminders

We love getting outdoors and try to go out as much as our schedule (and weather) allows. Please make sure students have mittens and hats everyday! (Snow pants are a bonus :) )

Friday, February 5 AM Attends 8-12pm (NO Class for PM)

Wednesday, February 10th - Valentine's Day Celebration (see previous blog post or your email for more details ♥️)

Thursday, February 11th and Friday, February 12th - Teacher's Convention (NO SCHOOL)

Monday, February 15th - Family Day (NO SCHOOL)

Wednesday, January 20, 2021

Valentine's Day in Kindergarten at KTS

Dear Families,

We are getting very excited about Valentine's Day! Valentine's Day provides opportunities to talk about friendship qualities and spreading love (for example, sharing, using other people's ideas, taking turns, giving compliments and showing acts of kindness).

With this in mind, we will be having a small celebration on Wednesday, February 10th.

Here are a few guidelines fo the day:

Cards

Students may bring Valentine Cards for all their classmates. This is optional.
Because of quarantine restrictions, please send in your child's Valentine Cards by Thursday, February 4th. You are welcome to send them earlier than this date.
Please fill in the Valentine cards in the following manner:

To: (leave blank, this helps with handing out our cards)
From: Your child's name

There are 19 students in the AM Class
There are 17 students in the PM Class

Food

In accordance with Alberta Health Guidelines, please do NOT send in any chocolates, candies, or food with your child's Valentine Cards
If you would like to send in a "treat", feel free to send in a pencil, eraser or small toy for each child. This is optional

Students can wear red, pink, hearts etc. if they want to!

Please let your teacher know if you have any further questions.

Thanks!

The Ken Taylor Kindergarten Team

Friday, January 15, 2021

Patterns, Patterns, Patterns!

Hi Kinder Families,

Thank you for all of your support with our week of online learning. What a wonderful week we had, it was great to see all the kiddos face to face! This week we continued our work with patterns. We began with a group discussion exploring patterns and where we can find them in our world. Please ask your child:

"What is a pattern?"

"Where are patterns found?"

We read the book "A-B-A-B-A A book of Pattern Play" and identified the pattern core. We used actions, words, songs, and unifix coloured cubes to identify and extend simple AB and ABC patterns. Here are some creative ways we made patterns!