Our Friend N.W.

Today's helper is N.W. Here is what we love about N.W.

He is kind.
He plays in the sand with me.
He helps me make sandcastles.
He is a really really good friend. He plays with me.
He builds in the blocks with me.
He helped me make stuff.
He has good eyesight . He can see me anywhere.
He paints with me.
He is a very nice friend.
He shares things.
He is a superstar listener.
He is a good boy.
He uses walking feet in our classroom.  He follows the rules.

This is our story about N.W.

Clicking Castanets

Have you heard about letter Cc and the castanets?  We added the song to our song folder for you to have fun singing at home! Some friends from our blue group wanted to share their clicking and singing skills with you!

Why not go on a letter Cc hunt at home and see what you can find?  Be sure to comment and tell us what you find!

Snowday Fun!

There was much discussion about yesterday's snowday!  The kinderkids all enjoyed the first snowday of the season!  After MANY stories were shared, we created mini masterpieces to show some snowy fun!

We also wrote a poem to share our stories!



Snowday!

Making snowpeople,
Making Snowforts,
Making snowangels,
Sliding at a snowparty,
Throwing snowballs,
Drinking hot chocolate,
We love snowdays!

by Mrs. Fennemore's Blue Group



SnowDay!
Shoveling, drinking hot chocolate, making a snowman,
playing in the snow, sledding, freezing, making an igloo,
throwing snowballs, making snowangels...
We love snowdays!

by Mrs. Fennemore's Red Group

Our Friend G.M.

The helper today was G.M.
Here is what we like about G.M.

He helps me make sandcastles in the sand.

He is my friend.

He is a really good friend. He helps people.

In fact, he is a great boy.

He plays with me.

He makes traps with me in the block center.

He is a good boy.

He brings over things to us when we need  them. He is a helper.

He has super duper listening ears!

He shares with me.

He is a good friend.

Scheduling Interviews For First Term

Can you believe we are at the end of first term?  Progress reports will be sent home on Tuesday, November 29th.  Parent/teacher interviews are scheduled for Thursday, December 1st.  Kindergarten children will have no classes on this day and I am available to begin  interviews at 9 a.m. Interview appointments can be booked online through the OPTIS website. Clicking the image to the left will take you to the OPTIS site where you can register and schedule your appointment time. A detailed memo is coming home today with step by step instructions for booking your time. If you encounter any problems, be sure to contact the school!

Snowday!

Schools will be closed today due to weather.  What will you do on your snowday?

See you tomorrow! Enjoy the snow!

A New Game - Who Has More?

Thanks to our two friends who showed us how to play a new game - Who Has More?

Our Friend B.R.

Here is what we love about our friend B.R.

She makes my heart feel happy.
She has a pink  shirt. Pink is my favourite color.
She chose me as her friend two times today.
She is a smart cookie.
I like her.
She never does mean stuff.
I like the red flowers on her shirt.
I love her little voice. It is very peaceful.
I really like her stuff and I really like her machine that she showed us.
She is a superstar.
She is a  friend.
The end.

Our Friend N.B.

Introducing today's helping hand!  

Here is what our friends said about N.B.

He plays with me.
He is very kind.
He is my best friend.
He is special.
He is a good friend.
He is very kind.
He plays with me.
He is my best friend and he paints with me.
He is a very quiet friend.
Sometimes he helps people.

He is the best friend in the world!

Our Friend I.B.

Introducing our helping hand! Here is what our friends had to say about I.B.

He plays in the block area with me.
He sits on the bus with me.

He is a good friend.

He is my friend.

He is my best friend.

He is very kind.

He lives in my neighbourhood.  I like him.

He paints with me.

He is my friend and he plays with me.

He is my best best friend and he is so kind.

I love him!

Our Friend K.B.

Here is what we like about our friend K.B.

He shares toys with me.
He plays with me.
He likes to paint.
He builds legos with me.
He is a good boy.
He is nice.
He likes to help people.
He has great manners. He says thank you all the time.
The end.

Our Friend S.M.

Introducing our helping hand! Here is what we think is great about our friend!

He has a nice smile.
He plays with me.
He plays blocks with me.
He plays in the sand with me.
He comes to my house.
He paints in the painting center with me.
He builds in the block area with me.
He shares with me.
He is a great sound detective and recycler. He rescues all the straws and juice boxes from the garbage.
He is a great friend.

Our Friend B.N.

Introducing today's helping hand! Here is what we like about our friend:

I like his walking feet.

I like his dog Jack.

He helps me remember things.

I love his smile. It makes my heart happy.

I like him trick or treating and eating candy at home.

I like his sweaters.

I love his Jack.

He loves his stuffed Jack and celebrating Christmas.

I really love his manners.

I love playing with him in the block area.

He cuddles with Jack.

He is a smart cookie.

He is a great Th brother detective.
The end.

Our friend K.F.

We are starting a new round of our helping hands.  Here is today's helper.  She sure is a good friend to us!


We asked our kinderkids to tell us what was special about K.F. Here's what they said:

I love her.
She plays with me.
She brings in cookies to share.
She is a good person.
I love her.
She paints with me.
She takes really good pictures of us.
She shares with us.
She plays dress up with me.
She is kind.
She makes me happy.

Thank you for being such a great friend and helping hand!

xoxox

We Celebrate :: Blue Group

We met a new friend today. Her name is Ruth.  Ruth told us all about celebrations and how they are important. Here is what our friends had to say about celebrations.

Fatima's family celebrates Eid. She likes eating special food at home during Eid. She also celebrates Pakistan Day!

Alex likes celebrating with his family.  He likes family dinners.

Nathan's family celebrates birthdays. He likes getting new toys.

Devon celebrates Halloween. Devon goes trick or treating.

Kate likes the Easter celebration.  Her family looks for eggs!

Ashton celebrates Christmas. He likes getting presents.

Sydney celebrates family and friends.  His mom invites people over for dinner.

Meghna likes celebrating with her Aunt.

Daniel celebrates Halloween.  He goes trick or treating and likes trying to scare people.

Bertha likes Valentine's Day.  She makes a heart with plastic.

Bradley has hotdogs on Valentine's Day . It makes him happy because he likes hotdogs.

Kaelam likes Christmas.  He was happy when he got his fish.

Andrew likes Christmas. He likes Christmas because he gets presents.

What do you celebrate?

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Celebrations

We met a new friend today. Her name is Ruth.  Ruth told us all about celebrations and how they are important. Here is what our friends had to say about celebrations.

Kayleigh celebrates birthdays. She get presents. She loves all celebrations.
Kiara celebrates birthdays. They are very special.
Gavin celebrates Christmas. His family draws pictures. He also celebrates Thanksgiving.
Sam's family celebrates Christmas. They get a Christmas tree and presents. He loves celebrations. They are all great as you can see.
Julia and her daddy celebrate Christmas and birthdays.
Lauren celebrates Easter. She find chocolates with her nan and pop. She loves all celebrations.
Nathan W. celebrates Christmas. He loves presents.
Tara celebrates birthdays. Today is her birthday! Happy Birthday Tara.
Abigail celebrates with mom and dad. She has parties.
Isaac celebrates Christmas. He gets cake.
Hanz celebrates Easter. He gets chocolate bunnies. Hanz also celebrates Valentines Day.
Kade celebrates Halloween. His mom stays outside with chocolate chip cookies. Kade also celebrates Remembrance Day.
Dakota celebrates Christmas. She loves presents.
Nathan B. celebrates Christmas. We make pictures.
Noah loves celebrations. He likes the music.

What do you celebrate?

Our Alphabet Adventures Continue!

Madame Reid's friends added to our voicethread today! We are very excited to have both the english language and french language as part of our voicethread! We hope that friends around the world will add on and share what they know with us! Please help us spread the word!

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Leaf Man has friends!

After reading Lois Ehlert's book Leaf Man, we decided that he needed friends. We created ourselves out of the nature we collected at Bowring Park and around our neighbourhoods.

Here are some of our Leaf Kinders.  Don't they look great?

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Let The Running Begin!

It is lap a thon day...and boy did we run! Ms. Moores is calculating our total number of steps!  Thank you to everyone for collecting sponsors for MDE!

Composting in Kindergarten

We are very excited to have thousands of living things in kindergarten. That's right....thousands!  We have thousands of red wiggler worms living in our classroom.  Miss Krista came to deliver them to us and teach us about how composting works.  What do you know about our red wigglers?

Fire Safety

We had a special visitor today.  Fireman Power came to talk to us about his hazard house and how we can make our house safe.  We became Junior firefighters!  Hip hip hooray! What can you share about fire safety?

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Adventures With Corduroy :: Blue Group #8

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Kindergarten Writing

Did you know that we cannot write like grownups in kindergarten?  But we CAN write in kindergarten writing!  We have started our journals to share our stories!  What do you know about kindergarten writing?

Alphabet Adventures

We hope that you will join us on our alphabet adventure! Login to our voicethread and share with us!

Making Sets

We were busy counting sets!  We are experts at showing 5.  Can you make a set of five at home?  Be sure to tell us what you make!