Terry Fox Run

Our Name Art

We had a discussion about Terry Fox and looked at a few pictures of him. We learned why we are doing the Terry Fox run. Thanks to everyone who sent in money to be donated to the Terry Fox Foundation. I will let you know how much money our school raised once the final numbers are in!
    

Our Fall trees....

Reminder......a Sharing Schedule was sent home a few days ago......and Sharing Time will begin next week. Please help your child choose an appropriate item to "Show and Tell" the class about. Thanks for your support. 
Have a great weekend!!

Leaf Rubbings/Bark Rubbings

We have been learning about changes to trees in the fall, the parts of a tree, and the colourful leaves in fall. This afternoon we went outside and did some leaf rubbings. The kids thought it was so "magical" to see a leaf shape appear on their papers!
 
   
We learned about the "Bark" on the tree and did some "bark rubbings", too!
   

   
Then we sang one of our songs about raking leaves!!! Lots of fun!
   

Math Language

Everyone in the class has been assessed on a variety of math skills this month. This includes the kids knowledge of.... 

• counting (forwards to.... and backwards from 10)
• identifying numbers 
• matching numerals to sets of objects
• identifying how many dots on a die (subitizing)
• patterns
• math language (does your child use comparative and positional vocabulary --- ie. smaller, larger, more, less, same, beside, between, behind, in front of, over, under, inside, outside, on top, beside, next to)
• and more! .....

Re: counting.......There are up to 31 days in each month. Can your child count up to 31?  or even higher? If not, practice counting with your child when you are climbing stairs, walking down the sidewalk, getting ready for bed, waiting in line, or anytime!! Count, count, count!

** This child is demonstrating that baby bear jumped over papa bear.

This young man was doing a terrific job copying numbers onto the White Board!
 
Today we had a couple fire drills for everyone in the building!  Everyone did a great job remembering where our designated meeting spot was outside.

Yesterday we learned about this app called "Welcome to Kindergarten" and today we had a chance to try it out on the iPads.  If you haven't already tried it.....you can download it now for free in the App Store for iOS devices, or in the Google Play store for the Android version. This free app was named as one of iTunes Top 50 Early Learning apps in May.



Toonies for Terry            

Dear Parent/Guardian:

            On Friday, Sept. 29 the staff and students at Stevenson will be taking part in the annual Terry Fox Run. The Run will take place during period 4 from 11:00-11:35. Staff and students will walk or run in support of the Terry Fox Foundation and cancer research outside around the Stevenson Field. Each staff and student participant is encouraged to bring a toonie or other amount to help support this cause. 100% of the proceeds will go to the Terry Fox Foundation. 

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Name Art

We are learning about the letters in our names!! We are becoming more aware of the shape of the letters -- are there straight lines or curved lines?  and what is the order of the letters to spell our names? How many letters are in our name? and how many parts (syllables) are in our name? We practice clapping and touching our head/shoulder/waist to count the parts in our name!  (we also create rhyming words with our names, by changing the first sound in the name).
We practiced using our fine motor skills by ripping construction paper into little pieces and gluing them onto the outline of our names!!
 
   
We rolled a die, then had to find that many balls on the Rekenrek. We also used the iPads to count sets of numbers up to ten. We used an app called....."Number Rack".... which had something similar to the Rekenrek in our classroom.
  
Using various shaped pattern blocks to form letters 
   
  
We traced our forearm and fingers to make a tree trunk with branches. Then we painted the trunk and branches brown. After that dried, we used fall colours to paint leaves on the tree.
 
        

Yay for Healthy Snacks!!

Apples, watermelon, banana, strawberries and berries.....  So great to see fruit for snack time!! 
 
We practiced what to do in case the fire alarm goes off one day. Everyone did great practicing for the fire drill. The class also practiced how to exit the building if they were in gym class when the fire bell went off.

Do you know how to hold a writing tool.....This little girl sure does!!
 
Around the room at centre time....
       
Open invitation to all parents....
Parent Council AGM is Tuesday, September 26 at 6:00pm at the school. Pizza and babysitting will be provided. All parents are welcome to come.

Light table & Library

  Making/Building letters at the Light Table

 

    Noticing what is the same/different.... and sorting into groups while telling what the rule is for each group. (ie. this group is long and thin, this group is round, this group is all red, etc.) 

  

Working with numbers to ten on the "Learning Carpet" with Ms. Janz

 

Library Day. Please return the library book on or before next Day 2. (Oct. 2)

  

 

 

 

We talked about how summer is over and the new season is called "Fall" or "Autumn". We talked about the parts of the tree, and we arranged these acorns in order from 1 -10.  

Architects at work...... 

 

** Please be sure to bring your own spoon or fork if needed for lunch or snacks. 

** If your child will be absent or late for school, please contact the office at 204-832-1359. Voice mail is available for before and after school hours if you need to leave a message.

           Have a great weekend!