Art & Sharing Time

One family did this LOCKDOWN 2020 art project today!  One handprint for each person in their family. What a memory! Thanks to Colton's family for sharing this with us!

I have been so excited to see the work that my Kinders have been doing at home since we last gathered as a class at school. We are primarily using the SEESAW program to do activities at home. Everyone also received a package of paper materials to use at home, and some of the families have sent me photos of their kiddos doing that work, too. I also love seeing all the other things that the kids have been doing to keep busy at home, too! And of course, all the videos with smiling faces makes me smile, too!
"Sharing Time" has always been a favourite part of the day for students in Room 7. So we will continue to do this, but just do it a little differently. This week for Sharing Time.... we are sharing something that starts with a /R/ sounds.... as in rabbit and Rebecca!   
I have enjoyed watching the videos that some of the Kinders sent me today through SEESAW. What a terrific job you did!  I hope to see the rest of you sharing your /R/ things at some point this week.  Thank you!

We share everything.... or do we?

Today we read the story "We Share Everything" by Robert Munsch. We discovered that although we will be sharing a lot of things at school, there are also things that we DO NOT want to share. Most importantly... we do NOT want to share our germs... and other people do NOT want us to share our germs with them.  We need to remember to cover our cough and sneeze, and to always wash our hands after using the bathroom. Parents, please help your child develop these very important habits, if they are not already doing this.

Today was Day 5. Every Day 5 we will be going to the library. Today our librarian, Mr. Wesselius, talked to us about how to take good care of books. (don't drop them or step on them, don't write in them, don't eat or drink while holding a book, don't rip the pages out, etc). Then we each got to choose a book to take home and read with our parents. Mr. W. also had a special surprise for us. His mother had sewn a special book bag for each of us to take our book home in and then return it in by the next Day 5. Thank you to Mr. W and his mom!!

Our new book bags