December 9th- 13th

               This Week in Kindergarten 

                   Literacy
             The Gingerbread Man


We had a Gingerbread Man show up in our classroom after Ms.Cavanaugh read the story on Monday. We spent time asking the Gingerbread Man questions and talking about what makes a good question. Some question might start with words like , "do" , "can", "how" , "where", "who"or "why". Ask your child what question they asked the Gingerbread Man. 
We will continue reading variations of the story this coming week and discuss similarities and differences between them!

                    Visual Art 

 

Nutmeg, the Gingerbread Man, asked us to draw him some Gingerbread houses so that he had a place to stay. Students used their creativitiy and imagination to create a wonderful Gingerbread Village for our friend Nutmeg. 
                    Numeracy 

 

Kindergarten friends put their pattern knowledge to work during a week long engagement with pattern focused centres.
Ask your child to make you a pattern with 2 or 3 parts!
Can they read their pattern?
Can they identify the core?
Are they able to tell you that patterns repeat and do not change? 

Upcoming Dates:

December 16th: RED and GREEN Day
December 17th: Jersey Day
December 18th: Holiday Hat or Crazy Hair Day 
December 19th: Pyjama Day / Book Exchange
December 20th: No School for AM Kindergarten 

Happy Holidays & New Year - Enjoy your family time together
 




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