Ramsay AM Kindergarten

    This Week in  Kindergarten Literacy  Letter Qq - Quilt  We enjoyed reading the story "The Quilt" by Tony Johnson. Friends shared that some of them also have quilts that were made for them by special people, often relatives and family friends. After reading the story about Abigails quilt, students were given the task of designing their own unique quilt. Their quilts are made up of unique squares that reflect their likes, special places and important people. "I drew the Calgary Tower!" - L.  "I drew the ocean and sunshine" - J. My Community - Map  In Social Studies we had big conversations about the word "community". As individuals we are part of many communities. Our first community is typically our family, then our school and other groups we are part of. We started talking about our physical community of Calgary and the neighbourhoods we live in. Kindergarten friends brain stormed important features of a community which they added to their co...

    This Week in  Kindergarten Literacy We have begun talking about our community! This week students were challenged to draw some of the landmarks in our city. Some landmarks of note were The Calgary Tower,  Saddle Dome,  Bow River, Bow Tower.  Science 5 Senses at the Calgary Zoo " Eww I smell fish, it's stinky" - E. at the penguin exhibit "My skin feels warm and sticky" - R. at the butterfly exhibit "I see a black and white monkey"-P. - Black and White Colobus Monkeys "It is loud when they talk"- Z. at the penguin exhibit  Next Week in AM Kindergarten:    May 5th:  May 6th:  May 7th: Hats o n for Me ntal H ealth - W ear your favourite hat to school! May 8th: Library Day - Please return library books to exchange!  May 9th:  NO SCHOOL - PM Kindergarten Attends