Sunday, 29 January 2017
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January 2017 Kindergarten News
January Kindergarten News
Dear
Families,
I hope
everybody had a restful holiday, and wish you all the best in the New
Year! I would also like to say a big “THANK
YOU” to the parents, siblings and other relatives who came out to see our
Holiday Concert performance! The
kindergarten students did an amazing job!
Through
December we focused on the theme of “Gingerbread” and “Winter Holidays”. The children had an opportunity to ……
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Share
their learning during student-led conferences
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Participate
in “Number of the Day” activities
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Participate
in shared poems, stories and songs
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Develop
book handling and early reading skills through shared reading
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Explore
independent writing
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Learn
about many letters (letter sounds, printing letters, letter detective)
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Further
practice printing using tools from the “Handwriting Without Tears” program
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Make
ABC and AABB patterns
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Perform
two songs at the Christmas Concert
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Work
on Christmas Crafts and activities
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Take
part in some special activities to raise money for Holiday Hampers
Through the month of January our
themes will be “Winter” and “Snowmen”.
We will be doing a few activities and experiments involving snow and
ice. Weather permitting, some of the
activities will be outdoors. We will also finish practicing printing the upper
case letters, and begin practicing printing the lower case letters using the
Handwriting Without Tears program.
Please make sure your child is dressed
appropriately for the weather at all times- i.e. hat, mittens, scarf, ski pants,
winter boots- as we will continue to go out for recess almost every day. The school division policy states that
outdoor recess will happen providing the weather (including the wind chill
factor) is not colder than -28 °C. If
the wind chill is between -25° C and
-28° C, students will not be outside for longer than 10 minutes. Of course, if students are not dressed
properly, they will not be permitted outside.
Your child will begin bringing home some
“early reader” books towards the end of this month. These books will be at an appropriate reading
level for your child. Some books are
short and have repetitive texts, and will be from our Guided Reading Program,
which will begin soon. When you see
these books come home, please read them with your child and then ensure your
child’s books remain in their backpack so they can be used regularly at school.
If you
have any questions or concerns, please feel free to call (889-6000) or email (afrye@sjsd.net).
Sincerely,
Alison
Frye
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