We've been writing stories. First, we listen to a story many times. We act out parts and practice saying lines from the story. Then we use pictures from the story to help us tell the story ourselves. We will be bringing home our first story after we have had a chance to read it to a Kindergarten child. You can see samples of stories other children are writing around this time of year. http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/perf_stands/writing.htm This link takes you to page where you can look at writing performance standards. Simply click on your child's grade level. The part that applies right now is the part about Literary writing.
We've been using the Olympics to learn more about Canada. We got to watch the torch relay run right past our school. Some children from our class broke into a spontaneous rendition of O Canada when it was over.
We've been deepening our understanding of the number system and increasing the number of strategies we can use to do mental math. Some of this is through the use of Dreambox, and some is through more traditional methods.
We've been painting. We are learning to use materials correctly. For example, we use only the tip of the brush for paint.
We are looking forward to Valentines Day. We will celebrate on February 12. Please keep all cards at home until that day.
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