Running Club

For the month of May, we are pleased to offer our students the opportunity to take part in our Running Club. This club will take place before school and will run on a drop-in basis. No registration required, just show up on the days that you can and run with us. Running Club will meet on the field behind the school on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8:45-9:05am beginning Thursday, May 2^nd. We will run for approximately 15 minutes and then stretch. Students will be dismissed from the field at 9:05am to head down to the compound where their class meets for entry. We look forward to seeing you out on the field with us! 

Ms. Hennick and Mrs. Mann

April 29th - May 3rd

This Week:

Monday, April 29th -

Tuesday, April 30th  -  Learning Commons Book Exchange
Wednesday, May 1st - 
Thursday, May 2nd  - 
Friday, May 3rd- PM Students Attend

Letter Learning /b/

For the uppercase 'B', start at the top of the page. Draw a straight line down and stop. Jump back up to the top and go out to the right, curve around to join back in the middle of your straight line. Then curve around one more time to join back at the bottom of the first line.

To make a lowercase 'b' start at the top and make a straight line down.  Jump back up to the middle of the line and go out to the right, curve around to meet your first line at the bottom of the line. 

Last Week:

We were very lucky to visit Ms. Fournier's hedgehog named Thistle. We learned that hedgehogs are insectivores, meaning it eats insects! We enjoyed watching Thistle eat mealworms.  Thank you to Ms. Fournier's class for letting us visit!

Children have been working towards using their knowledge of letter sounds independently to stretch out words in order to write the phonetic letter sounds that they hear.  Using the sentence starter of "It is a" children are able to hear the big sounds in words.  Beginning sight words such as I, like, see, it, is, a, the are helpful as we begin to take our single word writing into sentences.  We have been talking about how our writing should sound like we speak.  For example, if I say "I like rainbows.  I would have to add an 's' to rainbows instead of just writing "I like rainbow."

While we continue to think like an engineer...the students were asked, "What materials would you use to build a house? Would you use paper, plastic or corks?"

Important Dates Coming up:

May 6th - May 10th - Canadian Children's Book Week
May 9th - Guest Author, Pamela McDowell
May 10th - AM Students Attend
May 16th -Jump Rope for Heart Kick Off Assembly 1:30 PM
May 17th -NO School Professional Development Day
May 20th - NO School Victoria Day
May 24th - PM Students Attend
May 24th - Stampede Breakfast 7:00 - 9:00 AM & SNACK DAY CANCELLED
May 29th - Jump Rope for Hear Day 1:30 - 2:15 PM
May 31st - NO School Professional Development Day

April 22nd - 26th

This Week:

Monday, April 22nd - NO School -Professional Development Day

Tuesday, April 23rd  -  Learning Commons Book Exchange
Wednesday, April 24th  - 
Thursday, April 25th  - 
Friday, April 26th - AM Students Attend (SNACK DAY CANCELLED)

Letter Learning /h/ 

For the uppercase 'H', start at the top of the page. Draw a straight line down and stop. Then start at the other top corner and draw a second line straight down. Then give it a middle with a little line across.

For the lower /h/ start at the top and dive down.  Then swim up and over, and straight down.

Last Week:

We are exploring the well-known story, The Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf and constructing meaning from the story by recalling specific events and characters. We have talked about the story and represented the actions of characters portrayed through retelling the story with puppets. While thinking like an engineer we are looking at different materials that could be used to build houses for the three little pigs.

Thanks to the generous donations at our Kindergarten Celebration of Learning we raised over $500 to donate to the YMCA Strong Kids Foundation.  The Rocky Ridge YMCA sent over "Mike" as their representative to accept our cheque.  Way to go Royal Oak School!

We even received a free pass for each student to visit the YMCA which came home with your child this past week.

 

The Smile Team visited us in class this week.  Students had the chance to learn about what foods are healthy for our teeth and gums as well as how to brush and floss (not the dance) correctly.  Ask your child how many times a day they should brush AND floss. Students brought home some surprises from the dental and orthodontic office.

 

More photos of thinking like an engineer.

Important Dates Coming up:

May 3rd - PM Students Attend
May 6th - May 10th - Canadian Children's Book Week
May 9th - Guest Author, Pamela McDowell
May 10th - AM Students Attend
May 16th -Jump Rope for Heart Kick Off Assembly 1:30 PM
May 17th -NO School Professional Development Day
May 20th - NO School Victoria Day
May 24th - PM Students Attend
May 24th - Stampede Breakfast 7:00 - 9:00 AM & SNACK DAY CANCELLED
May 29th - Jump Rope for Hear Day 1:30 - 2:15 PM
May 31st - NO School Professional Development Day