May 13th - 17th

This Week:

Monday, May 13th - School Council/ Fundraising Meeting 6:30 PM

Tuesday, May 14th  -  Learning Commons Book Exchange - Please return ALL field trip permission forms and make payments online
Wednesday, May 15th - 
Thursday, May 16th -Jump Rope for Heart Kick-Off Assembly 1:30 PM
Friday, May 17th - NO School Professional Development Day

Have you had your child's eye's checked?
Children often are not aware that they are having a difficult time seeing.  It is important to have your child see an optometrist.  Eye exams are free for children in Alberta.  If your kindergarten child requires glasses there is a program that can provide a free pair of glasses for children in kindergarten. If your child requires glasses please follow this link for more information.
If your older child requires glasses please contact the school as we can sometimes connect you with helpful programs.  Eye health is important. Please take care of your eyes!

Letter Learning /q/

To write the uppercase letter /Q/ start the same as a magic C, close up your letter to make an O and then jump down to add a straight line on an angle.  

The lowercase /q/ starts the same as a magic c as well.  Close up your c to make an o then head down like a lowercase a but continue moving below you home line to make your q and add a small tick to the right (we can't find a font that matches how we write it and our picture shows a curved line while we actually practice a straight tick).

Last Week:

We continue to explore and practice our numbers by playing daily math games. Our games are becoming more complicated with multiple steps. 

For example, our "One More Game" has five steps.

Step 1: Roll two dice

Step 2: Subitize the larger number

Step 3: Count on to find the total of the two numbers

Step 4: Add one more to the total

Step 5: Find the total on the game board

Practicing our number formation has also been a focus this week. Our numbers all start at the top just like our letters.

We are beginning to talk about measurement. This week, we measured the length of our hands using snap cubes. We talked about accuracy and starting at the bottom and going all the way to the top. Below are some examples of accurately measured hands!

What else could you use to measure your hand?

Literacy week was a great success. We enjoyed dressing up as book characters, and buddy reading within our classes. Thank you for the thoughtful costumes and for sending books. Students were thrilled to engage in reading this week!

THANK YOU so much to our Parent Council for your hard work planning Literacy Week and to the volunteers who helped make it happen! The students absolutely loved planting on "Grow a Royal Reader" day. Thank you for making learning magical.

Spring is here!

We are enjoying the nice weather and being able to get outside to play on the playground.  We love being able to run, jump, climb, slide and be loud with our friends.

 

Important Dates Coming up:

May 20th - NO School Victoria Day
May, 21st - Zoo Field Trip (Full Day)
May 24th - PM Students Attend
May 24th - Stampede Breakfast 7:00 - 9:00 AM & SNACK DAY CANCELLED
May 30th - Jump Rope for Heart Day (During PE Class)
May 31st - NO School Professional Development Day