Tuesday Feb 21 - Friday Feb 24

**We are celebrating 100 days of kindergarten on Monday!! Woo hoo! Please read the housekeeping information on what to wear and bring! (Dressing up is optional) ** We welcome all senior kindergartens ;) 

Dear Mom and Dad:

Exciting things are always happening in kindergarten. On Wednesday February 22 was Pink Shirt Day. Ask me to tell you why we wear a pink shirt. I drew pictures on a pink sticky and added it to our promise wall in the hub.

Blue/Yellow Team:

We learned the Magic Number activity focusing on how to make the number 5.  Ask me to tell you what 2 numbers make 5. We found Animal Tracks in our classroom one morning, and students went around like detectives discovering who may have left the tracks. We even had a bear walk through our campground… Someone must have left out food.

 We talked about I wonder questions for our Zoo field trip. Please check housekeeping for important dates of when each class will be going to the zoo. We learned the hand jive, ask me to show it to you. We learned how to waddle like a penguin (Lesson on what penguins ARE, CAN, and HAVE)

Team Wonder:

We talked about what it means to be a bucket filler. Did you know everyone has an invisible bucket? Even you and even our pets! Ask me to tell you how I can fill someone’s bucket. I can also be a bucket dipper. I learned that when I fill someone’s bucket, my own bucket gets filled and when I dip into someone’s bucket my bucket becomes empty. This is an important concept for me to learn as I understand how my feelings and actions affect others. You can use this terminology and concept with me at home as well as we have been using it in the classroom.

We have been learning about penguins and how they keep warm. Ask me to tell you how they keep warm and what blubber is. We did a cool experiment by feeling what it would be like to be a penguin in the cold. We had a bucket of ice cold water and Mrs. Green made a baggie that was lined with shortening (blubber!) We put our hand in the baggie and put it in the cold water. Ask me to tell you if my hand was cold or warm. Ask me to tell you about the baby chick penguin at the zoo. PM class got to meet him and AM class will meet him on Tuesday! 

PM Students went to the zoo! Not all classes went to the zoo yet so we don’t want to give anything away. Ask me to tell you 2 new facts that I learned about penguins and ask me to tell you what my favorite animal is.

Roots of Empathy! Baby Eleanor visited us in the PM. She even wore a pink shirt of course for pink shirt day! 

See you on Monday for 100’s DAY!

Love,

Kindergarten

Housekeeping:

On Monday February 27:

Kindergarten will be celebrating our 100^th day of school!

We are asking each child to bring 100 things to school in a small zip lock bag with their name on it. We will be using these items to practice grouping and counting to 100 using different strategies.  This item should be small and not roll off a table. We will be doing this activity on Monday February 27.

Some ideas and examples of things your child can bring are:

100 cherrios

100 macoroni pastas

100 smarties

100 marshmallows

100 pennies

100 dried beans

Please have our child count with you! We have been learning a lot about numbers 1 to 10.  Your child should be able to count to 10 one by one, counting each object. Challenge your child to count by tens once they have their group of 10s.

On Monday February 27, because we are at our 100^th day of kindergarten, we would like your child to come to school dressed as if they are 100 years old! This is completely optional. Please do not go out and buy anything. You may have some items in your home you can use. Be creative! We welcome it all, accessories, props, have fun with it! Here are some photos and ideas.

• -       use baby powder for hair
• -       fake glasses
• -       a cardigan
• -       suspenders
• -       pearls
• -       scarf
• -    Head scarf 
• -       hat
• -       tie
• -       bowtie
• -    draw on mustach or wrinkles 

ZOO FIELD TRIP:

Team Wonder AM

Tuesday February 28 - Team Wonder AM Zoo all day

Team Wonder PM

Tuesday February 28 - NO SCHOOL for Team Wonder PM class only

Blue/Yellow AM

Wednesday March 1 - Blue/Yellow AM Team Zoo all day

Wednesday March 8- NO SCHOOL for Blue/Yellow AM team Only

Blue/Yellow PM

Wednesday March 1 - NO SCHOOL for Blue/Yellow PM team Only

Wednesday March 8 - Blue/Yellow PM Team Zoo all day

A reminder that Team Wonder's reading incentive program continues! The Calgary Flames have a program called "Reading....Give it A Shot!" Every Monday, I can receive Calgary flames trading cards, or stickers if I log in to Raz Kids. I received my login information many months ago. If I have lost my login card, I can let my teacher know and I can get my login information.