Friday, 16 January 2015


Dear Parents & Guardians,          
           A reminder that we will be starting our swimming lessons Jan. 19th.
           The bus will leave the school at 9:35 a.m. and we will return to the 
           school by 11:05 a.m.

Please remember to wear your swim suit under your clothes to save time at 
the pool. Sometimes clothes get wet. Please bring an extra pair of 
underwear in your bag.

Things to pack and bring:

         
swim suit                                   towel                    plastic bag         
        
                            
              swimming cap and goggles (optional)
  • It is a good idea to label your child's belongings
  • Volunteers are welcome! 
If you have filled a volunteer form and are joining us on Monday, please check in with Mrs. Mckie in the office by 9.15 a.m.

We watched a video about the safety rules at the pool. Ask me about it...
          stay away from the edge

We observed our planting trays.....
                                             We observed something inside of the plastic cover...
                Ask me to tell you..... what is the blue thing inside.....it  checks the humidity...... 
We came up with the words.... steam, smoke, warm..
We used our 5 senses and listened to the sound of the fan....
Ask me which sense did we use... Hearing
Ask me to point to the place from where the air came out...
What did the air feel like on my face...?

 We have this timer on our light...   Ask me why?

We observed our peat pellets.....





Today was Crazy Hair Day!! 
Guess who these students are ...





Guess who these teachers are.....






         
We read the book,
                                     
Learning about numbers.... and how plants grow in gardens...
Ask me to look for 4 in the mushrooms                     Look at the pattern on the wings
                                                                                      The wings are symmetrical
We  started counting by 2's  Ask me to show you..
we counted the wings....   2......4
                             


Count the wings by 2's....
2....4....6....8...10..12.. 

We used our fingers to count by 2's
2...4..6..8...10...12..
We read the book,
                                     
                                               Ask me about this book...
                  What is the bird feeding her babies        Ask me what did the crow want to eat
                                    worms..                                                 worms..
                                                Look at the pattern of the wings...   
                                            Ask me what I see.. the wings are the same
                                                       The wings are symmetrical...

We subitized with our friends from room:3







Ask me how we played this game...
What were the rules...
We used a dice to subitize..
We read the book,
                                                     
                                                            Ask me about our garden...
                                                      Will we have rabbits in our garden?
                                                   Who lives in your garden...
                                              Ask me how does the lady bug help the plants...
                                                  What do lady bugs eat..... aphids
                                                          Ask me what aphids do?
Who are the helpers of the plants?
Ask me how?
Can you subitize.... how many birds?

We watched a few videos about lady bugs eating aphids..
                              We saw a video of a farm..           Ask me what the farmer got 
       The farmer was upset because his vegetable               to get rid of the aphids...     
                                    plants were dying

                                                     Ask me what did we see...in this video
                                                           What is this...... aphids
                                                   Ask me what is happening in this video..
                                                       Lady bug is eating an aphid..

                                         Remember we have swimming on Monday...

                                                          
 Thanks,
Mrs. Malik










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