Afternoon Volunteers' Calendar

afternoon volunteers Afternoon Parent Volunteers Please put your name on any day that suits your schedule. We usually have just one volunteer per day. Not all days have to be filled. Most times parents stay for the whole afternoon, from 1:10 to 3:40. If you have less time available you are still welcome! Thank you for volunteering. It will be a fun day and we'll be able to do so much more with your help. CREATED BY: Sarah Whitehead CONTACT ME

Here is the link for the afternoon parents to sign up to volunteer. I have only set it  up for October and November so far, but Carrie will add some more dates soon. We're looking forward to having you in the classroom! 

www.SignUpGenius.com/go/508084DAFAB2AAA8-afternoon

Link to the morning volunteer sign up calendar

I have the first part of the year set up on a Sign Up Genius calendar for you. So far, it works. I entered the names that Meg has given me so far. Please give it a try!
You have been invited by Sarah Whitehead to sign up for "Morning Volunteer Sign Up Calendar." Please click on the link below to view the online sign up sheet.

www.SignUpGenius.com/go/508084DAFAB2AAA8-morning

We did make a Thanksgiving craft, but...

Well, it just took longer than we had this short week, what with picture day and all. The children are really doing a lovely job with their colouring so we will give them a few more days to finish it well and not rush them. Then we will send them home and you can enjoy them forever. In the meantime, if they are still keen to colour, here is a great page to print and enjoy. Our apologies for the delay!

Very interesting blog

Since we are celebrating food this weekend here is a fun blog link: http://insideinsides.blogspot.ca/ 
The children might like to see the animations on this blog. They are made by MRI scanning of fruits and vegetables and are very interesting. Maybe they can even guess which veggie or fruit is in the picture. Happy Thanksgiving!

Got it!

Picture day went well and we got all the pictures taken, so tomorrow you can go back to regular clothing. They did look spiffy, though!                       : )

No School Friday or Monday!

 

This Friday, October 5th, there will be no school as it is a PD day. Then Monday is Thanksgiving, so school is closed for the holiday. The children have worked very hard to learn their new routines and adapt to school. They have made a lot of great progress. It is great that they can have a little rest after all their efforts. Happy Thanksgiving! School will be open again on Tuesday. See you then!

Patterns, Patterns, Patterns!

    

Our focus the first month was on building up a sense of belonging in our class, how to choose and make friends and on how to go to school. We began with the theme of Friends.  Our focus now is on Patterns. This will help to structure their thinking and give them a framework for many of the other concepts we will cover this year. We are learning that anything that happens over and over is a pattern. We are looking at visual patterns such as stripes and spots and talked about rhyming words and repeated words in books and how they are a pattern. We are singing a song with a repeated pattern and will also do many musical rhythms. We are also learning that the days have a pattern and the seasons have a pattern. We will be creating lots of patterns in our crafts. If you have a chance to point out or find patterns with your child during the day, that will reinforce the concepts for them. It could be visual patterns, or rhymes in their books or other repeated things. Also, with all the themes this year your child is very welcome to bring in books from home on the topic to share with the class. (Please make sure his or her name is on the books, of course.) At the end of the unit, in early November, we will have a Pattern Party where they can wear as many different patterned clothes as possible. It is a great unit and we are having fun with it.