I hope everyone is having a nice weekend :) I'm sorry this post is only going up now! I have lots to share with you in this post... so sit down and relax ;)
Exciting News
In case you don't follow me on Twitter or get a chance to read the message board outside of our classroom, Mrs. Tortola had her baby girl on Thursday, November 6th :) She and her husband welcome baby Ava Marie to their family. We are so happy for her and can't wait to see pictures. We hope that she will come visit us with her new baby girl! Congratulations to Mrs. and Mr. Tortola! We wish you the very best on your new journey as a family :)
Popcorn Day
Friday was Popcorn Day!! Popcorn Day is where we introduce the "popcorn words", or, 25 sight words that are crucial to know. These words must be recognized by sight, for many can't be sounded out. Sight words make up 75 percent of texts- crazy! That's why they're so important to know- they "pop" up in our books all the time!
We introduced the song to students which goes to the tune of "Mary Had a Little Lamb". The reason we use a song is help students memorize them. Once they memorize it, they can sing it until they find the word they're looking for. Here is a copy of the popcorn words incase you need another copy :)
When we went off to Literacy centres, we made sure that students were writing, stamping, and making popcorn words! Here are some pictures :)
Great job spelling those popcorn words, boys and girls!
Here's a video of Daryl and Giulia using one of my favourite iPad apps; Word Wizard! You can spell words and it reads it back to you :)
Here's another video of Izze and Alyssa looking for letters to spell popcorn words :)
After recess, we went on a popcorn word scavenger hunt! It was just like an Easter egg hunt, but with popcorn words on rocks! We hid them all throughout the room and everyone was able to find one :)
Now it was time for the fun part- tasting the popcorn! We had students taste four different kinds and then vote on their favourite :) Click on the pictures to enlarge!
We will be looking at the results from our graph on Monday to figure out which kind was the most popular!
After our taste testing, we had to quickly tidy up to get ready for our guest speaker. A parent from Mrs. Schmidt's class came in to chat with us, and he was a real life soldier! How cool!
We had some great questions and comments come from our friends :)
"They help fight for the warriors" - Lara
"Why do soldiers work?" - Izze
We learned all about his cool green uniform and even got to learn how to march just like him!!
Sorting and Counting Fun
Miss Smith and I were super impressed with Juliette's initiative during table activities to sort and count all the mini animals. How awesome! Way to go Juliette :) Once students saw her doing it, they wanted to join in to. Juliette sorted the animals by their colour. What are some other ways we can sort?
Parent Observations
Over the next week, parent observations will be taking place. Please make sure you read the post I wrote about them. If you did not let me know if you read the package, I will send it home for those with observations Tuesday-Friday, for I forgot to for those on Monday. It's just to give you a heads-up of what to look for and when. Our days will be exactly the same as normal- no dog and pony show here! Please remember that if there are multiple families, I will only be able to chat with you for a couple of minutes, but would be more than happy to sit down and talk before or after school one day or give you a shout at home.
If there is something you are concerned about regarding your child, please have that ready to share with me during parent observations.
Also, please remember that Miss Smith has only been with us for a week, so she is still learning about the students. Thank you!
Important Reminders
- Remembrance Day assembly will take place on Tuesday. We will receive a class set of poppys. The assemblies are always made Kindergarten appropriate.
- Scholastic orders are due on Friday- they make great Christmas gifts! Remember that buying books through Scholastic helps to raise more money for classroom books. Orders will be submitted on Friday.
- Please don't forget to send in your $2 for Crockadoodle. The extra $2 pays for Crockadoodle to come to the school, as opposed to charging each student $10+ for a bus to travel elsewhere to do it :)
- Picture retakes are on Tuesday November 18th.
I believe that's all for now. Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
~ Miss Pliura
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