Today was the first day of October and the virtue of this month is curiosity.
Newsletter
Also coming home today, is the October newsletter and Calendar. The virtue for the month of October is curiosity. Curiosity is the desire to learn or know more about something or someone. We will discuss this virtue throughout the month. Please ask your child, what does curiosity mean? How can you show your curiosity at home and school?

An online link to the newsletter will become available tomorrow.
http://schools.cbe.ab.ca/b239/

Important Dates for October

October 1 - hot soup program starts

October 9 - No school for students (PD Day)

October 12 - No school for students (Thanksgiving)

October 13 - School council meeting @ 6:30 - all parents welcome

October 14 - Choir club begins for Grade 1,2,3

October 23 - Pizza Lunch

October 26 - School Photos

October 30 - No school for students (PD Day)

We practiced drawing ourselves... Ask me to show you.

For letter Tt we read,

 Ask me to count the caterpillars for you. 

 Ask me to give you a word

that rhymes with ten..

      Count the leaves with me...Find the

                                                                camouflaged caterpillar  

                

During our morning message, we practiced looking for vertical and horizontal..

Ask me what I am doing?

Looking for letter Tt

For letter Tt we read a page from 

Talking about 5 senses...

                         Ask me what we did after reading the book....  felt different textures...
                                                   The leaves were .....smooth

                                    Ask me to talk you about different textures...

                                                 Ask me to find different textures.....

    We read this book.... Ask me to point to letter T

a book with some words. How did I know what was happening....

       What happened each Tuesday?

Ask me if this is a fiction book or a non-fiction book...

                        Mrs. Reimer thank you for getting all the curiosity books together...

                    Kindergarten students were curious how we have day and night...
We read 2 pages from.

    Ask me to explain...

Ask me to explain what are we doing..... does the sun move? what moves...

                                       An experiment by a few students at the block centre....

                                          Trying to balance the blocks.... good engineering...

Lucas said, "One side is heavy."

   

Kindergarten scientists observing, showing curiosity and asking questions...

                    Point to the side that is touching the table and is heavy... Ask me to explain..

What is happening here.... We  put 4 blocks on both sides......

Look at the middle rectangle block... It is straight...

Explain why?

Pointing to the side that is heavy.

We were curious how cats see at night.... We watched a video and discovered that they have a

layer in their eyes that is like a mirror....

Ask me... like a cat if I look in the mirror what do I see..

my reflection...

                                                What can I see... my ...

In the gym we practiced 

                                                           walking like a crab...

Ask me what I am doing?

During centres..

Hot Soup
Today was the first day of our free hot soup program. Students were able to enjoy a small bowl of Beef Rice soup. Please note, we do not know what kind of soup we are receiving, until it arrives on Tuesday and Thursday morning. Please discuss with your child, what soup options they would like to eat. The options are

1. Beef Rice
2. Beef Noodle
3. Chicken Noodle
4. Chicken Rice
5. Vegetable

We are very grateful to be part of this program. We noticed today that some students didn't bring a big enough lunch. Though the soup can often be very filling, we still would like students to bring a lunch as the soup is only to add to their lunch, not replace it. 

Thanks,

Mrs. Malik & Mrs. Queen