This week in FLK..

The house is growing! Please continue sending in

empty egg cartons
(dozen size)
We hope to do a Buddy Activity that requires each
child to have a wooden Clementine box. Please send
in any that you acquire.
We celebrated Graysens
4th Birthday!

Happy Birthday Graysen!

In Language: We continued with our Jolly Phonics and learned the letter name and
sounds of Uu and Ll. The First Years continued in their Jolly Phonics booklets while
the Second Years added labels and/or sentences to their super heroes, Upside

Down Man (who wears his underwear on top of his uniform!) and Laughing Lass (or
Lad!) (( who laughs loudly at lawbreakers)).
Using the Mystery Name, we continued rhyming, clapping syllables, identifying
beginning and end sounds, blending consonant vowel consonant words and
identifying letter sounds and names. Our Mystery names this week were Maria and
Lily.
ALL of the 2nd year students and many of the 1st years now see the connection
between the Jolly Phonics sounds and reading and writing. For explicit practice of
the sounds at home, each child has received a flip book of the Jolly Phonics sounds,
as well as a one page summary of all the sounds. We have been using these
summaries when we write at school and the children use them very productively.
We have noticed a WRITING EXPLOSION happening in the classroom recently! It
is amazing to watch the children trying to sound out words to write and supporting
each other as they go back and forth from the table to the sound wall!
We also met Stretchy Snake. Stretchy helps us to read. He reminds us to
s-t-r-e-t-c-h out the sounds found in words.
We also continued our Surprise Bag Show n Share items. Connor shared his Batman
Bear and Adrian shared his Shopkinz. Well done !
We practiced the Nursery Rhyme, Little Miss Muffet concentrating on rhyme.
Gym: After a little chicken dancing to warm up, we again played various games with
the parachute. The co-operation was beautiful!
Religion: We discussed The Golden Rule: Treat others as you would have others
treat you. We applied it to different situations that might arise in our very own
classroom.
We attended an Anti-Bullying Assembly where Mrs. Perquins Grade 6 class and
Mrs. Ferreira/Mrs. Murray and Mrs. Williams classes performed a very moving
tableau to demonstrate anti-bullying situations. There too, we learned about the
Golden Rule.
Science: A few weeks ago, Joe inspired us to plant his apple seeds. As you may
recall, ( Joe does!) we put the seeds in wet paper towel in a baggie and hung it on
the window. We discussed this week that the seeds STILL havent germinated. We
went looking for an answer! We discovered that only 30/100 seeds MAY germinate
and it may take up to a MONTH! So ! Well keep waiting and watching!

In Art: we had no formal art this week

In Music, Drama and Dance: Miss Angenent continues with Musical Lunches and
dance parties.
In Mathematics: We continued the 100 days of school.adding fish to our
fishbowl and straws to our collection. We counted by 1,2,5, and 10. We finished up
individual assessments for patterning. We will move onto to measurement next
length, mass and capacity.
In Personal and Social Development: We continue to revisit our hands off policy
and taking responsibility for our own actions. We also had several discussions about
being kind. Being kind means we treat ALL friends the same. If you wouldnt do
something to your very best friend, you shouldnt do it to anyone. We also
discussed thinking for one self. We all make choices. Dont treat someone unkindly
just because your friend does.
In Inquiry/Directed Play: For the Uu, Miss Angenent worked with the children to
decorate underwear - which hang on a clothesline in the class! They created Lions
for Ll and some of the children practiced beginning sounds using file folder games.
Mrs. Bernat and baby Alicia, Paxtons mom and sister, came in for our very first
Roots of Empathy visit. The children were so observant and focused! They used the
list they made last week to determine whether Alicia can crawl, sit in a stroller,
walk, cry, etc. They were also fascinated by Alicias attempts to grasp toys and
reach for things.
Madame Santos worked on a game of concentration and with some PLAYDOH with a
few friends to strengthen muscles in fingers and hands.

Upcoming Events:
Friday November 20 PD Day no school for students
Wednesday November 25- hot lunch for those who ordered
Into December:

Wednesday December 16 St. Mark Family Advent Mass 6pm St. Michael Church
Thursday December 3 - Christmas with the Animals Fanshawe Park ** note sent
home this week

Tentative Dates: I will confirm ASAP

Tuesday December 15 - FDK Christmas Concert 9:15a.m. St. Mark Gym