Friday, November 9, 2012

REMEMBER


Portfolios have been sent home today!  Portfolios are a way for you to view your child's progress and some things your child has been doing at school.  
You may notice some work that has been stapled into your duotang, this to enable you to look at the front and back of their work (often there is writing on the back!)
**It is very important Mrs. Taebpour and I get the portfolios back, as we are sending them home throughout the year.  Please talk with your child about their portfolio and send it back to school on Monday.

Remembrance Day


Rick Hansen PS recognized Remembrance Day today with an assembly.  Different classes presented throughout to remember soldiers who fought and died in war so we can be safe.  We also recognized those serving in our Candian Armed Forces today.  Everyone student at the school wrote a postcard for a soldier and put it in a mailbox.  Next week they will be mailed out to different Canadian troops across the world.  We wanted to let the men and women who are serving for Canada know how special and important they are.


The Kindergarten students contributed wreaths made from tissue paper poppies for our assembly.  We learned that poppies grew in Flanders Fields where soldiers were laid to rest during the War.  People wear a poppy on their shirt to remember. 

All of the Kindergarten classes did an excellent job attentive listening and showing respect to other classes that presented during the assembly.  Well done!

2-d shapes

We have been learning about 2-D shapes!  Take a look at some of the investigating that has been taking place in our class.


Can you make any shapes at home using simple materials?  If you can, bring them to school to show us!
D.V. - I made a square with a geoboard!


 A.M. made different shapes using triangle blocks from our building area!










Transportation Inquiry 
Our transportation inquiry is coming to an end.  Next week we will be writing about what each student thinks is the most important kind of transportation.  This week we have been discussing different answers from students and were excited to hear their authentic answers. 

While you are in our classroom for an Observation (JK) or Interview (SK) during the week of November 19-23 you will be invited to explore our Transportation Inquiry binder.  We are so excited to show it to you!  

Technology!

Look at us using the Smartboard and Ipads to enhance our learning!