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Since we got back from Spring Break, we have been quite busy in the classroom in our conversations around spring. We’ve completed some reading responses around “Signs of Spring” – the students had brilliant ideas about what they would see outside once it starts looking like the season (hopefully more of this snow will melt soon!). One Kindergartener even had the witty idea of calling it “SPRINTER!” (Spring + Winter). To go along with weather, we have incorporated an art project on the Chinook Arch (aka “Snow Eater”). Through looking at real pictures of this phenomenon, the students were able to use appropriate colors for the arch, and many of them even mixed colors together to create a more realistic representation. We discovered where all the warm air comes from, and we learned to tell the story of the Chinook Arch using our bodies and big gestures. Along with changes in the weather, we have been talking a lot about bugs. With this introduction, students have been examining them closely through books and manipulatives. They have also been learning some of them in Spanish of course. We will be continuing to learn about bugs and their development throughout the Spring season. The kindergarten students continue to build on their literacy skills through discovering “kid spelling”. Along with continuing to learn letter-sound associations, students are encouraged to streeeeetch out their words, and write down any letters that they hear. This can be applied at any time, whether it is during our Author Centre, drawing centre, Letter of the Week, and reading responses. Lastly, the students have been practicing talking about themselves in Spanish, using vocabulary that they have been exposed to since the beginning of the school year. They are continuing to learn to answer questions in more complete sentences, with teacher modeling and repetition.
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