What did you do today?

1.  Today, I drew things we will need for our pirate ship.  (Aidan)
2.  Today, I made my home with tissue paper.  I drew what makes me happy.  (Archita)
3.  Today, I drew God because God made us.  (Owen)
4.  Today, we wrote a list of things we need for our pirate ship.  (Laura)
5.  Today, we sang a prayer called "Light the Advent Candle".  (Noku)

Note:
Tomorrow, we are going to the Scholastic Book Fair.  If you would like your child to purchase a book, please send in money in a Ziploc type bag, labeled with your child's name and the total amount of money sent.

What did you do today?

1. Today, I saw ballet dancers.  (Andrea)
2.  Today, we saw a firefighter.  I crawled under pretend smoke.  (Veeran)
3.  Today, I saw Miss Sachelle put on a firefigher's uniform.  (Naomi)
4.  Today, I went to the Art Centre.  We talked about what makes me happy.  What makes me happy me and my stuffies snuggled up together in bed. I did tissue paper art to show that.  (Lucia)
5.  Today, I drew daddy on the whiteboard.  (Laura)

What did you do today?

1. Today, Archita, Noku, Aniyah and Veeran's day to Show and Tell.  (Jamie)
2.  Today, we read the book Jack and the Beanstalk.  I estimated how long the giant's foot is.  I then measured it with snap cubes.  (Taha)
3.  Today, I traced my hand to make an Advent wreath.  (Andrew)
4.  Today, we went to the gym for a Reach for the Stars assembly.  (Samuella)
5.  Today, Mrs. Singh showed us ballerina dancers on the SMARTboard.  (Antonio)

What did you do today?

1.  Today, I played with Lego.  I made an airplane.  (Juan Miguel)
2.  Today, we brought snow inside.  Then, I predicted that the snow would melt right after Quiet Time.  I was right!  (Owen)
3.  Today, I played teacher.  I chose the queen of the day.  (Naomi)
4.  Today, I listened to French music at the Listening Centre.  I was singing the words to "Les soldats" and doing the actions to "L'autobus".   (Sophie)
5.  Today, the questions on the morning message board was "Aimes-tu manger la neige?" Some friends like to eat snow.  After the snow melted, we saw water, little tiny things like sand and pieces of branches.  So, some friends now don't want to eat snow anymore.  (Lily)

What did you do today?

1.  Today, I played with Lego.  First, I drew a guy.  Then, I built it.  Then, I made a house with Seanna and Erin.  (Jamie)
2.  Today, we read the book The Duckling Gets a Cookie!?.  Then, I went to the Art Centre and I made Pigeon with a cookie and Duckling gave the cookie to him.  (Lucia)
3.  Today, I wrote a survey.  I asked, "What is your favourite season?"  (Lily )
4.  Today, I did my  Show and Tell.  My friends asked me 5 questions and then they had to guess what I brought.  They had 3 guesses.
5.  Today, we saw a video about not going in someone's personal space.  (Sophie)

What did you do today?

1. Today, I drew a home.  I made the home with Lego.  (Archita)
2.  Today, I wrote a survey.  I asked "Quel est ton animal préféré?"  (Noku)
3.  Today, I made a magic wand with K'Nex.  (Laura)
4.  Today, I made an alligator with plasticine.  (Antonio)
5.  The other day, we read the story Pigeon Wants a Puppy.  Today, I made a pigeon out of plasticine.  I also made a magic flower because Pigeon likes flowers.  (Sophie)

What did you do today?

1.  Today, I drew Elsa walking away from Anna. Anna wanted Elsa to bring back summer.  But, Elsa didn't want to.  I showed that Elsa and Anna were walking by drawing lines by their feet.  (Erin)
2.  Today, I was learning how to do a survey.  The questions I asked was "What is your favourite song?"  Then, I asked my friends the question.  My friends had to write their name over their favourite song.  (Avery)
3.  Today, it was Sophie and Owen's "Show and Tell".  Lily asked Sophie about the colour of her item.  Taha asked Owen what shape his object has. (Jamie)
4.  Today, I looked at a recipe book.  I copied my favourite recipe. (Gia)
5.  Today, I was writing ingredients for "Poppy's Favourite Chocolate Cake".  (Sam)

What did you do today?

1.  Today, we read the whole morning message.  (Louis)
2.  Today, I went to the bakery.  I made cookies.  (Juan Miguel)
3.  Today, I asked my friends a question (a survey).   The questions was "Quel est ton animal domestique préféré?"  (Gia)
4.  Today, I made a magic wand with K'Nex.  (Samuella)
5.  Today, I drew my mom, my dad, Patrick and a door.  (Laura)

Note:
Please send in the ballet form, if you have not already done so. We are going to the Greenboro Library next week.

What did you do today?

1.  Today, Ms. Giles sent us an email because she read our blog.  She said that we had a fun day!  (Jamie)
2.  Today, we read a book called Pigeon Wants a Puppy.  (Donita)
3.  Today, we learned about lines, how lines are used to tell a story.  For example, when the pigeon waves hello, we see little lines around his wing, to show that he is waving his wing.  (Seanna)
4.  Today, I sang the alphabet.  (Adam)
5.  Today, I colored a color book.  I read my book to Mrs. Carroll.  (Naomi)

Note:
Tomorrow is a PD day.  See you Monday!

What did you do today?

1.  Today, I made a book about colors.  (Seanna)
2.  Today, I went to the bakery.  I was the customer.  (Aniyah)
3.  Today, I played a number game.  I had to say really quickly what number was on the number cube.  (Owen)
4.  Today, we read the morning message.  (Andrew)
5.  Today, I went to the listening centre.  I listened to English songs.  (Deshmi)

What did you do today?

1.  Today, I helped write a book about a dinosaur (Pop mange de toutes les couleurs).  When he eats certain colors, he changes into those colors.  (Erin)
2.  Today, we read a story about a dinosaur who changes into the colors of the foods he eats. The title is Pop mange de toutes les couleurs.  (Avery)
3.  Today, I played teacher.  I was helping friends read and spell their names.  (Samuella)
4.  Today, I made a pattern:  pine cone, pine cone, blue gem and repeat.  (Noku)
5.  Today, I played on the SMARTboard.  I sorted the living and the non-living things.  (Louis)

What did you do today?

1.  Today, I made a pattern.  My pattern was two pine cones and a blue gem, and repeat.  (Juan Miguel)
2.  Today, I played in the bakery.  (Antonio)
3.  Today, I went to the Science Centre.  I sorted the living and non-living things.  (Aniyah)
4.  Today, we read a Remembrance Day book. We saw poppies and soldiers.  (Sam)
5.  Today, I went to the Art Centre.  I painted a big heart, with little hearts around it.  I painted a small poppy inside my big heart.  I used black and red.  I used the colour red because it means love.  (Lucia)

Note:

Please remember to send in the permission slip for our visit to the Greenboro Library to meet with the professional dancers of the Jorgen ballet.

What did you do today?

1.  Today, I drew a picture with a black marker.  Then, I coloured my picture in red because red means love.  (Taha)
2.  Today, I coloured a peace picture.  (Lily)
3.  Today, I drew a picture of soldiers.  (Antonio)
4.  Today, I went to the Dramatic Centre.  I was the customer.  I bought braided bread (un pain tressé).  (Sophie)
5. Today, I read a book about a thousand things.  (Veeran)

Notes:

1.  Children are asked to wear black and red tomorrow for Remembrance Day.

2.  If you have not yet booked your interview time for Wednesday, please do so on "You Can Book Me".  We only have a few spots left!  Instructions were handed out last week

What did you do today?

1.  Today, I made a pattern.  (Juan Miguel)
2.  Today, I played at the Blocks Centre.  I built a big castle (un château).  (Taha)
3.  Today, I painted a poppy.  (Antonio)
4.  Today, we went to the gym.  Maasai Warriors came to our school to talk to us.  (Deshmi)
5.  Today, I played with Swimetta.  I tested what floats and what sinks.  (Owen)

Note:
Please find in your child`s agenda, 2 items:
1.  Photograph proofs;
2. Permission form to walk to the Greenboro Library to visit with the professional dancers of Ballet Jorgen.

What did you do today?

1.  Today, I went to the Science Centre.  I drew a picture of Owen because he is living.  (Veeran)
2.  Today, I was playing with Swimetta on the SMARTboard.  I was sorting things that sink and things that float.  (Aniyah).
3.  Today, I went to the Art Centre and I made a poppy.  I traced a poppy.  Then I painted the centre black and the petals red.  (Lucia)
4.  Today, I went to the Writing Centre to draw a poppy.  (Andrea)
5.  Today, I read a poem called "Little Poppy".  (Sophie)

Note:
Scholastic orders are in your child's agenda.  If you would like to order, please submit your order on or before November 15th.  

What did you do today?

1.  Today, I played in the Blocks Centre.  I played with the big police car.  (Antonio)
2.  Today, I drew a picture of a poppy (un coquelicot).  (Andrew)
3.  Today, I played teacher.  (Deshmi)
4.  Today, we went on a school bus (it remained parked in our school's driveway).  We practised how to use the emergency exit.  (Naomi)
5.  Today, we learned that living things eat (mange), breathe (respire), grow (grandit) and reproduce (se reproduise).  (Sophie)

What did you do today?

1.  Today, I went to the Writing Centre.  I wrote down friends' names and I drew them.  (Seanna)
2.  Today, I went to the bakery.  I pretended to make a pancake. (Aidan)
3.  Today, I played superhero letters with Mrs. Carroll.  I had to match the lower case letters with the upper case letters.  (Antonio)
4.  Today, I mixed paint colors.  I created purple.  I made purple by mixing blue and red.  (Archita)
5.  Today, I went to the Art Centre.  I created blueish grey by mixing black and white and blue. (Lucia)

What did you do today?

1.  Today, I did three patterns.  I did "pine cone, green gem" and repeat.  I did "white gem, blue gem" and repeat.  My last pattern was "white gem, green gem" and repeat. (Lucia)
2.  Today, we listened to a story called Trois souris peintres" (Veeran)
3.  Today, I drew pictures and wrote words about our bakery.  (Noku)
4.  Today, I sorted living (vivants) and non-living (non-vivants) things. (Taha)
5.  Today, I drew my whole family.  (Andrew)

November Update

If you were to pass by the Yellow Caterpillar classroom these days, you would hear the children humming “L’automne est arrivé!” (Fall is here). As the season has arrived, we are learning fall and Halloween vocabulary in Language and Art, and soon we will be talking about Remembrance Day. We had fun visiting Miller’s Farm and picking out pumpkins. In class we cut up the gourds and pumpkins and the children had a tactile experience learning what the insides are made from! We also had fun picking fall leaves and replicating them with pastels in Art class. Along with that, we are learning elements of design: colour, line and texture. 

In Math we continue to do sorting and classification, as well number sense, counting from one to twenty, forwards and backwards, and skip counting by two for their better understanding.

The children are very excited to build a bakery in the Dramatic Arts area- they also look very cute in their chef’s hats. When we were brainstorming ideas about what we would need in the bakery, the kids surprised me with their vast knowledge of all things cooking and left me with the impression that they must be helping out in their kitchens at home! 

For Halloween the classroom was decorated with pumpkins, owls and monsters. In Gym, the children had fun trying to balance mini gourds on their heads.

And throwing and catching ‘ghost balloons’ in the air with their scoops.

We had so much fun during the Halloween dance-o-thon, wearing our costumes and dancing up a storm! And we ended the day with a costume parade.

We will continue to learn more things about the seasonal changes as winter is soon approaching. With that in mind, I would like to remind parents to dress the children warmly according to the colder weather.

Till we meet again!

Mrs. Singh

What did you do today?

1.  Today, I was at the Art Centre.  We mixed paint.  If I mix red and blue, I will get purple.  If I mix red and yellow, I will get orange.  If I mix blue and yellow, I will get green.  (Aniyah)
2.  Today, I played at the Math Centre.  I created a pattern.  It was pine cone, gem and repeat.  (Sam)
3.  Today, I played at the Science Centre.  I sorted living and non-living things.  (Naomi)
4.  Today, I went to the Writing Centre.  I wrote letters.  (Andrea)
5.  Today, I played a game on the SMARTboard.  It was about sinking and floating things.  The fish who talked during the activity is called Swimetta.  (Sophie)