What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I went to the Art Centre.  I made a Canada flag.  (Deshmi)
2.  Today, I wrote my name on the whiteboard.  (Skylar)
3.  Today, I made Mme Carroll a picture at the Writing Centre.  (Donita)
4.  Today, I made a tower out of cork.  (Andrea)
5.  Today, I played French word Bingo.  Then, I was the teacher because I was showing the kids the cards.  (Lily)

Note:

In celebration of Canada's 150th birthday, tomorrow is red and white day.

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I went to the Science Centre window and we watched a big tractor pouring sand in our yard.  (Antonio)
2.  Today, I washed toys in the sensory bin.  (Archita)
3.  Today, I played Sight Word Bingo.  (Aidan)
4.  Today, I made a Canada flag at the Art Centre.  Mrs. Carroll with put it in our classroom door.  (Andrea)
5.  Today, I said a whole French sentence, all by myself, and everybody in the class clapped!  (Sophie)

Note:

This Monday, June 26th, is our field trip to the Museum of History.  Those parents who are confirmed volunteers, please meet us in the kindergarten atrium at 9:50.  Have a great weekend ;)

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I went to the "washing centre" and I washed some toys.  (Skylar)
2.  Today, I played Word Bingo with my Mommy.  (Erin)
3.  Today, I went to the Writing Centre and I made a summer book.  (Owen)
4.  Today, I did a Pic Collage on rainbows.  (Archita)
5.  Today, we went outside and we painted with water.  The water evaporated.  That means the water goes up to the sky to make clouds.  When the clouds are heavy, it rains.  (Gia)

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I played French alphabet bingo.  I won a plastic jumping frog.  (Aidan)
2.  Today, we learned how to say "Happy Birthday, Canada" in French.  It's "Bonne fête, Canada".  (Lily)
3.  Today, we are going to the Reach for the Stars assembly.  (Gia)
4.  Today, I went to the sensory bin and I washed toys with  Antonio.  (Lucia)
5.  Today, we went to the gym with Mrs. Porcari and we played with a lot of equipment.  (Sophie)

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I played French alphabet bingo.  (Andrew)
2.  Today, we used collaboration and communication to work on a big Spiderman puzzle.  (Owen)
3.  Today, I looked at a caterpillar picture in a book, then I drew one with markers.  (Donita)
4.  Today, I picked up rainbow strawberries when I was playing OSMO Coding.  (Andrea)
5.  The other day, we were collecting caterpillars.  When we looked back at them today, we saw one of the caterpillars in a cocoon!  (Erin)

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I played a French ABC bingo and I won.  I picked something from the prize box.  It was a fish. (Aidan)
2. Today, we went to the gym and we continued to learn about the Seven Grandfather Teachings.  (Lily)
3.  Today, I went to the Writing Centre and I drew a Father's Day card.  (Deshmi)
4.  Today, I wrote about the animal family that I built with Erin the other day.  I wrote under the picture of the animal family.  (Lucia)
5.  Today, I went to the Art Centre and I made the Grandfather Teachings by using playdoh and cookie cutters.  (Aniyah)

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I played "Snakes and Ladders".  I counted the dots on the dice.  (Skylar)
2.  Today, I went to the Art Centre.  I did the 7 Grandfather Teachings with playdoh.  I had forgotten that the "buffalo" represents "respect".  (Sophie)
3.  Today, I found la ladybug picture in an insect book.  I made a ladybug with loose parts.  Mrs. Carroll took a picture of my ladybug.  Tomorrow, I will write about it.  (Archita)
4.  Today, I played with K'Nex.  I made a spinning top and I counted how many seconds it spun.  I kept adding my numbers.  I counted to 102.  (Owen)
5.  Today, we went to the Learning Commons.  A librarian from the Ottawa Public Library talked to us about the summer reading program.  The librarian also read us a book about astronauts.  (Gia)

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I tried really hard to go to the next level of OSMO Coding.  I will try again next time.  (Gia)
2.  Today, I went to the Art Centre.  I made a confetti cup.  It never runs out of confetti juice.  (Owen)
3.  Today, I sang a new song:  L-A-U-R-A, L-A-U-R-A, L-A-U-R-A and Laura is her name-o.  (Laura)
4.  Today, I drew a picture of me and my mom baking together.  I wrote about it.  I stretched out words and I wrote the sounds I heard.  (Lily)
5.  Today, I went to the Art Centre and I made a flute.  (Aniyah)

Note:
We are still looking for one more parent volunteer for our trip to the Museum of History.  Thank you :)

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I went to the Blocks Centre.  I made a pool.  I played with Owen, Jamie, Andrew and Veeran.  (Antonio)
2.  Today, I went to the Writing Centre and I made a book about farm animals.  (Lily)
3.  Today, I went to the Math Centre.  I made a Math puzzle with Juan Miguel and Naomi.  (Sophie)
4.  Today, I made a card for my mom.  (Laura)
5.  Today, I went to the Dramatic Centre.  I played fire fighters and I was the chief.  (Gia)

Note:

Thank you to all parents who have returned their signed permission form for their child to go to the Museum of History.  We still need 2 parent volunteers.  If you are able to join us, please let us know on the permission form.

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, we read a book about fire fighters.  I learned what to do when there is a fire in the house.  You stop what you're doing, drop and roll.  (Aniyah)
2.  Today, Lily and I went to the Blocks Centre.  We are building a community centre for animals.  Tomorrow, we are going to finish the building and then we are going to draw what we built.  (Gia)
3.  Today, I went to the fire station at the Dramatic Centre with Samuella and Andrew.  (Archita)
4.  Today, I did a number puzzle with Veeran.  (Taha)
5.  Today, I went to the Art Centre and I made Sonic.  I used a feather to paint with.  (Owen)

Note:

Please find, in your child's agenda bag, a permission form for the Museum of History.  Kindly return the completed form as soon as possible.  We will need 5 parent volunteers to go with us.

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, we went to the Fire Fighter Centre.  I was pretending there was a fire so I put it out.  (Antonio)
2.  Today, I made a microphone at the Art Centre.  I used a pipe cleaner (un cure-pipe).  (Naomi)
3.  Today, I went to the K'Nex and I made a snowflake (un flocon de neige).  (Owen)
4.  Today, I went on the iPad.  I played OSMO Coding with Louis and Noku.  (Jamie)
5.  Today, I went to K'Nex with Erin to make an animal family.  We labeled our animals in English and French.  (Lucia)

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I went to the Science Centre and I drew morning glories
2.  Today, I made fire (un feu) out of construction paper for our Dramatic Centre.  (Erin)
3.  Today, I went to our new fire station at the Dramatic Centre.  I played with a fire truck.  I played with Aidan, Antonio and Samuella.  I pretended the little stove was burning.  We put on our fire fighter uniforms and put out the fire.  (Jamie)
4.  Today, I went to the Block Centre and I designed a house and then I built it.  (Juan Miguel)
5.  Today, I went to the Science Centre.  I wrote about about ants.  (Aniyah)

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, we went to the Greenboro Library.  We sang songs, danced and listened to stories.  (Archita)
2.  Today, I played with new K'Nex.  I built a person.  (Aniyah)
3.  Today, I went to Blocks with Owen, Veeran and Taha and I buiilt a community centre.  (Gia)
4.  Today, I played "Kodable" on the iPad.  (Andrea)
5.  Today, I went to the Art Centre.  I made pizza with playdough.  (Lily)

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I went to the Block Centre.  I built a castle with Gia and Antonio.  (Owen)
2.  Today, I went to the Writing Centre.  I wrote a book called "Who is in you House?"  (Samuella)
3.  Today, I played on Kodable.  (Laura)
4.  Today, I went to the Art Centre.  I made a snail.  I rolled the playdough to make my snail.  (Lily)
5.  Today, I helped Mrs. Carroll organize.  We took out the garden tools from the soil and put in insects.  (Archita)

Note:

1.  We are scheduled to walk to the Greenboro Library tomorrow (Tuesday, May 30th), rain or shine.  If there are thundershowers in the forecast, the outing will be cancelled.  Students are to come to school prepared for the weather (e.g., rain boots, rain jacket, umbrella)

2.  We are changing our Dramatic Play area into a fire station.  We have firefighter costumes.  If you have a toy fire truck we could borrow, that would be greatly appreciated!  Please write your child's name on the fire truck so we can give it back to you when we are finished.

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I wrote a book called "Qui aimes-tu?"  (Owen)
2.  Today, I played OSMO words.  I put in the missing letters.  (Lily)
3.  Today, I went on the iPad and I did  Pic Collage on flamingos and turtles.  (Gia)
4.  Today, I went on the iPad and I was looking for new QR codes.  I found new signs of spring like ducks, bunnies and chicks.  (Sophie)
5.  Today, I played rubber duck numbers.  I practised my numbers in French.  (Taha)

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I played Kodable on the iPad.  (Taha)
2.  Today, our morning glories bloomed.  I drew a picture of the flower and the rest of the plants.  (Owen)
3.  Today, I practised my French numbers with the number ducks.  (Naomi)
4.  Today, I went to the Writing Centre.  I wrote "mom" and "daddy".  (Laura)
5.  Today, I went to the Art Centre.  I made a wolf out of playdough.  (Lucia)

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I went outside with Mrs. Carroll, to learn to write my word wall words with sticks.  (Archita)

2.  Today, I counted numbers on rubber ducks in the water bin.  (Taha)
3.  Today, I went to the Art Centre and I did my letters.  In each letter, I drew a picture of something that starts with that letter.  In the letter A, I drew an apple and in the letter B, I drew a bus.  (Aniyah)
4.  Today, I went to the Writing Centre.  I word word wall words with letters I found in magazines.  (Andrea)
5.  Today, I played Kodable on the iPad.  I had to try to get the bugs to the left, to the right, or to go straight to get away from the guy.  (Jamie)

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I went on the iPad.  I did a Pic Collage on foxes.  I learned how to write "fox" in English and French.  (Jamie)
2.  Today, we went outside to look at insects.  When we found insects we wrote words and we drew about them.  (Lily)
3.  Today, I went to the Writing Centre and I wrote all about what I did outside.  (Gia)
4.  Today, I wrote "le" with letters from a magazine.  (Andrew)
5.  Today, I went to the Block Centre and I made a house.  (Owen)

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I made letters with playdough.  (Naomi)
2.  Today, I made a castle with Gia, Antonio and Veeran.  (Owen)
3.  Today, I went to the iPads.  I made a Pic Collage on "My Little Pony".  (Gia)
4.  Today, we sang and danced to "Boom Chicka Boom.  (Laura)
5.  Today, I went to the classroom library and I read the book Each Peach Pear Plum with Mrs. Carroll (Aniyah)

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I went to the Art Centre.  I stamped animals that go with each Grandfather Teaching.  (Samuella)
2.  Today, I went to the Blocks Centre.  I built a castle.  (Gia)
3.  Today, I played Kodable on the iPad.  (Andrea)
4.  Today, I read a book with Veeran, Andrea and Mrs. Carroll.  (Taha)
5.  Today, I went to the Writing Centre.  I made a duck with playdough.  (Donita)

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, we read the whole morning message and we made Mrs. Carroll cry.  (Jamie)
2.  Today, I went to the Art Centre.  I wrote words for my card for Mother's Day.
3.  Today, I played a new Kodable game.  I played the space game.  (Gia)
4.  Today, I practised my letters by stamping letters in playdough. (Naomi)
5.  Today, we got new dandelions for our Science table.  We took one dandelion out of the water.  Next week, we will see if they still look good.  (Aidan)

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I went to the Art Centre.  I made a card for mom.  (Avery)
2.  Today, I went to the Writing Centre.  I stamped letters on playdough.  (Aniyah)
3.  Today, I made a castle at the Blocks Centre with Juan Miguel.  (Taha)
4.  Today, I went to the Art Centre and I did a for my mom.  I learned that "Happy Mother's Day" in French is "Bonne fete maman".  (Gia)
5.  Today, at first outside recess, we found dandelions.  We brought them inside.  We made a bouquet with water, a cup and dandelions.  The dandelions need to be in water so they don't die right away.  (Sophie)

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I played the OSMO with Veeran.  I was trying to find the letter at the beginning of each word.  (Taha)
2.  Today, I learned how to make playdough.  I learned we need salt, flour, oil, hot water, food coloring and alum.  (Erin)
3.  Today, I went to the Writing Centre.  I stamped letters and numbers in playdough.  (Lily)
4.  Today, I did a Pic Collage for Mother's Day on the iPad.  (Deshmi)
5.  Today, we went to the Learning Commons and we watched 3 plays.  The grade 2/3 class presented their plays.

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I went to the Block Centre.  I made a castle.  (Laura)
2.  Today, I went to the Math Centre and I counted how many squares my picture took up.  (Noku)
3.  Today, I made the stems for my Mother's Day card with Mrs. Singh.  (Avery)
4.  Today, I went to the iPads.  I made a Mother's Day Pic Collage.  (Lily)
5.  Today, I went to the Art Centre.  I did free art.  I drew unicorns.  (Gia)

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I went to the Science Centre and I drew morning glories, two vegetables and I wrote "My garden".  (Gia)
2.  Today, I went to the Art Centre and I glued my Mother's Day picture to my card.  (Aniyah)
3.  Today, I went to the Writing Centre and I made my Mother's Day card.  (Lily)
4.  Today, I learned how to make a fire engine.  (Antonio)
5.  Today, we went to the Reach for the Stars assembly in the gym.  (Owen)

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I went to the Art Centre.  I coloured a picture for Mother's Day.  (Lily)
2.  Today, I went to the Science Centre.  I copied from a book about flowers.  (Aniyah)
3.  Today, I went to the Block Centre.  I built a castle.  (Laura)
4.  Today, I made a card for Taha.  (Andrea)
5.  Today, I went to the Math Centre.  I made a picture and counted how many squares my picture takes up.  (Noku)
6.  Today, we went outside to go on a pattern hunt.  (Owen)

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I went to the Science Centre.  I drew flowers I found in the flower books.  (Gia)
2.  Today, I went to the Block Centre.  I made a police station and a police car.  (Antonio)
3.  Today, I worked with letters on the OSMO.  (Taha)
4.  Today, I went to the Writing Centre.  I did the Word Wall Word Race.  The word "she" won!  (Deshmi)
5.  Today, I went to the Art Centre.  I made 2 mandalas with Mrs. Singh.

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, we went to the gym for our Easter mass.  (Antonio)
2.  Today, I played Kodable on the iPad.  (Andrea)
3.  Today, on the iPad, I went on QR reader.  I read words for the signs of spring.  (Owen)
4.  Today, we listened to a new story that our friend William brought in - "The 3 Kangaroos Gruff".
5.  Today, I listened to a new spring song called "L'arbre est dans ses feuilles".  (Noku)

Notes:

1.  We are short of tissues.  If you have an extra tissue box at home that you could donate, that would be greatly appreciated!
2.  Cake walk is tomorrow,  Please remember to bring in your cake, if you are donating one, and it will be the last chance for kids to buy their tickets for $1.

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I went on the iPad.  I did a Pic Collage on a garden. I wrote "garden" and I saw images of gardens.  (Owen)
2.  Today, I did a Pic Collage on morning glories.  I took pictures of our morning glories.  (Aidan)
3.  Today, I made a movie theatre at the block centre.  (Antonio)
4.  Today, I retold the stories of The Three Billy Goats Gruff.  (Taha)
5.  Today, I tried to beat the drum to the beat of the music.  (Archita)

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I went to the Writing Centre and I did "La course de mots".  I haven't finished my race yet.  I will find out which word will win on our next French day. (Lily)
2.  Today, I went to the Math Centre. I measured how long the block was.  It was 24 snap cubes long.  (Deshmi)
3.  Today, I took an iPad to read QR codes.  The QR codes were about signs of spring.
4.  Today, I went to the Art Centre.  I cut out my thunderbird and my beaver to make a totem pole.  (Noku)
5.  Today, I built a castle with wooden blocks with my friends. (Andrew)

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I learned to design my movie theatre, then I build it with wooden blocks.  (Owen)
2.  Today, I went to the Writing Centre and I learned a new game.  On a number cube, there is word wall words. I roll the number cube, and write the word wall word that is on the top.  It's a race!  The word "she" won! (Andrea)
3.  Today, I drew a totem pole on the big easel in the atrium.  (Juan Miguel)
4.  Today, I went to the Science Centre and I used a magnifying glass to look at the flowers.  Then, I drew a picture of the flowers.  (Samuella)
5.  Today, I went on the iPad and I did a Pic Collage on totem poles.  (Gia)

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I went to the Writing Centre and wrote vegetable words like carrot.  (Aniyah)
2.  Today, I went to the Art Centre.  I drew a unicorn.  (Gia)
3.  Today, I went to the Block Centre.  I made a castle.  (Antonio)
4.  Today, I went to the Writing Centre.  I made carrots, cauliflower and cabbage.  I labelled my words.  (Owen)
5.  Today, I played with Osmo Numbers.  I tried to get the fishies.  (Noku)

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I was playing on the iPad.  I was playing Kodable.  When I get to a higher level, it gets trickier.  I need to learn what to do when I run out of boxes for codes.  (Sophie)
2.  Today, I went to the carpet and I did some coding.  I learned that when I have the turn code, I need to stay in the same box.  (Deshmi)
3.  Today, I learned what a sunflower is.  I made one for our class garden.  (Archita)
4.  Today, I was making a castle with blocks and I was drawing my design.  (Noku)
5.  Today, I drew a tipi with pastels on the easel in the atrium.  (Antonio)

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I went in the atrium and I drew a picture of a totem pole on the big easel.  (Lily)

2.  Today, I retold the story "Les 3 barbichus".  (Taha)

3.  Today, I learned how to make a musical instrument.  I made a shaker with a can, seeds, wax paper, construction paper and markers.  (Erin)

4.  Today, I went to the Writing Centre.  I made a strawberry for our garden.  (Naomi)

5.  Today, I went to the gardening bin and played with flowers and soil. (Jamie)

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I learned how to create my own music with jars.  (Avery)
2.  Today, we went to the gym.  We listened to the St. Pat's Band play their music.  (Archita)
3.  Today, I learned what plants need to survive (water, sunlight, soil, and air).  (Gia)
4.  Today, I learned to paint with Q-tips.  I painted in the word "Alleluia".  (Naomi)
5.  Today, I wrote a letter to the Easter Bunny.  (Owen)

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I went to the sensory bin.  I was pretending that I was planting flowers.  I used "un cultivateur" and "une truelle".  (Owen)
2.  Today, I weighed toys.  The cylinder was the heaviest toy.  (Taha)
3.  Today, I retold the story "Les trois barbichus".  (Deshmi)
4.  Today, I went on the iPad and I spelled words.  I saw "onkey" so I had to place the "m" to spell "monkey".  (Erin)
5.  Today, I went to the Art Centre.  I made an Easter card.  I wrote "Joyeuse Pâques".  (Gia)

Happy Easter :)

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I went to the Dramatic Play Centre.  I acted out the story The Three Billy Goats Gruff.  (Lily)
2.  Today, I drew morning glories.  (Gia)
3.  Today, I played in the sensory bin.  I played with the soil, the pots, the flowers and the gardening tools (trowels and cultivators).  (Archita)
4.  Today, I went to the Writing Centre.  I wrote "grass" and "de l'herbe" because we are talking about the signs of spring.  (Owen)
5.  Today, I wrote down what I learned.  I wrote that I learned how to plant seeds.  (Lucia)

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I learned that I can use my fingerprints to make bunnies and chicks.  (Aidan)
2.  Today, we learned how to play some musical instruments.  We played the xylophone, the drums, the shakers and the tambourine.  (Andrea, Lucia, Jamie)
3.  Today, I went to the morning glories.  I saw that they sprouted over the weekend.  I learned that it took 6 or 7 days for them to sprout.  (Antonio)
4.  Today, I learned how to play with Osmo Words.  I had to place the missing letter at the beginning of each word.  (Owen)
5.  Today, I went to the Writing Centre and I drew a road and the car had to get to the end of the road.  I wrote a code for it using arrows.  (Aniyah)

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I wrote Easter words.  (Owen)
2.  Today, I wrote a question about morning glories:  I wonder why morning glories are different colors.  (Lily)
3.  Today, we went on a number hunt in the school.  I found numbers in the hallway that say where to find certain classrooms.  (Erin and Archita)
4.  Today, I played Kodable on the iPad.  I needed to get Rainbow to the end of the path so I gave it commands.  (Lucia)
5.  Today, we practised the song "Get Up to Get Down."  We might sing it at a Reach for the Stars Assembly.  (Andrea)

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I wrote down additions.  I did 1+1=2, 3+4=7.  (Seanna)
2.  Today, I used snap cubes to show 10.  I then counted down by taking a snap cube away each time.  (Lucia)
3.  Today, I went with Mrs. Singh to the Science Centre.  I spelled "We are naming our learning."  (Sophie)
4.  Today, I went to the Writing Centre.  Seanna helped me write "tipi".  (Laura)
5.  Today, I did some coding.  I took a code and I matched it to a road.  I got the car to the end of the road by following the code.  (Deshmi)

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I made a kite.  I used construction paper, tape and string.  (Taha)
2.  Today, I learned how to code.  I had to find the right code to go with the road.  Then, I followed the code and got the car to the end of the road.  (Gia)
3.  Today, I made my own road (with grids) and I made a code for the car to get to the end of the road.   (Owen)
4.  Today, we learned how to use our WITS (W=Walk away, I=Ignore, T=Talk about it, S=Seek help).
5.  Today, we welcomed a new friend to our class.  Her name is Skylar.  (Juan Miguel)

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I learned to show "5" by putting 2 green snap cubes and 3 pink cubes together.  (Taha)
2.  Today, we planted morning glory seeds.  We learned that they need to be planted 1 cm into the soil and 5 cm apart from each other.  (Erin)
3.  Today, I learned what a morning glory looks like.  I drew one.  (Deshmi)
4.  Today, I drew seeds growing into morning glories.  (Aniyah)
5.  Today, I made an Easter egg.  I learned that I can dip chalk into water to color an Easter egg.  (Aidan)

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I made an Easter egg.  I used tissue paper and I drew dots.  (Owen)

2.  Today, I painted shapes with Easter colous.  (Aniyah)

3.  Today, I went over the word "it" with a bingo dabber.  (Taha)

4.  Today, we read a book called "Les trois Barbichu".  (Archita)

5.  Today, I used a highlighter to highlight word wall words in a wordle. (Noku)

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I made a tipi.  I used construction paper and watercolors.  At the top of the tipi, I painted a moon and a star, in the middle of the tipi I painted a bear, and at the bottom of the tipi I painted the ocean.  (Andrew)
2.  Today, I went to the Dramatic Centre.  I rolled the dice.  I rolled a "silly dog" so I acted like a silly dog.  I crawled because a dog has four legs and I barked in a funny way.  (Donita)
3.  Today, I played in the money sensory bin.  I found the toys and the coins and I matched them up.  (Antonio)
4.  Today, I went to the Science Centre with Donita and I played with the ladybug and the deer.  We made the ladybug sleep in the log for winter.  (Sophie)
5.  Today, we listened to a funny song called "The Tidy Up Rhumba".  (Lily)

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I went to the Writing Centre.  I stamped word wall words on paper.  (Veeran)
2.  Today, I wrote a story about a flamingo.  When I wrote, I left a finger space after each word.  (Gia)
3.  Today, I went to the Math Centre and I wrote how much each animal costs.  (Lily)
4.  Today, I went to the Dramatic Play centre.  There were 2 dice.  One dice with emotions and one dice with animal names.  I rolled "sad" and "cat" so I pretended to be a sad cat.  I was using my voice to meow sadly and I was crawling to show I was on four legs.  (Avery)
5.  Today, I created an Easter egg by crumbling little papers and glueing them on the white construction paper egg.  (Seanna)

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I went to the Writing Centre and I stamped French words.  (Veeran)
2.  Today, we learned the 7 teachings of First Nations People.  Each teaching is represented by an animal.  (Gia)
3.  Today, I went to the Writing Centre and I wrote the name of the animal that goes with honesty and it is the Sabe.  (Lily)
4.  Today, I made a $100 bill.  (Aidan)
5.  Today, I made a tipi with one piece of construction paper and tape.  (Andrew)



Notes:

1.  Talent show auditions for Kindergarten students this Monday.

2.  The Caterpillars will continue to design, create and build!  If you have the following materials, would you kindly send them our way?  
     - clean styrofoam meat trays
     - aluminum foil
     - beads
     - beans
     - rice
     - clear, empty, plastic water bottles with caps

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I stamped letters.  (Laura)
2.  Today, I placed my whale in the ocean.  All of the animal have been placed so tomorrow we can do Dramatic Play with them.  (Gia)
3.  Today, we learned about tipis.  Mrs. Carroll read us a book about tips and sang us a song about tipis, with her wonderful singing voice!!!  (Seanna)
4.  Today, I bought the blue feather for 5 cents (Antonio)
5.  Today, I went to Miss Kate's centre.  I coloured an egg and a bunny.  (Erin)

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I stamped French words.  I stamped "elle" and "le".  (William)
2.  Today, I researched, on the internet, what a spider looks like.  Then, I made a spider.  (Archita)
3.  Today, I wrote money amounts on the SMARTboard.  The French word for dollar is "dollar" and the French word for "cents" is "sous".  (Lily)
4.  Today, I priced a Lego block at $10.50.  I wrote that on a piece of tape and put it on the Lego block.  (Seanna)
5.  Today, I did rhyming words.  I rhymed words with bat (mat, fat, cat, rat) and with man (can, Dan, ban, fan).  (Louis)

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, we read the whole morning message ("C'est le printemps!").  (Andrea)
2.  Today, I asked my friends what their favourite colour is.  (Veeran)
3.  Today, I played "Pile ou face".  I landed on 'heads' 6 times, and on 'tails' 4 times.  (Deshmi)
4.  Today, I worked with Miss Kate.  We wrote about a dog having surgery and how the boy in the story feels about it.  (Aniyah)
5.  Today, I went to the Art Centre and I made a whale.  (Gia)

Note:
Tomorrow is "Photo Booth" Day.  If you are interested in a photograph of your child, with props, please send in $1.

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, did a Pic Collage on the bear.  Then, I built my bear with a paper roll and construction and tissue paper.  (Louis)
2.  Today, I learned how to use a dropper to trace letters with paint.  (William)
3.  Today, I made a penguin by looking at my Pic Collage.  (Antonio)
4.  Today, I went to the Writing Centre and I did a Pic Collage on the iPad.  (Deshmi)
5.  Today, I went to the Art Centre and I tried to make a beaver dam.  It didn't work right away so I will try again after March break.  (Sophie)

Notes:
1.  Your child's blanket is going home.  Please wash it and return it Monday, March 20th.
2.  Happy March Break!

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, it was William's Show and Share day.  (Lily)  I learned what the Eiffel Tower looks like.  (S)
2.  Today, I asked everybody how they were feeling.  (Sophie)
3.  Today, we placed names in a pocket chart and we placed ordinal numbers next to them.  (William)
4.  Today, I made a caribou.  (Laura)
5.  Today, I went to the Writing Centre and made a Pic Collage on "The Grey".  (Donita)

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, we washed the toys because they might have had some germs on them.  We only had 14 kids in our class today.
2.  Today, I went to the Art Centre and I showed Mrs. Carroll the beaver I made out of empty toilet roll and construction paper.  I put my beaver in the forest.  We need to make it a lodge.  (Veeran)
3.  Today, I went to the Writing Centre and I drew the world.  I copied it from our Deep Learning wall.  (Aniyah)
4.  Today, I made my bear by looking at my Pic Collage.  I put my bear in the cave.  (Erin)
5.  Today, I went to the Reading Centre.  I read the 3D Shapes poem.  (Aidan)



Note:
Some children have been coming to school sick, resulting in the spreading of germs to other students in our class.  This week, we had many children away sick.  We advise that if your child is feeling unwell, please continue to keep them home for a day or two, until they recover completely.  This is to ensure your child's, and others', health and well-being.  Thank you.

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I went to the Writing Centre and I did a Pic Collage, on a beaver, on the iPad.  (Veeran)
2.  Today, I went to the Writing Centre and I made a cover for our book "Animals in Winter/ Les animaux en hiver".  (Gia)
3.  Today, we read the whole French morning message.  (Aniyah)
4.  Today, we wondered about tipis.  We wrote questions we have about tipis.
5.  Today, I wrote the word "Citizenship" under the picture of me recycling paper, for our "Deep Learning" bulletin board. (Seanna)

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I wrote at the Writing table.  I wrote "I love you mom and dad, Neela and Riya."  (Veeran)
2.  Today, I went to the Art Centre.  I made a deer out of a toilet roll.  I looked at the deer pictures on my Pic Collage to know how to make my deer.  (Seanna)
3.  Today, we read the whole morning message and Mrs. Carroll cry.  (Lily)
4.  Today, I showed everybody my Pic Collage on the SMARTboard and talked to everybody about it.  (Sophie)
5.  Today, we added the trees we created to our forest area, we added Archita's Canada goose, Seanna's deer and we added the ocean and lake.

Note:

We welcome Miss Kate to our classroom.  She is studying to become an Early Childhood Educator (ECE).

March Blog

Capturing Children's Learning- A New Take on the Report Card

"Evaluation in Kindergarten is the summarizing of evidence of a child's learning in relation to the overall expectations at a given point of time, in order to specify a child's key learning, growth in learning and next step in learning" (Growing Success). Based on the above mentioned reporting guidelines, the Ministry of Education had introduced a new tool to help formal communication with parents regarding their child's learning in the Full Day kindergarten Program. Last month a formal "communication of learning" (report card) was sent home. Educators documented their observations and assessment on each child's learning progress and growth through the lens of four frames, namely, Belonging and Contributing, Self Regulation and Well being, Demonstrating Literacy and Math Behaviors and finally Problem Solving and Innovating. Below, I have tried to define each lens individually, but you may find that some of these areas overlap, which is to be expected as that is part of the nature of how children learn and part of the learning process. 

In order to provide a meaningful learning experience for the children, Mrs Carroll and I regularly review pedagogical documentation by observing children at various learning centers or by watching  photos and videos that capture children's learning throughout the day. These observations then tell us the children's progress, and help us to determine where to go next in learning based on the children's interests, strengths and area of improvement.

Here is how we capture children's learning by looking through the lenses of the above mentioned 4 frames:

Belonging and Contributing: 

Arts provide a vehicle through which through which children can express their growing sense of self and their interpretations of the world. 

By collaborating with peers children are seen here to create and modify things, using their own ideas and building on the ideas of others.

Children have opportunities to collaborate with peers and educators in various ways and in various contexts through activities that promote their social, emotional and physical well being.

Self Regulation and Well Being:  

Children are encouraged to take increasing responsibility for their own health and physical well being; knowing what to eat, rest, and showing a sense of responsibility and independence.

Child trying to calm herself in a quiet place by reading a book  using strategies of self regulation.

Demonstrating Literacy and Math Behaviors:

Incorporating literacy materials in all areas of the class room helps the children see that reading and writing  are all meaningful aspects of their learning experience. 

Children communicate their mathematical thinking orally and visually using everyday language as well as mathematical vocabulary and a variety of representations.

While exploring shapes: "Look Mrs Singh, I made town houses with triangles and squares. I live in one of them!

 "I made cubes and pyramids with Plasticine"!- ' reflecting on the process of learning helps children to become clearer and more confident about what they know and understand.

Problem solving and Innovating Skills: 

Problem solving involves children designing and making tools for specific purposes and demonstrating innovative initiative and skills. 

In this instance, first the children researched winter birds and animals and now they are in the process of creating their corresponding habitats using innovative skills in the Art Center.

Hopefully, this would help our parents to get a glimpse of their child's life in school and understand how to connect their children's learning to the curriculum in a way that illustrates the "whole child". "Communication of Learning" is a novel and complex procedure, so it will be an ongoing process in learning for both the children and us. 

Until next time, 

Mrs. Singh

What did  you learn today?

1.  Today, we asked Lily French question during her Show and Share.  Louis asked, "Est-ce que c'est dûr?"  Lily answered, "Doux et dûr."  (Deshmi)
2.  Today, I wrote some animal words (fur, tail).
  (Laura)
3.  Today, I created a Pic Collage about polar bears.  (Owen)
4.  Today, I went to the Math Centre and I made a cube with clay and toothpicks.  (Lily)
5.  Today, I went to the Art Centre and I made a tree out of clay and branches for our habitat.  (Noku)

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I learned how to write everybody's name.  I copied down their names.  (Seanna)
2.  Today, I learned how to make 3D shapes with clay and toothpicks.  (Veeran)
3.  Today, I did a survey about my friends' favouite colors.
4.  Today, we learned how polar bears keep warm.  They keep warm with their blubber, their black skin and their thick fur.  (Antonio)
5.  Today, we answered my penguin question "Do penguins have a nest?"  I learned that they dig burrows with their bill and claws.  The burrow can be 1 metre deep.  (Lucia)

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, at the Writing Centre, I wrote a survey.  I asked my friends "What is your favorite face [happy, mad or sad]".  (Veeran)
2.  Today, I went to the Writing Centre.  I drew a tv to try to give up watching tv for Lent.  (Jamie)
3.  Today, I went to the Art Centre.  I made ocean white waves with sponges, a paintbrush and my hands.  We were practising to make waves and clouds for our Science Centre habitat.  (Lucia)
4.  Today, I played with the vehicles at the Dramatic Centre.  We did very well at sharing the carpet space.  (Antonio)
5.  Today, Aidan did his Show and Share.  He brought in a muskrat skull and a photograph of a muskrat.  We learned what a muskrat looks like.  (Louis)

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I wrote friends' names.  I wrote "Louis", "Naomi" and "Adam".  (Laura)
2.  Today, we learned what "managing your impulsivity" means.  It means to stop and think before you act.  (William)
3.  Today, I went to the Art Centre.  We painted the sky for our Science area.  We are making animal homes.  (Aniyah)
4.  Today, I went to the Writing Centre.  I made survey.  I asked them what their favorite color is.  (Lily)
5.  Today, we read all of the morning message, including 4 English word wall words (the, that, a, I).  (Archita)

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, we figured out how to change our Science table into a bear cave.  We took brown paper from a big roll and put it on top and the sides of the table.  (Donita)
2.  Today, a group of us planned how to make a forest and a lake for our animals in winter project.  (Sophie)
3.  Today, I made a pattern on a small whiteboard:  happy face, sad face and repeat. (Aniyah)
4.  Today, our caterpillar numbers went to 101.  (Lily)
5.  Today, I did a survey about favorite colors.  Green is the color we prefer.  (Deshmi)

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I drew me at the Art Centre.  I looked at myself in the mirror to find out what the color of my eyes are, and what the color of my skin is.  I used skin color markers (multicultural markers).  (Juan Miguel)
2.  Today, we worked together to make a card for Miss Jessica.  (Andrea)
3.  Today, we learned about the loon, the bird on our loonie.  We learned that it is active at night, when it is peaceful, and we heard its call. (Gia and Sophie)
4. Today, we read the whole morning message.  Even the word "create".  We made Mrs. Carroll cry.  (Archita)
5.  Today, I learned how I can be a good leader.  I learned that a good leader follows the rules and politely helps others follow the rules.  (Louis)

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, it was Gia's Show and Share.  I asked, "Quelle couleur est-ce que c'est?  (Lily)
2.  Today, I built a Power House with shapes.  We learned French words for the shapes.  (Louis)
3.  Today, I learned how to write rhyming words.  (William)
4.  Today, I learned that spiders hibernate and some adapt.  (Andrea)
5.  Today, learned how to draw a chickadee.  (Donita)

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I learned a new way to draw petals.
2.  Today, I learned how to write "my family".  (Deshmi)
3.  Today, I asked a question:  "What do fish do in the winter."  Tomorrow, we are going to look up the answer.  (Aidan)
4.  Today, I learned that many words rhyme with "sun".  (Gia)
5.  Today, I wrote a story about a princess and a prince.  (Sophie)

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, there were solids on the SMARTboard.  I learned their names (cône, cube, pyramide, sphère, cylindre) in French and I told them to the whole class.  (Lily)
2.  Today, Noku did her "Show and Share".  I learned how to ask what shape an object has:  Quelle forme est-ce que c'est?"  (Jamie)
3.  Today, I went to the Writing Centre and I wrote down what I did on Family Day and I drew a picture.  (Sophie)
4.  Today, I tried to write the word "spider" because I want to know what they do in the winter.  (Andrea)
5.  Today, If went to the Art Centre and I drew the Canada goose.  (Gia)

What did you do today?

1.  Today, we bought bubble gum for $1.  (Erin)
2.  Today, I flattened playdough.  Then, I took a solid and stamped it into the playdough.  I saw a square in the playdough.  (Veeran)
3.  Today, I did an addition puzzle.  (Gia)
4.  Today, we listened to a song called "Canada in my Pocket".  (Lily)
5.  Today, I made a snowman using yarn.  (Andrea)

Note:
Tomorrow is popcorn day.  If you would like your child to have popcorn for a morning or afternoon snack, one bag costs $1 :)

What did you do today?

1.  Today, in the afternoon, we helped Mme Carroll put away all Valentine's Day activities.
2.  Today, I coloured by numbers (1=rouge, 2=rose...).  (Lily)
3.  Today, we handed out our Valentines cards to our classmates.  (Erin)
4.  Today, I played the Valentine memory game.  (Andrea)
5.  Today, I made a pattern when colouring hearts (pink, red, purple and repeat).  (Aniyah)

What did you do today?

1.  Today, I made finger prints for a Valentine's gift.  (Antonio)
2.  Today, I went to the Writing Centre and I made a Valentine card.  (Andrew)
3.  Today, we made Mrs. Carroll cry.  We read the whole morning message.  She thought she was going to trick us with the word "lovely" in "Have a lovely day".  (Lily)
4.  Today, I wrote "Happy Valentine's Day".  (Laura)
5.  Today, I played with the trucks.  (Naomi)

Note:
If your child is giving Valentine cards to his/her classmates, remember to bring them in tomorrow!  Handing out Valentine cards will be one of our centres.

What did you do today?

1.  Today, I wrote the word "the" in a heart.  (Laura)
2.  Today, I drew a beaver and I wrote "beaver" and "castor" for our "Animals in Winter" web.  (Owen)  We learned that beavers live in a lodge. (Aniyah)  Their body heat stays in the lodge.  (Gia)
3.  Today, I played the Valentine memory game.  I read "kisses" and "Cupid".  (Lily)
4.  Today, I went to the dramatic centre and I played with vehicles that Mrs. Carroll and Mrs. Singh brought out today.
5.  Today, I drew a house, flowers, and a pool.  (Donita)

What did you do today?

1.  Today, we found words that rhyme with Pop and we wrote them on the morning message easel.  (Lily)
2.  Today, I went to the Art Centre with Mrs. Singh and I made a heart to hang up on the tree. (Senna)
3.  Today, I watched Andrea do a puppet show about the Gingerbread Man.  (Jamie)
4.  Today, I went to the SMARTboard and I wrote rhyming words (words that rhyme with "Pop".  (Sophie)
5.  Today, we learned that chickadees go in a hole in a tree to stay warm.  (Antonio)

What did you do today?

1.  Today, I started to make a comic book about Superman for my dad and my mom.  I will finish it tomorrow.  (William)
2.  Today, I played with the snap cubes.  I made a Power Ranger.  (Antonio)
3.  Today, we heard a Valentine's song "Chanson pour la Saint-Valentin".  (Avery)
4.  Today, I played with the Valentine number puzzle.  (Naomi)
5.  Today, I drew a ptarmigan (un lagopède).  It adapts to the winter.  Its feathers change to white, it grows extra feathers and it eats twigs instead of insects.  (Noku)

What did you do today?

1.  Today, I played the Valentine's memory game.  (Gia)
2.  Today, we learned about a bird called "The Gray".  It adapts to winter by puffing up its feathers to trap heat.  (Louis)
3.  Today, I made a Valentine card for my mom.  (Archita)
4.  Today, I watched a puppet show with Donita.  (Deshmi)
5.  Today, I made a picture of The Gray in winter and summer.  (Erin)

What did you do today?

1.  Today, I played a Valentine's memory game.  (Lily)
2.  Today, I did my "Show and Share".  (Antonio)
3.  Today, Mme Carroll put on a groundhog song because it's groundhog day (Donita)
4.  Today, we learned the groundhog hibernates in a burrow (Taha)
5.  Today, I went to the Art centre and I made a picture of a heart.  Avery was using the heart punch to punch a hearts and she let me use one of them. I took one of the hearts she punched out and I coloured it in and I put it in on the heart that I made.  Then, I did heart punches around my picture. (Sophie)

What did you do today?

1.  Today, I made a heart for my mom for Valentine's Day.  (Naomi)
2.  Today, I wrote letters for my mom.  (Donita)
3.  Today, I went to the gym.  There were stations (e.g., frisbees, hula hoops, skipping ropes and balls).  
4.  Today, my tooth fell out. Tomorrow, I will draw a picture of what the tooth fairy left for me. (Lily)
5.  Today, I wrote Valentine words for Mrs. Carroll.  (Archita)

What did you do today?

1.  Today, we read about what porcupines do in the winter.  I learned that they can climb up a tree to rest and if they are too cold, they can roll up in a ball.  They can also roll up in a ball in a cave or a barn.  (Lucia)
2.  Today, we learned how to rhyme words in French.  We rimed words with "frigo".  We used real words (e.g., l'eau, chapeau, manteau) and we used silly words (e.g., lo, mero, clo).  (Samuella)
3. Today, we are going to the gym for "Reach for the Stars". (Avery)
4.  Today, I counted the numbers on the number caterpillar in French.  (Noku)
5.  Today, I went to the Math Centre and I made diamonds and I asked friends which diamond they like."  (Sophie)

What did you do today?

1.  Today, we drew a picture of Napkin Man, on a napkin.  We wrote "Napkin Man".  (Jamie and Aidan).
2.  Today, I played with the Arctic animals.  (Antonio)
3.  Today, I went to the geoboards and I made shapes.  I made triangles, squares, rectangles and hexagons.
4.  Today, I we learned about migration.  The Canada goose migrates.  (Lily)
5.  Today, I coloured a winter picture.  (Deshmi)

Note:
Monday is a PD day.  We will see you Tuesday!  Have a great weekend!

What did you do today?

1.  Today, I wrote my dad's name on the board because we had to find words that rhyme with "can".  (Erin)
2.  Today, I went to the Art Centre.  I built a trap for the Gingerbread Man.  I used a box and string.  (Lily)
3.  Today, we made Mme Carroll cry because we read the morning message without her.  (Donita)
4.  Today, I went to the Math Centre and I built shapes with a geoboard and elastics. (Gia)
5.  Today, a dental hygienist came to our class and checked our teeth.  (William)

Note:
Tuesday, we had a bus cancellation day.  Therefore, pizza day will be Friday.  This will be the case whenever a bus cancellation day takes place on a Tuesday.

What did you do today?

1.  Today, there is a new word on a new hand.  The word is "that".  We give the hand a high-five on the way in our classroom and out of our classroom.  (Louis)
2.  Today, I made a square with elastics on a geoboard.  (William)
3.  Today, I went to the puppet show.  I watched a play about the Gingerbread Man.  (Samuella)
4.  Today, I wrote words at the Writing table.  I copied words from the morning message.  (Naomi)
5.  Today, at the Science Centre, I looked at a beaver book.  I drew a beaver.  I wonder if a beaver rolls into a ball in winter to keep warm?  (Antonio)

What did you do today?

1. Today, Mme Carroll showed us how to do our French "Show and Share."  We asked her 5 questions (e.g., Quelle couleurs est-ce que c'est? -What colour is it?  Que fait-on avec? - What do we do with it? ).  Then, we had 3 guesses to guess what item she had in her bag.  (Sophie)
2.  Today, I went to the Art Centre.  I made a snowman.  (Lily)
3.  Today, I played the winter memory game.  (Andrea)
4.  Today, I looked at the morning message and wrote "Bonne journée".  (Naomi)
5.  Today, we had to fill in the missing letteres on our morning message.  (Juan Miguel)

What did you do today?

1.  Today, I put on a play called "The Gingerbread Man".  I played the character of the cow (vache) and I moved the river prop.  (Juan Miguel)
2.  Today, I drew three horses (trois chevaux).  (Gia)
3.  Today, I went to the Math Centre.  I built an octagon.  (Lily)
4.  Today, I went to the Block Centre and helped Louis build a castle.  (Aidan)
5.  Today, I went to the Art Centre.  I made a snowstorm.  I used a new kind of paintbrush.  It was a pine branch.  (Seanna)

What did you do today?

1.  Today, I played in the sensory bin.  There are polar bears (ours polaires) and penguins (pingouins).   (Andrea)
2.  Today, I made a snowflake.  I painted popsicle sticks white and I glued jewels on it.  (Archita)
3.  Today, I went to the Writing Centre.  I drew a picture of my favourite animal; a horse.  (Gia)
4.  Today, I high fived the word "J'ai".  We are using it in the sentence "J'ai faim."  (Juan Miguel and Lucia)
5.  Today, I made a book about making 10.  (Deshmi)

What did you do today?

1.  Today, we put the gingerbread man in water.  He broke in pieces.  The pieces were squishy.  (Louis and Lucia)
2.  Today, I wrote "mom" and "dad". (Andrew)
3.  Today, I brought in a book with fairy tales in it because there was a gingerbread story in it and Mme Carroll has been reading us different version of the story.  Mine was a different one. (Sophie)
4.  Today, I put on a gingerbread puppet show with the puppet we created.  Lucia, Sophie and Gia put on the puppet show with me.  (Jamie)
5.  Today, I played teacher.  I chose a name and Deshmi was the queen.  (Andrea)

What did you do today?

1.  Today, I played the winter memory game.  (Andrea)
2.  Today, I played with the blocks.  I made a rocket ship.  (Antonio)
3.  Today, I looked at the puppet show.  I was an audience member.  (Archita)
4.  Today, I put on a play with Donita, Archita and Lucia.  (Naomi)
5.  Today, I made a rocket ship.  It had aerodynamics.  (Owen)
6.  Today, I went to the Math Centre.  I put buttons on the gingerbread man (3+1=4) .  (Gia)

Note:
On January 25th, a dental hygienist will come to our class to have a look at the teeth of all our caterpillar friends.

What did you do today?

1.  Today, I built a jet with blocks.  There were 11 pieces.  (William)
2.  Today, I predicted what will happen to a gingerbread man when placed in water.  I think it will sink.  (Juan Miguel)
3.  Today, I put on a puppet show. It was about the queen and the king buying a horse.  I had an audience watching.  (Gia)
4.  Today, I made a puppet at the Art table.  I made a granny to go with the story The Gingerbread Man.  (Seanna)
5.  Today, I made a tower with 1 block as the base.  (Jamie)

What did you do today?

1.  Today, I wrote rhyming words.  (at:  cat, mat, bat.    og:  frog, cog, mog, dog).  (Lucia)
2.  Today, I also did rhyming words.  We took a picture of it.  The picture will be going in my on-line portfolio.  (Sophie)
3.  Today, we built a snowman in the classroom.  We had snow in a sensory bin.  We measured our snowman.  It was 28 cm tall.  It was 14 snapcubes tall this morning.  We were going to measure it this afternoon but couldn't.  It had melted!  (Archita and Jamie)
4.  Today, I played a winter memory game.  I practised my French winter words (e.g.,mitaines, chocolat chaud).  (Lily)
5.  Today, we listened to the story Le petit bonhomme en pain d'épices.  Yestesrday, we listened to 2 stories about the gingerbread man.  We talked about the similarities and differences between the versions of the story.

What did you do today?

1.  Today, I played the winter memory game.  (Andrea)
2.  Today, I drew a gingerbread man on the whiteboard.  I got the idea from the story from the story Mrs. Carroll read The Gingerbread Man.  (Louis)
3.  Today, I drew a picture of my mommy, my daddy and my brother.  (Laura)
4.  Today, I worked on two puppet shows.  Mrs. Carroll helped us practise (rehearse) our show.  When we were ready to perform, I wrote down the show's title on the puppet theater.  (Sophie)
5.  Today, I wrote on an easel.  I wrote "Happy New Year!"  (Andrew)

Note:

Happy New Year :)