Copperfield Kindergarten 2023-2024

 We have been working on a very special project with our Grade 4 buddies. Each person in Copperfield School will be making a clay heart to remind us how we are all connected and that Copperfield has heart! Today we glazed our clay hearts! This means we added special glaze paint and we will be firing them in the kiln. This will add a gloss to our hearts and the colours will become brighter. We cannot wait to see what they look like after they are fired.  Read a Thon upcoming dates: Monday March 4 - Bring your favourite book to school. Bring a flashlight and read in the dark: Please send in a flashlight or more (to share) with your child's name on it by the following dates. They will be returned to you at the end of the week. -AM CLASS Thursday March 7 -PM CLASS Friday March 8 ** Continue getting sponsors and tracking the minutes you have read! Please return the form with any money on Thursday March 14. Reminders: -AM Kindergarten attends this Friday. Heart Words: the, a, that,...

Today is Pink Shirt Day!  We wore our pink or favourite shirts to stand up against bullying.  We made a promise to be kind and support one another! We practiced printing the letter K and how it stands for kindness!  Please ask me about all the different ways to show kindness. The morning class got to watch the kindness assembly this morning.  It was amazing to see all the ways our school is working towards belonging and lifting each other up every day! Read a Thon: With a new season just around the corner, let’s SPRING into reading!     Our 6th annual Copperfield Read-A-Thon will take place from March 4th   - 15 th  and you can already begin to gather sponsors to collect pledges for books read by students. The amount that sponsors choose to donate is up to you! Throughout our Read-A-Thon, students will have the opportunity to participate in having guest readers join their classes virtually and in person. These guest readers may include a variety of readers such ...

Today we read the story: "Healthy Kids" and talked about the different ways we can keep our bodies healthy.  Here is a video about building habits from eating healthy to things we can do for overall health.  Taking care of ourselves allows us to create good relationships with ourselves and those around us! In our visual journals we drew the different ways we can take care of our bodies.  Please ask me about it! Reminders: -AM Kindergarten attends this Friday. Heart Words: the, a, that, it, in, and, is, of, to, I These are all the heart words that I should know for this time of year.  Please practice these words with me.  I should be able to recognize and read these words from my heart! Letters:  Aa, Mm, Tt, Pp, Dd, Ss, Ff, Ii, Nn, Oo, Cc, Uu, Gg, Bb, Ee

Today we explored our sense of smell. We learned that when we smell something, it sends information to our brain. It could remind of something, make us feel calm and happy and keep us safe such as smelling smoke. We tested our sense of smell today and smelled different mystery smells and had to draw and write what we thought it was. Ask me to tell you the different things I smelled. (popcorn, sunscreen, lemon, peppermint).  Reminders: -AM Kindergarten attends this Friday. -Wednesday February 28 -  Pink Shirt Day  - Wear a pink shirt or your favourite shirt to school.  Heart Words: the, a, that, it, in, and, is, of, to, I These are all the heart words that I should know for this time of year.  Please practice these words with me.  I should be able to recognize and read these words from my heart! Letters:  Aa, Mm, Tt, Pp, Dd, Ss, Ff, Ii, Nn, Oo, Cc, Uu, Gg, Bb

We continue our investigation about 3D shapes and took a closer look at cylinders. We learned that cylinders can roll when it is on its side and you can stack them on top of each other because they have a flat sides. Ask me to tell you some things we thought of that are cylinders.  This week we focused on the letter B. Please review all the letters we have learned so far (below in reminders). At this time in kindergarten I should be able to read all of the heart words and letters learned. Reminders: -PM Kindergarten attends this tomorrow. -Wednesday February 28 -  Pink Shirt Day  - Wear a pink shirt or your favourite shirt to school.  Heart Words: the, a, that, it, in, and, is, of, to, I These are all the heart words that I should know for this time of year.  Please practice these words with me.  I should be able to recognize and read these words from my heart! Letters:  Aa, Mm, Tt, Pp, Dd, Ss, Ff, Ii, Nn, Oo, Cc, Uu, Gg, Bb

 We continue to investigate our 5 senses and today we took a closer look at our sense of hearing. Our senses help our brain gather information. We learned that our sense of hearing can help keep us safe such as listening for the fire alarm, or a car close by. It can also help us feel calm like when we listen to birds chirp or music we enjoy. We tested our sense of hearing and had to guess what sounds we heard.  We then had to listen to 4 different times and guess what the sounds were and then draw a picture in our visual journal of our guess. For example we listened to the following sound: Without using our sense of sight, some of our guesses were a car, an airplane, wind, and water.  Reminders: -PM Kindergarten attends this Friday -Library tomorrow - please return books! -Wednesday February 28 - Pink Shirt Day - Wear a pink shirt or your favourite shirt to school.  Heart Words: the, a, that, it, in, and, is, of, to, I These are all the heart words that I should kno...

Today we read the story: "My Heart Fills With Happiness."  We talked about how when our heart is happy, we feel calm.  Using the 5 senses, we talked about the different things that we see, hear, smell, taste and feel that make us happy and calm.  We also talked about some of the strategies we use to regulate our feelings when are not feeling calm.  Please ask me about my picture! Reminders: -PM Kindergarten attends this Friday -Library on Thursday - please return books! Heart Words: the, a, that, it, in, and, is, of, to, I These are all the heart words that I should know for this time of year.  Please practice these words with me.  I should be able to recognize and read these words from my heart! Letters: Aa, Mm, Tt, Pp, Dd, Ss, Ff, Ii, Nn, Oo, Cc, Uu, Gg, Bb

Happy Valentines Day!  Today we decorated paper bags so that our friends could mail us valentines!  It was so much fun handing out special cards to all my friends.  Please check out the note that is attached to my bag for some activity ideas! Reminders:   - NO SCHOOL Thursday, Friday and Monday for Teacher's convention and Family Day - See you on Tuesday! Heart Words: the, a, that, it, in, and, is, of, to, I These are all the heart words that I should know for this time of year.  Please practice these words with me.  I should be able to recognize and read these words from my heart! Letters: Aa, Mm, Tt, Pp, Dd, Ss, Ff, Ii, Nn, Oo, Cc, Uu, Gg

Today we reviewed the Zones of Regulation and are taking a closer look at all of the different emotions that we might feel. We are learning to identify and name different emotions that we experience and also using our knowledge to identify how others are feeling. We practiced looking and listening to examples of how others might be feeling and had to guess what their emotion was.  Reminders:   Valentines Day If your child would like to send cards in, we ask them to bring in a card for every child in their class on Wednesday February 14. Please leave the "To" section blank and just have your child sign their name after "From". This will make it much easier for distribution. These are the number of students in each class. Thank you Mrs. Ly AM - 22 Mrs. Ly PM - 21 Mrs. Norrie - 23 Ms. Chan - 22 - NO SCHOOL Thursday, Friday and Monday for Teacher's convention and Family Day Heart Words: the, a, that, it, in, and, is, of, to, I These are all the heart words that I sh...

Today Mr. Magowan read us a special story called: "The Little Hummingbird."  In the story, the little humming bird worked really hard to do the best he could - even though he is small.  We talked about what are the little things we can do in this world to show kindness and make life better for everyone.  Please ask me about what small thing I can do as Kindergartener to help the world! We also talked about the word: BELONG.  We talked about what we think this word means.  For the next few weeks we will be exploring this word and working towards building a community that feels belonging - stayed tuned! Reminders:   Valentines Day If your child would like to send cards in, we ask them to bring in a card for every child in their class on Wednesday February 14. Please leave the "To" section blank and just have your child sign their name after "From". This will make it much easier for distribution. These are the number of students in each class. Thank you Mrs. ...

We continue our learning in math about shapes and explored a 3D shape called a cube. Ask me to tell you what characteristics a cube has. We described that it has a 2D shape of a square on all sides and it has flat sides. This is different from a sphere and cone that we have learned. Ask me to tell you some things that are cube shaped that I can find around the house.  Reminders:   -AM Kindergarten attends tomorrow Valentines Day If your child would like to send cards in, we ask them to bring in a card for every child in their class on Wednesday February 14. Please leave the "To" section blank and just have your child sign their name after "From". This will make it much easier for distribution. These are the number of students in each class. Thank you Mrs. Ly AM - 22 Mrs. Ly PM - 21 Mrs. Norrie - 23 Ms. Chan - 22 -AM attends this Friday Heart Words: the, a, that, it, in, and, is, of, to These are all the heart words that I should know for this time of year.  Please p...

For the month of February, we will be focusing on kindness and belonging as a school.  Mr. Patry and Mr. Magowan read 'The Invisible String" to our classes and talked about what it means to be connected.  We talked about how we can be connected to all different types of people with an invisible string that keeps our hearts linked.  In class we talked about who we are connected and drew a picture in our visual journals!  Please ask me about my picture :) Reminders:   -AM Kindergarten attends on Friday -Library tomorrow Valentines Day If your child would like to send cards in, we ask them to bring in a card for every child in their class on Wednesday February 14. Please leave the "To" section blank and just have your child sign their name after "From". This will make it much easier for distribution. These are the number of students in each class. Thank you Mrs. Ly AM - 22 Mrs. Ly PM - 21 Mrs. Norrie - 23 Ms. Chan - 22 -AM attends this Friday Heart Words: the,...

We are learning about the Lunar New Year. Today we learned about some of the traditions that people do during this celebration. Ask me to tell you about this holiday. I brought home a special red envelope today. Children will get these lucky red envelopes with money inside to bring good fortune for the new year.  We learned that there are 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac and our zodiac sign depends on what year we are born. We might be honest like a dragon or funny like a monkey! We learned that we were born in the year of the dog and that people born in this year are loyal, ready to help others, and friendly. You can check out this zodiac calculator to find out what animal each of our family members are.  Chinese Zodiac Calculator Reminders:   Valentines Day If your child would like to send cards in, we ask them to bring in a card for every child in their class on Wednesday February 14. Please leave the "To" section blank and just have your child sign their name after "...

 Today we learned about the 3D shape: Cone.  We learned that cones have a circle base, one curved edge and one point!  A cone is not to be confused with a triangle that is 2D, so we looked at how they are different.  We brainstormed ideas of what cones we can find in the world.  Reminders:   Valentines Day If your child would like to send cards in, we ask them to bring in a card for every child in their class on Wednesday February 14. Please leave the "To" section blank and just have your child sign their name after "From". This will make it much easier for distribution. These are the number of students in each class. Thank you Mrs. Ly AM - 22 Mrs. Ly PM - 21 Mrs. Norrie - 23 Ms. Chan - 22 -AM attends this Friday Heart Words: the, a, that, it, in, and, is, of, to These are all the heart words that I should know for this time of year.  Please practice these words with me.  I should be able to recognize and read these words from my heart! Letters: A...

Today we did a special watercolour painting.  We learned how to do a MONOCHROMATIC painting- that is a painting that uses only one colour!  It was fun to see how to do a whole painting using only one colour.  We practiced using thin and thick brushes, making a wash and painting trees.  This art activity taught me many skills for how to use watercolour paints.  Please ask me all about it! Our letter focus this week was the letter U. We are learning the short sound u. Ask me to tell you what starts with u.  Reminders:   -PM Kindergarten attends this Friday Heart Words: the, a, that, it, in, and, is, of, to These are all the heart words that I should know for this time of year.  Please practice these words with me.  I should be able to recognize and read these words from my heart! Letters: Aa, Mm, Tt, Pp, Dd, Ss, Ff, Ii, Nn, Oo, Cc, Uu