We are learning our French vowels! Throughout the last few weeks, we have read stories about each vowel, created booklets, used Play-Doh to make letters and played a variety of games!
French vowels are difficult because they do not sound the same in French as they do in English. Nonetheless, these kiddos are learning quickly and we have many almost-readers!
Hello K parents,
There are quite a few important updates and reminders that need to be shared with you all, so I’ve compiled them all into one blog post…. please read until the end!!
Picture Day
Picture Day is this coming Tuesday, October 27. We will be doing our pictures first thing in the morning, so please drop your child off the at K-2 doors between 8:30 and 8:45. Once each class finishes with their pictures we will head outside so that they still get their outdoor play time. Don’t forget, your child should be wearing a white uniform shirt!
Note Totes
Please make sure that you check your child’s Note Tote (blue plastic folder) everyday. We will be sending home art projects, completed work and some parent communication in them. We may also be sending homework from time to time and your child should be able to let you know what should stay at home and what needs to come back to school. If your child spends a few days learning from home, please send their completed work back to school in their Note Tote.
Extra clothes
As the weather continues to change, we have at times been needing to grab dry socks or pants after returning inside from the playground. We have a bag of extra clothes for most of the kids, but if you’re not sure or you think it needs refreshing, feel free to send another bag with your child as it’s always helpful to have options. We recommend sending quite a few pairs of extra socks if you haven’t already. Also, please make sure that you send in replacement items as needed. For the boys, it would be great if they could have multiple kippahs in their backpacks as sometimes they wear them home and they don’t come back to school.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
to Alicia (KA) who turns 6 on October 25th
to Yael (KA) who turns 5 on October 28th
and to Amelia (KB) to turns 5 on October 30th
Speaking of birthdays, we have had a lot of questions about what you can do to mark your child’s birthday at school…. You are welcome to send in a treat for your child’s class as long as it comes to school sealed and is clearly marked as both kosher and nut-free. It unfortunately cannot be homemade. We would recommend sending these treats on dairy days (M, W, F) and would ask that if you choose to send on meat days (T, Th) that the treat you send is pareve (does not contain dairy). If you have any other questions, please ask!!
Dress Down Day
Our next Dress Down Day is next Friday, October 30. We will be raising money for the Ottawa Hospital Foundation.
Check out these pictures of our amazing Kindergarteners…..
Shabbat Shalom! Have a wonderful weekend!!
Shalom!
Here are recordings of the daily tefillot we have been learning so far for you to practice along with at home.
Modeh Ani
Torah Torah
Shema
Adon Olam
After last week’s Terry Fox Run led to discussions about real-life heroes and how we can help in our own community, KA & KB have been learning all about different kinds of community helpers over the last week or so. From police officers to artists, from mail carriers to nurses, we have been talking and learning about all of the ways different people in our community help every single day. We read books, took a (virtual) field trip to a fire station, we helped a sheriff turn all the bad guys into good guys by doing yoga, we made mini-books, we crafted, we coloured, we matched, we sorted, and we dreamed about what we want to be when we grow up!! One of the highlights was making Community Helper puppets…. check out some examples below!!
Happy birthday to Ariel P. (KB) who turns 5 on October 11th! We can’t wait to celebrate with you on Tuesday!
Wishing you all a chag sameach and a wonderful long weekend!!
Chodesh Tishrei is such a busy time of year!
We hope that you have all been enjoying the celebrations at home!
The yeladim ילדים have certainly been enjoying learning about the Chagim.
For Rosh Hashanah, some of our highlights were: creating beautiful holiday placemats, while learning new holiday vocabulary like tapuach, d’vash, and shofar.
We did our very own tashlich, and threw styrofoam balls onto our carpet (with fish and water), ridding ourselves of all the things we wish to change for the new year. Some of those things were:
hitting my brother/sister, not listening to my Mommy/Daddy, getting angry/frustrated…
For Yom Kippur, we learned the story of Jonah and the Whale and the yeladim acted it out using their own storyboard, where they added pictures as the story progressed. After, we spoke about how Jonah couldn’t hide from G-d, because G-d is everywhere.
We made a scale and separated behaviours that are tov (good) and lo tov (not good), discussed the importance of selichot סליחות (saying sorry to our family and friends), and made a card telling a family member that we are sorry from the bottom of our heart!
Now we are learning about Sukkot, building and eating in a Sukkah סוכה and the ארבּעת המינים (lulav and etrog). We learned a new Hebrew song and hammered with musical sticks to the music.
Patish, masmer פטיש, מסמר
Nikach maher ניקח מהר.
Sukkah livnot סוכה לבנות,
Banim ou banot בנים ובנות.
La la la la la la la la…
Krasim, nikah קרשים ניקח
V’anafim l’schach וענפים לסכך
Caset h’gag קשט הגג
Lichvod ha’chag לכבוד החג.
La, la, la, la, la…..
Kaneh, kaneh, קנה, קנה,
Sukah nivneh סוכה נבנה.
Krashim nikah קרשים ניקח,
Knei’suf l’schach קני סוף לסכך.
Maher, maher מהר, מהר,
Pan n’aher פן נאחר,
Ayin faiyni chachot אין פנאי חכות,
Maher sukkot מחר סוכות
Tach, tach, tach….
You can practice with the Hop version here:
We also created cute leaf creatures and welcome signs to hang in the Sukkah as decorations.
Chag Sameach! חג שׂמח
The Kindergarten kids have spent the last few days learning all about Terry Fox and why he is a Canadian hero. We have read books, watched videos, compared superheroes and real-life heroes, and learned why Terry wanted to run across Canada. On Wednesday, both classes participated in their own Terry Fox Run!! Thankfully, the weather cooperated and we managed to get outside during a sunny period in both cases (KB even saw a beautiful rainbow!!). Our goal was to walk for 1 kilometer and even though the kids thought that would be hard, just like Terry, we took it one step at a time, we didn’t give up, and we accomplished our goal!! Kol ha’kavod!!
Below is a dynamic document that I will update routinely, containing tv shows, games, e-books and other relevant resources that may help support your child in his or her French education.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oCTQ1NhfqSis_4Bf51Y_Bya_TznZrEg9W_f_pRUS9w0/edit
Here is more practice for learning the letter ג
This game is all in Hebrew and teaches the proper directions for printing the letter as well as the phonetic breakdown of words with ג.
Franco-Ontarien day was a blast!
We celebrated by watching a live stream of the celebration and concert while eating cupcakes and decorating flags!
Online learners, send us your handprints so we can add them to our flag!
Good morning!
I wanted to let you know that we will be celebrating Franco-Ontarien day tomorrow, Friday September 25.
We will be having treats, watching a live-stream of the celebration (raising of the flag, concert, activities), and creating our own flag with the Grades 1 and 2
The live stream is available on:
Given that it will be a dress down day, I encourage the kids to wear green and white (Franco-Ontarien flag colors).
Have a great day!
Mme Sophie