Terrrrrrrriffic Thursday!

Good afternoon everyone,

Today, we started off the day with letter worksheets. These worksheets had different letters that we have already learned about and traced in the past. They included vowels and consonants such as K and J. After, we got into our unit of inquiry surrounding animals and talked a little more about penguins. We each drew our own representation of a penguin and then I came around the table and wrote each student's favourite facts they learned about penguins.

After, we had a penguin race with "eggs" (balloons) between our legs. This was to show how male Emperor penguins walk while holding their baby egg between their feet. This was a lot of fun and everyone enjoyed pretending to be a penguin!

We also talked about another arctic animal... it's white, big, cute and furry.... if you guessed a polar bear, then you're right!

This is what we learned:
1. Polar bears are the largest bears in the world.
2. They love to eat seals.
3. Polar bears love to swim (and they are very good at it!).
4. The only things that can hurt polar bears are us, so we must make sure to take care and respect these animals.

We also did a worksheet about Polar Bears. We did some scissor cutting exercises with shapes and also some fine motor skills activities. We also had story time and read books about Valentine's Day. We had music, but no French because we had another dress rehearsal after first lunch.

A reminder:
-The gala starts at 6 pm on Saturday, February 11, 2012. PLEASE dress your child in red/white clothing ONLY for their performance. I know some parents have had some trouble finding red/white pants, so you CAN dress your child in beige pants!
-Spirit Day is on Tuesday, February 14, 2012. Colours are red, white and pink. 
-Next Friday is a PD Day. NO school on that day or the following Monday. 




Thanks and have a great night!!!


Miss H.