This morning our Rock Star was Nolan Reid Larsen. His mom has a running friend and she has a nephew named Nolan. His mom and dad liked how it was a different name. Nolan means descendant of the famous one. That means the old people in his family are famous.
This afternoon our Rock Star was Samuel Nathan Lowther. Samuel was the favourite boys name of both Sam's parents. Nathan was picked as a middle name because he has the same birthday as his opa - it is an anglicization of Nitin. Samuel means "God has heard."
We are getting pretty good at finding our name with the different crosswords. Each day we have a different crossword. This skill is to help our kinder friends read the difference between their name and a bunch of similar letters. The kids have enjoyed working together to find their friends names as well.
Speaking of names, now that we are able to write our name and read our name we are working towards writing our names properly using an uppercase letter at the beginning of our name followed by lowercase letters for the rest of our name. We have also been working on knowing all the letters in our name. Ask your child if they can tell you the letters that spell their name.
ABABABABABAB, AABAABAABAAB, ABCABCABCABC as we continue learning about patterns we know that patterns can be found everywhere. Sometimes we see patterns and don't even realize it. We are working on finishing patterns that have already been made and replicating them in our own way.
****We will be walking to the pond on Friday to go to the park*****
Every year one of my favourite parts of the school year is our Warm Feet for the Street Night. It is a special for me and my own children as we go shopping for the items on the list and we are able to talk about how lucky we are that we have a bed, a shower and food when we need it. Each year I bring them to our school night where they are able to stuff socks, take some pictures at the Photo Booth and write a letter to Santa. As a school it was tricky to figure out just how we could keep this special night going. This year we will collect items (Due on December 3) that will then be quarantined. On December 9 we will have our own version of our celebration where they are able to stuff a sock. I will continue to keep the best parts of that night alive within our classroom. On December 9 please pack a yummy snack that your child will be able to eat by the SMARTboard fire after they stuff a sock, have some Photo Booth Covid friendly fun and write a letter to Santa.
This year we will continue the Warm Feet for the Street Campaign for the Mustard Seed. We will be collecting up until Dec 3rd and will be stuffing socks in our classrooms the following week.
We are asking each student to donate $2 to go towards to cost of the socks and to being in hygiene and other useful items.
Suggestions of what to include:
• Travel sizes of hand lotion, deodorant, shampoo, soap
• Mini-Kleenex packages
• Toothpaste/toothbrush
• Small Comb/Hairbrush,
• Lip balm
• Small skin cream
• Disposable razor/shaving cream
• Small packages of gum or candy
• Tim Horton Gift Cards
• Extra pair of socks
• Bus tickets
• Flashlights
• Crossword puzzles
• Deck of cards
• Hats or Gloves (not mittens)
• Packages of Lysol wipes
