January has been full of transitions and change and I am very proud of how well our Kinder friends have done through all this change. At the beginning of the month, Kindergarten welcomed 2 student teachers sharing their time with us. Ms. Reef was a fourth-year student teacher who practiced her teaching with our kids and taught many lessons during the month. During this time, she took over many of my other jobs as I supervised beside her. Ms. Reef’s time is now over as she moves on to her next learning journey. We will still have our first-year student teacher (Miss Jazmine) on Wednesday afternoons.
As we transition back to me teaching full-time, you will see a return to the daily blog. I apologize for the lack of communication over the past few weeks but am eager to return to normal. During this time the children have learned the letters O, U, and L and today we learned the letter F. They have written in the journals about respect which is also our virtue for the month. In Math, we have worked on representing numbers 1-6 and will continue over the next few weeks to learn all the numbers up to 10. We start the day with new and engaging learning tubs at their tables. Each child gets to choose which learning tub they work on. We have been learning about Goldilocks and the Three Bears. We are currently focusing on the setting and characters We start the morning with new and engaging learning tubs.
Over the next few weeks Mrs. Hughes and I will be working on testing the Kindergartens on their Reading Readiness Screening Tool (RRST) Sometimes this means that we will have a sub in our classroom while we work in the hallway to assess our Kinder friends without any distractions.
February is always a fun, fast and exciting month. Here is what we have planned for the next month. Please check the blog for more information moving forward.
Upcoming in Kindergarten
Feb 2: PJ Day - wear your comfy cozy PJs for Groundhog Day
Feb 3: No School (PD Day)
Feb 8/9: Art Residency with Jenn Stables
Feb 14: Valentine's Day (see below)
Feb 15: Orange Shirt Day
Feb 16/17: No School for Teachers Convention
Feb 20: No School for Family Day
Feb 23: Pink Shirt Day
Valentine's Day
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Kindergarten Teacher, New Brighton School
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From: "Hughes, Michelle C" <mcmasse@cbe.ab.ca>
Date: Thursday, January 26, 2023 at 8:14 AM
To: "Hellyer, Emily M" <emhellyer@cbe.ab.ca>
Subject: ST
Kindergarten has been lucky enough to have 4 student teachers sharing their time with us. Ms. Reef's time is now over as she moves on to her next learning journey.
Michelle Masse Hughes
Kindergarten Teacher
New Brighton School
Calgary Board of Education | cbe.ab.ca
t | 403-817-3516
