WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 12th
What play centers did you go to?
Can you show me Whole Body Listening?
What games did you play in the gym with Mrs. Clapp?
Who was Terry Fox?
WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 19th
Who do you like to play with at school?
What are your hands for? (prompt - playing, helping, learning, but not for hurting)
Can you show me your 'Belly Breathing'? (prompt - smell the flowers, blow out the candle)
Tell me about the 4 Zones of Regulation - What colour were you in today? (green, blue, yellow, red)
WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 26th
Can you recite a prayer you say at school?
What did you collect on the Fall Treasure Hunt?
What colours do the leaves turn during Fall?
What is your favourite healthy snack to eat at school?
What 'Letter Friends' did you meet this week? (prompt - Spotty Snake, Auntie Apple)
WEEK OF OCTOBER 3rd
Can you make me a pattern with objects in our house? (buttons, utensils, crayons)
What is something you are thankful for?
What 'Letter Friends' did you meet this week? (prompt - Tricky Turkey, Inky Inchworm)
What did you learn from the firefighters that visited the school?
WEEK OF OCTOBER 10th
What is the magic math word we use for making patterns? (prompt - Repeat)
How does a pumpkin grow? (prompt - see this week's poem, From Seed to Pie)
Remind me about the 4 Zones of Regulation? What colour were you in today? (green, blue, yellow, red)
What 'Letter Friend' did you meet this week? (prompt - Polka Pig)
WEEK OF OCTOBER 17th
Did you have a turn at our 'Spooky Boutique' costume store ?
What does the outside of our pumpkin look like?
What 'Letter Friend" did you meet this week? (prompt - Noisy Newt)
What was your favourite part of our trip to Nature's Bounty?
WEEK OF OCTOBER 24th
Can you sing me your Halloween Song? (see Poetry Folder)
What things did you have to find in the Halloween Sensory Bin?
Did you paint or create something for Halloween?
What 'Letter Friends' did you meet this week? (prompt - Goofy Ghost and Ollie Octopus)
WEEK OF OCTOBER 31st
What did Zacchaeus learn from Jesus? (Bible Story - prompt - Jesus loves us and forgives our mistakes)
How many pumpkin seeds were in our pumpkin? (516!!! - we had to count by 10's!)
How did we make our class pumpkin roll fast for the Amazing Pumpkin Race?
What did you collect to put in the Sensory Bin?
What 'Letter Friends' did you meet this week? (prompt - Ugboo and Leo Lion)
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 7th
Why do we wear a poppy?
Can you count backwards from 10 to 1?
What did you make for Remembrance Day?
Have you tried to be peaceful this week?
What 'Letter Friends' did you meet this week? (prompt - Friendly Frog and B-B Bunny)
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 14th
What popcorn words have you learned so far ? (prompt - I, a, in, it)
What are some animals doing to get ready for winter? (prompt - squirrels gathering nuts, birds flying south)
Tell me about quiet time and what that looks like and sounds like.
What 'Letter Friends' did you meet this week? (prompt - Curly Caterpillar & Kicky Kangaroo)
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 21st
Can you tell me how fiction & non-fiction books are different? (prompt - make believe vs. real facts)
Tell me about the 'Owl Eyes' reading strategy (prompt - we look at the pictures for clues)
Did you have a turn playing in the bear den in the classroom?
What 'Letter Friends' did you meet this week? (prompt - Ellie Elephant & Happy Horse )
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 28th
Tell me about the Nativity Story and why Christmas is so special.
Which candle did you light this week on the Advent wreath? (prompt - the first purple candle)
Have you started practicing for the Christmas concert?
What 'Letter Friends' did you meet this week? (prompt - Racing Racoon & Merry Mouse )
WEEK OF DECEMBER 5th
What did you learn at the Bus Safety presentation?
Who is Gingy and what happend to him at school? (our gingerbread man has gone missing in the school!!)
Who did you dress up as in the manger?
What 'Letter Friends' did you meet this week? (prompt - Dotty Dog & Vam Vampire)
WEEK OF DECEMBER 12th
Tell me about the 'Lips the Fish' reading strategy (prompt - we get our lips ready for the first sound)
What Christmas centre is your favourite?
Did you like singing on the stage for our concert?
Gingy is still missing - what did our custodians find? (prompt - pictures of Gingy around the school!!)
What 'Letter Friends' did you meet this week? (prompt - Wacky Walrus & Zippy Zebra)
WEEK OF DECEMBER 19th
Did Gingy come back to the classroom?
What Christmas craft was your favourite?
What was Chef Simpson's #1 rule when we made gingerbread men? (prompt - share with your friends!)
Did you like singing our Santa song on the announcements?
What 'Letter Friend' did you meet this week? (prompt - X X-Ray)
WEEK OF JANUARY 9th
What resolution did we make for the New Year? (prompt - follow our Class Promise: Listen, Share & Care, and take care of God's world
What friend did you miss the most over the Christmas holidays?
What Measurement words did you learn this week? (prompt - height, tall, short, length, long)
What 'Letter Friends' did you meet this week? (prompt - Jolly Jogger & Yo-Yo Yak)
WEEK OF JANUARY 16th
What did you learn about snowflakes?
What things did you find around the room that are longer/shorter/same length as a popsicle stick?
What is 3 Star Colouring?
What 'Letter Friend' did you meet this week? (prompt - Quacky Quacker) - we have now met all Letter Friends!
WEEK OF JANUARY 23rd
What did we turn our Dramatic Play Centre into? (prompt - Doctor's Office)
What did we measure at the Math Centre this week? (prompt - our footprints, and our height)
What partner sounds did we learn? (prompt - ai, oi)
What special day did we celebrate on Thursday? (prompt - Australia Day)
WEEK OF JANUARY 30th
Did the Groundhog will see his shadow? What does that mean? (prompt - Early Spring!)
Brainstorm ideas for your 100th Day of School collection to bring in next week.
What things were heavy/light when we measured with the scale?
What partner sounds did we learn? (prompt - ie, ee, or)
Can you sing the circle & square songs?
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 6th
Help your child find 2D shapes around the house and ask them to sing the shape songs!
What community helpers have we learned about so far? (doctor, nurse, veterinarian, police officer)
What partner sounds did we learn? (prompt - ch, sh)
Help your child make 21 Valentines for Valentine's Day!
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 13th
Ask your child to take you on a 'Shape Hunt' at home! We found so many shapes around the school!
What was your favourite collection in our 100 Museum?
Tell me about the 'Stretchy Snake' reading strategy (prompt - we stretch out the word)
What activities did we do inside and outside for Carnaval?
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 20th
Ask me what my super power is. (prompt - Kindness)
What community helpers did we learn about this week? (firefighters, teachers)
What partner sounds did we learn? (prompt - th, er)
What math tool did we make 2D shapes with? (prompt - geoboards)
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 27th
What was your favourite flavour of pancake? (plain, chocolate chip, apple)
What is your Lenten Promise?
Pull out some coins and have your child name them or tell you how much they are worth.
What partner sound did we learn? (prompt - ue)
WEEK OF MARCH 6th
Can you retell the important parts of the Goldilocks story? (prompt - beginning, middle, end)
What partner sound did we learn? (prompt - oi)
What did St. Patrick use to teach people about God the Father, the Son & the Holy Spirit? ( shamrock)
Tell me about the leprechaun that was on the loose! What did he give us?
WEEK OF MARCH 20th
What did we turn our Dramatic Play Centre into? (prompt - Pizza Hut)
What did we measure at the Math Centre this week? (prompt - capacity using snapcubes and sand in containers)
What partner sound did we learn? (ou)
Tell me about the 'Chunky Monkey' reading strategy (prompt - we look for a chunk we know, i.e. partner sounds)
WEEK OF MARCH 27th
Ask me to sing the Water Cycle Song (see Poetry Folder)
What did you measure at the water centre? (prompt - capacity : how many cups did it take to fill the green bucket?)
Did you paint a picture this week?
What partner sounds did we learn? (ar, ng)
WEEK OF APRIL 3rd
Say a prayer that your child has learned at school at meal times.
What objects did you test to observe sinking and floating? (prompt - feather, rock, pencil, spoon, penny, ball)
What partner sounds did we learn? (oo, qu) *oo can have 2 sounds, ie. oo - in book, oo - in moon
Tell me about the 'Skippy Frog' reading strategy (prompt - we skip over a tricky word and hop back to it after reading the rest of the sentence)
WEEK OF APRIL 10th
Tell me about the Easter Story (prompt - Palm Sunday, Last Supper, Jesus dying on the cross and going into Heaven)
What did you make at the discovery centre this week? (prompt - sailboats out of egg cartons)
Can you practice counting ordinal numbers? (prompt - first, second, third, etc)
Where did you find Easter eggs on our egg hunt?
WEEK OF APRIL 18th
What 3D solids did you learn about? (prompt - sphere, cube, cylinder, prism, cone)
What has started to grow in our Resurrection Garden? (prompt - grass!)
What things do plants need to help them grow? (prompt - water, light, warmth)
What is one way you can help our EARTH?
WEEK OF APRIL 24th
What 3D solids were good for rolling/sliding/stacking?
Can you sing me your Recycle song? (see Poetry folder)
What did we turn our Dramatic Play centre into? (prompt - Grocery Store)
What did you play with in the sensory bin? (prompt - soil and flowers)
WEEK OF MAY 1st
Tell me about the 'Tryin' Lion' reading strategy (prompt - we re-read the sentence)
Tell me about some of the parts of a plant (prompt - roots, stem, leaves, flower)
What did you write about in your journal? (prompt - I feel happy when...)
Can you find some 3D solids at home? (look for spheres, cubes, cylinders, prisms, and cones)
WEEK OF MAY 8th
Tell me about the chicken & frog life cycles.
Tell me what estimating is (prompt - making a 'thinking' guess) and ask me to estimate at home.
What did you write about in your journal? (prompt - I feel sad when...)
Remind me to sing my Song for Mom on Sunday! (see Poetry folder)
WEEK OF MAY 15th
Ask me about our Rosary celebration for Mary. Practice the Hail Mary together at home.
Ask me to count by 10s & 5s. Practice counting by 2s.
What did you write about in your journal? (prompt - I feel scared when...)
Ask me about the farmer who visited the library and how the chickens (Henry & Henrietta) were different.
WEEK OF MAY 22nd
Ask me about the caterpillars in our class and what they've been up to this week. (prompt - eating & growing)
What did you use to practice adding numbers to 5? (prompt - 5 frames)
What did you write about in your journal? (prompt - I feel angry when...)
Ask me to sing the Butterfly Song to share my learning about the butterfly life cycle (see Poetry folder)
WEEK OF MAY 29th
Help me practice adding numbers to make 5 with objects around the house.
What are our 5 senses? (prompt - see, hear, smell, taste, touch)
What did you learn at the bike safety assembly?
What was your favourite part of our trip to Claremont Field Center?
WEEK OF JUNE 5th
What exciting thing happened with our butterflies?
Ask me to show you how to add 2 groups together with toys, crayons, etc.
What did you write about in your journal? (prompt - best part of our trip)
Ask me to show you all the work I have brought home - I am so proud of everything I've learned!
What play centers did you go to?
Can you show me Whole Body Listening?
What games did you play in the gym with Mrs. Clapp?
Who was Terry Fox?
WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 19th
Who do you like to play with at school?
What are your hands for? (prompt - playing, helping, learning, but not for hurting)
Can you show me your 'Belly Breathing'? (prompt - smell the flowers, blow out the candle)
Tell me about the 4 Zones of Regulation - What colour were you in today? (green, blue, yellow, red)
WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 26th
Can you recite a prayer you say at school?
What did you collect on the Fall Treasure Hunt?
What colours do the leaves turn during Fall?
What is your favourite healthy snack to eat at school?
What 'Letter Friends' did you meet this week? (prompt - Spotty Snake, Auntie Apple)
WEEK OF OCTOBER 3rd
Can you make me a pattern with objects in our house? (buttons, utensils, crayons)
What is something you are thankful for?
What 'Letter Friends' did you meet this week? (prompt - Tricky Turkey, Inky Inchworm)
What did you learn from the firefighters that visited the school?
WEEK OF OCTOBER 10th
What is the magic math word we use for making patterns? (prompt - Repeat)
How does a pumpkin grow? (prompt - see this week's poem, From Seed to Pie)
Remind me about the 4 Zones of Regulation? What colour were you in today? (green, blue, yellow, red)
What 'Letter Friend' did you meet this week? (prompt - Polka Pig)
WEEK OF OCTOBER 17th
Did you have a turn at our 'Spooky Boutique' costume store ?
What does the outside of our pumpkin look like?
What 'Letter Friend" did you meet this week? (prompt - Noisy Newt)
What was your favourite part of our trip to Nature's Bounty?
WEEK OF OCTOBER 24th
Can you sing me your Halloween Song? (see Poetry Folder)
What things did you have to find in the Halloween Sensory Bin?
Did you paint or create something for Halloween?
What 'Letter Friends' did you meet this week? (prompt - Goofy Ghost and Ollie Octopus)
WEEK OF OCTOBER 31st
What did Zacchaeus learn from Jesus? (Bible Story - prompt - Jesus loves us and forgives our mistakes)
How many pumpkin seeds were in our pumpkin? (516!!! - we had to count by 10's!)
How did we make our class pumpkin roll fast for the Amazing Pumpkin Race?
What did you collect to put in the Sensory Bin?
What 'Letter Friends' did you meet this week? (prompt - Ugboo and Leo Lion)
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 7th
Why do we wear a poppy?
Can you count backwards from 10 to 1?
What did you make for Remembrance Day?
Have you tried to be peaceful this week?
What 'Letter Friends' did you meet this week? (prompt - Friendly Frog and B-B Bunny)
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 14th
What popcorn words have you learned so far ? (prompt - I, a, in, it)
What are some animals doing to get ready for winter? (prompt - squirrels gathering nuts, birds flying south)
Tell me about quiet time and what that looks like and sounds like.
What 'Letter Friends' did you meet this week? (prompt - Curly Caterpillar & Kicky Kangaroo)
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 21st
Can you tell me how fiction & non-fiction books are different? (prompt - make believe vs. real facts)
Tell me about the 'Owl Eyes' reading strategy (prompt - we look at the pictures for clues)
Did you have a turn playing in the bear den in the classroom?
What 'Letter Friends' did you meet this week? (prompt - Ellie Elephant & Happy Horse )
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 28th
Tell me about the Nativity Story and why Christmas is so special.
Which candle did you light this week on the Advent wreath? (prompt - the first purple candle)
Have you started practicing for the Christmas concert?
What 'Letter Friends' did you meet this week? (prompt - Racing Racoon & Merry Mouse )
WEEK OF DECEMBER 5th
What did you learn at the Bus Safety presentation?
Who is Gingy and what happend to him at school? (our gingerbread man has gone missing in the school!!)
Who did you dress up as in the manger?
What 'Letter Friends' did you meet this week? (prompt - Dotty Dog & Vam Vampire)
WEEK OF DECEMBER 12th
Tell me about the 'Lips the Fish' reading strategy (prompt - we get our lips ready for the first sound)
What Christmas centre is your favourite?
Did you like singing on the stage for our concert?
Gingy is still missing - what did our custodians find? (prompt - pictures of Gingy around the school!!)
What 'Letter Friends' did you meet this week? (prompt - Wacky Walrus & Zippy Zebra)
WEEK OF DECEMBER 19th
Did Gingy come back to the classroom?
What Christmas craft was your favourite?
What was Chef Simpson's #1 rule when we made gingerbread men? (prompt - share with your friends!)
Did you like singing our Santa song on the announcements?
What 'Letter Friend' did you meet this week? (prompt - X X-Ray)
WEEK OF JANUARY 9th
What resolution did we make for the New Year? (prompt - follow our Class Promise: Listen, Share & Care, and take care of God's world
What friend did you miss the most over the Christmas holidays?
What Measurement words did you learn this week? (prompt - height, tall, short, length, long)
What 'Letter Friends' did you meet this week? (prompt - Jolly Jogger & Yo-Yo Yak)
WEEK OF JANUARY 16th
What did you learn about snowflakes?
What things did you find around the room that are longer/shorter/same length as a popsicle stick?
What is 3 Star Colouring?
What 'Letter Friend' did you meet this week? (prompt - Quacky Quacker) - we have now met all Letter Friends!
WEEK OF JANUARY 23rd
What did we turn our Dramatic Play Centre into? (prompt - Doctor's Office)
What did we measure at the Math Centre this week? (prompt - our footprints, and our height)
What partner sounds did we learn? (prompt - ai, oi)
What special day did we celebrate on Thursday? (prompt - Australia Day)
WEEK OF JANUARY 30th
Did the Groundhog will see his shadow? What does that mean? (prompt - Early Spring!)
Brainstorm ideas for your 100th Day of School collection to bring in next week.
What things were heavy/light when we measured with the scale?
What partner sounds did we learn? (prompt - ie, ee, or)
Can you sing the circle & square songs?
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 6th
Help your child find 2D shapes around the house and ask them to sing the shape songs!
What community helpers have we learned about so far? (doctor, nurse, veterinarian, police officer)
What partner sounds did we learn? (prompt - ch, sh)
Help your child make 21 Valentines for Valentine's Day!
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 13th
Ask your child to take you on a 'Shape Hunt' at home! We found so many shapes around the school!
What was your favourite collection in our 100 Museum?
Tell me about the 'Stretchy Snake' reading strategy (prompt - we stretch out the word)
What activities did we do inside and outside for Carnaval?
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 20th
Ask me what my super power is. (prompt - Kindness)
What community helpers did we learn about this week? (firefighters, teachers)
What partner sounds did we learn? (prompt - th, er)
What math tool did we make 2D shapes with? (prompt - geoboards)
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 27th
What was your favourite flavour of pancake? (plain, chocolate chip, apple)
What is your Lenten Promise?
Pull out some coins and have your child name them or tell you how much they are worth.
What partner sound did we learn? (prompt - ue)
WEEK OF MARCH 6th
Can you retell the important parts of the Goldilocks story? (prompt - beginning, middle, end)
What partner sound did we learn? (prompt - oi)
What did St. Patrick use to teach people about God the Father, the Son & the Holy Spirit? ( shamrock)
Tell me about the leprechaun that was on the loose! What did he give us?
WEEK OF MARCH 20th
What did we turn our Dramatic Play Centre into? (prompt - Pizza Hut)
What did we measure at the Math Centre this week? (prompt - capacity using snapcubes and sand in containers)
What partner sound did we learn? (ou)
Tell me about the 'Chunky Monkey' reading strategy (prompt - we look for a chunk we know, i.e. partner sounds)
WEEK OF MARCH 27th
Ask me to sing the Water Cycle Song (see Poetry Folder)
What did you measure at the water centre? (prompt - capacity : how many cups did it take to fill the green bucket?)
Did you paint a picture this week?
What partner sounds did we learn? (ar, ng)
WEEK OF APRIL 3rd
Say a prayer that your child has learned at school at meal times.
What objects did you test to observe sinking and floating? (prompt - feather, rock, pencil, spoon, penny, ball)
What partner sounds did we learn? (oo, qu) *oo can have 2 sounds, ie. oo - in book, oo - in moon
Tell me about the 'Skippy Frog' reading strategy (prompt - we skip over a tricky word and hop back to it after reading the rest of the sentence)
WEEK OF APRIL 10th
Tell me about the Easter Story (prompt - Palm Sunday, Last Supper, Jesus dying on the cross and going into Heaven)
What did you make at the discovery centre this week? (prompt - sailboats out of egg cartons)
Can you practice counting ordinal numbers? (prompt - first, second, third, etc)
Where did you find Easter eggs on our egg hunt?
WEEK OF APRIL 18th
What 3D solids did you learn about? (prompt - sphere, cube, cylinder, prism, cone)
What has started to grow in our Resurrection Garden? (prompt - grass!)
What things do plants need to help them grow? (prompt - water, light, warmth)
What is one way you can help our EARTH?
WEEK OF APRIL 24th
What 3D solids were good for rolling/sliding/stacking?
Can you sing me your Recycle song? (see Poetry folder)
What did we turn our Dramatic Play centre into? (prompt - Grocery Store)
What did you play with in the sensory bin? (prompt - soil and flowers)
WEEK OF MAY 1st
Tell me about the 'Tryin' Lion' reading strategy (prompt - we re-read the sentence)
Tell me about some of the parts of a plant (prompt - roots, stem, leaves, flower)
What did you write about in your journal? (prompt - I feel happy when...)
Can you find some 3D solids at home? (look for spheres, cubes, cylinders, prisms, and cones)
WEEK OF MAY 8th
Tell me about the chicken & frog life cycles.
Tell me what estimating is (prompt - making a 'thinking' guess) and ask me to estimate at home.
What did you write about in your journal? (prompt - I feel sad when...)
Remind me to sing my Song for Mom on Sunday! (see Poetry folder)
WEEK OF MAY 15th
Ask me about our Rosary celebration for Mary. Practice the Hail Mary together at home.
Ask me to count by 10s & 5s. Practice counting by 2s.
What did you write about in your journal? (prompt - I feel scared when...)
Ask me about the farmer who visited the library and how the chickens (Henry & Henrietta) were different.
WEEK OF MAY 22nd
Ask me about the caterpillars in our class and what they've been up to this week. (prompt - eating & growing)
What did you use to practice adding numbers to 5? (prompt - 5 frames)
What did you write about in your journal? (prompt - I feel angry when...)
Ask me to sing the Butterfly Song to share my learning about the butterfly life cycle (see Poetry folder)
WEEK OF MAY 29th
Help me practice adding numbers to make 5 with objects around the house.
What are our 5 senses? (prompt - see, hear, smell, taste, touch)
What did you learn at the bike safety assembly?
What was your favourite part of our trip to Claremont Field Center?
WEEK OF JUNE 5th
What exciting thing happened with our butterflies?
Ask me to show you how to add 2 groups together with toys, crayons, etc.
What did you write about in your journal? (prompt - best part of our trip)
Ask me to show you all the work I have brought home - I am so proud of everything I've learned!