Thank you for you support

 Hello everyone! 

This week has been a very difficult week. I want to start off by thanking everyone for their patience and continued support as we transitioned this week to online learning. This week before going online, as well as last week, we started the five senses in literacy. We are learning about the body parts that we use to smell, hear, taste, touch, and see. We were engaged in playing a game called "iSpy" and participated in community walks as we talked about how we are using our 5 senses. 

Students enjoyed using their noses to smell the trees, using their eyes to look for a particular object on the screen, using their ears to hear the cars drive by, using their mouth to taste their snacks, and using their hands to touch the snow.

We were also involved in messy play this week as we worked on setting up our table trifolds to help us concentrate more during our tasks. Surprisingly, students did not get as messy as I thought they would, but we tied this to the sense of touch as we described the paint as soft and we use our sense of smell to describe the paint as "stinky" and "yucky."

Below, I will input the online learning information as we continue for Monday and Tuesday. 

Monday/ Tuesday

9:00am

We will join the google meeting. We will start our morning calendar. After calendar, students will be assigned a numeracy/literacy assignment to complete for their morning work.

1:00pm

We will join the google meeting. This will be story time. We will read a book and do a fun quiz together as students loves the pop quizzes at the end of the story reading. After this, students will read with a parent/guardian or read independently for 10-15minutes. Books are available for your child to read through google classroom.

2:30pm

We will join the google meeting. We will finish up for the ​day and start our goodbye circle. This usually includes songs, and conversations on students' favourite part of the day. At the end of our goodbye songs, I will stay online for an additional 15 minutes to answer any further questions/ concerns you may have.

There are also additional activities on the google classroom (Ex: movement breaks and I will be assignment tasks like fine motor/ life skills activities). Please have your child be involved in these activities to keep them in routine as much as possible).

Note**

I have added each student to "Epic Books," where your child can choose a book to read during reading time. There are also options directly on the google classroom. 

If you are using a laptop: Please open your web browser and  

Go to www.getepic.com/students

Enter class code 

Select your child's name 

If you are using an IOS/Android: Please open your web browser and Go to www.getepic.com/students

Tap on “STUDENTS”

Enter class code 

Select your child's name 

I cannot wait to see all students' faces on Wednesday January 26th

Week at a Glance

• January 10 – 28: Sound Kreations at Tuscany School – students are learning Funk Styles, Litefeet, and House Dance. 
• January 27: Fun Lunch and Kinder Treat (orders need to be placed through Healthy Hunger the Friday prior).

• January 27: French Immersion parent session 4:30-5:30 – “I want to Help but it’s in French – Learning to Write” Click here to join the meeting

• January 31: Non-Instructional Day – No School