As the school year progresses, there will be growing expectations of
students to demonstrate their knowledge of letter sounds, and increasingly basic sight words and
short phrases. Students are required to produce more written work, including
the use of appropriately “sized” letters (lower case versus upper case). Please reinforce an awareness of this in the world outside school as much as you can, such as on street signs, games, websites, recipes, etc.
Home suggestions to support classroom
learning:
- Use pictures
on the cover and/or the book’s title to predict what the story will be
about. Check back during the story to see if they want to change their
predictions as they are given more information through print and pictures
(…be a story ‘detective’). * Search for “popcorn” words in any text
whenever.
- Review
the number of syllables in words (also described as ‘chunks of sound’ -
e.g. rain/bow = 2).
- Practice
printing lower case letters at all times (- except when a capital letter
is called for). Encourage more printing practice by labeling their
drawings or items around the house (e.g. “bed” / “door” /
“lamp”).
- Practice
counting to 50 & beyond. They also love to count moves like
jumping-jacks, bunny hops, etc.
- Use
small items (e.g. marbles, lego) to practice adding & subtracting;
start with 5 and work up to 10.
- Count
in French how many steps it takes to get from your front door to the
bedroom/ kitchen/ sofa/ etc.
- Have
your child identify (or teach you) colours, the weather, or other common words in French.
- Enjoy a ‘treasure hunt’ for shapes or patterns (e.g. dinner plate =circle; table = square; floor tiles = pattern).
winter/
hiver snow/ neige ice / glace cold/ froid slide/ glisser skate/ patiner snowman/ bonhomme de neige ski / skier
coat/ manteau hat/ chapeau mittens/ mitaines boots/ bottes snow pants/ pantalon de neige sled / traineau snowflake/ flocon de neige
coat/ manteau hat/ chapeau mittens/ mitaines boots/ bottes snow pants/ pantalon de neige sled / traineau snowflake/ flocon de neige
The SKs are now expected to complete simple phrases, such as:
Je veux _____. / Je peux _____. / J'aime ______.
(glisser / patiner / skier / jouer)
Report cards will be sent home in early February. JK's will not have any formal mark, only anecdotal comments. SK's will have developmentally appropriate marks where a
'DE' on the developmental key indicates that your child is "Developing as Expected",
that means they are meeting the Kindergarten program expectations as outlined by the Ministry of Education. Children who are demonstrating skills (in class) that are significantly above ministry standards would merit a ‘WD’, which signifies “Well Developed” or beyond expectations. A 'BD' indicates that a child is “Beginning to Develop” the skill and requires further reinforcement. A 'NT' signifies "Needs more Time and experience", as the skill or expectation has not yet begun to develop or is not demonstrated at school.
(glisser / patiner / skier / jouer)
Report cards will be sent home in early February. JK's will not have any formal mark, only anecdotal comments. SK's will have developmentally appropriate marks where a
'DE' on the developmental key indicates that your child is "Developing as Expected",
that means they are meeting the Kindergarten program expectations as outlined by the Ministry of Education. Children who are demonstrating skills (in class) that are significantly above ministry standards would merit a ‘WD’, which signifies “Well Developed” or beyond expectations. A 'BD' indicates that a child is “Beginning to Develop” the skill and requires further reinforcement. A 'NT' signifies "Needs more Time and experience", as the skill or expectation has not yet begun to develop or is not demonstrated at school.