Mrs. Bevacqua's Kindergarten: April 2015

Tuesday 28 April 2015

We observed and discussed the differences between live and "fake" plants. We learned that all living things need food, water, and air.

Great Earth Day poster!

We worked hard on our paper mache earths! Thanks Mrs. Szabados for the bags to carry them home!

Water creature dramatic play!

Beautiful writing and picture!

Another Earth art masterpiece!

Her plant grew first and oh so fast! She measured it's growth everyday!

Great taste in picture day dresses!

Arrrrrrr - we have some pirates in our room!

Using rocks and sticks in the earthy playdough.

Great motorcycle!

Beautiful Earth painting!

Cool dough design!

A shark out of water - oh no!!!

Symmetry!! Folding the paper was a fantastic way to make a
symmetrical painting!

Making booklets.

More symmetry!

Working diligently at the light table.

He brought in his shark teeth to show us. So cool!

Dancing to and singing a song Ms. Detmar taught us. She has such an amazing voice and guitar talent!!!

Baking with Ms. Detmar!

We used eggs in the bird nests to add and subtract and write
equations.

Eating the treats we made with Ms. Detmar - YUMMY!

More plants starting to grow (Tuesday, April 28)

Acting out the story, Ruby in Her Own Time.

This guy found his way into our classroom. We scooped him up
into a bug box and set him free outside. Before we set him free, we
used magnifying glasses and checked him out.

Monday 20 April 2015

Picture Day This Thursday

We will be having our spring pictures taken on Thursday, April 23. We do not have our class picture taken this time (just in the Fall). Please return the form that allows you to select the pose and sibling pictures as soon as possible.

PA Day next Monday

Teachers will be in school on Monday, April 27 but NOT students. Enjoy your long weekend!

Pizza Days Continue

Pizza days continue this Wednesday. If possible, please send in a small note and $2 per slice. It is also very helpful to indicate cheese or pepperoni. Orders are also taken on Wednesday but it is helpful to our parent council to have the kindergarten orders in advance.

Ms. Detmar is here!!!

You might have noticed a new face in our blog posts. Ms. Detmar is an ECE student observing, learning, and teaching in our room for the past two weeks. She will be here for another two weeks and we are very happy to have her!!!

Sunday 19 April 2015

Week of April 13-17

What a beautiful week!! We are so excited to be spending more time outdoors. This week we visited our courtyard for the first time this year. We also spent a lot of time playing outside on Friday, utilizing the bike, balls, Frisbees, skipping rope, bubbles, and sidewalk chalk.

During our discussions about Earth Day, one of our friends
explained that we have to save the Earth so the polar bears do
not die in the arctic. Here is our water table transformed into
an arctic dramatic play centre.

Scented, coloured rice with glass beads. The glass bead have letters
on them. Children can go on letter hunts and try to spell words.

Creating floral pictures at the art centre.

Waiting to go into the courtyard.

Pinecones were just one treasure to be found!

Using playdough dirt to plant flowers!

An Earth Day word search

Observing taking care of our plants.

Creating paper mache earths!

We took the glass beads out of the rice and put them on the light
table! They looked A LOT different. We talked about how you
can see the letters easier when there is light under them.