This is a favourite time of year in Kindergarten as we grow curious about sounds, letters, and symbols, and begin the important work of learning to be writers.
We read Sarabella’s Thinking Cap and discussed
creativity and ideas. Inspired by Sarabella—who drew her daydreams and said,
“If you want to share it, you’ve just got to wear it”—we brainstormed writing
topics and created our own “thinking caps” featuring favourite things like
family, dinosaurs, flowers, and rainbows. We will use these ideas in our future
writing.
Using Mrs. Sutherland’s “magic Kindie wand,” we became
authors and illustrators this week. In The Squiggly Story, a young boy
discovers he can create an amazing story using his imagination, pictures, and
simple marks on a page. We were excited to create our own stories—with or
without words!
A key part of our Kindergarten experience is celebrating our
uniqueness. We began a conversation about the “Power of Yet”—transforming “I
can’t do it” into “I can’t do it…YET!”—to help build a positive growth mindset.
We have continued some special learning about Bees this week with some artifacts from "Grandpa Ray" the beekeeper. A student in our afternoon class shared her Grandparents this week and we enjoyed a lovely presentation about beekeeping, complete with artifacts from his bee box and tools and science specimens from his work. A special shout out to Grandma Deb who helped present interesting information and even offered us some hands on learning experiences to share with the morning class friends. Thank you Grandpa Ray, Grandma Deb (and family) for sharing about your lives as beekeepers!
We continue to learn new “Lively Letters” sounds. You can view our lesson videos on Google Classroom. Please check your child’s account, click on “Classwork,” and practice together at home. We already know 20 sounds and are working on using the “Tap and Sweep” method to blend them together!
Link to our school calendar: Simons Valley School Calendar
Friday Class Schedule
Library Day is Tuesday, May 5, 2026!
Thank you for helping your child to remember their library book AND plastic protector BAG each Tuesday!! We will return books but not sign out new ones until after Spring Break.
If you have any questions or need to contact us, our emails are:
Mrs. Oster: rdoster@cbe.ab.ca
Mrs. Sutherland: klsutherland@cbe.ab.ca
Mrs. Wiskar: mjwiskar@cbe.ab.ca
Mrs. Cheng: kjcheng@cbe.ab.ca
