Halloween is tomorrow!

It has been a busy week!

A couple of information items for Halloween tomorrow:
Your child can dress up in costume for the day (please no weapons with the costume).
We will be having a 'party' with games and music!
It's going to be a great day!

There is NO school on Friday as it is a PD day.

Our afternoon class brought home their first library book earlier this week. Our morning class will be bring home their library book today. Please look inside the back cover for the date of book return. This is the date that we will be doing book exchange. Please return library book in the book back that was given to your child. As part of our learning about story sequencing, have your child 'retell' the story in their library book by using the pictures as prompts. Students are not expected to be able to read their book but we have been working on looking at pictures to tell the story.

This past week, we have been working on story sequencing. We read the book "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat" multiple times. Students were then asked to retell the story in the proper order. We will be working on story sequencing all year!

We have also been working on sorting! Students should now know how to sort by one attribute (color, size or shape). We will move onto patterning in the upcoming months!

Spooky Halloween Houses!

Students continue to practice their fine motor skills such as cutting shapes, coloring and holding their pencils correctly. Today they created our 'spooky' Halloween houses as a way of practicing some of these skills!
Students had to cut out simple shapes (circle, square and triangle) to create the moon and house. Then they were able to add any halloween decorations of their choice! This was also a great chance to discuss common colors we see around this time of year. Finally, students could add a 'web' to their picture to add to the ambiance!

Here are some samples of what they created!

Happy Friday!

Thank you to all who came out to Literacy Night yesterday! We had a few of our students win a couple of prizes from the draw box!

This week, we did more sorting activities around size and shape in math. We also explored fall poems in literacy.

Next week, we will be introduced to new centers that have a pumpkin/Halloween theme! We will also be reading and working with new poems that connect to colors.

Just a reminder that next Friday, October 25th is our school council's annual Hawkwood Halloween Dance! The dance will take place in our gym and Hawk's Nest from 6:30-8:30 pm. Dress up in costume! A letter was sent home this week with more information. Hope to see you there!

Enjoy your weekend!

Literacy Night October 17th

Heading into the long weekend...

Thank you so much to everyone who contributed to our Thanksgiving meal!  It was so much fun and we were so proud of our students for trying something new.  Some of them even had seconds!  We made soup, cornbread and salad, we did some art, made a placemat (complete with a guided drawing of a turkey), set the table and practiced our manners.  Now they're ready to help you out at home this weekend.  ;)   

Have a wonderful long weekend with family and friends!  School resumes on Tuesday.

Thankful Art

Smelling some spices (basil, oregano, cumin)

 

Placemats!

 

 

Thursday, October 10

We're so excited for our Thanksgiving meal tomorrow!  Please send your child in fall coloured clothes if they have any.  It would be great to see a field of red, orange, yellow and brown!  

*Also a reminder that book orders are due tomorrow whether they are online or if your child brings the form to school.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

We've been working on story sequencing for the past few weeks.  Students have become very familiar with Eric Carle's story The Very Hungry Caterpillar.  Students coloured their own "puppets" to bring home and retell the story to you.  Please cut them out with your child and attach to popsicle sticks if you have them and prepare to be entertained!  :)

Used Book Fair

FALL BOOK FAIR - USED BOOK DONATIONS NEEDED!

Hawkwood School will be having their semi-annual book fair November 19-22nd. Once again we accepting donations of children’s and adult’s books for our Fall Book Fair. Please consider donating popular titles for children such as:

Diary of a wimpy kid

Bad guys series

Dog man

Mighty robot

Amulet

Elephant & piggie books

Branches series including Dragon Masters

Any books by Raina Telgemeier (graphic novels)

Please do not bring textbooks, encyclopedias, magazines or any items that are too outdated. Used books can be dropped off in the foyer across from the office.

Thank you for your support!

Thanksgiving Meal and Reminders

It's Thanksgiving week at school!  We will be talking about family, friendship and food!  :) 
On Wednesday we'd like to begin preparing vegetable soup and cornbread to eat on Thursday as part of our Thanksgiving meal. 
We are including the ingredient list below for you to see what we'll be making.  If you would like to send in one ingredient to contribute to our meal please write it in our comment section and send it with your child tomorrow or Wednesday at the latest.  This is completely optional!

*Remember no school on Friday and Monday
*Last day to order school pictures is Thursday
*Book orders will be due on Thursday NOT Wednesday


Vegetable Soup

Ingredients

• 5 Cups Reduced-sodium chicken broth (or veggie broth)
• 2 Cups Butternut squash, cut into 3/4 inch cubes (about 1/2 a small squash)
• 2 Ribs of celery, sliced
• 2 Cups Cauliflower, cut into florets
• 1/4 Cup Tomato paste
• 2 Cans Fire-roasted diced tomatoes with garlic (14.5 oz each)
• 1 Large carrot, sliced
• 1/2 Red bell pepper, sliced
• 1/2 Large zucchini, sliced and halved
• 1-1 1/2 tsp Sea salt, to taste
• 1 1/2 tsp Dried oregano
• 1 1/2 tsp Dried basil
• 1 tsp Ground cumin
• 1/4 tsp Black pepper
• 3 Bay leaves
• 1 Head garlic
• 1 tsp Olive oil
• 1 6 oz Bag spinach
• 1/3 Cup Parsley, diced

Cornbread

• 1 1/4 cup cornmeal
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 cup non-dairy milk
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 5 tablespoons vegan butter, melted
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup corn kernels, fresh or frozen (optional)

Scholastic Book Orders and PM Terry Fox run

We have Scholastic Book Orders to hand out for October!  If you are interested in receiving a catalogue, please reply in the blog post comment section with your child's name or send us an email.

The PM class will participate in their own Terry Fox run on Monday.  The weather looks like it will be wonderful!

Have a fantastic weekend enjoying the outdoors!!

Student Pictures

Your child is bringing home pictures today and they look great!  However, if you would like retakes please let us know by commenting on this post or sending us an email.  Retakes are November 5.

Sorting Extravaganza!

Welcome to October! This will be an exciting month filled with learning by using our senses!

Today, we started learning about sorting. Students met our Math Learning Leader, Mrs. Harms. She will be assisting us during our math learning times. We will be working on sorting for the next few weeks! Please practice having your child sort at home.