Classroom Sign-In - Question of the Day

Each morning, our students sign in by answering a Question of the Day. An example of a daily question is "Do you like cheese or pepperoni pizza?" A question is posted on our whiteboard. The children consider their answer, find their name and place it in the appropriate column. (Names are on magnet backed popsicle sticks.)

Why is the Question of the Day so important to learning?                                      

The Question of the Day provides valuable learning in Literacy and Numeracy.

Your child's ability to quickly recognize their name is the  foundation for literacy development. At home you may support your child's learning by having them practice writing their name each day. You may also use magnetic letters on the fridge to form their name. Have them point to each letter and say that letter out loud. If they are unsure of letters, have them repeat with you the letters in their name.

After each child has responded to the Question of the Day, we count as a class the responses in each column. We ask which column has more and which column has less. We intentionally use words for quantity such as "more", "less", "greater", "fewer", "most" and "least". The process of counting helps develop an understanding of one-to-one correspondence, cardinalty (number value) and ordinality (number order). The whiteboard display of columns is also a rudimentary graph.

Leaves are falling!

Our little ones in Room 103 are entranced by the changing colours of leaves! We have a beautiful maple tree in our outdoor playground that is a glorious display of red and orange. Over the last few weeks we have collected leaves and sorted them by colour and created a pictograph. We have created leaf pictures through leaf-rubbing and collages. We have also  created pictures of fall trees by dabbing cotton balls in paint as well as through shaving cream resist painting. Such fun!

Indoor/Outdoor Shoes

As the weather becomes cooler and wetter, please ensure your child has a pair of indoor shoes that stay at school. This will help keep our classroom and school hallways clean.  Marking an "O" on outdoor shoes will help us and your child identify which shoes are for outdoors only.

Upcoming Dates

Wednesday, October 17 - Super Hero Math Power! 6:30 to 7:30 pm

Thursday, October 25 - The Big Crunch - Wear apple colours: red, yellow or green.

Friday, October 26 - Pizza Day

Wednesday, October 31 - Halloween Boogie-a-thon Fund raiser  

Students are encouraged to wear costumes to school. No weapons please!  Parents are invited to join their children as they dance in the gym. More information regarding time will follow.

This is our school's one major fundraiser for the year. The money from the Boogie-a-thon will be used to purchase items and activities for our students that will enhance their experiences here at St. Andrew School. We appreciate any financial support you can give, it all goes towards enhnancing our children's education!

Songs, Poems and Chants

Love Is Something 

Love is something if you give it away

Give it away, give it away.

Oh, love is something if you give it away,

You'll end up having more!

It's just like a magic penny,

Hold it tight and you won't have any.

Lend it, spend it and you'll have so many

They'll roll right over the floor!

Love is something if you give it away

Give it away, give it away.

Oh, love is something if you give it away,

You'll end up having more!

Have You Ever Seen A Pumpkin

Tune: Have You Ever Seen A Lassie

Have you ever seen a pumpkin,

a pumpkin, a pumpkin?

Have you ever seen a pumpkin that grows on a vine?

A round one, a tall one,

A fat one, a small one.

Have you ever seen a pumpkin that grows on a vine?

I'm A Little Pumpkin

Tune: I'm A Little Teapot

I'm a little pumpkin

Orange and round.

Here is my stem,

I grew in the ground.

When I get all cut up,

Don't you shout!

Just open me up

and scoop me out!