Happy Summer Holidays!

Happy first day of summer holidays!  We hope you had a good weekend despite all the rain.  

We just wanted to send a friendly reminder to all our families re. Raz-Kids.  Your family still has access to Raz-Kids over the summer holiday so your child can keep reading levelled books on your home computer, tablet or IPad. 

Here is some information from the Raz-Kids site:
Not sure what Raz-Kids is?
Raz-Kids.com delivers hundreds of leveled eBooks spanning 27 levels of difficulty, covering a wide range of subjects. This award-winning site gives students 24/7 access to the practice they need to become better, more confident readers. At the same time, teachers can view reports and track student progress every step of the way.

Download the FREE Learning A-Z app

iPhone & iPod Touch

iTunes

iPad

iTunes

Android 2.2

Google Play

kindle Fire

Amazon App Store

Note: Android devices require version 2.2 and higher.
Example devices include the Samsung Galaxy Tab, Google Nexus 7 and Amazon Kindle Fire.

When you access Raz-Kids, you will need the teacher username in order to login:  lguerrierob

If you have misplaced/forgotten your child's password, please leave a 'comment' on this blog, and we will contact you with the information.

Happy Reading!

Happy Father's Day!

To all the Dads, Grandfathers and Uncles in our Kindergarten Families: 
Sending you wishes for a Happy Father's Day!  We hope you have a great day with your children.

Borrow-a-Book Book Bags

Please return all Borrow-a-Book books with the book bag this week. We will not be sending home any more books this week since it is almost the end of the school year. We will check and return your child's reading response journal (SK students) or book log (JK students) for your child to keep.  

Thank you to all the families that participated in our Borrow-a-Book program. We hope you and your child enjoyed reading together. If you have any suggestions/comments re. our Borrow-a-Book program, please contact us. We are always interested in making improvements that will be beneficial for our students and their families.

End of Year Kindergarten Families Picnic

The weather wasn't with us this year, but we still had lots of fun!  As you know, our picnic was moved indoor to the gym this year.  The gym was a busy and bustling place yesterday, but according to our class survey, most of us enjoyed the indoor picnic.  

Thank you to all the parents and other family members who were able to join us.  We appreciate your support, and hopefully, you also enjoyed yourselves.

Summer Reading Program at Public Library

Pleasant Ridge Public Library:  Summer Reading Club Launch

Yesterday, Mrs. Stephen from Pleasant Ridge Public Library came to our school to let us know about the TD Summer Reading Club. Pleasant Ridge Public Library has set a goal of 5000 books read during the summer. We can help the library reach this goal by registering for the reading club. In addition, each time children return to the library and submit their book logs, they will get ballots for chances to win prizes.  

Pleasant Ridge Public Library is holding a kick off event for their summer reading program this coming Saturday, June 20th from 10:00 to 4:00 pm. For more information please check out their website:  http://www.vaughanpl.info/programs/view/2017

Keep reading over the summer, and help the library reach its goal of 5000 books!  We can do it, Nellie McClung students!

Missing Jacket and Kindergarten Picnic Reminder!

A child in our class is missing a new jacket.  It is a 'Joe Fresh' blue jacket, and it has sharks on it. The jacket is also labelled with the child's name. Would you please check your child's belongings to make sure the jacket didn't accidentally go home with the wrong child?  If you find it, please return it to school. Thank you!


A Friendly Reminder...

On Tuesday, June 16th, we will be having our annual end of year Kindergarten Family Picnic.  We hope you will be able to join us from 9:15 to about 10:30 am.  Bring a snack (or breakfast) and a blanket, and join us on the field.  (Please look for our class sign.) We'll provide some equipment like balls, skipping ropes, parachute, etc. for some fun after snack/breakfast.  Younger brothers/sisters are welcome to join us as well as grandparents/nannies/etc.  The more the merrier! (In case of rain on Tuesday, the picnic will be rescheduled to Thursday, June 18th.)

Caterpillar Update #5

Here is some news about our butterflies that was written mostly by the Junior Kindergarten students in our class:

Well done JK students!

Here are a couple of photos from our butterfly release on May 29, 2015:

This butterfly was having a sip of orange juice before it flew off.

One of our Painted Lady butterflies resting in the grass.

Although the butterflies have left our classroom, our inquiry continues.  We are in the final stages of our inquiry.  We are in the process of completing a few activities that show what we have learned. We are focusing on the life cycle of butterflies, and we will be writing a class information book about butterflies as well.  Look for these activities posted on our blog soon!