My name is Mrs. Tara Petkau (I tell the kids you pronounce it like PETting a COW but spelled differently). Mrs. Jen Penner is also in our classroom as an E.A.
Most of the school supplies came back to school nicely labelled - thank you so much!
The children had some "homework" over the weekend. They should have brought home a paper bag and a letter explaining our "All About Me" project. They needed to find 4 or 5 small items to put into their bags that will help illustrate something about themselves. (examples - family photo, baseball card from a collection, Scout badge, rock from the cottage, ...). We will be sharing their bags, a few each day.
I also sent home a copy of our weekly schedule for the year as well as a Scholastic Book order which is due this coming Friday, September 18.
Our class has a pet guinea pig named Muffin. The children take turns holding her and are welcome to share a small snack with her at snack time, if they wish. She eats almost any raw fruit or vegetable. So if they would like to share a mini carrot, one grape or a slice of apple, she would be a very happy guinea pig. When we say a prayer for snack each day, she knows that food is coming and she squeaks!
Some of the activities that we worked on last week -
- sang HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Jake who had a summer birthday on August 2.
- played Name Bingo with rocket candies.
- made our own Lego portraits that are also glyphs (secret codes)
- painted pictures that tell the story of creation.
- sorted and matched number cards with the numeral, the word and ten-frame dots for math.
We have started a new chapel theme for this year. It is called "Journey With Jesus". We started the year talking about what they might pack in their backpacks if they were going on a long hike. Each month Pastor will talk about the object they find in the backpack and how these objects are like taking Jesus along on their "Life Journey". The first object was a compass that points to the "True North" and leads you in the right direction. The children were very excited to share their own thoughts and ideas. Pastor and Mr. B even wrote a theme song for the school to use this year.
Finally, we took photos at recess during our first few days at school to share and use for our portfolios.
