Gung Hei Fat Choy! ..

Happy Chinese New Year!

Opening in the Gym / Calendar with Sarah

Language Arts -Sound Pail for things with the sound of “or” in them

               - Printing “h”

JK’s – Read, print and stamp activity

SK’s – Journal-writing .. any subject

Gym time in the morning!! –

   Skipping rope skills and What Time is it Mr. Wolf?

FRENCH TIME!

Preparing the paper for fan-making tomorrow!

Such concentration!

This is a sticky rice cake - custard in the middle and rolled in fine coconut! The texture is like a gooey gummy bear! The children were not really sure what to think of them but most were willing to have a taste and a few asked for more!!

The Pre-K's built this structure today, with Mrs. Wilks, and then posed "very dramatically" for their picture!

UOI – Right after the lunch recess, we read about Chinese New Years and how it is traditionally celebrated. Ms. Egan took half of the class to do some sponge painting / stencil work – for fan-making tomorrow! The other half of the class coloured the Chinese characters for “happiness” and/or a picture of children celebrating the New Year! (SWITCH!) When the paints were all cleaned up we sampled the sticky rice cakes that Ethan had brought in for us!

Reading / Free choice time /Clean up

Before dismissal, I handed out a small red envelope to each child (from Ethan) which contains a lucky coin (chocolate). This is a Chinese tradition in which an “older person” passes the luck for the New Year on to the young ones! I’m excited to hear tomorrow about what was actually in the envelopes! Thank you Ethan and family for helping us to recognize our wonderful diversity!

Have a great evening everyone!