Congratulations mes petits amis on finishing our first week of FULL DAY Kindergarten! We have a lovely group of little people in Division 15, and I am thouroughly enjoying getting to know you all. Please stop by our classroom after drop up or pick up, and admire our self-portraits on our bulletin board. Very soon, I will turn these into a book for les amis to read in our quiet reading corner. It is always a popular book!
We continue to focus on learning important routines and classroom rules. After we read David Shannon's David va à l'école, we brainstormed how to make good choices at Kindergarten. We decided on the following rules:
I use a soft voice.
I listen.
I walk.
I share.
I clean up.
Every day I think with my head and my heart.
I use a soft voice.
I listen.
I walk.
I share.
I clean up.
Every day I think with my head and my heart.
Each student was given their own copy of the rules, and we discussed what it means to "think with our head and our heart." We will have many circle time conversations about this throughout the year.
We finished off our "No David" theme by making David masks. The children happily roleplayed different rule-breaking scenarios with their Davids, shouting out: Non, David!!! Of course, we finished our role play with David making good choices. Oui, David!!!