We did it! We have graduated from K7; it seems like just yesterday that we were learning each other's names. Then we blinked and another year was in the books. It’s a little emotional when to say goodbye and head off to the next grade, so lets take a moment to reflect on our time together. Thank you to all Ravens for making our room full of life and laughter. Thank you for smiles, and kind word. Thank you for the time spent sharing our lives through writing and conversation. Truth be told, we are going to miss each other all quite a bit. We’ll miss the jokes and the smiling faces. We'll miss the funny things we say that crack each other up. But mainly, We'll just miss each other. We have learned so much in Raven class. We’ve learned to love books. We’ve learned feel more comfortable with writing. We’ve that speaking in front of a large group isn't quite so scary now. But most of all, we’ve learned to love learning in English. We’ve showed each other how much we matter and that we have potential and purpose in life. We taught each other to laugh and to never be too busy to have fun. We enjoy it. We enjoy our time in Raven class. We made the most of this special year we had together. We could never have wished for a better year together that this past year. We laughed daily. We loved each other well. We learned to dream and to never give up on our dreams. Because if we think we're too scared for something new or we think that we're better than someone else, we're really just hurting ourselves. We're stealing our own joy before you even get to experience it. We will be kind. Live a life of fun and adventure. Support and build each other up; we won’t ever hurt each other. For now, it's time to say goodbye. But we won't forget each other, and or our time together in Raven class.
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Today is Thursday, and it is our second to last day together as Ravens. We can’t believe that our K7 year is over, it went so quickly. You survived a year of firsts; new friends, classroom, new routine, and we did it with excitement.
We remember the first day when we were K7 in CBIS, we had some jitters, but with the support of Mr. Ryan and Ms. Jasmine, we quickly learned that we could do it^^ We learned to be smart and incredibly kind to our peers. We studied, but still had time to be a little bit crazy, too – We are a little sad. Not because we are growing up, that’s natural and wonderful and expected, but because the older we get the more frequent goodbye become. Someday we’ll be old enough to make our dreams and discover our own adventures. We’ve spent hours learning and playing with our Raven friends; at the pool and in the playground, and each hour has made us more independent. We’ve had a wonderful year together^^ What an exciting day we had in Raven class today! It was Graduation day^^ When we arrived for Raven class this morning, we had some play time while we waited for all of our friends to arrive. Once everyone was here we washed our hands and prepared for our snack. We had cereal with milk, it was so yummy, we all wanted seconds. After our snack, we had some more playtime until it was time to go down to the auditorium for Graduation.
All of the K7 Classes were there; Raven, Osprey and Chickadee^^ The first class to receive our graduation certificates was Osprey, then Raven and finally Chickadee. We all got to wear graduation caps, we were called up onto the stage, individually, and Ms. Grace gave us our graduation certificates. We were also given class awards, we were so proud of ourselves. Plus, we all had our pictures taken. It was so exciting. When our Graduation ended, it was time for lunch. Today’s lunch was delicious, we had spaghetti, children, salad, cream soup and oranges. After we finished our lunch and cleaned up our trays, we had some play time. After lunch we had Guided Play with Ms. MinHa, we practiced ballet today. Ballet is challenging, but it sure feels good once we get it right. After guided play we came back down to Raven class were we had phonics with Ms. Jasmine. We learned so much this past year, we are getting so good^^ Finally, we finished making graduation hats with Ms. Devon, we started working on them last week and we can’t wait until we get to wear them home on Friday. We can’t wait to meet, tomorrow~ We started the day with some play time, followed by Snack Time. Today’s, snack was red bean bun and tea. And then, it was time for Circle Time with Ms. Jasmine. During Circle Time we discussed today’s date and were assigned new classroom helper roles. After that, it was time for our first class, Recess.
For Recess, Ms. Jasmine and Ms. Devon took us up to the big gym, and we played with our friends, got exercise and had a lot of fun. Then we came back down to Ravens’ class for, Conversational English with Ms. Devon. As usual, for Mondays, we took turns telling our friends about all of the exciting things we did on the weekend. A lot a Ravens went swimming^^ After this, it was time for lunch. For lunch we had fish, rice, soup, vegetables, kimchi and tomatoes. After we finished eating, and tidied up our dishes, we had some time to play. After lunch was finished, we had Book Presentation with Ms. Jasmine and Ms. Devon. Ms. Devon helped us take turns reading our books to the class, and Ms. Jasmine checked our book log. When we finished reading our books, Ms. Devon read a book to us called, The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog, by Mo Williams. The pigeon in that book is so funny! Next, it was time for Eunwoo’s birthday party. We had a beautiful and delicious rainbow cake. We sang Happy Birthday to Eunwoo, and we were all given a piece of birth day cake. Eunwoo also gave us juice and jelly, we had so much fun. After Eunwoo’s birthday party was over, it was time for Theme Conversation with Ms. Devon. During class we finished talking about our weekend, and drew pictures of the things that we had done. Because we did such a good job during class, Ms. Devon showed us a Story Book Online called, There’s a Nightmare in my Closet. This is a story about a little boy who stands up to his fears, and realizes that there really isn’t anything to be scared of. Finally, it was time to clean up and head how. Wow! We did a lot today, but it sure was exciting. See you on Wednesday^^ It’s Friday! There were 8 Ravens in class, today. This morning we had some extra play time before it was time for snack. Our snack was sausage and tea. Then we practiced our Reading Log books because, this afternoon, we are having Book Buddies.
Our first class today was Song & Movement with Ms. Jasmine. We got to sing one of our favorite songs, I’m so Happy. Next, we had conversation English with Ms. Devon. We spoke about all of the field trips we have been on this year, and then we all had a chance to choose our favorite one^^ Finally, it was time for lunch; we had chicken and rice, soup, vegetables, kimchi and watermelon, YUM! Play time after lunch was so much fun, today. When play time finished we cleaned up quickly because it was time for Recess with Mr. Tom. We went up to the big gym and played some fun relay games. After that it was time for Mario’s birthday party. We sang happy birthday to Mario, and he blew out his birthday candles. We had two types of cake; chocolate and strawberry. Delicious^^ Mario gave us juice and jelly. Our last class was Book Buddy, we had so much fun reading books to each other. Finally, it was time to pack up and head home for the weekend. This morning, as soon as all of the Ravens arrived, we boarded the bus and headed out on our field trip to VIPS. When we arrived we were greeted by some very friendly VIPS workers and seated in a large, private room. The people at VIPS explained table manners to us, and then we washed our hands ~ it was time to make cookies!!! The woman showed us how to roll and form cookies, and then it was our turn. We were each given some chocolate cookie dough and vanilla cookie dough, and we carefully formed the cookies, how fun! Then Ms. Devon wrote out our names and put them on our plate so that we would know whose cookies were whose. And a kind man took our cookies away to back in the VIPS kitchen. Then it was time to colour the fins for a rocket ship. While we were colouring, the woman took our pictures. After that, Ms. Jasmine and Ms. Devon took us to the washroom to prepare ourselves for lunch. When we returned to our dining room we were served chicken, fried rice, pasta with cream sauce and juice, it was delicious. For dessert we were given mango ice cream, YUM! Finally, it was time to go back to school.
We arrived at school on time for lunch time play time. We had a lot of time to play^^ When we finished cleaning, it was time to clean up for Guided Play. We listened very well today; Ms. MinHa and Ms. Devon were very proud of us. When we returned to Raven Class, Ms. Jasmine helped us assemble the rocket that we had started to make at VIPS. We each had a turn to fly our rockets, YAY! Next, with Ms. Devon we worked on our graduation hats~ Finally, it was time to clean up, pack up and head home~ We can’t wait for tomorrow^^ This morning was another fun morning for Raven Class. We had some extra play time ~ Yay ~ before it was time for Reading Log with Ms. Jasmine and Ms. Devon. Next, we had our morning snack; this morning we had an egg and juice^^ Finally, it was time for Circle Time with Ms. Jasmine; we talked about how we feel today.
Our first call of the day was with Ms. Jasmine, this morning, because it is the end of the year, we had Social Studies. Our topic today was Compliments. Ms. Jasmine encouraged us to think of our own positive characteristics, and then the positive characteristics of our fellow Ravens. Then we took turns sharing these with each other; we took turnings paying compliments to each other. We really felt good about ourselves afterwards^^ Our next class was Conversation English with Ms. Devon; we spoke about different directions such as top, bottom, left and right. Some of us were a bit confused at first, especially about left and right, but we quickly figured it out. Then Ms. Devon handed out pictures of different animals and asked us to draw the animal on a specific location of the page, such as top. We drew different animals until we had filled the page. It was then, time for lunch; we had rice with vegetables, port cutlet, kimchi, vegetables and tomato ~ And~ we had Udon!! We were so excited about that, it was delicious. After we finished eating lunch we had some play time, and then we cleaned up for Guided Play with Ms. MinHa. We love Ms. MinHa’s class because it is fun and the classroom is always so cool. After that, we came back to Raven’s class for Phonics with Ms. Jasmine. We practiced the OU and OW sounds, today; we are getting pretty good at phonics^^ Lastly, as a special treat, because it is the end of the year, Ms. Devon showed us Story Books Online by world famous children’s authors Mercer Mayer and Lauren child. After that it was time to pack up and go home ~ See you tomorrow, Ravens^^ It’s Monday, it was so nice to see each other after the weekend! There were 11 Ravens in Class today, so there was a lot of excitement. For our morning snack we had carrots, cucumber, and cheese, YUM! Then we got a chance to play. During circle time we talked with Ms. Jasmine about the date and the weather, some of us still thought it was July:)
Our first class today was Recess, Ms. Devon took us to the gym and we played with balls, and we had a chance to get some exercise. After Recess was Conversational English. Ms. Devon asked us what we did on the weekend, a lot of us went swimming, and all of us played, a lot. We made pictures about our weekend, and took turns telling our friends the things we did. Finally, it was time for lunch, we had; rice and chicken, soup, vegetables, kimchi and oranges. The chicken was very delicious. After lunch, with Ms. Jasmine, we were given a picture of a very large eye. In the middle of the eye we drew a reflection of the things we see or the things we wish for. It was so much fun to take a picture of ourselves with big eyes. Then it was time for book presentation; we were all excited to be able to read to our classmates, and to show each other the fun pictures that are in our books. Our last class today was with Ms. Devon, it was Theme Conversation. Our theme this week is graduation, so Ms. Devon gave us graduation hats to color. We spoke about how kindergarten is almost finished and about our plans after kindergarten. It was a bit sad, but also exciting. Finally, we prepared for home, we said, “good-bye” to friends and teachers, and hurried home to see our families. This morning there were nine Ravens in class. We played a little bit until our snack was ready. For our morning snack we had milk and a jam sandwich, YUMMY! After our snack Ms. Jasmine and Ms. Devon helped us practice our Book Log books, the extra practice was very helpful.
Our first class today was Song & Movement with Ms. Jasmine. Ms. Jasmine played some of our favorite warm-up song, and then we stood up and started to move and sing, how exciting! After that we had Conversational English with Ms. Devon. Ms. Devon read us the first few pages of, “Where Going on a Bear Hunt,” she asked us many questions about the story and we were very eager to answer her questions. Next Ms. Devon taught us some of the words and actions from the book. We all got into a line, and we went on a bear hunt. Next week, Ms. Devon is going to read more of the story to us, and we can’t wait to find out what happens next! Time for lunch, we washed our hands and lined up for lunch. Today we ate meat and rice, soup vegetables, potato and watermelon, lunch was delicious. Once we finished eating, we cleaned up and had some play time. After lunch we had Recess with Mr. Tom, we always have so much fun playing in the gym with him. Next, we came back down to Raven class for Theme Conversation with Ms. Devon. Today we stood up, one at a time, and told our friends about our Student Reflections, we enjoy sharing out thoughts with each other. Finally, Ms. Devon showed us an online story book about a little girl named, Lola. She has a loose tooth that is wiggling, and then it finally falls out. We really enjoyed this story because we are all losing our teeth at the moment. See you on Monday^^ |
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