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February 9th, 2024

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Dear Kindergarten Families,

Another great week has gone by and students keep showing enthusiasm in different activities. Students had an amazing time on our field trip to Teatro El Gato, they enjoyed the play and were able to apply their new knowledge inside the classroom.

We are working hard building positive relationships among our classes, getting ready for the Friendship Celebrations next February 14th. We have planned several things during the day, early in the morning High school students will come and create bond with our kindergarteners, then at their regular snack time they will share snacks for this special day. At the end of the day we will get together on the carpet and exchange Valentines (students have to make them at home and bring them on the 13th- make sure your child writes a card for each student) with everyone.

Weekly Learning Goals & Tasks

English Literacy

Learning Goal

ELA: Students will engage in rereading to bring books to life.

Phonics: Students will start a new phonics unit called "Vowel Power"

What readers & writers are doing at school...

ELA: Students will learn that super readers reread books, use punctuation marks, recognize and read lots of words in a snap so their voices sound smoother. They will also learn that when super readers reread it helps readers determine the meaning of words in their books and learn more about characters and the things that make them special.

Phonics: Students will be learning that every word has at least one vowel. They will also learn two new snap words: how & you.

What readers & writers could be doing at home...

ELA: Students are encouraged to read books at home and ask questions about who are the main characters of the story? What happened ? Where did it happen?

Phonics: Students can read books at home and go on a vowel hunt. Every time they see a vowel have them read it and write the word.

Spanish Literacy

Learning Goal

Los escritores escriben inicios asombrosos a sus historias

What readers & writers are doing at school...

Los escritires aprenderán a escribir inicios asombrosos a sus historias para hacerlas mas divertidas de leer también aprenderán a agregar ventanitas para agregar mas detalles.

What readers & writers could be doing at home...

En casa no dejen de contar historias de su dia a dia para que le sea mas facil a los niños pensar en una en la escuela.

Mathematics

Learning Goal

Students will identify pennies and nickels by name and worth.

What mathematicians are doing at school...

Mathematicians will explore the context of money and is used to reinforce the previous work done on numbers to ten. Emphasis is on recognition of five as a sub-base, counting five and some more. They will also learn the names and values of the penny and nickel.

What readers & writers could be doing at home...

Students will find money at home and recognize name and value.

Science or Social Studies

Learning Goal

In order to do a project several steps need to be done, students will verify the mythology of planning for a project, and how planning makes a successful project.

What tigers are doing at school...

Students are building a boat based upon their initially design sharing ideas and modifying which parts wont work in making the boat float.

What tigers could be doing at home...

Students can try different materials to see which ones float and which ones sink.

Social Emotional Learning Program

Learning Goal

This unit is “Communicating With Each Other.” We will talk about what it means to communicate and why communicating is important. We communicate when we express our ideas clearly and pay attention to each other’s emotions, thoughts, and actions. Clear communication helps us play, work, think, and grow together. Let’s take a look at how people communicate.

What friends and learners are doing at school...

Explain to students that they will work in groups to brainstorm ideas about how people communicate, or send messages, using different parts of their bodies. Then, we practiced comunication and counselor provide feedback.

What friends and learners could be practicing at home...

Have students play “emotion charades.” Tell each actor which emotion to portray, such as excitement, sadness, or worry, and then have them act out the emotion using body language only. The student audience can guess the emotion based on the body language clues given by the action.

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Upcoming Events

Feb. 10

Tiger Fun Day - AASCA Soccer

Feb. 14

Frindship
Celebration

Feb. 16

Friday Feedback sent home

Feb. 23

No School

Reminders

KB has swimming until Friday February 16th
Wednesday February 14th - Friendship Celebration
Friday February 16th - Friday Feedback Folder - Please return on Monday.
Friday February 23rd - No School
Wednesday February 28th and Thursday March 7th - Student Led Conferences - More information will be provided soon.