Kindergarten
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November 17th, 2023
Kindergarten News
Dear Kindergarten Families,
We would like to thank each and one of you for attending our Student Led conferences! Our tigers were really excited and happy to be able to share their expertise! Students had an amazing time on their field trip to "Mombacho", they enjoyed exploring and asking questions.
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Weekly Learning Goals & Tasks
English Literacy
Learning Goal
ELA: Writers will write true stories that readers really want to read.
Phonics: Students will learn that when they know something really well, they can pass that knowledge along by teaching it to others.
What readers & writers are doing at school...
ELA: Writers will use all their writing muscles to make true stories that are easy to read. Writers will experiment with the writing process. They will plan, draft and revise their true stories.
Phonics: Students will make plans for teaching others the snap words they have learned. They will review favorite snap word games and songs and will be teaching their stuffed animals.
What readers & writers could be doing at home...
ELA: Writers can share some ideas of true stories at home with a family member, to later plan across pages at school and put it into paper.
Phonics: Students can practice reading and writing the snap words and teaching it to their stuffed animals or to a family member.
**Snap Word List: I, at, me, like, look, it, a, the, my, see, an, in, here, is, this.
Spanish Literacy
Learning Goal
Los estudiantes se convertirán en Superlectores activando su poder de deslizar las palabras.
What readers & writers are doing at school...
Los Superlectores tendrán que poner su dedito debajo de cada palabra y deslizarlo por todas las sílabas, diciendo y uniendo las sílabas a medida que avanzan.
What readers & writers could be doing at home...
En casa podrán poner en práctica su super poder de deslizar su dedito sílaba por sílaba sobre las palabras con uno de sus libros favoritos.
Mathematics
Learning Goal
Mathematicians will continue to develop cardinallity and will experiment with addition and subtraction.
What mathematicians are doing at school...
Mathematicians will continue developing cardinality, composing and decomposing numbers and doubling. Students will be introduced to the concept of adding and subtracting. We will be using the ten frame model.
What readers & writers could be doing at home...
Students can count objects around the house (shoes, forks,etc) and count by 1's. They can create their own word problem about objects found around and represent it, they can add and subtract.
Science or Social Studies
Learning Goal
Students will learn about the Mombacho phenomenon and the importance of the plants they see in the Mombacho.
What tigers are doing at school...
Students will prepare and reflect on their trip so they can appreciate it more the nature and beauty of the Mombacho.
What tigers could be doing at home...
Scientists can furthur research about the importance of the Mombacho and discuss it with family members and friends .
Social Emotional Learning Program
Learning Goal
Friends and learners look for clues to determine how they or someone else is feeling based on the situation and their actions.
Friends and learners generate reasons for emotions and their actions.
Friends and learners recognize that others may respond differently to the same situation.
What friends and learners are doing at school...
Through images and examples of situations, learners respond how they feel and recognize that their friends may feel differently. They are also shown a character in two different situations and they identify what the character feels according to the situation they are experiencing. Then they make a drawing of a situation where they have felt an emotion, on the same page they draw a situation where their friend has felt the same way.
What friends and learners could be practicing at home...
While reading books aloud, pause after characters exhibit emotional reactions and invite students to think back to identify events that explain why they have that feeling.
CONNECT
Upcoming Events
Nov. 21
Gratitude
Feast
Dec. 1
Feedback Folders
Sent Home
Dec. 8
No School
Purisima Holiday
Dec. 15
Last Day
of School
Reminder
Important Information:
KC starts swimming on Monday November 21st.
Tuesday November 21st - Gratitude Feast
Wednesday November 22nd - bring a stuffed animal for phonics celebration.
Thursday November 23rd and Friday November 24th - NO SCHOOL - Thanksgiving Holiday
Special Announcements
Join us to celebrate our tigers' talents on November 29th at 7:00 p.m. in Teatro El Gato.
Tickets are now available, secure your seats promptly and guarantee that you won't miss out on witnessing incredible talent!
November - Calendar
Swimming
Big Questions Day
Meet the Team!
Mrs. Elizabeth Fleming
KA
Mrs. Vivian Espinoza
KB
Mrs. Lorena González
KC
Mrs. Karen Velásquez
Kindergarten Spanish Lead
Sabrina Sandino
KA Paraprofessional
Fátima Jiménez
KB Paraprofessional
Ma. Gabriela García
KC Paraprofessional
Mrs. Auxiliadora Guzmán
Kindergarten Inclusion Lead
Alicia Oviedo
K Spanish Paraprofessional