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December 1st, 2023

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Dear Kindergarten Families,

December is here and we are getting ready to finish strong and a lot of learning is happening. This week in expeditions we had a special visitor, she talked about the creation of the ANS logo and what colors, lines, and shapes they used to create it and how it has changed over time. In writing workshop, kindergartners had a great week continuing writing true stories and making sure their writing is easy to read. In math, they worked in writing equations for story problems.

Today we are sending out our Friday Feedback folder, please go over it with your child; please make sure to send it back on Monday.

Weekly Learning Goals & Tasks

English Literacy

Learning Goal

ELA: Writers will be writing true stories that are easy to read.

Phonics: Writers will take risks writing all the sounds in long words.

What readers & writers are doing at school...

ELA: Writers will continue writing True Stories. They will be working with partners in order to support more conventional writing. They will continue to focus on writing stories that are easy to read.

Phonics: Students will be learning how to use their pointer power to help them write sentences. They will be using the snap words they know, stretching out and writing all the sounds of the words they dont know how to spell, not just for the first and last sounds. They will be learning 5 new snap words: can, to, do, we, be

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

ELA: Writers can practice stretching out words with a family member to record as many sounds as possible. Students could write the same word 3 times. Then write a story using those words.

Ex. Write the word monster.

1. hlpr

2. helpr

3. helper

Phonics: When reading a book have students recognize snap words, point to them and write them in a sticky note.

Snap Words: a, me, the, like, my, I, at, look, see, here, is this, an, in, it, can, to, do, we, be

Spanish Literacy

Learning Goal

Los lectores usarán su super poder de releer una y otra ves usando los signos de puntuación como ayuda, deteniendose al encontrar una coma y respirar para luego continuar su lectura y detenerse en cada punto .

What readers & writers are doing at school...

Los lectores deberan aprender que deben leer y releer para que su lectura suene mas fluida.

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

"Juntos somos mejores" la lectura compartida permíte a los lectores tener una lectura mas sólida , podrán poner en practica cada super poder aprendido en clase . 1.poder de apuntar 2.poder de deslizar 3.poder de palabras comunes 4.poder de corregir y releer 5.poder de pensar.

Mathematics

Learning Goal

Students will represent the joining of groups of dots in a frame with number equations.

What mathematicians are doing at school...

Mathematicians will be counting forward from a given number. They will count to 20 to answer How many? questions. Students will also explore comparing the lenght of two objects. Kindergarteners will continue to represent addition with objects or equations. They will also continue to identify when a number is greater than, less than or equal to another number.

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

Students can practice measuring objects around the house and comparing their lenght.

Science or Social Studies

Learning Goal

Student will learn how individuals and the people around you contribute to society.

What tigers are doing at school...

Students will learn about how each person has a role and a factor to maintaining society stable and functioning, but also how the people around them help to maintain society so they can better apreciate them.

What tigers could be doing at home...

Students can ask other family members, friends or neighbors how they do or used to contribute to society.

Social Emotional Learning Program

Learning Goal

Friends and learners identify fixed and growth mindset thoughts.

Friends and learners turn thoughts from a fixed mindset to a growth mindset.

Friends and learners gain an understanding of how having a growth mindset changes thoughts, feelings, and actions.

What friends and learners are doing at school...

Learners learn the difference between worm thoughts and caterpillar thoughts, and understand how caterpillar thoughts help them develop and maintain a growth mindset and believe they can change, learn, and grow over time.

Children draw something they are currently learning and something they would like to learn in the future. At the end, we reflect on how caterpillars grow into butterflies when we learn new things.