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March 5, 2025
Good Afternoon Parents and Families,
We are cruising in Kindergarten and have learned a lot about habitats and animal adaptations. My Nature Lab is coming to the classroom this week with a menagerie of animals for the students to see and touch and students will learn about the different adaptations each of the animals have that help them survive in their habitats. It's a great hands-on learning experience and enforces all of the learning throughout the unit. We're also getting ready to build habitat dioramas as the culminating project and we look forward to welcoming parents and families into the classroom for the Habitat Museum when students will have the opportunity to showcase their work. Please mark your calendars for March 19th at 2:00pm so you can join us!
There is lots of exciting learning happening in Kindergarten, so please see below for all of the information!
Warmly,
Lauren (and Valerie from afar)!
Classroom Learning and Happenings
Literacy
Literacy
In reading and writing, we are doing a lot of cross-curricular learning as we enter the world of habitats. We are learning how to research a topic and how to use different sources to find information about that topic. With each new habitat, students have had the opportunity to research a new animal and write about it in their journals.
In reading and writing, we are doing a lot of cross-curricular learning as we enter the world of habitats. We are learning how to research a topic and how to use different sources to find information about that topic. With each new habitat, students have had the opportunity to research a new animal and write about it in their journals.
Math
Math
In math, we have started unit 4 which focuses on reasoning and making sense of math problems. Students will learn how to tell and act out math stories. Students are also learning to reason abstractly and quantitatively when we practice identifying partners of numbers 6-10. We will use tools like math mountains, math symbols (+, -, =) and games to look for the structure of math problems and identify solutions for equations. Unit 4 also introduces the attributes of 3 dimensional shapes - sphere, cube, cone and cylinder - and compare them to the flat shapes that we learned about in previous units.
In math, we have started unit 4 which focuses on reasoning and making sense of math problems. Students will learn how to tell and act out math stories. Students are also learning to reason abstractly and quantitatively when we practice identifying partners of numbers 6-10. We will use tools like math mountains, math symbols (+, -, =) and games to look for the structure of math problems and identify solutions for equations. Unit 4 also introduces the attributes of 3 dimensional shapes - sphere, cube, cone and cylinder - and compare them to the flat shapes that we learned about in previous units.
Core Knowledge
Core Knowledge
Our Core Knowledge focus is on habitats and the variety of ways that our earth showcases its beauty. We will step through five habitats - prairies, deserts, oceans, rain forests and arctic regions - and have the opportunity to dive into what makes each one unique and the adaptations plants and animals need to make in order to survive in each place. During this time, students will participate in a variety of hands on projects and, hopefully, find a love for their earth. My Nature Lab will come to the classroom to showcase some of their animals and the adaptations each animal uses. We will wrap up our habitat unit with a "diorama habitat museum" that will take place on Wednesday, March 19th at 2:00 pm.
Announcements and Important Dates
Announcements and Important Dates
Class Picture Day - Monday, March 10th
Habitat Museum - Wednesday, March 19th at 1:45pm in the classroom
Spring Break - March 24-March 28th (NO SCHOOL)
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