Kindergarten Themes

Choose Love

Courage + Gratitude + Forgiveness + Compassion in Action = Choose Love

Home Connection:
This week, our social-emotional focus was on the language of forgiveness. We’ve been practicing a small but mighty shift in how we respond to apologies.

Instead of defaulting to "It's okay" (especially when things weren't okay), students are practicing saying:

"Thank you for saying that."
"I forgive you."

The "Why": These phrases allow students to honor their feelings while still choosing to move forward together. It teaches that we can accept an apology without pretending the unkind act didn't matter.

If you’d like to keep the momentum going at home, here are some fun ways to promote self-control and regulation:

Watch & Play: Check out this video for 5 Incredibly Fun Games to Teach Self-Regulation.
Ask Your Child: "Can you show me your hand model? Which part of your brain is the Lizard Brain? What does the Numbat do?"
Model & Practice: When you make a mistake, narrate your feelings. "I’m frustrated I dropped that, so I’m going to take a breath.

If your child apologizes for a mistake, try practicing our new language together. You might say, "I accept your apology, and I forgive you." This models that forgiveness is a powerful choice we make to stay connected.

What Are We Learning in Language Arts?

Dear Family Member:

This week our class will be reading stories about the kinds of fresh foods grown on a farm. Your child will be identifying different kinds of fruits and vegetables.

Here are some resources you can use with your child to help reinforce the skills we will be practicing.

Word Workout

Vocabulary: fresh, delicious Talk about the fresh fruits and vegetables you buy at the grocery store or farmers’ market.
My Words to Know

High-Frequency Words: he, with Write the words he and with on paper and ask your child to trace both words. Write a sentence using each word. Have your child point to, circle, and say each word.

Category Words: food words Write the names of different fruits and vegetables on index cards. Have your child draw a picture of the word on each card. Then invite your child to sort the cards into fruit and vegetable piles.

Phonics: f, r Play “I Spy” with your child. Open one of your child’s books and say a clue. For example: I spy a number. It starts with the letter f. (four)

Comprehension: Topic and Details

Read a short passage about fruits and vegetables. Ask your child to explain what the passage is about. Then have your child ientify each fruit and each vegetable.

What Are We Learning in Mathematics?

The standards covered in ...

Quarter 3:

Criteria for GLOs:

GLO #1 - Self Directed Learner

Follows the expectations, the routines, and the procedures.

Completes work independently and on time

Double checks and makes changes independently before turning in work

Keeps desk and floor clean and organized

Sets simple goals.

Asks for help when needed.

GLO #2 - Community Contributor

Respects people’s feelings and ideas and their belongings.

Listens and considers other people’s points of view.

Encourages others

Cooperates with others

Helps the group/peers to stay focused with mindful behaviors.

Uses mindful behaviors

Raises his/her hand to share ideas or to participate

Makes decisions based on right and wrong

Follows class/school rules

GLO #3 - Complex Thinker

Applies prior knowledge when learning new things

Explains his/her thinking

Works to solve problems without giving up

Attempts to solve problems independently before asking the teacher

Finds different ways / strategies to solve problems

GLO #4 - Quality Producer

Uses the success criteria and/or rubrics to guide the work

Completes work neatly and correctly

Works toward a simple goal

GLO # 5 - Effective Communicator

Communicates effectively through drawing, speaking, and writing

Listens to ideas and opinions of others without interrupting

Listens to gain information

Expresses ideas in complete sentences

Communicates with age appropriate vocabulary

Follows directions independently

Speaks effectively in front of a group (appropriate volume, eye contact, enunciation and clarity, and knowledge of content)

GLO # 6 - Effective and Ethical User of Technology

Uses technology (pencils, scissors, glue, iPads, etc.) appropriately and independently

Asks adults to help search the internet/books, etc. for information

Uses technology to create new products

Language Arts:

Reading Literature:

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