Week 25. February 18 - 22

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Mom and son reading together!

Our students were invited to watch two Middle School plays last Thursday, they had a blast watching the actors perform and interact with the audience. Big thanks to Mr. Johnson and his drama students!

Toys at school

In Kindergarten, toys from home are not encouraged as they interfere with students’ ability to engage with learning tasks throughout the day. Please make sure that your child’s toys stay at home. We appreciate your help in this request that supports all student learning.

Water bottles! We appreciate your support with making sure your child has a filled water bottle in the classroom at all times.

After School Activities Update

We hope your child/children are enjoying their after school activities. These will end next ​week (Feb.18 - Feb.22​).


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Learning This Week

Writing Workshop

Writers are embarking on a new writing unit this week! To add to the nonfiction interest that has been the focus during reading, this week students will start writing “All about” books. As we launch this new unit, we’ll revisit the writing process that must take place in any kind of writing we do: 

This week lessons will focus on the planning stage, thinking of areas of interest that can lead to book topics. Writers think of topics they know well and are experts on, this “topic list” will help them increase the volume of books written as well as support stamina. Writers always have things to write about!

We’re looking forward to more learning opportunities for our young writers!

Reading Workshop

Reading for information has been so much fun. We are learning a lot about how to discover facts in the books we read, how to ask questions as we read, how to notice text features, how to talk to partners about our nonfiction books, how to “Stop and Jot,” and much more. This week we learn even more about how to gather facts from information books and we also get to celebrate all we’ve learned in this unit! Our Wonder Wall and “I Know…” Walls continue to grow as we make more and more discoveries in our amazing nonfiction texts.

Math

This week, we will be finishing up mid module assessments and then we will start working on Topic E. This topic expands student exploration of numerical relationships to include 9 and 10. Returning to work with number bonds after introducing addition and subtraction reminds students about the part–part–whole relationships that underlie these operations.

Science

After an incredible week science, in which we got to meet a real marine biologist and make observations of our brand-new chicks, our young scientists can’t wait for more! Kindergarten students will continue to visit the chicks and observe and record their growth. The chicks grow and develop so quickly that there is always something new to notice and discuss! Circles Kindergarteners continue to have conversations about our core values creativity, integrity, respect and responsibility as values we can show everyday in the actions we take! Using kind words towards others, doing the right thing, helping those in need, and making sure we all have fun together! Thank you all for your support and patience in reading our very important newsletters! Ms.Ana, Mr. Balazs & Ms. Paola