A Note From the Music Department for all Parents/Guardians of KG Students...
This month you are invited to come to your child’s musical “Informance.” In this classroom setting, you will observe and learn about your child’s music making. We will be in ES 18, the far southeast corner of the ground floor.
KGS – Tuesday, March 20; 8:30-9:00
KGC – Wednesday, March 21; 1:00-1:30
KGB – Wednesday, March 21; 2:20-2:50
Hope to see you then!
Rebecca Nerenhausen
Elementary Music Specialist
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House Event/Walkathon (Fundraising announcement)
Elementary Talent Show
KG Field Trip!
You have all received information about our upcoming field trip. This is what students will need that day to learn and have fun:
- Students must wear comfortable clothes and shoes. They may choose to wear their PE uniform. A hat is recommended to protect them from the sun.
- Make sure your child brings a water bottle with his/her name on. We can refill them is needed.
- A packed snack and a packed lunch. Please make sure you send enough food, the more the better!
- Send small and comfy backpacks to carry their water and food. They can leave their folders in the classrooms. Big/heavy backpacks can get in the way of moving around and exploring!
Learning This Week
Writing Workshop
We’re getting close to the end of this unit, which means that writers will be busy revising and editing their “All about” books! This week we will teach students about the power of “twin sentences” to elaborate about a topic by using the last word of the first sentence to begin the next sentence.
“Dogs like biscuits.”
“Biscuits are like cookies.”
Something writers continue to work on is supporting their partners and learning from them! This week they will continue to meet with their writing partner to see what features they notice in their partner’s work and deciding if it’s something he/she could try as well! This offers another wonderful opportunity for kindergarteners to see how sharing what we know helps us all grow.
We will end the week with lessons on powerful endings for informational pieces. Writers must make sure they teach as much as they can, even on that last page!
Reading Workshop
We are learning so much about story elements and how to bring books to life! This week, our readers will learn to think of familiar characters when they meet a new character. Making text-to-text connections is a valuable comprehension skill that many of our kindergarteners are already doing! Students will also learn to pay attention to the words on the page and use what they know about the sounds the letters make and what they know about the story. We can’t wait to build our skills even further!
Math
This week students continue to review strategies to compose and decompose numbers to 10. They will focus on reviewing the 5-group strategy and how it can be used to solve number stories as representing what happens in it. We will also start topic H of our current module.In this topic, students begin to see patterns when adding 0 and 1. They also find the number that makes 10 when added to a given number.
Science
This week in our study of animals, students will be learning about what animals eat and what eats them, while learning to make connections and notice patterns. They will examine food chains and work collaboratively to place plants and animals in the correct locations. Later, students will work together to create a new model (the food web!) that incorporates more the things that animals eat… and what eats them!
Circles
This week, students will continue examining the core value of perseverance and what it means to them in different contexts. They will think about different situations that have may have been challenging, and how being persistent and determined can help to overcome these challenges and attain their goals.
Thank you all!
Ms. Ana, Ms. Paola, and Mr. Balazs
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