Sunday, April 29, 2018

Week 34. April 29 - May 3

Welcome to a new week of school!


Today we started our super fun ABC countdown to the last day of school! Please make sure you have read our previous post with the information about what will be happening each day. Today’s letter is A: “Animal Day”. We have also added the ABC Countdown to our upper tabs for you to find it easily.

From the ES library

ES Library Calendar Dates
May 8-10 Used book sale
May 15 Last day for check out
May 22 Last day for classes; All books are due
May 29 Summer check out starts

Swim bags and library bags
Library books that get wet are in danger of developing mold. Mold is a highly contagious growth that can invade a library. It is very hard to get rid of, and is toxic to humans. Please keep your swim bags and any liquids well away from library bags. Any book that is returned wet or damp will need to be replaced, either by paying the replacement fine or by giving us a new copy. Take care of our books. Do not get them wet!

Swimming Starts this week for KGS (May 3), next week for KGC and KGB (May 8).

This week Kindergarten will begin swimming in PE in their 1 hour lesson each week for the remainder of the school year. Please remember to send a swimsuit, towel and goggles with your swimmer. Swimmers with long hair must either wear a swim cap or have their hair tied back. 

To support independence in all students please make sure they wear clothes that they can easily take off and put on. Crocs and sandals are the best option for shoes, socks and shoes with laces are not recommended on swimming days.

Students will need to wear their full PE uniform in all 30 minute classes for the remainder of the year. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact your child’s PE teacher.

Other Important Dates

  • There is no school on Tuesday, May 1st for Labor Day.
  • KGB will have their ES assembly on May 8th
  • The last Library day for KG will be May 17th. Please make sure you return all books by this date.
  • Student Led Conferences will be on May 21st.
  • KGS will have their assembly on May 22nd.




Learning This Week

Reading Workshop


As students read different genres, we will review strategies readers use to read fluently. One of our lessons will be that readers always stop, pause and jot their thoughts. They do this because it helps them to understand what they are reading to later share and talk with others about what they are reading. So far readers have only written jots on nonfiction books, starting this week they will be encouraged to record their thinking as they read fiction also.

Students will also try to go beyond “happy” and “sad” to precisely describe the feelings of the characters in the books they read. We will build a shared vocabulary of feelings-words to help us accomplish our goals. Speaking of goals, we will do some individual goal-setting so that readers can understand what they do well and what they need to work on. 

Writing Workshop


Writers continue to revise their stories. This week, we will incorporate editing strategies to make their writing easier to read. Using a checklist, writers will reread their stories and stop whenever they find something to fix: spaces, punctuation, lowercase letters and sight words. These sight words we also call them “no excuse words” as we expect students to spell them correctly. Sight words can also be used to elaborate and stretching sentences”

I got ice cream → I got ice cream with my mom.

On Thursday, we will being to prepare for publication. Writers will work with their partners to choose one piece they wish to publish at the end of the unit.

Math


This week students will start working on Topic D which leads students beyond teen numbers up to 100 . They will begin by counting up and down to 100 both the regular way (ten, twenty, thirty, ...) and the Say Ten way (ten, 2 tens, 3 tens, ...).

Based on their work with numbers 11-19, students will realize the number sequence of 1–9 is repeated over and over again within each decade as they count to 100. Students begin by counting within and then across decades. Students also write some of the numbers ranging from 21 to 100.





Circles


This week, kindergarten students will continue discussing the CAC core value of courage. They will be discussing personal connections to Courage, and giving examples of times they or someone else have shown courage when feeling afraid of doing something. We will also be discussing how courage is important in growing as a learner and as a human being.



Science



Thanks to all parents who have supported our science unit by sending recycled materials to school. We can always use more! 

This our scientists will start planning their matter project! They have explored all recycled materials you have kindly sent to our classrooms. They will now start thinking about what object they would like to design and built, and most importantly, what materials they will need for this project. Stay tuned for a very creative and fun project!


Thank you for your support and feedback!
Ms. Ana, Ms. Paola, and Mr. Balazs

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