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Here’s to another week of fun, exploring and learning! Our kindergarteners are having a wonderful time with the ABC countdown, thanks to all parents who have been supporting us with this.</div>
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Please mark your calendars for a very special event. On Monday, May 21st, there will be no school for students as we will have our Student Led Conferences. On this day, you will come in for an hour-long conference session with your child. The main focus of this conference is for students to reflect on their progress and achievements this year. They will share with you what they have learned in Math, Reading and Writing as well as they digital portfolio.</div>
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This is a special day for all kindergarteners as they will be leading the entire conference. We will have several centers in the classroom and there will be 4 families engaging at the same time. We ask that only two families work at each center at the time.</div>
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We are looking forward to seeing everyone on May 21st! Thanks to those who have already signed up. If you haven’t done so, please be sure to sign up for a conference slot via Skyward.</div>
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Here are a few tips for parents as they also prepare for these conferences:</div>
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Express positive interest and anticipation about the upcoming conference</div>
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<li>Can you explain this to me?</li>
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<li>How have you grown in this area?</li>
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As always, we encourage you to check our KG calendar to find out about lunch options for Monday lunches, special events and activities.</div>
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Monday lunch: Koshari - Please remember that lunch cards and cash will not be accepted this week as the online payment trial is taking place.</div>
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May 22 - ES Assembly - KGS (7:55 am - 8:25 am, ES Hall)</div>
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June 5 - Last Day of School for Students (Early Release Day)</div>
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June 5 - End of Year Assembly (10:30 am - 11:30 am, ES Hall). Parents welcome</div>
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June 5 - Trimester 3 Report Cards issued</div>
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Our avid readers are having a blast exploring, reading, and pretending with books! This week they will shift genres and work with nonfiction books in their book bags. Readers react to books by remembering to “Stop and Jot” when something interesting or curious happens in the book. Our readers will learn to talk like experts when they read and learn about nonfiction. They will share what they learn with excited with words like “Look!” “wow!” “huh?” “Why?” Finally, readers will have another Reading Play Date with their book club but this time, play with nonfiction books. What fun!</div>
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As we approach the end of the school year, writers will embark on an independent writing project choosing to write in their favorite genre! We will review the purpose of writing and remind students how we communicate through our books. The goal for this last unit is to boost stamina and independence, and to give our young authors a chance to be creative and write about anything they want!</div>
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Our conferring and small group work will focus on the mechanics of writing: handwriting, spelling and punctuation.</div>
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This week we will be conducting end of module assessments. While we have one on one meetings with students, they rest will engage in math centers reviewing the concepts and strategies learned throughout Module 5, such as:</div>
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The last step in the Super 3 is to look at worked well and what didn’t to write reflections. Scientists will be asked these questions to review their projects:</div>
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<li>KG End of the year celebrations - June 4th (more information will be shared later)</li>
<li>Last day of school on June 5th, dismissal will be at 11:30 am</li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">This week’s reading lessons are all about having fun with books! Readers will meet in small groups, or “clubs,” to have what we call “Reading Play Dates.” They will bring books to the group and choose to play school (where students take turns being the teacher) or playing games like Guess the Covered Word or Snap Word Hunt. We will do a lot of pretending, acting, and cooperating. As teachers we strive to nurture a love of reading in every student, and being playful with books is a great way to make reading fun!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Writers are eager to publish their stories, and we are eager to read them! This will be the last week of our second narrative unit. Writers will choose a piece to publish and will continue to work on making it the best it can be. Our last two teaching points will be:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Each class will celebrate the unit in a very special way. Stay tuned for photos of our published authors!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">This week we will cover the last topic in this module, Topic E. In this unit students will<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>represent teen number decompositions and compositions by writing addition sentences and make bonds with materials and hide one of the parts for their partners, who must figure out what the hidden part is. They will also compare teen numbers by counting and comparing the extra ones as well as counting teen quantities and represent them in various ways.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Our scientists have used writing and drawing to make a design for something they would like to build. Students considered the properties of available materials as they planned and this week it’s time to build! As students build they will adjust their design as they encounter obstacles and make changes. This is truly how the design process works! We can’t wait to see what they construct.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">In circles this week, classes will be reviewing all the CAC core values, reflecting on what each core value entails. Students and teachers will discuss together how this has been manifested throughout the school year, leading up to personal reflections on how we have strived and worked towards personal growth, within the overarching principles of the core values.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Today we started our super fun <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Zz473c6sSHWZWWpk4T0icXjz7lNUEhCdeteRHPWa-tg/edit" target="_blank">ABC countdown</a> 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.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">May 8-10 Used book sale</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">May 15 Last day for check out</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">May 22 Last day for classes; All books are due</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">May 29 Summer check out starts</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">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!</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>Swimming Starts this week for KGS (May 3), next week for KGC and KGB (May 8).</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">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. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">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.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">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.</span><br />
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<li>There is no school on Tuesday, May 1st for Labor Day.</li>
<li>KGB will have their ES assembly on May 8th</li>
<li>The last Library day for KG will be May 17th. Please make sure you return all books by this date.</li>
<li>Student Led Conferences will be on May 21st.</li>
<li>KGS will have their assembly on May 22nd.</li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">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.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">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. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">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”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">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.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">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, ...).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">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.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">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.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Thanks to all parents who have supported our science unit by sending recycled materials to school. We can always use more! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">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!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Thank you for your support and feedback!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Ms. Ana, Ms. Paola, and Mr. Balazs</span><br />
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Noah Balazshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09547063726881678706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2257046875432575585.post-34709982938339300722018-04-22T19:56:00.001+02:002018-04-22T19:56:04.356+02:00Week 33. April 22-26<b>Welcome to a new week in Kindergarten! </b><br />
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Egypt Festival was a success! Students had a wonderful day and we thank all parents who came and helped us out. Click here to see more photos!<br />
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This Wednesday there will be no school due to the Sinai Liberation Day. There will be regular school on Thursday.<br />
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As the year approaches, we would like to share important days and events for you to add to your calendar:<br />
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<li>The second swimming unit in PE class starts on May 3rd for KGS and May 8th for KGB and KGC. Scroll down to see more information from our PE teachers</li>
<li>KGB will have their ES assembly on May 8th</li>
<li>The last Library day for KG will be May 17th. Please make sure you return all book by then</li>
<li>Student Led Conferences will be on May 21st</li>
<li>KGS will have their assembly on May 22nd</li>
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To celebrate the last weeks of Kindergarten, we have planned to have an ABC countdown with many activities for students to have fun and enjoy each other. Starting on April 29th we will have an activity a day following a letter of the alphabet. Check it out:<br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">KG ABC Countdown!</span></b></div>
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Sunday, April 29<br />
A - Animal Day<br />
Children bring a book about an animal or a photo of their favorite animal.<br />
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Monday, April 30<br />
B -Book Day<br />
Children bring their favorite book for a show and tell at the end of the day.<br />
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Wednesday, May 2<br />
C - Creative Day<br />
Children will have creative art activities at the end of the day.<br />
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Thursday, May 3<br />
D- Dance Party<br />
Children will have a dance party in the classroom at the end of the day.<br />
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Sunday, May 6<br />
E - Eric Carle Day<br />
Children will enjoy reading Eric Carle books; they may bring their favorite book if they choose to.<br />
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Monday, May 7<br />
F - Fun games day<br />
Children will play different fun games at the end of the day.<br />
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Tuesday, May 8<br />
G - Green Day<br />
Children wear something green to school.<br />
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Wednesday, May 9<br />
H - Hat Day<br />
Children wear a hat to school.<br />
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Thursday, May 10<br />
I - Inside Out Day<br />
Children will come to school wearing their clothes inside out.<br />
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Sunday, May 13<br />
J - Journey’s ahead<br />
Children will make cards for the students who are leaving CAC.<br />
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Monday, May 14<br />
K - Kindergarten Buddies<br />
KG classes will buddy up for some partner reading time. (tentative field trip)<br />
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Tuesday, May 15<br />
L - Lego Day<br />
Children will engage in a Lego challenge.<br />
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Wednesday, May 16<br />
M - Musical Chairs<br />
Children will play musical chairs in the classroom at the end of the day.<br />
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Thursday, May 17<br />
N - New Friend Day<br />
Make a new friend today! Children will be encouraged to spend time with someone who they don’t usually hang out with, and share something nice about that child at the end of the day.<br />
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Sunday, May 20<br />
O - Orange Day<br />
Children will wear something orange to school.<br />
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Tuesday, May 22<br />
P - Pizza Day!<br />
Children will have pizza for lunch!<br />
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Wednesday, May 23<br />
Q - Q-tip Painting Day<br />
Children will use Q-tips to make some art.<br />
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Thursday, May 24<br />
R - Red Day<br />
Children will wear something red to school.<br />
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Sunday, May 27<br />
S - Sunny Day<br />
Reading in the sun. Children will enjoy some D.E.A.R. time on the grass.<br />
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Monday, May 28<br />
T - Teddy Bear Day<br />
Children bring their favorite stuffed animal to school for a special share at the end of the day.<br />
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Tuesday, May 29<br />
U - Under The Table Reading<br />
Children will enjoy reading under the tables during Reading Workshop.<br />
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Wednesday, May 30<br />
V - Very Big Splash!<br />
Last house event of the year: The Big Splash (more information will be shared in our blogs very soon)<br />
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Thursday, May 31<br />
W - Wacky Hair<br />
Children will show their Wacky Hair in class. Feel free to come with a funny hairdo!<br />
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Sunday, June 3<br />
X - X-change autographs<br />
Children will exchange autographs in class.<br />
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Monday, June 4<br />
Y - Yeah!<br />
KG Fun Day!<br />
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Tuesday, June 5<br />
Z - Zoom Out Day<br />
Last day of school!<br />
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We will link this information to our blog for you to have access to it easily. We’re looking forward to this! Please, let us know if you have any questions.</div>
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">A Message from Mr. Greene and Mr. Mark</span></b></div>
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On Sunday, April 29th/18 students in KG - Grade 5 will begin swimming in PE in their 1 hour lesson, each week, for the remainder of the school year. Could you please ensure that your child is fully prepared for swimming by making sure they have what is listed below.</div>
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For swimming each child should have, in a separate swim bag:</div>
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<li>OWN pair of properly fitted goggled (not shared with siblings)</li>
<li>Suitably sized towel</li>
<li>Long hair tied back off the face or a swim cap (girls and boys)</li>
<li>No jewelry, including rubber and string bands and watches</li>
<li>Easy to take on and off clothes and shoes (crocs are ideal)</li>
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Sunday - 5J, 3H, 1C and 2R</div>
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Monday - 5G, 3C, 1S and 4D</div>
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<b><u>Tuesday - KGC, KGB and 4M</u></b></div>
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Wednesday - 3W, 5K, 2K and 4F</div>
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<b><u>Thursday - 1M, 5O, KGS, 3D and 2S</u></b></div>
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Students will need to wear their full PE uniform in all 30 minute classes for the remainder of the year, including shorts, t-shirt, and sneakers.</div>
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If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact us. Thank you for your support,</div>
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Mr. Mark Mayfield - mmayfield@cacegypt.org</div>
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This week, we begin a new reading unit! “Becoming Avid Readers” is all about reading books from different genres and enjoying a variety of books. From fiction to nonfiction to poetry, students will explore books from different genres on a daily basis. We begin by asking “ What is an avid reader?” and “How can we react to books?” We will then move on to learn how to capture our thinking about books. </div>
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This week, we will be doing On Demand assessments by asking writers to write a story, and informational book and an opinion piece. They will write one genre each day. We tell students that this is an opportunities for them to show teachers what they have learned and can do as independent writers! </div>
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Next week we will have the last four sessions of this unit and celebrate! We’re eager to see their published stories!</div>
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This week, we will be having mid-module assessments and students will be working at various math centers while their teacher pulls them out to work with them individually. Next week, students will begin work on Topic D “ Extending the Say Ten and regular count sequence to 100”.</div>
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Have you ever wondered how magnets work? Kindergarten scientists do! This week we will explore magnetism and materials that attract and repel magnets. We will have a variety of materials for students to get their hands on in order to make new discoveries. </div>
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Later in the week, students will test their materials know-how by blindfolding themselves and using only their sense of touch to try and find out what kind of material they’re touching. Without seeing, how can you discern stone from metal? Plastic from rubber? Students will try their best!</div>
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This week, kindergarten students will be discussing the CAC core value of courage. During circles, we will be exploring what it means to be courageous in different situations, such as trying to do something that we’ve never tried before, feeling afraid but knowing what to do to feel better, or speak in front of others even if we feel shy.</div>
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Thanks for reading!</div>
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Noah Balazshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09547063726881678706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2257046875432575585.post-71364178235221629822018-04-15T15:06:00.000+02:002018-04-15T15:06:04.732+02:00Week 32. April 15 - 19Welcome to week 32, 7 more weeks to go!<br />
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<i>Students enjoyed the Book Parade last week!</i></div>
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During Trimester 3, we have been looking at handwriting readiness and letter formation. These skills are always being taught in class and reinforced during Writing Workshop and Literacy Stations by reminding students of the steps to form each lowercase letter. Some students may need extra practice at home and for that reason we will send a workbook for them to practice writing certain letters.<br />
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<li>Each page of this workbook has the steps to form the letter and spaces for students to practice. Your role at home is to support your child by reminding them of the following:</li>
<li>Make sure your body is ready to write. Posture is very important when writing, as well as paper placement (see the picture for reference)</li>
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In class we teach for transfer by having students practice letters in isolation and then using that letter in their writing. For example, if a student needs to practice how to form letter <b><i>b</i></b>, they work on forming the letter many times and then they are asked to write words that begin with that letter. Once they have a list of 4 or 5 words they write sentences using those words.<br />
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This home practice should last 8 to 10 minutes including the workbook page and the writing activity. As this is a differentiated activity, your child will be working on letters we have noticed they need to practice more. We will add the date to the page we’re asking them to work on each day.<br />
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If you have any questions or comments about this home practice, please send us an email!<br />
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Egypt Festival is this Thursday, April 19th. Please <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PhYpIWNGFFGIL80dsyBtDMTWEnBy_RhqUwUXt1B3z5A/edit?usp=sharing">click here</a> to see a letter with all the information for that day. These suggestions are for kindergarten families:<br />
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<li>If your child chooses to wear a special outfit on this day, please make sure they also have a change of clothes. In our experience, students may feel uncomfortable wearing clothes other than their usual active clothes. (KGS has PE on that day, so don’t forget to send PE uniforms as well, please!)</li>
<li>The food offered at lunch is always delicious! However, we may have picky eaters. You know your child best! Consider sending a packed lunch from home just in case they refuse to eat most of the food offered.</li>
<li>We have signed up to visit the vendors at 10:40 (KGB and KGC) and 11:40 (KGS). Parents are welcome to join the classes if they want to buy items with their children. If you are unable to do so, you can look at the other available times on the schedule shared.</li>
<li>Dismissal will be from our classrooms. If you choose to attend the closing ceremony, we ask that you walk back to the classrooms with us to help us ensure the safety of all students.</li>
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<b><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">A message from the Library</span></b></div>
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Used Book Sale, <b>May 8 to 10</b><br />
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We are getting ready for our annual used book sale, this year from May 8 to 10. We welcome donations of used books for all ages in saleable condition. This is a good time for departing families to dispose of books before packing. We will soon have a donation box at the front gate.<br />
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This week is the last week of our fantastic reading unit called Readers Read, Think, and Talk About Books! Our young readers are becoming skilled at making connections, retelling, sharing ideas with partners, and more. This week, students will push their thinking further by giving partnerships agency in what they read, how they read it, and what to do after reading. We will also return to snap words and discuss how to read inflected endings to build automaticity. Last, we’ll have a low-key celebration to complete this fun unit of study.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #a64d79;">Writing Workshop</span></b><br />
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Writers are working hard as they revise their stories in this second bend. This week, they will elaborate by adding fancy words that refer to setting, feelings, actions and sounds. They will do this by practicing storytelling with their partners and noticing the words that make their partners go “wow!”, these fancy words also make for powerful endings. Writers will learn how to create a great ending with words and pictures.<br />
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As students write their stories, we continue to meet with them one-on-one to support their growth and set goals. In this unit we are raising the expectations in terms of writing conventions and punctuation. Many of our mid-workshop teaching points are about how to end a sentence with punctuation, writing lowercase letters unless capitals are needed and adding spaces between words.<br />
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This week mathematicians will start working on Topic C by building a Rekenrek to 20, which they use to count and model numbers for the balance of the year. They will deepen their understanding of the composition and decomposition of teen numbers as 10 ones and some more ones by showing, counting, and writing the numbers 11 to 20 using a variety of configurations: vertical towers, linear, array, and circular configurations. In each configuration, students count to answer “how many?” questions and realize that whatever the configuration, a teen number can be decomposed into 10 ones and some ones.<br />
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This week in science, we will read more about solid materials and explore their properties by adding words like “flexible,” “absorbent,” “transparent,” and “rigid” to our vocabulary.<br />
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Students will get their hands on these amazing materials and create posters with the material itself, properties of the material, pictures of the material, and what the material could be used for. These kids are becoming materials experts!<br />
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Please continue to send materials to school. We have lots of paper/cardboard and could use more glass, wood, plastic, metal and rubber. Thank you!<br />
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This week, students will building community during circles by discussing and investigating the CAC core value of courage. They will be exploring what courage means to them and what implications this core value has on their learning and their relationships. For example will be completing stem sentences such as “I am courageous when…”<br />
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I try to do something that I’ve never tried before<br />
I feel afraid but I know what to do to feel better<br />
I speak in front of others even if I feel shy<br />
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We appreciate the time you take to read our newsletters and stay informed of what’s happening in our grade!<br />
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Ms. Ana, Mr. Balazs and Ms. Paola<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15629590840325631823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2257046875432575585.post-54276134269680665492018-04-10T12:48:00.004+02:002018-04-10T12:48:32.495+02:00Week 31. April 10 - 12Welcome back!<br />
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We hope you had a wonderful break with family and/or friends. This will be a short week, so it will be easy to get back on track.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">A Message from KG Scientists</span></b></div>
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We need your help! Please send us any recycled materials you have at home to support our science unit. The more materials our students have to explore and choose for their projects, the more meaningful their learning experience will be!<br />
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<b><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Egypt Festival!</span></b></div>
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Mark your calendar for our annual Egypt Festival on Thursday, April 19. We will celebrate our host country, Egypt through music, dancing, food and grade level activities connected to themes. To add to the spirit of the day we invite you to wear a galabeya or perhaps clothes that reflect Egypt.<br />
Come sample a variety of Egyptian dishes. Freshly baked baladi bread (from our very own mud brick oven) will be on sale for ES students during their recess and for MS & HS. Our Egyptian Food Festival is free for all elementary students, parents, teachers, and staff. Students will have an activity related to their Egyptian Culture curriculum. Looking forward to a great cultural experience.<br />
We need your help!<br />
Parents are an important part of our Egypt Festival. We would love your help if you're available at either lunchtime or the bread selling booth. Please sign up to help us if you can by <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/16_jVvBArFxK1mnxzSOEMyk7FswaG7ly-57GqcUfU98U/edit?usp=sharing">clicking in this link.</a><br />
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Even though we have a short week of school, we have a lot of learning to do in Reading Workshop! Students will learn how readers can tell others about the stories they read by building on the “read-cover-remember-retell” method.<br />
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Readers will also make text-to-self connections by reading stories and noticing what the story reminds them of. These are connections readers make to characters, settings or problems that happen in stories.<br />
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Writers continue to write stories about things they have done, moments they have felt a strong feeling or places they have gone to! This time, we’re encouraging writers to turn their big stories into small moments:<br />
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<li>Zooming in: writers take a picture in your head of one small moment in time, “zoom in” on that moment and write about a small moment on each page.</li>
<li>Adding to the writing: grownup writers sketch differently to spend more time adding words. They remember that later on there will be a time to add details to the pictures!</li>
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This week we will cover Topic B in Module 5.In this topic mathematicians will advance to a more abstract level, representing the decomposition of teen numbers first with Hide Zero ( place value) cards and with number bonds. They will then work from the abstract to the concrete and pictorial as they are directed to “show me this many cubes”. <span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
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This week students will continue exploring matter in our second science unit. They will use their observation experience to explore different kinds of solids using measurement tools like balance scales. Students will also compare and contrast the properties of different solids. We will invite students to use nonfiction books about glass, wood, plastic, paper, rubber and other solids to learn and discover about these important materials.<br />
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Thank you for your support!<br />
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Ms. Ana, Ms. Paola, and Mr. Balazs<br />
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<li>KGC will have their assembly this Tuesday, March 27th. We look forward to seeing you all there! Assemblies start at 7:55, make sure you don’t miss a bit!</li>
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<li>On April 10th, please join the ES Library Council in dressing up as characters from favorite books and parading to show the CAC reading spirit. The theme will be Graphic Novels! Store bought costumes are fine, but it's quite fun to make your own. The parade will take place during our regular Tuesday assembly time: 7:55 - 8:20</li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dear CAC Parents,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In guidance we have finished our until on emotional management and are now working on ways to be better problem solvers. Being able to effectively problem solve helps people in every aspect of life. Students who can solve interpersonal conflicts with peers are less likely to engage in impulsive or aggressive behaviors. We will use the Second Step curriculum and the problem solving steps, after calming down, to develop these skills. Here are the STEP’s that we use to teach problem solving. Creating a neutral problem statement, generating safe and respectful solutions, and evaluating the consequences of these solutions will help steer students toward selecting the best solution.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As you know, our Core Value for March is Perseverance. The ES CAC definition of perseverance is, “never give up and work toward a goal”. One way that you can expand your child's understanding of perseverance is to share with them a time that you persevered in order to succeed or to share a figure from history who persevered.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or concerns.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Best wishes,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Readers continue to apply all decoding strategies they have learned as they read independently. We continue to work on increasing the classroom’s stamina every day. Readers also continue to meet with teachers for small group and one-on-one instruction to further improve their fluency. This week, partners will continue to work together talking about their books. They will discuss the problem and solution in their storybooks, and try hard to share the conversation by practicing active listening skills. Readers will also discuss how their characters feel throughout a story and if the feelings change. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We’re starting the week with a wonderful writing celebration! Authors will be sharing their published pieces at a KG Writers Cafe. All three classes will get together for this celebration to honor the work done in this nonfiction unit, in which writers wrote as experts on a topic.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As one unit ends, another begins! On Monday we will go back to the narrative genre and write true stories again. Going back to this genre offers all writers an opportunity to show growth and elaborate on a small moment. Writers have gone through an important journey becoming more independent within the writing process, and we can’t wait the amazing stories they will start writing about!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are starting a new Module called “Number 10 - 20. Count to 100 by tens and ones”. Here is a preview of what this module includes:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This week mathematicians will begin counting teen numbers by separating each number into 10 ones and some ones. We will build on the work of counting the Say Ten way by applying the concept to objects and images. Students begin by counting out piles of 10 objects and then move into counting objects as 10 ones and some ones. By counting objects as groups of 10 and some more, students’ understanding of the unit of ten is solidified. For example, students might say, “I circled 10 stars, and there are 3 more stars. That makes 13 stars.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">▪ Draw more objects to show a given number.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">▪ Match a picture of a group of objects with the correct number written the Say Ten way.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">▪ Count the Say Ten way to write numbers that are one more and one less than a given number. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An addition to our Math lessons will be the exit ticket. After we go through the concept development part of our lesson, students show their understanding on a problem set that we have been sending home. The last part of our lesson is called student debrief, in it students have a chance to look at their answers on their problem set and talk about how they solved the problems and what they would do differently. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Starting this week, they will have a second chance to show their understanding of the lesson’s objective by completing an exit ticket similar to the problem set during the student debrief. We will keep and use these as formative assessments. Please remember that any unfinished problem sets sent home with your child are not meant to be completed for homework, as we do not assign math homework in Kindergarten.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This week, kindergarten students will continue exploring the ways in which they can develop the Core value of perseverance at school and in their daily lives. During circles, as they work towards building their classroom community, they will be asking what it looks like to be faced with a challenge and not give up. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This week we will start our new science unit “What’s the matter?” Students will be exploring different materials and learning about their properties. We will ask questions like, “Which materials are flexible? Which are smooth? Which are rigid? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We ask that you please send us pieces of recycled material (styrofoam, cardboard, rubber, wood, fabric, etc) you may have around the house. The more materials our students get to get their hands on and explore, the more meaningful the learning experience will be! Thank you for supporting our efforts in science!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thank you for taking the time to read our weekly newsletter. Please email us if you have any questions!</span><br />
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Noah Balazshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09547063726881678706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2257046875432575585.post-69452905185128376372018-03-18T15:40:00.003+02:002018-03-18T15:40:59.939+02:00Week 29. March 18 - 22<br />
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With a great photo we welcome you to a new week! We would like to thank all chaperones for their support at our last field trip, please make sure you fill out the online feedback form! Would you like to see more photos from that day? <a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ULbjyWBe0bC_9ZiGYJ2QnLVA1aHi5vIV" target="_blank">Click here!</a><br />
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<b>Music Informances: You're Invited!</b><br />
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This week, all kindergarten students will have Music informances in the Music classroom. Children are looking forward to seeing you there if you can make it!<br />
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<b>KGS - Tuesday, March 20 (8:30 - 9:00 am)</b><br />
<b>KGC - Wednesday, March 21 (1:00 - 1:30 pm)</b><br />
<b>KGB - Wednesday, March 21 (2:20 - 2:50 pm)</b><br />
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We continue to add important dates and events to our grade level calendar, please make sure you check it regularly. KGC’s assembly is next week! We look forward to seeing all on March 27th<br />
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Mark your calendars! The annual ES Book Parade Assembly is on April 10th, the day we get back from the April break. This year, the ES Library Council has declared the theme to be GRAPHIC NOVELS! Stay tuned for more details.<br />
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This will be the last week for our informational writing unit, it’s time to publish again! Writers will be working with partners for a final revision of their pieces, offering compliments and feedback to each other. Before publishing, writers will check their writing to make sure readers can read their books, editing along the way. We look forward to celebrating another successful unit as a grade level!<br />
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It’s going to be a big week of reading! Kindergarten readers will be building on their ability to make connections by discussing how parts of books are similar and different. They will also learn how to retell familiar books by making sure to include the setting and characters along with the beginning, middle, and end. This is big work! Finally, students will have a day to practice “snap words” and review how knowing these high-frequency words can help readers read smoothly.<br />
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This week mathematicians will work in centers as we do one on one assessments. This will be the last week of Module 4. The activities we have planned for the centers will reinforce the addition and subtraction strategies taught throughout the module.<br />
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This is the last week of our animals unit! Students will imagine they are explorers who encounter a brand new animal! Knowing what they know about habitats and animal needs, they will represent their animal and describe where it lives, what it eats, and what eats it (if anything). This is a fun and creative way to assess what students have learned about animals in this unit.<br />
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We will soon start our second and last Science unit about matter. In this unit, students will explore different materials such as plastic, metal, wood, paper, cardboard and glass to learn about their properties and how these are used to make things we use in our lives. We would like to ask parents to send recycled materials that can be used for this unit. As a final project, students will need to use materials to build a toy or something else they come up with. Eventually we’ll ask for you to help us gather a variety of materials!<br />
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This week the kindergarten classes will continue focusing on the core value of perseverance and the ways students can show this value at school and at home. However, circle time is a time of community building and individual classes will be revisiting other core values as the need arises.<br />
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Thank you!<br />
Ms. Ana, Ms. Paola, and Mr. Balazs<br />
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Noah Balazshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09547063726881678706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2257046875432575585.post-19668664382870341462018-03-11T16:45:00.005+02:002018-03-11T16:47:00.677+02:00Week 28. March 11 - 15Week 28, here we go! Trimester 3 will be a busy one, please take some time to read the following information:<br />
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A Note From the Music Department for all Parents/Guardians of KG Students...<br />
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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.<br />
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KGS – Tuesday, March 20; 8:30-9:00<br />
KGC – Wednesday, March 21; 1:00-1:30<br />
KGB – Wednesday, March 21; 2:20-2:50<br />
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Hope to see you then!<br />
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Rebecca Nerenhausen<br />
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Please click on the following links for upcoming events:<br />
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<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dVMYLWp89aliTLYcJYkXFb9hnp-u25v4C2SKJiLLVs8/edit?usp=sharing">House Event/Walkathon (Fundraising announcement)</a><br />
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<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yu6K6e_YDRQfCcY-85NuLChtIh62EoJdnTfwCwYMrhk/edit?usp=sharing">Elementary Talent Show</a><br />
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You have all received information about our upcoming field trip. This is what students will need that day to learn and have fun:<br />
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<li>Make sure your child brings a <b>water bottle with his/her name on</b>. We can refill them is needed.</li>
<li>A packed snack and a packed lunch. Please make sure you send <b>enough food</b>, the more the better!</li>
<li>Send <b>small and comfy backpacks</b> 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!</li>
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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!<br />
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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!<br />
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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.<br />
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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!<br />
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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.<br />
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Thank you all!<br />
Ms. Ana, Ms. Paola, and Mr. Balazs<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15629590840325631823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2257046875432575585.post-20747477652300804052018-03-04T14:45:00.001+02:002018-03-04T16:18:01.272+02:00Week 27. March 4 - 7Welcome to a short week of school! Wednesday, March 7th will he a half day, students will be dismissed at 11:30 am. Thursday, March 8th is a CAC Holiday so there will be no school. We hope you enjoy the long weekend!<br />
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We will be having a drill on <b>March 12</b> to practice shelter procedures. Teachers will discuss this as “shelter practice” with students in age-appropriate ways, but you may also want to also talk to your child about the subject. Last year, we shared <a href="https://childmind.org/ask-an-expert-qa/schools-new-emergency-plan-includes-lockdown-drills-can-keep-scaring-kids/" target="_blank">this article</a> with helpful suggestions for talking to children about safety procedures and practices. One of the things addressed is the impact of the terminology we use. Staff members will be going over this in advance, as we work together to ensure that students feel safe, protected, and aware of what to do in different situations.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #674ea7;">Reading Workshop</span></b><br />
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We are looking forward to another week of exploring storybooks and learning how to think deeply about them! Students will learn how readers use pictures and words to understand the problem in a story and the solution to that problem. They will also learn about how readers use their voices to sound like the characters in the stories. With repeated readings of the same book, reading with expression gets easier and easier! We will use familiar storybooks and class favorites to learn about these new concepts. It’s going to be a lot of fun!<br />
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<b><span style="color: #674ea7;">Writing Workshop</span></b><br />
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Writers continue to revise their “All about” books by thinking of the different things authors do in other nonfiction texts. Last week, we reminded writers of the importance on adding different “tiny-topics” to each page to make sure they teach as much as they can about their main topic. These “tiny-topics” are called headings and can be listed in a table of contents. We will use read aloud mentor texts to show writers the purpose of a table of content and how, if they want to, they could create one for their own books.<br />
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Another great nonfiction feature writers will be encouraged to try is fact boxes, or “fun facts”. These offer another place to add even more information about a topic. Writers may choose to say more about a picture by adding a “fun fact” and saying what that picture is!<br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><b>Math</b></span><br />
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This week mathematicians will have additional practice with formal subtraction concepts, including writing and solving number sentences with totals of 9 or 10. The lessons will move quickly through concrete and pictorial representations of subtraction with students representing take from equations (C - B = A) with no unknown (meaning we will provide the answer) for totals to 10. The students will solve subtraction story problems by breaking off, crossing out, and hiding a part and showing their strategies with drawings and number sentences. They will also be focusing on decompositions of 9 and 10 using 5-groups, which are recorded as number sentences.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #674ea7;">Math Problem Sets</span></b><br />
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So far, students have been taking home daily problem sets to show parents the concept they learned that day. Parents may use it as a tool to support conversations at home asking their children:<br />
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“What did you learn today?”<br />
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“How did you know what numbers to write here?”<br />
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Sometimes these problem sets may not be finished due to time constraints or need for further practice, and that is perfectly OK. The KG team would like to gently remind you that these sheets are not meant to be finished as a way of homework, as we do not assign Math homework in Kindergarten.<br />
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Teachers use these problems sets as a quick way to assess all students’ understanding and plan for further practice. If you have specific questions about how we use problem sets, please email us!<br />
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<b><span style="color: #674ea7;">Circles</span></b><br />
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Kindergarteners are enjoying the conversations around creativity! KGB and KGS will have one last Circle on that core value this week. KGC will have a Circle on self-esteem and personal bests to introduce the value of perseverance which is this month’s core value.<br />
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In the following weeks, all KG students will be exploring the different ways they can be persistent to get better at something. The book for this core value is <i>Emmanuel’s Dream: The true story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah</i>, by Laurie Ann Thompson & Sean Qualls.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #674ea7;">Science</span></b><br />
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<i>What a fun day! <a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1DH-Fm-f2XalP84yEYia9wNppqgua_cb3?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Click here</a> to see even more photos.</i></div>
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Our study of animals and their needs continues! After an exciting week of visiting CAC tortoises, we are going to spend this short week visiting the chicks for what may be the last time. They are outgrowing their cage! Our young scientists are making keen observations about their growth and changes. Some are growing combs! Their feet are getting so big! They sometimes take naps!<br />
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Once again, thank you for taking the time to read our weekly newsletters!<br />
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Ms. Ana, Mr. Balazs & Ms. Paola<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">This week Kindergarten readers begin an exciting new unit about story elements! Our students will begin to learn new ways to read, think, and talk about story books. Who are the characters? What do they do in the story? How can the pictures help us figure out what is happening in our books? How can we notice and explain the beginning, middle, and end of a story? Getting in the habit of thinking about story elements will help students with comprehension! Throughout the unit, kindergarten readers will also continue to review past reading Super Powers like “pointer power” and “persistence power.” </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Writers are moving along the writing process as they create their first “All about” books! This week we will continue to focus on planning our books and organizing the information we know. Writers may choose to use planning sheets to organize the facts about the topic they have chosen, to then add pages for each fact. By organizing the information from each topic, writers make sure they stay on topic!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Midweek, we will move into the revision part of the writing process, rereading and adding more to each page. One strategy writers use is asking themselves “what else can I say here?” or use their partners to bounce ideas back and forth. Partners can be very helpful by asking questions about their partner’s topic!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">This week mathematicians will work intensively with the number pairs of 9 as they demonstrate different combinations of sleeping bears and honey tree–hunting bears using counters and record with number bonds. Students will have the opportunity to decompose 9 and 10 into number pairs using representations of fingers, linking cubes, and number bonds. They will explore patterns in the number pairs.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">This month kindergarten students will start discussing the core value of creativity. They will explore the different manifestations of creativity at school and in their everyday lives. They will be reflecting on what creativity means to them, be it make things by themselves or with others, having great ideas, using their imagination, or </span><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">exploring new things.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">KG scientists continue to generate questions and have conversations about the baby chicks. They are growing fast and whenever we visit them we notice new changes. Their feet are growing! They’re getting little tailfeathers! Students record observations in their science journals. This week our young scientists will not only visit the chicks, but also visit the CAC tortoises to record observations about these very different animals! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">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!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We hope your child/children are enjoying their after school activities. These will end next week (Feb.18 - Feb.22).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">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: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">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!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">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!
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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
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15629590840325631823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2257046875432575585.post-79405438777213652872018-02-11T16:18:00.000+02:002018-02-11T16:18:18.283+02:00Week 24. Feb 11-15<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Welcome to another great week in Kindergarten! Thanks to all parents who came last Wednesday for our Family Math Night! It was wonderful for us to see all of you having fun playing math games with our kindergarteners. Thank you also for the feedback! Here are some photos:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This week, writers will start revising and editing their writing to publish a book of opinions by the end of our unit. They have been meeting with their writing partners to practice sharing their book with others. This book be a collection of opinions. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For publishing, writers focus on key elements that writers do all the time: writing with lowercase letters, bumping lines, using sight words, and adding finger spaces. After making their writing the best they can, they will work on designing their books, choose a title page and look at details that will make their book more appealing for the audience.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our Super Readers are learning so much about nonfiction texts! They are getting very good at sharing books with partners and retelling what they read. Students are practicing using sentence stems like:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“This reminds me of...” </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This week students will compare getting more from pictures by asking “Does the picture match the words?” and “What EXTRA information can I get from the picture?” We will also have dedicated time for students to explore a variety of nonfiction books to record their “wonder questions.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As we approach the end of Trimester 2. We will be assessing all students to determine their understanding of spelling patterns. These assessments will allow us to differentiate the word study each student needs to work on. Every Thursday, we will send these sorts home for you to see the work your child is doing and have conversations about their learning.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Students will continue to practice with number bonds and number stories as they learn strategies for addition and subtraction. Topic D introduces formal subtraction concepts including writing and solving expressions and equations. Mathematicians will begin at the concrete level with students acting out take away stories and working at the pictorial level crossing off to see what remains. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This week, students will be decomposing number 7 and 8 using 5-group drawings by hiding a part or crossing it off, and record each decomposition with a drawing and subtraction equation, or as we call them “number sentence”.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This week is very exciting in science! Our chicks will be hatching soon and we will make lots of observations in our science journals about what happens when they hatch and begin to move around! We will also welcome a real scientist into the classroom, Mr. Balazs’ wife, who is a real Marine Biologist! She studies bottlenose dolphins, which is perfect for our own KG animal experts. We can’t wait to ask her all about what it is like to be a real scientist. Students will also have time to read their favorite nonfiction animal books from our libraries and watch some incredible short videos about the animal kingdom!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As always, thank you for reading our newsletters and feel free to email us with questions or feedback!</span><br />
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Noah Balazshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09547063726881678706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2257046875432575585.post-70148546339048302832018-02-05T07:33:00.001+02:002018-02-05T07:33:12.070+02:00Week 23. February 4 - 8Welcome to a new week in Kindergarten!<br />
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Due to popular demand, we will be having another BBQ for picnic day this <b>Thursday, February 8</b>. Kindly sign up through the google form (below) if interested! There is a google sign-up form for each grade (see other links in the Eagle Eye newsletter). For siblings, please sign up each child in their respective grade order form.<br />
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The <b>DEADLINE</b> for orders will be on <b>Tuesday, February 6th by 5:00 p.m.</b><br />
We kindly ask that parents drop off the money in a labelled envelope to the ES office (name, class code and order). Kindergarten lunch time is from 12:10 to 12:50<br />
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<b>IMPORTANT:</b> Unfortunately we will not be able to take orders on the day of the BBQ and we will have to cancel orders that have not been paid by Tuesday the 6th.<br />
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We look forward to seeing you all!!<br />
<a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfm1rpd_KGCOndjkaT2zYj5dk9gSOMowzRNmTdu_EA-4hCFBA/viewform" target="_blank">KG Family Picnic Order Form</a><br />
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We hope you’re ready for some fun Math games! We look forward to seeing you all this Wednesday from 4:15 to 5:15 pm. Kindergarten will be in the Drama Room.<br />
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All three KG classes have lots of dates available to sign up for parents to come in and read to classes. If you have not had a chance to come in a read, it is a delightfully fun time in out week. Students get so excited to discover who will be coming into their classroom! We can’t wait to listen to you read!<br />
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Sign up by clicking on the KGB, KGC, and KGS Mystery Reader tabs at the top of the KG Blog, or send an email to your classroom teacher. Thank you!<br />
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In guidance we are working on emotional management and discussing strong emotions, how they make our bodies feel and calming down strategies. It is important for kids to understand that everyone gets upset but that we are all still responsible for our behaviors.<br />
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We discussed the concept of “flipping our lids” and how to calm down when our emotions take over our thinking. We are sharing calming down strategies and practicing different ways to calm ourselves down when upset. Please share with your children strategies that you use when you have a strong emotion.<br />
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This month’s Core Value is Creativity. The elementary school defines creativity as ‘being inspired to imagine and explore’. A lot of the time when we think of creativity we think of the arts. However, creativity is more complex and fascinating. In elementary, will be spending the month exploring the idea of creativity and have shared this article with the teachers. You can help support our efforts at home by investigating the concept with your child. <br />
How do you define creativity? Is there anything that might block creativity? <br />
Attached is a thought-provoking article in the New York Times about developing creativity. <br />
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/31/opinion/sunday/how-to-raise-a-creative-child-step-one-back-off.html" target="_blank">How to Raise a Creative Child. Step One: Back Off</a><br />
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This week our readers will learn to Read, Cover, Remember, and Retell what they have just read. Retelling is an essential component of comprehension and our super readers get to practice this skill with reading partners. They will also dive deeper into what it means to be a reading partner. What types of questions do partners ask each other? What is your job while your partner reads? What can you talk about when a book is finished?<br />
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It’s publishing week, yay! This week, we have planned lessons on revising, editing and getting ready to publish opinion pieces. One of the strategies we’ll teach students is called “add a page, subtract a page” in which writers will reread their books and make decisions on pages that may need to be moved around or replaced. Organization in key for writers during the revision process, revisiting moves they will be doing as writers for years to come.<br />
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Before publishing, writers also look at the neatness of their writing and check for lowercase letters, spaces between words and periods at the end of sentences. Choosing covers and titles for their books is also part of the publishing awesomeness.<br />
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This week, students will continue to explore the CAC core value of integrity, discussing what it is to have and display the behaviors that go with integrity. Students will be taking home the Core Value book The Smallest Girl in the Smallest Class by Justin Roberts, to read with their families and return the next day.<br />
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Students will continue to have conversations about animals and their basic needs. Scientists will talk about characteristics they see in certain animals and discuss movement, covering, diet and and how this influences where animals live. We love studying animals and are eager to learn more!<br />
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The excitement continues to build up the closer we get to hatching day! Scientists continue to generate questions and predictions throughout the incubation process, journaling about the embryo’s growth, the candling process and comparing their predictions to information learned from books. We’re halfway there, 8 more days to go!<br />
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In Kindergarten, we continue to include our core values in everything we do! Circles is a wonderful time for students to listen and talk about the different ways we can show respect, responsibility, compassion and integrity. Our read aloud books have also given us an opportunity to make connections between people’s actions and CAC's core values.</div>
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We have gotten lots of feedback from students on how much they enjoy taking the core value books home. This week, we will be sending the book for Integrity. We'd like to thank all parents for supporting this initiative and returning the books back the next day for other families to enjoy.</div>
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Guest readers! We can’t thank you enough! Children really enjoy having their parents come in to read a book to the class. If you haven’t done so, we encourage you to sign up and be part of this fun experience. We are more than happy to support if you would like to read a favorite book from the class. Just send us an email!</div>
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Mark your calendars for <b>February 7th, 4:15 to 5:15pm</b>! Elementary will be hosting its annual Family Math Night at school. Each grade level will have a collection of games for students to play with their parents. Games develop fluency with math skills and problem solving. Bond with your child as you experience the joy of learning through games!</div>
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All Kindergarten classes will be located in the Drama Room. You’ll find the rules and instructions for a wide range of math games using a variety of resources, each game will include the manipulatives needed to play it. This will be a dynamic and flexible event, feel free to visit more than one grade level to play as many games as you can!</div>
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Our Super Readers will be starting to explore the main idea of a text this week. They will start by learning to notice what repeats in a given nonfiction text. If information repeats, it can give us clues about the main idea! Readers will also work with partners to discuss nonfiction texts by comparing what they already knew to what they learned. When readers first look at a book, they should think, “What do I already know about this topic?” in order to activate prior knowledge. Sharing this information with partners help students articulate their learning. </div>
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Writers are having a wonderful time with this opinion writing unit! They have started to understand the difference between facts and opinions, and how expressing likes or dislikes must come with reasoning. One of our lessons for this week will be on “Power words” (adjectives) as an elaboration strategy. We will demonstrate how to use words like “tasty”, “sweet”, “fun”, “interesting” to elaborate in their pieces. Partners will support each other by talking about their opinions to come up with power words to add to their books.</div>
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During our conferring and mid-workshop interruptions, we continue to encourage students to reread their writing and revise! “Look at your writing, is it easy to read?” “what can you do to make your writing better?” “What else can you add?”</div>
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Students continue to explore number bonds to decompose numbers through number stories. This week’s lessons cover different strategies to understand the concept of a whole and two parts. Strategies such as drawings, manipulatives and number bonds. Topic C introduces formal addition concepts including writing and solving expressions and equations. Mathematicians will also represent composition and decomposition addition stories by writing equations or “number sentences”. They will be exploring patterns in additions to 8: One number gets smaller as the other gets bigger:7 + 1 = 8, 6 + 2 = 8,5 + 3 = 8, 4 + 4 = 8</div>
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We continue to explore and learn about animals! This week, scientists will be learning about the incubation process for our chicken eggs. We will read books about the life cycle of a chicken and explore photographs that illustrate each stage. Students are showing lots of responsibility when gently turning the eggs several times a day!</div>
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We will also be discussing animal characteristics, doing some interactive writing together, and working with venn diagrams to compare animals. We will use our “scientist eyes” to notice similarities and differences between creatures.</div>
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Circles support our goal of student relationships and wellness. Circle Solutions is a philosophy for healthy relationships and a pedagogy for teaching them. It is based in the principles of agency, safety, positivity, inclusion, respect and equality. Our weekly Circles activities explore the CAC core values of respect, compassion, responsibility, perseverance, courage, creativity, and integrity. This month, we continue working on integrity and what it means to be honest and truthful.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15629590840325631823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2257046875432575585.post-29075351805828627252018-01-23T08:50:00.002+02:002018-01-23T08:50:58.470+02:00Library NoteGood Morning KG Families,<br />
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Due to this short week, we won't be able to visit the library as usual. However, if you would like to return library books tomorrow on our half-day, we will make sure they are returned.<br />
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Last week we had a successful Reading and Writing celebration! We appreciate you coming to see all the progress in reading and writing. Thank you as well for all the compliments you gave our students. They will treasure those little sheets of paper! <a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/17bHigabvZ9kuXSWeIJQbtD2gnDNPmhcq?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Click here</a> to see some photos.</div>
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This week we will have a half day on Wednesday, January 24th and there will be no school on Thursday, January 25th. Please make sure your child is picked up at 11:30 am on Wednesday.</div>
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Our young readers continue to work hard to learn about nonfiction texts! After a week of exploring the differences between fiction and nonfiction, this week they will dive deeper to examine text features that can be found in nonfiction books. They will notice bold words, captions, fact boxes, and diagrams and look at what more can be learned from them.<br />
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Partners continue to support each other by asking each other questions. Writers may use their partners to generate ideas by asking them about their own likes or dislikes: "What do you like to do at recess? <b>why?" </b>This last question will support all writers in elaboration by expanding the number of words used when giving reasons.<br />
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This week we will be wrapping up Topic B and starting Topic C. Topic B advances the work of Topic A, building students’ skill with number pairs for 6, 7, and 8, which goes on throughout Topics B and C during Fluency Practice. In this topic, students will using 5-groups to represent the 5 + n pattern to decompose 6, 7, and 8. These decompositions are modeled as put together situations and represented as addition expressions (C = ___ + ___), as opposed to the take from decomposition type (C – B = ___), which is taught in Topic D.<br />
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Thank you, Noah and Ramsay, for sharing your animal photo with the class! All kindergarten students are thrilled to begin having conversations about animals and they are eager to share their own experiences with the animals they have seen! Please help us by sending photos of kindergarteners with pets, zoo animals, or any other animals your children may have encountered. Our color printer is currently not working, we ask that you please print these at home and send them to school. We're sorry for the inconvenience!<br />
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This week our scientists will be exploring outside to observe and photograph things that are living and things that are nonliving. What sorts of living things will we be able to find on CAC’s campus? What sorts of nonliving things will be found?<br />
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We highly appreciate the time you take to read our newsletters. Have a great short week!<br />
Ms. Ana, Ms. Paola, and Mr. Balazs<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15629590840325631823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2257046875432575585.post-26926921844171573682017-12-17T15:32:00.000+02:002017-12-17T15:33:23.954+02:00Week 19. December 17 - 21Welcome to the school last week of 2017!<br />
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Please <span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JQMRSJnED7QmmqwK-LO29wffe-c6YtBf8C7r-St5X3Q/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">click here</a> </span>to read about our Winter Celebration, including the schedule for the day and the different activities kindergarteners will be participating in. All parents are welcome to come and celebrate with our students! Please send us an email if you would like to volunteer running an activity. Looking forward to celebrating the holidays with you all!<br />
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This Tuesday, December 19th we will follow a Thursday schedule. That means that we won’t have an assembly, KGB and KGC won’t have PE and all KG students will have Library class. This will be the last Library class until January, please make sure your children return all books and bring their Library bag for a winter check out!<br />
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This week, we will be returning the sets of extra clothes you sent at the beginning of the year. When we return to school in January, please send a new set of clothes to keep in the classrooms.<br />
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After a thrilling week of launching out nonfiction unit - complete with book sorting, eye-popping videos, and discussion about our ‘wonders’ - it’s time to dive into some books! This week, students will notice different parts of a book, like the front and back covers, title, and pictures, to see what they can learn about what the nonfiction topic might be.<br />
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This week marks the end of our first nonfiction writing unit. Students will be revising and making their writing easy to read. We continue to use checklists and other tools to remember to write lowercase letters, add spaces between words and periods at the end of sentences. Kindergarteners will learn that besides being authors, they can also be editors checking their writing and making changes where needed!<br />
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The last Bend of this unit is called “How-To books make wonderful Gifts!”. We will have lessons on writing dedications and preparing for publishing. Writers will learn that they often write books for people they care about or for people they would like to teach. Writers write dedications for those people, to let everybody know who the book was written for.<br />
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Writers will publish their pieces before the winter break and we’ll celebrate the end of this unit on January 18th. Make sure you’ve added this important date to your calendars!<br />
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This week we are ending module 3 “ Comparison of length, weight, capacity, and numbers to 10”. We will be giving end-of-module assessments with the students working at different math centers.<br />
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This is the final week of our “Little Me in a Big School” unit and students are finishing up their interviews with CAC workers, completing their Super 3 research packets, and sharing their reflections with their peers. We would like to thank all of the gracious interviewees for sharing their time (and patience!) with us as we completed this fun project.<br />
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One of the primary goals of this unit is to help the kindergarteners get to know the people in their school community. To see them greeting our former Mystery Guests by name when we happen to pass in the hallway is a wonderful reminder of how capable these students are. They are such strong learners!<br />
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This week kindergartners will start discussing the CAC core value of integrity. They will be exploring what it means to be honest and what constitutes having integrity. They will be discussing different scenarios in which honesty and integrity have major impacts on friendships.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15629590840325631823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2257046875432575585.post-77410455303337054782017-12-10T12:33:00.003+02:002017-12-10T12:33:49.128+02:00Week 18. December 10 - 14<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We kindly ask that you inform us ahead of time if your child is going home with another adult, as the policy indicates that we can only dismiss students with another adult if we have a written notification from their parents. We truly appreciate your support in keeping all students safe.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Please make sure your child brings a water bottle to school every day. Having a water bottle in the classroom allows students to drink water as they need to without disrupting their learning and the learning of others. Thank you!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Writing Celebration - Save the date!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kindergarteners will be celebrating the publication of their How-To books on Thursday, January 18th. We will be sharing more information after the break, but for now make sure you mark this day on your calendars! We can’t wait to have parents in our classrooms to see the growth of these amazing writers!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1e8021; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Reading Workshop</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Now fully powered-up, our Super Readers are ready for something new: Reading for Information! Our nonfiction reading unit begins this week, and students are in for a real treat. To launch the unit, we will flood the classrooms with nonfiction of all kinds. We will examine and sort nonfiction books in our classroom libraries, watch nonfiction videos to pique our interest (travel! animals! how-to!), and much more! Taking the time to build student interest in this brand-new genre is going to be so much fun!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1e8021; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Writing Workshop</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Writers continue to revise their “how-to” books making sure they are giving clear directions for readers to follow. One strategy they have been using is to imagine themselves following the steps they write, and ask “Am I using the exact words to follow this step?”. Partners are also providing help to each other, by acting out the steps in their books!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This week we start Bend III called “Keeping Readers in Mind” In this Bend, writers will learn how to:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This week marks the last topic of our third Math Module. Students will be working on comparing sets of objects in order to establish which has more and which has less objects than the other. They will be using strategies such as lining objects up in front of each other and using one to one correspondence. Besides comparing physical objects, mathematicians will be comparing sounds and actions, such as claps and stomps. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img height="265" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/YPsMibTh20S3NNF3RVKUWg2FtgN5wUBd-CfxKfmkwtIkDPWeUriG0YAlLXKlDUYFu5riA1gCRHalu4SMNhfZLejrWeL0jINan5yd6BfNUDtSfoPaGcgmham-0_Nw44dejC74OEVk" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="624" /></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This week students will visit CAC workers to conduct interviews. Having chosen and rehearsed their questions last week, the kindergarteners are well-prepared. Students will take turns asking questions of their chosen CAC worker, while another student records the interview with an iPad. We are learning more and more about our big, big school!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This week Kindergarten classes will still be exploring and discussing the core value of compassion. In circles they will be reflecting on the kind things they have said to others and that have been said to them, as well as which actions or words might spoil a friendship and which ones might mend one. They will be making judgments about what makes a class friendly.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: red; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This year's Christmas Book Fair begins on Sunday December 10th in the Middle School Back Courtyard! Your child will be visiting the book fair with his or her class between Sunday the 10th and Thursday the 14th - see the schedule below. If you would like your child to shop during this time, please send cash in an envelope with your child’s name (suggested: 300 LE). </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We are kindly asking for parent volunteers to help our students shop for books, we would need at least 2 parents per class. Please send us an email if you’re willing to help out! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">All parents are welcome to come during our scheduled time, but we understand that some of you may not be able to join us. The fair will stay open Sunday-Thursday after school from 3:00-5:00 so you can accompany your child or purchase for yourself. The book fair will feature five local book vendors with English and Arabic books for all age groups. Keep an eye out for posters about our after-school book signing events ('Happy Belly' author Yasmine Nazmy on Wednesday!) On Thursday the 14th, a Mini Christmas Bazaar will open up alongside the book fair and the Booster Club will join us with hot chili from the snack restaurant and CAC gear on Sale!</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15629590840325631823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2257046875432575585.post-89864016398236495612017-12-03T09:55:00.000+02:002017-12-03T13:42:57.096+02:00Week 17. Dec 3-7<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It’s celebration time! We have learned so much about Reading Super Powers. Our reading muscles are strong! This week, we will get ready to share our strong reading by reviewing how to talk about books. Retelling is an essential skill to practice throughout the elementary grades and our young readers are no exception! We will learn how to tell all the parts of a book, and also how to highlight the funny/exciting/interesting parts to our reading partners. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Students are having a blast writing their “How to” books! This week we start a new Bend in our unit called “Using Mentor Texts for Inspiration: Revising Old How-To Books and Writing New Ones”. Students will engage in mini-inquiry lessons asking themselves: </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We continue to create differentiated sorts for each student or groups of students each week. Kindergarteners have had a full trimester to become independent in the work they do with these sorts, which allows us to have more time for one-on-one and small group instruction of phonics and word study. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We have had such a good time getting to know so many CAC workers as they have joined us as Mystery Guests. We were surprised at many of the facts we learned about these special people. Now that we have a better idea of who works at CAC and makes it a great place to be, we are ready to begin interviewing the people who interest us most. This week, students will begin learning how to conduct an interview and what are the best kinds of questions to ask. They will also practice working with iPads to record the interviews. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This week, students will continue discussing together what it means to show the Core Value of compassion. In circles we will continue to explore what it looks, sounds, and feels like to be kind, caring, and considerate. They will also be specifically reflecting on how it feels to be the recipient of behaviors that show compassion from others and what impact these acts of kindness can have on self and others.</span></div>
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