Aug. 28 Kinder Blog

Hello Kinder!  You are all doing great job during remote learning.  Keep up the good work!

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

-Nelson Mandela-

Our Kinder team:

 

KA- Lead Mrs Aldape      Brenda.Aldape@greatheartswesternhills.org

      AT Mrs Olivas             Carmen.Olivas@greatheartswesternhills.org

KB-Lead Mrs Cowley      LaKena.Cowley@greatheartswesternhills.org

      AT Mrs Shakya           Sabina.Shakya@greatheartswesternhills.org

KC-Lead Ms Martinez     Yvette.Martinez@greatheartswesternhills.org

      AT Ms Grell                Sarah.Grell@greatheartswesternhills.org

KD-Lead Mrs Wagner      Meredith.Wagner@greatheartswesternhills.org

      AT Mrs Wesley            Diana.Wesley@greatheartswesternhills.org

Highlights:

This past Friday, KA had a crazy hat day.  It was great seeing all the different hats and learning why they are special to each scholar.

Scholar Birthdays:

KA-8/26 Alyeska C.

KD -8/31 Sydnee

Literature

Scholars will explore the Fairy Tale “The Three Billy Goats Gruff”.  We will learn about the 4 themes to a Fairy Tale:  hero, villain, magical parts, sense of long ago.   Scholars will learn to complete their own Venn Diagram and analyze 2 characters from our fairy tale.

We will continue with Pippi Longstocking by  Astrid Lindgren as our Read Aloud.

History/Science

History

In History this past week, our scholars learned about rivers, lakes and gulfs and how they are represented on a map! We also learned about the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

Our scholars will learn about the following this upcoming week: North and South Poles, hemispheres and the equator. We will finish the unit with a Map & Globe Review and Assessment on Thursday. 

Science

 In Science this past week, our scholars continued learning the five senses and focused on the sense of touch and smell.

Our scholars will continue learning about the individual 5 senses including the sense of sight and the sense of hearing.  Scholars will wrap up the week with a science activity for Friday’s early release. 

Math

Last week our Kindergarten Mathematicians wrapped up the first unit in math:  Matching and Sorting.  Scholars are now working on numbers from 1 - 5.  This week we will continue learning about sets, practicing numeral formations, and matching the correct number card with items in a set. To extend learning have your scholar build sets of items and label the set by writing the corresponding number or matching with the correct number card.

Please submit the following assignments to Google Classroom:

Monday:  Project Page (see video)

Tuesday:  Textbook p. 31

Wednesday:  Activity Book p. 8

 Spalding

This week in Spalding, the scholars reviewed the alphabet, discussed top line, mid-point, and base line on Spalding paper.  They practiced isolating beginning and ending sounds in words and learned the phonograms: f, g, s, and qu. Scholars finished learning all their line formations and were introduced to capital letters. The scholars progress will be assessed on Monday the 31st.

  Next week, we will continue working on isolating beginning and ending sounds and will work with middle sounds in words. In addition, scholars will be introduced to the following phonograms: b, e, h, i, u. They will learn about rhyming words and practice the letter formation of their newly learned phonograms. 

Specials Team Contact Information:

K-2 Music  Ms. Johnson   Laura.Johnson@greatheartswesternhills.org

K-2 Art  Ms. Grover   Rebekah.Grover@greatheartswesternhills.org

K-2 PE Coach Johnson  Kori.Johnson@greatheartswesternhills.org

K-1 Spanish Ms. Ortega  Rebecca.Ortega@greatheartswesternhills.org

If you would like to read the blog for Specials, please click the link below.

https://ghwhspecials.blogspot.com/