Sept. 28th Kinder Blog

Hello Kindergarten! We are almost done with the month of September and our scholars have learned so much. We can see their little brains working everyday. We are so happy to be able to help them grow. "It's up to you how far you go. If you don't try, you'll never know!" -Merlin- The Sword and the Stone 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

Spalding This week in Spalding, scholars  begin their week with a phonogram assessment. They reviewed all learned phonograms, learned new phonograms, were introduced to action verbs, new vocabulary, declarative sentences and spelling words. Next week, scholars will continue learning new phonograms, continue isolating sounds in words, and be introduced to informative writing. 

Phonograms: x,y,z

Spelling words: go, at, on

Vocabulary: six, by, land, must Below is the link for Spalding Phonogram card purchase.

Below is the link to purchase the Spalding phonogram cards. https://spaldingeducationstore.org/products/phonogram-cards-individual-set-of-87?_pos=5&_sid=5394b2c7c&_ss=r Here is the link for help with Mrs. Clouse https://www.youtube.com/playlist?reload=9&list=PL8UyUmxS7VL3QrKygZyMVmfELfwxl0adJ

Math

Kindergarten mathematicians are continuing to master numeral formation, counting sets and creating visual representations of sets:  graphs.  We are beginning to compare and contrast sets by using phrases: more than, less than and equal to. This week we will explore number lines, putting numbers in order, counting and recording the amount in a set and graphing. 

Distance Learners:

Please submit the following assignments -

Monday: p. 69

Tuesday: p. 71 and BLM 3.9 (Graph)

Wednesday:  p. 73

Literature

Scholar’s will learn about “How Many Spots A Leopard Has?“  retold by Julius Lester.  

Our poem for this week is “One, Two Buckle My Shoe”

Scholars will continue with the read aloud is Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Florence and Richard Atwater.

History

Our scholars were introduced to one of our early explorers, Christopher Columbus. They learned about his early life and his perseverance to fund his long awaited voyage. 

This week, our scholars will continue to learn about Christopher Columbus, his three ships and who he encountered when he discovered land!  

Science

Our scholars were also introduced to the Three States of Matter in Science and specifically Solid Matter.

This week our scholars will be introduced to the liquid and gas state of matter as well as wrap up our short Three States of Matter Unit. 

*B & M Parents: Our scholars will be working on a Science Matter project on Friday 10/2 and we need a glass baby food jar or a 4oz glass jar with a tight fitting lid.  Please send this with your scholar by Wednesday 09/30.

If you would like to donate more than 1 glass jar, please send this in with your scholar.  Your assistance is great appreciated!

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/

Sept. 18th Kinder Blog

 

 

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

Literature

Scholar’s will continue to read 2 more folktales from the continent of Africa,  “Ananse and the Lizard” and “Anansi and the Turtle Goes To Dinner”.  The name Anansi, “the trickster”, is spelled differently depending on which region of Africa it was retold from.  

Our poem for this week is “Little Miss Muffet”.                                                 

Scholars will continue with the read aloud is Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Florence and Richard Atwater.

History

In History, our scholars reviewed “How to Read a Map” and were introduced to our Early Explorers including the Vikings, Amerigo Vespucci and Matthew Henson. 

Our scholars will be introduced to one of our early explorers, Christopher Columbus. They will learn more about this explorer including his early life and his perseverance to fund his long awaited voyage. 

Science

In Science, our scholars reviewed Our Five Senses and Healthy Activities.

Our scholars will be introduced to the Three States of Matter: solid, liquid and gas. They will also develop their understanding of the solid state of matter later in the week.

Spalding This week in Spalding, scholars reviewed all learned phonograms! They worked on nouns and practiced their letter formations!

Next week, scholars will begin their week with a phonogram assessment. We will begin working with action verbs, learn new vocabulary, spelling words and learn four new phonograms!  We will continue to work on phonemic awareness and letter formations.   

Phonograms: r, t, v, w

Spelling words: me, do, and, go

Vocabulary: all, red, old, but, six, by

Math:  Kindergarten Mathematicians wrapped up Unit Two, Numbers to Five, and began Unit Three, Numbers to Ten.  Next week we will explore sets up to eight, practice number formation and continue to create and read graphs.  We will compare the sets represented using the terms:  more than, less than, and the same as.   

Distance Learners:  Please submit the following assignments to Google Classroom:

9/22:  p. 61

9/23:  p. 63

Exemplar Work:

On Thursday, Kindergarten celebrated the beginning of our new math unit by reading Town Mouse, Country Mouse (retold by Paul Galdnone), counting sets and creating our own Town Mouse or Country Mouse with cheese wedges in sets of 6, 7, or 8. 

Our classrooms are graced with delightful work created by your kindergartner.  Here is a sample of beautiful, student generated work.  For this project, the students were instructed to color their mouse according to their choice:  realistically or using their favorite colors.  This student chose to use a range of color in the vibrant style of Picasso or Matisse.  The style of cutting is spot on and typical for a student at this age as they are learning the difficult task of carefully maneuvering their scissors and turning their paper with their non-writing hand to cut in narrow spaces and nooks and crannies.  Students were led in drawing free hand triangles with pencils, outlining in black crayon, cutting them out and gluing in sets of six, seven or eight.  This piece of work celebrates the heart, mind, and joy of a Kindergartner.  Our scholar’s creations are laminated and  hanging in their cubbies where they will continue to bring beauty to our classes for the rest of the quarter.

Highlights KA birthdays: David B. 9/22

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/

Sept. 11th Kinder Blog

Welcome to class to all those Kinders coming on campus!  We are looking forward to a great school year.  Thank you parents for all your support.  We couldn't do this without you!

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

 History/Science

History

This past week in History, our scholars learned where San Antonio and Texas are located on the US map. Scholars also learned 50 states make up the United States and these states are made up of towns and cities.

To allow our B&M scholars some time to acclimate to the classroom, our scholars will re-visit “How to Read a Map” on Monday. A new topic of our Early Explorers will be introduced to our scholars Thursday. We will discuss the Vikings, Amerigo Vespucci and Matthew Henson!

Science

Last week in Science, we reviewed the last of the five senses: the sense of taste and wrapped up our Five Senses Unit with a review and assessment. 

This coming week, our scholars will re-visit “Our Five Senses” with an activity on Tuesday and will re-visit “Healthy Habits” on Wednesday.  We will wrap up the week with another “Healthy Habits” activity on Friday for Early Release.

Math

Last week Kindergarten Mathematicians continued to count sets and learned how to form the number symbols that are used to communicate numerical amounts. Kindergartners should remember to use the Spalding method of forming numerals.  Please reference the videos for more information. 

This week we will begin to talk about deconstruction of sets by taking a whole and dividing the whole into two parts and graphing.  On Wednesday we will conduct a Unit 2 Review and begin to explore numbers 1 – 10. 

Please Submit the Following Assignments: Tuesday 9/15:  p. 49 Wednesday 9/16:  pgs. 50 – 53 Thursday 9/17:  Sets of 6, 7 and 8 Beginning of Unit Project (see video) Spalding

This week in Spalding, the scholars reviewed all learned phonograms, discussed top line, mid-point, and base line on Spalding paper.  They practiced complete sentences and learned the following phonograms: j,k, l and m. In addition they learned about Rules 4,5,6, and 17.

Next week, we will review all previously learned material and the phonograms n and p.

Literature

Scholars will began learning about what a folktale is.  They will look closely at 2 folktales from the continent of Africa,  “Tug of War”  and “Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears”.  

The Read Aloud is Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Florence and Richard Atwater.    

Highlights

KD birthdays: Ethan A. 9/16

KA birthdays: Jace B. 9/6

                        Atlas C. 9/10

                        Ryder G. 9/8

                        Addie P. 9/8

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/

Sept 4th Kinder Blog

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

 

Math

Last week Kindergarten Mathematicians continued exploring numbers one to five as they explored properties of sets and learned that graphs are useful tools to record information.  This week our scholars will continue to talk about sets.  They will learn that numerals are symbols that describe how many items are in a set and will learn how to precisely form numbers using the Spalding method.   

Please submit the following assignments to Google Classroom:

Tuesday:  Textbook p. 39

Wednesday:  Textbook p. 41

Thursday: Textbook p. 43

 

Exemplar Student Work

Alisa
 

Ethan W.

Braxton

Literature

We will continue our fairy tale adventures with The Wolf and The Seven Kids.  Scholars will learn who the villain and the hero(s) are in this fairy tale.   Scholar make their own origami wolf and draw the Mother Goat!   

Scholars will end the week by listening to the last chapters of Pippi Longstocking.

History/Science

In History, our scholars learned about the North and South Poles, hemispheres, equator and finished our Maps and Globes unit with an assessment.

Our scholars will learn about our city of San Antonio and where it is on the Texas map. We will also learn about the 50 states that make up the United States. Scholars will learn that cities and towns make up the states. 

In Science, we learned about the Sense of Sight and Sense of Hearing.

Our scholars will wrap up learning about the individual 5 senses with the sense of taste and will complete a My Five Senses Unit Review/Assessment on Thursday.  

Spalding

This week in Spalding, the scholars reviewed all learned phonograms, discussed top line, mid-point, and base line on Spalding paper.  They practiced isolating beginning and ending sounds in words and learned the phonograms:b, e, h, i and u..The scholars progress will be assessed on next small group zoom..

               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: j, k, l and m. They will learn about complete sentences and will be introduced to new rules and markings.

Highlights:

In KA, Mikayla R. lost her 2nd tooth!

KA Birthdays:

Jace B. - 9/6

Ryder G. - 9/8

Adelyn “Addie” P. - 9/8

Atlas C. - 9/10

KB Birthdays:     

Conner G  -  9/8

KD Birthdays:

Ethan W. - 9/9

 

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/