Greetings Kinder! We celebrated the 100th Day of School on Thursday, 4 February with fun and festive activities. Thank you to all the parents who donated. We appreciate you all! On February 12th our campus will celebrate the virtue of friendship through Great
Hearts Day. Students are welcome to bring in tokens of friendship to share
with one another. Please refrain from store bought cards
referencing Valentines Day and Pop Culture items. Treats to
distribute in class are optional, but must be store bought and individually
wrapped.
Our Kinder team:
KB-Lead Ms. Grell Sarah.Grell@greatheartswesternhills.org
AT Mrs. Shakya Sabina.Shakya@greatheartswesternhills.org
KC-Lead Ms. Martinez Yvette.Martinez@greatheartswesternhills.org
AT Ms. Doss Rachel.Doss@greatheartswesternhills.org
KD-Lead Mrs. Wagner Meredith.Wagner@greatheartswesternhills.org
AT Mrs. Wesley Diana.Wesley@greatheartswesternhills.org
Riddle of the week
I like to use my long tongue
To eat leaves from tops of trees
I don't have to climb up though
With my long neck it's a breeze
Who am I?
Last week's answer:
lion
Spalding: This week in Spalding, we learned two new phonograms- oa, gu. The scholars practiced their letter formations and learned new words.
Next week, we will learn the following phonograms ph and ough. We will review the jobs of the silent final e. The scholars will take their first ten word Spalding Assessment! It is exciting to see how much they have grown in the last 100 days!
Cues for learned phonograms: Phonogram | Cue |
ai | not used |
oi | not used |
er | her |
ir | first |
ur | nurse |
ear | early |
au | not used |
ck | 2 letters |
ui | not used |
Here are some useful links:
Spalding card purchase
The 100th Day Celebration was a blast! Thank you for supporting our program by generously filling the sign-up genius and assisting your scholars with their wonderful projects. It was a very fun and exciting day.
This week in mathematics we will continue to compare sets by using the strategy of one-to-one matching and discovering which set has more/less and by how many. We will conclude our current unit on Thursday with an assessment and then embark on Numbers to 20.
History:
This week in History, we finished with the Native American Regions and next week we will begin to learn about Democracy.
Science:
This week in Science we had a great discussion about the natural resources that Earth gave us. We learned that renewable resources can be replaced, and nonrenewable resources can’t be replaced. We will continue to talk about taking care of the Earth. We will describe the concept of recycling and identify items that can be recycled. We will have a hands on experience of creating recycled paper on Wednesday.
Literature:
We will conclude our story of The Country Mouse and the Town Mouse, and transition into a story about another mouse. This coming week, we will learn about The Jumping Mouse and the far off lands that he traveled to, and the characters that he met along the way.
Our read out loud right now is Stuart Little.
Highlight: 100th Day of School Pictures
"May we congratulate you and wish you a happy birthday!"
KB February birthdays:
Peter A.
Ziva S.
KD February birthdays:
Truett Y.
Bielle B.
Yvonne R.
Emma Z.
Braxton W.
KC February birthdays:
Julianna C.
Virtue of the month for February: Citizenship
We honor rules and laws and respond to authority in obedience.
We give of our time and abilities to others. We uphold liberty and social equality
through respect for individual differences and knowledge of our democratic system.
Live to serve
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
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