Songs for Change
Dear Kindergarten Families,
First of all thank you so much for your kind words, cards, gifts, and surprises this teacher appreciation week! I feel honored to be your child's teacher. I love watching your child gain skills, grow, and learn.
It could not have been better timing that our Donor's Choose project was also fully funded! On Wednesday, we received our second Osmo kit! We also got several new games, two coding games and a pizza game. In addition, we got a coding mouse! I did not get pictures of the Osmo in practice today, but here are some from when we opened our package!
In writing, students have been working on opinion pieces. Students have been exploring different ways to communicate. In the past few weeks students made lists for reasons to have a certain pet (such as dog or a cat) or not have a certain pet (such as a tiger or shark).
Students created signs to help remind others of the school rules and why we have these rules. For example, no hitting because someone will get hurt.
At the end of the week, students started creating songs for change. As a class, the students came up with the idea that one thing they can do to help the Earth is to pick up trash. With very little support from me, they collaborated and made their own song!
Then they brainstormed ideas of other things that they can do and each student is writing their own song. I will text you the link via remind with your child's song. We will be wrapping up the opinion unit next week and return to writing narratives.
For science, we will begin our final science lessons: Build a car. Students will be building small cars out of recycled materials! They will be learning about how the parts of something help to make up the whole object.
And finally in math, we are starting our final unit, Subtraction and Addition, next week.
In the coming final weeks of school students will be learning about ocean animals!
It is a joy teaching your child and love working with them everyday!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Baltos
First of all thank you so much for your kind words, cards, gifts, and surprises this teacher appreciation week! I feel honored to be your child's teacher. I love watching your child gain skills, grow, and learn.
It could not have been better timing that our Donor's Choose project was also fully funded! On Wednesday, we received our second Osmo kit! We also got several new games, two coding games and a pizza game. In addition, we got a coding mouse! I did not get pictures of the Osmo in practice today, but here are some from when we opened our package!
In writing, students have been working on opinion pieces. Students have been exploring different ways to communicate. In the past few weeks students made lists for reasons to have a certain pet (such as dog or a cat) or not have a certain pet (such as a tiger or shark).
Students created signs to help remind others of the school rules and why we have these rules. For example, no hitting because someone will get hurt.
At the end of the week, students started creating songs for change. As a class, the students came up with the idea that one thing they can do to help the Earth is to pick up trash. With very little support from me, they collaborated and made their own song!
Then they brainstormed ideas of other things that they can do and each student is writing their own song. I will text you the link via remind with your child's song. We will be wrapping up the opinion unit next week and return to writing narratives.
For science, we will begin our final science lessons: Build a car. Students will be building small cars out of recycled materials! They will be learning about how the parts of something help to make up the whole object.
And finally in math, we are starting our final unit, Subtraction and Addition, next week.
In the coming final weeks of school students will be learning about ocean animals!
It is a joy teaching your child and love working with them everyday!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Baltos
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