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Kindergarten Connections
March 30th, 2017
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Dear Families,
Thank you so much for taking the time to meet with us last week. It certainly does take a village, and your clear communication during our conversations helps us to better serve your children on their k
indergarten journeys. Philosopher George Santayana put it quite well: "A child educated only at school is an uneducated child." When we work together as we have done, your children rise to great heights.
Believe it or not, we have only ten weeks left of the school year. Be sure to enjoy these last few months of kindergarten with your child - it goes by quickly!
Sincerely,
Your Kindergarten Teachers - Team K!
Emily Travis, Helen Ortiz and Sherri Trigueiro
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What We Have Been Learning
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Science
We are getting ready to release our trout next week! The fry are growing and the tanks are looking healthy. We have been diligently observing and recording our observations each day.
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Friendship Workshop
We are continuing to practice using breathing tools to help us with self-control. Taking two slow deep breaths is a great way to slow down and gain control of our energy.
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Math
We are continuing to explore with cuisenaire rods. We have been using the cuisenaire rods to make different combinations of equal lengths. This can help us learn how numbers can be broken apart and put together, and is a great way to begin addition!
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Handwriting
We have almost finished learning all our letters in uppercase and lowercase. Encourage your child to use lowercase letters except when writing the first letter in their name or sentence.
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Talking with your child is the best way to support classroom learning. The following questions can help you get started.
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What challenges might our fry face when we release them next week?
- What are cuisenaire rods? What do the colors mean? How can you make 6?
- Review: What sound does each letter make?
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If you've got these items around the house, please bring them in!
- Worn out button-down shirts (adult-sized) to use as smocks for painting
- Yarn
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On cleanup:
"Look we're doing team work!"
"Did you know, I'm an expert cleaner?!"
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Online Auction is Open!
Now through Sunday, April 2nd. Over a hundred items are available, including Sea Crest Exclusives, fun teacher excursions and our amazing class projects!
Click here to bid now!
Sea Crest School Auction, Saturday, April 1st. Get your tickets
here.
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Annual Ginger Girvin Scholarship Run is coming up!
- Enter your original artwork by Monday, April 3rd and your drawing could be on the front of the run t-shirts that will be given out to all students, teachers, and staff. Click here to learn more.
- Kick-Off Assembly, Friday, April 7th, 8:30 a.m., featuring ultra-marathon runner and former MLB player Eric Byrnes.
- Scholarship Run, Friday, May 5th. Save the date!
Spring Break - No School,
Monday, April 10th - Friday, April 14th.
Professional Day - No School, Monday, April 17th.
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Our school day begins at 8:15 am. Please do everything you can to ensure your child arrives to school at or before this time. Arriving on time allows your child to ease into the day gracefully, and helps us all make the most of our day. Here are some tips to help. Here are some more tips!
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Additional Photos & Videos
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If questions ever arise, please do not hesitate to reach out! We are available by email at [email protected], [email protected] and/or [email protected]. Email is our preferred method of communication. We will check our inboxes after school daily.
If there is an emergency, please call Cathy at the front desk - 650.712.9892.
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