Saturday, January 15, 2022

Week of 1/18

I hope you all are enjoying your four-day weekend! This week, since we missed our regular weekly COVID testing day due to the MLK holiday, it has been rescheduled for Wednesday. Per the Superintendent's message, students are ALL strongly encouraged to participate in weekly testing during the Omicron surge. This is the best way to detect COVID within our class, since students are often asymptomatic. There are several new updates to school protocols. Please read over Dr. Andrews' email, if you haven't already. 

Language Arts 
Our stories for the next few weeks will be snow-themed. We will introduce the sight word goes. Please review the "High Frequency Word" tab on the website to learn which words we've introduced so far this year. We will also begin focusing on digraphs. This week's digraphs are ch/sh.

Math
We are still on the addition component of Module 4: Number Pairs, Addition & Subtraction to 10. Parent tips for this module can be found here. We are going to take a break from Module 4 next week to focus on numbers in the teens. Then, we will return to the subtraction component of the module after we complete the topic on Numbers in the Teens.

Kimochis 
Last week, your child learned about kindness and the Kimochis® kotowaza—or Japanese proverb—that accompanies this feeling. “Take the time to be kind” is this week’s kotowaza to encourage kindness. This kotowaza inspires people to say and do kind things. Research has shown that there is a close association between kindness and happiness. Kind people experience more happiness and have happier memories. Kindness also helps children make and keep friends. Kindness builds patience and tolerance because we can learn to think kind thoughts when others make mistakes or hurt feelings.

**Children should return library books by Tuesday, so they can check out a new book on Wednesday.
**We have P.E. every Monday. Please send your children in shoes & clothes appropriate for fitness (PE will resume next week).

Upcoming
  • Kindergarten Registration Info Night 1/26 6:00: If you have friends or neighbors with incoming kindergartners who live in the AV attendance area, please let them know about this informational evening about the upcoming 2022-23 school year. This meeting will be held on Zoom.
  • 100 Day 1/27-- we celebrate the 100th day of school with some special activities.
  • Snow Day 2/4: children will dress up in whatever snow gear they have-- hats, mittens, coats, scarves, etc. and we will have a fake snowball fight with the other K classes, as well as have snowy-themed centers.
Upcoming Events
Monday 1/17: No School: MLK Day
Wednesday 1/26: Kindergarten Registration Night at 6:00 on Zoom
Thursday 1/28: 100 Day
Friday 2/4: Snow Day
2/21-2/25: President's Week Vacation