September 24-28, 2018
Welcome back to KD's GERMAN week!
This is our 5th week of Unit one "all about me"
This is our 5th week of Unit one "all about me"
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It was great to see many of you at our back to school night on Thursday! If you were not able to make it then please take a look at our power point presentation and feel free to email us with any questions that you have.
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Meet our Intern Frau Dina!
My name is Dina Hanna
Ghawaly.
I live and study in
Würzburg (Bavaria).
I study “teaching for
children with special needs (mental disability) for the secondary school”.
My main subjects are
German, Art and Economic Education.
My hobbies are reading
books, writing, cooking, traveling, taking photos, playing piano, doing sports,
spending time with children, friends and my family.
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LOVE SAN DIEGO.....is collecting socks for the homeless...
AEA Kindergarten is joining the sock drive.
Last day to bring adult socks in is Oct. 5th
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UNIT 1 ASSESSMENT
Week 6, Thursday Oct 4th
1.30-2.30pm
CAN YOU VOLUNTEER? WE NEED YOUR HELP!
CAN YOU VOLUNTEER? WE NEED YOUR HELP!
Please sign your name on bottom of page 5 to
help with our assessment. This will take place on the kindergarten playground. Students
will have 8 stations to rotate through all involving things they have been
practicing or still need to learn how to do.
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CLASSROOM JOBS
Monday we will begin classroom jobs! We will practice all of our classroom jobs, and each week students will be responsible for one job in our classroom. We connect jobs to independence and responsibility. You can do this at home by giving your child tasks/jobs to do at home. Make sure to talk about responsibility and independence at home!
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Monday we will begin classroom jobs! We will practice all of our classroom jobs, and each week students will be responsible for one job in our classroom. We connect jobs to independence and responsibility. You can do this at home by giving your child tasks/jobs to do at home. Make sure to talk about responsibility and independence at home!
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SAFE
Passage
Safe
Passage is a nonprofit based in Guatemala and dedicated to providing
education to some of the city’s poorest residents. This will be the ninth
year in which our school community has raised the funds needed to provide an
education for two Guatemalan students. Meet Joel and Cyndi.
Every classroom on our campus has a collection jar for Safe Passage donations and we are excited about working together to support Safe Passage again this year. Please consider donating. If you’d like to learn more about Safe Passage, please visit:
Safe Passage
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parents ask: "HOW WAS SCHOOL?"
kiddos response: "GOOD"
Heard this before? Would you
like to get more information out of your child?
CLICK BELOW TO FIND NEW
CONVERSATIONS STARTERS!
Article #1 ways to ask you child how school was
Article #1 ways to ask you child how school was
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Our first Life skills challenge:
Independence
Calendars will be collected
October 2nd and our celebration for those that participated will be on
October 3rd.
*Please resist turning the
calendars in for fear of your child not taking part in the celebration. We
really want the kids to benefit from the practice of learning new
skills.....and not just for the xtra recess....there will be a new challenge
each month! __________________________________________
Please check planners daily and initial next to the colorful sticker. Homework will always come home on Monday and it should be kept at home if possible. ALL homework is due on Friday, please turn it in on Monday if you forgot or Friday came just a little too fast.
Feel free to email us anytime or if you would like to set up an appointment to come to the classroom before school to discuss any concerns or just chat, please let us know.
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Each week a new student
will be
chosen to create an "All About Me" poster. They will then
present this poster to the class, so we can all learn more about each other!
This also gives students the chance to practice speaking in front of the class.
The star student is also our line leader for the week, including standing in
front for the morning pickup. We have selected our first student for the
upcoming week and their poster will be created over the weekend and then
returned on Monday to present and hang up for the week.
Every student will get a turn, we
will select students based on star student qualities.
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Lunch Forms...
ALL families are asked to
complete the School Lunch Form regardless of whether or not you think you will
qualify for Free or Reduced lunches. Click here to download a form we would appreciate getting them back as soon as possible. Please
either send that back ASAP or complete the application on the Meal Time website.
Only one application per family is necessary.
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The amazon.com affiliate
program
has become one of our
most successful fundraisers over the last few years in part because it doesn't
cost anything beyond what you were going to purchase anyway.
How does the program work? Simple! The only thing special you need to know is our link foaea.org/amazon.
How does the program work? Simple! The only thing special you need to know is our link foaea.org/amazon.
SO PLEASE USE THIS LINK
WHEN SHOPPING ON AMAZON!
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A note from our Education
specialist:
AEA's philosophy is to
include children of all abilities in our classrooms. We believe that all
children have something to learn from each other and that inclusive classrooms
foster tolerance, acceptance, and personal growth for all students. Your
student may have classmates in his/her class or on the playground who look or
behave in unexpected ways, who receive additional support from adults, or who
use special equipment or technology. You can support our mission of
inclusion by modeling acceptance and understanding of others who may initially
appear to be different from us, and by having open and honest conversations
about the ways in which we are all different, but still very much the same.
While we are never able to discuss specific students with anyone other
than their own family, we will be having general conversations at school about
how to be friends with others who look or act in unexpected ways in order to
reduce uncertainty and anxiety about the unknown that most of us feel in novel
situations. Thank you for your support!
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Wednesday is a minimum
day with NOON dismissal
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AEA uniform policy guide: click here
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Volunteering starts this week!
Please check out our volunteer document to see if you are signed up for this week.
Please check out our volunteer document to see if you are signed up for this week.
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i.RUN Starts Before school,
7:48-8:10am, students may run laps around the lower playground, collecting
Popsicle sticks to keep track of how many laps they have run. These
sticks will be recorded each day in the classroom; every 100 sticks earns a
running foot! The running feet are collected and put onto a necklace that the
kids wear and display their earnings!!!
We love it when the kids get excited
about running...it helps them focus more when we start our day and is soooo
good for their hearts!
**check out more info on PE
website**
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Tuesday
Weekly Events:
Monday
-Welcome back to German Week!
-Welcome back to German Week!
Tuesday
-Frau Claudia for Music class
- PE, please wear comfy shoes!
Wednesday
- MINIMUM
DAY SCHEDULE Dismissal @ 12 noon
ART with Mrs. Heinzelmann....
WE NEED VOLUNTEERS PLEASE!!!!
....it will make the difference that we want!
ART with Mrs. Heinzelmann....
WE NEED VOLUNTEERS PLEASE!!!!
....it will make the difference that we want!
Thursday
-Frau Claudia for Music class
Friday
- Library with Mrs. Gullans, Frau Ute and Mr. G
Students are allowed to check out
3 books at a time. They can return the books to class as soon as they are
finished (they do not need to wait for the next library class). Students
make check out books, 3 at a time, until they have a total of 10 books checked
out. Once they have 10, students will not be allowed to take home more
books until they return some.
-4th grade buddies to visit KC
-4th grade buddies to visit KC
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9/27 6-7.30 Supporting your beginning reader
October 5th- Kindergarten final assessment ALL ABOUT ME
October 6th- our last day to collect adult socks for Love San diego!
October 5th- Kindergarten final assessment ALL ABOUT ME
October 6th- our last day to collect adult socks for Love San diego!
10/15 NO SCHOOL- teacher in service
November 4th Daylight savings
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AFTER SCHOOL PICK UP
Please let us know (write a note
in your child's planner)
if you stay in your car when picking up your child
after school and if you need us to we will send home a sign for your car to make for an easier
pick up after school!
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Homework
menus will be coming home on
Mondays. If you prefer it in Spanish and we send you English home, please
write us a note in the planner :-)
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IB:
This unit we are learning all
about who we are;
Weeks 1/2 what we look like, what our favorite things are what we don't like,
Weeks 3/4 what we can do and still need to learn
Weeks 5/6 and explore some of our responsibilities as kids and students.
Weeks 1/2 what we look like, what our favorite things are what we don't like,
Weeks 3/4 what we can do and still need to learn
Weeks 5/6 and explore some of our responsibilities as kids and students.
We will also learn about our 5 senses this week....
IB Unit: All about me
WE NEED YOU!!!
there are only 2 more weeks left for you to come in and talk about your hobby with our KC and KD classes.
This is simple and the kids really LOVE to see parents come in and talk about things they like to do....
email us if you are a risk taker!
WE NEED YOU!!!
there are only 2 more weeks left for you to come in and talk about your hobby with our KC and KD classes.
This is simple and the kids really LOVE to see parents come in and talk about things they like to do....
email us if you are a risk taker!
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GERMAN
Word of the week: verantwortung(responsibility)
fair-ahnt-vort-ung
Question of the week:
Ask your child: What are your responsibilities at school?
We will continue learning basic classroom vocabulary, colors, classroom items, and other basic vocabulary.
fair-ahnt-vort-ung
Question of the week:
Ask your child: What are your responsibilities at school?
We will continue learning basic classroom vocabulary, colors, classroom items, and other basic vocabulary.
You can access resources here:
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We will continue to focus on how to write
our name, (with help on letter formation) and tracing to get used to holding a
pencil correctly and get our hands ready to write letters.
Writing:
HOW TO HOLD A PENCIL
*Thumb is bent
*Pointer points to the tip
*Tall man uses his side
*tuck your last 2 fingers in and take them for a ride!
SEE VIDEO HERE
Writing:
HOW TO HOLD A PENCIL
*Thumb is bent
*Pointer points to the tip
*Tall man uses his side
*tuck your last 2 fingers in and take them for a ride!
SEE VIDEO HERE
We are going to be concentrating
on writing our names! We will practice holding pencils correctly and
forming our letters correctly. Top to bottom and right to left.
This might seem easy but most kids need a lot of practice and need to break old
habits that formed in preschool.....and some kids don't!! With help at home, we
can correct and improve grips if need be.
Cannot wait to see where our kids
are in the mix!
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Math
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Important Links to explore:
In chapter 2 we will continue to learn about numbers 0-10. Last week we had our chapter 1 test which included numbers 0-5.
Many students are great at counting but have a harder time putting a quantity to the number. We will work on this as most kids will be able to identify the smaller ones but might get more confused as they get bigger.
Please don't worry if your child is already doing much more advanced math...things will pick up quickly.... At the beginning it is important that we make sure all students have a solid foundation in both writing their numbers and identifying what they are. We will also help your child find the things they can work on if they are already proficient in some of the areas we will be focusing on.
We will be counting and identifying quantities as well as learning how to write each number. The rhymes we use to learn how to form each number are available on our Kindergarten website as well as many other great resources.
Click > https://sites.google.com/a/aeacs.org/kindergarten/helpful-links/math-links
Many students are great at counting but have a harder time putting a quantity to the number. We will work on this as most kids will be able to identify the smaller ones but might get more confused as they get bigger.
Please don't worry if your child is already doing much more advanced math...things will pick up quickly.... At the beginning it is important that we make sure all students have a solid foundation in both writing their numbers and identifying what they are. We will also help your child find the things they can work on if they are already proficient in some of the areas we will be focusing on.
We will be counting and identifying quantities as well as learning how to write each number. The rhymes we use to learn how to form each number are available on our Kindergarten website as well as many other great resources.
Click > https://sites.google.com/a/aeacs.org/kindergarten/helpful-links/math-links
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Important Links to explore:
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Learner Profile: Caring
We show empathy, compassion and
respect. We have a commitment to service, and we act to make a positive
difference in the lives of others and the world around us!
We are going to be focusing on
recognizing when WE are caring or could be more caring.
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Don't
forget to familiarize yourself with the
and our
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...going forward...
please keep in mind...
the beginning of the school year
is very hard for some kids and this is very natural. They might be exhausted or
cranky at night even though they "like" going to school. The kids are
already working very hard while they work on follow directions, completing
tasks, meeting new friends and following classroom rules. Depending on your
child's experience at preschool things might be very different now.
Kindergarten is very intense
(remember we're talking about 5 year olds) and with all these changes, even if
your child might be used to the classroom setting, even just the new student
dynamics that are present in each class can prove to be exhausting!
Just remember...this is a big
transition period and if they in a learning phase! We're always tired after we
have learned something new and they are learning LOTS right now. They might be
tired until Thanksgiving break, or longer or maybe shorter...but please
remember this is normal.
The best way to support your child
in this exciting part of their kindergarten year...is to remind them of how
much they are learning right now and how all their hard work will pay off. How
proud you are of them for making good choices and being a good student and
friend. This year we will be talking about things such as commitment/follow
through, patience and self control. These attributes will serve them well but
could tucker our little students out because they are going to be practicing a
lot this year!
It is also VERY important that
they are getting enough sleep at night- so they can glide through the
day. Bringing healthy snacks to school (such as fruits, veggies, cheese and
yogurt) is equally important so they feed their body with energy. Please avoid
snacks such as sweets and chips- at the beginning of the year the kids will eat
everything in their lunchbox at our morning snack break if we don't catch them
soon enough....so please help us by not packing them at all :-)
We will address making good
food choices this month and your help would be greatly appreciated!
We are so excited to be with our
classes and we want only the BEST!
Thanks for all your parental
support!
After all, we are now sharing
custody!
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We
would LOVE to have fresh fruit
in our classroom for daily snacks. If you are at the store and would
like to donate to our class we love small apples (whole ones),
cuties, cheese sticks,
mini carrots, celery or any other
ideas you might have!
Thank you!!!
Wishing you a wonderful week!!
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