Times Long Ago Unit 3 Week 4

January 7-11, 2019

Welcome back to German week! 

This is week 4 of Unit 3: 

Where We Are in Place and Time

Our Central idea:

Living, learning and playing has changed over time for children. 

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KC & KD Needs Science volunteers:
Jan 10th, Mar 7th, Apr  25, May 23rd @
8:30am when KC/KD is in German
9:30am when KC/KD is in English

GERMAN weeks also need volunteers on 
 Mondays 9.30-10.30 (KD) 
and KC/KD 12-1pm for math centers

Thursdays 12-1pm KC/KD for math centers

Fridays 9.30-10.30 KD for language arts centers

Click here to see our History in a trunk assembly!​

Click here to see Nikolaus 
and our kids performing for him!

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Bedtime routines
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Frau Holt's Updated classroom wish list

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Times Long Ago

During this IB unit we would love to have grandparents come in and talk about what life was like when they were in Kindergarten! 

sign up here

scroll down to find the Times long ago unit and pick a day!  

We cannot wait to meet your family and hear their stories!!

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This month's "sharing and giving" challenge and winter reading log will be on Wednesday 1/9!  Please be sure to turn in your calendars if your child participated! 
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JANUARY CHALLENGE
 Check the planner for the Setting goals! 
I can set a goal to; help me start something new, keep something up or improve what I can already do.

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Weekly Events:

Monday

   Math centers 12-1

 Tuesday

PE & Music with Frau Claudia 

Wednesday
Gardening with Ms Shana

Thursday

Music with Frau Claudia & 
Science with Ms Garret

 

 Friday

Library (bring books to return!) &
4th grade buddies come to visit

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Coming Up:

*Tuesday 1/15- AEA Board of Trustees meeting @ MS, 4:30-6:00pm
*Thursday 1/17- Parent University: Drug Prevention @ Location TBD 6:00-7:30pm

*Monday 1/21- Martin Luther King Jr Day- NO SCHOOL
*Tuesday 1/29- Parent University: School Saftey @ Location TBD , 6:00-7:30am

*Friday 2/1- Family Dance @ ES, 6:00-8:00pm

  Click here for more dates to remember 

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Reminders:

*Please make sure your child's clothing and belongings are labeled with their first and last name (especially sweaters and jackets)!

*Click here to explore our Kindergarten website for resources!

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 IB: 

  Where We Are in Place and Time 

In Unit 3 we will look at how life for students today is different from how it was in the past.  We will explore the ways it has changed and how it has stayed the same.

Weeks 1/2 We will talk about how homes have changed over time.  Students in groups will create 4 different homes from different times.  They will also make a timeline showing how the homes changed.
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Weeks 3/4 We will explore how clothing for students has changed from the past and compare it to clothing from today. 

Click here to see our History in a trunk assembly!​

Weeks 5/6  Students will do rotations with other classes to explore different activities from the past, i.e. games, making butter, paper dolls, etc...) and discuss their connection to today.

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This unit, we are practicing how to think about things that have already happened. Events and our own behavior that we are either proud of or that we want to change the next time.

Our focus attitude is:

Appreciation

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Math:

This week we will continue with chapter 5

and focus on addition

 
....and continue into Chapter 6 subtraction

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German:

Word of the week:
Week 1/2 - Heute (hoy-tuh) - today (modern times)

Week 3/4 damals (dah-malhlz) - long ago

Week 5/6 spielen (shpee-len) - playing, games

Question of the week
Week 1/2:  Ask your child: What were homes like long ago?  What is different from homes today?  What is the same?

Weeks 3/4:  Ask your child: What were clothes like long ago?  What did kids wear?  Is anything different or the same as what kids wear today?

click here 
to see our Times long ago assembly photos!

Weeks 5/6 Ask your child: What games did kids play long ago?  How are they the same as games we play today?

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MUSIK WITH FRAU CLAUDIA

Songs of the week: 

(you can listen to them at the top of my blog page)

 *Ich bin da

 *Bruederlein komm tanz mit mir 
*Ringel, Ringel, Reihe 
*Es tanzt ein Bi-Ba-Butzeman

*Aufwiedersehen

*Jede Woche hat 7 Tage

 

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Handwriting 

We will continue with our 
lower case letters v, w and t.

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*We need snacks please :-) 

Fresh fruit, cheese sticks, carrots or granola bars are great ideas of what to send in to share with the class

  Wishing everyone a wonderful
first week back in 2019!