Frau Holt Kindergarten K-C/K-D: How the World Works Unit 4 Week 5

February 25- March 1, 2019

Welcome back to German week!
This is our 5th week of our fourth Unit

"How the world works"

"Weather shapes the way communities live"

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THE ROCK'n - RUN-A-THON was a great success!

Thank you for your support!

We raised almost $15,000

The kids LOVED it!

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Sprachmeister

With the first third of the year over, the kids have gotten to feel comfortable around German if they are new to the language. It is now our goal to have the kids speaking as much German as possible...

To help motivate the kids to speak more German we are beginning our "Sprachmeister" program.

The goal is to speak as much German as you can and at the end of the day, the class will reflect on whether they have spoken "a lot" of German or "a little" bit of German. After a student has gotten 10 days of "a lot" of German- they will have earned a bracelet that says "Sprachmeister!"

Ask your child if they were a "Sprachmeister" today!

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STAYING HEALTHY
Continue to monitor your child for lice. You can also follow
these directions to check your child out at home.

The common cold is also going around so be sure to wash hands, eat healthy and get rest!

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Parent University:
Supporting Your Beginning Writer K-1

February 28th, 6-7:30, Elementary School, Think Tank

Are you interested in learning ways to support your K-1 writer? If so, sign up to attend our "Supporting Your Beginning Writer" Parent University. Acquire knowledge about the developmental stages of writing, as well as the writing process.
You’ll also learn ways to help your child grow as a writer at home.
This session will be led by Kindergarten teacher, Kelly Roedel. Sign up here:

Supporting Your Beginning Writer K-1 Parent University

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WE STILL NEED A K-2 Parent Volunteer

for Morning Running Club on Thursday mornings

· We need a volunteer to hand out running sticks to K-2nd graders every Thursday morning.

Please fill out this VOLUNTEER FORM if interested.

· Visit i.Run website for all the details

· K-2 Running Club Video

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DRESS CODE REMINDER RAINY,
COLD WEATHER = DRESS CODE VIOLATIONS
This is your WEEKLY reminder to label ( NAME- Class) your child's jackets and sweaters!
Outer jackets MUST be BLUE!! ONLY HEAVY winter jackets can be non-uniform.
This means a blue sweatshirt or sweater is NEEDED for your child to wear on the colder days....

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2019 Parent Feedback Survey

We only have feedback from a few families, Would you please take a moment to share your thought with us right now?
click here We hope you continue to add comments/ feedback whenever you might have a good idea on how we can do our jobs better!

Yes, no news is good news but if you have any feedback that could help us help parents, we would be grateful to hear it.
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Frau Holt's Updated classroom wish list

We need your help!

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

AND WE ALSO STILL NEED a HELPER IN GERMAN WEEKS:

Every Monday/Thursday from 12-1pm for Math Centers
Every Friday from 9.30-10.30 for Language Arts Centers

I promise it is FUN!
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February's challenge is noticing nature!
Be sure to graph our weather this month on the back of the challenge!
Our lunch bunch will be 3/6 so please be sure to turn forms in if your child participated!

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Monday

9.30-10.30 Writing centers
11.45-1pm Math centers (we need a volunteer)

Tuesday

PE & Music with Frau Claudia

Wednesday
Art with Mrs Heinzelmann

Thursday
Music with Frau Claudia
11.45-1pm Math Centers

Friday
Library, remember your books!
Writing centers 9.30-10.30 (Calling all volunteers!)
4th grade buddies

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Coming Up:

March 4th at 10am and 5th at 1.30pm KC and KD will be performing "5 kleine Fische" for our 4th annual Theaterfest!!!
We ask that you stay for the entire show if you can make it.
We continue to practice at school and you can help at home, click here to watch and have your child continue to practice!
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This WEEK - Students will create their final presentation on Aachen Germany in class, highlighting the weather, clothing, homes, and fun facts. Week 6 KD will be presenting this information to their kindergarten peers.

Stay tuned for ways to help and support at home.

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Feeding San Diego K-8 AEA

Community Service Opportunity

Please join us on Saturday, March 9th for a “Food Sorting” volunteer shift from 9AM-11AM,
with Feeding San Diego. We have reserved this time for up to 50 volunteers from AEA, and sign up is first come first serve. This is great opportunity for our community (ages 6 and up) to come together and help those in need. Please visit this link for sign up details: Feeding San Diego Community Service

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Wed Mar 14th- Einstein Spirit Day

Put on your best “Einstein!” We are recognizing Einstein’s birthday this year by having students dress up like him. Prizes will be awarded to students wearing the funniest, most like, and most original costumes. Show that Einstein spirit on March 14th!

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Unit 4 Week 5
of our new Unit of Inquiry:

Evening Red and Morning Gray.

Two Sure Signs of One Fine Day
(How the world works)

Weather patterns shape the way communities live.
We will be introduced in this unit to:

Weeks 1/2 different types of weather

We will construct a weather 'house' with different types of weather. We will identify a German city (Berlin) that we will record the weather for during this unit and compare to San Diego.
Main Vocabulary - der Regen (ray-gen) - rain; die Sonne (zon-eh - sun; der Wind (vint) - wind; der Schnee (shnay) - snow