Frau Holt Kindergarten K-C/K-D: How the World Works Unit 4 Week 2

February 4- February 8, 2019

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

"How the world works"

"Weather shapes the way communities live"

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INTENT TO RETURN FORMS
Will be sent home in planners this week. Please return them by Friday, February 8th. These forms are extremely important to ensure your child has a spot next school year 2019-2020.
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PLEASE REVIEW OUR ASSESSMENT STANDARD AND RETENTION POLICY here on the kinder website
with report cards coming home on Friday, we ask you to please familiarize yourself with grading so the report card is easier for you to understand and you have an idea where your child is and if they are below, where the need to be or excelling.

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LIVE MUSIC MONTH APPLICATIONS ARE STILL BEING ACCEPTED

It’s that time of year again to focus on the gift of music. Student, parent, and community members are welcome to perform for our lunchtime assemblies on February 8th, and 14th. Applications are available here:

Live Music Month Application, as well as in the front office. There are plenty of openings still available for each date. Please encourage your child to turn in an application to the front office.

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STAYING HEALTHY
2 out of the 6 kindergarten classes have reported cases of Lice. Next week our nurse will check the KC kiddoes yet you can also follow these directions to check your child out at home and the letter below

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

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Normal Isn’t Real - February 5th, 6-8 PM, Elementary Campus

We are delighted to host a screening of the film,

NORMAL ISN'T REAL:

Succeeding with Learning Disabilities & ADHD.

The film features the stories of four young adults with LD/ADHD issues sharing their journeys to success in work and school, and the strategies they use to manage their challenges. The screening will be followed by a discussion led by AEA Education Specialists Mike Jensen and Shawn Powell. Check out the trailer at www.normalisntreal.com. Use the following link to RSVP:

Normal Isn't Real Parent University

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Einsteam Fair at Middle School, February 7th, 5-7 PM, K-8 Families Welcome! Visit this link for details:

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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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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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K-2 Parent Volunteer needed 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 ONE family, 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 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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We will celebrate January goal setting achievements on Wednesday Feb 6th....
so please turn in January challenge sheets!

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Monday
Writing centers 9.30-10.30 and
Math centers 11.45-1pm
We need help with both of these centers!

Tuesday

PE & Music with Frau Claudia

Wednesday
Gardening with Ms Shana
January Challenge Lunch Bunch!

Thursday

Music with Frau Claudia
Math Centers 11.45-1.00 (come help!)

Friday

Library (bring books to return!) &
Reading Centers 12.00-1.00 (we need help!)
4th grade buddies come to visit

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Coming Up:

Thursday Feb 7th- Live Music month performance at lunch recess times 11:45- 12:50

Thursday Feb 14-Valentines day centers in German 12.30-1.30

Thursday Feb 14th-100th day of school

& Live Music month performance at lunch recess times 11:35- 12:50

Friday Feb 15- Mon 18th- NO SCHOOL

Presidents day weekend

Wednesday Feb 20st- Rock'n-Run-a-thon

....Are you ready to rock...and run?

The Rock‘n Run-a-thon is a fun, music-energized day to celebrate fitness and our school! Students will rock out while they run or walk the playground/Running Club course with their friends. This is a fun one-day event that encourages all elementary students to take an active role in FUNdraising! Students can also earn cool prizes by raising money for AEA’s Enrichment Programs, like PE, art, music, science and gardening.

Register now online or look for a purple flyer coming home in planners Feb. 1. Earn a special Run-a-thon token just by registering online and adding 10 contacts!

Complete Rock'n Run-a-thon details

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Unit 4 Week 2 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

Weeks 3/4 look at how weather is measured and

Weeks 5/6 how humans adapt to weather in different parts of the world.

Weather Video to watch

Frau Claudia's "Wie ist das Wetter" song

Frau Claudia's "das Wetter" song

German word of the week:

Weeks 1/2 das Wetter (dahs vet-tah) the weather

Weeks 3/4 messen (mess-en) to measure

Weeks 5/6 die Wetterkarte (dee veh- tair-kart-eh)

the weather map

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