Great News! We were able to reschedule our field trip to the Boulder Recycling Center! On Tuesday, March 3rd we will be going with our Service Learning Group to the Boulder Recycling Center. Ms. Valenza and our service learning buddies will be joining us, so we will not be needing chaperones this time around. Please click the link below and fill out the digital permission slip for your kindergarten student. If you have any questions please feel free to email your student's advocacy teacher! 

 

Hello Families, 

This week students will explore motion through their understandings of the effects of push, pull, gravity, and force on objects. Students will plan and create ramps and tracks to investigate how friction and gravity impact the speed at which an object moves. Students will use sand paper and race cars to get a hands on experience with friction.  We will investigate our playgrounds and see what pushes and pulls are there.  Students will also experiment with various types of movement including rolling and sliding.

****PLEASE SEND ANY PAPER TOWEL AND TOILET PAPER ROLLS TO SCHOOL WITH YOUR STUDENT**** We will need as many as possible to design and create our tracks and ramps. Thanks so much! 

Vocabulary: 

Motion - Gravity - Force - Push - Pull - Distance - Speed

Hello Parents, 

This week we will wrap up our severe weather unit by digging deeper into 4 types of severe weather. We will research the causes and locations of tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, and blizzards. We will also discuss what to do in the event of severe weather and practice a tornado drill in our classrooms. 

Vocabulary

rotate, revolve, blizzard, hurricane, flood, tornado, shelter

Hello Parents! 

Over the next two weeks students will begin their investigation into the water cycle. We will observe how the heat from the sun influences the physical state of water on land and in our atmosphere and make connections to what we already know about weather and the 4 seasons. We will expand our knowledge through an investigation into severe weather as well. Students will learn about various types of severe weather and how to respond in cases of common severe weather in our area. 

evaporation - condensation - precipitation - flood - tornado - hurricane - blizzard

Supporting your student at home: 

You can support your student at home by asking them to illustrate or act out the water cycle. You can also talk with your student about your severe weather preparedness plan for your home. Where is the safest place in the event of a tornado? How do you prepare for a blizzard? 

Hello Parents, 

This week we will wrap up our investigation into penguins. We will continue comparing and contrasting what we know about other birds we have studied in the past and penguins. We will also use our map skills and study where various species of penguins live and what the climate is like. 

Vocabulary:

chick - clutch - huddle - down - regurgitate - climate - flippers

You can support your student at home by acting out various bird behaviors such as huddling up to keep warm, cupping your hand to make flippers, and waddling like a penguin. This will surely bring on a lot of laughter and open your student up to discuss all of the fun things we are learning about birds. 

Hello Parents, 

This week we will begin our investigation into penguins. We will compare and contrast what we know about other birds we have studied in the past and penguins. We will also use our map skills and study where various species of penguins live and what the climate is like. 

Vocabulary:

chick - clutch - huddle - down - regurgitate - climate - flippers

You can support your student at home by acting out various bird behaviors such as huddling up to keep warm, cupping your hand to make flippers, and waddling like a penguin. This will surely bring on a lot of laughter and open your student up to discuss all of the fun things we are learning about birds.

Hello Parents! 

This week I am excited to welcome Ms. Valenza, Mr. Gerry, and Mr. Rowan as guest teachers in our classroom! We will be learning all about the resources we use in our school bathrooms, behaviors that help support conservation of our resources, and the environmental and financial impact of wasting our resources.

Vocabulary: 

Conserve - Waste - Resources - Community

You can support your student at home by talking with them about appropriate bathroom behavior, how our behaviors impact others in the community, and what their next step is in helping conserve  our school resources such as water, toilet paper, soap, paper towels, time, and money. 

Hello Parents, 

This week we will wrap up our Holidays Around the World with a trip to China to learn more about Chinese New Year and then back home to the United States to examine Christmas traditions. Students will hang their crafts in the hall and you will be able to take them home with you following your student's conference. We have learned so much over the last week and the students have really enjoyed learning about other cultures!  

Hello Parents! 

The Kindergarten pod will be hosting our winter holiday party on Wednesday , December 18th at 1:30pm. We will need your help and support to make this party a huge success. We are planning a hot cocoa bar, cookie decorating, tasty snacks, and a fun holiday game. You can sign up to donate items, your time, or both, Just click HERE.

Thanks so much for your support!!!

The Kindergarten Team 

Hello Parents, 

This week we will continue our imaginary trip around the world as we investigate how other cultures celebrate their winter holiday. We will continue to examine traditions and create fun crafts that symbolizes each country we visit. Students will have their very own boarding pass and passport to document our travels. This is truly one of our favorite units!

 

You can support your student at home by comparing your family traditions with the traditions your student learned for that day. 

 

Friday we traveled to the Netherlands.

 

Monday: Australia

Tuesday: Israel

Wednesday: Mexico

Thursday: America - Kwanzaa

Friday: India

Next Monday: America - Christmas

Next Tuesday: China - Chinese New Year 

Hello Parents! 

This week we will learn all about Turkeys, their habitat, and make connections to what we already know about bats and birds. We will compare fiction and non-fiction texts about turkeys and document any misconceptions we have about turkeys. 

omnivore - herbivore - carnivore - crown - snood - tail feathers - male - female

Hello Parents!

 

This week we are continuing our investigation of plant and animal needs. Specifically we are making connections between the changing Fall weather and how the behavior of animals and people change. We will make a literacy and science connection using the book "In November" and students will create a fun fall craft to demonstrate their learning this week. 

We are also really excited for our first Field Trip to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Students will be learning all about the needs and habitats of bears!

 

Vocabulary: 

Dormant, Hibernation, Autumn, Needs, Shelter 

 

Supporting your students at home: 

Observe and discus with your students how people and animals change in the fall. How does our home and environment change? What holidays and traditions do we celebrate in the fall? 

Dear Parents, 

Because of the cold weather, low attendance numbers, and snow day last week we will continue our learning plan from last week into this week. We will continue learning all about animal needs habitats. We will begin investigating bats through a literacy and science connection using the book Stellaluna as a mentor text! Some questions we will answer during our study will be: Do all animals live in the same place?  Why or why not?  What do animals need to live and grow?  How do you know?