We must first begin by thanking everyone for supporting our OneWorld! Fundraiser. What a truly amazing evening! The baskets, auction items, volunteers, donations, networking, etc that went into the evening was remarkable. Thank you!
We started this week off and running with the Key Concept Perspective. Our focus is to appreciate another person's point of view and coming to the realization that different views does not make us wrong, it simply adds to our uniqueness.  |
| We generated many ideas on the use of a pumpkin and then explored ways others around us may have used them. *Thanks to our pumpkin study, next week we will begin a science investigation using a pie pumpkin. |
The literature we have chosen for the week has allowed us to make many connections to other stories, the world and ourselves. In this book, we learned what it would be like to be a Kindergarten student in China and compared it to our experiences here in America.
We love to READ!!
Sounding out words is so much fun. We stretch each word to hear the individual sounds. Here a student is jumping the sounds he hears in a word. Stretching words helps us become more independent writers too! *Please encourage this skill at home. Hearing and writing the sounds is more important to us than perfect spelling at this point. 
Knowing the alphabet, sounding out words, sight word practice, reading to self, reading to someone, listening to reading, word work and picture walks through books are some of the ways we are practicing our reading skills each and every day.
Numbers, Numbers, Numbers
Using a 10 frame helps students understand the many ways we can create a given number. Having the children explain how they know it is the given number takes their critical thinking skills to a much higher level.
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| "I knew there was 5 because there are 3 on the left and 2 on the right and 3 and 2 make 5." "I know there are 5 because there is 1 on the top side, 2 on the bottom and 2 on the other side. 1 and 2 and 2 makes 5" |
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| "This is another way to make 5. I put 5 across the top and none on the bottom. 5 and no more makes 5."
What amazing Thinkers and Communicatiors! *Learner Profile attributes in action.
Our number lessons continue in Mandarin as well, as we now have learned all our numbers 1-10! Did your child bring home their Go Fish game to play with you?
Tracy Silverman and his Electric Violin
We were throughly entertained with the lessons and music that Mr. Silverman shared with us on Tuesday. An electric violin gave us a new perspective on what violin music sounded like and felt like. A huge thank you to Doug Wood for bringing him to Campus International for us all to enjoy.
Our music study takes many forms. Here a group of students is playing along with Mrs. Pohl on some very unique, OUTSIDE instruments. We sure love the music we make on them and would love to have them added to our playground!
Things to Remember:
*Vision First will be coming next week, if you haven't signed your permission slip please send it in as soon as possible. The children love the experience and the service is superb!
*Next week's Learner Profile attribute study for the school is Open-Minded.
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