Hello Lovely Kinder Families! What an amazing first phase of our project, "The Kinder Kause." The Kinders had an amazing Exhibition. I was so proud to watch them perform their song, read from our book, share our project process, and unveil our Kinder City of Heroes. It was truly a magical night! If you have any pictures of our first Exhibition or the Exhibition Celebration, please post them on our Shutterfly sharing site. I also send oceans of gratitude to all of you for my thoughtful gifts. They are so greatly appreciated! We have had an awesome couple weeks back. Our Kinders have hit the ground running and are ready to begin the next phase of our project. They are reading and writing with more confidence and fluency. Please be on the lookout for Home Book Bags. The bags will contain sight words, word family words of the week, and the books they are reading in Guided Reading. Please have your child practice reading their sight words and their books. All of this extra practice helps build their reading confidence, fluency, and comprehension. Home Book Bags must be returned to class the following Monday. For the next phase of our project, we have investigated various "causes" such as animal care, recycling, and ocean conservation. After some discussion and research, our Kinders voted and finalized our "Kinder Kause" for this trimester: Animal Care. In this phase of our project, we will study about the needs and issues regarding domestic and wild animals and how we can help. We will begin our study through an exploration of pet care and have field work with the Humane Society planned. Our Kinders are excited to advocate for the rights of animals beginning with the animals they share their homes with. Our Engineering Week was a complete success! After reading The Three Billy Goats Gruff, our Kinders were left with a message from the troll: "Using teamwork, build a bridge strong enough to hold two trolls, and I will leave the trolls alone forever." Throughout the week, we studied three different types of bridges: beam, truss, and suspension. We learned about the function of bridges, attributes of strong bridges, and famous bridges. Given a limited amount of materials, our Kinder Engineering teams, planned, designed, and tested their bridges. Afterwards, they documented their designs and reflected upon the process in their Engineering Journals. On the final day of Engineering Week, Mr. Troll (who happens to bear a very close resemblance to After-School HUB Coordinator, Mr. Gary. They happen to be cousins after all. Who knew trolls and humans could be related?) came by to test our bridges. To our delight, EVERY bridge held our testing robot! Check out the video of one of our first bridge tests: During this week, our Kinders were invited to think and act like Engineers. Children are natural Engineers, Scientists, and Artists and it was wonderful to see them work collaboratively and take risks. These Engineering practices teach basic Engineering concepts and so much more! Such opportunities facilitate collaboration, innovation, perseverance, and reflection. The Kinders are growing and learning so much! Thank you again for all of your continued support!
To another week of investigation, innovation, and fun! With Love, Mrs. Rosemarie
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