Welcome to KX!

Zarya Navarro

Please include both teachers in ALL correspondence.

How will we share information and news from the classroom?

• Email and Phone
• Thursday Folder
• Quaker Zone Class Page
• SignupGenius

• How do we use language and art to share our thinking?
  

Verbal language

Writing

Illustrating

Technology

Creating

• Why does reading matter?
  

Stories

Information

Enjoyment

Curiosity

• What does it mean to be a reader and writer in kindergarten?

Differentiated

Fun

• What is number sense and how is it developed?

Making math fun and relevant

Sharing stories

Looking closely

• How do we develop mathematical thinking?

Integrating math throughout the school day

Get up and get moving

Consider novel applications

Thinking together

Making mistakes

Play games

• How are key skills learned?

Instruction and exploration

Repetition

Games

What is Culture?

What is a Home?

Why do these ideas matter?

How can we consider an idea that is different than our own?

• Global Competency
  
  • Roots - Who are we? How are we different? How are we the same?
  • Sharing Stories - How do our understandings develop?
  • Making Connections - What is my identity as a learner?
• Yearlong Focus - What is Peace? How does it develop? What role do I play?
• Curiosity - Where is the Wonder?

Music: Artists, Empathy, Beauty, Truth, Storytelling

Visual Arts: Two Dimensional, Three Dimensional, Artist Focus, The Role of Art in a Variety of Disciplines, Artful Thinking

Science: Garden, Dirt, Rocks, Cooking, Water Cycle, States of Matter, Wondering,

Is what we "know" always right? Can what we know change?

How are the things in our world connected?

Why does wondering, observing, theorizing matter?

• The National Zoo
  
• Rocklands Farm
  
• National Museum of Natural History
  
• National Gallery of Art
  
• more...
  

• Have your child pack their backpack at night.
  
• Give your child the chance to practice following multi-step instructions
• Make sure your child gets to sleep at a reasonable hour. Create a routine.
• Dress for the weather.
• Get to school on time. Students feel rushed and “out of sorts” if they arrive when the rest of the class is gathering. A late arrival is also disruptive to the other students in class.
• Make sure your child has plenty of time for free play.

• Thursday Folder Helper
• Lunch
• Veggie Cutting
• Bethesda Cares Helper
• Field Trips
• Cooking - NO NUTS
• Friday Reader
• Assemblies
• Meeting for Worship
• Carpool - Room Parents

• Notes about Clothing: LABEL EVERYTHING! Unclaimed clothing goes to Martha's Table
• Dress ready for the weather - ALL kinds of weather!
• Bring your Thursday Folder, Weekly Letter Card, Library books, Book Club books (January)
• Changes in Afternoon Transportation
• Items NOT to bring to school: toys, money, candy, unsanctioned food, valuables