This week Kindergarten went to the Bedford Gallery in Walnut Creek where we saw some truly amazing art that people created just by cutting! They definitely used their skills of perseverance to create such detailed works of art.
We then created our own art in their workshop and found out how truly talented our Kindergarten class is!
The Kindergartners and their 3rd grade buddies created a good luck dragon as part of their Chinese New Year Celebrations.
Yesterday the preschoolers – fifth graders participated in Moving Up Day!
The students and teachers alike were buzzing with excitement. Questions, stories, projects, and enthusiasm filled each classroom. Please ask the children all about it!
This week in Kindergarten we were very fortunate to be visited by Justin Kurup and his dog Mikko. We learnt about how the SPCA helps domestic animals and we also discovered we knew a lot about looking after dogs and cats!
The visit was lots of fun and included many wet kisses from Mikko.
Last week, Kindergarten spent time with their buddies reading their incredible stories that they have worked so hard on. Later, they developed their amazing collaboration skills making gingerbread men and snowflakes.
This week in Kindergarten we decorated gingerbread men.
Also, we have been playing the dreidel game. It is a great way to learn about how the holidays are celebrated by some, develop our math, work on our listening skills, and of course have fun!
We have been sharing our stories with our talk partners and planning together. It’s so fun to learn through talking.
Kindergarten had lots of fun last Monday when they went to the Moraga Fire Station. They learnt all about what the firefighters do, how they train, and how they all live together.
The Saklan Student Council is sponsoring a Holiday Toy Drive to benefit children who live in the Iron Triangle in Richmond, California. These children range in ages of 5-15. We are asking that Saklan families donate unwrapped new toys between the dates of December 5-14, 2016. Please bring these unwrapped toys to your child’s classroom. After school on December 14, the Saklan Student Council will collect all toys from each classroom and wrap them. Gina Baker, a Saklan parent and Board Trustee, will deliver the toys to the Iron Triangle Neighborhood Council. Since we do not want to collect too many toys for one age group, we are asking the following:
Owlets and Hoot Owls: Donate new unwrapped toys for children ages 4-5
Kindergarten-Fifth grade: Donate new unwrapped toys for children ages 6-11
Sixth-Eighth Grade: Donate new unwrapped toys for teens ages 12-15
Thank you in advance for being generous and helping to provide a wonderful holiday experience for a few children!
Kindergartners read a book called Duck For President. After they discussed the story, they explored the idea of voting for candidates and what an election means.
Later, they compounded their learning by voting for Oreos or Chocolate Chip cookies. Oreos won by a landslide.:-) They took this further in their math by creating tallies and charts with their voting data.
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