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                                                            KC Newsletter
                                                            April 19, 2013

Now that we have a sense of how the Southwest looks and feels, we are ready to begin to look into what makes the Navajo people special and unique. This week we have talked about the traditional home, which is called a Hogan and made using mud and sticks, we have started learning how the grandmothers teach their daughters how to weave and how this tradition is then passed down through the generations, we have begun to learn how important turquoise and silver is for making jewelry and how the Navajo believe that the four mountains surrounding them create Navajoland. Are Navajo research folders are starting to fill up!
To really immerse ourselves into this cultural unit, we have all given ourselves Navajo names! Long ago, the Navajos were named for attributes or abilities which stood out about that individual. As a class, we highlighted each girl and pointed out her many strengths. Each KC girl was able to pick her own Navajo name. Can you guess which special quality your kindergartner choose to name herself?

In math we have done more subtraction stories. This time the girls had to use Southwest animals to create their own subtraction story. Subtraction is easy when you are dealing with poisonous desert creatures...

UPCOMING EVENTS:
* Monday, April 22nd: Earth Day work in the woods with our second grade "sisters."