Wade King Elementary
News for WK Kids - June 5, 2020
A Special Message for Wade King Kids
Good Morning Wade King Friends,
It is Friday! This is the day our whole school is usually together for our school meeting.
There are events in the news that your family may be talking about. If we were together at school this week, we would be talking about racism and we would be looking for the helpers who are taking ACTION to disrupt racism and support people who are Black.
In our school, all children and families are loved and all are welcome.
Love,
Mrs. Johnson & Mr. Holmgren... and all the other adults at Wade King
ANNOUNCEMENT: Teachers Taking ACTION
ANNOUNCEMENT: Look For The Helpers Taking ACTION
MOVEMENT SONG - Pāi shǒu gē 拍手歌 (Hand Clapping Song)
Pāi shǒu gē 拍手歌, translated as Hand Clapping Song, is a traditional Chinese kids rhyme. There are many versions of it, but they are all clapping from one to ten and rhyme, though the English translation doesn’t rhyme. In the next few weeks, we will learn the Pāi shǒu gē a few lines at a time. Many Wade King friends helped to make this video. Chelsea, Olive, Elsa, Ruby, Jessie, and Cece helped to draw pictures. Owen, Chelsea, Jessie, Jenny, Jack, Julia and Marina helped to demonstrate the rhyme. Enjoy!
NEW LEARNING - Race and Racism
- Perspective: What are the perspectives of the authors of these two books?
- Connection: What connections did you make with these books about racism?
Sources:
Lester, Julius, and Karen Barbour. Let’s Talk about Race. 1st ed, HarperCollinsPublishers, 2005.
Memory, Jelani. A Kids Book about Racism. A Kids Book About, Inc, 2019
YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnaltG5N8nE. Accessed 5 June 2020.
YouTube-. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoDUJY9u9Jw. Accessed 5 June 2020.
MINDFUL MOMENT: Cocoa Breathing with Kason
We always end our school meetings with a Mindful Moment to calm our bodies. Today, Kason will remind us how to use cocoa breathing to calm our bodies. Click the link below.
Wade King Elementary School
Email: Stephanie.Johnson@bellinghamschools.org
Website: http://wadeking.bellinghamschools.org/
Location: 2155 Yew Street Road, Bellingham, WA, USA
Phone: (360) 647-6840
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Twitter: @WadeKingElem