Dear Parents,
Last
week we had a lot of fun learning about facts of tigers and turtles. The kids
enjoyed learning that tigers are wild cats that love to swim and that turtles
use their flippers to dig holes to lay their eggs. We would like to give special
thanks to Mrs. Pucci Agurcia for the beautiful tiger print balloons she sent
for our students. They were all happy to take one home. 
This
week we will focus our study on the letter Pp. We will learn about Polar Bears
and Pigs. If you have any books, posters, or videos that talk about these two
animals, we would appreciate it if you would let us borrow them. The vocabulary
we will be learning for this letter is pear,
potato, pizza, piano, parrot, purse, paint, paintbrush, popsicle, penguin,
popcorn, pancake, plant, puppy, pig.
Some
of the stories that we will be reading are the following:
The Pigs’ Picnic
Penny, Polly, and Peter Pig are
planning the perfect picnic! What will
they pack? Make sure you ask your child about it!
Polar
Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?
This is a colorfully decorated
book that takes children from animal to animal learning about different animal
and people sounds. Children
will chant the rhythmic words. They'll make the sounds the animals make. And
they'll pretend to be the zoo animals featured in the book.
The Three Little Pigs
There are three pigs who decide to build three different
houses. Two pigs build their houses with less quality building materials than
the third who uses bricks. A wolf, who wants to eat the pigs, blows down the
houses made by two of the pigs, but can't blow down the third.
If you Give
a Pig a Pancake
If you give a pig a pancake,
she'll want some syrup to go with it. You'll give her some of your favorite
maple syrup, and she'll probably get all sticky, so she'll want to take a bath.
She'll ask you for some bubbles. When you give her the bubbles... what would
she ask for? The vocabulary we will be discussing for this book is the
following: pig, pancake, syrup, bubbles,
duck, suitcase, tap, piano, camera, envelope, glue, mailbox.
We will continue reviewing all the
sight words introduced so far: the, of,
and, a, to, in, is, that, you, it. Please take 5 minutes a day to practice
these words at home. You can have them posted on a magnetic board, on the
refrigerator, or any other creative area you can think of.
In our Phonemic Awareness area we
will continue clapping syllables. This is a hard concept for some children
especially the words that have only one syllable. You may want to play games
around your house that involves clapping the number of syllables they hear in
words. to-ma-to, doc-tor, map
In Math we will be
doing all sort of activities with numbers 6-10. These activities include
sequencing numbers in their right order, making sets, comparing numbers,
concepts of more and less.
IXL!! Last week we
sent home your child’s user name and password for them to log into the site of www.ixl.com This is a site that will help your
child reinforce all the concepts that we are studying in class. Please find a
time in which your child can be at the computer at least twice a week
practicing the following skills:
Numbers and counting up to 5
Numbers and counting up to 10
Sorting, ordering, and classifying
We
would like to thank Valentin Mejia and Katina Alvarado for donating the
ingredients for Kinder Kafe last week. The children enjoyed making a taco with
tortillas, shredded chicken, tomato, cheese and sauce. Yummy!! This week the
students in charge are Lia Ochoa and
Felipe Bertrand.
TIP OF THE WEEK: Read to your child daily. Reading
GAME
OF THE WEEK:
At some point in your life, you’ve probably
played the game “I Spy.” It’s perfect for boring waits at the grocery store, or
long car rides. But with a little tweaking, the game can also help kids
practice a key Kindergarten concept…syllables. Here’s how to play:
What You
Need:
·
Hat
·
Paper, ripped into small strips
What You
Do:
1. Start the game with a little
refresher. Tell your child that just as
music can be divided into beats, words can be divided into syllables. Spend a
few minutes talking about a few multi-syllable words, clapping at each syllable
to show your child where the “breaks” are.
2. Let 'er rip! With your child’s help, tear a piece of paper into a bunch of
small strips. On each piece of paper, write a number from 1-4. When you’re
finished, throw them all into the hat.
3. Time to play! The first player picks a slip of paper from the hat. Just like
in “I Spy,” he must come up with an object for the other player to guess. But
in this version of the game, he must come up with an object with the number of
syllables on the slip. For example, if he picked the number 2, he might choose
“table” or “teaspoon” or “stapler.” With children this age, the number of
syllables itself probably isn’t enough of a hint to keep the game from getting
frustrating, so give clues that incorporate other hints as well, for example,
“I spy something black with two syllables” or “I spy something you eat on that
has two syllables.”
As your child gets the hang of it, don’t be
afraid to throw a bit more challenge into the hat. Or, hat aside, just ask your
child to think of a word with three syllables, or even four! He’ll look at your
refrigerator in a whole new light.
Dear Parent,
We are pleased to tell you that we will be using a website called IXL in our classroom this year. IXL is a comprehensive math review site with an unlimited number of math practice questions in hundreds of skills — all of which are aligned to state standards. One of the best things about IXL is that your child can access it from home, so you have a chance to see your child's progress!
To get your child started on your home computer, please follow these easy steps:
- Go to www.IXL.com.
- Enter your child's username and password in the top right-hand corner and click Sign in.
- Navigate to your child's grade level on the Practice tab.
- Find a skill to practice by doing one of the following:
- Select a specific skill to practice from the list of skills. You can place your mouse over any skill to see a sample question and click on the link to begin.
- Click on the Awards tab. Each grade level presents challenges for your child to conquer and virtual prizes to be uncovered. Place your mouse over any challenge to begin.
In addition to making math practice exciting, IXL is designed to help your child learn at his or her own pace. The website is adaptive and will adjust to your child's demonstrated ability level. The site also saves all of your child's results, so you can monitor your child's progress anytime by clicking on the Reports tab.
We hope you'll encourage your son or daughter to use IXL daily. Here's to a year of working together to make math fun for your child!
Sincerely,
Ms. Nora Sierra and Ms. Valencia Duron
Ms. Nora Sierra and Ms. Valencia Duron
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