Week of Sept. 22-26

Dear Parents, 

This week we are going to continue the fun in our Kindergarten World. We are going to be working with the letter Bb. The vocabulary for this letter is the following: branch, bowling, bench, button, boot, backpack, basket, belt, bicycle, brush, bone, broom, boat, binoculars, and bell.

If you have any items at home that begin with this letter, send them over with your child and we will be discussing them in class, we will display them on a table and we will return them back on Friday. The kids get excited to bring things from home.

Some of the stories that we are going to be reading are:

Bear loves to blow bubbles. But when Badger tries to spoil Bear's fun, he blows a bubble you won't believe!

A big happy frog, a plump purple cat, a handsome blue horse, and a soft yellow duck-- all parade across the pages of this delightful book.

Moose, Lion, Zebra, and Sheep take shelter in a cave on a cold and rainy day, only to realize that a bear is there. The bear roars loudly and says that he is trying to sleep. Not understanding why the bear is so cranky, the other animals come up with ways to cheer up the bear. Moose finds antlers for him, Lion gives him a mane, and Zebra paints on stripes. Is there anything the four well-meaning friends can do to help the bear sleep?

This is book is about a little girl who cuts through the woods on the way into town, even though her mother specifically warns her not to. She stumbles across a house owned by 3 bears!!

In our Phonemic Awareness this week we will finish working with beginning sounds. You can help us out at home by naming a word and your child telling you the first sound he/she hears.

We are going to introduce five new sight words this week. These will be the last five words for the first quarter. These words are as, with, his, they and of. Please practice, practice and practice these words daily with your child at home. As evaluation week approaches, we would like to encourage you to practice ALL the 20 sight words the children will be evaluated on. (the, to, and, a, I, in, is, you, that, it, he, was, for, on, are). The children will be assessed in these 20 sight words for the first quarter of their report card.

In Math, we will work with number 13. The students will practice writing the number, drawing sets to match the number and sequencing numbers up to 13. We will continue to count backwards from 10. We are going to work with the concepts big, medium and small.

Please practice the following skills with your child at home:

Numbers and counting up to 10

C.3     Count blocks - up to 10

C.4     Represent numbers - up to 10

We will be making some cool binoculars with the students. For this, we need your help. Please send by Wednesday, September 24^th 2 empty rolls of toilet paper. If you have more than 2 we will gladly receive them too.

We will be wrapping our unit about Honduras and Landforms this week. We have been talking about valleys, mountains and hills. Ask your child what is the difference between these two landforms.

We would like to thank Rodrigo Aguilar and Rodrigo Gallego for donating the ingredients for Kinder Kafe last week. The children enjoyed making a delicious chicken sandwich with cheese. Yummy!! This week the students in charge are Sebastian Ortez and Tammy Rodriguez. Thank you in advance!!!

This week our students will take the second part of Math MAP test on Monday, September 22^nd at 11:40 a.m. and they will take the first part of their Reading MAP test on Tuesday, September 23^rd at 10:15 a.m.  We will be taking the second part of the Reading test on Monday, September 29^th at 8:30 a.m. Please try not to miss school this day!

We want to remind parents that this Wednesday is a professional development day for teachers, and the students will be dismissed at 11:45 a.m.

EM TECH AUDIT – Our school is being visited by a Technology team this week. They will be meeting with teachers, students, admin and parents. If you would like to come and talk to them join us for conversation on Friday, September 26 at 2:00 p.m. in the Library.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY – Our Fall General Assembly will take place this Saturday, September 27 at 9:00 a.m. in the school cafeteria. We invite all our parents to come and stay informed about important school decisions.

MAP FALL TESTING SESSION –We continue with week 2 of our fall testing session. Your cooperation in making sure your child does not miss school on the days we have the tests is greatly appreciated.