Dear Parents,
This
week we will have a Dr. Seuss story time every day of the week which will
include cake on Friday!!!
We are going to be exposing the students to a variety of his books. If
you happen to have books of Dr. Seuss, we are kindly requesting you to send
them with your child to school. We will be sending them back on Friday. Dr.
Seuss has a collection of more than 50 books and we would really like the
children to be exposed to the majority of them. We are going to be watching and
reading his biography. We will also be watching and reading some of the stories
that the children are not familiar with.
The story follows a boy named Marco, who describes a
parade of imaginary people and vehicles traveling along a road, Mulberry
Street, in an elaborate fantasy story he dreams up to tell his father at the
end of his walk. However, when he arrives home he decides instead to tell his
father what he actually saw—a simple horse and wagon.
This is the first picture book biography of Dr. Seuss, written
especially for his young fans who want to know what made him tick. The animals
in the zoo that his father ran and his fondness for drawing them, the
injustices he suffered as the child of German immigrants and his inherent sense
of humor all fed into the imagination of this boy. He was a square peg in a
round hole until he found that he could make a living doing exactly what he
pleased—doodling and writing funny things about the world as he saw it.
In the book, Gerald McGrew is a kid who, when visiting a zoo, finds that
the exotic animals are "not good enough". He says that if he ran the
zoo, he would let all of the current animals free and find new, more bizarre
and exotic ones. Throughout the book he lists these creatures, starting with a
lion with ten feet and escalating to more imaginative creatures, such as the
Fizza-ma-Wizza-ma-Dill, "the world's biggest bird from the island of
Gwark, who eats only pine trees, and spits out the bark."
"My
eyes see. His eyes see. I see him. And he sees me." With text as simple as
simple can be, Theo. LeSieg (Dr. Seuss) uses humor and rhythm to encourage the
very youngest children to discover the joy of reading. A big-eyed boy and a
pink-eyed rabbit cavort through the book, seeing everything there is to see: a
girl, a horse, an old tin can, the sun, the moon--even pink underpants (which
make them both blush).
"I see a nose on every face. I see noses every
place!” Noses come in all shapes, colors, and sizes and are handy to have for
sniffling, smelling, and . . . playing horns? This simple, sometimes silly
story offers little ones a first ode to the nose and all that it does.
We invite to
you visit the following links with your child. These sites include books,
games, activities, and more about Dr. Seuss that you can do with your child at
home.
In order to honor Dr. Seuss’ birthday, we will be
doing many different activities throughout the following week. Here is the
dress-up calendar for next week:
Monday: Pijama Day
Tuesday: Mix –Match Day
Wednesday: Crazy Hair Day
Thursday: Hat and tie Day
Friday: Red, White & Blue Day (Thing1 & Thing
2)
Thanks a million for all your help!
In Math, we are going to start working with Fractions. In Kindergarten
we mainly focus on whole and half. We are going to be doing a variety of
activities to help the students understand these concepts. We are also going to
practice counting by fives up to 100.
Please practice the following IXL skills with your
child at home:
Geometry
Fractions
The new five sight words for this week are: girl,
get, day, did and may.
The children in charge of donating the ingredients
for Kinder Kafe are Mateo Jacome and Nicolas Martin. Thanks in
advance!!
SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS
ACCREDITATION PROCESS – SURVEYS -Below you will find the link that will take you to the corresponding survey that you need to complete. Please take some time from your busy schedule to complete the survey that will provide valuable information towards the accreditation process and therefore, school improvement.
A Spanish version of the survey for parents is available in the email sent to parents with the weekly Monday Memo. However the survey needs to be completed in English. The Spanish version will help parents complete the English version as it is an exact copy of the survey.
Parent Survey: http://www.advanc-ed.org/survey/public/3799898
Surveys will be available Monday, March 2 – Friday, March 20
LOST AND FOUND – If your son or daughter has lost a sweater, Tupperware, or water bottle, please send him or her to the office to check out the Lost and Found boxes. There are many items that need to be claimed by their owners as soon as possible.
LOST AND FOUND – If your son or daughter has lost a sweater, Tupperware, or water bottle, please send him or her to the office to check out the Lost and Found boxes. There are many items that need to be claimed by their owners as soon as possible.
EARLY CHILDHOOD AND ELEMENTARY READ-A-THON – To commemorateDr. Seuss’ birthday in March, the students from grades Kindergarten through five will all be participating in the month-long Read-a-Thon. The winner from each class will go out to lunch as a special treat from our DPTO! Please encourage your students to read, read, read, and fill out the reading logs that will be distributed next week.
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