Dear Parents,
A long
weekend is always a good time to recharge our batteries! We hope our
Kindergarteners are ready for the new and exciting challenges that we have for
the second half of the first quarter of the school year.
We would like to thank each
one of you for everything you sent last Friday for our “Desayuno Catracho”. The
students enjoyed tasting Tamales, Baleadas, Catrachitas, Platanitos, Tacos,
Pupusas, lemonade and Horchata!
Midterm Reports were issued last Thursday,
September 10th. Please go over them, sign them and send them back to school. If
you would like a conference, and one was not requested, please call the school
to set up an appointment.
For
the next three weeks we are going to be talking about Honduras. Some of the
vocabulary words that we will be talking about are: map, Lempira, coins,
waterfall, island, heroes, mountains, flag. If you have anything about Honduras
that you are willing to share with us, we would really appreciate it. You are
more than welcome to come into the classroom and talk about this beautiful
country, show pictures, or even share a typical food with the kids. Let us know
in advance if you would like to do a special activity with the children.
For the next three
weeks we are going to be doing a lot of activities about beginning sounds. You
may want to help us out at home by asking your child certain questions such as
“what is the first sound you hear in the word bed, house, car, etc.”
This
week we are going to introduce new sight words. These words are: he,
was, for, on, are. Please practice daily ALL the sight words with your
child at home. Children do not learn new words by being exposed to them only
once. Repetition is key to sight word acquisition. A good strategy to practice
sight words with your child at home is playing a game called “Concentration or
Memory” You simply write each word on two cards, shuffle and lay face down to
play.
In
Math we are going to introduce the concept of Pictographs. We will learn that a
Pictograph is a way of showing data using images. At this point we will just be
learning how to read a pictograph.
We
are also going to focus our study on the number 11.
This Wednesday, September 16th, we
will begin our Math MAP Test. Please make sure your child gets a good night’s
rest as well as a healthy breakfast for them to be ready to take the test.
MAP = Measures of Academic
Progress
We invite you to visit www.nwea.org so you can have more information about what MAP is all about!
We invite you to visit www.nwea.org so you can have more information about what MAP is all about!
This week the children in
charge of bringing the ingredients for Kinder Kafe are Valentina Mejía and Lexi
Ruta. Thank you in advance.
FALL GENERAL ASSEMBLY –Parents are invited to attend the Fall
General Assembly on Saturday, September 26 at 9:00 a.m. Your support is greatly appreciated.
BRICKS4KIDZ – The first module for Bricks4kidz will begin this
Friday, September 18. Each module will have only 4 sessions, at a cost of Lps.1,000.00
per module. A Bricks4kidz representative will be in school on Friday, September
18 before the class starts, for those of you who are interested in enrolling
your child(ren). For more information on Bricks4kidz please visit http://www.bricks4kidz.com/
CHANGES IN THE OCTOBER HOLIDAYS – We have received official word that a
decree was issued in Congress changing the October holidays to October 7, 8,
and 9 . We will be complying and
changing the holidays.
We understand that some families
may have purchased tickets for trips at the end of October, and we will be as
accommodating as possible in helping our students with missed work. If this is
the case, please contact the teachers and/or area coordinator to make the
arrangements for makeup work and content.
Important Dates
Coming Up:
Tuesday, Sept 16 MAP Fall testing session
begins
Saturday, Sept 26 Fall General Assembly 9:00
a.m.
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