This week we are going to be working with the
letter Ff. The vocabulary that we are going to be focusing on is the
following: fan, fish, forest, flower, frog, french toast, fruit, french
fries, fox, flag, flashlight, fire, farm, football, and family.
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 will be reading this week are:
Fifi's flute has
fallen in the river. Will it float away forever?
One day, a fox saw a crow
with a piece of meat in his beak. The fox was very hungry and thought, “How can
I get the piece of cheese?”
He thought for a while.
Soon, an idea struck him. Ask your child what happened!!!
While the other field mice work
to gather grain and nuts for winter, Frederick sits on a sunny rock by himself.
“I gather sun rays for the cold dark winter days,” he tells them. Another day
he gathers “colors,” and then “words.” And when the food runs out, it is
Frederick, the dreamer and poet, whose endless store of supplies warms the
hearts of his fellow mice, and feeds their spirits during the darkest winter days.
Two best friends, a minnow and
a tadpole, are practically inseparable until the tadpole grows legs and decides
to explore the world beyond the pond. When the tadpole, now a frog, returns to
tell his friend of the extraordinary things he’s seen, the minnow, now a fish,
tries to follow in his footsteps, but quickly finds that land is not what he
expected.
We will continue working with
the sight words that were introduced last week: if, what, her, has, all.
Please take 15 minutes
every day to practice them at home with your child. It is very important for
all of them to recognize all the sight words we have covered in class so far.
Once they can recognize sight words, it is going to be a lot easier for them to
read books. The following link is a nice and fun game to practice these words.
In
Math, we are going to continue working on a unit about Measurement. The
children will have fun measuring things around the room using different kinds
of items. We will use items from the class such as unifix cubes, links, blocks,
etc. You may want to do some measurement activities with your child at home. At
this time, they will use non-standard units of measurement and not the rulers
that we normally use to measure things. This week our main focus will be
weight. We will be using balances!!!
The
children are having an extremely great time learning about all different kinds
of animals. This week our main focus will be learning about MAMMALS!!!
We will be discussing their characteristics, the way they breathe, and how they
are born. We are also going to talk about animals that live under the ocean
that belong to this group.
This Friday, we will celebrate
Valentine´s Day. We will be having lunch altogether to celebrate this special
day. We will be talking about ways to be nice to each other and we will be
discussing Friendship. Please send Lps. 150.00 by Wednesday to order the lunch,
drinks, dessert, and a small treat for every child.
We are going to do a gift
exchange this day also. For this, please send a BOOK wrapped with your child by
Thursday, February 11th. Try to avoid books about princesses or
super heroes since you do not know if your child will be given the book to a
boy or a girl. It would be great if these books can be Leveled 1 Readers for
the children to read on their own. On Friday the children will take out a paper
from a basket to find out who his/her secret friend is!!!
There will be NO Kinder
Kafe this week!
As Valentine´s Day is around the corner, we
are requesting you to help your child decorate a shoe box to be used as their
mailbox. Be creative, and let your child brainstorm the ideas that he/she would
like their box to look like. We are going to display all these lovely
mailboxes on Friday for your child to deliver their valentine cards for their
friends. This is a voluntary activity. However, if you decide to participate,
the only request that we have is that the students should bring one card or
treat to each one of the Kindergarten students. This mailbox should be in
school this Thursday, February 11th.
We have a total of 12
students! Here is the list….
CAMILA
MATAMOROS
GIULLIANA
FLORENTINO
HENRY
CONSTANTINE
IVANNA
LOPEZ
VALENTINA
MEJIA
LEXI
RUTA
MARA
YOUNG
SAKURA
KUDO
SOFIA
ESTRADA
SOFIA
TEJERINA
VALERIA
GOUGH
VANESSA
SOBALVARRO
to our
marvelous KINDER ZOO on March 3rd.
The children will be assign
to an animal this week. Your child should create a 3D model about this animal
and have it ready to display it in our room. They should also present facts
about this animal and explain what they have learned about it. We will have a
big event on this day in which children from other grades, teachers, and
administrators will be invited. Your child can come dressed as a scientist, zoo
keeper, or even the animal represented!!! Please be creative, help your child
come up with the ideas. This is a fun family project and we would love to wrap
up our unit on animals with this fun activity!!! MARK YOUR CALENDARS so you can
join the fun!!!
SENIORS BAKE SALE
– The Seniors will be having their traditional Valentine’s Day Bake Sale on
Friday, February 12. They will be selling delicious treats during snack and
lunch. Students may also begin to pre order roses, candy grams, and love notes.
The seniors have the pre order forms and they will be handing them out to all
students. The last day to pre order will be Tuesday, February 9.
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