Friday Note (Nov. 15- Nov 23)

Friday Note (Nov. 15- Nov 23, 2010)

Dear Parents,

Here are some of the things the children have been working on this  week.

Language Art:  We have been learning the letter Hh. The children have been working on decoding  a cvc word (consonant- vowel- consonant) using the letters they have learned with the vowel “a” and "i". And we paracticed with the high frecuency words and we are able to read them. 

Math:  This week the children have been practicing the numbers including 11 and 12.

Social Studies: We have been talking about  AFRICA and we have learnt a song of the continents.

Continents, continents

do you know the continents

north and south

east and west

and all around the world

ASIA, AFRICA, NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA

OCEANS, ANTARCTICA and EUROPE too.

Arts and crafts:  we have made asome photocopies of the bears and we have been painting an owl.

Music and dance:  We are still learning and practicing the Spanish dance called “Sevillanas”.

Gym: We have been dancing and practice the coordination.

Show and tell: The children need to  bring something about NORTH AMERICA.

Spanish:  We are continuing how to ask about likes and dislikes, “Yo quiero…” (I want), “Me gusta…” (I like), “No me gusta…” (I do not like) and they have to practice how to say their names “Mi nombre es…” (my name is) and we are going to learn next week everything about the scool.

Kindergarten Concert: Tuesday, December 7 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Please mark this on your calendar. This will be a special night of song and dance from countries around the world! Refreshments will be served in the gym afterwards.

Please, you do not have to bring any more combs and any candel, we have it all, thank you very much for your help and cooperation again.

Parents, I am not going to be here the followings days 22,23,29 and 30  of November, I travel to Spain to visit my dear family, so I have a substitute for that days and I have prepared all the material for that days, so have a good holidays and we will see us after my return.

Thank you very much.

Mrs. Susana

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Friday Letter (Nov. 1 - Nov. 5)

This week in Kindergarten (Nov. 1- Nov. 5, 2010)

Dear Parents,

Here are some of the things the children have been working on this  week.

Language Art:  We have been learning the letter F f and the letter I i (recognition, sound and printing). They have been making words with “I” as the middle of sound. We are going to learn a new  high frequency word, you.

 For the next week  you can cut with your child some photos from the magazines that begins with the new letters, you know  G, F, I, L because we are going to  continue making our beautiful  poster with it. Thank you very much. (Please I need your help with it).

Math:  Term two start next week and the children will be learning numbers from 11 to 20. Next week we will start oru unit on geometric shapes (cubes, cylinder, sphere and cone).

Social Studies: We are going to continuous with talking about  OWLS what they eat, were they live, what are their customs and so on.

Arts and crafts:  we have made a bear craft where pupils have identified polar, grizzly and black bear and during this week we are going to make a owl mask.

Music and dance:  We are still learning and practicing the Spanish dance called “Sevillanas”.

Gym: We have been dancing and practice the coordination and we played with the balls.

Show and tell: The children need to  bring something that begins with the letter “L”.

Spanish:  We are continuing how to ask about likes and dislikes, “Yo quiero…” (I want), “Me gusta…” (I like), “No me gusta…” (I do not like) and they have to practice how to say their names “Mi nombre es…” (my name is). I will introduce the healthy food, all about fruits, meat, vegetables.

Kindergarten Concert: Tuesday, December 7 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Please mark this on your calendar. This will be a special night of song and dance from countries around the world! Refreshments will be served in the gym afterwards.

Parent Help: We are in feed of parents to help to assemble costumes for our Spanish Dance. This can be done at home and twe will supply the materials.

Costumes: The children will need to wear the following to school on concert day to go along with costumes made. The BOYS will need to wear a white, long sleeve, button up shirt and long black pants with black shoes or runners (black in preferred if possible). The GIRLS need to wear a long or short sleeved dance leotard or blouse (white is preferred). They need to have their hair pulled back in one pony tail (if possible). We will provide the flowers and the combs. Than

Thank you very much, have a good weekend.

Mrs. Susana Aznar