Week of November 26-30th!

Dear Ositos parents:

This week we are talking about the national symbols of United States, and we are also talking about North Carolina and some cities such as Raleigh, Cary and Durham. The children will make crafts such as the bald eagle and a bear with the US flag.

The words for this week are:

El presidente-The president
La bandera-The flag
El aguila calva- The bald eagle
La casa blanca-The white house
El dolar-The dollar
El estado-The state
La ciudad-The city
El himno-The anthem

Homework:
This week we are working with the letter L l
Reminders:
THis week we will give the report card of your child. Please review, sign and return by Monday December 3^rd.

Thank you parents for your cooperation with our Thanksgiving activity. Special thanks to my Ositos who with only two days of rehearsals did a great job during the dramatization of the pilgrims and the indians.
We are very proud of you, Ositos!

Have a great week

Miss Iris and Miss Patricia

Week of November 19-23rd!

Dear Ositos Families:

THANK YOU VERY MUCH for your support and generosity during these difficult times for me. I am glad to be back in my classroom again and continue working with my Ositos. Gracias!

This week we will be talking about the theme “My country” (EU) and we will give emphasis to the geography and history.

The words for this week are:

Estados Unidos-United State
mi pais-my country
el continente-the continent
la geografia-the geography
la historia-the history

Special events:

*Willy the bear will be visiting Sophia"s home. Enjoy this week with Willy!
*Thanksgiving activity:
The children will dramatize the story “The Pilgrims'First Thanksgiving
Breakfast”

Special words:
Accion de Gracias-Thanksgiving
los peregrinos-the pilgrims
los indios-the Indian
la comida-the food
el pavo-the turkey
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Reminders:
School is closed November 22-23rd.

Homework:
This week we are working with the letter Ss. You may bring objects or images that represent
sol-sun
silla-chair
sombrilla-umbrella
sombrero-hat
sandia-watermelon
sobre-envelop
serpiente-snake

Happy Thanksgiving!

Miss Iris and Miss Patricia

Week of November 12-16th!

Dear Ositos Parents

Our theme of the Week is: “My Community and Me”/ “Mi Comunidad y Yo”

Words of the week (Palabras que se van a utilizar esta semana):

Places/Lugares: the park/el parque, the grocery store/el supermercado, the stores/las tiendas, the church/la iglesia, the school/la escuela, the post office/la oficina de correo.

Community Helpers/Servidores de la comunidad: policeman/El policia, doctor/ el doctor, teacher/la maestra, firefighter/el bombero, nurse/la enfermera, constructor/el constructor, chef/el cocinero, garbage collector/el recogedor de basura, letter carrier/el cartero.

Transportation vehicles/medios de transporte: police car/carro de policía, fire truck/carro de bombero, bus/el autobús, car/el carro, train/el tren, airplane/el avión, ship/el barco.

Words: I am sorry/lo siento, again/otra vez, help/ayuda, forward/adelante,back/atras.
Color/color: blue/azul.

Numbers/numeros: one/uno, two/dos, three/tres, four/cuatro.

Reminders (Recordatorios a los Padres de Familia):
Please don’t forget to label your children’s jackets and all their belongings.

Homework this week (Tarea de esta semana):
This will be a very busy week. Our Ositos will make art, listen to stories about the job of our community helpers.

Have a great week!

Miss Patricia

Week of November 5th-16th!

Dear Ositos parents:

This week we are talking about the theme “My community and me/ Mi comunidad y yo”. We will give emphasis to places such as the museum, the park, the airport and other. The children will name the places they have visited and they will describe these. We will show them the image of the place accompanied with the word and encourage reading.

Special activity:
We will transform the dramatic play area in a supermarket.

The words for this week are:
el Museo-the museum
el Parque-the park
el Aeropuerto-the airport
la Bilblioteca-the library
el Supermercado-the supermarket
la Tienda-the store
la Escuela-the school
la Iglesia-the church

verbs:
cuidar-care
limpiar-clean

Special events:
*Willy the bear will be visiting Kai's home. Enjoy this week with Willy!
*Andres is our child of the week, congratulations!
*Happy Birthday Arabella and Kai. FELIZ CUMPLEANIOS!

Reminders:
Please make sure that your child's jacket is labeled and separated from the jacket hung by another child.
You can put your child's jacket in his/her cubby if space is available or you can use the hooks of the cubbies that are near the closet.

Homework:
Please bring objects or picture from magazines with this letter Mm, for example:

el museo-museum
la mariposa-butterfly
la miel-honey
el murcielago-bat
el martillo-hammer
la munieca-doll
la motocicleta-motorcycle
la mesa-table
la foto de mama-picture's mom

Upcoming events:
On Wednesday, our school will be visited by Cary Fire Department to talk our children about fire prevention and safety.

Next week we will be talking about community helpers. Parents who want to share with us and talk about their job with the children may come at circle time to do a little demonstration. Please let me know.

The children enjoyed the Costume party. Thank you very much parents for your support and cooperation. GRACIAS!

Have a great week!

Miss Iris and Miss Patricia