Week of January 28th - February 1st!

Hola Ositos parents!

We hope you all had a great weekend!

This week we will continue learning about “El Universo/The Universe”; talking about the elements that are part of our planet like earth, water, air and fire.  The children will learn the main characteristics of these elements.

Words of this week are:
tierra-earth
agua-water
ciclo del agua-water cycle
fuego-fire
aire-air

Special events:
* Congratulations to the child of the week, our oldest student for the time we have had him with us at Sff! FELICIDADES KAI !!!!
*Scholastic Book Fair is here! Come and visit our fair starting January 28^th to February 4^th.  Please know with your book purchase you are already
 helping our Ositos class to raise money for our classroom library.  Donations are also appreciated; a wish list will be posted at the lobby.
Thank you!

Dates to remember:
The next week is the kick off our special activity Book Worm Club.  I will give you a sheet where you will write down the title of the book and the date and time you and your child spend reading.  At the end of the month I will ask one child to bring his or her favorite book to share with the class.

Homework:
This week we are working with the letter V-v, the children may bring objects, photos or images from magazines that begin with this letter, for example,
vaca-cow
ventana-window
viento-wind
violin-violin
vela-candle
volcan-volcano

Thanks to the parents who brought objects with the letter N - n

Welcome Ella and Noah to our Ositos classroom!

Have a great week!

Miss Iris and Miss Patricia

Week of January 22- 25th!!!

Dear Ositos Parents:

We hope you had a nice long weekend!

We continue talking about The Universe/El Universo, this week making emphasis on Planet Earth.
Special activity of the week:
The children will make art related to how The Earth revolves around the sun.

The words for this week are:
El Planeta Tierra-Planet Earth
El dia-day
La noche-Night
alrededor-around

Special event:
Congratulations to our child of the week, Calvin!! Felicidades!!!

Dates to remember
Zumba class this week is moving to Friday February 25th

Scholastic book fair is coming to our school from January 28th to February 5th.
Please know with your book purchase you are already helping our Ositos class to raise money for our classroom library. Donations are also appreciated , a wish list will be posted at the corridor on the first day of the fair.
Thank you

Homework:
This week we are working with the letter Ñ ñ. The children may bring objects,pictures or images from magazines with this letter, for example,
niña-girl
niño-boy
baño-bathroom
piña-pineaple
muñeca-doll
araña-spider


Have a great week!
Miss Iris

Week of January 14-18th!!

Dear Ositos parents:

We hope you all a great weekend. During this month we are talking about the theme “The Universe and Me”, this week we will make emphasis talking about astronauts, rocket ships and the telescope.
We will show them the video of the first trip to the moon, we will talk about what we saw and do art.

The words for this week are:
El astronauta-astronaut
El cohete-rocket ship
El telescopio-telescope
El trip-viaje
La vestimenta del astronauta-astronaut dresss

Thanks to the parents who brought toys and books related to the theme these were great help.

Dates to remember:
Scholastic book fair is coming to our school from January 28th to February 5th
School is closed on January 21^st due to Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Homework:
This week we are working with the letter BB, the children may bring objects, pictures or images from magazines that begin with this letter,for example

bate-bat
bicicleta-bicycle
bola-ball
botella-bottle
barco-boat
ballena-whale
bota-boot
bebe-baby

Have a great week!

Miss Iris and Miss Patricia

Week of January 7-11th!!!

Dear Ositos parents:

Welcome back ! We hope you all had a great weekend!  This week we are talking about the "The Universe and me", we will learn about The Solar System and do art projects about the alignment of the planets.
The words for this week are:el Universo-the universeEl Sistema Solar-The Solar Systemlos planetas-the planetsel sol-the sunla luna-the moonlas estrellas-the starsel cometa-the comet

Special Events:Congratulations to Sophia on her birthday. Feliz cumpleanios!!!
And to our student of the week: Mirella Leerberg.

Homework:This week we are working  the letter Cc , children may bring objects, photos or images from magazines that begin with this letter, for example;caballo-horsecabeza-headcamisa-shirtcarro-carcama-bedcuchara-spooncorazon-heartcielo-skyothers

Have a great week! Miss iris and Miss Patricia