Week of November 24th - 28th !!!

Class and Teacher (Salón y Profesoras): Ositos- Ms Luz y Ms Iris

Week of (Semana) 24 – 26 November 2014

Theme of the Month/Week (Tema del Mes/ Semana): Mi familia/My family

Día de Acción de Gracias/Thanksgiving Day

Salutation and highlights of week:

Hola ositos parents, we hope you have had a nice week. Family activities are essential and very important to achieve communication, union, and understanding between families. For this reason and in celebration of the Thanksgiving holiday, we will focus next week on giving thanks for our families.

Objectives we will be working are as follows:

Language:

*Express themselves clearly in Spanish and English

     *Phonic reading with the letter Ll

*Cognitive:

       *Pay attention by 20 minutes

       *Recognize and write the number 2

*Psychomotor:

        * We will make a turkey with pine and hands

*Socio-emotional

       *Enjoy song, poem and riddles

       *Identify family activities/Thanksgiving Day

Star words of the week:

Peregrino - Pilgrim

Indio - Indian

Gracias – Thank you

Pavo - Turkey

Otoño - Fall

Hojas - Leave

Homework of the week:

Draw a picture of a turkey

Letter of the week: Ll

Your child may bring objects, toys or images from magazines that begin with the letter Mm, for example,

Luna - moon

Loro - parrot

Linterna - lantern

limón - lemon

león - leon

letras - letters

and other

Song of the week/Cancion de la semana: Tengo una familia

Tengo una familia y es fenomenal

Mi papa me ama mi mama igual

Con mis hermanitos yo puedo jugar

Y mis abuelitos bailaran sin cesar (x2)

Con este chachacha

La familia aprenderá

Respeto a papa amo mi mama.

Mi abuelo y mi abuela felices están

Esta es mi familia, es mi dulce hogar.

Chachachacha amo a mi mama

Chachachacha amo a mi papa(x2)

Poesías de la semana/Poem of the week

Poesía 1

Todos los niños y niñas

Necesitan un hogar

Una casita encantada

Un lugar para soñar.

Poesía 2

Viva mi familia

Que felicidad

Vivo junto a ellos

Es fenomenal

Adivinanza de la semana/Riddles

Empieza con "A"

y muchos cariños me da.

Me cuida, me mima

y es la mama de mi mama.

         Respuesta/answer: Mi abuelita

Orofacial exercises:

We blow an imaginary globe.

We make bubbles.

Special Events and Birthdays:

(Eventos especiales, Bienvenidas/ Estudiante de la Semana)

*Our student of the week is Meadow Perry. You can bring your favorite toy, book or picture during this week to share with your friends.

* Thanksgiving celebration day.

Friendly Reminders:

*Family project

This month the project will be to prepare family tree according to your creativity. You can use picture or drawings.

Important Upcoming Dates:

*Monday November 24- Parent/ Teacher conference, the sign-up sheet is at the entrance of the classroom.

*November 26 at 9:00 am- Thanksgiving celebration day coming soon!! Our ositos and sapitos will prepare something special for you. Also if you can bringing something to share breakfast together, the wish list will be near of the door. Thanks in advance!

*December 29- Holiday Party!!!! Please let me know if your child will attend the activity because I am preparing something for that day. The sign-up sheet will be near of the door.

Thank you notes:

*Thank you for bringing objects with letter Ll. We want to let you know that our Ositos are doing a good job. Some are reading simple words.

*I had a fantastic birthday!!! Thank you very much parents and my Ositos!!!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Ms Luz and Ms Iris.