Week of November 21-25!!!

Dear Ositos Parents

This week we continue working the theme “My Country”- Mi país.

The words we will be practicing are

Compartir-To share

El Pavo-the turkey

Dar gracias-Be thankful

Los indios-The Indians

Los peregrinos- The pilgrims

We will also review what we learned last week:

Colores: Azul- Rojo /Blue –Red

Mi País- My Country

La Bandera- The flag

El Presidente-The president

El Aguila-The Eagle

We will be working the letter M-m and now that our Ositos have reviewed all the vowels we will be putting them together (ma-me-mi-mo-mu) to begin our reading and writting process.

Objects that start with the letter M: muneca-doll; martillo-hammer (a toy could be brought to the school); mono-monkey; manzana-apple.

This week we remember Thanksgiving and for our celebration we will be representing a little drama for you. Please be here on time 8:30AM on Wednesday 23th.

Congratulations to Gabriel Leerberg and Thomas Mercado who are celebrating their birthdays!!

Upcoming Events:

Sff! is closed Thursday and Friday. Happy Thanksgiving!

Picture Day is on Monday November 28^th, Lifetouch Portraits will be here to do individual pictures.

Have a great week

Miss  Iris

Week of November 14-18th!!

Dear Ositos Parents

This week we are learning about “My Country”- Mi país.

We will be talking about our President, where he lives, the colors of our flag and what they represent.

The words we will learn this week are

País-Country

Estados Unidos

El presidente-The president

La Casa Blanca-The White House

La bandera-The flag

El águila-The eagle
La capital-The capital

This week we are working the letter U-u words in Spanish that start with letter u are: uvas (grapes), uno (number one), unicornio (unicorn), USA.

At home please help your child look for words that start with the letter U, it could be in the paper or in magazines.

Congratulations to our student of the week: Dillon Demidovich.

Thank you parents and children for making my birthday a very special day. I had a great time! Gracias.

Please remember our upcoming event will be on Wednesday November 23th.

Have a great week

Miss Iris

Week of November 7th-11th

Dear Ositos Parents:

This week we continue working the theme: “My Community and Me” ;  the words we are learning this week are:

El piloto-The pilot

El avión- The plane

El aeropuerto-The airport

El hospital-The hospital

La enfermera- The nurse

La iglesia-The church

La Escuela-The School

El Parque-The playground

El supermercado-The grocery store

This week we are working the vowel O-o , our ositos may bring an object that starts with the letter O like Oso (bear), olla(pot).

Please remember that our Thanksgiving Celebration is coming up and our students are preparing a special activity.  Room parents will help coordinate for this event. Save the date for November 23^rd.

Please mark your calendars on Nov 28^th for Individual Picture Day; please make sure to turn in the parents notice with your selection for the background by Nov 25^th.

Congratulations to Natalie Dougherty on her birthday and for being our student of this week.

 Have a great week!

Miss  Iris

Week of October 31 - November 4!!!

Dear Parents

This week we are working on a new theme: “My Community and Me”- “La comunidad y yo” and the words we will be learning are:

La Iglesia-The Church

El Aeropuerto-The airport

La Escuela-The school

El Supermercado-The grocery store

La Maestra-The teacher

El piloto-The pilot

El Cajero-the cashier

Enseñar-To Teach

Trabajar-to Work

This week we are working with the vowels specially the letter I-i and the number 4; our ositos may bring objects that start with this letter.

Congratulations to our student of the week: Milo Flores

Thank you for your support with our Costume Parade, our students had a so much fun!

Upcoming events:

Thanksgiving Celebration on November 23th

Individual Picture Day on November 28^th

Have a great week!

Miss Iris

Week of October 24-28!

Hola Ositos Parents:

This week we continue working the theme “My Family”- “Mi Familia” and the words we will be learning are:

Mii Abuela- My Grandmother

Mi Abuelo-My Grandfather

Mi tio- My uncle

Mi tia- My aunt

Mi primo- My cousin

Mi prima-My cousin

La Granja-The Farm

La calabaza-the pumpkin

Las hojas-the leaves

El disfraz-The costume

Los dulces-Candy

Also we will be working the letter E and for circle time your child may bring a toy or an object that starts with this letter for example: Elefante (elephant), estrella (star), escoba (broom), edificio (building), erizo (hedgehog)

I hope you all had a great time at Hill Ridge Farms. I would like to thank you for coming to the field trip with us. It was very nice to get to spend time with you in such a fun environment. Learning new vocabulary and developing social and motor skills playing, was so much fun.

We really appreciate your attendance, thank you for your support.

Upcoming Events:

October 31^st I’ts Costume Party time, we will be trick treating the classrooms, have your child wearing a costume and join us for a sweet celebration at 12:00pm. Please confirm if you are planning to attend.

Congratulations to our student of the week: “Preston Frez” we are looking forward to hearing more about you.

Have a great week!

Miss Iris

Week of October 17-21!

Dear Ositos Parents:

This week we start working on a new theme, and for the next two weeks we will be learning about “My Family”- “Mi Familia” the words we will be introducing are:

El Paseo-Field trip

La Granja-Farm

Las calabazas-Pumpkins

Las Hojas-Leaves

Mi Mama-My Mom

Mi Papa-My Dad

Mi Hermano-My brother

Mi Hermana-My sister

El bebe- The baby

Mi Casa- Home

We will be working with the letter A and you may bring any object or toy to the class which name starts with the letter “A” for example “Arania” – Spider or “Armadillo”-Armadillo, our ositos will have to talk about the object they brought at circle time, letting the other ositos know things or facts about the object or toy they are showing like where do they live?, what do they do?, what color are they?, this will give our children more to talk about and share with their classmates.

Please remember we will be having our first Field Trip this Thursday October 20^th, we are going to Hills Ridge Farm in the morning to pick up pumpkins and other fun activities.

October 24^th for our Picture Day, children must wear their uniforms: red top and blue pants.

October 31^st it’s Costume Party time, have your child wearing a costume and join us for a sweet celebration at 12:00pm

Please bring weather appropriate clothes for your child; we will appreciate your child’s items are labeled.

Congratulations to our student of the week: Isabel Garcia

Congratulations to Rowan Boyer for his new baby brother.

Thank you

Miss Iris

Week of October 10-14th!!!

Dear Ositos Parents:

We continue working with the theme “My feelings” – “ Mis sentimientos” and the words we will be learning are:

El Circulo-The circle

Amarillo-Yellow

Anaranjado-Orange

Calabazas-Pumpkins

Granja-Farm

Hojas-Leaves

Yo me siento – I am feeling

Feliz - Happy

Triste - Sad

Enojado –Angry

Asustado –Scared

Enfermo-Sick

Estas Bien?-Are you ok?

This week we are also talking about Columbus Day and why we remember in the United States the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas.

We will learn about the words:

El Barco-The boat

Los indios- The indians

Descubrir- Discover

Cristobal Colon- Christopher Columbus

Save the dates:

October 20^th for our first Field Trip, we will be going to Hills Ridge Farm in the morning to pick up pumpkins and other fun activities.

October 24^th for our Picture Day, children must wear their uniforms: red top and blue pants.

October 31^st it’s Costume Party time, have your child wearing a costume and join us for a sweet celebration at 12:00pm

Reminders:

Please bring weather appropriate clothes for your child; we will appreciate your child’s items are labeled.

Congratulations to our student of the week: Gabriel Leerberg.

Have a great week

Miss Iris, Miss Sandra and Miss Patricia