Week of December 3-7th!!!

Dear Ositos Parents:
This week we are talking about the theme “My culture and traditions”. 

We will give emphasis to Christmas Celebration in The United States.
Also we will be talking about Santa Claus and the Christmas tree.

The words for this week are:
Mi cultura-My culture
Mi tradicion-My tradition
La Navidad- The Christmas
el reno-the reindeer
el venado-the deer
los regalos-the gifts
El arbol de navidad-The Christmas tree
Los adornos-ornaments
Las luces-the lights

Special Events:
Willy the bear will be visiting Sophia's home.  Enjoy this week with Willy!

Reminders:
Wednesday December 5^th is Parent Teacher Conference Day; a sign up sheet is at the door, if you would be interested in meeting with me to review your child’s progress.

Christmas Activity:
We are preparing for the big Christmas Party coming up December 21st.  The children will play a skit about Christmas Toys.
Below is the list of how children will dress up for it:

ballerina:Sophia and Arabella
doll-Angel
robot-Tyson and Calvin
train-Santiago
unicorn-Tess
car-Truman
Minnie mouse-Mirella
puppy-Madeline
Santa Claus-Cameron
The fairy godmother-Isabella

Please let me know if you may have any question

Have a great week!
Miss Iris and Miss Patricia

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
compartir-share

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

Week of October 29th - November 2nd!

Dear Ositos parents:

At the beginning of this week we will be reviewing the pumpkin’s life cycle. We will make a poster about our visit to the farm using photos.  Children who may wish to bring their pumpkins please do so on Thursday November 1^st. On November 2^nd we will be doing a review of previous themes.

The words for this week are:
La calabaza- pumpkin
El Ciclo de vida- Life cycle
La granja- farm
El tractor- tractor

Special activities:
 

*Willy the bear will be visiting Truman's home.  Enjoy this week with Willy!
 

*October 31st Is costume party, the children will parade in their costumes.  Also we do different activities in the classroom  such as crafts, a Jack o lantern; and cookies.

*October 31st is also Pajama day- your child will use her/his pajama during naptime.

* November 1^st Children may bring their pumpkin collected at the farm for comparison according to size and weight

Special words:
La Fiesta de disfraces- Costume party
El desfile- parade
Los dulces- candies

Reminders:
Next week we will work with the letter Mm.  You can bring objects or picture from magazines with this letter
for example:
La manzana-apple
La mariposa-butterfly
La miel-honey
El murcielago-bat
El martillo-hammer
La muneca-doll
La motocicleta-motorcycle
other things

Homework- All art together
The children will make  a drawing  or any art related to the previous themes for example
My Spanish for fun! and me
My body
My senses
My family
note: only one theme

Thank you parents for going to the field trip! We had so much fun!

Have a great week!

Miss Iris and Miss Patricia

Week of October 22-26th!

Dear Ositos Parents:

This week we continue working the theme “ My family”/ “Mi familia” and we will talk about the people who are part of our family and who may not live in our home,
such as uncles and cousins.

Words for this week:

Mi tio-My uncle
Mi tia-My aunt
Mi primo-My cousin
Mi prima-My cousin

Special events:

* October 22- Happy Birthday Calvin. And congratulations Willy the bear, our pet will be visiting your home. Enjoy this week with Willy!
* Congratulations to Madeline our student of the week!
* October 26- Field trip- Please make sure your permission slip has been returned.

 

Special Words:

la granja-the farm

la calabaza-the pumpkin
el maiz-the corn
el algodon- the cotton
La semilla-The Seed
La planta- the plant
La flor- The flower
Calabaza verde- Green pumpkin
Calabaza anaranjada- Orange pumpkin

Costume Party:

October 31- We have posted a wish list of items we would like to have for our party. You will find our signup sheet by the door. We thank you in advance for your donations and appreciate you bring these items by Monday or Tuesday to have enough time to prepare the goody bags.

You may bring tattoos, pencils, stickers, bubbles, face paint, art material, gummies among others.

Congratulations Flores family on the birth of your new family member!

Have a great week!

Miss Iris and Miss Patricia