Week of June 17th - 21st !!!

Hola Ositos parents:

WELCOME EVERYONE TO OUR SUMMER CAMP 2013!!!!!!!

Is a pleasure to have your child in our ositos classroom!  We are very excited for your child to learn while having fun at our camp.  This week we will talking about  “El verano llego/ Summer is here!.” We will be giving emphasis to the different activities we do in summer and how to protect our body when temperature is high.

The words of this week are:
* Verano-summer
* Sol-sun
* Protegernos-protect
* Gafas-glasses
* Sombrero-hat

Also for news children:
* Hola-hi
* Buenos dias-good morning
* Buenas tarde-good afternoon
* Mi nombre es-My name is
* Compartir-share
* Adios-bye

Special activities for next week:
* Tuesday 18^th -Glasses day
* Wednesday 19^th -Hat day
* Friday 21^st -Hawaiian dress

Reminders:
Please make sure you bring the following items with your child to our summer camp:
*Extra summer clothes
*Cream sunscreen, NO SPRAY(With authorization form)
*Blanket
*Swim suit (only splash days-Wednesday-morning and Friday-afternoon)
*Insect repellent (If you wish-with authorization form)
*Swimming shoes.

Also please make sure your lotion or cream have a form filled out and signed by you indicating amount to be applied, areas to be protected and areas to be avoided and specific time to be used.  AEROSOLS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED, GRACIAS.

Have a wonderful week!!

Miss Iris

Week of June 10th - 14th !!!

Hola Ositos Parents:

I hope you had a nice weekend!

This week we are talking about the importance of exercise and to get active.  I will give emphasis to the safety rules that we need to have when riding a bike.

The words of this week are:
* Ejercicio-exercise
* Bicicleta-bicycle
* Seguridad-safety
* Casco-helmet

Special words:
* Feliz Dia papa-Happy father's Day
* Te amo papa- I love you dad

Special events:
*June 10.- St. Jude Trike-a-Thon donations due. Remember you can donate online, very easy and conveniente: Here’s the link: https://waystohelp.stjude.org/sjVPortal/public/event/page/displayEventPage.do?programName=trike&eventId=345079

*June 11^th -Congratulations to Truman for his birthday, Feliz Cumpleanos!!!!!
*June 11-Parents Conferences
*June 13-Father's day breakfast
*June 14-Last day of school year, SFF closes at 12:30 pm
*June 14-Trike-A-Thon, Please bring your child bicycle and helmet labeled.

Reminders:
 * I wish a wonderful summer to some of my Ositos that are not going to be with me this summer. I will miss you!
* For parents of the graduates, please let administration or me know when the last day of your child at Spanish for Fun will be.  We want to be prepared to tell your child goodbye.
* Friday, June 14^th will be the last day of Kai Allen in Spanish For Fun.  Thank you to his parents for their support, affection and trust all these years!
 We will miss Allen Family, Good Luck Kai!!!

Have a nice week!

Miss Iris

 

Week of June 3rd - 7th !!!

Hola Ositos parents:

I hope everyone had a nice weekend!

Thank very much for your support and cooperation this past Saturday for our Ositos’ graduation. It was a very nice and emotional ceremony, I hope everyone enjoyed it.
I am very proud of my Ositos!

The theme for this week is: “Let's get active”. We will talk about some sports and their importance.
Also we will play in the playground and do some sport teams.

The words of this week are:
* Activo / Active
* Deporte / Sport
* Baloncesto / Basketball
* Beisbol / Baseball
* Futbol / Football
* Carreras / Running race
* Gimnasia / Gymnastic

Upcoming events:
* June 11- Parents conference about the report card of your child.
* June 14-Trike-a-Thon: Bring your child's bike, tikes and helmet.  This activity will be in the morning. Sff! will close 12:30 that day.

Homework:
If your child has a sport ball, he/she can bring it to the classroom to play and share.

Important Note for parents of children graduates:
Please, let Administration or me know when is the last day of your child in Spanish for fun.  We want to be prepared to tell your child goodbye.

Have e great weekend and thank you again for your support!!!!!

Miss Iris

Week of May 28th - May 31st !!!

Hola Ositos parents:

I hope you had a nice and restful weekend!

This week we are talking about “The technology”, and we will be giving emphasis to the evolution of the means of communication such as the television, radio, telephone and computer.  Also we will make different crafts about this theme.

The words of this week:
* Medios de comunicacion / Means of communication
* Tecnologia /Technology
* Television / Television
 *Radio/ Radio
* Telefono/ Telephone
* Telefono cellular /Cell phone
* Computadora/ Computer

Special events:

*Toy day is on Friday,May 31- Your child may bring a toy this day to play and share with her/his friends. Please emphasize that if he/she brings a toy to the classroom must have to share it with his/her classmates.
* Graduation Ceremony is on June 1- Bond Park Community Center at 10:00 am.  I hope to see everyone on the most important activity of the school year because it is the success achieved by the children.

Homework: Continue at home to help your child to write numbers and letters.

Note: I will give you the report card of your child this week.  Parents who wants to have a conference with me about your child, please sign the sheet will be at the entrance of the classroom.  The conference will be on June 11.

Have a great week!

Miss Iris

Week of May 20th - 24th!!!

Hola ositos parents:

I hope you had a wonderful weekend!

During this week we will be talking about “How things work/Como funcionan las cosas”.  I will give emphasis to the great discoveries like electricity, fire and gravity and the great inventions like the wheel, the airplane and the rocket.  We will do experiments related with the light and gravity.  Also, the children will make an airplane using clothespin.

The words of this week are:
* Descubrimiento/ Discovery
* Inventos / Inventions
* La electricidad / The electricity
* El fuego / The fire
* La gravedad /The gravity
* La rueda/ The wheel
* El avion/ The airplane
* El cohete /The rocket

Special event:
*Science fair- You are welcome to tour our science fair this week. We have done some interesting experiments with our Ositos!

Thank you very much to the parents who brought photos, clothing or objects that your child used when he/she was baby.

 

Important Dates and Reminders:

* May 20 – 24: Our Science Fair is here!

* May 27: Memorial Day (School is closed)

* June 3th report cards will be sent home

* June 14th Last day of class! Trike a Thon in the morning! Spanish for fun will close at 12:30pm

* June 17th First Day of Summer Camp!

Have a great week!

Miss Iris

 

Week of May 13th - 17th !!!

Hola Ositos parents:

I hope you had an extraordinary mother's day.  Thank you very much for your assistance in the activity for our mothers.  We hope you enjoyed it!

This week we will continue talking about human growth giving emphasis to food and exercise.  We will make different projects related to the human body.

The words of this week:
* Buena alimentación / good nutrition
* Los huesos / the bones
*Ejercicio / exercise
*Los musculos / the muscles

Upcoming event:
*May 20-24 - Science Fair: We will exhibit some projects and experiments we did with the children.

* May 27: Memorial Day (School is closed)

Homework:
Please bring photos, toys, shoes or any piece of clothing your child used when he/she was baby.

Have a nice week!

Miss iris

Week of May 6th - May 10th !!!

Hola Ositos Parents:

I hope you had a great weekend!

This week we are talking about the theme: “How we grow/ Como crecemos”

The children will learn the stages of human growth and they will make different activities such as cutting and pasting the stages in sequential order.

The words of this week are:
Crecer / Grow
Cambiar / Change

Bebe / Baby

Nino / Child
Adolescente / Teen
Adulto / Adult
Viejo / Old
Secuencia / Sequence

Special words”
Feliz dia de la madre / Happy mother's day

Special Event:
*Friday May 10^th: Please join us to celebrate MOM!  Our Ositos are preparing something very special for you, we hope you can attend!

When: Friday May 10^th

Time: 4:30pm

Upcoming events:
* May 20-24: Science Fair
* May 27- Memorial Day (school is closed)

Homework:
Help to your child at home writing the alphabet.  This week we are writing the letters Ff-Gg-Hh-Ii-Jj.
I am working with fewer letters with the children who stay for next school year in SFF.

Have a great week and HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!!

Miss Iris