Ositos Class

Ms. Amparo and Ms. Claudia




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Aug 15, 2014

August 18th – August 22nd

Dear Ositos Parents,

We are having a great time at Ositos Classroom, and we would like to invite you to check on facebook all our new posts and pictures every Wednesday.
Theme of the Week: “My School and Me/Mi Escuela y Yo”
Our Ositos have been doing a great job the first week of school, adapting to the classroom rules and routine, they have learned the different areas and centers of the classroom and how to work in each one with the different materials and toys. They also are having fun singing the new Sff songs every day.
This week we will reinforce the classroom rules, and we  will focus on learning the areas outside the classroom.  The Ositos will learn where the other classrooms are located, and will meet, recognize or identify  teachers and friends.

Words of the week :
We will continue learning words and expressions practicing the sff! new songs.

Special Events/Birthdays :
1.      Happy Birthday  to Oscar Militello, he turned four last week. Congratulations Oscar!!! You are a big boy!!!
2.      Congratulations to the Hughston family, their new member is on his way.

Friendly Remainders:
•          We are still missing some of your Child’s Profiles, please take a moment to fill out the form and bring it back to the teachers, this information is very important for us to get to know our Ositos.
•          Remember to bring 2 family pictures for our “Family” corner.
•          Remember to bring your child’s blanket (not pillows or stuffed animals are allowed) for naptime.
•          Remember to pick up your week for the special activities, “The Student of the Week” and “The Traveling Pet”…
•          Be an active member in your child’s activities at school, filling out the Volunteer List that is posted outside the classroom.
•          Remember to bring your child wearing the Sff! uniform everyday.

Important dates:
•         September 2nd.  Labor Day . The school will be closed.

Have a great weekend!
Miss Amparo and Miss Iris

Aug 8, 2014

Week of August 11Th – 15th 2014


Hola Ositos parents:

We have finalized our summer camp with great satisfaction because the kids have enjoyed so bad all the different activities.  We are sure they had an unforgettable Summer at Sff!.
Thank you very much to all the parents for their support!! MUCHAS GRACIAS!!
Our best wishes to our graduated students who soon will begin  Kindergarten. Good Luck guys, we will miss you!!
Next week we will begin our new school year, welcome everyone to our Ositos classroom. Ms Amparo and Miss Iris have had  prepared many different cool activities  to help your child improving in all the area of development while having a lot of fun!

Topic:
We will start talking about the theme Mi escuela/ My school. Children will get to know their teachers, classroom, classmates, centers and materials. We will emphasize in classroom rules and routine and  we will make games that help our children in their adaptation.

Words of the week:
Mi escuela- My school
Mi salon de clase- My classroom
Mis maestras- My teachers
Mis companeros- My peers
Las area- areas
Los materiales- materials
El parque- The playground
La cocina- The kitchen
La oficina-The office
Las reglas del salon- The classroom rules:

Special events:
*Monday, August 11- School closed due Teachers work day.
*Tuesday, August 12- First day of our new school year.
*Congratulations  Marisa on your  birthday.  Feliz cumpleanos!!!

Friendly reminders:
*Please complete and return your child’s profile included in the packet sent by email. If you need more copies we have available in the classroom, please let us know.  
*Please bring extra cloths and blanket for your child.

Room Parents:
Ashley Kirkman
Honey Patel
Thank you so much for volunteering!! We truly appreciate it!!!

welcome back families: Kirkman, Wright and Mount.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Sincerely,

Ms iris and Ms Amparo

Aug 1, 2014

Week of August 4th – August 8th.


Dear Ositos Parents,

Next week is our last Summer camp week and we just want to say thank you to all of you for your support and for letting us enjoy with your child many different fun activities. We truly had an awesome time! Some of our Ositos will Stay with us this new school year, some of them are already  ready to go to Kindergarten, we feel so proud of our graduated students and we know you are going to do great in this new stage of life. Our best wishes for you and your wonderful families… We will miss you guys!!!

 Theme of the week:  “The Circus / El Circo”  
We are going to have a lot of fun learning about wild animals, clowns, dancers, and performing unforgettable shows like in a real Circus… It is going to be amazing!

Vocabulary:
The circus/el circo
The clown/el payaso
The elephant/el elefante
The lion/el león
The trapezist/el trapecista
The juggler/el malabarista
The tamer/el domador
The tent/la carpa
The tickets/los boletos.

Important Days: 

Wednesday 6th: Meet and Greet, at 6.00 p.m.
Friday 8th: Early released, we will closed  the school at 12.30 p.m.
Monday 11th : Sff closed due Teacher’s workday
Tuesday 12th : First day of new school year 2014-2015

Note:
Thank you so much to Miss Kenia who will be working with us during three more days until  Miss Iris is back from vacations, Thursday 7th.  Once again Thank you Miss Kenia we really don’t want to let you go L… We love you and we will miss you so much!!! 


Have a great weekend!


Miss Iris


Jul 25, 2014

Week of July 28th -August 1st.


Hello Ositos  Parents
This week our theme will be “caballeros y Princesas” (Knights and Princesses) It will be a wonderful and adventourous week in wich we will pretend we live in castles and the children will dress in costumes and make arts and crafts.

Words of the week:
El caballero – the Knight
El caballo – the horse
El Castillo – the Castle
El dragon – the dragon
La princesa – the princess
El príncipe – the prince
La corona – the Crown

Special activities:
Monday:  we will read stories of princess and knights. The children are welcome to anything related with the theme (toys, books, etc.)

Tuesday:    The girls will make princesses crowns and the boys will make knight’s armors.

Wednesday: We will make delicious cupcakes and enjoy the tee time like in the royalty.

Thursday: We will have the exposition at the lobby of the wonderful crowns and knight armor your child will make.

Friday: There will be ball at the castle… All the knights and princess will dance and show off their crowns, armor and special outfits to their friends at our parade.

Reminders:
Ms. Iris will be out on a well deserved vacation from July 28th through August 7th.

Farewell note:
Today was Qadir Sampson last day. Dear Qadir, our sweet boy, we wish you the best in kindergarten, We love you and  we will miss you so much. Good luck for you and your family in this new stage of life.   

Note:
We will be closing our week  with a fancy ball, if you would like to share some healthy snacks with our princesses  and knights we will be accepting donations    like popsicles, cookies, fruit, cupcakes, crackers,  etc. Thank you so much in advanced for all your support!



 Miss Iris and Miss Kenia 

Jul 18, 2014

Week of July 21st – July 25th.


Hola ositos parents:
Our ositos have had a fun week talking about zoo animals and making different masks. We will continue with many fun activities next week and on this occasion we will be talking about Dinosaurs.

Words of the week:
El dinosaurio- dinosaur
El tiranosaurio- tyrannosaurus
El pterodactilo- The pterodactyl
El triceraptos- The triceraptos
El diplodocus- The diplodocus
El paleontologo- paleontologist
fosil- fossil
excavar- dig
pala- shovel
Special activities:
Monday -Read story about dinosaur. Children can bring their favorite dinosaur’s book.
Tuesday- Children will make faces and masks  of dinosaurs. Please bring small cardboard boxes such as macaroni and cheese empty boxes or any other small boxes.  
Wednesday- We will make fossils with clay and play dough.
Thursday- Children can bring their favorite dinosaur.
*Movie time!!  Children will eat animal crackers and ice cream while watching a movie about dinosaurs.
Friday- Expedition to excavate dinosaur eggs and fossils in the sand.
Afternoon- Dinosaur crafts exhibition in the lobby.
Special welcome!!
We want to welcome Riley and Kieran who are in transition from sapitos class.  BIENVENIDOS!!

Friendly Remainders:
Friday August  8th.  Early realize for teacher work day at 12:30 and the school will be close Monday 11th.

Have a wonderful weekend!!!
Ms iris & Ms Kenia



Jul 10, 2014

Week of July 14th - 18th !!!

Hola Ositos parents,
This week our children enjoyed riding their bicycles and playing different games with their friends sapitos and monitos. Thank you so much for all your support! Next week our theme wil be “El zoologico/ the zoo”

The ositos will learn about zoo animals, their habitat, and what they eat.

Words of the week:
·        El elefante- the elephant
·        El oso- the bear
·        El mono- the monkey
·        La jirafa- the jiraffe
·        El hipopotamo- the hippopotamus
·        El leon- the lion
·        La cebra- the zebra
·        El tigre- the tiger
·        La serpiente- the snake
·        Las jaulas- the cages

Special activities:

Monday- bring in a toy stuffed animal
Tuesday- the Ositos will make 3D animals with cardboard boxes and recycle materials
Wednesday- the Ositos will animal masks
Thursday- there will be an exhibition of all the animals that the classrooms made at the lobby (we will pretend we are visiting the zoo)
FrIday- animal masks festival

Special event:
Feliz cumpleanos numero 5 Braydon Plummer, Have a ton of fun on your special day!
Congratulations to the Sneed family for birth of their new baby!

Reminders:
Due to our mornings being busy with special activities we appreciate if you apply sunblock on your child before coming to school this way they have more time to enjoy the fun activities in the mornings, we will reapply the sunblock in the afternnoon again!


Ms. Iris & Ms. Kenia

Jul 3, 2014

Week of July 7th - 11th !!

Hola Ositos parents:

We are very happy that our children are enjoying our summer camp and the new kids in Spanish for fun! Are adapting very well. Good job!!

Next week we will be talking about the theme Las olimpiadas de Spanish for fun!/ Spanish for fun olimpic games” We will talk about competitive sports, emphasizing that it is good to win but it is better to share.

Words of the week:
·        El ciclismo-cycling
·        El atletismo-athletics
·        Las porristas- cheerleaders
·        El ejercicio- exercise
·        El baloncesto- basketball
·        La natacion- swimming
·        El balompie- futbol
·        La bicicleta- bicycle
·        La seguridad- safety
·        El casco- helmet

Special activities:

*Monday- Children will dress with the colors of their favorite team.
*Tuesday- Children will dress as athletes.
*Wednesday- Children will prepare in the classroom flags, banners, medals and torches for use in our Olympics.
*Friday- Spanish for fun Olimpic games- This special activity will be our friends the Monitos and Sapitos. Please send your child wearing a yellow T-shirt and running shoes. GRACIAS!!

Farewell note:

* This week we said goodbye to Layla Slade. Good Luck in Kindergarten!! Thank you very much to her parents for all their support, GRACIAS!!

Have a wonderful weekend and Happy Independence Day!!!


Ms Iris & Ms Kenia