Thank you for reading this week's newsletter- lots happening in salón 1! 1. Cold and flu season is (unfortunately) upon is! If your child is sick, please notify the office about their absence and the type of illness. This is confidential, but also helps us know what bugs are floating around so that we can keep everyone healthy and safe. Thank you for your support in this! 2. Thank you to all the parents and families who were able to join us on Friday morning for the feria de libros. The extra hands made all the difference and the students loved getting to see some familiar faces. 3. Friendly reminder that we will be celebrating “Pumpkin Day/Día de calabaza” on Thursday, October 31st. Please be sure to send all students in with a cantalope sized pumpkin and any other materials you may have volunteered for by Monday, October 28th. All parents are all welcome to join us in the gym at 8:30. **On Thursday, October 31st, students are welcome to wear their Halloween costumes! No weapons or masks allowed. 4. The kinder team is excited to invite all parents and families to a morning “drop in” on Friday, November 22 from 8:00-8:30. Students will be in charge of showing you around the classroom, teaching you a math game or finding a book to read with you. I am also excited to announce that Srta. Colon, who will be the lead teacher during my maternity leave, will also be there to meet you and join in the fun! 5.
This week's slideshow features día de peluche, "leo a mi mismo" and "la persona misteriosa," Fiona!
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¡Hola a todos! This week we look forward to Loker's "feria de libros" (Book Fair). We will be visiting the Book Fair as a class on Friday, and are excited to check out the Spanish book options that will be available! We are also excited to teach the school the "Macarena de los meses" (Macarena of the months) at Thursday's all-school meeting. Feel free to come and cheer us on! So far in our phonics program (Estrellita) students have been learning about vowels "a" and "o" and some associated vocabulary (letra a: avión, alce, almohada, árbol) (letra o: oso, óvalo, olla, ocho). For the next two weeks, our focus will be on vowels "i" and "u." Students continue to grow their independent reading ("leo a mi mismo") stamina. In our social-emotional curriculum, Open Circle, we will be starting the second unit on "managing ourselves" (especially when experiencing conflicts or strong emotions). This will pair nicely with our work with mindfulness coach, Gabriel. Also, thank you to all parents who have already volunteered to help supply materials for kindergarten's "día de calabazas" (pumpkin day) on October 31st. Thank you to room parent, Kate Sambuco, for organizing! By Monday, October 28th, every child is also asked to send in a cantaloupe sized pumpkin to decorate! All parents are welcome to come and join in the fun with their child. We will be having the event in the gym, from 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM. *I will include another reminder in next week's newsletter as well* Check out our slideshow to see some highlights from this week including a visit from a Wayland firefighter! ¡Hola a todos! I hope that everyone is enjoying the long weekend with their family and friends!! I have continued to enjoy "parent/teacher conference season"! Looking forward to seeing many of you this week as well. On Friday your child brought home a letter and materials for a special project for El Día de Los Muertos. We have gone over a few examples of how to "disguise" the calaveras in class including mujer maravilla (wonder woman) and have also included a picture for your reference above. Most of the explanation was included in the letter, but please let us know if you have any questions about this! We will also be modeling the in-class presentations before the projects are due on Monday, October 28th. Last week we enjoyed a special visit from Laurel Pirelli, Loker's guidance counselor. She will be visiting our classroom once a month for a brief social-emotional lesson. This month her focus was on identifying the size of the problem and matching our reaction appropriately. For example, breaking a crayon is a small problem and only requires a small reaction. This is something we will work on and review all year in kinder! This week we look forward to a visit from Wayland's bomberos (firefighters) coming to teach us about Fire Prevention Week on Friday! Check out this week's slideshow to see lots of fun and learning at morning meeting, outside in the "Gaga Ball" pit and cheering and chanting our way through the Estrellita curriculum. ¡Muy buenos días a todos! Thank you for a wonderful first week of parent teacher conferences! Please continue to send in your "parent homework." You are the experts of your child and their first teachers, so I really appreciate your insight! This week: This week we will be diving deeper into the first letters and sounds in our phonics sequence (vowels "o" and "a"), continue to explore our school yard trees in Science and learn more about the important routines of Reader's Workshop! I did give the students a little homework to start teaching you our phonics chant in Estrellita which includes key words, sounds and movements. See youtube video for support: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUi-d8eQFpM Please note that we have picture day, bright and early on Tuesday (get those forms in!) and no school on Wednesday in observance of Yom Kippur. Please also be on the lookout for a project coming home with your child this week centered around El Día de Los Muertos. Friendly reminders: 1. Library books! In order to check out a new book from Loker's library each week, students need to remember to return the book they checked out the previous week! One mom shared at conferences that her child knows that her Loker library book needs to "live" in her backpack if they are not enjoying it! This week's slideshow includes rompecabezas de árboles (tree puzzles) in Science, math rotations Ben's 6th birthday, guest reader Rhandy and of course our field trip to Lookout Farm! |
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