Week of Feb. 29 - Mar. 4

Dear Parents,

This week we will begin working and learning about the star. The vocabulary words we are going to be focusing on are: starfish, magic wand, starfruit, badge

If you have any items at home that are with the shape of a star, send them over with your child and we will be discussing them in class, we will display them on a table and we will return them back on Friday.

This week we will have a Dr. Seuss story time every day of the week which will include cake on Friday!!!

We are going to be exposing the students to a variety of his books. If you happen to have books of Dr. Seuss, we are kindly requesting you to send them with your child to school. We will be sending them back on Friday. Dr. Seuss has a collection of more than 50 books and we would really like the children to be exposed to the majority of them. We are going to be watching and reading his biography. We will also be watching and reading some of the stories that the children are not familiar with.

Some of the stories we are going to be studying are:

We invite to you visit the following links with your child. These sites include books, games, activities, and more about Dr. Seuss that you can do with your child at home.

http://www.seussville.com/

http://pbskids.org/catinthehat/games/

Next week, Feb. 26^th to March 2^nd, we will be doing an author study about him and we will celebrate his 104^th birthday. In order to honor Dr. Seuss’ birthday, we will be doing many different activities throughout the following week. Here is the dress-up calendar for next week:

Monday, Feb. 26^th – “The Cat in the Hat”

Hat and Tie day

Tuesday, Feb. 27^th – “Fox in Socks”

Wacky Socks day (wear crazy socks)

Wednesday, Feb. 28^th – “Wacky Wednesday”

Wacky Wednesday (Wear mismatched clothes, clothes backwards, inside-out, etc.)

Thursday, March 3rd – “If I Ran the Zoo”

Wear Animal Print

Friday, March 2nd – “Happy Birthday to you!”

Dr Seuss colors

 (white, black, red) or 

Thing 1 and Thing 2 clothes (red, blue and white)

We have talked to the students that we have started the hot season in Honduras. PLEASE PROVIDE YOUR CHILD WITH A WATER BOTTLE EVERY DAY. Have them wear light clothes; they can bring a hat to protect from the sun, put sunscreen on their face and arms.