Feb. 25,-Mar.01

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 you to 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. 25^th to March 1st, we will be doing an author study about him and we will celebrate his 105^th birthday. In order to honor Dr. Seuss’, we will be doing many different activities throughout the following week. Here is the dress-up calendar for next week:

Monday, Feb. 25^th – “The Cat in the Hat”

Hat and Tie day

Tuesday, Feb. 26^th – “Fox in Socks”

Wacky Socks day (wear crazy socks)

Wednesday, Feb. 27^th – “Wacky Wednesday”

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

Thursday, Feb 28th– “If I Ran the Zoo”

Wear Animal Print

Friday, March 01st– “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.

Feb. 18-22

Dear Parents,

Thank you so much for your support in making our Valentine´s day Party. We had lots of fun! 

This week we will begin working and learning about the oval.The vocabulary words we are going to be focusing on are: watermelon, football, jellybean, beans, egg, potato.

If you have any items at home that are with the shape of an
 oval, 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, The kids get excited to bring things from home.

Some of the stories that we will be reading this week are:

         

Our Nursery Rhyme this week is: “Bingo”

I am attaching you the link of the video of this song we will be learning throughout the week. We will learn two versions of this nursery rhyme. Just a little tip to have fun at home listening and acting out our song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mmF8zOlh_g  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IvC6fZYGMM

In Social Studies we will continue the unit about Farm Animals. We are going to be discussing the different animals that live in the farm. Children will get the chance to name them and know some of these animals. Some of the vocabulary words we will be focusing are: cow, pig, sheep, horse, duck, chicken, hen, rooster. If you have any books or posters, ideas or any other material that you would like to share with us it would be greatly appreciated.


REMINDER: THIS COMING MONDAY FEB.18 THERE WILL BE A HOLIDAY, SO KIDS WON´T COME TO SCHOOL. 

Feb. 11-15, Valentine´s week!!

Dear Parents,

This week we will begin working and learning about the heart. The vocabulary words we are going to be focusing on are: valentine, shamrock, playing cards.

If you have any items at home that are with the shape of a heart, 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, Feb 15th. The kids get excited to bring things from home.

Some of the stories that we will be reading this week are:

Our Nursery Rhyme this week is: “Skidamarik”

I am attaching you the link of the video of this song we will be learning throughout the week. We will learn two versions of this nursery rhyme. Just a little tip to have fun at home listening and acting out our song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Olys0sWRGA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ug1pI-Ephns

In Social Studies we will begin the unit about Friendship and Feelings. We are going to be discussing the different types of feelings. Children will get the chance to name them and know how to be a good friend and learn the words to express their feelings.. Some of the vocabulary words we will be focusing are: love, friends, hug, valentine’s, happy, sad, angry, scared, surprised, shy, worried. If you have any books or posters, ideas or any other material that you would like to share with us it would be greatly appreciated.

As you all know, this coming Thursday February 14, we celebrate ´s Day. We will be having snack altogether to celebrate this special day. We will be talking about ways to be nice to each other and we will be discussing Friendship.This day kids will be eating Ice-cream with bananas and M&M, kids can bring a small snack this day.

So for this activity, we are requesting you to help your child decorate a shoe box to be used as their mailbox. Be creative, and let your child brainstorm the ideas that he/she would like their box to look like. We are going to display all these lovely mailboxes on Thursday for your child to deliver their valentine cards for their friends. This is a voluntary activity. However, if you decide to participate, the only request that we have is that the students should bring one card or treat to each one of the Nursery students. This mailbox should be at school this Wednesday, February 13^th.

We have a total of 15 students! Here is the list:

Alice
Camila Flores
Camila Chinchila
Eva
Natalia
Sofia
Thiago
Ivan
Karim
Rayan
Nicolas 
                                        Daniel
                                        Mateo
                                        Marian
                                        Victoria

Feb. 04-08

Dear Parents,

This week we will begin working and learning about the triangle. The vocabulary words we are going to be focusing on are: pizza, pine tree, cone, pyramid.

If you have any items at home that are with the shape of a triangle, 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. The kids get excited to bring things from home.

Some of the stories that we will be reading this week are:

 

Our Nursery Rhyme this week is: “Old McDonald had a farm”

I am attaching you the link of the video of this song we will be learning throughout the week. We will learn two versions of this nursery rhyme. Just a little tip to have fun at home listening and acting out our song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7T0WvaeGUU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWhqORImND0

                                 

In Social Studies we will continue the unit about Farm Animals. We are going to be discussing the different animals that live in the farm. Children will get the chance to name them and know some of these animals. Some of the vocabulary words we will be focusing are: cow, pig, horse, duck, chicken, hen, roaster, farmer, barn, cat, dog. If you have any books or posters, ideas or any other material that you would like to share with us it would be greatly appreciated.

Next friday Febuary 08th, we will have a field trip to AGAFAM. Permission slip was sent today, (Friday).

 Thank you so much for your help so far, we had so much fun in the community helpers presentation, kids enjoyed it a lot!