One thing that struck me this week is how much Spanish your children are using! Several times I noticed them helping each other remember certain vocabulary in an effort to help their friends speak only Spanish. Very soon we will be raising the expectation and I will be encouraging students to use only Spanish in their conversations with peers. We will not have a consequence for English use until after spring break. It will be a very gentle consequence and I know your kids will be able to handle it!
Important Dates & Reminders
- Quarters: At the beginning of this month I sent home some information encouraging you to have a conversation with your child about what it could look like for them to earn money to support our sponsor student in the Philippines. This is an optional project. If your family has chosen to participate, please bring the donations in by the end of this coming week.
- Tuesday, March 17: Elementary Spring Program at 6:15 at Community Reformed Church. More details will come from the music teachers soon. Kindergarten classes will perform.
- Tuesday, March 3: optional parent/teacher conferences
- Tuesday, March 24: Field trip to Visser Farms (I’ll send a SignUp Genius soon to request drivers)
- April 3-10: Spring Break
- April 17: ZCS Auction
Curriculum
Bible: We continue to read about miracles Jesus performed. This week we read about Jesus walking on water and calming the storm. Next week we’ll read about Jesus healing people.
Miracles Bible Verse: Pidan, y se les dará; busquen, y encontrarán; llamen, y se les abrirá. Mateo 7:7
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.” Matthew 7:7
Literacy: We continued learning about verb conjugations. This time we focused on third person plural. In English this would be the pronoun “they.” In Spanish we say “ellos,” “ellas.” The same conjugation is used for the second person plural, “ustedes.”
- Reading strategy: Visualizing
- Read aloud: El Diente de Franklin
- Vocabulary words
- el diente (tooth)
- la hada (fairy)
- la almohada (pillow)
- la dentista (dentist)
- la moneda (coin)
- Word wall word: este (this) yo (I)
- Phrase of the week: Yo voy a ____. I’m going to ____.
- Words on the wall so far: el, él, no, la, si, sí, mamá, y, papá, soy, en, tu, tú, es, de, bien, son, voy, quiero, este
Math: We continue to talk about teen numbers. This week we practiced writing 14, 15, and 16. We also played Memory to practice matching the teen number with the matching card that had the sum (10+__.)
Writing Workshop: We are nearly finished with our unit on pattern books! This coming week we will publish our favorite stories. The next unit will be on How To books. You can help your child prepare for this unit by discussing things your child likes to do and could teach others. Some ideas include, how to make a favorite food, how to tie shoes, how to draw a certain animal, etc.
Up in Lights: Aubrey was up in lights this week! The class really enjoyed when her mom shared all her baby books with us! Aubrey you are so special to us! We love you!