¡Queridos Padres!

Please don’t hesitate to contact me with any questions, suggestion or advice.

Grace & Peace;
Maestra Ruiz

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Important Dates:

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Curriculum

BIBLE:

– Walking with God:

– Bible Memory:

Lucas 2

MATH:

– Unit 3 Unknown Numbers in Addition and Subtraction

• Finishing unit #3
• Reviewing and assessing the following week

SCIENCE:
Phenomenal Science  

• Weather & Seasons
• The life cycle of plants and animals

We will be working with a project for the life cycle of plants and your child will need a clear water bottle of about 16oz. Please send it by Wednesday next week! 

GRAMMAR:
CASA

Dear Spanish Immersion families~

I am excited to share with you some information about a new addalingua project-based assessment. The Cultural competency, Academic alignment & Spanish language Assessment (CASA) is designed to measure students’ progress toward the three goals of immersion education. We are excited at ZCS to be able to pilot this new project-based assessment program-wide.

While the format of the CASA is similar to the aalpa, these new assessments bring more attention to cultural competency goals and student reflection.

What’s similar to the aalpa:

• three tasks (interpretive, interpersonal, presentational)

• timeline for completion

• feedback loops to give students opportunities to set goals for themselves

• helps teachers see how students authentically use Spanish language skills

What’s different from the aalpa:

• deeper focus on cultural competency

• greater emphasis on student reflection

• topics tied to identity development and global empathy

• new, interactive online learning platform

Our Spanish immersion teachers have spent the past few weeks being trained in how to administer the assessment and are excited to be able to work through this project with their students in the time between December 2 and Christmas Break. addalingua will, in some cases, be observing and collecting feedback to inform future development. It is an honor for us to be able to speak into the development of these assessments, and it will result in a final product that is tailored to the needs of addalingua schools such as ZCS.

Because this assessment spans several days, and each day builds on the previous days, it is important that students be present as much as possible during the assessment periods. We know that sickness is unavoidable at times, but we do ask that if your child must leave for an appointment that you avoid the following times listed here by your child’s teacher.

• I am planning on Mondays – Wednesdays from 9:00 – 10:00 am, Thursdays from 10:30 – 11:30 and Fridays from 9:00 – 10:00 am. I will notify any change in the schedule with previous time.

We value your partnership in the education of our students and are excited to be piloting yet another element that will improve the quality of immersion education here at ZCS!

Thank you,

Jodi Pierce and the immersion team

WRITING:

Stretching words to hear and record all the sounds

Recording beginning, middle and ending sounds

Writing complete sentences that begin with a capital letter and end with a punctuation mark

Making lists

Asking questions

Wonderfully made, B-day, and lunch duty schedule:

(Tuesdays from 11:55 – 12:20)
Supervise students while they are having lunch, make sure they go out to recess when the bells rings, wipe down the tables)
** If we are celebrating wonderfully made and B-day the time to be at school will be 11:30 – 12:20 **

December 10    Brielle’s wonderfully made 1/2 B-day celebration

December 17     Jacob’s wonderfully made 1/2 B-day celebration

Thanks for reading until the end!