In our morning devotions this week we’ve been learning the song  Nuestro Dios (Our God.) Many of the kids recognize this song from hearing it in church or on the radio and they are eager to learn it in Spanish! Here is a link to the YouTube video.

Important Dates & Reminders

• Thursday, January 30: We will head to For the Kidz Gymnastics for a field trip! I hope to leave school at 9:45 and return at 11:45.
  • Please make sure your child is dressed in comfortable clothes and is wearing socks.
  • Please turn in signed waivers.
  • Please pack a lunch for your child. We will be back to school in time for lunch, but not quite enough time to get hot lunch.
  • I am all set for drivers this time. Thank you! 🙂
• Tuesday, February 11: All school chapel. Kindergarten and 8th grade will be participating/leading!
• Thursday, February 13: Class Valentine’s Day Celebration & 100th day of school!
  • If your child would like to pass out valentines please bring enough for 21 students. Please fill out the “From: ___” section, but not the “To: ___” section as this greatly simplifies passing out the valentines.
  • Stay tuned for details about volunteering in Valentines Day centers or donating materials if you would like to help us celebrate!
  • Zero the Hero (secretly Mr. McAboy) will be visiting our school to help us celebrate 100 days of learning! Throughout the day, we’ll be doing a few fun literacy and math activities. God has been so good these 100 days!
• Friday, February 14- Monday, February 17: No School

Curriculum

Bible: In Bible we are walking through the events of Jesus’ ministry. This week we read about Jesus’s interaction with NIcodemus and Lazarus.

Matthew 19:14 But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them. For the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”

Mateo 19:14 Pero Jesus dijo, “Dejad a los niños venir a mí y no se los impidais. Porque de los tales es el reino de los cielos.”

Literacy: In grammar we continued to talk about verbs. This week we talked about the second person singular form- tú. The beautiful thing about immersion is your students have been using these kinds of verbs all year as they speak, write, and listen to Spanish. Now we get to study them more closely. Next week we will learn about 3rd person singular verbs- él, ella, and usted. 

• Reading strategy: Visualizing
• Read aloud: Abren Paso a Los Patitos
• Vocabulary words
  • cruzar (to cross)
  • la orilla (shore)
  • el jardín (garden)
  • los patitos (ducks)
  • los cacahuetes (peanuts)
  • la isla (island)
  • la laguna (pond)
  • la responsabilidad (responsibility)
• Word wall word: voy (I’m going)
• Phrase of the week: Hoy es ___. (Today is ___.)
• Words on the wall so far: el, él, no, la, si, sí, mamá, y, papá, soy, en, tu, tú, es, de, bien, son

Math: In our math centers we are practicing our addition facts in a variety of hands-on ways. In our math lessons in the morning this week we worked on our unit 2 math test. We will finish it this coming week and begin to talk about teen numbers as groups of 10 and some more.

Up in Lights: Lucas was up in lights this week! His mom and siblings came in to share the special things they see in Lucas. He would like to be a firefighter when he grows up, loves the color teal, and enjoys listening to music. Lucas is a great friend to many in our class and we’re so glad we get to do kindergarten with him! We love you, Lucas!