¡Queridos Padres!
We have had a great first 2020 school week! With some kids not enjoying of healthiness, but overall a great week! Please continue to pray for the healthiness in our classroom! I am planning o start to work with the reading benchmark this week. We are working hard on keeping things clean and washing our hands constantly.
Please don’t hesitate to contact me with any questions, suggestion or advice.
Grace & Peace;
Maestra Ruiz
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Important Dates:
January 17 End of 2nd Marking Period – School in Session
January 20 No School (Preschool-8th) – Teacher Professional Development
January 21 Second Semester Begins
January 23 All School Chapel – 9:00 a.m.
January 31 Family Groups – 11:45-12:45
NO Busing Dates 2019 – 2020:
January 15 & 16: NO AM for Middle School
January 17: NO PM
February 13: NO PM for Elementary
March 13: NO PM
April 24: NO PM
May 7 and 8: NO PM
June 3: NO PM for Elementary. No AM for Middle School
June 4: NO AM for Middle School
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Curriculum
BIBLE:
– Walking with God:
Joseph: Joseph’s Dreams, Joseph is sold, Joseph the Slave, Joseph the prisoner, Pharaoh’s dreams
– Bible Memory:
Exodo 15:2 “El Señor es mi fuerza y mi cántico, él es mi salvación. Él es mi Dios y lo alabaré, Él es el Dios de mis padres y lo enalteceré”
MATH:
– Unit 4 Place Value Concepts
- Represent and compare teen numbers
- Use Place Value to Compare Numbers
- Add Tens or Ones
- Mixed Addition with Tens and Ones
SCIENCE:
Phenomenal Science
- Working on the writing of the lifecycle of a plant
SOCIAL STUDIES:
Unit #2: How Do We Get What We Need or Want?
Lesson 5: Trade
Lesson 6: Money
GRAMMAR:
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- Grammar: Personal pronouns – yo, tú, él, ella, usted and subject verb agreement in sentences and superlatives -ísimo, ísima, ísimos, ísimas (added to adjectives for emphasis). Ex: grandísimo, grandísima, bellísimos, bellísimas.
- Word Wall Words: pero, el amigo, todo, juntos, venir
- Syllables: ja, je, ge, ji. gi, jo, ju
- Phonetic Books: El pájaro rojo, El girasol gigante and El chorrito
- Poem: Los gemelos, Fiesta de Juguetes
- Culture and language – ¿A qué hora te levantas? Me levanto a las ___.
- Mentor Text: Un día de nieve
- Vocabulary words: la ventana (the window), la nieve (the snow), el desayuno (breakfast), el invierno (winter), doce (twelve), la cebra (the zebra), el bolsillo (the pocket), la barbera (the hair stylist)
WRITING:
The craft of revision: Realistic Fiction
Writing stories with problems, solutions, beginning, middle and endings.
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 **
January 14 Doreen VanderVeen
January 21 Vivian (Jan. 17) Wonderfully made & B-day
January 28 Kayla (June 26) Wonderfully made & ½ B-day
Gracias Maestra Ruiz por todo lo q haces por los chicos!