domingo, 23 de abril de 2017

Week of April 24-28

Dear Prek Parents,

We hope everyone had an awesome weekend.

Reminders:
- Every Tuesday Homework is send home. Homework should be back to school on Thursday. Please don’t forget to send the folder and notebook back
-Please make sure your child is ONLY bringing toys of topics required by the teacher. We have been receiving children with toys that do not belong to any of the studies we are having.

This week we will continue learning about our abc. We will be working on recognizing the letters with their sound, letter formation, vocabulary of the letter, remember always emphasizing on the short vowel sounds. This week we will be studying about the letter Ww. The vocabulary words for this letter are: walrus, whale, watermelon, wheel, water, window, wig, walk, wand, web, watch

Children assigned should take at least five (5) items that they have at home that begin with this letter. Items should be at school on Tuesday and we will send them back on Friday. For this week we have William (Prek”A”) and Juwon (Prek”B”).
Thank you for your support!!

The following link you will find a PowerPoint presentation with the vocabulary, in case you would like to review at home with your child.

We are attaching links of some of Letter Ww videos if you would like to listen and sing at home with your kid:
We would like your support on once in a while review the ABC’s letter names and sound. Here are some songs we use in class every day.

On Wednesday, April 26th. Please wear a Wig and a Watch. We will have a “Wear a Wig and a Watch to Walk around the school.”

On Friday, April 28th, we will wrap-up our letter W unit. We will be Washing Windows and toys. Please send some spray bottles and sponges. Send some extra clothes if necessary.

Thank you for your support!

Some of the stories we will be reading this week are:
The Boy Who Creid Wolf, Sam should be looking after his sheep, but instead he can't help but play cruel tricks on the villagers by crying wolf. Will Sam soon be caught out by his own joke?

In math, will continue working with numbers. We will work with numbers 0-15 on how to represent and idenify using tally marks, ten frames, number formation, and name of the number, one-to-one correspondence, and sequencing. We will also be working with Opposites. Children will be able to identify opposites.

Our Nursery Rhyme this week is: “The Wheels on the Bus”
We are attaching you the link of the videos 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.

In Science we will begin learning the unit about Insects. We are going to learning and discussing about some different types of insects. Some of the vocabulary words we will be focusing are: cockroach, butterfly, caterpillar, bettle, fly, moskito, dragonfly, ants, ladybug, grasshopper, bee, stick insect. 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.

The following link you will find a PowerPoint presentation with the vocabulary, in case you would like to review at home with your child.



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.

domingo, 16 de abril de 2017

Week of Apr. 17-21

Dear Prek Parents,
Hope you all had a wonderful Easter Break. We will be waiting for you on Tuesday, April 18th.
This week is review week of all the concepts we’ve learned until this 4th quarter. Which are letters A-V (name, identify, write, sound of the letter and some vocab), numbers 0-14 (name, identify, write, sequence, make set.)
The following link you will find a PowerPoint presentation with the vocabulary, in case you would like to review at home with your child.
Thank you for your support!
We would like your support on reviewing the ABC’s letter names and sound. Here are some songs we use in class every day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkR4E2KXhRA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BELlZKpi1Zs  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Djz82FBYiug
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.
Our Nursery Rhyme this week is: “Baby Shark”
We are attaching you the link of the videos 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=XqZsoesa55w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GR2o6k8aPlI
In Science we will continue the unit about Ocean Animals. We are going to learning and discussing Ocean life and animals that live in the Ocean. The different between Ocean animals and no Ocean Animals. Some of the vocabulary words we will be focusing are: octopus, fish, seahorse, whale, sea turtle, shark, starfish, jellyfish, crab, dolphin, shrimp, shell. 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.

The following link you will find a PowerPoint presentation with the vocabulary, in case you would like to review at home with your child.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9h-xCekmFlXTnVzM2hlcTVJUHM

sábado, 1 de abril de 2017

Week of April 3-7

Dear Prek Parents,

We hope everyone had an awesome weekend.

Reminders:
- Every Tuesday Homework is send home. Homework should be back to school on Thursday. Please don’t forget to send the folder and notebook back

-Please make sure your child is ONLY bringing toys of topics required by the teacher. We have been receiving children with toys that do not belong to any of the studies we are having.

Easter Celebration is just around the corner. We will celebrate Easter on Friday, April 7th at Valentina’s House. Her house is located at El Hatillo. We need your support for this day with 12 plastic eggs and Lps. 100.00 which will include the transportation to and from Valentina’s house to school, the candies for the plastic eggs, the Easter basket and a piñata. You can join us on this day. We will be leaving school at 8:15am and coming back to school at 11:15am.

This week we will continue learning about our abc. We will be working on recognizing the letters with their sound, letter formation, vocabulary of the letter, remember always emphasizing on the short vowel sounds. This week we will be studying about the letter Vv. The vocabulary words for this letter are: van, volcano, violin, vegetables, vest, vase, vote, vaccum, vinegar, vet

Children assigned should take at least five (5) items that they have at home that begin with this letter. Items should be at school on Tuesday and we will send them back on Friday. For this week we have Valentina (Prek”A”) and Sophia (Prek”B”).
Thank you for your support!!

The following link you will find a PowerPoint presentation with the vocabulary, in case you would like to review at home with your child.

We are attaching links of some of Letter V videos if you would like to listen and sing at home with your kid:
We would like your support on once in a while review the ABC’s letter names and sound. Here are some songs we use in class every day.

Some of the stories we will be reading this week are:
The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle, "A beautifully executed work for the very young that satisfies the needs of both visually handicapped and sighted children without losing its artistic integrity."
-The Horn Book, starred review.
"Both sighted and blind children will follow the action with ease . . . Visually and verbally, this is a winner."
-Booklist, starred review

In math, will continue working with numbers. We will work with numbers 0-14 on how to represent and idenify using tally marks, ten frames, number formation, and name of the number, one-to-one correspondence, and sequencing. We will also be working with Measurement. Children will be able to measure objects using measurement references.

Our Nursery Rhyme this week is: “3 Blind Mice”
We are attaching you the link of the videos 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=h1U0sWcNNIQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfaChKSV8kg

In Social Studies we will continue the unit about Easter. We are going to learning and discussing about the Easter Holiday. Some of the vocabulary words we will be focusing are: bunny, easter eggs, flowers, chocolates, chick, basket, lamb. 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.

The following link you will find a PowerPoint presentation with the vocabulary, in case you would like to review at home with your child.

Gina’s Birthday is on Monday, April 3rd. She will be sharing with us with some juice, pizza and cake for snack time on this day!

See you on Tuesday, April 11th.

Happy Easter Holiday Enjoy!! Be safe!