JIRAFAS Class Weekly Update 10

Dear Parents,

Next week, we will have our Thanksgiving celebration from 9-9:45am. A classroom activity will take place from 9-9:15 immediately followed by a breakfast downstairs in the gym. Please feel free to bring any family pictures for your child to share with his/her peers.

Have a great weekend!

Sincerely,

Señorita Sandra, Señorita Mailliw, and Ms. Gabby

Math Spanish Class

– Learning a new shape: Crescent

– Arranging numbers 1 to 10 in ascending order and understanding the increasing value of every number.

– Arranging the numbers 1 to 5.

– Counting, identifying, representing, naming, and ordering a number of objects.

– Ordering numbers 1 to 10.

– Identifying objects and their numeral value.

– Identifying the numbers 1 -25.

– Learning basic concepts: Full and empty.

– Writing the numbers and practicing their pronunciation.

– Reviewing the pronunciation for all colors. .

Math English Class

– Identifying numerals 1-20.

– Writing numerals 1-6.

– Identifying amounts 1-6 on a die.

– Counting numbers 1-25.

– Applying 1:1 correspondence when counting objects.

– Identifying a crescent and real life objects in this form.

Language Arts Spanish Class

– Pronouncing vocabulary words that start with the letter ‘T’.

– Identifying and pronouncing parts of the classroom: Pizarra/Chalkboard, Tiza/Chalk, Mochila/Backpack, Libros/Books and Paginas/Pages.

– Memorizing the different types of furniture used School.

– Writing our first and last names without any assisting dots.

– Writing the upper and lowercase letter ‘T’ and ‘t’.

– Recognizing and Pronouncing all the (pictographs) related to the letter of the week: Taza, Tenedor, Tijeras, Toro y Tunel.

– Memorizing and pronouncing the alphabet in Spanish.

– Learning about syllable segmentation , rhythm, and pauses when reading.

– Reviewing the vowels and letter M.

– Awareness of the relationship between sounds and letters.

– Describing the characters in a short story.

– Reviewing characters in the short story and answering questions about the sequence of events, specially in the story ‘Three Little Pigs’.

Read-Aloud

We read the following stories this week:

– El pulpo que se hizo un lio tremendo

– Los tres cerditos y el lobo feroz

– Árbol de la gratitud

– El viento en los sauces.

Language Arts English Class

– Reviewing long vowel sounds A, E, I, O and U.

– Identifying ‘long E and I’ sounds in words (e.g. er, eel, eat, eagle, easel, bee and tree; icicle, ice, island, and lion).

– Identifying long A, E and I sounds in a dice game.

– Listening to a YouTube video of the long vowel sounds 

Some of the books read this past week include:

– The Three Little Pigs By: Merce Escardo

Strategies and Skills

– Reading Strategy #2; Look at the pictures and at the first letter or letters.

– Sequencing stories (e.g., first, next, then and finally.)

– Taking a picture walk before reading a new story.

– Describing the roles of an author and illustrator.

Handwriting Without Tears

– ‘Air writing’ or ‘Sky writing’ lowercase letters.

– Writing letters and numbers on a dry-erase board.

– Tracing letters with an index finger.

– Writing Capital ‘C’

– Writing number 6

Social-Emotional Development in both classrooms

This week we focused on being grateful/thankful for others. We used different activities to teach about this concept:

– Expressing what they’re grateful for.

– Reading a story about feeling thankful.

– Introducing the significance of Thanksgiving.

– Practicing and pronouncing the word ‘Thank you’ in different languages.

Social Studies – Supermarket

– Identifying the different sections and items sold at the supermarket.

– Recognizing the products and their location.

– Recognizing words: Dairy Products, Meat section, Fish section, Frozen Foods, Fruits & Vegetables, Bread section, Household items, Toiletries and Drinks.

– Discussing the responsibilities of a cashier.

– Exploring the concept of Customer and using dollars and cents to pay for items.

– Role playing with food items, cash register, money, cashier and customers.

Art

– Introducing Kandisky and identifying his main paintings.

– Analyzing Kandisky’s painting ‘Color Study, Squares with Concentric Circles’

– Identifying the different colors in circles

– Making our very own painting with the stippling technique.

– Sharing our thoughts about the painting

Vocabulary of the Week

Pizarra: Chaklboard

Tiza: Chalk

Mochila: Backpack

Libros: Books

Paginas: Pages

La Pizarra es blanca: The Chalkboard is white

La tiza es para escribir: We use the chalk to write.

Colgamos la mochila en el perchero: We hang our backpacks in our cubby.

Que libros quereis leer esta semana?: Which book would you like to read this week?

Todos vamos a la pagina dos: We all turn to page two.

Recommendation

Grateful story in both language

Spanish game

Math alphabet activities

Three little pig song