basketball, la casa and scooters!!!!!

Hola padres! Welcome back from break. I hope it was restful and fun for all of you! My family and I had a wonderful few days in Moab, Utah where I ran my first half marathon. What a thrilling experience. I can't think of a more beautiful place to have run 13.1 miles. If you get a chance, please pass through there some day. It is a beautiful part of our country!

Well, we are back to the grind as we launch into fourth quarter. I have already started to speak to the scholars about what behavior for first and second graders looks like as they look to finish the year. It is always good to remind them that as the school year comes to a close that they are expected to have a sense of what the grade above them might look like in terms of behavior. They are doing well so far and I am excited about the growth I have seen in them over the course of the year.

In terms of PE, our basketballs finally came in yesterday and so we were able to start that unit today. Most of the scholars seem to have a good idea what the game is about and are ready and willing to help those who are new to the game. We will work on dribbling, passing and shooting. I am so glad to see that they are excited about it.

In Spanish, we have started our unit on la casa, or the house. I introduced the vocabulary earlier this week and had the scholars do a fun cooperative drawing in order to practice these new words. They really enjoyed it and I hope they told you about it. We will play and explosion and BINGO game today and tomorrow to help them review the vocabulary some more. We will continue this unit into next week.

Our Wednesday lesson in PE has changed from parachutes to scooters! I am excited to start this new unit with the scholars and hope they have as much fun with it as I do.

Looking forward, our field day is scheduled for Wednesday, April 16th. If anyone is willing to help organize events, snacks, refreshments and/or supplies, any help is greatly appreciated. Please email me and let me know.  Thank you so much and have a great week!

Sra. Hamilton