Hola padres! There isn't a whole lot to fill you in on this week as with the half day on Friday, first grade only had Spanish today on Tuesday. We did a worksheet that helped us group the four daily meals together: breakfast, lunch, Spanish and snack. We could go on with food for weeks, but I plan to move on to clothing next week.
Thursday, January 29, 2015
Thursday, January 22, 2015
las frutas, jackets and la comida!
Hola padres! We have had fun this week reviewing las frutas and tomorrow I will be introducing la comida or "food". We also spent some time this week reading more about Frida Kahlo and what it was that sparked her interest in painting. The scholars did a wonderful job remembering about her childhood and the mischievious girl that she was. I am excited to continue helping them learn about her.
In PE, we are continuing with dodgeball and will move to a different form of the game next week called knightball. All classes are doing a good job showing sportsmanship and honesty as they work on their throwing skills during the game. One thing I would like to remind all parents is to please send a jacket with your scholar for all Kinder classes and Mrs. Cox's first grade. These classes have PE in the morning and it can be quite chilly at times. I hate to see them without something on to keep them warm, but we will continue to have class outside despite the cold. Please make sure they are warmly dressed which greatly helps their participation.
I want to remind all parents of the app I recommended to some of you during conferences. It is called duolingo and is a great app to get scholars to practice their Spanish or any language for that matter! It is very intuitive and I believe that you can set it up to compete against others. Its a great way to keep their interest.
Sra. Hamilton
In PE, we are continuing with dodgeball and will move to a different form of the game next week called knightball. All classes are doing a good job showing sportsmanship and honesty as they work on their throwing skills during the game. One thing I would like to remind all parents is to please send a jacket with your scholar for all Kinder classes and Mrs. Cox's first grade. These classes have PE in the morning and it can be quite chilly at times. I hate to see them without something on to keep them warm, but we will continue to have class outside despite the cold. Please make sure they are warmly dressed which greatly helps their participation.
I want to remind all parents of the app I recommended to some of you during conferences. It is called duolingo and is a great app to get scholars to practice their Spanish or any language for that matter! It is very intuitive and I believe that you can set it up to compete against others. Its a great way to keep their interest.
Sra. Hamilton
Thursday, January 15, 2015
Chile, las frutas y el mercado and dodgeball!
Hola padres! What an exciting week! We started the week off learning the fruits in Spanish and putting together a little book about fruits at the market. We talked about how people buy and eat fruit differently in Spanish speaking countries than we do here. I hope they share the book with you and are able to tell you about it.
We also started our study on the country of Chile this week. What an interesting country! Its geography and placement in South America really make it unique. It is also called the country of poets and I'm sure your scholar would love to tell you why!
This week in PE we also started our highly anticipated unit on dodgeball. We started early in the week with making sure we knew proper throwing form by stepping with the correct foot as we threw. Today, our dodgeball games began. I hope to emphasize with the scholars that the dodgeballs are soft and they they shouldn't hurt too badly when they get hit as long as its not in the head or face. Emotions run high during this unit, so I am hoping to temper that with lots of discussion on being a good sport and following the rules and being honest and humble. I am hoping they can show me what great scholars of virtue they can be. Already, I have seen displays of good sportsmanship and I am so glad to finally be giving them the unit they have so deperately wanted since the first day of school!
Please stay tuned as our unit of jump rope will soon follow as we look to the Jump Rope for Heart fundraiser. I will be posting here when your scholar will jump in their class competition which will decide the top boy and girl who will jump in the K-1 competition on Thursday, March 12th. Class competitions will be held during their normal PE time slot on either Monday or Thursday. The schedule will also be posted in the Friday flash, will be given to your scholars' teacher to be put in their weekly newsletter and I will also leave a schedule with the ladies in the office so that all parents should be fully aware of when theirs scholar is competing for top jumper in their class. If you have any questions, please let me know. Have a wonderful rest of the week!
Sra. Hamilton
We also started our study on the country of Chile this week. What an interesting country! Its geography and placement in South America really make it unique. It is also called the country of poets and I'm sure your scholar would love to tell you why!
This week in PE we also started our highly anticipated unit on dodgeball. We started early in the week with making sure we knew proper throwing form by stepping with the correct foot as we threw. Today, our dodgeball games began. I hope to emphasize with the scholars that the dodgeballs are soft and they they shouldn't hurt too badly when they get hit as long as its not in the head or face. Emotions run high during this unit, so I am hoping to temper that with lots of discussion on being a good sport and following the rules and being honest and humble. I am hoping they can show me what great scholars of virtue they can be. Already, I have seen displays of good sportsmanship and I am so glad to finally be giving them the unit they have so deperately wanted since the first day of school!
Please stay tuned as our unit of jump rope will soon follow as we look to the Jump Rope for Heart fundraiser. I will be posting here when your scholar will jump in their class competition which will decide the top boy and girl who will jump in the K-1 competition on Thursday, March 12th. Class competitions will be held during their normal PE time slot on either Monday or Thursday. The schedule will also be posted in the Friday flash, will be given to your scholars' teacher to be put in their weekly newsletter and I will also leave a schedule with the ladies in the office so that all parents should be fully aware of when theirs scholar is competing for top jumper in their class. If you have any questions, please let me know. Have a wonderful rest of the week!
Sra. Hamilton
Friday, January 9, 2015
Welcome back!
Hola padres! It was so nice seeing some of you this week at conferences. Thank you for taking the time to stop by. I know you are all happy to be back into the swing of things with school and I am right there with you. Having a schedule is nice!
Wanted to let you know what we will be working on in the weeks to come. We did another counting lesson today, this time counting army men and counting how many small ones, big ones, yellow ones, blue ones, etc there were. I am hoping that these counting lessons solidify their ability to count higher than twenty. So far we have counted buttons and marbles. After the army men, I'm thinking legos.... =)
I also started reading to them the book "Who was Frida Kahlo?" Frida Kahlo was a very influential Mexican artist who was also a bit controversial. Her paintings could be fairly grotesque due to the immense physical pain she suffered throughout her life. Thankfully, this book does a really good job of presenting Frida Kahlo's influence without getting too much into details that are too much for young minds. I'm so excited to share this exciting personality with them.
Next week we will begin our unit on fruit which is a fun unit to teach. I hope the scholars enjoy it as well!
Sra. Hamilton
Wanted to let you know what we will be working on in the weeks to come. We did another counting lesson today, this time counting army men and counting how many small ones, big ones, yellow ones, blue ones, etc there were. I am hoping that these counting lessons solidify their ability to count higher than twenty. So far we have counted buttons and marbles. After the army men, I'm thinking legos.... =)
I also started reading to them the book "Who was Frida Kahlo?" Frida Kahlo was a very influential Mexican artist who was also a bit controversial. Her paintings could be fairly grotesque due to the immense physical pain she suffered throughout her life. Thankfully, this book does a really good job of presenting Frida Kahlo's influence without getting too much into details that are too much for young minds. I'm so excited to share this exciting personality with them.
Next week we will begin our unit on fruit which is a fun unit to teach. I hope the scholars enjoy it as well!
Sra. Hamilton
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