Classroom: Ositos
Blog Theme: Green Earth
Weekly Theme: My Wonderful Planet Earth
Week: From
01/27/2020 to 01/31/2020
What
we are learning?
Dear Parents,
We hope you all have a
wonderful week. For the next 5 weeks, we will learn the topic, Green Earth. Our
planet is a wonderful place to live and it is our responsibility to care and
protect it. Nowadays the environmental pollution and the neglect in the
conservation of endangered species are causing air pollution, soil, and water
contamination and the extinction of species. Therefore, it is important to
encourage children to care for the environment and our planet Earth. Our goal
is to promote love and care for nature in children within their familiar
environments such as their home and school.
This week children will learn
everything about our wonderful planet earth and will be encouraged to have
contact with nature. It is important for
the children to explore different elements, landforms and bodies of water on
earth such as minerals, lakes, rivers, sea, volcanos, rocks, mountains, etc. through
play, observation, stories, and hands-on experiences.
We have scheduled exciting
activities related to this theme so children can continue acquiring knowledge
through fun experiences. Each one of them
will help to continue strengthening gross and fine motor skills, language and
socio-emotional skills.
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Planet Earth
o
Learn about the planet where we live.
·
What is its name?
·
Where is it located?
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What can we observe on our planet?
·
What sounds we listen to when we explore nature?
·
Geography & Elevations
o
Learn about different elevations on earth such as the forest, desserts,
isles, mountains and mountain chain.
o
Paint the shells using different colors.
·
Water
o
Learn about the sea and rivers.
·
Minerals & Rocks
o
Learn about minerals and rock that we can find on earth. Discover what
objects can be made using rocks.
o
Participate in magnetism experiments.
·
Weekly Review & Special Project
o
Review what we learn during the week, what our favorite topic was and what
else we would like to learn.
o
Participate in an experimental project: create sensory bottles with
different elements we find in nature.
Thank you for letting us play
such an essential role in your child’s life and we hope you have a great
weekend.
Holidays
& Upcoming Events
·
Delivery of Report Cards on January 27th, 2020.
·
Parent-Teacher Conference Week from February 3rd,
2020 to February 7th, 2020.
·
Valentine’s Day Celebration on Friday, February
14th, 2020.
·
Teacher Appreciation Week from February 17th,
2020 to February 21st, 2020.
·
Early Release on Thursday, Friday 20th 2020.
·
Science Fair Week from February 24th, 2020 to
February 28th, 2020.
Homework
Children are
learning all the time; during walks, car rides, on family outings, and while
they play. As parents and educators, we should encourage and support these
explorations and games in a creative manner. We consider some examples of the best
daily tasks that we can do at home with our kids are as follows:
·
Reading one book from front to
back.
·
Stimulate them to express their
feelings, emotions, and thought while having a dialogue or during family
conversations.
·
Teach kids responsibility while
asking them to complete age-appropriate chores or household tasks.
In addition to these
suggestions, Spanish for fun! will provide weekly homework assignments to
practice skills learned in the classroom. To complete homework assignments is
optional. Below are the homework assignment instructions if you decide to work
on them with your child:
·
Homework will be placed in wall
pocket envelopes or in your child’s cubby every Wednesday. Please feel free to
collect them every Wednesday.
·
Review the enclosed assignments and
select one, two, or more worksheets and have your child work on them. Complete
all assignment worksheets is optional.
·
Return completed assignments by
Tuesday of the following week.
If you have any questions regarding homework assignments, please let us
know.
Year-Round
Activities
Student of the Week &
Traveling Pet
Please make sure to
sign up your child for these beautiful activities as these 2 are the children's
favorites! These activities allow every child to create and share memories with
their classmates. Student of the week will run from August through January and
Traveling Pet from January to the end of the School Year.
As you know, every
week, a child is given a set week that he/she is the student of the week. On
Monday of their week, the student of the week should bring a poster and a book
created with family pictures, favorite books, sports, hobbies, animals and
other interests. Parents will pick a day to present a banner to the classroom.
The student of the week may also bring favorite toys and books to school so
they can share with classmates.
As for the Traveling
Pet activity, the classroom pet will spend a whole week with the child and
family. During that week, parents and the child will have fun together with a
new member of the family while providing love and care to the pet. Our pet
loves to read at night, go to the park, visit museums, give hugs and kisses!
However, the pet does not like taking a bath as he can get sick. Parents and
children will enjoy bonding time and making new memories, and the child will be
very excited to share all the memories with his/her classmates. In their week,
parents and the child should bring a collage of pictures and a written paper
containing a brief description of what they did with the pet. Parents should
make sure to place the collage inside the traveling pet bag.
Sign up for both
activities today! Sign-up sheets are available at the entrance of the
classroom.
Friendly
Reminders
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