Thursday, May 22, 2014

9 more days!

Hello parents,
We apologize for not being able to update the blog for the past couple weeks! End of the school is right around the corner, and we have been working hard!

This will be the last week that we are spending time with books. It has been a joy to see the children reading and sounding out words. I hope you had fun reading at home with your child too.

We have several events coming up! Children's day performances will be on Wednesday, May 28th and the field trip to Sea Side Lagoon we hope we be Thursday, 29th

Thursday, April 24, 2014

We are finished with the letter books officially!

Hello parents!
There are only 29 days of school left! The time went by so fast this year! yikes.

Now that we are finished with the letterbooks, we will be spending time with a book a week for the next couple weeks. Each class will start with a different book and we will rotate.

Room. 5 will be reading "Go, Dog Go!"
Room. 6 will be reading "Are you my Mother?"
Room. 7 will be reading "If you give a mouse a cookie"

If you have any of these book at home, please start reading it with your child over the weekend.

In Maria's class, she will be discussing seeds next week.
In Florita's class, she will be discussing money, especially coins.
In Fanahi's class, she will be working on writing with the students.

As always, if you have any questions, concerns, and/or comments, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Florita, Fanahi, and Maria

Thursday, April 10, 2014

Easter Break!

Hello parents!

Easter Break is just around the corner! We hope you will have a nice and relaxing one, we all deserve it!

As Earth Day is approaching, we will be doing various activities talking about what we can do for our mother earth. We would like you to talk with your children at home about what they can do for earth such as recycling. We want them to be aware that though it may seem little, we all play a part in helping the earth to get better! To raise the awareness and educate our children, over the break please talk with your children about the drought issue we are facing now. You can direct your conversation to things the children see around them, especially when you go to the super market and noticing the prices on fresh fruit. Please talk with them about how we can save water due to the drought and what may happen if we run of water. Yikes :(

When we come back for the break, we will spend a week for review week. There will be daily homework but no weekly homework for now :)

That's all for now, have a fantastic week off! enjoy the beautiful sun and relax with your beautiful children. We all deserve it after working hard every day!

Florita, Fanahi, and Maria

Thursday, April 3, 2014

Happy April!

Hello parents!

Happy April! (can you hear Spring Break coming up! Whoo hoo!)

We spent a week with /x/ and /y/, and as you might have guessed, we will learn about /z/, the last letter of the letter books! (Can you believe how fast it went?!)

Thank you so much for those of you who sent in the box project early! They look fabulous, we are so excited to hear all about it from the students!

We are spending time with "Read it! Draw it! and Solve it!". It enhances on the prior knowledge and we are practicing writing complete equations.

In Maria's class, we are learning about seeds. It has been a great experience to have the garden right in front of our classes to see how they have been growing!

We have one more week until Spring Break! We can do this!

Hang in there,
Florita, Fanahi, and Maria


Thursday, March 27, 2014

Good bye March ! Hello April!

Hello parents!
Wow, can you believe it? We are saying bye to March already!! The students have been working so hard and we are so proud to see the growth. Thank you for being so supportive.

We have only TWO more letter books to go. We will study /x/AND /y/ next week but we will not divide it up for two weeks like we did with /k/ and /q/. We will spend one week with /x/ and /y/.
Since there is no school on Monday, we will send home the Monday homework tomorrow along with the weekly and the story.

There is a special project due next Friday! You can take the advantage of the 3-Day weekend and get started on it early! We will be talking about recycling in the classrooms (especially during Mixing in Maria's class), and the students should use recycled materials to make a special box. It is due on April 4th, Friday.

The students will do a short presentation on the box they make. They will have to answer three questions and write them as well. Please have them write the question and the answer on a lined paper and turn it in with the box. The students will have to stand in front of the class and answer the three questions.

Thank you for your support! We only have a few more months left of Kindergarten. Let's get ready for first grade together.

Warmly,
Florita, Fanahi, and Maria

Thursday, March 20, 2014

Hello parents!
Can you believe that we only have a few more weeks of March left? March is going by so fast!

We started the Breakfast in the Classroom program this week. The children will eat breakfast in the morning, so please send snack for the student to eat at 9:50. It is a long time for them to go on without food!

This week, we wrapped up our /K/ and /Q/. Next week, we will be learning about the letter /J/.
Please continue to practice the story reading with your child daily when it comes home on Fridays!

In Maria's class, we will learn about how trees grow/ life cycle of an oak tree.
In Florita's class, we are reviewing time and learning about measuring.

Please continue to practice reading, telling time, and retaining the sounds that we learned we have so far. We only have a few more letters left and we will move on to having books weekly. More details on that later when the time comes! ^^

Thank you for all the support! If you have any questions, please feel free to contact any of us.

Florita, Fanahi, and Maria

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

March comes in like a lion but leaves like a lamb!

Keep working on the letters /K /and /Q/. Again, we are spending one more week on the /Q/ so please keep the weekly sheet and the story!

In Maria's class, we are focusing on March and Spring.
In Florita's class, we are continuing with learning how to read time! Please continue to practice with your child at home.

We have one more session with Chess. We have been spending 20 minutes weekly with our wonderful chess teachers! The children will get the opportunity to have chess throughout the year once they go to first grade, so don't worry!

Just a heads up, we only have a few more letters left for our letter books. Once we finish the letter books, we will read books. The system will work the same as the letter books, there will be a weekly sheet and a group of focus words. More detailed informations will be posted once the time comes.

As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. We are always here for you.

Cheerfully,
Florita, Fanahi, and Maria.