This week, we practiced counting and recognizing numbers 1-10, counting to 20, we practiced making groups and graphs, and we distinguished between things that are different or the same. We focused on the vowels, differentiating between uppercase and lowercase letters, recognizing letters in the alphabet that are out of order, writing the ABCs, and Tucker signing.
Several special things happened this week as well. Super María, my equity coach, came to teach a lesson about identity. She read the book The Color of Us (Karen Katz) to talk about how unique, beautiful and precious each person is. We talked about how we have physical characteristics that are part of us (our skin, our hair, our bodies, etc.), so we should be proud of them! We also talked about what we love about ourselves and how to love others for who they are. The discussion, driven by the kids, brought tears to María and my eyes because they have such wonderful hearts! The kids then drew self portraits, focusing on creating their color of skin by using different skin color crayons.
In art, we created self portraits to hang up in our classroom, and we learned how to draw a teddy bear. We had another lesson with Sra. Gregor, the social worker, about personal space. This is something that we need to continue to work on, as a class, so please ask your child about it at home. During our Makerspace time, we built lego bridges over "water." I was so impressed with the kids' creativity, teamwork, and flexible thinking! We ended the week with a story with Sra. Wieber's class and talleres.
A link to sign up for Parent-Teacher conferences was sent out to you on last week. If you have not signed up for conferences yet, please do so. The dates for conferences this fall are the following:
Thursday, October 4th 4:00pm - 8:00pm
Friday, October 5th 8:00am - 4:00pm
Here is the link to sign up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0c45aca62fa0f58-sra165
Thursday, October 4th: Parent-Teacher Conferences 4:00-8:00pm
Friday, October 5th: NO SCHOOL ~ Parent-Teacher Conferences
Wednesday, October 17th: Early Release Day ~ School ends at 12:55pm
Thursday, October 18th - Friday, October 19th: NO SCHOOL ~ MEA
Tuesday, October 23rd: PSI PTO Literacy Night 6:30pm
Friday, October 26th: Fall Fiesta 1:55 - 2:45pm ~ All are welcome!
Wednesday, October 31st: Westwood Hills Nature Center Field Trip (8:45-10:45)
*Let me know if you would like to chaperone!*
mayúscula - uppercase minúscula - lowercase el gimnasio - gym class
la biblioteca - the library la merienda - snack el autobús - the bus
más - more menos - less la gráfica - a graph
igual - the same diferente - different las reglas - the rules
el insecto - insect la iguana - iguana la isla - island
el iglú - igloo el oso - bear el ojo - eye
ocho - eight la oreja - ear las uvas - grapes
uno - one el unicornio - unicorn la uña - fingernail
Letter Ss & Superhero day!
Art ~ how to draw people!
Writing ABC's
Graphing, counting, and shapes