Our Makerspace challenge was to determine which shape worked best for toppling dominoes. The kids decided that a curve, spiral, and circle were easier to topple than a triangle, square, or heart.
The new vocabulary words from last week and this week are:
el león - lion el lobo - wolf el limón - lemon
la lima - lime el lagarto - lizard la luna - moon
el loro - parrot el libro - book el búho - owl la ballena - whale el buzón - cubby las botas - boots
el bombero - firefighter el brazo - arm la bicicleta - bicycle
blanco - white el/la bebé - baby
la fresa (strawberry) la familia (family) frío (cold)
la flor (flower) feliz (happy) las formas (shapes)
la foto (photo) la foca (seal) la fila (the line)
Here is a link to the mountain game board, but you could easily draw your own. The object of the mountain game is to be the first to climb your mountain, in number order, and then descend the other side. Player 1 rolls the dice and hopes for a 1, which will allow him to cross the number 1 off his mountain. He must “ascend” in numerical order, so cannot cross off the 2 until he has crossed off the 1. If he rolls a 1 and a 2, however, he can cross both numbers off in one turn. Play continues until someone has made it all the way up their mountain and down the other side in the correct order. (http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/mountain)
To play the 1-10 card game, each player gets two rows of 5 cards, face down. The remaining cards are placed in the center and the top card of the pile is turned face up. The first player may take the turned up card and place it in the correct position in the two rows of cards. They turn over the card that was in that position and move that card to its correct position. If player 1 doesn't need the card, they place it face up in the center and player 2 may use it. Play continues until one player has found and placed the cards 1(ace) to 10.
Here is the snack calendar for December. Thank you for helping all of the kids to make healthy choices!
snack_calendar2.docx |
Thank you!
The 5th grade leadership team is sponsoring a food drive for STEP
December 2 - 13
See the document below for more details.
step.pdf |
Friday, December 20th from 1:50-2:50
Come join the kids for a fun way to kick off winter break!
More details about the party will follow in the blog next week.
--Letter Vv - Because there is no school on viernes, we will have
El día verde (Green Day) on Tuesday. The kids are invited to wear
green clothes!
--PSI Folkloric Dance assembly on Wednesday
November 27-29: No School ~ Thanksgiving Break
Friday, December 6: No School ~ Professional Development for Teachers
Wednesday, December 11: Holidy Train visits SLP (festivities at 4 pm; arrival at 6 pm)
Friday, December 20: Winter Party 1:50 - 2:50
Monday, December 23 - Wednesday, January 1: NO SCHOOL ~ Winter Break