Thank you so much for making the time this week to come and talk about your child's progress! I consider it a privilege and truly enjoy working with each one of you to help your children continue to learn and grow.
Even though we had a short week, it was full of fun! Here is a very brief summary of what we were up to in only 2.5 days!
Bible/Biblia: We finished talking about Las 10 Plagas de Egipto and learned what happened when the israelitas crossed el Mar Rojo (the Red Sea)!
Reading/Lectura: We reviewed las sílabas with letters Mm and Pp. We've been establishing our guided reading groups and will kick off with our first books (and book bags home!) next week.
Writing/Escritura: We practiced writing and answering the questions ¿Dónde? (Where?) and ¿Quién? (Who?). We also practiced going back to add more to our work and revise it.
Math/Matemáticas: We practiced forming 5-groups plus some more, told stories with sumas y restas (addition and subtraction), and played some number games with calabazas!
Science/Ciencias: We carved our calabaza and explored it using our 5 senses! We all had fun feeling the calabaza with las manos--and we tasted some pumpkin puree and pumpkin seeds with cinnamon! It was a fun experience for everyone.
Social Studies/Estudios Sociales: We learned about los bomberos (firefighters) and how they are helpful and important members of our community. We read about them and played some games to learn about their ropa (clothing).
Reading Tip of the WeekYour child has brought home books from the library each week--one in English and one in Spanish (or bilingual). If you feel confident, try to read the Spanish one to your child. If not, have your child look for sílabas (syllables) and words he/she knows! Then, ask your child to tell you about the story. This will give him/her great practice in comprehension, and he/she will probably be excited to tell you what the story is about! If your child has trouble, make sure to look at the pictures and talk about them too!
Immersion Tip of the Week
Make sure you expose your child to a lot of rich vocabulary in English (and in Spanish, too, if you speak the language!). You can do this by reading, talking about what you see in books, describing pictures, talking about what you see in the supermarket--pretty much any activity you do! This will help your child continue to make connections between languages, as well as strengthen verbal skills.
Hope you enjoy the long weekend! I'm off to Indiana for the CEA Convention, where I always enjoy the opportunity to work with other immersion educators to explore our passion of teaching in another language. See you next week! Enjoy some pictures below:
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