¡Hola Familias!
...And, just like that, another week is in the books! We are continuing to move forward; learning, playing, and growing every day. I am so thankful for your kids!
See that picture to the right? It's our Pavo de Español for the month of November! When the kids do a good job speaking in Spanish, I choose a student to color in a square. So far we've filled in almost the whole pavo, and the kids are super excited for the surprise they will get when the whole thing is colored in! :)
We had a fun field trip on Wednesday afternoon to the Outdoor Discovery Center, where we were able to enjoy God's beautiful creation, explore some trails, and play outdoors. Here are more things we've been learning this week...
Reading / Lectura: This week we learned and practiced the syllables la, le, li, lo, lu. We also continued our study of los sustantivos (nouns) and los adjetivos (adjectives). Finally, I completed running records for the kids and will work on regrouping them by reading level starting next week.
Writing / Escritura: We've started learning vocabulary for la ropa, which fits nicely with the changing seasons as we will soon need to bring our snow clothes to school! We have also been practicing writing words syllable by syllable, labeling our pictures, and publishing our work digitally using Seesaw.
Math / Matemáticas: This week we explored more shapes as we classified hexágonos and no hexágonos. We have also been practicing telling number stories and writing equations that go with them.
Bible / Biblia: We have been learning about Samuel el profeta. We learned how God gave him messages for los israelitas and about how they wanted a king like the other nations. Finally, we learned about how God chose el Rey Saúl and then el Rey David. Throughout these lessons, we are reminded of how God still speaks to us through His word and when we pray to Him.
Social Studies / Estudios Sociales: We continued our study of la Navidad en México by acting out the tradition of las posadas, which remembers the journey María y José took to Bethlehem as they searched for a place to stay.
As I mentioned earlier, this week I completed "running records" in reading with each student. Today, you should have received an orange paper with information about your child's reading level. I have also created a new video with some ideas for working with your child at home in reading. I will also add it to the At-Home Learning Resources link (at the top right-hand corner of the blog window) for easy access.
Learning at Home
I really, really, REALLY appreciate the caution everyone has taken in regards to keeping our kids and families healthy so far. Over the past couple weeks we have had more families switch to temporary virtual learning as parents and kids feel under the weather and/or await test results. If your child is going to miss school, please let me know--I would be more than happy to send work home, give you recommendations for activities, and send you the Zoom link so your child can join our class in the mornings. I am here to support you!
Little Maroons Basketball Update
Due to the current safety protocols, our kindergarten through sixth grade Little Maroons basketball programing will be postponed till after Christmas break. Current registrations will be automatically registered for the new dates. City of Holland Recreation will also be postponing our 5/6er programing as well, but more specific information will be coming from them as well. The dates we are planning on at this point for our grade levels are the following:
K-2: Skill Sessions on 1/9, 1/16 and 1/23.
(10:30-12pm: Girls at Pine Ridge & Boys at High School)
3-4: Skill Sessions on 1/9, 1/16 and 1/23 & League Play 1/30, 2/6, 2/13 and 2/20.
(8:30-10am: Girls at Pine Ridge & Boys at High School)
5-6: Skill Sessions on 1/9, 1/16 and 1/23 & City of Holland Dates Coming.
(12:30-2pm: Girls at Pine Ridge & Boys at High School)
More information about specific safety protocols may be communicated as we get closer to January, but the plan is to continue with our current practice of wearing face masks, 1 spectator per participant, distancing, and washing of hands and equipment.
Have a great weekend!
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