Week 10: Halloween & Día de los Muertos

Here are the topics for the week:

Language Arts:  The letter of the week is /n/.  They will learn how to add details to their writing such as colors, size, and other attributes. We will work on describing animals. The sight word of the week is "ella."

Math:  We will  do some Halloween related math activities.

Color:  The color of the week is rosado o rosa/pink.

SLD: Students will learn about Día de los Muertos and will practice writing words with sentence frames previously learned.

NGSS: We will discuss the flooding model that we observed to figure out why one school is flooding and not the other, even though both got the same amount of rain. We will talk about how we could change the design of the playground.

Home-School Connection Projects

Instructions for the Giving Thanks project will go out on Wednesday. They can also be found in the homework section of this blog if you want to get a head start already.

Home-School Connection projects are a great way for you to work with your child on a creative project.  During the process, you also learn about what they have learned in Spanish.  Students should use what they have already practiced in class to complete the three sentences.  Please make the sentences as simple as possible by using the sentence frames that I provided.  If you are not sure if something makes sense when translated, I am happy to look over it before the presentation date. Remember that these projects are open-ended for a reason and it is always a joy to see the diversity. 

These presentations offer opportunities to develop 21st century skills such as communication, collaboration, creativity, innovation, digital citizenship, etc. (These skills are on the current Common Core aligned report card)

Google Slides

I no longer have Powerpoint software, so please use Google Slides if you want to make a slide presentation. It's free! You just need to share it to my email. Here are some examples: Connor's Slides, Reese's Thankful Project

Prezi

Here is a how-to video from youtube that explains how to make a prezi.  There is also a tutorial on the website: www.prezi.com.  The easiest way to make one is to use a pre-made template and just add text and pictures to it.

Here is a link to some Prezi's from past years: Brynlie's Thanksgiving Project; Parker's Thanksgiving Project; Gabriel's Thanksgiving Project

**I changed the instructions slightly from previous years, so please follow the most current guidelines.

You can use a combination of text, pictures, and video to make a presentation.

*There are lots of other ways to present, and if you have any other ideas, please share :)  If you choose to use one of these resources.

Sharing the project with me:   Click the share icon (it's a square with an arrow coming out of it) and share it via email to pbarcellos@lsusd.net.  You can also share bigger files through dropbox and Drive.

How to involve your child in a tech project?

1) Let them type the words themselves.  They may need a lesson on how to put spaces, periods, and capital letters.

2) Let your child pick the template, font colors, pictures, videos etc.

3) When it's done, have your child practice presenting it by click on the arrows and navigating through the presentation.

Arts and Crafts: 

Week 9: Red Ribbon Week

 

 

 It's RED RIBBON WEEK!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Halloween

We will have a parade in the morning on the 31st--it usually starts around 8:40am.  Students are encouraged to wear their costumes, but may bring a change of clothing if they would like to change out of their costumes after the parade.  It's also a great idea to wear clothes underneath the costume so they can easily take the costume off. No masks, weapons, gorey makeup, or anything that could be highly distracting are allowed.

Altar

The altar is ready to put your items for Día de los Muertos. Thank you to Sara Sprecco who put it together.

If there is no death to talk about, please email me. In the past, I've had kids show the class a family picture and they simply introduce the people in their family. Ex. This is my brother _____. Este es mi hermano ____.

Topics for the week:

Language Arts:  We will be reviewing the letters and syllables that we have learned so far: s, t, l, m, p, and the five vowels.  We will also be emphasizing the sight words we have learned so far because they will be assessed for report cards starting in November.

Math:  We will be comparing and decomposing numbers to 10. Also, they will be counting and writing numbers 8, 9, and 10.

Color:  The color of the week is negro/black.

SLD:  We will be talking about insects in connection with the Wonders Language Arts curriculum. They will learn what the characteristics of insects are.

NGSS/Science: We will continue to understand why the Woodland playground is warmer than the Carver Elementary one. The kids should have gained a better understanding when they learned that darker surfaces are hotter than paler ones. How does this connect with the two elementary schools? We will then shift to talking about thunderstorms and flooding.

Week 8: Carnival Coming Up!

Carnival

With our LV Fall Carnival just around the corner here are ways you and your family can help:

-Donate baked items (send in Friday, 10/25 to Multipurpose Room)

-Send in candy & small prizes (used for booth wins)
-After school Friday 3:30-?, setting up booths, moving items

-Saturday Morning Set-Up: prepping games, prizes, etc.

-Saturday 4pm-8pm: volunteer to work in one of our booths (30mins-60mins)

-Saturday 8pm-?: Clean-Up/TearDown (need to be ready for kids on Monday!)

We all have kiddos we want to see experience the fun of the carnival, so let's team-up to enjoy a night of fun by helping out and committing to the set-up and clean-up of this event.

Here are the topics for the week:

Language Arts:  The letter of the week is /s/ pronounced 'ese'.  The sight word of the week is "es."

Math:  We will continue practicing counting, graphing, and writing numbers.  We will write numbers 6-7. They will focus on decomposing numbers equal to or less than 10.

Color:  The color of the week is Orange/Anaranjado/Naranja

SLD:  We will continue practicing family member and pet vocabulary and will use the sentence frames: Éste es mi ______./This (male) is my ______. and Ésta es mi ______./This (female) is my ____.

NGSS Science Pilot:  We will be observing and measuring how the sun affects different surfaces, dark and pale and compare their temperatures. Vocabulary: pálido/pale and oscuro/dark.

Week 7: Tools, Family and Pets

 Please check Seesaw! I will be posting photos and videos of the kids in action, especially doing some fun science activities.

 

Here are the topics for the week: 

Language Arts: The letter of the week is L pronounced ‘ele.’ The sight word of the week is “un” which means “the.”

Math: I will introduce the kids to number bonds. They will decompose and compose numbers into two parts. For example, 5 can be composed of 1 and 4 or 2 and 3. They will also explore rectangles and solve number stories/word problems.

Color: the color of the week is morado/purple.

SLD: for the first part of the week, they will learn about tools and instruments that we use to help us. They will use the sentence frame: Yo uso ____./I use _____. They will also learn about family members and pets using the sentence frame Éste or Ésta es mi ______. /This is my ____. Este is used for masculine and esta is used for feminine words, things, or people.

NGSS Science Pilot: Students will compare the temperature of the surfaces under the shade and in direct sunlight. They will also use a lamp model to measure and compare the temperatures of the surface when light hits it for different amounts of time. Important vocabulary words to know are: oscuro/dark, pálido/pale or light, modelo/model, superfície/surface.