La Lectura

This week we started a very fun theme for the little ones: Sombras (shadows), for this theme we started by reading the book “Sombras”, (Shadows). In this book we learned what a shadow is and what it takes for a shadow to be formed or projected. The book also showed us ideas on how to make shadows figures with our hands, such as dogs, ducks, birds and other animals.

Working to explore more about shadows, we worked hard while having fun doing a  “Shadow Theater.” Using different shapes to form a shadow the children were able to tell a story creating different characters and talking out loud, using their Spanish knowledge. It was a fun and exciting time with all the children participating and enjoying making shadows in the shadow theater.

This week we also continued working with exercises to learn how to blend the letter “a”  with all the consonants. The students practiced and recognized words such as Casa (House), Cama (bed), llanta (tire) and so on.

The words of the week were:

• Nosotros (We)

• Tres (Three)

 

As all weeks, we continued practicing writing letters drawing their shapes, the letters this week was V and T.

Las matemáticas

This week we began teaching “La recta numerica” (Number line), as you may know the practice involved using the whiteboard by jumping from one number to another. This method is helpful because our children were able to practice and do sums with these methods.

The numbers for this week were 44 to 48 and as do every week, we practiced drawing their strokes. We also did visual practices relating the number to its corresponding amount.  We also continued practicing the concepts of tens and ones using legos, paper, straws and clips to help the children understand.

 

Science

This week in The Five Senses science domain we went on a sensory walk and  we began learning about the sense of sight.

 

Our weekly objectives were to:

• identify the five senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch
• identify each of the body parts associated with the five senses
• describe the sense of sight
• identify the parts of the eye and their functions
• provide simple explanations about how the eye works

History & Geography

In our Native American unit this week we learned more about the Wampanoag and watched a video called The “Wampanoag Way”.

Our weekly objectives were to:
• identify the environment in which the Wampanoag lived
• understand how the Wampanoag tribe lived
• identify the Wampanoag as a settled tribe
• describe the food, clothing, and shelter the Wampanoag

English Sight Words of the Week

gray, here, from, with