Week 16

MATH

In Math this week, we will continue composing numbers. We will be showing our students several strategies that can be used to show ways to make the number 5. Students will use academic vocabulary to explain the strategy used to solve their addition problems. We encourage you to support your child at home by using different objects and demonstrating combining numbers. There are many games that can played as well to assist with this. Below you can see the vocabulary we will be specifically targeting this week.

SCIENCE

We had a wonderful week discussing the basic needs of animals. As we continue focusing on living things, we will begin to discuss animal parts. The students will be identifying parts of an animal such as head, eyes, and limbs. We will be going over a variety of animals and will talk about the differences and similarities between these animals.

Week 15

MATH

In Math this week, we are continuing with joining numbers. Students are learning different strategies to use when joining numbers. We are also working on verbal expression. This includes being able to explain the strategies uses as well as using academic vocabulary when stating the answer. You can support your child at home by using different objects to practice combining numbers and have them explain how they got their answer.

  

SCIENCE

Students have been learning about living and nonliving things. As we continue focusing on living organisms, we will begin to learn about the basic needs of living things. These basic needs include things like water, food, and shelter for animals. The focus for the week is on animals as this will lead up to our upcoming lessons before winter break. Below you can see the vocabulary we will be using in class. Feel free to use this as a resource for home support.

Science Week 13

This week in Science, we will continue learning about force and motion. Throughout the week, students will be observing and describing how objects can move. This is great opportunity for us to incorporate Dance into our classroom as many of the movements we will be discussing are also taught in Dance. Below is the vocabulary we will be using and we hope you can support your child at home as we complete this unit. 

Math Week 13

Math

This upcoming week, we will be reinforcing different skills that we have been learning. As you know, we have been using number lines to make sense of numbers and to use as a resource to identify one number less and one number more than a given number. This is a skill that we will continue to work on throughout the year. We will also be working on subitizing, recognizing dot arrangements instantly, and we encourage that you continue supporting your student at home. You may use ten frames, dice, dominoes, or even make your own form of dot arrangements. These are examples of resources to use at home:  

Math Week 12

In Math we are still focusing on adding and the different strategies we can use to solve a problem.  In addition, we are strengthening our counting sequence forward to 20 and back to 0.  Below is one of the songs that can help reinforce this skill.

Science Week 12

Hello third six weeks! This week we will continue our force, motion, and energy unit. Throughout the week, we will begin using positional words. Students will observe and describe the location of objects in relation to another such as above, below, behind, in front of, etc. The vocabulary we will be using can be found below. Simon says ("Simon dice") is a great game to play at home using these words! 

Science Week 11

This upcoming week, we will begin learning about force. Students will begin exploring the interaction between magnets and various materials. As students observe how magnets interact with different objects, the students should be able to distinguish between magnetic materials and non-magnetic materials. It is important for students to know that energy, force, and motion are related and that they are a part of every day life. This week will be the last for this 6-week period and we saved the best for last, students love magnets! You can support your child at home simply by allowing them to do their own exploring at home with any type of magnet. Below you will find the vocabulary that will be important for students to acquire throughout the week.

WARNING! Keep magnets away from computers and TVs! :)

Science Week 10

As we continue learning these six weeks, we will be working on different types of energy. The focus will be on three different types: Heat, sound, and light. The students will be making observations on the relationship between these energies and the five senses. Students are also expected to identify sources of these energies such as distinguishing between a man-made light source and natural light source. As we learn about these types of energy through investigation, students will begin to understand that they can be observed, measured, and controlled in many different ways. This is a very complex concept, however, students have notions about energy and teachers can easily build on these notions. Below you will find the vocabulary we will be using for these concepts. 

Math Week 10

Hello everyone! We have made it halfway through our second six weeks and can't believe how quickly time has gone by. This upcoming week, we will begin to work on joining numbers. One of the key concepts that students must learn is to solve word problems. We will begin with very basic numbers. Students should understand that in Math, there are multiple ways to represent mathematical ideas. A representation can be thought of as a tool such as a diagram, graph, symbol, or manipulative that expresses a mathematical idea or concept. While it might seem very simplistic, it is important that students are encouraged to explore different representations. You can find vocabulary below that will assist you with working on this skill at home. Also, we are including an example of the type of word problems we will working on to begin with. 

Ex: There were 4 squirrels playing on a tree. 2 more squirrels came and joined them. How many squirrels are playing on the tree in total?

Ej: Habían 4 ardillas jugando en el árbol. Llegaron 2 más a jugar. ¿Cuántas ardillas juegan en el árbol en total?

Second Six Weeks Science vocabulary

These six weeks we are focusing on observing properties of matter. The students will observe how heating and cooling changes matter. For example, we have conducted experiments that show objects when they are melted or frozen and we discuss how they change. The main emphasis is for them to see the change from solid to liquid or liquid to solid again.

Science vocabulary

Second Six Weeks Math vocabulary

These six weeks we are learning to describe 2-D shapes and their attributes. This includes the amount of sides and the amount of vertices. We are also working on counting objects using one to one correspondence up to 20. Some of the strategies that we stress are touching each object or moving the objects  to the side as they count on. Using a variety of counters aids in creating a routine to reinforce the one to one correspondence objective. For example, you can use cereal or buttons to count with your child.

Below, you can see the vocabulary we are using in class. You can use this at home to support Spanish vocabulary acquisition.

Welcome

Hi! My name is Viola Ruiz and I am a Kindergarten teacher. I am very excited to join the Corey Academy family this school year 2016-17. Being a Dual Language teacher is a challenge that I really enjoy and always received professional satisfaction.  Working in collaboration with our  students and  parents we can do great things. Please, follow my blog so you can see awesome lessons happening in my Spanish classroom.