Week of February 25th - March 1st !!!

Hola Monitos Parents!

The theme of the week will continue to be: "The Plant Kingdom "
This is the last week talking and learning about plants. We will also continue working with our colors and shapes.

Special activities:
*We will plant a bean in cotton to observe how it grows.
*For our science activity, we will see how celery changes its color.
*And, we will have lots of fun making small trees with carrots and broccoli!

Words of the week

vegetables- los vegetales
lettuce - la lechuga
corn- el maiz
peas- las alverjas
broccoli- el brocoli

Student of the Week
Our student of the week is Samuel Cummings.
We are ready to know more about you!

Special Notes
We would like to thank all of our parents for their demonstrations of love through your cards, chocolates, kisses, hugs, thoughts and all your appreciation last week.
We really enjoyed and appreciated it!

Welcome Jillian Arney to our Monitos Class! Bienvenida!!!

Have a great week!

Miss Cristina / Miss Amparo

week of February 18- 22nd!

Dear Monitos Class:

Our Theme of the Month/Week (Tema del Mes/Semana): “The Plant Kingdom”/“El Reino Vegetal”

We will continue practicing the same words, colors, numbers and shapes that we have been learning this month.

Special events this week/Welcome/Student of the week/Birthdays (Eventos especiales esta semana/Bienvenida/Estudiante de la Semana/Cumpleanos):

Our Student of the Week is RITCHIE DE JESUS KOSHEL. We can’t wait to listen to his Mom and know more about him, his favorite things, toys, books and so on.

Our special activity: we will make a palm tree with fruits.

Upcoming Birthdays:

Corinne Derr: February 20th
Meadow Marie Perry: February 23rd
Samuel Robert Cummings: February 24

All of them will turn three. HAPPY BIRTHDAY CORINNE, MEADOW AND SAM!!!!

Reminders:

All Art Together: We are still waiting for some petals to complete our big flower on the wall. We will appreciate if you can bring it back this week.

Homework this week (Tarea de esta semana):

We will talk about the fruits and their flavors.

Our special books: we will read colorful books about different type of fruits.

Other/Thank you/Upcoming events (Otros/Agradecimientos/Proximos eventos)

The Monitos had a wonderful Valentine’s Day celebration last Thursday. We would like to give thanks to Mrs. Emily Roland, who brought cupcakes, fruit and juice for all the children and teachers. Gracias

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!!

Miss Amparo and Miss Cristina

Week of February 11-15th!!

Dear Monitos Parents:

Our Theme of the week is The plant kingdom/el reino vegetal

Words of the week:
los petalos/the petals, las hojas/the leaves, el tallo /the stem, la flor/the flower, el jardin/the garden

Special words:
share/compartir, friend/amigo ,give/dar ,hug/abrazo

Colors:
red/rojo ,pink/rosado

Shape:
el corazon/the heart

Events this week
*This week we will talk about the cycle life of the flower and its parts; we will observe pictures,  touch flowers, and do many artwork.
*This Thursday we will have a small celebration for Valentine's.  Remember the most important
of this day is share time with our friends and show how important they are to us.
*The student of the week is ELIAS RIVERA we can't wait to know more about you.
* Miss Amparo is also celebrating her Birthday. Felicidades!

Reminders
Wear a red, pink or hearts  this Thursday.
Thank you Meadow and Samuel for your book donations toward Monitos class library.
Congratulations to CLAYTON  who is  turning 3 this Saturday
Have a great week!

Miss Cristina and Miss Amparo

Week of February 4th- 8th!!

MONITOS’ BLOG

Class and Teachers (Salon y Profesoras): Miss Amparo and Miss Cristina

Theme of the Month/Week (Tema del Mes/Semana):
“The Plant Kingdom”/“El Reino Vegetal”

Words/Palabras: The Plants/Las Plantas: seed/La semilla, root/la raiz, sprout/ el tallo, tree/ el arbol, leaves/las hojas, fruit/el fruto, petal/el petalo, flower/la flor, pollen/el polen, photosynthesis/la fotosintesis, sun/el sol, light/la luz. water/agua, to grow/crecer, asleep/dormido, awake/despierto, near/cerca, far away/lejos.

Shape: Oval/ovalo.

Colors/colores: green/verde

Numbers/Numeros: one to ten/uno al diez

Special events this week/Welcome/Student of the week/Birthdays (Eventos especiales esta semana/Bienvenida/Estudiante de la Semana/Cumpleanos):

Maury the Monkey is visiting Corinne’s house this week. Maury knows that she is a little bit shy, so he is prepared to make her talk to him a lot, laugh and enjoy his company. They are going to have a lot of fun together.

Our Student of the Week is MEADOW M. PERRY. We are so excited to know more about her and her family.   

The winner of our Monitos’ Bookworm Cub in January was CLAYTON HUGSTON. He got him a little prize from his teachers, and congratulations to his parents for their efforts.

Reminders (Recordatorios a los Padres de Familia):

This week we will send home the template for our “All Art together” project for this month will be a petal. With the 17 petals that our wonderful parents and our Monitos will decorate with art, creativity and so much love, we will make a big and beautiful friendship flower. The due date is February 11^th.

A friendly reminder: please remember to label all your children’s belongings, and check their cubbies to leave diapers or pull-ups (if necessary) and extra clothes according to the weather.

Homework this week (Tarea de esta semana):

We will talk about the plants, how they grow and what they need to grow.

Our special activity will be an art project with used ground coffee.

Our special book for Story Time is “The Tiny Little Seed”

Other/Thank you/Upcoming events (Otros/Agradecimientos/Proximos eventos)

Valentine’s Day on February 14^th: If you are going to bring a Valentine for our Monitos, please consider that we have 17 children, 8 girls and 9 boys, and avoid products that contain nuts or hard candy.

Students list

Brooke Griffin

Monica Perez

Meadow Perry

Evelyn Bartel

Houston Roland

Clayton Hughston

Samuel Cummings

Riley Richards

Darcy Demidovich

Simon Planchart

Marisa Ebert

Elias Rivera

Jason Maldonado

Kieran Manfre

Owen Rohrer

Corinne Derr

Ritchie De Jesus 

SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR is ended this week. Be sure to pick up your book!!!

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!!

Miss Amparo and Miss Cristina