by Sarah Segall | Jul 16, 2020 | 2nd/3rd Grade News, 4th/5th Grade News, First Grade News, In The Loop, Kindergarten News, Preschool
What will the 2020-2021 school year look like for Spanish With Sarah?
We will update this page as more information becomes available. We are also working on a handbook and will email and post that to all families the first week of August.
We will need to follow health and safety guidelines set forth by the state of WA for all public and private schools.
We are working on a plan for staggered arrival and dismissal times to help with the flow of traffic. The current plan of thought is (subject to change):
Drop Off Times by grade levels:
8:30-8:40 – 2nd-4th Grade Families
8:40-8:50 – Kindergarten – 1st Grade Families
8:45 ( or 12:30) – Preschool families will enter through the back door of the school, maintaining 6’ social distance from other families.
Parents will drive up to the yellow area, cars will be met by either Ms. Marilu or Maestra Sarah, with parents remaining in their cars. We will ask to see your written temperature check from home or we will do a temperature check on your child, help them to exit the car, and escort them inside.
We will be able to help two cars at a time, please be sure to pull into the nearest spot. Children, at this time, are required to wear masks and have it on before the car doors are opened for temperature checks.
Students will wash their hands upon entering the school each day.
Preschool families will escort your children to and from their class via the back entrance, closest to the preschool room. We will ask anyone on school property to wear a mask to properly cover their nose and mouth.
Pick-up Procedures and Times
We will have students lined up, hands washed, and ready to escort them to your car.
Alternating pick-up times:
3:00-3:15 – 2nd-4th Grade families
3:15- Preschool Families will enter the back door of the school for pick up (please maintain 6’ distance from other families)
3:15-3:25 – Kindergarten – 1st Grade Families
The current plan is to have in-person classes (we already have smaller class sizes)! We have also acquired a larger room upstairs for our oldest class (with it’s own bathroom). This will help reduce the number of students in the downstairs hallway and bathrooms.
We are currently planning to:
- Have in-person classes.
- Ask parents to drop their children off outside so we may escort them to their classes. (This will reduce the number of people in our hallway as well as reduce the points of contact in the school.)
- Ask preschool families to enter and exit through the back door (the door closest to the preschool room).
- Ask students to stay home when they are sick.
- Wear a mask while at school. (Following recommended guidelines.)
- Arrange classrooms for maximum student distance of 6′, including alternative seating options.
- Conduct classes outside, when possible.
- Record and/or broadcast lessons so sick children can join from home.
- Take temperatures regularly (following the guidelines that have yet to be sent out).
- Have extra and frequent cleaning methods in place.
- Have all individual, non-shared, supplies.
- Have specialist teachers come to classes so that students will not be moving to different rooms on Wednesdays.
- Split the students during lunch and recess so we have half as many kiddos eating or playing at one time.
- Have teachers bring their class outside for dismissal.
- Have students bring their own snacks so we are not handling their food.
- Limit field trips until we have been advised to lift this restriction.
- Divide preschool classes in half to separate students during table activities and rug/calendar activities.
- State guidelines state that music and some PE activities may not be safe and will need to be offered in a different way. We are awaiting further guidance while making plans to use larger spaces or have these student activities outside.
We will have Google Classroom and other virtual sites set up so that students will be familiar with them in the event students are ill and can join class remotely or watch a recording of lessons when they are feeling better.
Last year we really didn’t miss a beat and our teachers immediately began recording lessons and hosting live lessons every single day for the classes. Like every classroom in the country, we will need to be prepared to move to a short-term distance-learning model should someone in the class test positive. Unlike last year, distance learning should be for limited periods of time only.
by Marci & Ivary | Jun 14, 2020 | First Grade News
Spanish Language Arts
We will have a final meeting Thursday morning at 10am on Zoom with both teachers.
This week we will read a variety of Spanish books.
Our objectives will be:
- ready various books in Spanish (Epic! collection assignment)
- Write about your favorite Spanish book (Who are the characters? What is the setting? What happens in the beginning? The middle? The end?)
- listen to Ms.Ivary read the book Si es yes and No is no. (use the comprehension skill summary while reading)
- focus on using correct spelling in sentences on BOTH our Vamos a corregir pages
- practice using the reading strategy summary while reading this week
Videos for the remaining Vamos a corregir pages will be available on Google Classroom this summer.
Matemáticas
This week we will finish working on Chapter 19 El dinero.
Our objectives will be:
- count money in cents us to $1 using the ‘count on’ strategy
- choose the correct value of coins when buying items
- use different combinations of coins to show the same value
- add to find the cost of items and subtract to find the change
- solve real world problems involving addition subtraction of money
Respiratory system
Science
Learning about the circulatory system
We will be finishing our whirl wind trip through the human anatomy and its systems this week. Students will continue to work with Brainpop Jr. and Epic! books to watch lessons and do activities.
Digestive system
Our objectives are to:
- Identify the muscular and nervous systems
- Recall basic facts about the muscular and nervous systems
- Understand the importance of exercise to your health
History and Geography
This week we finish our unit with Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discovery finally making it to the Pacific Ocean. Our journal activity this week will be to make an entry as if we were one of the members of the expedition. Students will also be taking their assessment this week.
Sacagawea
Our objectives are to:
- Locate the Rocky Mountains, Mississippi and Missouri Rivers, and the Louisiana Territory on a map
- Explain the reasons that Lewis and Clark went on their expedition
- Understand that there were many, many Native American tribes already living in the Louisiana Territory before the Lewis and Clark expedition
- Recall basic facts about Lewis and Clark’s encounters with Native Americans
English Sight Words
were, what, which, who, word, would
by Sarah Segall | Jun 13, 2020 | 2nd/3rd Grade News, 4th/5th Grade News, First Grade News, In The Loop, Kindergarten News, Preschool
Dear Parents,
We are excited to celebrate the end of the school year with our students. We know the normal end of the Performance and Field Day can’t occur under the current circumstances. In light of that, we would like to share how we will celebrate our students’ accomplishments from this year and wish them a wonderful, safe summer.
On June 17, we are inviting all students and parents to a drive-thru celebration at Spanish With Sarah where students will be cheered and celebrated by staff. All preschool-5th grade students and parents are invited from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM. In order for us to facilitate this, we need to follow specific guidelines and expectations laid out by the State of Washington:
- Parents are encouraged to decorate their cars to celebrate their students!
- Students and family members will NOT be able to get out of their vehicles.
- Vehicles with students and immediate family members will enter the parking lot from 23rd street (closest to the big trees) and follow the loop, pause to greet teachers, and exit out 23rd street (closest to the house).
- Staff will be stationed in front of the playground fence to wave and celebrate students.
- Staff will have signs acknowledging students and will decorate the fence and their cars.
- Each vehicle will stop at the designated TEACHER area: award appropriate certificates, give end-of-the year items, and take an optional photograph. Students will NOT be able to get out of their cars.
- Please do not pull ahead of the vehicle in front of you but rather follow through the procession.
- Anyone who did not have their yearbook mailed to their home will be able to pick this up during the parade.
We know this is not the way we had all planned to celebrate the successful completion of the school year, and we appreciate your understanding as we do our best to celebrate.
PLEASE take a look at the MAP to help make things run smoothly!
by Marci & Ivary | Jun 7, 2020 | First Grade News
Spanish Language Arts
This week we will read about Familia (family).
Our objectives will be:
- ready various books about Familia to broaden our vocabulary and relate to real world examples (Epic! collection assignment)
- write about your family. (Who is in your family? Brothers? Sisters? Mom or Dad? Grandma or Grandpa? What do you like to do with your family?)
- listen to Ms.Ivary read the book Mi papá; make connections to self, other texts, and the world
- focus on using correct verb conjugations in sentences on BOTH our Vamos a corregir pages
- practice using the reading strategy making connections while reading this week
Matemáticas
This week we will continue working on Chapter 19 El dinero.
Our objectives will be:
- recognize and name penny, nickel, dime, and quarter
- understand that ‘¢’ stands for cents
- skip-count to find the value of a collection of coins
- exchange a coin of a greater value for a set of coins of equal value
- use different combinations of coins less than 25¢ to buy things
- count money up to $1 using the ‘count on’ strategy
“Hello” from the skeletal system
Science
Rocks, Fossils, and Minerals,
Oh my!
For the remainder of the school year we will be learning about the human body. All of our lessons will be through Brainpop Jr. These will be supported by books found in our Epic! book collection titled “The Human Body”
Our objectives will be to:
- Identify the skeletal, digestive, circulatory, and respiratory systems
- Recall basic facts about the skeletal, digestive, circulatory, and respiratory systems
Apache Fry Bread
History and Geography
This week Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discovery will be leaving the Great Plains and venturing into the Red Cedar forests and the Rocky Mountains. Sacagawea will get a pleasant surprise when the group encounters the Shoshone. Students will be writing about Sacagawea in their journals this week.
Our objectives will be to: 
- Locate the Mississippi River, Missouri River, and the Rocky Mountains on a map.
- Identify the Louisiana Territory on a map
- Understand the significance of the Louisiana Territory and Purchase
- Explain the reasons that Lewis and Clark went on their expedition
- Explain why and how Sacagawea helped Lewis and Clark
- Recall basic facts about Lewis and Clark’s encounters with Native Americans
- Understand that there were many, many Native American tribes already living in the Louisiana territory before the expedition.
Sharing a favorite book series
Reading to my teacher
English Sight words
their, there, these, tell, two, too
by Marci & Ivary | May 31, 2020 | First Grade News
Spanish Language Arts
This week we will read about Honestidad (honesty).
Our objectives will be:
- ready various books about Honestidad to broaden our vocabulary and relate to real world examples (Epic! collection assignment)
- write about a time you had to be honest even if it was hard or scary. (What happened? Who was there? How do you feel now?)
- listen to Ms.Ivary read the book ¡No, David!; define the main idea and find supporting details after reading
- focus on using correct punctuation in sentences on our Vamos a corregir
- practice using the reading strategy main idea and details while reading this week
Matematicas
This week we will continue working on Chapter 18 Multiplication and Division.
Our objectives will be:
- use objects or pictures to find the total number of items in groups of the same size
- use objects or pictures to find the number of items in each group when sharing equally
- relate repeated addition to multiplication and relate sharing equally to division
- use objects or pictures to show division as finding the number of equal groups
Science
So many fossils!
This week we will be learning about the fossils of La Brea Tar pits in Los Angeles as we finish up our science domain. Our activities will be doing riddles for core content and writing a letter to a paleontologist or a geologist. We will be taking our assessment on Friday.
Fossil found
Our objectives will be to:
Dinosaur dig
Would you go on the Lewis and Clark expedition?
History & Geography
This week Lewis and Clark begin their expedition with the Corps of Discovery. We will here how these explorers had the opportunity to accomplish two of their three tasks in our lesson this week. Our project will be to finish our ‘Expanding The West’ activity from last week
Our objectives will be to:
- locate the Mississippi River on a map
- locate the Rocky Mountains on a map
- Identify and locate the Louisiana Territory on a map
- Understand the significance of the Louisiana Territory and Purchase
- Explain the reasons that Lewis and Clark went on their expedition
- Understand that there were many, many Native American tribes living in the Louisiana Territory before the Lewis and Clark expedition
- Recall basic facts about Lewis and Clark’s encounters with Native Americans
English Sight Words of the Week
‘Stay Home’ radish seeds flourish in Victory garden
that, than, then, them, the
by Marci & Ivary | May 24, 2020 | First Grade News
La Lectura
This week we will read about Deportes(Sports). Our objectives will be:
- ready various books about Deportes to broaden our vocabulary (Epic! collection assignment)
- write about sports you like to play in PE. (What sports do you play? Which is your favorite? Who do you play with?)
- listen to Ms.Ivary read the book El fútbol me hace feliz; define the main idea and find supporting details after reading
- focus on using correct spelling in sentences on our Vamos a corregir
- practice using the reading strategy main idea and details while reading this week
Las matemáticas
This week we will continue working on Chapter 17 Addition and Subtraction to 100. Our objectives will be:
- Subtract a 1-digit or a 2-digit number from a 2-digit number without regrouping
- subtract a 1-digit number from a 2-digit number with regrouping
- subtract a 2-digit number with regrouping
Science
Making fossils
We will be learning more about paleontologists and dinosaurs this week. The class will read several books about different types of dinosaurs and then have a chance to draw a dinosaur and it’s imagined habitat.
Our objectives are to:
- Explain how we know about dinosaurs
- Describe fossils
- Describe various dinosaurs
- Explain how fossils provide information about the history of the earth
- Understand that much of our knowledge of the earth and its history is the result of the work of many scientist
Learning about the Louisiana Territory
History & Geography
Mapping the Louisiana Purchase
The class will be learning about Thomas Jefferson’s exploration plan of the land west of the Mississippi and how he enlisted an expedition led by Lewis and Clark. We will be reading about how the journey began this week.
Our objectives are to:
- Locate the Mississippi River on a map
- Locate the Rocky Mountains on a map
- Identify and locate the Louisiana Territory on a map
- Understand the significance of the Louisiana Territory and Purchase
- Explain the reason that Lewis and Clark went on their expedition
Understand that there were many, many Native American tribes living in the Louisiana Territory before the Lewis and Clark expedition
English Sight Words of the Week
said, saw, she, see, some
by Sarah Segall | May 19, 2020 | 2nd/3rd Grade News, 4th/5th Grade News, First Grade News, In The Loop, Kindergarten News, Preschool
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by Marci & Ivary | May 17, 2020 | First Grade News
La Lectura
This week we will read about Comidas del mundo (Food from around the world). Our objectives will be:
- ready various books about Comidas del mundo to broaden our vocabulary (Epic! collection assignment)
- write about lunchtime at school. (Where do you sit? What would you normally eat? What are your favorite foods? )
- listen to Ms.Ivary read the book La Paloma encuentra un perro caliente!; answer comprehension questions after reading
- focus on using correct capitalization in sentences on our Vamos a corregir and while reading with Ms.Ivary
- practice continuing to use the reading strategy asking questions before, during and after. while reading this week (Who? What? Where? Why?)
Las matemáticas
This week we will be working on Chapter 17 Addition and Subtraction to 100. Our objectives will be:
- add a 1-digit or a 2-digit number with a 2-digit number without regrouping
- add a 2-digit number and a 1-digit number with regrouping
- add two 2-digit numbers with regrouping
- Subtract a 1-digit or a 2-digit number from a 2-digit number without regrouping
Rock and mineral hunting, learning outside the classroom
Science
This week we will be learning about fossils. We will learn about the role of paleontologist. There will be a several fossil books to read and students will have the chance to make their own fossil at home.
Our objectives are to:
Rock Folder project
- describe fossils
- explain how fossils provide information about the history of the earth
- describe how heat, pressure, and time cause many changes inside the earth
- understand that much of our knowledge of the earth and its history is the result of the work of many scientists
Learning about Daniel Boone
History & Geography
We will be learning all about the importance of the Louisiana Territory to the expansion of the United States. We will be learning about the role James Monroe, Thomas Jefferson, Napoleon, and France had in the Louisiana Purchase. Students will have the opportunity to do some mapping activities.
Our objectives are to:
- locate the Mississippi River on a map
- locate the Rocky Mountains on a map
- identify the Louisiana Territory on a map
- understand why Thomas Jefferson wanted to purchase New Orleans
- understand the significance of the Louisiana Territory and Purchase
English Sight Words of the Week
part, play, quiet, ride, run
by Marci & Ivary | May 10, 2020 | First Grade News
La Lectura
This week we will read about El bosque (The Forest). Our objectives will be:
- ready various books about El bosque to broaden our vocabulary (Epic! collection assignment)
- write about what we can see in the forest. (What animals do you see? What plants do you see?)
- listen to Ms.Ivary read the book Pajarito Llorón; answer comprehension questions after reading
- focus on using correct verb conjugations in sentences on our Vamos a corregir and while reading with Ms.Ivary
- practice continuing to use the reading strategy asking questions before, during and after. while reading this week (Who? What? Where? Why?)
Las matemáticas
This week we will be working on Chapter 16- Numbers to 100 we will also begin adding numbers to 100. Our objectives will be:
- order numbers to 100
- find the missing numbers in a number pattern
- add a 2-digit number and 1-digit or two 2-digit numbers without regrouping
- add a 2-digit number and a 1-digit number with regrouping
Rock collecting
Science
Writing about mines
This week we are taking a pausing point in our science domain and reviewing what we have learned so far in this unit. We will be working on the Rocks and Minerals Interactive Folder project that is in your new packet material.
Our objectives will be to:
Landform poems
- identify the different types of rocks and give examples of each
- label and describe the layers of the earth
- define key vocabulary words from this domain
- understand the basic rock cycle
America, Our Beautiful!
History & Geography
Working hard on my history project
This week we are beginning our next unit on the American frontier and the explorers that played an important role in the westward expansion of the United States. We will be learning about Daniel Boone and the Wilderness Road.
Our objectives will be to:
- locate the Appalachian Mountains on a map
- recall basic facts about Daniel Boone
- understand that Daniel Boone was a trailblazer
- understand what the phrase Wilderness Road refers to
English Sight Words of the Week
or, one, old, over, other, out
Thank you everyone for the wonderful postcards this week. They put a smile on our faces and warmed our hearts each day. We miss our students and the SWS families so very much!
