los tiburones
I can’t believe that the time is going so fast, Spring is almost here! And it’s the perfect time to introduce children to the world under the waves. Then, kids will be introduced to lots of fun information. We will read and talk about how some animals have adapted to live in the sea. These animals are known as marine mammals and cover both those who live all the time in the sea, and those who spend time on land and at sea. These animals are the result of the evolution of terrestrial species that for various reasons had to return to the sea and adapted to the life in the water.
Marine mammals are divided into two large groups that are cetaceans, who spend all their lives in the sea and the sirenian that are mammals that inhabit both the sea and the land, in the sea feed and on land rest.
Through this theme, we are going to learn all about different marine mammals. We are going to read lots of different books and do some fun science lessons and projects as well. Some of our new vocabulary is:
Fish/pez,
Whale/ballena,
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Shark/Tiburón,
Octopus/pulpo
Dolphin/delfin
Seal/foca,
Jellyfish/medusa,
Turtle/tortuga,
Crab/cangrejo,
Lobster/langosta,
Starfish/estrella de mar,
Sea Horse/caballito de mar,
Shell/concha.
Letras
This week we learned all about the letter Rr/ letra Rr. Be sure to point out the letter that we practice when you are reading. The Spanish pronunciation of this letter varies. When this letter is in the middle of a word it makes the same sound you hear in the middle of better or butter. (It’s a tap on the roof of your tongue.) When this letter is at the beginning of a word it rings like the telephone (trilled r) Some examples:
Rana/frog,
Regalo/present,
Relog/clock,
Robot/robot,
Reina/queen,
Ratón/mouse.
We did activities like letters games, coloring and letters recognition.
NÚMEROS
This week we started with addition (1-5), as well as reviewing the numbers that we see every day in our classroom calendar. So, they counted 1-9. And most of them recognize every number. The kids are doing a good job counting the numbers. They did different activities like counting and recognizing the number through fishes, goldfish, and dice. As well, I placed manipulatives on the ground next to the number and then I encouraged the little ones to sort the objects into the corresponding number.
La Figura y Color
This week started working with star shape (estrella), and a new color added in our range colors! Anaranjado y/o naranja (orange). The kids play a game “who can find five orange manipulatives in the classroom”. They were so exited looking for that.
Have a good weekend!
Macky J