This week we started working with “Classic Tales” /“Cuentos Clásicos”. Classic tales are a quintessential part of our culture and a great way to teach life lessons. One of the great traits of fairy tales is that children always have a lesson to share. Then, this month children will learn different Classic Tales to share like “The three pigs and the wolf/ Los tres cerditos y el lobo”, “Red Riding Hood/Caperucita roja”, “Pinocchio/Pinocho”, and “The Little Red Hen/La gallinita roja”.
This week we focused on the classic tale “The three pigs and the wolf”. I read the kids a copy of this classic fairy tale. This basic story outline is a tale of three pigs and each builds a home. One takes little time in building the home out of straw and spends the rest of his time playing and relaxing. A second pig builds his home out of sticks, which takes slightly longer, but he too values relaxation time. A third pig chooses to build a home out of bricks, which requires a great deal of time and effort. He values taking the time to build a home properly over relaxation and recreation. When the Big Bad Wolf comes to the homes only the third pig’s house of bricks stand up to the pressure applied by the wolf.
After I read the kids the three pigs and the wolf tale, we talked about the moral of this story that has inspired generations to work hard for success, with hope that the hard work will eventually lead to favorable outcomes. As well, we had fun and worked hard in class doing our projects and cleaning up all the toys!!
We worked on projects of the three little pigs houses (straws or hay, sticks, and bricks), using different materials, such as straws or hay, sticks and red paper pretending the bricks. As well, we worked on the pig’s houses sequences, retelling what comes first, next, and last in the story.
Vocabulary learned this week:
Casa/house,
Tres cerditos/three little pigs,
Lobo/wolf.
Letra
This week we incorporated our touch investigation with the letter Ff/ letra Ff. Be sure to point out the letters that we practice when you are reading. This letter makes the same sound in Spanish and English.
foco/lightbulb,
futbol/soccer,
falda/skirt,
fresa/strawberry.
Número
This week the kids continued learning the number 8 / ocho, as well we we over the numbers that kids are learning in this class (1-8) the kiddos did different activities, as counting and recognizing the number through manipulatives, dice game, also they traced the number 8 eight in the classroom board.
La Figura y el Color
This month kids will learn the oval shape (ovalo). I talk about the shape with the kids passing around the oval shape, and they could examine this shape up close. Then, they traced this shape on the board and then looked for the oval shape around our classroom. As well, we introduced them to the new color:café/brown, so we used a brown crayons to draw shapes and numbers.
Have a great weekend!!