Noticias de la Semana
April 20 - 24, 2015
Academic Update
Literacy: I recently introduced a poem called, "I Can't Write A Poem" poem. The best part of it is that students get to make up a list of excuses of why they can't write a poem. A few I've heard include: "my brain hurts, I bit my tongue, my foot fell asleep, my chair is stuck." I'm looking forward to seeing their creative side shine on this poem. :-)
Intercambios: Woo hoo! I'm excited to start Ancient China! So much learning.....and fun.....to be had. A few of the topics this week include: introduction to Ancient China, dynasties, social classes and the types of housing the ancient Chinese lived in.
Spelling: We are back to regular spelling words this week! Spanish words have the -ado/-ada suffixes. English words have the -ed/-ing suffixes.
Week at a Glance
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
- Bus evacuation drill: in the morning before school starts
Thursday:
- library checkout
Friday:
- spelling test
Dates to Remember
May 4th and 5th - MAP Reading
May 8th - Gibbs Farm field tripMay 11th and 12th - MAP Math
May 15th - Café de Poesía
9:45 - Martínez
10:15 - Trelles
10:45 - Kochmann
May 29th - Festival Cultural
- Doors open at 5:00
- Show starts at 5:30
- Students should be at East Ridge by 5:00
Website of the Week
** A plethora of topics for math, social studies, science and language arts!!
** So many things to learn about Ancient China it's almost overwhelming! Games, interactive learning, fantastic information..........holy moley!
Camp Invention!!
Please see the message below from one of the Camp Invention directors. Flyers have already been sent home. If you are interested but need another flyer, let me know. I'm happy to help!
Camp Invention is coming to Cottage Grove for the first time and we want to make sure ALL kids have an opportunity to experience a wonderful week of science, technology, engineering and math. Camp Invention will be held June 22-26, 2015 at Armstrong Elementary School from 9-3:30pm. We are focusing our efforts on Innovate 2 which will allow kids to build their own motorized pet, save a virtual world, and become an entrepreneur in the avatar marketplace. They will also discover the beauty of tessellations and fractals and take apart a broken appliance and make it into something new!!! Pleae watch the attached You Tube video for more in depth details about the program. There are forms for financial assistance provided in the office of Crestview Elementary/Nuevas Fronteras Spanish Immersion schools. Hope to see you there.
Ortografía/Spelling
palabras terminadas en –ado, -ada
callado - quiet
pasado – past (in the past)
demasiado – too (demasiado
preocupada - worried
estudiado - studied
enojada - angry
ocupada - busy
probado – tried/tested
anunciada - announced
nada - nothing
words ending with –ed and –ing
coming
swimming
dropped
wrapped
taping
invited
saving
grinning
stared
planned
Monday Smile :-)
Nuevas Fronteras Spanish Immersion
Email: mkochman@sowashco.k12.mn.us
Website: http://nfsi.sowashco.k12.mn.us
Location: 7830 80th Street South, Cottage Grove, MN, United States
Phone: 651-768-3867
Twitter: @NFSIat833