Newsletter............. March 14-18
Mrs. Calta & Mss Barnett
IMPORTANT DATES
Mar 7-11 Spring Break
Mar -17 Wear green this Thursday!
March 18 Spelling Test.Happy Birthday Luis!
March 18-25 Book Fair coming soon!
Mar 21 Happy Birthday Sophia!
Mar 22 Happy Birthday Joshua!
March 29-30 Campus is closed for ALL visitors, ALL grade levels due to test security requirements.
April 6/7 Kinder Registration
Apr 15 World Fest
May 20 Field day.
3rd 9 weeks!
Reading: Next week we will be reading: Then and now related books this week..
We will do several activities with these texts to build comprehension and fluency.
Language: We will focus on: Verb conjugations in Spanish/you’re vs your in English/
Spelling: Friday March 18 .
Math: Base ten relationship applied to money $ and Fractions
Social Studies: Then and now books and other resources.
Science: Weather
SPELLING SPANISH WORDS FOR TEST ON MARCH 18
1. ..............paloma (dove)
2. ..............barco (boat)
3. ..............llegar (to arrive)
4. .............. saber (to know)
5. .............. dijo (to say in past tense)
6. ..............encima (on the top of a place)
7. .............. madre (mother)
8. .............. pepino (cucumber)
9............... abuelo (grandfather)
10.............. agua (water)
For words in English/Spanish:
* Practice the words for test next test.
* Remember to write your words with lower cases.
* Every word is worth 10 points. If the word is spelled correctly and all the letters are right.
* The use off upper cases will be worth 1 point off your total grade.
* A missing or misplaced accent in Spanish words are considered a mistake.
VERY IMPORTANT NOTES
* Spanish homework coming up after Spring brake is going to be to use I-station in Spanish for 15mts every day at home.
Please follow the instructions below and try to sign in at home. Let me know if you have any questions. You can use this great resource at any time at home during Spring Brake as well.
1•Go to Lisd.net
2•Go to Resources then find “for students”
3•Go to Digital Resources
4•Go to Elementary
5•Go to I-station
6•Follow the instructions to install Istation on your home computer.
7•Select the domain “wellington.lewisville.tx”
8•Log-in under your child's info. Ask your child the passwords. Please select Spanish. (contact Mrs. Calta if you have any problem or if your child does not remember the passwords).
* Mrs. Barnett is in need of paper towels for her classroom. You can bring some or give her a gift card if you can. Thank you!
* I am in need of a curtain to kind of cover one of the furniture in my class. If you sew and you are interested to help, please e-mail me so I can give you more details. I buy the materials, the curtain is about 24x48 inches. I will really appreciate it... Mrs Calta (caltan@lisd.net)
* For English spelling words: The Words Their Way spelling lists, students should log onto
Spelling City to practice their words. They will use this link to access Spelling City: http://www.spellingcity.com/MsBarnett2/
* If you are considering sending birthday snack for the class remember that it has to be peanut free.
* Our web sites: Mss. Barnett at msbarnett2nd.weebly.com Mrs. Calta at mrscalta.weebly.com. You can find some extra information about the teachers, academic support games and pretty soon pictures from the class.
Suggestions for improving Spanish Vocabulary at home
o Read Easy Spanish book of your choice.
o Spend some time on my web for fun activities in Spanish: http://mrscalta.weebly.com
o Watch cartoons and movies in Spanish.
Scholastic BOOKS!!
NDWDZ for Mrs Neitheva Calta
PF48R for Ms Brittany Barnett
Spanish Immersion Parent Collaborative 2015-2016
Dates ....................Times
March 17 ...............9:00 AM/ 6:30 PM
May 12 ...................9:00 AM/ 6:30 PM
Adress for the meetings:
400 West Main Street
Lewisville, TX