CLNL+June+2011

** Olga Iris Guzmán - Principal **
 * June 2011 **

** Early Childhood Magnet School of the Arts **

** 32-65 93rd Street **

** East Elmhurst, N.Y. 11369 **

** (718)899-5799 Fax (718)899-7323 **

** “The Little School with a Heart” **

** Carmenza Ramirez –Assistant Principal **

PARENT CURRICULUM NEWSLETTER
 * June 21 is the first day of Summer **

** PRE-K **

** KINDERGARTEN **
 * // READING: //**** Pre-K’s last theme for the school year will be “Ready for Kindergarten”. The Pre-K children are ready for Kindergarten! We will be reading some of our favorite books from the school year: The Hungry Caterpillar, The Carrot Seed, The Three Bears and Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. **
 * // WRITING: //**** The Pre-K sign in binders show the tremendous growth that the children have made this year. What started out as scribbles and lines has developed into beautifully written names written by the children. We couldn’t be prouder! **
 * // MATH //**** : **** How many trays do you need to put on the table for breakfast? How many children are absent today? Can you find a pattern? How many more trays do you need? Math occurs in everyday activities. **
 * // Music and Movement: //**** The Pre-K children have been singing songs to help celebrate the end of the year. Some of these songs include The World Is A Rainbow and You Are My Sunshine. **
 * // TECHNOLOGY: //**** Starfall.com and PBSkids.com continued to reinforce letter recognition and early reading skills for the Pre-K children. **
 * // Social studies: //**** We will be talking about transitioning from Pre-K to Kindergarten. What will be the same when we go to Kindergarten? What will be different? Will my teacher be the same? Where will I eat my lunch? **
 * // science: //**** The Pre-K children planted seeds in the classroom and outside in the playground. The children have learned about seeds, soil, water and sunshine. It has been wonderful to watch our seeds grow. **
 * // PHYSICAL ED. & HEALTH: //**** Now that the warmer days are here, the children have been enjoying time outside on the playground. They practice good safety habits such as no pushing and waiting their turn. The children also play with jump ropes, balls and Frisbees. **

** FIRST GRADE **
 * // READING: //**** Unit 10 - Readers Make Plans and Invent Projects for Summer Reading **
 * During our last month of the school year, we will take time to reflect and see the ways in which we’ve grown as readers. We will also make plans to continue to develop as readers, on our own, during the summer months. **
 * // WRITING: //**** Unit 10 – Revision and Assessment **
 * We will revisit stories we have written throughout the year and create new ones with a focus on revising them by making sure we include all the elements we have learned during the writing workshop. **
 * // MATH //**** : **** We will compare two-digit numbers, explore place value, practice exchanging coins, and develop number sense through mental math games. **
 * // Music: //** **The Composer is Camille Saint-Seans. Music is Carnival of the Animals. Songs are Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly, and Zoo Song. Bells – Bluebird. Games are London Bridge, Bluebird.**
 * // SCIENCE: //** **We are comparing baby animals and their parents. We are observing caterpillars change into butterflies.**
 * // Social STUDIES //**** : **** Unit – The Neighborhood **
 * We will learn about the different states that make up our country and how our neighborhood is part of a larger region, known as New York State. We will also explore the different areas within our neighbors such as: parks, libraries, important landmarks that we can visit during the summer months. **
 * // TECHNOLOGY //**** : Our final goal is to be able to work independently when using our computers and accessing different educational websites. We will also review proper and safe internet use. **
 * // PHYSYCAL ED. & HEALTH //**** : ** **We will prepare for summer by discussing activities we can participate in during the summer vacation. We will discuss how to ensure that we all have a safe and fun summer!**

1. ** Addition and subtraction using money. ** 2. ** Multiplication and division facts ** 3. ** Calendar and telling time skills **
 * // READING: //**** We plan our own reading projects and make plans for our own summer reading. **
 * // WRITING: //**** We revise words that we have written in our writing journals and fix any incorrect work. **
 * // MATH //**// : //** We continue practicing comparing fractions and counting money. **
 * // MUSIC: //**** The composer is Camille Saint-Seans. The music is Carnival of the Animals. Songs are: Old Lady, Down by the Bay, This Old Man. Xylophones-Bluebird and the game is 7-up. **
 * // Science: //**** How does clouds give us different kinds of weather? How does the moon’s appearance change overtime? What is the lifecycle of a butterfly? **
 * // SOCIAL STUDIES: //**** We learn about our community and how we become great citizens by helping all the members of our community. **
 * // TECHNOLOGY: //**** We practice our typing skills and work independently navigating websites we have been working on this school year. **
 * // PHYSICAL ED.& HEALTH: //**** We learn about safety both indoors and outdoors. We have many discussions about being safe on a beach, in a pool and park. **
 * SECOND GRADE **
 * // READING: //**** We will continue working on our Reading about Science and Living like Scientists unit – Second grade students will read books about a topic in science, and they will take notes on what they are reading and use those notes to build more knowledge about the topic they choose to study. **
 * // WRITING: //**** We will continue working on our non-fiction unit. We will record observations about nature and write informational reports. **
 * // Math: //**** Unit 11 and Unit 12 Objectives: **
 * // MUSIC: //**** The Composer is Camille-Saint Seans. Music is Carnival of the Animals. Recorders – graduating tunes. Games – King Chase Queen **
 * // SCIENCE: //**** How do plants and animals interact? What is pollination? What products do we get from plants? **
 * // SOCIAL STUDIES: //**** Unit Objectives: **
 * In this unit, children will learn about immigrants and how they contribute to the United States. **
 * Children will begin to understand how holidays, landmarks, and artifacts tell about the past. **
 * // TechnolOGY //**** : We will discuss safe and acceptable uses of Web resources to work on research projects. **
 * // PHYSICAL ED. & HEALTH: //**
 * Students will: **
 * Be aware of and able to access opportunities available to them within their community to engage **
 * WE ARE DEDICATED TO THE SUCCESS OF ALL OUR CHILDREN. **
 * Please note that you may find the Parent Curriculum Newsletter at ps__228q.wikispaces.com__ every month. **