Greetings from Dr. Sadeq
Hello Kindi Family,
Malala Yousafzai said: “One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.” In Kindi, we too, believe in this philosophy. Our children and teachers are special and unique. They are hard-working and dedicated. We believe that our work and purpose here will generate change in the world. We all have a mission to assure our children that they will, no doubt, make this world a better place.
As the school year progresses, you will come to realize that we are your child’s biggest advocates. We work tirelessly to ensure that they are welcomed here and we provide an atmosphere that is positive, caring and focused on learning, which are our top priorities. I pray that our children's journey is one of joy, growth and success.
Parents, you play such an integral part of this journey. I ask that you consistently take time to discuss the day your children had at school. To review homework with them, ask about their friends and ensure that they get enough sleep and are prepared for the challenges that await them during the next school day. I ask the students to come to school each day with their minds and thoughts set for learning, to be ready for the challenges that will await them at Kindi.
Let us all work together to ensure a great school year full of purpose and potential. As many of you already know my door is open, ideas are welcomed and I look forward to a great school year.
Warmest Regards,
Sincerely,
Rania Sadeq, Ed.D
Kindi Academy – Principal
News from our 3-6 Classes
“The senses, being explorers of the world, open the way to knowledge,” Maria Montessori.
Our classrooms are rich in materials that help children explore their senses. The sensorial shelves are organized for the development of the five senses. Children from birth use their sensory experiences to learn and gain knowledge.
We are helping children to explore the materials laid in our sensorial area. They are visually sorting the shapes and the colors in this environment. The touch tablets are helping the children to develop their tactile sense. The sound cylinders are sharpening their sense of hearing. We tasted apples to enrich our sense of taste and smell. The sensorial materials enrich vocabulary with hands on learning.
Our Kindergarten children are building on their vocabulary through these many activities. We spent time in the outdoor environment for exploration of our senses. We went outside to learn about land, water and air. We took a walk and listened for the sounds in nature. The children had fun making leaf piles and jumping in them. The Fall season is a great time to enjoy outside and further explore our senses.
This month we will learn all about leaves and pumpkins using an integrated sensorial approach. With that said, please ensure that children have appropriate clothing for the outdoors.
I look forward to seeing all parents for Parent–Teacher Conferences on Friday, October 18.
Sincerely,
Ms.Sujata & Ms.Tahany (Room 101)
Our classrooms are rich in materials that help children explore their senses. The sensorial shelves are organized for the development of the five senses. Children from birth use their sensory experiences to learn and gain knowledge.
We are helping children to explore the materials laid in our sensorial area. They are visually sorting the shapes and the colors in this environment. The touch tablets are helping the children to develop their tactile sense. The sound cylinders are sharpening their sense of hearing. We tasted apples to enrich our sense of taste and smell. The sensorial materials enrich vocabulary with hands on learning.
Our Kindergarten children are building on their vocabulary through these many activities. We spent time in the outdoor environment for exploration of our senses. We went outside to learn about land, water and air. We took a walk and listened for the sounds in nature. The children had fun making leaf piles and jumping in them. The Fall season is a great time to enjoy outside and further explore our senses.
This month we will learn all about leaves and pumpkins using an integrated sensorial approach. With that said, please ensure that children have appropriate clothing for the outdoors.
I look forward to seeing all parents for Parent–Teacher Conferences on Friday, October 18.
Sincerely,
Ms.Sujata & Ms.Tahany (Room 101)
Happy Fall y’all! September was a busy busy month for our students.
Practical Life: To start the year, we always start with the basics. Children are learning many grace and courtesy lessons, are getting to know each other in the classroom, learning classroom routines, rug rolling, pushing in our chair, cleaning up after snack and lunch, and caring for our school environment are all lessons we are and will continue to work on. On our food prep table, we have presented how to prepare snack and what tools to use depending on the snack of their choice.
Sensorial: In this area of the classroom children explore concepts using their senses. Each concept is isolated and explored using specific materials. Exploring is done through the use of movement - children arrange and organize materials based on the concept being explored - for example while using the long red rods the concept of length is isolated and children sort these rods according to one feature, later a second feature is introduced when using the brown stairs, children will need to recognize not only the length but also the width to put them in the right order. Much of the work in this area is an indirect preparation for later more advanced mathematical concepts. Concepts of big and small, long and short, color differentiation, texture, patterning and sequencing are all explored in this area. Our children love to explore this area of the classroom.
Language: Children are exposed at an early age to language. Different than traditional settings, Montessori classrooms begin with introducing children to the sounds letters make. Children use sandpaper letters and tracing, using their fingers (their senses and movement). Once they have learned a few individual sounds, they can then put the sounds together to make small words. As more and more sounds are learned, more words can be made - as children learn to make words, they have the necessary "equipment" to begin to read. Reading is a natural development in this way, it is not forced, and it is not taught abstractly, but comes to the child through a natural progression.
Math: The Montessori mathematical materials are beautifully designed, sequential materials that guide the child from exploration of basic concepts using concrete materials to full internalization and abstraction of more difficult mathematical ideas. Initial activities explore the concepts of quantity, symbols, and then joining of the two concepts so children can form the connection of the symbol to the quantity. Children are introduced to the decimal system using the golden bead materials - a child can feel and see the difference between what 1 feels like and what 1000 feels like. From here the child is introduced to the four basic operations (addition, multiplication, subtraction, division). Bead bars and the golden bead materials are used to give the child the ability to explore the operations concretely. An emphasis is placed on understanding the "process" of the mathematical concept, using the materials to gain a full understanding of what the concept means.
Geography: The children have worked and created the World Map. We have worked on identifying the seven continents with help from our continent song.
Science: We have been studying the life cycle of the apple. We cut open apples, tasted them and examine all the parts of the apple. We have continued our lesson on living and not living, plant and animal, and learning the differences within the animal kingdom.
BUT… I think my favorite part of this month was the discussion we had with the students about a certain flower we tend to favor that is very popular during the Autumn months..SUNFLOWERS! Beyond ascetics, and ease we love the lesson they provide. We asked the children how the flower got its name. We had a few good guesses of it resembling the sun, but it is because sunflower turn according to the position of the sun. In other words, they “chase the light.”
We asked the children what they thought happens on cloudy and rainy days when the sun is completely covered by clouds or after the sun sets?
Answers varied in if they withered and died or turned towards the ground.
The children learned that sunflowers actually turn towards each other to share their energy.
Now here comes the lesson of where we find support and what it can look like. Acknowledging what was most obvious to the children, receiving support from the adults in their lives, parents, family and teachers.
We drew attention to how through kindness and respect to our friends they can receive support and help from them too.
We reap what we sow. In practical life the children used tweezers to remove seeds from the heads of the sunflowers that once were and are being saved for next planting season. If we are good, caring and supporting friends we will have friends who care kind and respectful.
“We shall walk together on this path of life, for all things are part of the universe, and are connected with each other to form one whole unity.” ---Maria Montessori
Sincerely,
Ms.Katie & Ms.Teri
Practical Life: To start the year, we always start with the basics. Children are learning many grace and courtesy lessons, are getting to know each other in the classroom, learning classroom routines, rug rolling, pushing in our chair, cleaning up after snack and lunch, and caring for our school environment are all lessons we are and will continue to work on. On our food prep table, we have presented how to prepare snack and what tools to use depending on the snack of their choice.
Sensorial: In this area of the classroom children explore concepts using their senses. Each concept is isolated and explored using specific materials. Exploring is done through the use of movement - children arrange and organize materials based on the concept being explored - for example while using the long red rods the concept of length is isolated and children sort these rods according to one feature, later a second feature is introduced when using the brown stairs, children will need to recognize not only the length but also the width to put them in the right order. Much of the work in this area is an indirect preparation for later more advanced mathematical concepts. Concepts of big and small, long and short, color differentiation, texture, patterning and sequencing are all explored in this area. Our children love to explore this area of the classroom.
Language: Children are exposed at an early age to language. Different than traditional settings, Montessori classrooms begin with introducing children to the sounds letters make. Children use sandpaper letters and tracing, using their fingers (their senses and movement). Once they have learned a few individual sounds, they can then put the sounds together to make small words. As more and more sounds are learned, more words can be made - as children learn to make words, they have the necessary "equipment" to begin to read. Reading is a natural development in this way, it is not forced, and it is not taught abstractly, but comes to the child through a natural progression.
Math: The Montessori mathematical materials are beautifully designed, sequential materials that guide the child from exploration of basic concepts using concrete materials to full internalization and abstraction of more difficult mathematical ideas. Initial activities explore the concepts of quantity, symbols, and then joining of the two concepts so children can form the connection of the symbol to the quantity. Children are introduced to the decimal system using the golden bead materials - a child can feel and see the difference between what 1 feels like and what 1000 feels like. From here the child is introduced to the four basic operations (addition, multiplication, subtraction, division). Bead bars and the golden bead materials are used to give the child the ability to explore the operations concretely. An emphasis is placed on understanding the "process" of the mathematical concept, using the materials to gain a full understanding of what the concept means.
Geography: The children have worked and created the World Map. We have worked on identifying the seven continents with help from our continent song.
Science: We have been studying the life cycle of the apple. We cut open apples, tasted them and examine all the parts of the apple. We have continued our lesson on living and not living, plant and animal, and learning the differences within the animal kingdom.
BUT… I think my favorite part of this month was the discussion we had with the students about a certain flower we tend to favor that is very popular during the Autumn months..SUNFLOWERS! Beyond ascetics, and ease we love the lesson they provide. We asked the children how the flower got its name. We had a few good guesses of it resembling the sun, but it is because sunflower turn according to the position of the sun. In other words, they “chase the light.”
We asked the children what they thought happens on cloudy and rainy days when the sun is completely covered by clouds or after the sun sets?
Answers varied in if they withered and died or turned towards the ground.
The children learned that sunflowers actually turn towards each other to share their energy.
Now here comes the lesson of where we find support and what it can look like. Acknowledging what was most obvious to the children, receiving support from the adults in their lives, parents, family and teachers.
We drew attention to how through kindness and respect to our friends they can receive support and help from them too.
We reap what we sow. In practical life the children used tweezers to remove seeds from the heads of the sunflowers that once were and are being saved for next planting season. If we are good, caring and supporting friends we will have friends who care kind and respectful.
“We shall walk together on this path of life, for all things are part of the universe, and are connected with each other to form one whole unity.” ---Maria Montessori
Sincerely,
Ms.Katie & Ms.Teri
Happy Fall! We want to thank all of our parent chaperones that came to Abbey Farms last week! The kids had a great time with the duck races, tractor ride, mega-slide, and jumping on the bouncy bean!
The month of September was very busy, and with so many new friends at Kindi, we had lots to learn. Some of the things we learned included: how to hold a tray with two strong hands, wipe up spills, eat snack independently, roll and unroll a rug, and put things back in their home. We also had a lesson on living/non-living as well as the world map and all of its continents. We are learning the months of the year and days of the week by going over calendar each day. We also cut a beautiful sunflower and picked out the seeds as a Practical Life work. We talked about the life cycle of an apple and learned about its parts too. Lastly, we met our special class pet, a bearded dragon named Bernard, who comes to see us often!
This month we already talked about the life cycle of a pumpkin and will discuss the parts of a spider and parts of a bat. We will take more nature walks to watch the trees change colors. We will continue to work on calendar and learn more about each of the continents. We hope to have a great October and look forward to learning more!
Sincerely,
Ms. Radhika and Ms. Brooke
The month of September was very busy, and with so many new friends at Kindi, we had lots to learn. Some of the things we learned included: how to hold a tray with two strong hands, wipe up spills, eat snack independently, roll and unroll a rug, and put things back in their home. We also had a lesson on living/non-living as well as the world map and all of its continents. We are learning the months of the year and days of the week by going over calendar each day. We also cut a beautiful sunflower and picked out the seeds as a Practical Life work. We talked about the life cycle of an apple and learned about its parts too. Lastly, we met our special class pet, a bearded dragon named Bernard, who comes to see us often!
This month we already talked about the life cycle of a pumpkin and will discuss the parts of a spider and parts of a bat. We will take more nature walks to watch the trees change colors. We will continue to work on calendar and learn more about each of the continents. We hope to have a great October and look forward to learning more!
Sincerely,
Ms. Radhika and Ms. Brooke
Updates from Our 6-9 Classroom
We had a great time at Honey Hill Orchard in Aurora this month. The students enjoyed learning about apples and the process of making apple cider.
Students are working hard and many presentations are ongoing. They have adapted very well to the Montessori environment. Sequence, organization and clear expectations have made our classroom a peaceful learning environment.
The first year students are working on: Grammar Study, World Map, Analogies, Geometric Solids, Golden Beads Addition and Golden Beads Subtraction and Money.
The second year students are working on the continent study of South America,Analogies, Stamp Game Multiplication, Stamp Game Division, Planet Venus, Porifera and Times Tables 3.
The third year students are working on Checkerboard, Golden Bead Frame Multiplication, Test Tube Division, Analogies, Characteristics of Vertebrates, Timeline of Life and the continent study of Europe.
Thank you for entrusting us with your children. We look forward to a great school year!
Sincerely,
Ms.Mariya, Ms. Kala, Ms. Ayat, Ms. Jami, Ms. Sashi, and Ms. Harpreet
Students are working hard and many presentations are ongoing. They have adapted very well to the Montessori environment. Sequence, organization and clear expectations have made our classroom a peaceful learning environment.
The first year students are working on: Grammar Study, World Map, Analogies, Geometric Solids, Golden Beads Addition and Golden Beads Subtraction and Money.
The second year students are working on the continent study of South America,Analogies, Stamp Game Multiplication, Stamp Game Division, Planet Venus, Porifera and Times Tables 3.
The third year students are working on Checkerboard, Golden Bead Frame Multiplication, Test Tube Division, Analogies, Characteristics of Vertebrates, Timeline of Life and the continent study of Europe.
Thank you for entrusting us with your children. We look forward to a great school year!
Sincerely,
Ms.Mariya, Ms. Kala, Ms. Ayat, Ms. Jami, Ms. Sashi, and Ms. Harpreet
Updates from Upper Elementary Classroom
Upper Elementary has jumped into new Newberry Award-winning novels ~ all with a Native American theme. We are reading The Sign of the Beaver, Island of the Blue Dolphin, and Walk Two Moons and exploring character, setting, conflict, as well as new vocabulary.
The Native American theme continues in our History/Social Studies classes: 5th grade is studying the indigenous nations from the United States from a regional perspective while 4th grade is studying the indigenous nations that made Illinois their home.
Our 4th graders have just finished the first unit of Science culminating in a Bridge Challenge. We had great fun planning, assembling, and testing our bridges.
Sincerely,
Ms. Diane and Ms. Sabreen
The Native American theme continues in our History/Social Studies classes: 5th grade is studying the indigenous nations from the United States from a regional perspective while 4th grade is studying the indigenous nations that made Illinois their home.
Our 4th graders have just finished the first unit of Science culminating in a Bridge Challenge. We had great fun planning, assembling, and testing our bridges.
Sincerely,
Ms. Diane and Ms. Sabreen
Happenings in the Science Room
6th graders learnt about the cell membrane, they create a cellular bilayer in order to understand the different components.
7th graders analyze and look for the presence of different ions in different water samples.
5th graders experimented and compared how erosion and deposition affect the different landforms.
a)Mountains: deforested vs forests
a)Mountains: deforested vs forests
b) steams: its erosive energy, speed and load increase.
8th graders conduct an experiment where they get to measure the effect of free fall and gravity.
News from Middle School
Middle School - Mr. C
Social Studies
Social studies students at Kindi Academy are all now in their second units of study, diving into some really interesting topics for October. Our 6th grade students just began the study of ancient Egypt, looking at Pharaohs, Pyramids, Mummies, and much more. The 7th grade students are continuing their journey around the world in our Human Geography course, now starting a unit on the culture and landscape of Mexico. And last (but certainly not least), the 8th grade students are finishing up their study of the French Revolution and the Age of Napoleon, while also writing their first essays using primary source documents.
World Religions
The students in World Religions have just finished up a unique study of indigenous religious traditions, looking at the religion of the Australian Aborigines, the Yoruba of Africa, the Lakota in North America, and the Aztec in South America. They will be finishing up the unit with a final project that compares and contrasts the beliefs and practices of all four of these groups.
Technology
Students in technology class have just finished our first unit on keyboarding, where students spent most of September learning to type with proper form and speed. Students worked through our online typing program to improve their skills, and will continue to practice this all year. We also just started working with the advanced features of Google Apps, and students have been learning to make data tables, charts, graphs, and diagrams, on their Chromebooks. This will continue with a detailed exploration of Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Slides, and Google Drawing.
Regards,
Mr. Ron Chernobrov
Social Studies
Social studies students at Kindi Academy are all now in their second units of study, diving into some really interesting topics for October. Our 6th grade students just began the study of ancient Egypt, looking at Pharaohs, Pyramids, Mummies, and much more. The 7th grade students are continuing their journey around the world in our Human Geography course, now starting a unit on the culture and landscape of Mexico. And last (but certainly not least), the 8th grade students are finishing up their study of the French Revolution and the Age of Napoleon, while also writing their first essays using primary source documents.
World Religions
The students in World Religions have just finished up a unique study of indigenous religious traditions, looking at the religion of the Australian Aborigines, the Yoruba of Africa, the Lakota in North America, and the Aztec in South America. They will be finishing up the unit with a final project that compares and contrasts the beliefs and practices of all four of these groups.
Technology
Students in technology class have just finished our first unit on keyboarding, where students spent most of September learning to type with proper form and speed. Students worked through our online typing program to improve their skills, and will continue to practice this all year. We also just started working with the advanced features of Google Apps, and students have been learning to make data tables, charts, graphs, and diagrams, on their Chromebooks. This will continue with a detailed exploration of Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Slides, and Google Drawing.
Regards,
Mr. Ron Chernobrov
English 1 - 6th Grade:
The last month of English class has been a hodgepodge of activities. The students have continued their Grammar and Vocab practice with their 5-A-Day Language Review packets and assessments. The students have steadily improved in the areas of types of sentences, synonyms and antonyms, as well as word connotation and context clues. Students have also been creating and sharing a lot of their work with the rest of the class, including a “Create Your Own Book Report” project. Some students created a new cereal and cereal box, complete with mini-game and commercial, in order to demonstrate their understanding and comprehension of their independently chosen novels. Some other students created a Board Game, a Newspaper article, or even found Souvenirs as symbols, as their ways of displaying their knowledge and creativity, and all of the students had the opportunity to share their creations and experiences reading their novels, with the rest of their classmates.
The last month of English class has been a hodgepodge of activities. The students have continued their Grammar and Vocab practice with their 5-A-Day Language Review packets and assessments. The students have steadily improved in the areas of types of sentences, synonyms and antonyms, as well as word connotation and context clues. Students have also been creating and sharing a lot of their work with the rest of the class, including a “Create Your Own Book Report” project. Some students created a new cereal and cereal box, complete with mini-game and commercial, in order to demonstrate their understanding and comprehension of their independently chosen novels. Some other students created a Board Game, a Newspaper article, or even found Souvenirs as symbols, as their ways of displaying their knowledge and creativity, and all of the students had the opportunity to share their creations and experiences reading their novels, with the rest of their classmates.
We are also in the middle of our exploration into the various elements of a story. We spent a lot of time diving deep into the power of setting and how it is not simply “where the story takes place.” Students have been analyzing text and scenes from the Disney movie “Frozen,” in order to fully appreciate the power and depth of establishing a setting.
The students had an awesome time maneuvering their way through the “Homonyms, Homophones, and Homographs ESCAPE ROOM!” Mr. Millner turned his classroom into an “escape room,” where students had to locate and follow different clues and activities within the room, in order to “escape.” The students had a really fun time using this review game to prepare them for their writing assessment where they had to implement 15 different homonyms, homophones, homographs and commonly misused words, in a story of their creation.
The students had an awesome time maneuvering their way through the “Homonyms, Homophones, and Homographs ESCAPE ROOM!” Mr. Millner turned his classroom into an “escape room,” where students had to locate and follow different clues and activities within the room, in order to “escape.” The students had a really fun time using this review game to prepare them for their writing assessment where they had to implement 15 different homonyms, homophones, homographs and commonly misused words, in a story of their creation.
English 2 - 7th/8th Grade:
7th and 8th graders have been exploring a wide range of topics and activities in English class. They have continued to sharpen their grammar and vocab skills, with the 5-A-Day Language Review and Assessments. The students also had an opportunity to demonstrate their creativity and artistic abilities when they presented their Book Report projects. We saw students create a Quilt, a new Cereal, box and advertisement, a Photo Album, and Comic Strip as their creative ways to demonstrate their knowledge and appreciation of the novels their read.
Speaking of comic strips, students also created comic strips of some of the most important and memorable events in their lives. The students then chose one of those events from the comic strip, and wrote a mini-biography of that event, using all the descriptive language and sensory details they could come up with, to really paint a mental picture in the readers’ head. In addition to writing about their event, they also had an opportunity to share that event in a presentation and even use a visual aid to reinforce their story.
The students are also exploring the wide range of literary terms and elements of a story, starting with setting. They are going to be analyzing some short stories as well as the Pilot episode of the ABC television show, “LOST,” in order to demonstrate their in-depth understanding of the power of setting when telling a story.
We are all looking forward to the continued journey through storytelling and we can’t wait to see and read more of the life stories and creative writing students are able to come up with going forward!
English 2 - 7th/8th Grade:
7th and 8th graders have been exploring a wide range of topics and activities in English class. They have continued to sharpen their grammar and vocab skills, with the 5-A-Day Language Review and Assessments. The students also had an opportunity to demonstrate their creativity and artistic abilities when they presented their Book Report projects. We saw students create a Quilt, a new Cereal, box and advertisement, a Photo Album, and Comic Strip as their creative ways to demonstrate their knowledge and appreciation of the novels their read.
Speaking of comic strips, students also created comic strips of some of the most important and memorable events in their lives. The students then chose one of those events from the comic strip, and wrote a mini-biography of that event, using all the descriptive language and sensory details they could come up with, to really paint a mental picture in the readers’ head. In addition to writing about their event, they also had an opportunity to share that event in a presentation and even use a visual aid to reinforce their story.
The students are also exploring the wide range of literary terms and elements of a story, starting with setting. They are going to be analyzing some short stories as well as the Pilot episode of the ABC television show, “LOST,” in order to demonstrate their in-depth understanding of the power of setting when telling a story.
We are all looking forward to the continued journey through storytelling and we can’t wait to see and read more of the life stories and creative writing students are able to come up with going forward!
PE - 4th/5th Grade
We continue to have a blast during PE class every week! We have been playing fun games and activities and have even turned out warm up into a fun relay race! Listening to the students cheer each other on and get a chance to display some of their athletic skills has been a lot of fun. We have played games like Basketball Bowling, Kam Jam, and even used the “Ditch” as an obstacle course for warm ups. We will continue to try new and fun games and activities and can’t wait to see how much fun the students have in this awesome class.
We continue to have a blast during PE class every week! We have been playing fun games and activities and have even turned out warm up into a fun relay race! Listening to the students cheer each other on and get a chance to display some of their athletic skills has been a lot of fun. We have played games like Basketball Bowling, Kam Jam, and even used the “Ditch” as an obstacle course for warm ups. We will continue to try new and fun games and activities and can’t wait to see how much fun the students have in this awesome class.
PE - Middle School
We have really stepped up our level of commitment and fun in PE class this month. We continue to learn new ones of warming up, including relay races, but also some basic stretching exercises, to avoid injury and best prepare your body for movement. We also tried a few new games, one of which is Ultimate Frisbee. This game has been a blast and has led to some wonderful sportsmanship and teamwork moments and some of the students have expressed their desire to play this game for the rest of their lives! We are all so excited to see what we might play next!
We have really stepped up our level of commitment and fun in PE class this month. We continue to learn new ones of warming up, including relay races, but also some basic stretching exercises, to avoid injury and best prepare your body for movement. We also tried a few new games, one of which is Ultimate Frisbee. This game has been a blast and has led to some wonderful sportsmanship and teamwork moments and some of the students have expressed their desire to play this game for the rest of their lives! We are all so excited to see what we might play next!
Updates from our Spanish classroom
Spanish with Maestra Kim
The 3-6 year old Spanish classes are getting lots of exercise moving and identifying many parts of the body, while singing lively songs! "¡Manos arriba!" (Hands up!) "¡Cabeza, hombros...!" (Head, shoulders!) We have also jumped into calendar, counting, and colors, which we will continue to practice throughout the year! In addition we celebrated Mexican Independence Day on September 16th! ¡Feliz cumpleaños, México!
1st grade Spanish is building literacy skills as we explore the phonetics of the Spanish alphabet. We are building words from syllable cards while learning vocabulary to identify classroom objects. Students made a vocabulary wheel to match starting syllables with the correct ending syllables.
2nd grade Spanish is learning vocabulary to identify the people and objects in our classroom. They are answering the questions ¿Quién es? (Who is it?) ¿Qué es? (What is it?) and ¿Cuántos hay? (How many are there?)
3rd grade Spanish is learning a new set of verbs! Choosing the correct verb ending to match the subject pronoun takes lots of practice! We are also spending time reviewing important vocabulary from previous years, such as weather and numbers
The 3-6 year old Spanish classes are getting lots of exercise moving and identifying many parts of the body, while singing lively songs! "¡Manos arriba!" (Hands up!) "¡Cabeza, hombros...!" (Head, shoulders!) We have also jumped into calendar, counting, and colors, which we will continue to practice throughout the year! In addition we celebrated Mexican Independence Day on September 16th! ¡Feliz cumpleaños, México!
1st grade Spanish is building literacy skills as we explore the phonetics of the Spanish alphabet. We are building words from syllable cards while learning vocabulary to identify classroom objects. Students made a vocabulary wheel to match starting syllables with the correct ending syllables.
2nd grade Spanish is learning vocabulary to identify the people and objects in our classroom. They are answering the questions ¿Quién es? (Who is it?) ¿Qué es? (What is it?) and ¿Cuántos hay? (How many are there?)
3rd grade Spanish is learning a new set of verbs! Choosing the correct verb ending to match the subject pronoun takes lots of practice! We are also spending time reviewing important vocabulary from previous years, such as weather and numbers
Updates from our Arabic Room
Marhaba Kindi Family,
It was a wonderful start for this year in our school. All students are doing their utmost efforts. The middle school presented themselves fabulously in Arabic accompanied with a poster with "all about me” information about themselves. Way to go class, you really did a wonderful job.
With our upper elementary class we were remembering the structure of a proper Arabic sentence, while enjoying the hands on activities in describing the given pictures.
They were amazing, Keep it up class.
Ms. Hayat Al-Quttub
It was a wonderful start for this year in our school. All students are doing their utmost efforts. The middle school presented themselves fabulously in Arabic accompanied with a poster with "all about me” information about themselves. Way to go class, you really did a wonderful job.
With our upper elementary class we were remembering the structure of a proper Arabic sentence, while enjoying the hands on activities in describing the given pictures.
They were amazing, Keep it up class.
Ms. Hayat Al-Quttub