Hola a todos,   

 
We are so excited to host you all for our “puertas abiertas” this Friday, May 3rd from 
8:15-8:45. We will follow the same format as our last open house, students will give 
you a guided tour of our classroom, showing you some things we have been learning 
about, and then we will end with a couple songs. Looking forward to seeing you 
then.  
 
We would also like to give a huge GRACIAS to Jorge Fuentes (papá de Julián) for an 
awesome Zumba experience last week. It was a great way to move, dance and have 
fun. We are so grateful to have such wonderful parents and families!  
 
La contraseña secreta (secret password) to come into the classroom this week will 
be ​ ​“mayo es el mas de las flores” (May is the month of flowers).  
 
A peek at our  In ​Spanish Language Arts​, we will practice syllables with 
week  vowel “i” as well as build on our prior knowledge of words and 
sentences with vowels “a” and “e.”  
 
Palabras con poder: este, es, estoy, con, del (review)  
 
In ​Math​, we will continue to explore addition and subtraction 
concepts in our small group rotations.  
 
In ​Social Emotional learning​, as part of our Open Circle 
curriculum, we will continue talking about having a “growth 
mindset.”  

Friendly  We are still missing a few field trip forms! Please get these in 
Reminders  ASAP. Our parent chaperones will be Courtney Conery and 
Emily Weinshel - thank you to everyone who volunteered!  
 
Please mark your calendars for Friday, May 3rd for our next 
classroom open house 8:15-8:45 AM. We look forward to 
hosting you!  

Action items  Many students already have personal headphones at school 

 but not all. I was able to borrow a few pairs from our tech lab 
but do not have enough for the students who do not have 
their own. If you could check with your child and please send 
in headphones for them to use, it would be greatly 
appreciated!  

Incorporating  Many card and board games can easily be adapted to be 
more Spanish at  played in Spanish. Some classroom favorites are: Uno, 
home  Monopoly, and Go Fish (a pescar).  
 
Encourage students to use the past “contraseñas secretas” 
with you at home! Previous contraseñas: Gracias, por favor, 
buenos días, puedo ir al baño, puedo tomar agua, permiso, 
buenas tardes, me gusta, no me gusta, feliz año nuevo, yo 
tengo hambre, tengo sed, hace frío, hace calor, día del amor y 
la amistad, día del presidente, lectura por toda América, 
buena suerte, hola primavera, hola abril, gracias por venir, 
feliz día de la tierra   
 
Palabras con poder (high frequency words)  
 
Week 1: quiero, él, en, ir, tiene 
Week 2: quiere, voy, sé, gusta, ella 
Week 3: eres, una, hay, el, está 
Week 4: veo, allí, tengo, un, esa  
Week 5: este, es, estoy, con, del