May | 2019 | Primary 1

As we approach the end of our school year, we take a moment to reflect on the immense academic and social growth our students have experienced. It has been a tremendous year for students learning to read, and to do math computations including division of four digit numbers!

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Reading on a continuous basis throughout the summer is vitally important for maintaining skills and encouraging the love of learning. Our local libraries are great places to borrow books, get out of the summer heat, and experience the usefulness of learning the reading skill. IMG_7322 (1)

Don’t forget the blog is available to you during the summer and may be a fun way for your child to see pictures of their friends and to remember some of the lessons we did during the school year.

We are so grateful to our parents and for the tremendous amount of support we feel from you. Thank you also to those who chaperoned our field trips, helped prepare the monthly food projects, and came into the classroom to share life experiences that coincided with our cultural studies.

Finally, we say a special thanks to Amalia Sciscento for being an outstanding room mother for us this year. Muchas gracias!

Most importantly, enjoy the sweet satisfaction of the summer and the gift of time as we recharge for next school year. We look forward to seeing all of our returning and new students for the 2019/2020 school year beginning on August 12th.

As we approach the end of our school year, we take stock of the wonderful time we have had together. There were wonderful moments of academic breakthroughs, especially when students read for the first time. A great deal of preparation goes into crossing that threshold. First sound recognition, then seeing how sounds are put together to form words. Decoding words and recognizing sight words comes next. We are so pleased to hear many of our students reading fluidly and with inflection.

The end of the school year is usually filled with many activities and this year is no exception. Last week, we celebrated with our Spanish fiesta where, for the second year in a row, Coronado High School Spanish students facilitated activities in the three Spanish immersion classrooms, the multi purpose room, and outside on the field. We all spoke as much Spanish as we could and it was a wonderful chance for our children to see older students studying and using Spanish. IMG_1253 (1) took our final, whole class field trip to Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay and saw all the wonderful animals living there. Thanks to the parents who helped chaperone and guide our students during the field trip. We had a wonderful time visiting the aquarium.

Mother’s Day Tea will be held on Friday 5/10 from 8:30am-9:15am, all mothers are invited to attend.

We know it is the end of the school year when we have Field Day! Primary’s Field Day will be on Thursday, May 16th from 9:00-11:00 am. Please have your child dressed in water play clothes, swimsuits, swim shirts, water shoes. Also, lather the sunscreen on before they come to school and please provide them with a towel, water bottle and a full change of clothes, including dry shoes.

Friday, May 17th is Kindergarten Late Night! All Kindergartners are invited to attend from 5:00 pm-8:00 pm. This is a special night where we celebrate our Kindergartners and treat them to a fun-filled evening shared together.

Wednesday, 5/22 is Kindergarten Moving-Up ceremony. We will begin the celebration in P3 at 1:30 pm and at 2:00 pm we will move to the multi-purpose room to conclude the activities.