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PRIMAVERA 2012 NOTICIAS DE LOS JAGUARES

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Noticias de los Jaguares For our Jaguar readers, young and old

We are honored to announce our

newly chosen group of Leaders! They

have shown consistent leadership

qualities and self-management through

the profiles of being Safe, Responsible,

Respectful, and Kind. Once they are

chosen as leaders they will remain

leaders for the school year. Our school

community will rely on them because

of their leadership. Our leaders for the

month of April:

May 18

May 22

All School Field Trip to see El Zorrito at the NW Children’s Theater.

May 25

Show you school spirit by coming to school in your slippers for the day.

We would like to thank our wonderful Auction Committee for all of their time spent to make our 2nd Annual Auction a huge success! The total is still being tallied, but we have been told that our net will be over $35,000! We hope all of our families who were able to participate had as much fun as we did. Thank you all for your support and dedication to our school! We hope you enjoy this month’s newsletter and student updates.

Please join us in the Community Room 1:30-2:15pm to thank all of our parent volunteers for their outstanding efforts!

April Leaders

MJ Trice Shalyn Bliss Jacob Litton Jessa Brame Chloe Alderman


We want to send a humongous “Thank You” out to all those who were able to join us at our Second Annual

Auction and Fiesta. Your generosity turned a fun filled evening into a huge success for our kids and our

school.

If you donated during the special appeal part of the evening and your company matches donations (i.e. Intel,

Nike...), please be sure to submit those donations for matching. Contact your employer’s HR department if

you have additional questions on how to do so.

If you missed out, we do have a few community/social opportunities for those who could not make it on

Saturday (you will NOT want to miss the fun next year!).

1. Tea Party with Maestra's Maria and Stephanie. There are a couple spaces left. This is to be held June 9th

2-4:30 at The Sills House. Cost $25.00

2. Laser Tag Party (parents/adult). Two rounds of laser tag and pizza. Thursday May 17th 6:30-8:30 Cost

$25.00.

3. Scotch Tasting Party. June 2nd. There are a few spots left. Cost $25.00

4. Arco Iris Family Cookbook. This features fantastic recipes submitted by our own community members.

There is a sample copy to look through outside the of the school office. Printed copy and ebook available for

$30.00. Ebook only (PC, Mac, iPad, iPod, Android tablets) $15.00

If you are interested in any of the above items, or could not make it to the auction but still want to make a

donation, you can contact either Glenda or Chris at [email protected] and we can help with

the arrangements. We will take sign-ups and orders through next Friday, May 11th.

Once again, thank you to all who contributed to making this year’s event such a success!

Sincerely,

Arco Iris Auction Committee

Chris, Sarah, Glenda, Stephanie and Mary Jane

2nd Annual Auction!


Dress Up Day

On Wednesday, April 25th, Arco Iris participated in “Dress up Day”! The students came to school in

their nice dress clothes and showed great school spirit! Here are a few photos from Rosa’s class from

the fun day:

When our kids come home with good grades on homework and tests, do you tell them they're

smart, or that they worked hard to get that good grade? Many people attribute success (good

grades) to superior intelligence but over 30 years of research has shown overemphasizing

someone is smart, leaves them to think they don't have to work hard for their success, that it's

innate. This in turn can lead to students feeling unmotivated and not willing to challenge

themselves. They start to get lazy and don't think they have to work hard for the grades

because they're naturally smart. Instead of telling your student they're smart, try telling them

they worked hard and you liked their effort. We can develop high achieving students with a

"growth mind-set" by praising their persistence and effort. Let's all help our students

recognize that achievement comes through hard work and start saying, "You worked hard on

that and look how your effort paid off, good job!" Or, "If you work hard, you can do it!" Two

great articles to read on raising hard-working kids:

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-secret-to-raising-smart-kids; and

http://www.calgaryschild.com/parent-connection/1085-whats-in-a-word-five-enc.

-A message from Board Chair Mary Taylor

http://www.calgaryschild.com/parent-connection/1085-whats-in-a-word-five-enc


Chess Champion

Please send us a note about something your child is involved with outside

of school and we will be happy to add it to our newsletter.

Zane Godil in Maestra Rosa's 2nd grade class participated in the 7th Annual Oregon Scholastic Chess Federation (OSCF) State Chess Championship at the Seaside Convention Center in Seaside Oregon on Sat, April 28 2012. He played 5 rounds won all of them and secured the First Place in Primary Advanced Division. Zane has been playing chess with the Cooper Mountain Elementary Chess Club since he was 5 yrs old and has qualified to participate in the state championship for the last 3 yrs. Since 2009 Zane has participated in over 20 local and regional chess tournaments.

Piano Solo

Zosia Helak participated in the National Federation of Music Club’s Junior Festival on Wednesday, May 2nd. She performed a piano solo and earned the highest rating (Superior Rating). Congratulations to Zosia!

Science Fair

Congratulations to Maddie Gutierrez, Juanito Kresl, Nathan Taylor, Kassie Kelly, and Malea Cesar who represented Arco Iris at the District Science Expo! They showed off their research and analysis skills at the district level science fair and we are so proud of them! Thanks to all our students who participated in this year's science fair and we encourage all our students to participate next year! Here's to developing our future scientists!


This month Maestras Maria and Stephanie’s classes studied inventions. They started the unit off by

talking about how inventions have changed over time, the students then had the opportunity to

create an invention out of recycled materials. Students brought their inventions to school and

presented them in Spanish. After that students researched about an invention and the inventor.

Students learned about key inventions and how they change the way we live. Here are some pictures

of student inventions:


Trait of the Month for May: “SAFE”

Safe: “I am aware of my space, the people and situations around me.” Students demonstrate control of their bodies and are aware of what’s going on around them. They self-manage in a way that keeps them and others around them safe from harm. Examples of safe students are students who:

Choose to walk instead of run. Respects and follows playground rules. Sits in learning position. Keeps hands and body to self. Washes hands after using the bathroom, is careful with the water, and uses only the small amount

of soap. Listens carefully to teacher’s direction. Uses playground equipment appropriately. Uses classroom supplies appropriately. Follows all the rules of fire and lock down drills.

We are grateful to our students who showed outstanding Respect this month. They help build Arco Iris’ school community into a school family. They fill us with Jaguar pride! These students try to listen and understand the words of others. They give their full attention to their fellow classmates and adults around them. They use good manners and respectful words. Our recipients for outstanding Respect are:

Matteo Grundseth Wyatt Elmer

Evan Hoffman Kendall Morrissey

Cima Moriyasu


On May 1, Sebastian Rincon, of the Portland Timbers visited Maestra Stephanie and Maestra Maria's

classes. Students asked lots of questions in Spanish and were excited to hear the answer. Rincon also

read a story in Spanish, signed autographs, and took pictures. He also showed off some of his juggling

skills. Students and teachers were very excited to meet Sebastain Rincon. Go Timbers!


Learning Targets for May 1&2 Grades

ESPAÑOL/ SPANISH ORAL EXPRESSION AND LISTENING COMPREHENSION

Communicate ideas using simple sentences with the verbs: jugar, mirar, tener, tomar, ir querer y comer.

Use appropriately some prepositions (a-con) and articles (el-la-los-las-un-una-unos)

Answering orally different questions about a given story

READING Oral reading skills (pronunciation and

punctuation) Identify setting, characters and main parts of

a story Express ideas about likes (le gusta-me gusta) Making predictions by the tile, the

illustrations, or the first paragraphs Making connections with a given text.

WRITING Write simple sentences with the correct verb

conjugation Write sentences using adjectives to describe. Complete sentences Use sentence frames to write about self and

others. GRAMMAR Verb conjugations: jugar, mirar, tener, tomar, ir

querer y comer. Prepositons: a-con Articles:el-la-los-las-un-una-unos-unas Adjectives to describe shape, color and some

characteristics VOCABULARY Verbs conjugations: jugar, mirar, tener, tomar,

ir querer y comer. Words relate to different objects (bicicleta,

sombrero zapatos casa, pelota pastel,camisa, mochila, coche libro, barco,etc.

Words related to force an energy SCIENCE Force

Energy SOCIAL STUDIES Identify and understand patriotic symbols MATEMATICAS 1º Reading the time Addition and subtraction

within 100 Money

2&3 Grades ESPAÑOL/ SPANISH ORAL EXPRESSION AND LISTENING COMPREHENSION Describe orally different scenes from Symtalk posters. Make up stories orally about different scenes. Answer questions about the reading. Use pronouns ( conmigo, contigo) in complete sentences Use appropriately the linking words “con” and “en” Use reflexive pronouns “mi” and “te” in sentences

expressing likes and dislikes. Answer questions about selections read to them orally. READING Oral reading (intonation, pronunciation and punctuation) Identify main parts of a story (beginning, middle and

end) Identify plot Identify main characters. WRITING Write complete stories from Symtlak posters. Write complete answers related to stories they are

reading. Keep a reading record including tile, author and self-

opinion GRAMMAR

Verbs in future tense (escribir, gustar, llevar, mirar, comer, beber, ir, comprar)

Who/whom With me/with you There is/there are I like, you like (a mi me gusta, a ti te gusta) Personal pronouns

VOCABULARY Words related to matter, energy and earth. Words related to national and state symbols, heroes

and songs. SCIENCE

Projects about matter, energy and earth. SOCIAL STUDIES

Identify national symbols, heroes and patriotic songs Identify Oregon State’s symbols.

MATEMÁTICAS 2º Fractions (halves and quarters, writing fractions,

fraction of a set) Time (telling time after the hour, telling time before

the hour, time intervals, other units of time) Capacity (comparing capacity, liters, gallons quarts,

pints and cups) Geometry (flat and curved faces, Making shapes)

MATEMÁTICAS 3º Multiplication tables 6,7, 8, 9 Time (hours, and minutes, other unis of time) Money (dollars and cents, addition, subtraction,

multiplication and division)

MATEMATICAS 2º Fractions (halves and

quarters, writing fractions, fraction of a set)

Time (telling time after the hour, telling time before the hour, time intervals, other units of time)

Capacity (comparing capacity, liters, gallons quarts, pints and cups)

Geometry (flat and curved faces, Making shapes)


4&5 Grades

ESPAÑOL/ SPANISH ORAL EXPRESSION AND LISTENING COMPREHENSION

Create questions using “what”,” why”,” why” not (question word+verb+person or prounoun+complement)

Create direct questions (verb+person or pronoun+ complement)

Answer questions using “because”,” but”. Describe orally different scenes. Listen to simple narrations (take notes, answer

questions orally, re-tell) Ask and answer questions about likes and

dislikes. Use corteous expression Dialogues about likes and dislikes.

READING

Oral reading Identifying different genres (narrative and

expository) Making predictions Expressing opinion Summarize Identifying main and secondary characters Bibliography elements

WRITING Write direct interrogative sentences. Write interrogative sentences using question

words. Answer questions in a complete form. Writing sentences. (subject and predicate) Writing a summary of a story (beginning –

middle and end) Write a summary of about an expository

reading Write about likes and dislikes (sentences and

paragraphs) Write descriptions of different scenes

GRAMMAR Verbs (venir, hacer,deber, poder, estudiar,

hablar, gustar, preferir, dar, Compound articles al-del Words that indicate time and palace Reflexive prounouns (me-te –se) Present tense Linking words (y, que, pero, de, a en)

VOCABULARY

Adverb clauses Polite phrases Public places Vocabulary related to gravity and

magnetism SCIENCE

Magnetism Force Movement

SOCIAL STUDIES Review of the Revolutionary War

How the government was created by the Constitution

Branches of government Early amendments in the Bill of Rights

MATEMATICS 4º y 5

Angles in triangles and quadrilaterals Measures and volume Average and rate Coordinate Graphs and changes in quantities Data analysis Mean, median and mode


NOTICIAS DE LOS JAGUARES INVIERNO 2011

English Language Arts

1/2 Learning Targets Reading

Genres: Expository Non-fiction, Classical/Traditional

Strategies: Review of main idea and details; cause & effect; problem, solution; predictions

Fluency: Phrasing and expression

Writing Expository writing: Introduce report writing;

response to in-depth study of “Charlotte’s Web”. Continue paragraph building.

Spelling d, g, edg and “s” sounds vowel dipthong oi; syllable le, vowel variant oo,

ou

Grammar Introduce irregular verbs; more irregular

verbs.


Genres: Expository Non-fiction, Classical/Traditional

Strategies: Review of main idea and details; cause & effect; problem, solution; predictions

Fluency: Phrasing and expression

Writing Expository writing: Introduce report writing;

response to in-depth study of “Charlotte’s Web”. Continue paragraph building.

Spelling d, g, edg and “s” sounds vowel dipthong oi; syllable le, vowel variant oo, ou

Grammar Introduce irregular verbs; more irregular verbs.


Genres: Classics/Non-fiction Strategies: Use story structure; ask questions.

Character, setting, plot, story events, sequence. Writing: Narrative and expository writing Spelling

Words with suffixes; word parts -in, out, down, up Grammar

Main and helping verbs; action and linking verbs.

Arco Iris Spanish Immersion Charter School, along with the Beaverton School District, recognizes the diversity and worth of all individuals and groups. It is the policy of the Beaverton School District that there will be no

discrimination or harassment of individuals or groups based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, marital status, age, veterans' status, genetic

information or disability in any educational programs, activities or employment.

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