More Pictures From Crosscurricular Project!

Fabiola Escobar sent these pictures to share with us. Thank you Fabiola!

Kittens in Action.

We always wonder what kids do in physical education classes? and how they works? Well here are some photos, hope you enjoy it and and also answer some of your questions.

The kids enjoy very much the classes.

Regards Miss Silvana

Maths Games.

In Maths class, last week we learned about hundreds, tens and ones. Then we played a game to reinforce the topic. Children enjoy it a lot. I invite all of you to see the enthusiasm in math class and also encourage you to practice at home in the same dynamic and funny way with your kids.

Regards

Miss Silvana

Spoken News

On Monday, September 22nd Lower First Kittens was in charge of the Spoken News.

Chiara Potestá did a great speech as the presenter. First, Rodrigo Rebaza and Shigueo Nakandakari led the prayers. Next, Alexa Ordaya and Francesco Boceta pulled up our national flag. Then, we presented interesting News with Daniela Escobar, Gabriel Guerra, Valeria Callo, Maria Fernanda Sakuray, Andrea Vidarte, Santiago Marky and Fiorella Almanza . The rest of the group presented visual aids.
After that, Fabricio Noblecilla read a reflection about fortitude. Finally, we recited a poem. Rodrigo Aliaga led the school song and made a cheer. Everybody at school enjoyed the news.

I am so proud of you Kittens. Well done Kittens!

Spelling Bee Contest - Fourth Preliminary

Practice spelling and writing of these words. Fourth preliminary: Friday, September 26th.
Words
46. one
47. two
48. three
49. four
50. five
51. six
52. seven
53. eight
54. nine
55. ten
56. Monday
57. Tuesday
58. Wednesday
59. Thursday
60. Friday

Practice writing these sentences. Fourth preliminary: Friday, September 26th.
Sentences
1. Do you like bananas?
2. Let’s conserve our water!
3. “Hello!” said the teacher.

Spoken News

On Monday, September 15th Lower First Puppies was in charge of the Spoken News. Alejandra Cossio and Sebastián Salvatierra did a great speech as presenters.

First, Diego Acuña and Daniel Quiroz led the prayers. Next, Nicole Cáceres and Miguel Carrillo pulled up our national flag. Then, we presented interesting News with Maria Alejandra Rocca, Daniela Carcausto, Grecia Assante, Paloma Gálvez, Emmanuel Sheen, Gabriel Moreno, Raúl Malpartida, Gabriela Klauer and Victor Genaro Carranza. The rest of the group presented visual aids.

After that, Mateo Bartra read a reflection about fortitude. Finally, we recited a poem about winter and spring with Sebastián Salomón and Gabriela Klauer. Marta Corbacho and Lourdes Catalán led the school song and made a cheer. Everybody at school enjoyed the news. Well done Puppies!

Water: Kids In Action!

Daniel Quiroz' mom sent these pictures. Thank you very much! Enjoy them!

Happy Birthday Emmanuel,Daniel and Miss Pilar!

Spelling Bee Contest - Third Preliminary

Practice spelling and writing of these words. Third preliminary: Friday, September 19th.
Words
31. boy
32. girl
33. love
34. like
35. run
36. paint
37. swim
38. eat
39. walk
40. sleep
41. read
42. write
43. listen
44. play
45. talk
Practice writing of these sentences. Third preliminary: Friday, September 19th.
Sentences
I love my pet.
I like to play soccer.
We work and learn together.

Preparándonos para nuestra presentación de títeres...

Los niños de primer grado demostraron su gran creatividad elaborando las historias y los títeres que emplearían en la función de títeres "Cuidemos el agua".
Esta fue una gran experiencia pues se dieron cuenta de lo que ellos pueden hacer partiendo de su propia imaginación...

School News

On Monday 8th, first grade Bear Cubs presented the School news. Maria Fe was the presenter, she has done an excellent job. First Valeria C. and Lucca started praying, then Stephano read the cultural news, after Adriana presented the international news, then Valeria R. talked about national news, Luciana read about school news, sports news were presented by Stephany and Daniela prepared the reflection about the value of the term.

All the students closed the school news with a song and a chant. Finally they sang the school anthem.
They did an extraordinary work.
Congratulations!!!

¡CUIDEMOS EL AGUA!

Aquí les dejo la canción que refleja nuestro sentir, escuchemos lo que dice...eso es lo que nosotros también queremos....



No nos descuidemos, nos podemos quedar sin agua.

SPELLING BEE CONTEST - SECOND PRELIMINARY

Practice the spelling and the writing of these words. Second preliminary: Friday, September 12th.
Words
16. red
17. blue
18. green
19. yellow
20. orange
21. pink
22. brown
23. black
24. white
25. purple
26. dog
27. cat
28. pig
29. bear
30. bird
Practice the writing of these sentences. Second preliminary: Friday , September 12th.
Sentences
I am seven years old.
We are a team.
The big fish is yellow.

Scientific Minds In Action

Songs, poems, experiments, problem solving, puppets and much more was what we observed last August 29th at school.
We talked about water. Students worked very hard in their oral presentations and in the material shown in this activity.
At the end of each presentation children gave a nice drop made of recycling material as a souvenir with a written message about how to take care of water.

Thanks dear parents for all your support.
Congratulations to all our students. You did a great job!!!!

Ms.Ursula
Science Teacher

Spelling Bee Contest 2008

We are going to start our Spelling Bee Contest 2008. We will send 60 words in all (for first grade) and 12 sentences. The list is going to be posted in our Blog on Monday: lowerfirst.blogspot.com .This list is going to be divided into four weeks. The list would be given to the students on Tuesday. The spelling and the dictation would be done on Friday. We will work four weeks of preliminaries and one eliminatory.

In the preliminaries there are no eliminations. Instead each student will receive a point for each word spelled or each sentence written correctly. We are going to record the results in a chart in a large cardboard in the class. By the end of the 4th week we are going to choose the 10 top students. With these 10 students we will work the eliminatory stage. The winner will receive a price.

Dates:
1. First preliminary: From September 1st to September 5th
2. Second preliminary: From September 8th to September 12th
3. Third preliminary: From September 15th to September 19th
4. Fourth preliminary: From September 22nd to September 26th
5. Eliminatory: Monday September 29th

Thanks for your collaboration. Good Luck!
Pilar Galup
Language Arts’Teacher


Este año vamos a empezar nuestro Spelling Bee Contest. Enviaremos 60 palabras y 12 oraciones para nuestros alumnos de primer grado. La lista estará publicada en el Blog del Grado los lunes. Pueden visitarlo en la siguiente dirección: lowerfirst.blospot.com . La lista se entregara a los alumnos en cuatro partes, una parte cada martes (Se pegará en el cuaderno). El viernes siguiente será el concurso. Los alumnos deben deletrear en inglés las palabras de la lista, y escribirlas al dictado. También se dictarán las tres oraciones de la semana. Por cada palabra deletreada correctamente o bien escrita los niños ganarán un punto (total cada semana 15 puntos). Por cada oración bien escrita los niños recibirán 2 puntos (total cada semana 6 puntos). El registro se llevará en clase en un cartel colocando los puntajes de cada niño. Al finalizar la cuarta semana se elegirán los 10 mejores alumnos quienes competirán en las eliminatorias para sacar un ganador en cada salón. Luego se determinará el ganador del grado. Los niños ganadores recibirán un premio.
Las fechas son las siguientes:
1. Primera preliminar: del 1 al 5 de setiembre
2. Segunda preliminar: del 8 al 12 de setiembre
3. Tercera preliminar: del 15 al 19 de setiembre
4. Cuarta preliminar: del 22 al 26 de setiembre
5. Eliminatoria: Lunes 29 de setiembre.

Gracias por su colaboración. ¡Buena suerte para todos!
Miss Pilar Galup
Language Arts’Teacher




First Preliminary

Practice the spelling and the writing of these words. First preliminary: Friday, September 5th.
Words
1. mother
2. father
3. baby
4. brother
5. sister
6. grandmother
7. grandfather
8. school
9. hands
10. arms
11. eyes
12. leg
13. nose
14. knees
15. chin

Practice the writing of these sentences. First preliminary: Friday , September 5th.
Sentences
1. Here is my school.
2. My family likes to play in the park.
3. I have two red apples.

Water Poems

Water
Water, water everywhere, water all around,
Water in the ocean, water in the ground.
Water in a river, water in a creek,
Water in a faucet with a drip-drip leak!
Water in a fountain, water in a lake,
Water on a flower, as day begins to break.
Water from a waterfall, rushing down from high,
Water from a dark cloud, raining from the sky.
Water boiling hot, water frozen ice,
Water in a blue lagoon, clean and clear and nice.
Water at a fire, gushing through a hose,
Water in a garden, so every flower grows.
Water for the animals swimming in the sea,
Water, water everywhere for you and for me!
by Meish Goldish,

The Water Cycle
When I was young
I used to think
that water camefromthe kitchen sink.
But now I'm older,
and I know,
that water comesfrom rain and snow.
It stays there, waiting,in the sky,
in clouds aboveour world so high.
And when it falls,it flows along,
and splashes outa watery song,
as each raindropis joined by more
and rushes tothe ocean shore,
or to a lake, a brook, a stream,
from which it rises,just like steam.
But while it's down here
what do you think?
Some DOES go to
the kitchen sink!
by Helen H. Moore

Dickery Dean
"What's the matter
With Dickery Dean?
He jumped right into
The washing machine!"
"Nothing's the matter
with Dickery Dean—
He dove in dirty,
And he jumped out clean!"
Dennis Lee

EarthSavers: Water Conservation Tips for Kids

by Ann Svensen
Did you know that every drop of water that runs down the drain ends up flowing into the sewage system? Sending clean water down the drain fills up the sewer and lets dirty water and waste overflow into the streams and oceans. Polluted water can harm, and even kill, animals who drink it and live in it.
What can you do?
Saving water is as easy as turning off a faucet! Here are six simple things you can do at home:
1. Don't keep the water running while you're brushing your teeth.
2. Take shorter showers. Make it a game. Keep an egg timer in the bathroom and see who can get their showers down to three minutes. (And still get clean!)
3. Help your mom or dad fix the dripping faucet. Did you know that it can waste 20 gallons of water a day?
4. Help your dad install a water-saving shower head. In addition to the water it saves, it also saves the fuel that would have been used to heat up the extra hot water. And that reduces pollution.
5. Fill a gallon plastic bottle with water and place it in your toilet tank. (The part in the back!) It will take up the same space as the water usually does, but in a year, it will keep 5,000 gallons of water from going down the drain.
6. Stop throwing away so many batteries. The mercury in old batteries will eventually leak out and poison the water it runs into. What can you do?
o Buy rechargeable alkaline batteries. They can be charged 25 times. That means 25 batteries you didn't have to buy and throw away.

Click here and play with your kids while they learn to conserve water. Enjoyed it!

http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/water/water/play_waterconserve.cfm

Happy Children's Day!!!!

On Thursday, August 14th we had Children's Day at school. We celebrated sharing with other children. It was a day full of surprises and project. First, every class prepared materials for Chinchas's children. Next, the children enjoyed a funny play. Then, they ate a pizza together. Finally, they played some games. We learned that sharing with others is fun and that there are a lot of things we can do to help. Happy Children's Day to all our kids!

Interés mundial por el agua

El agua en el centro del debate
Matt McGrath BBC, Ciencia

La cumbre comienza este domingo en Suecia.
Mientras la atención global se ha centrado recientemente en la energía y los alimentos, una cumbre mundial esta semana en Estocolmo, Suecia, abordará el clave tema del agua.
La reunión de la Semana Mundial del Agua comienza este domingo. Allí se formularán nuevos llamados para resolver los crecientes desafíos vinculados a las condiciones de salubridad del líquido, el cambio climático y el suministro de agua potable.
En particular, las condiciones de salubridad del agua es uno de los temas más importantes a nivel global.
Los organizadores sostienen que la carencia de la adecuada salubridad del líquido es un escándalo que deja un saldo de 1,4 millones de niños muertos cada año.
La inversión en esta área, señalan los científicos, es la intervención más rentable en el área de la salud que el mundo puede hacer.
Escasez de agua
Mientras las preocupaciones globales sobre la energía y los alimentos son reales, expertos indican que el tema del agua es fundamental para el mundo.
De acuerdo con los científicos, se necesita urgentemente una acción sostenida a largo plazo.
Los 2.500 expertos considerarán si el mundo tendrá suficientes fuentes de agua para hacer frente al aumento de la población.
Para el año 2025 un total de 1.800 millones de personas vivirán en regiones que presentarán absoluta escasez de agua.
Sin embargo, lograr un acuerdo político sobre cómo compartir o proteger este líquido parece estar muy lejos.
Cualquier discusión sobre el tema del agua también deberá incluir el tópico del cambio climático.
Sólo recientemente, científicos han podido determinar el impacto de las altas temperaturas sobre el ciclo del agua.

Nuestros glaciares están en peligro

Nuestro tema para el proyecto integrador es el agua. Los niños están trabajando este tema en cada uno de sus cursos. Nosotros los adultos, padres y profesores, también debemos informarnos e investigar pues es un tema que nos afecta a todos. Queremos por ello compartir con ustedes unos videos que nos informan sobre el estado de nuestros glaciares.

Como sabemos, la importancia de un glaciar radica en su interdependencia con en mantenimiento de la temperatura de nuestro planeta. Esta temperatura está siendo afectada por efecto del calentamiento global. Adicionalmente los glaciares son nuestras reservas naturales de agua dulce. Veamos en que estado están en nuestro país.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgiBvB8b3wk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBhlwDsJEtE