Writing

Actividades con trazos de palabras para que los niños empiecen a escribir en ingles y se familiaricen con la escritura.

Kids Activities

Reading and Comprehension

AFTER THE FLOOD

Reading about weather in books is one thing, but living through a natural disaster was another. Even though the flood was not too bad, I was not prepared for what it was really like!

 It all started two days ago. It was a rainy day, like every other rainy day I’ve ever remembered. The only unusual thing was how anxious the adults seemed to be getting. I started to pay more attention whenever I saw the news on at our house, at a restaurant, or anywhere else. The meteorologists kept saying that the rain hadn’t stopped in a long time, and it didn’t look like it was going to stop anytime soon. I didn’t really know what that meant for us, since Mom was always saying that rain was good for all the plants. The next morning, however, I began to understand. 

I woke up and went down for breakfast. Usually Mom or Dad was already eating by the time that I woke up, but neither of them was at the kitchen table, and the lights all over the house were off. This is weird, I thought. I went to get out the milk, but there was a note on the refrigerator telling me not to open the door. As I was wondering what I could eat for breakfast, I noticed that the rain was still going, and that I could hear noises coming from the basement. I went to investigate. Peeking through the basement door, I immediately stopped. There was water down there! It didn’t look like a lot, but there were toys and things floating by! I could hear Mom and Dad’s voices. “Hello? What’s going on down here?” I called down the stairs. “Good morning, Vicky. All of this rain is causing some problems. The power all over town is out. Our basement is flooded, and so are some of the roads. A lot of houses have water in them, too,” Dad called back.

A little water didn’t seem too bad, and the power had gone out before, so I wasn’t too worried. Mom and Dad seemed to be taking care of it. They were talking about a pump, so I think they were getting the water out of the basement. I went to go play in my room. 

Not too long after, Mom and Dad came back upstairs, changed their clothes, and washed their hands using hand sanitizer. I asked them what was going on. 

“Well, we pumped the water out by hand, but there’s some damage downstairs. We’re going to have to find some fans once the power comes back to try to dry out the basement as much as we can, but we might have to tear out the drywall and replace it. There are things that got all wet that we’re going to have to replace, too. It’s quite the mess,” Mom said. “We’re also going to have to see if we can get a generator, it looks like the power will probably be out for the rest of the day.” 

We decided to drive around to see how other people in our town were doing. There were a lot of roads that were closed because of water covering the road, so we couldn’t get to the store. One bridge over the river was closed because water was rushing over it! The houses by the river looked like they were in the river. We stopped to help people who were filling bags with sand. The bags helped to keep the water away. They said their neighbors across the street were in another town living with relatives until their house could be repaired. I couldn’t believe how much the flood was affecting us! When we finished filling up sandbags, we drove back home.

 “I can’t believe those people lost all of their clothes and household items. We should go through our stuff and see what we can donate. We’re lucky we only had a couple of inches of water in our basement, it could have been a lot worse,” said Dad. Mom and I agreed. Even though we didn’t have power and fixing the basement could get expensive, we were lucky. 

Answer each question:

1. Retell the story in your own words.

2. How did Vicky’s understanding of a flood change? 

3. Why did Vicky’s parents put a note on the refrigerator telling her not to open it? 

4. What other items besides clothes might Vicky and her family be able to donate to victims of the flood? 

5. What would you do for an entire day without power?

Reading

Aqui se encuentran lecturas para los niños mas pequeños empiecen a conocer las palabras y los sonidos de estas.

Son lecturas cortas de acuerdo a su edad y es una buena manera de que el niño(a) empiece a sentir el amor por la lectura.


Lectura #1

 Grandma’s Puppy 

By: Sue Peterson

I take care of the puppy with my grandma. Grandma shows me how to care for the puppy. I put water in a dish and food in a pan. The puppy likes the water and the dog food. The puppy plays with me inside and outside the house. He runs to look for the big ball. After we play, the puppy and I take a nap!

 Z – Z – Z – Z – Z – Z!

Lectura #2

I Have Been Thinking… 

By: Sue Peterson 

I have been thinking to visit Grandmother at the hospital after school is over on Monday. Grandmother hurt her right leg and the doctor put white tape on it to help the “hurt” go away. I have been thinking to visit Grandmother at the hospital after school is over on Monday. I will bring some pretty flowers to give to Grandmother after school is over on Monday. Grandmother likes flowers more than I do. Grandmother likes all sorts of flowers more than I do. Grandmother likes pretty flowers more than I do.

I have been thinking how much I like my Grandmother and how much she really likes me. And I have been thinking that no one could like my Grandmother more than I do. So, I have been thinking to visit Grandmother at the hospital after school is over on Monday. I have been thinking…

Lectura #3

The Day I Tried to Cook 

By: Sue Peterson 

Mom is a great cook. She started cooking when she was three-years-old! I know that sounds silly, but she would help her mother cook. And, now I’m helping my mom cook. I like to make chicken the best. Baked chicken is my most favorite thing to make. It is also my favorite food to eat. One day, when mom was sick, I tried to make the chicken all by myself. I washed the chicken and put it in a pan in the oven to bake. 

When the bell rang to tell me the chicken was done, I opened the oven door. Guess what? The chicken was not cooked! I started to laugh. I laughed and laughed and laughed! Did you know what I did? I forgot to turn on the oven! The oven! Did you know what I did next? I called on the telephone for pizza to come to our house. Mom was happy that I “cooked” by myself. She was happy that we could eat the pizza together. Guess what? We will have chicken some other night. 

Lectura #4

A Restaurant 

By: Sue Peterson 

You can go to a restaurant to eat breakfast, lunch, or dinner and even a snack when you want. Restaurants serve food to you and to other people who go and eat at them. First, you look at a menu that lists all of the foods and drinks that you can order from the restaurant. Then you tell the waiter or waitress what you want to eat and drink. A “waiter” is the word you use for a man and a “waitress” is the word you use for a woman. Those are the people who take your order and bring you your food. 

Restaurants cook the food you order. Some restaurants have lots of foods and some have some foods like only salads or soups, hot dogs or desserts. Some restaurants are open part of the day and only serve food at some times of the day. Other restaurants are open all day and serve food all the time. The waiter or waitress brings your food to the table you are sitting at. You eat the food. After you eat the food, you need to pay for the food. The waiter or waitress gives you a bill that tells you how much money you need to pay for the food. You also need to leave a tip. A tip is some extra money you give for good help, good food, and good service. 

Recomendaciones prácticas...

¿Letra ligada o letra script?

Durante algún tiempo se dijo que la letra script era la mas apropiada para enseñar a leer y escribir, dado que es la más usada en los textos impresos, sin embargo, hoy se sabe que lo más recomendable es la letra ligada.

Para la producción manuscrita de textos, la letra ligada o cursiva solo es más practica porque permite mejor la articulación de las grafías, separación entre palabras  y adquirir mayor velocidad en la escritura sino que, siguiendo con nuestra lógica del aprendizaje significativo y de transferencia a otros procesos cognitivos, la letra ligada favorece la formación de esquemas mentales, las nociones de estructuración y asociación.

El niño debe aprender a escribir en letra ligada o cursiva pero, al iniciarse en cada grafía, debe conocer diversos modos como se puede escribir, para que los pueda identificar en la lectura de textos impresos. se les da a conocer diversas formas, principalmente la mayúscula y la minúscula, en letra ligada, en letra script, y en imprenta ya que son las más usadas.

Las debe identificar y reconocer al leer pero, al escribir debe usar solo la letra ligada, la transición a otros modelos puede darse mucho mas adelante cuando la ligada ya está suficientemente consolidada. 

Nivel de Inglés

¡No te quedes con la duda!

Aqui dejamos una pagina en la que pueden acceder y conocer su nivel de ingles.

Link: http://www.curso-ingles.com:8080/aprender/test-de-nivel/level-test

Cultura Norte Americana

Aquí les dejamos un poco de cultura americana para aquellas personas que están interesadas en conocer de donde provienen originalmente los Norte Americanos.

Link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmU3VfAzVyg 

Link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-rCKyf8MbE