by Viviana Andrea PAEZ Rojas | Nov 20, 2025 | EAL, Grade 3, Grade 4
Dear Parents, I hope this message finds you well. This week in our reading group, we explored fables with the students. Fables are short stories that usually feature animals as characters and teach an important moral or lesson. Reading fables is important because it...
by Sylvia ARRESOLA | Nov 20, 2025 | EAL, ECC, Grade 1
You may be wondering what decodable readers are. Decodable readers are texts that mostly use words with phonics patterns that children have already learned. These texts usually focus on one specific phonics concept, like the “sh” digraph, and provide repeated...
by Viviana Andrea PAEZ Rojas | Nov 13, 2025 | EAL, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6
Dear Parents and Guardians, I am excited to let you know that Nessy is back and ready for students to use again! 🎉 Nessy is an engaging online learning platform that helps students build confidence in reading, spelling, and phonics through fun, interactive games and...
by Sylvia ARRESOLA | Nov 13, 2025 | EAL, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3
FunBrain was developed for kids in Pre-k through 8th grade. It features multiple games related to reading, math and general fun to help engage children in the learning process. In addition to games, FunBrain offers interactive presentations, popular comic books and...
by Viviana Andrea PAEZ Rojas | Oct 23, 2025 | EAL, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5
Hello Families, This week, students have been exploring different reading strategies to help them become more confident and independent readers. Some groups focused on understanding new vocabulary, while others practiced using details from the text to make inferences...
by Viviana Andrea PAEZ Rojas | Oct 16, 2025 | EAL, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5
Dear Parents and Families, I hope you are all doing well! As your child continues to grow as an English learner, one of the best ways to support them at home is through simple, everyday conversations in English. You don’t need to be fluent, just spending a few minutes...
