Our focus in the ESL Program is to address the needs of English Language Learners (ELs), whose first language is a language other than English. We strive to ensure that our student population, which includes a rich diversity in cultures from around the Pacific islands and abroad, attain proficiency in English and meet academic and content standards that all students are expected to meet. In the ESL class, the ELs become active learners of meaning and in making connections and transitions among ideas and elements.

Monday, February 13, 2012

December 2011

"Tis the Season to be Jolly!"

by:  Lois T. Gumataotao
ESL Coordinator/Teacher


 Tis the Season to be Jolly!  With the holidays around the corner, let us continue to work together as a family to foster harmony in the community.  Remember to share the joy of giving by doing random acts of kindness and celebrating diversity.  This season is a special time to spend precious moments with your children and tell them that you love and care for them.
Below is a Christmas Rhymes activity that you and your child can work on during the holidays.  Use the words in the box to help you answer the rhymes.  Have fun and Happy Holidays!
Christmas Ryhmes
1.  Something you give that rhymes with lift.
2.  Something you send that rhymes with hard.
3.  A little helper that rhymes with shelf.
4.  Something striped that rhymes with rain.
5.  A famous reindeer that rhymes with golf.
6.  Something you sing that rhymes with barrel.
7.  Something you decorate that rhymes with bee.
8.  Something you hang that rhymes with rocking.
9.  This covers the window and thymes with lost.
10.  What you put on your roof that rhymes with fights.
11.  What Santa drives that rhymes with hay.
12.  This hold Santa’s presents and rhymes with back.
13.  Something you ring that rhymes with well.
14.  Green leaves that rhyme with golly.
15.  Where Santa lives that rhymes with hold.
16.  An old miser who rhymes with stooge.

Scrooge       frost         holly       bell                                   sleigh          lights        stocking   tree                                carol           Rudolph    cane        North Pole                  card            gift            elf           bag pack
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November 2011

                         "Autumn IS Fall"

                            by:  Lois T. Gumataotao
                          ESL Coordinator/Teacher
                                                                       
We have been learning the four seasons of the year - winter, spring, summer and fall.  November is the perfect time to talk to your child about fall.  Explain to your child that people call autumn, "fall," which refers to the leaves falling off the trees during this season. When the leaves change colors and go from being green, to burning red, golden yellow and vivid orange, that’s when the leaves begin to fall.
Autumn was even called "harvest" in the 1500’s because this was when fruits and vegetables were ready to be picked and stored for the winter.  Many people celebrate Thanksgiving during this time of the year.  They celebrate Thanksgiving to give thanks for the sharing of the harvest during the first years of settlers.
Look through magazines of pictures of trees with their leaves of beautiful fall colors such as red, yellow, orange and brown!  Below is a song that you and your child can sing:

Sing this song:
(To the tune of "London Bridges")
Red, yellow, orange and brown
Orange and brown, Orange and brown
Red, yellow orange and brown
So many leaves are falling!
Scoop them up and make a pile
Make a pile, Make a pile
Scoop them up and make a pile
So many leaves are falling!
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