Kindergarten students have been busy during the months of September/October! We began our Little Sponges program by visiting Alphabet Island, the Playground Adventure, and now the Farm Adventure. We watched, listened, and sang along with each learning adventure. We worked on developing oral communication skills through dialogue with our teachers, peers, and puppets. We also celebrated and learned more about Chuseok and Hispanic Heritage! Each morning on the announcements we heard information about many important Hispanic people, their contributions, Hispanic food, music, and more! There are so many rich customs and traditions in the cultures represented in our school that we appreciate and love learning about! Students took home their “Where I’m From” at-home project to work on with their family. These projects will return to school in time for International Student’s Day on November 17. On this special day, we’ll share our family’s culture by presenting the "Where I’m From” projects and we will display these projects at school. Thank you parents for all of your help and support with their Culture projects!

Happy Fall to our ESOL families and friends! We have enjoyed our studies of Hispanic Heritage Month the last few weeks and are wrapping our personal narrative writings in First and Second Grade. We will now be heading into informational writing topics to supply us with exciting nonfiction content! We hope that you found your conference sessions beneficial with your child's homeroom teacher this month. It is important to stay connected as we partner together to give each student their best learning experience. Please remember that you can provide additional reading related content support at home through the use of our Reading Eggs and Imagine Learning online programs. Your child has been provided with the login access information to continue their learning at home on a chosen device. Please let your child's ESOL teacher know if you have any questions about either program and we will be more than happy to assist you! Also, remember to take time to have conversations with your child at home! Speaking is such a vital part of your child's overall growth and development as a learner. If you need to reach out to your ESOL teacher at any time, feel free to use Talking Points as a means to communicate. Don't forget about our Trunk or Treat event held at Buford Academy on October 27th. We look forward to another exciting month to partner with you to meet your child's language learning needs! 

Students are learning and having so much fun at Buford Middle School. Sixth-grade students just finished up the novel study of Esperanza Rising. They ended Hispanic Heritage Month with a bang by creating yarn dolls, just like Esperanza's (protagonist) mom taught her how to make... Additionally, the students enjoyed every second of The Color Run 2023. What a great day for such a wonderful cause! They are excited for next year!... Thank you parents for the great conferences and your continued support.

Mrs. Misley

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