Theme: Restaurant
Dates: July 19-29
From: Tanya

What an exciting four weeks of summer school we've had! It's hard to believe that summer school is over already! During the past few weeks, we incorporated a lot of vocabulary and language associated with going to a restaurant. All of your children amaze me with the progress they have made in their speech, language, and auditory skills. I couldn't be prouder to have such a wonderful group of students! Thank you for trusting me to work with your child. They inspire me each and everyday. Please read on to find out about some of the language experiences, language structures, and vocabulary that we learned and practiced the past few weeks. I look forward to seeing most of you again in the Fall. For those of you who have graduated from NV, I wish you much success in all of your future endeavors. Remember..."The sky is the limit!!!!" Please keep in touch...you will be missed here at Northern Voices!!

Language Experiences:

• The teachers put on one of our famous skits about "Going to the Restaurant."
• We practiced working as a pizza delivery person and bringing pizza to someone's house. Try playing this at home.... lots of great language, vocabulary (deliver, pay, cash, credit card) and fun fun fun!
• We made a menu with our favorite foods.
• We made mini pizzas and pretended to get them from Pizza Hut.
• We set the table at a fancy restaurant and role played the server/customer/chef scenario. Another fun activity to do at home!
• We made nachos exclusively from Taco Bell:)!
• We role played going to Burger King.
• We took a field trip to Burger King and the students ordered and paid for their treat. Thanks for sending in the money for this experience! It was an excellent way to sum up our restaurant theme.

Vocabulary: Burger King, McDonalds, Taco Bell, Dairy Queen, Pizza Hut, menu, dishes, cash, credit card, pay, silverware, set the table, restaurant, nachos, server, chef, messy, chop sticks, order, deliver

Language Targets (in sentences of 6-8 or more words/TASL Level 3 and 4)

• Questions: " Are you going to ____ or ____?", "Did you ____?", "Who___?", "What do you want to order at___?"
• Pronouns: he, she, his, her, they, we, himself, herself, yourself
• Prepositions, in front of, behind, above, below, to, next to, through, beside, in vs. on
  
• Conjunctions: If___ then ___, or, so, when, before

Auditory Targets:

• Identifying 3 to 4 key words in a sentence.
• Answering questions with and without a picture context.
• Following 2 to 3 step directions using "First ___, then ___." and "____ before____."
  

Theme: Sports
Dates: July 6-15
From: Tanya

Welcome back to school!!!! It has been great to be back to see all of these smiling faces again! Your kiddos sure are missed here at NV! We had a fun-filled two weeks of summer school learning about sports. Below are some of the Language experiences, vocabulary, and language targets we practiced. I'm looking forward to continuing our last two weeks of summer school learning about restaurants while incorporating countries from around the world (i.e., Mexico, Italy, China, and America). "Oh the places we will go!!!"

Language Experiences:

• The teachers put on one of our "Made for Broadway" Skits! We introduced many different sports such as: Soccer, football, hockey, golf, baseball, tennis, basketball etc.
• We made sponge painted soccer balls.
• We made paper footballs stuffed with newspaper and practiced tackling and making touchdowns. Look out for some future NV pro-football players!!:)
• We made yummy basketball cookies...always a hit!
• We practice shooting basketballs and other various sports balls in different size baskets and cups.
• Our specials guests Henry and Sarah brought in their golf gear to let us examine and demonstrated various tips on how to play golf.
• We danced to the music!!! We hit the dance floor and practiced gymnastics routines! Great fun!
• We talked about the sport of swimming and various rules that need to be followed when going to the pool.

Vocabulary: helmet, baseball, soccer, football, basketball, golf, volleyball, whistle, referee, baseball bat, basketball hoop, golf ball, hit, swing, hockey, cheerleader, tennis, swimming, tackle, trophy, goalie, baseball glove, touchdown, win, team, bounce, sports, dance

Language Targets:

• Questions: "Do you want to ____ or ____?" "Are you ____ or ____?"
• Pronouns: She, he, his, her, they, we, himself, herself, myself
• Prepositions: in front of, behind, between, above, below, to
  
• Conjunctions: or, when, because