Ms.

Peña’s
Preschool 105 Class Newsletter
July, 2019

School Preparation
July is almost gone, for this new month we have planned
several fun activities for our children. The first one is to
have a field trip to the library; we would like to invite you
as parents to join us to spend a pleasant time with your
child encouraging them to have interest in literacy.

WATER DAY home. We have five children

who are transitioning to
Our class will be having a Kindergarten and we are
water day every Friday of the trying to focus in helping
week, depending on the them transition by reinforcing
weather conditions. We want social-emotional skills,
to encourage you parent to cognitive, socio-personal and
come and have a fun day with other objectives/parent goals.
you child. Also, to protect
your child’s skin we would
like you to apply sunscreen HOME ACTIVITIES
because do to policies we are
not allow to apply any Books to read: Rainbow Fish
product to the children. and Growing Vegetable
Soup.
WHAT IS HAPPENING IN
Trace name on the name card
CLASS
and write it on a piece of
Our focus have been ocean paper
animal and plants, children
really enjoy exploring the Take your child grocery
different animals/plants. We shopping and encourage
also have been working with him/her to count the fruit or
numbers, letters and letter vegetable.
sounds recognition. We
would like to ask for your
help and practice with your
child for 10 to 15 minutes at
 Ms. Pena’s
6th Grade Class
American Revolution Newsletter

July, 2019

American History

The American Revolution War (1775-1783) was an

18th-century war between Great Britain and its
Thirteen Colonies (allied with France) which declared
independence as the United States of America.

Some Events that Lead to the American Revolution

STAMP ACT (1751)

The Stamp act was a tax imposed by the
British government on the American
Colonies. British taxpayers already paid a
stamp tax and Massachusetts briefly
experimented with a similar law, but the
Stamp Act imposed on colonial residents
went further than the existing ones. The
primary goal was to raise
needed for military defenses of the
colonies.
http://www.stamp-act-
history.com/timeline/currency-act-of-1751/
QUARTERING ACT (1765)
Parliament passed the Quartering Act to
address the practical concerns of such a
troop deployment. Each colonial assembly
was directed to provide for the basic need of
soldiers stationed within its borders.
Specified items, including bedding, cooking
utensils, firewood, beer or cider or candles.
https://www.u-s-
history.com/pages/h641.html
BOSTON TEA PARTY (1773)
The Boston Tea Party took place on
December 16th, 1772. It was a protest by the
American Colonists against the British in
regards to the tea taxes that had been
imposed on them. This protest involved
throwing chests of tea from three British
trade ships into the Boston Harbor.
http://www.softschools.com/facts/history/bos
ton_tea_party_facts/1026
INTOLERABLE ACT (1774)
Laws passed by the British to pushing
Massachusetts Colonies for the defiance in
the Tea Party protest. The act took away
self-governance and history rights of
Massachusetts.
https://www.britannica.com/event/Intolerable-
Acts