Hózhó Academy Newsletter
For the Week of November 6th - 10th, 2023
Weekly Updates
Hello Hózhó Families,
As a reminder, we do not have school this Friday, November 10th in observance of Veteran's Day. A 7th-grade student is starting an initiative to honor our veterans and active military, especially those deployed. You can order a red Hózhó shirt for students to wear on Fridays if they wish. T-shirts are $10 each. Payment is due at the time of pick-up. All orders must be made by November 17th. Click here to order.
Last Chance School Pictures - The last day to order school pictures is November 13th. Use this link to order.
Christmas Wreath Orders - Pre-orders for Christmas wreaths will be taken until November 17th. Click here to fill out the wreath order form and return it to the front office.
Holiday Craft Fair - Saturday, December 2nd, will be our annual Holiday Craft Fair. If you are interested in being a vendor, click here to fill out the form and return it to the front office.
Report Cards - Report cards have gone home. If you have not received your child's report card, please contact the front office.
Congratulations First Quarter Honor Roll Students
7th-8th Grade Honors
Chevelle Bia
Keira Burnham
Brittyn Carling
Raychael Dennison
Kiersten Donaldson
Dante Harvey
Yandiin Houston
Zaiden James
Donte Jaramillo
Addison Jones
Kreighton King
Kaiden Martinez
Enalia Meders
Chase Miller
Zahda Rashid
Santino Saucedo
Rubi Shaheen
Tate Tanner
Aiyanna Trujillo
Alicia Wilson
Paige Benally
Phillip Elkins
Kaydince Escamilla
Leya Glasses
Selena James
Elias Longhat
Jude Nassrallah
Adelene Rain Ortiz
Sydney Piano
Quanndreeia Ramone
7th-8th Grade High Honors
Ean Chisamore
Grace Corral
Paisley Fowles
Avi Sarracino
Austin Tanner
Hugo Macapagal
Bausten Willie
9th-10th Grade Honors
Raine Miller
Hailey Williams
Lilly Shaheen
Deelylah Thompson
Abraham Azua
Khloe Todecheenie
9th-10th Grade High Honors
Kabren King
Pedro Vargas
Important Dates
November 10th - No School (Veteran's Day)
November 13th - Last Day to Order School Pictures
November 17th - Cultural Fall Festival
November 20th-24th - No School (Thanksgiving Break)
December 2nd - Holiday Craft Fair 10 AM - 3 PM
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What motivates me at work are my students! Having such an amazing group of students definitely makes my job easier and joyful! When I’m not working, I like traveling, attending concerts, snowboarding (even though I’m still not good at it), and spending time with my family and close friends in Albuquerque. A fun fact about me that people may not know is that I know how to juggle. Three words that best describe me are caring, joyful, and silly. My favorite book is called “Goodbye Is Not Forever”.
Literacy Corner by Elise Farrell
You have probably heard of your child talking about marking their words or even seen work come home that included spelling words covered in strange symbols and numbers. At first glance, it most certainly seems strange. I remember observing my first literacy lesson and watching the students mark their words with and wondered why on earth they were putting dots in the middle of the words, underling some and writing numbers above others. I began my first training in the Literacy Essentials curriculum and that was where I first heard of the English alphabet referred to as a 'code.'
The alphabet consists of letters used to represent the sounds we use in the English language and it very much works like a code. There are more sounds than there are letters, therefore, there are many factors that determine what sound a letter is saying. For example, we have multi-letter phonograms, phonograms where two letters are used to make one sound such as sh or ch. However, the English language is also compromised of subskills and rules that determine the sounds that are said. The students at Hozho Academy begin learning these rules from the very beginning, and we reinforce these rules by teaching them markings to use on their spelling words. This helps them to identify the rules of the English language they are taught and is part of the Literacy Essentials multisensory approach to learning, putting these skills into their long term memory. Let's take a look at some of the rules your children learn and the corresponding markings.
The very first rule your child learns is that words are broken up into 'chunks' called syllables. A syllable consists of one vowel sound and the consonant sounds said with it (did you know that every English syllable must have a written vowel?) When marking a word, students identify each syllable with a dot in between, for example;
Com•plain
Cup•cake
Ta•ble
Li•brar•y
This breaks complicated words into workable pieces. The students work with each syllable to identify the rules and subskills being used. A few more examples include;
Multiletter phonograms; marked by underlining them, showing that together they make one sound:
C o m • p l ai n - ai = /A/ two letter /A that we do not use at the end of English words because English words do not end with I.
Vowels saying their name or their second sound are also underlined.
T a •b l e - this A is saying its name because it is what we call an open syllable. The syllable ends with a vowel and is not being closed off by a consonant.
B a k e1– this A is saying its name because it is followed by a consonant and then a silent final e.
We underline the K being it is the consonant being 'skipped over'
We double underline the E because it is silent and we label it with a 1 because there are 6 reasons why a word would have a silent E at the end. The first reason being that it makes the vowel say its name.
There are many more rules and subskills that your children will learn during their time at Hozho. In being able to identify and break the code, students can read more complex vocabulary, simply by breaking it into chunks and then identifying the rules they know.
Book of the Week:
Anne of Green Gables
L.M. Montgomery
(Abridged versions are available by Classic Starts and the Great Illustrated Classics)
The month of November calls for cozy, autumn into winter stories such as this! Anne (spelled with an E) is an orphan sent to live with the middle-aged Cuthbert brother and sister in Green Gables. The only problem, the Cuthberts had requested a boy! Follow Anne as she navigates school, friendships and her vivid imagination! Once you have read this heartwarming story, you can see it beautifully brought to life in the 1985 miniseries, Anne of Green Gables. (Netflix also has a show titled Anne with an E, however, I personally recommend the miniseries over this one).
Hózhó Academy 2023-2024 School Calendar
Hózhó Academy Charter School
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Website: https://hozhoacademy.org/
Location: 515 Park Ave, Gallup, NM, USA
Phone: (505) 722-8922
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