Dear Kindergarten
Parents,
Last
week we had such a great time learning about the parts of the apple. We would
like to give a BIG thank you to our two wonderful mothers: Mrs. Erika Paige and
Mrs. Yudia Florentino for each sending us a delicious apple pie for the
students to taste. The students loved them!
This
week we are going to be focusing our study on the letter Tt. The vocabulary for
this letter is tiger, turtle, tomato,
teeth, telephone, telescope, table, tennis, ten, toaster, toys, tongue, t-shirt, toothbrush, toothpaste, tree, tire, ticket, tear
Our
main focus will be learning about tigers. If you have any book, poster, video,
or any other material that can be useful for us, we would really appreciate it
if we can borrow it from you.
Some
of the stories that we will be reading this week are:
Tilly Turtle, Tiger, and Toad are
having a terrific time at the tea party until a tiny accident occurs. 
A little girl named
Sophie is having tea with her mother in their kitchen. Soon they are joined for
tea by a tiger who drinks all the tea, eats all the food in the house and
drinks everything, even draining the water from the taps, so that Sophie cannot
have her bath. Then he leaves. Sophie's father comes home and suggests that
they all go out and have a lovely meal in a cafe. The following day Sophie and
her mother go out to buy some more food, including a big tin of tiger food. But
the tiger never returns.
The story From Head to Toe is a book all about
comparing different body movements with humans and animals. Every time the
animal asks the human if they can move something on their body the human says
“I can do that!”. They go through twelve different body parts.
As
you all know we have been working with the words and, the, of, to, a. This week we are going to be adding the words in, is, you, that, it. Please practice
these words daily with your children.
Please
remember that your son/daughter is taking homework Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and
Thursdays. We place the homework in their folders. Help us at home with this
important routine in your child’s life!!
In
Social Studies, we will study about “Me and My Family.” We are requesting a
family picture for TUESDAY. We will
be keeping the picture for the following two weeks and returning it to you on
Friday, September 6th. We will be discussing how families are alike
and different. Each student will have the chance to talk to us about things
they do together as a family. We will be discussing why families are important
and why do we love our families. The students are allowed to bring a favorite
toy to share with the class on FRIDAY.
Help your child make a wise decision about which toy he/she should bring to
school. Please avoid toys that can easily break and noisy toys that require a
battery. 
This
week we are going to introduce the concept of syllables. One
of the easiest ways to help children realize that words are made up of several
sounds and syllables is to allow them to “break up” words by clapping out their
syllables.
In
Math, we are going to be reviewing various concepts from numbers 0-5. Some of
these concepts are more, less, sequencing, making sets, etc.
We
would like to thank Daniela Aguirre and Jay Soares for bringing the ingredients
for our Kinder Kafe last week. The students enjoyed making an apple tree out of
cookies, breadsticks, cream cheese and skittles. Yummy!!! This week the
children in charge for donating the ingredients are Katina Alvarado and Valentin
Mejia.
TIP OF THE WEEK: Encourage your child to share school
experiences with you. Take an active interest in your children’s schooling. Ask
specific questions about what happens at school each day and how your children
feel about it.
GAME OF THE WEEK:
Clean-up
Scavenger Hunt
What
you need:
- paper
- markers
- 1 old pillow case (or a fabric carry-all bag)
- 1 "treasure" item
This is a
perfect way to get two things done at once: cleaning up and keeping the kids
entertained. Choose an item to act as the ‘treasure’, such as a cookie, or some
cardboard circles wrapped in tinfoil like silver coins. Find a place to hide
the treasure in advance. Scan the house for items you want back in one place—a
sweater left in the living room, a toy truck in the hallway—and using the
markers, create a colourful ‘list’ of items that need to be found in order to
get the location of the treasure. Once the kids have run around the house
collecting all the items, you can share a clue to help them find the treasure!
Keeping
the kids busy indoors can be a challenge, but a little creativity and
imagination on your part as well as theirs, and you can transform a simple
activity into hours of fun.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WEDNESDAY – As stated in our school calendar, the last Wednesday of every month is
assigned for Teacher Professional Development. This Wednesday, August 27 is an
early dismissal day for students (11:45 a.m.). We appreciate parents picking
their child(dren) up promptly so our teachers can attend the professional
development that has been planned for that day.
ECOFRIENDLY LUNCH DAY - Discovery students are aiming to be more "green" by recycling
and reducing our waste production. To
promote this effort, the 10th grade
Environmental Science students will be hosting Ecofriendly Lunch Day on
Thursday, August 29th. During recess, there
will be games, activities, and prizes that will encourage students to pack a
waste-free lunch. Previous to this,
environmental science students will be visiting classrooms to promote waste
reduction and recycling. Parents, please
join with us in this effort and help your student pack a waste-free lunch each
day. For more information about waste-free
lunches, please see http://www.wastefreelunches.org/
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