WEEK OF JANUARY 27-31

Dear Parents,

This week we are going to be working with the letter Ff. The vocabulary that we are going to be focusing on is the following: fan, fish, flute, flower, frog, friend, fruit, french fries, fox, fireflies, flashlight, fire, fist, football, and family.

If you have any items at home that begin with this letter, send them over with your child and we will be discussing them in class, we will display them on a table and we will return them back on Friday. The kids get excited to bring things from home.

Some of the stories that we will be reading this week are:

Fifi's flute has fallen in the river. Will it float away forever?

One day, a fox saw a crow with a piece of meat in his beak. The fox was very hungry and thought, “How can I get the piece of cheese?”

He thought for a while. Soon, an idea struck him. Ask your child what happened!!!

While the other field mice work to gather grain and nuts for winter, Frederick sits on a sunny rock by himself. “I gather sun rays for the cold dark winter days,” he tells them. Another day he gathers “colors,” and then “words.” And when the food runs out, it is Frederick, the dreamer and poet, whose endless store of supplies warms the hearts of his fellow mice, and feeds their spirits during the darkest winter days.

Two best friends, a minnow and a tadpole, are practically inseparable until the tadpole grows legs and decides to explore the world beyond the pond. When the tadpole, now a frog, returns to tell his friend of the extraordinary things he’s seen, the minnow, now a fish, tries to follow in his footsteps, but quickly finds that land is not what he expected.

In Math, we are going to begin a unit on Measurement. The children will have fun measuring things around the room using different kinds of items. We will use the 100 things they bring to school in the bag we asked last week.  We will also use items from the class such as unifix cubes, links, blocks, etc. You may want to do some measurement activities with your child at home. At this time, they will use non-standard units of measurement and not the rulers that we normally use to measure things.

We will also continue practicing addition and subtraction word problems to and from 10. They are all doing great! Please practice the following IXL skills with your child at home.

Measurement

Q.1     Long and short

Q.2    Tall and short

We will continue working with the sight words that were introduced last week: she, do, how, like if.

The children are having an extremely great time learning about all different kinds of animals. This week our main focus will be learning about FISH!!! We will be discussing their characteristics and the way they breathe under the water. We are also going to talk about animals that live under the ocean that are NOT fish. If you have a fish at home as a pet, we would love to have it at school for one or two days as our special visitor.

The children in charge of donating the materials for Kindergarten Kafe are: Maria Fernanda Almeyda and Luciana Nuñez. Thank you in advance!!!

MAP TESTING – We will continue with our second MAP testing session. We appreciate our parents making an effort so their child does not miss school that day. KA will be having their test on Monday, January 27^th and Tuesday January, 28^th at 10:10 a.m. KB will be having their test on Monday, January 27^th and Tuesday January, 28^th at 11:40 a.m.

As you all know, we are celebrating the 100th Day of School on Wednesday, January 29th. Your child should come to school wearing 100 things. Be creative and have your child help you out. Remember this is half day at school. Children are dismissed at 11:45 a.m. on this day!!!

SCHOLASTIC BOOKS! - This month your child(ren) will have the opportunity to purchase books through the International Scholastic Book Clubs.  This is an optional activity offered by the school, in case you want to motivate your child to read at home and to increase their own library.  With your purchase, our library will accumulate points to redeem for more books for the benefit of your children in our school. Order forms and catalogs were sent home last Friday. The due date to purchase the books online is February 10. The books will arrive to the school in one single delivery, and we will distribute them to the students according to their orders, approximately three weeks after the purchase due date. Please email Ms. Marilis (mzambrana@discoveryschool.edu.hn ) if you have any questions.

FROM THE DPTO – PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS – The DPTO has been working very hard to organize the traditional Movie Event for Discovery School families. This year, it will take place at NOVACENTRO on Sunday, February 9 at 11:00 a.m. for the presentation of THE LEGO MOVIE!!!

to our marvelous KINDER ZOO on February 28^th.

The children will be assigned to an animal this week. Your child should create a 3D model about this animal and have it ready to display it in our room. They should also present facts about this animal and explain what they have learned about it. We will have a big event on this day in which children from other grades, teachers, and administrators will be invited. Your child can come dressed as a scientist, zoo keeper, or even the animal represented!!! Please be creative, help your child come up with the ideas. This is a fun family project and we would love to wrap up our unit on animals with this fun activity!!! MARK YOUR CALENDARS so you can join the fun!!!