Week of Nov. 17-21

Dear Parents,

This week we are going to be working with the letter Uu. The vocabulary words that we are going to be focusing on are the following: upstairs, underwear, umpire, umbrella, and under.

Some stories that we are going to be reading this week are:

  

Umbrella bird is very unhappy about his unusual feather until they save the day!

Bismark the Buffalo is grumpy and unlovable until his friends teach him how to laugh and show him that wearing colorful underwear can be great fun.

Carlos walks into the cloud forest with his green umbrella, where the only sound is the steady, drip, drip, drip of drops falling from the trees.  Carlos is sure that he will see lots of animals--perhaps a toucan, a tapir, maybe the monkey, and if he is lucky, the exotic quetzal bird.  He leaves his umbrella at the foot of a giant fig tree and climbs up for a better look.  Perhaps Carlos should have stayed below, where; first a mischievous tree frog hops into the umbrella, followed by one animal after another, each one larger than the last!

We are going to continue with our theme on Plants. The kids know the parts of the plant and they also know what a plant needs to survive. The children will be planting beans. Every day we are going to be observing our plant and recording any changes it may have. Ask our little scientists what they know about Plants and you will be surprise to see all the wonderful things they know about it.

In Math, we are going to be introducing number 18. The children will make sets with this number. We are also going to be constructing pictographs. Each child will have the chance to create their own graph.

 Please practice the following skills: 

Numbers and counting up to 10

C.16 complete a sequence– up to 10

Numbers and counting up to 20

D.1    Count to 20

The sight words we are going to be studying for the next couple of weeks are:  but, not, like, my, we. Click on the following link to find a great game you may want to try with your child at home.  http://www.starfall.com/n/matching/sight-words/play.htm?f

 A big thank you goes to Felipe Funez and Lucia Torres for bringing the ingredients for Kinder Kafe last week. The children enjoyed making a lizard out of strawberries and bananas. The children in charge for donating the ingredients for Kindergarten Kafe this Friday are Mateo Jacome and Nicolas Martin. Thanks in advance.

 We would like to remind you that this coming Wednesday, Thursday and Friday the children will be going to the Villa Olimpica for the friendly athletic competition. Please make sure your child eats enough for breakfast since we will be skipping snack. It would be very helpful if you can put on sunscreen to your child at home. If you have a hat, or a cap send it with your child also.

 Our Songfest is around the corner.

Kindergarten will be performing the song Under the Sea. The children are all very excited to represent one sea animal. Last week we made a raffle in which they had to take a paper from a bowl to find out which was the animal that they will be representing. Please help your child come in dressed as the following:

ALEJANDRO RIVAS            FISH (like Nemo)

SEBASTIAN AGURCIA          CRAB

EMILIO GUTIERREZ        SEA TURTLE

EMMA RAPALO               STARFISH

ETHAN PAREDES             SHARK

FELIPE FUNEZ                ARIEL´S FATHER (King Triton)

LUCIA TORRES               SEA TURTLE

MATEO JACOME                SHARK

NICOLAS MARTIN           OCTOPUS

RODRIGO AGUILAR          STARFISH

RODRIGO GALLEGO         OCTOPUS

SEBASTIAN ORTEZ         FISH (like Nemo)

TAMMY RODRIGUEZ            CRAB

VILMA BERTRAND           ARIEL (The Little Mermaid)

SONG FEST – Please mark your calendars for this year’s Song Fest. There has a been a change in time! The performances will begin at 5:30 p.m.

Christmas Bazaar:  Don’t forget to invite family and friends to come shopping this Saturday,  November 22. 

Donations!  We kindly ask your cooperation with the following donations:

•      FUNDACION ABRIGO – Once again, Discovery School support Fundación Abrigo in their mission to lodge families from the rural areas who come to Hospital Escuela. WE are asking our school families to send 1 gallon of in the disinfectant per family, and to send it in by Friday, November 21. What a wonderful way to show our gratitude for what we have – to share what we have with those in need!
•    BOOK DONATION FOR AMOR, FE Y ESPERANZA (AFE) - AFE is an organization located on the outskirts of Tegucigalpa that has been rescuing children from the garbage dump and breaking the cycle of poverty in their lives. AFE is in the process of furnishing its library. We are asking for any new or used Spanish books (children’s books, novels, nonfiction, encyclopedias etc.) you might have and that you would like to donate to the AFE library.  These books can be brought and given to your homeroom teacher.  If you would like more information about AFE, please visit their website at www.afehonduras.org  

DPTO Bingo:  The DPTO will be hosting fun filled BINGO evening for Discovery families and friends on Friday, December 5. Incredible prizes are in store for those who attend! Food and drinks will be available for purchase. Don’t miss out on this opportunity! Tickets are only L100!