Dear
Parents,
Last
week the children had a lot of fun explaining their 100th day
project. Thank you to all of you that helped your child with this. They were
all excited about this big day!
This
week we are going to be working with the letter Gg. The vocabulary that we are
going to be focusing on is the following: glitter, garden, gum, garage,
glasses, garbage, grandparents, goose, gorilla, globe, gift, guitar, goggles,
gate, and guard.
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:
Will
Gorilla learn to be a good houseguest? As kids giggle at Gorilla’s goofy
antics, they’ll learn about the letter G.
The three Billy Goats Gruff want to go to a lush green meadow. In
order to get there, they have to cross a bridge inhabited by a horrible
Troll. When the tinniest Billy Goat Gruff crosses the bridge he convinces
the Troll that he, the tinniest Billy Goat, is much too small to eat. The
middle Billy Goat Gruff also convinces the Troll not to eat him because he is
also too small. When the Troll tries to eat the biggest Billy Goat Gruff,
the oldest brother decides to rid his family of the Troll forever. Once
all three Billy Goats Gruff arrive in the meadow, they eat and eat until they
become too fat to go home.
It is about a rabbit's routine before he goes to bed. Before his
bedtime, the rabbit goes around the room and notices items within eye sight and
says goodnight to all of them. Everything from the pictures on the wall to the
mice to the clock is mentioned and said goodnight too. As the story continues,
the rabbit gets more and more tired before finally saying "Goodnight
noises everywhere," just as he falls asleep.
This story is about a
mischievous monkey who got out of his cage and follows around the zookeeper. As
the zookeeper is saying goodnight to all of the animals, his first stop is the
gorilla. As he is saying goodnight to the Gorilla, he steals his keys. The
monkey then follows him silently and starts letting out all of the animals the
zookeeper is saying goodnight to. As the monkey is letting out all of the
animals, they are all following the zookeeper to each one of the cages.
Green Eggs and Ham is a short work of
fiction by legendary kids book author Dr. Seuss, in which a very persistent
Sam-I-Am repeatedly asks his unnamed friend, in a multiplicity of ways, whether
his friend would like ham accompanied by, of all things, green eggs.
This week we will continue working with the sight
words that were introduced last week. These words are am, do, go, she, so.
We will continue to work with the concept of
subtraction. We will be subtracting from 10. We will also discuss the concept
of after. The students are all very excited to start solving
problems that involve adding or subtracting.
Please practice the following IXL skills with your child
at home:
Subtraction
J.3 Subtraction sentences -
numbers up to 5
J.4
Subtraction Word Problems -
numbers up to 5 (some students might need help reading the problem).
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: Alejandro Rivas and Sebastian Agurcia.
Thank you in advance!!!
to our marvelous KINDER ZOO on February 27th.
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!!!
IMPORTANT SCHOOL NOTICES
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WEDNESDAY – This Wednesday is an early dismissal day for our students (11:45 a.m.) We will follow A.M. Schedule. Our staff will meet at 1:00 p.m. in the Library, and work the rest of the afternoon in the AdvancedEd accreditation process.
SUNSHINE SCHOOL FRIENDLY SPORTS ACTIVITIES – Sunshine School will visit our school for several friendly activities on Wednesday, January 28. Our Grades K-2 will be participating in games and races, and grades 3-8 will be playing friendly soccer matches. Our students should wear comfortable P.E. clothes on this day, and bring sunscreen.
DPTO FUN RUN - The DPTO has been working hard to organize the annual Fun Run, which will be held this year this Saturday, January 30. The activity will begin with registration of our runners at 8:30 a.m., followed by the run at 9:00 a.m. and the traditional pancake breakfast at around 9:45 a,m. Pledge forms were distributed with the report cards last Friday. The DPTO would appreciate parents who are interested in helping with the preparation and distribution of the breakfast, or want to donate pastries for this day, to contact Ms. Karla Soto (dsmarketing@discoveryschool.edu.hn) or Ms. Cristiana to see what they can help with. Proceeds from all DPTO activities will be destined to furnish our school’s new beautiful nurse area.
BRICKS4KIDS – As an after school activity for our younger students, the school has been in contact with Bricks4 kidz to offer six one-hour, Friday- afternoon sessions beginning on Friday, January 30 from 3:15 to 4:15 p.m.. Following the We learn-We build-We play approach, Bricks 4 Kidz after-school classes build on the universal popularity of LEGO® bricks to deliver a high quality of educational play. For more information on its educational value, visit http://www.bricks4kidz.com/ http://www.bricks4kidz.com/
SCHOLASTIC BOOK ORDERS - Scholastic Book Club leaflets are out. This is an optional activity offered by the school, because we know you want to motivate your child to read at home. With your purchase, our library will accumulate points to redeem more books for the benefit of your children in our school. The due date to purchase the books online is this Friday, January 30. 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.
CAYOS COCHINOS - As part of TES, Trabajo Educativo Social, the 12th graders will be going to Cayos Cochinos on March 2 to 7 to assist the community of Cayo Mayor. The Alfonso Lacayo Public School is in need of school materials, so the Senior class has decided to conduct a school supply drive. They would appreciate any and all donations but wish to ask the following classes that each student contributes the following:
Nursery and Kinder – I pack of 12 colored markers
1st and 2nd – 2 pencil sharpeners
3rd and 4th – 1 pack of 12 colored pencils
5th – 2 scissors
6th to 8th – 2 normal sized composition notebooks
9th – 1 blue, black and red pen
10th – 1 pack of 12 pencils and two erasers
11th – 4 UHU glue sticks
WE WOULD ALSO GREATLY APPRECIATE ANY SPANISH BOOK DONATIONS. Please help not only the Senior class, but also the inhabitants of Cayo Mayor.
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