Dear Parents,
This week we are going to continue the fun in our
Kindergarten World. We are going to be working with the letter Bb. The
vocabulary for this letter is the following: branch, bowling, bench,
button, boot, backpack, basket, belt, bicycle, brush, bone, broom, boat,
binoculars, and bell.
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 are going to be reading are:
Bear
loves to blow bubbles. But when Badger tries to spoil Bear's fun, he blows a
bubble you won't believe!
A big happy frog, a plump purple cat, a handsome
blue horse, and a soft yellow duck-- all parade across the pages of this
delightful book.
Moose, Lion, Zebra, and Sheep take shelter in a
cave on a cold and rainy day, only to realize that a bear is there. The bear
roars loudly and says that he is trying to sleep. Not understanding why the
bear is so cranky, the other animals come up with ways to cheer up the bear.
Moose finds antlers for him, Lion gives him a mane, and Zebra paints on
stripes. Is there anything the four well-meaning friends can do to help the
bear sleep?
This is book is about a little girl who cuts
through the woods on the way into town, even though her mother specifically
warns her not to. She stumbles across a house owned by 3 bears!!
In our Phonemic Awareness this week we will
continue working with beginning sounds. You can help us out at home by naming a
word and your child telling you the first sound he/she hears.
We are going to introduce five new sight words this
week. These will be the last five words for the first quarter. These words
are as, with, his, they and
of. Please practice, practice and practice these words daily
with your child at home. As evaluation week approaches, we would like to
encourage you to practice ALL the 20 sight words the children will be evaluated
on. (the, to, and, a, I, in, is, you, that, it, he, was, for, on,
are). The children will be assessed in these 20 sight words for the
first quarter of their report card.
In Math, we will
work with number 13. The students will practice writing the number, drawing
sets to match the number and sequencing numbers up to 13. We will continue to count
backwards from 10. We are going to work with the concepts big, medium and
small.
Next week we
will be making some cool binoculars with the students. For this, we need your
help. Please send by Wednesday, September 30th 2 empty rolls of
toilet paper. If you have more than 2 we will gladly receive them too.
We will be
wrapping our unit about Honduras and Landforms this week. We have been talking
about valleys, mountains and hills. Ask your child what is the difference
between these two landforms.
We would like to
thank Mara Young and Sakura Kudo for donating the ingredients for Kinder Kafe
last week. The children enjoyed making a delicious chicken sandwich with
cheese. Yummy!! This week there will be NO kinder kafe
since this Friday is a half day. Children will be dismissed at 11:45 a.m.
This week our students will finish
taking their MAP test on Monday, September 28th at 11:40 a.m. This is only for the
students that were absent or did not finish their test last week.
We want to
remind parents that this Friday is a professional development day for teachers,
and the students will be dismissed at 11:45 a.m.
DPTO ANNOUNCEMENTS -
A) Movie Morning Fun – The DPTO
will be showing Hotel Transylvania 2 at Novacentro this Saturday, October 3 at
10:30 a.m. The movie will be shown in English! Tickets are very limited! They
will be first sold during the General Assembly this Saturday, and the following
week. The price of each ticket is Lps. 250 and includes entrance to the movie
and your choice of combos of popcorn and drink, hot dog and drink, or nachos
and drink. For information email us at discoverypto@gmail.com
B) UN Day Preparations- The DPTO
has begun preparations for our school UN DAY celebration on Friday, October 30,
from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. All school families are invited to participate and represent
their country of origin. If you have a typical outfit from your country, and
would like to participate in the annual showcase, please contact Carolina
Villareal carovilla252@hotmail.com
or Miriam Salgado miriamasalgado@yahoo.es
PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT THIS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2 – We want to remind our parents that this
Friday is an early dismissal day (11:45 a.m.) for our students. We will be
following A.M. Schedule.
CHRISTIMAS BAZAAR- LOOKING FOR VENDORS- Discovery’s Helping Hands
Club, a community service club that benefits the children of the Nuestros Pequeños
Hermanos orphanage will be having a Christmas Bazaar. Interested vendors should email, Discovery_bazaar@outlook.com.
HELPING HANDS- COMMUNITY SERVICE CLUB- Sunday, October 4th
will be out next visit to Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos orphanage. The club is open to all Discovery families
and Secondary students. Secondary
students should attend the meeting on Tuesday, September 29th at
lunch in Mrs. Agurcia’s Room (Rm. 7).
Anyone else interested in joining us can email Mrs. Agurcia at cagurcia@discoveryschool.edu.hn.
CHANGES IN THE OCTOBER HOLIDAYS – We have received official word that a
decree was issued in Congress changing the October holidays to October 7, 8,
and 9. We will be complying and
changing the holidays.
We understand that some families
may have purchased tickets for trips at the end of October, and we will be as
accommodating as possible in helping our students with missed work. If this is
the case, please contact the teachers and/or area coordinator to make the
arrangements for makeup work and content.
ADVANCED
EXTERNAL REVIEW TEAM VISIT -- The school continues preparing for the
AdvancED team visit October 18-22. The team has invited all parents for a
meeting on Tuesday, October 20, from 2:15 to 3:15. The Early Childhood and
Elementary parents will meet in the 2nd Floor Conference Room, and the Middle
and High School Parents will meet in Community Information Center. Please mark
your calendars/agendas if you are interested in coming and being a part of this
accreditation process.
SCHOOL CAFETERIA – please check out the weekly menus and other
delicious news by visiting the school cafeteria blog at http://wolvescafeteria.blogspot.com
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Important Dates Coming
Up:
Saturday, October 3 DPTO Movie @ Novacentro
“Transylvania 2” @ 10:30 a.m.
October 7, 8, 9 NO SCHOOL - Government
Holiday
October
18 – 22 ADVANCED REACCREDITATION VISIT
October 23 Student Led
Conferences
October 30 UN Day Celebration;
Early Dismissal (11:45 a.m.) P.M. Schedule
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