This
is a very short week. We are going to be talking about Christopher Columbus. If
you have any story books that you are willing to share with us please send them
with your child and we will be reading them in the class. We are going to be
watching some videos about him. Also, the children will be able to name the 3
ships Columbus sailed on.
We will continue to reinforce all the concepts that were introduced last
week. I would like to remind you to please review ALL the 20 sight words that
we have worked with so far. These words are the, to, and, a, I,
in, is, you, that, it, he, was, for, on, are, as, with, his, they, of. Next week we will be having an
evaluation week. To help you make it fun for your child at home, you may want
to play this cool game which is called Sight
Word Bowling.
How
to Play:
1.
Write sight words onto slips of paper or post-it notes and tape onto bowling
pins with clear tape. (If you do not have bowling pins, plastic bottles work
perfectly for this). Put 4 words on each pin so that there is always a word
visible when the pin falls down.
2.
Set up pins as you normally would for bowling.
3.
Let child throw bowling ball to knock pins down.
4.
Before picking bowling again (or setting up the pins for the next round), the
child must read each word that is visible on the pins that were knocked down.
5.
Repeat as long as child is interested and wants to play.
*
You can spice this up by using different things as your bowling ball - sponges,
toys.*
Other
ways to play - you can easily adapt this to review letters, letter sounds, math
facts and more.
We would like to give
a BIG THANK YOU to Mrs. Wendy Willemsen (mom
of Sofia Estrada) for donating to the classroom a beautiful water dispenser
(oasis) for the children to have cold
water at all times of the day.
We
really appreciate the support you all can give to our class.
We would like to
remind you all that because of the October Holidays, we will not have school on
Oct. 7th, 8th, and 9th; school will resume on October 12th. We would like to
wish all of you a safe and happy long holiday. Enjoy it to the maximum with
your child.
Bricks4kidz
ANNOUNCEMENT - Because of the changes in
the October holidays, we would like to announce that the two remaining sessions
of this first module of Bricks4kidz will be held on the following days:
Monday, October 5 – Session 3 from 3:15 to 4:15 p.m.
Friday, October 16 – Session 4 from 3:15 to 4:15 p.m.
We also want to give you a heads up that our second
module will begin on the first week of November
DPTO 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
Salagado miriamasalgado@yahoo.es
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.
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.
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Important Dates
Coming Up:
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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