WEEK OF NOVEMBER 16- 20, 2015

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!

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.

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/short-a/sa/load.htm?f

A big thank you goes to Camilla Matamoros and Giulliana Florentino for bringing the ingredients for Kinder Kafe last week. The children enjoyed making a ladybug out of cupcakes, raisins and frosting. The children in charge for donating the ingredients for Kindergarten Kafe this Friday are Henry Constantine and Ivanna Lopez. Thanks in advance.

For our Thanksgiving Celebration, we are requesting Lps. 100.00. We will be using this money to buy lunch for everyone. The children will have chicken strips, french fries, honey mustard, lemonade and dessert. Please send this money no later than Thursday, November 19th. Our lunch will be on Wednesday November 25th around 11:00 a.m. since this is a half day. Remember the children will be dismissed from school at 11:45 a.m. on this day.

MIDTERM PROGRESS REPORTS–Progress reports will go home this Friday, November 20. Please read and discuss the report with your child. The report needs to be signed and returned to school. If you wish to conference with a teacher, please do not hesitate to contact the school to set up an appointment. They must be signed and returned to school by Monday, November 23.

CHRISTIMAS BAZAAR- LOOKING FOR VENDORS- Discovery’s Helping Hands Club, a community service club that benefits children of the Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos orphanage will have a Christmas Bazaar.  Interested vendors send email, discovery_bazaar@gmail.com

Important Dates Coming Up: November 20                     Midterm Reports Go Home November 21                     Christmas Bazaar 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. November 25                     Early Dismissal                                            PD for Teachers on Teamwork 1:00 p.m. November 26 & 27           THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY December 11                     Song Fest @ 6:30 p.m.