WEEK OF JANUARY 25-29, 2016

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.

This week we will continue working with the sight words that were introduced last week. These words are: am, do, go, she, so. PLEASE TAKE 15 MINUTES EVERY DAY TO PRACTICE THEM AT HOME WITH YOUR CHILD. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF THEM TO RECOGNIZE SIGHT WORDS WE HAVE COVERED IN CLASS SO FAR. ONCE THEY CAN RECOGNIZE SIGHT WORDS IT IS GOING TO BE A LOT EASIER FOR THEM TO READ BOOKS. THE FOLLOWING LINK IS A NICE AND FUN GAME TO PRACTICE THESE WORDS.

http://www.sightwordsgame.com/concentration/

We will continue to work with the concept of subtraction. We will continue subtracting from 10. The students are all very excited to start solving problems that involve adding or subtracting.

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.

This week there will be NO Kinder Kafe since this Friday is a half day and we will have a sports day with a school that will be visiting our campus. Do not forget that children will be dismissed from school at 11:45 a.m.

We would like to give you a friendly reminder that this Thursday we will be celebrating the 100^th day of school. Children are all very excited about this fun day.

NEW BRICKS4KIDS MODULE – if you did not get a chance to register your child for the new upcoming module, please send an email to Ms. Cristiana atcbanegas@discoveryschool.edu.hn There are still spaces available for our students from Kindergarten to Fourth Grade who want to join the fun. This module’s title is “Cranium Contraptions”.  The New module begins on Monday, January 25, from 3:15 to 4:15 p.m.

Scholastic News - Scholastic Book Club leaflets were given out last week. 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 January 25. 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.

DPTO UPCOMING EVENTS – Please support the DPTO in their activities that aim to foster community building, school pride and fund raising for school project!

**BREAKFAST will be sold at the informational assembly on Saturday, January 23

**FUN RUN – to be held at school on Saturday, January 30 at 8:30 a.m.

**BINGO – will take place on Friday February 19

VALENTINE’S DAY SALE – The Seniors 2016 will give out flyers this week so that our students can pre-order their candies, flowers, ect for Valentine’s Day, which will be celebrated on Friday,  February 12. Payment for the orders will be picked up one week before, on Friday, Febraury 5. The Seniors 2016 thank you in advance for your cooperation in this activity.