Week of Oct. 31- Nov.4

Dear Prek Parents,

Reminders:

• Every Tuesday Homework is send home. Homework should be back to school on Thursday. Please don’t forget to send the folder back
• Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays children have Motricity class. We are requesting that please send your child with tennis shoes and with shorts or pants. No skirts and no sandals. This is so that your child can be able to participate in every activity done during the class.

Dress Up / Costume Day is here!!!! This Monday, October 31^st is our celebration. On this day students will come to school dressed up as their favorite book or movie character.

We will also be trick or treating around school. Please send in one bag of candies, lollipops, chocolates or any small treats or toys. We are also requesting Lps. 50.00 for the treat bag. If you haven’t send any of these, please send them by Monday, Oct. 31^st first thing in the morning.
Thank you for your support.

Thank you Mizuki and Catalina parents. children learned so much about these two cultures. We had a blast!!!! The significant learning is so productive due to your amazing support. Thank you for your support parents. we are an amazing group and our kids are loving it!!

This week we will continue learning about our abc. We will be working on recognizing the letters with their sound, letter formation, vocabulary of the letter, remember always emphasizing on the short vowel sounds. This week we will be studying about the letter Ii. The vocabulary for this letter is: igloo, iguana, itch, internet, in, ink, Indian, instruments, insects, invitations, injury, and imagination.  

Children assigned should take five (5) items that they have at home that begin with this letter. Items should be at school on Monday and we will send them back on Friday. For this week we have Piper (Prek”A”) and Korbin (Prek”B”).

Note 1: If you would like to share eatable things such as iguana shaped cookies, ice cubes to build an igloo, etc. for children to taste. It would be awesome if instead of Monday you send it on Friday so that we close up our letter unit.

Note 2: There will always be one student of each section that will be assigned with the letter of the week but, there is a new homework. Every Tuesday some of you will receive a Ziploc bag and you will have to send one thing that fits in the bag that begins with the letter of the week.

Thank you for your support!!

The following link you will find a PowerPoint presentation with the vocabulary, in case you would like to review at home with your child.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9h-xCekmFlXbDJDNkRzdmZ4c0k

Some of the stories we will be reading this week are:

Mañana Iguana by Ann Whitford Paul is such a fun spin on The Little Red Hen. !Caramba! Iguana is planning a fiesta. Tortuga the tortoise, Conejo the rabbit, and Culebra the snake all want to come. But do they want to help Iguana deliver invitations or stuff the pinata or cook the food? No, no, and no! A lazy trio loses out in this clever update of the story of the Little Red Hen with a Mexican twist. A glossary of Spanish words is included.

Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni Meet a winning, winsome inchworm, proud of his ability to measure anything under the sun, from a robin's tail to a toucan's beak. When a hungry nightingale threatens to eat him for breakfast unless he can measure her song, the inchworm calls on his craft and skill to creatively solve the dilemma.

In math, will be working with numbers. We will work on how to represent and recognize numbers using tally marks, ten frames, number formation, name of the number, one-to-one correspondence. We will begin working this week with numbers 0-10.

Our Nursery Rhyme this week is: “Itsy Bitsy Spider”

We are attaching you the link of the videos of this song we will be learning throughout the week. We will learn two versions of this nursery rhyme. Just a little tip to have fun at home listening and acting out our song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRzbuZ-ne5g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsQIYzx2WSo

In Science we will begin a unit about Food. We are going to be discussing healthy and unhealthy snacks. Children will get the chance to name food that is eaten during the breakfast, lunch and dinner. Thy will also be able to name and identify the differences between a fruit and a vegetable. Some of the vocabulary words we will be focusing are: fruit, vegetables, sweets, meat, milk,  If you have any books or posters, or any other material that you would like to share with us it would be greatly appreciated.

In our Science unit we will be making a science experiment. Children will be learning steps of the scientific method by making a project at school. We will need the following materials that need to be at school on Tuesday, November 1^st

1 small box of milk

1 bottle of food coloring

1 small dropper (like the ones you use for medicines)

4 Q-tips

1 small bag of liquid dish soap

1 magazine

Thank you for your support.

BAKE SALE – The Seniors will have a bake sale on Monday, October 31 in order to raise funds for their community service.

Week of Oct. 24-27

Dear Prek Parents,

Reminders:

• Every Tuesday Homework is sent home. Homework should be back to school on Thursday. Please don’t forget to send the folder back
• On Tuesday’s with the homework we will send a bag in which you will have to bring something to school that begins with the letter of the week. This is to help us with our letter of the week manipulative center.
• Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday children have Motricity class. We are requesting that please send your child with tennis shoes and with shorts or pants. No skirts and no sandals. This is so that your child can be able to participate in every activity done during the class.
• Please make sure your child is only bringing toys of the letter of the week we are studying. We have been receiving children with toys that do not belong to the letter.

Thank you all for coming in last Friday for the Parent-Teacher conferences. It is wonderful to work with such a dedicated group of parents and students.

This week we will continue learning about our abc. We will be working on recognizing the letters with their sound, letter formation, vocabulary of the letter, remember always emphasizing on the short vowel sounds. This week we will be studying about the letter Hh. The vocabulary for this letter is: heart, hair, helicopter, hippo, hammer, horse, hamburger, hat, hero, hot dog, hands

Children assigned should take five (5) items that they have at home that begin with this letter. Items should be at school on Monday and we will send them back on Friday. For this week we have Pilar (Prek”A”) and Joshua (Prek”B”).

Note 1: If you would like to share eatable things such as grapes, gorilla shaped cookies, etc. for children to taste. It would be awesome if instead of Monday you send it on Friday so that we close up our letter unit.

Note 2: There will always be one student of each section that will be assigned with the letter of the week but, there is a new homework. Every Tuesday some of you will receive a Ziploc bag and you will have to send one thing that fits in the bag that begins with the letter of the week.

Thank you for your support!!

The following link you will find a PowerPoint presentation with the vocabulary, in case you would like to review at home with your child.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9h-xCekmFlXbXVwXy0xYWVBOE0

On Tuesday, October 25th we will have a Hat Day. Your child should go to school wearing a hat. 

Some of the stories we will be reading this week are:

Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson is a classic children's book first published in 1955 that features a calm, upbeat but mostly silent little boy who creates his surroundings with his ever-present purple crayon. He makes up his own fun, and even gets scared by some of his drawings: He's chased by a dragon he draws, he falls of a mountain he draws, he has to draw a boat to save himself from drowning in the sea he accidentally draws. Successive generations have enjoyed Harold's inventive adventures. Harold and the Purple Crayon is a wonderful celebration of imagination and independent play that also has been adapted for an animated HBO Family TV series and is available as an app.  

Building a House by Byron Barton uses simple text and clear, simple images to show the process of house building from the ground up. For kids fascinated with construction {and even those that aren’t} it is sure to please.

In math, will be working with numbers. We will work on how to represent and recognize numbers using tally marks, ten frames, number formation, name of the number, one-to-one correspondence. We will begin working this week with numbers 0-9.

Our Nursery Rhyme this week is: “Hickory Dickory Dock”

We are attaching you the link of the videos of this song we will be learning throughout the week. We will learn two versions of this nursery rhyme. Just a little tip to have fun at home listening and acting out our song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGgsklW-mtg  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSPV-ezPMhQ

In our Social Studies unit we will be talking about Children Around the World. We will be learning about Argentina and Japan. Students will get to know the flag, map, traditional dressing, food, drinks, traditional games, money, national animal and national flower and many more things that have to do with the country. If you have any poster or any other material that you are willing to share with the class, we would appreciate if you will let us borrow them from you.

This we week we will be cooking food of Japan and Argentina. We will need your support with some ingredients. You will receive it on Monday. This should be at school on Wednesday.

Dress Up / Costume Day is around the corner. We are going to be having a celebration on Monday, October 31^st. On this day students will come to school dressed up as their favorite book or movie character.

We will also be trick or treating around school. Please send in one bag of candies, lollipops, chocolates or any small treats or toys. Please send in by Tuesday October 25^th. We are also requesting Lps. 50.00 for the treat bag. Please send them by Friday October 28^th.
Thank you for your support. 

Friday, Oct. 28th we will be celebrating United Nations Day and it is Half Day. All students will be leaving at 11:45am 

FUNDACION ABRIGO – Is an organization which provides lodging for families from outside Tegucigalpa who bring their families/patients to the largest state medical facility, Hospital Escuela. Discovery School in solidarity with Fundacion Abrigo is asking for a donation of 1 GALON OF DISINFECTANT per family by Friday, October 28. Thank you very much! It is always far better to give than to receive!

BAKE SALE – The Seniors will have a bake sale on Monday, October 31 in order to raise funds for their community service.

Week of Oct. 17-21

Dear Prek Parents,

Reminders:

• Every Tuesday Homework is send home. Homework should be back to school on Thursday. Please don’t forget to send the folder back
• On Tuesdays with the homework we will send a bag in which you will have to bring something to school that begins with the letter of the week. This is to help us with our letter of the week manipulative center.
• Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays children have Motricity class. We are requesting that please send your child with tennis shoes and with shorts or pants. No skirts and no sandals. This is so that your child can be able to participate in every activity done during the class.

This week we will continue learning about our abc. We will be working on recognizing the letters with their sound, letter formation, vocabulary of the letter, remember always emphasizing on the short vowel sounds. This week we will be studying about the letter Gg. The vocabulary for this letter is: gate, guitar, grass, goat, green, glue, game, gum, gorilla, girl, goose, grapes

Children assigned should take from five (5) items that they have at home that begin with this letter. The more things you bring the better. Items should be at school on Monday and we will send them back on Friday. For this week we have Mizuki (Prek”A”) and Emiliano (Prek”B”).

Note 1: If you would like to share eatable things such as grapes, gorilla shaped cookies, etc. for children to taste. It would be awesome if instead of Monday you send it on Friday so that we close up our letter unit.

Note 2: There will always be one student of each section that will be assigned with the letter of the week but, there is a new homework. Every Tuesday some of you will receive a Ziploc bag and you will have to send one thing that fits in the bag that begins with the letter of the week.

Thank you for your support!!

The following link you will find a PowerPoint presentation with the vocabulary, in case you would like to review at home with your child.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9h-xCekmFlXOTAtLVQyYy03QXc

Some of the stories we will be reading this week are:

Goldiclocks and the Three Bears, by James Marshall We never tire of the fairy tale adaptations by James Marshall.  This is a special favorite because the main character is so unlike the Goldilocks we’ve met in other versions.  “Goldilocks was one of those naughty little girls who do whatever they please.”  Ignoring warning signs posted all over the trees, Goldilocks takes a short cut right to the bears’ house.  Kids will giggle when she enters their home to find fur everywhere and thinks,“They must have kitties.”

Good Night, Gorilla, by Peggy Rathman Here’s another favorite book, perfect for bedtime.  The zookeeper says good night to all the zoo animals, but the mischievous gorilla follows behind and unlocks all the cages.  With very few words, the pictures tell most of the story

In math, will be working with numbers. We will work on how to represent and recognize numbers using tally marks, ten frames, name of the number, one-to-one correspondence. We will begin working this week with numbers 0-8.

Our Nursery Rhyme this week is: “Humpty Dumpty”

We are attaching you the link of the videos of this song we will be learning throughout the week. We will learn two versions of this nursery rhyme. Just a little tip to have fun at home listening and acting out our song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fExzr4oa7w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2gg2cBkMMU

In our Social Studies unit we will be talking about Children Around the World. We will be learning about Argentina and Japan. Students will get to know the flag, map, traditional dressing, food, drinks, traditional games, money, national animal and national flower and many more things that have to do with the country. If you have any poster or any other material that you are willing to share with the class, we would appreciate if you will let us borrow them from you.

Dress Up / Costume Day is around the corner. We are going to be having a celebration on Monday, October 31st. On this day students will come to school dressed up as their favorite book or movie character.

We will also be trick or treating around school. Please send in one bag of candies, lollipops, chocolates or any small treats or toys. Please send in by Tuesday October 25th.

Our Parent-Teacher Conferences will take place next Friday, October 21. Conferences for the first quarter are mandatory at Discovery School. Parents will be contacted this week. There will be NO SCHOOL for Students on this day

FUNDACION ABRIGO – Is an organization which provides lodging for families from outside Tegucigalpa who bring their families/patients to the largest state medical facility, Hospital Escuela. Discovery School in solidarity with Fundacion Abrigo is asking for a donation of 1 GALON OF DISINFECTANT per family by Friday, October 28. Thank you very much! It is always far better to give than to receive!

BAKE SALE – The Seniors will have a bake sale on Monday, October 31 in order to raise funds for their community service.

Week of Oct. 10-14

Welcome Back. We hope everyone enjoyed the holidays.

This week we will be evaluating the concepts learned during this quarter. We will be doing a variety of counting and language activities with letters A, B, C, D, E, and F. we will also work numbers 0 to 7.

The students will be evaluated on the following areas:
Letters Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff

Your child should be able to:

• ·        Identify each letter
•     Produce the letter sound
• ·        Write the letter
• ·        Produce the vocabulary words that begin with the  letter.

Math:

• ·        Name and make sets with the numbers 0-7.
• ·        Writing numbers 0-7
• ·        Copy and Make an AB Pattern
• ·        Shapes
• ·        Sequencing Numbers 0-7
• ·        Colors

Fine Motor Skills

• ·        Tracing lines
• ·        Cut & Glue
• ·        Color Inside Lines
• ·        Pencil Grip
• ·        Identify, tracing and copying their name

If you would like to review the vocabulary for the letters and Science and Social Studies, click on the link below.

ABC Powepoints: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9h-xCekmFlXSER3cFlPS1JtR1E

Science/Social Studies Powerpoints: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9h-xCekmFlXaWNNRGpHMEFxLWc

Motricity: Ms. Andrea is requesting for you to recycle the empty milk cartons. Please bring as much as you can during the week. Thank you for your support.

FUNDACION ABRIGO – Is an organization which provides lodging for families from outside Tegucigalpa who bring their families/patients to the largest state medical facility, Hospital Escuela. Discovery School in solidarity with Fundacion Abrigo is asking for a donation of 1 GALON OF DISINFECTANT per family by Friday, October 28. Thank you very much! It is always far better to give than to receive!

2016-2017 EC Health Fair @ Discovery School

Date: Friday, October 14^th
Time: 8:00-1:00 p.m
Place: 4th grade classroom

We will have Optica Popular and Dra. Sandra Noguera doing visual and dental screening for our Early Childhood students. This service is free of cost. Permission slips allowing this screening to be done will be sent home Monday, Oct. 10th. please send it back signed on Tuesday, Oct. 11th. Thank you.

This week we will be working our second author study which will be about Eric Carle. Eric Carle is an amazing author of the books we will be studying this week. His books are great to encourage creativity, art techniques, life cycles of butterflies and so many more great lessons. The best of it is that he writes in a very fun and friendly way to get children engaged to his stories.

Some of the stories for this week are:

Week of Oct. 3-7

Thank you all for coming in last Friday for the wrap-up of our Independence month. It is wonderful to work with such a dedicated group of parents and students.

This is going to be a short week for us. We will be reviewing some of the concepts learned during the previous weeks. We will be doing a variety of counting and language activities with letters A, B, C, D, E, and F. we will also work and review numbers 0 to 7.

Due to the fabulous show on Friday we couldn’t evaluate letter F and Parts of the body. We will be doing the evaluation this week.

If you would like to review the vocabulary for the letters and Science and Social Studies, click on the link below.

ABC Powepoints: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9h-xCekmFlXSER3cFlPS1JtR1E

Science/Social Studies Powerpoints: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9h-xCekmFlXaWNNRGpHMEFxLWc

Motricity: Ms. Andrea is requesting for you to recycle the empty milk cartons. Please bring as much as you can during the week. Thank you for your support.

Children only come to school Monday, Oct. 3^rd and Tuesday, October 4^th. The rest of the week we have the Government Holidays. Have a great looooooong weekend. Be safe and see you on Monday Oct. 10^th. 

2016-2017 EC Health Fair @ Discovery School

Date: Friday, October 14^th
Time: 8:00-1:00 p.m
Place: 4th grade classroom

We will have Optica Popular and Dra. Sandra Noguera doing visual and dental screening for our Early Childhood students. This service is free of cost. Permission slips allowing this screening to be done will be sent home next week.