viernes, 23 de septiembre de 2016

Week of Sept. 26-30

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, Tueday, 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.
  • ·         Please make sure your child is only bringing toys of the letter of the week we are studying. We have been receiving daily, children with toys that do not belong to the letter.

We will wrap-up September (Honduras’ Month) with an Early Childhood assembly. Prek is representing traditional dresses and traditional dances. This will take place at Discovery School campus on September 30th at 8:30am. Children have been practicing this dances and you are invited to this beautiful wrap-up.  
Prek-“A” will be dancing “El Suenito” (they will have to wear the Honduran traditional dress) and Prek “B” will be dancing Punta (they will have to wear garifuna clothing.)

Prek A Outfit: 


Prek B Outfit:




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.

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 Ff. The vocabulary for this letter is: fire, fan, fox, fish, fork, five, feather, frog, flower, finger, four

Children assigned should take from three (3) to 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 Jens Krauter (Prek”A”) and Elise Kaplan (Prek”B”).

Note 1: If you would like to share eatable things such as fettuccinni, 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.

Some of the stories we will be reading this week are: 
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss is a 1960 children's book by Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel). A simple rhyming book for learner readers, it is a book with a freewheeling plot about a boy and a girl, and the many amazing creatures they have for friends and pets. One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish was part of the Beginner Book Video series which included Oh, the Thinks You Can Think! and The Foot Book.
The Rainbow Fish is an international bestseller and a modern classic. Eye-catching foilstamping, glittering on every page, offers instant child-appeal, but it is the universal message at the heart of this simple story about a beautiful fish, who learns to make friends by sharing his most prized possessions, that gives the book its lasting value.

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 and writing the number. We will begin working this week with numbers 0-7. We will be also be working with AB Patterns


Our Nursery Rhyme this week is: “Five Green Spreckled Frogs”
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.


In our Science unit we will be talking about PARTS OF THE BODY. We will continue with this unit this week. Some of the vocabulary words we will be learning this week are: head, mouth, eyes, ears, nose, toes, fingers, arm, elbow, and hands. 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.

The following link you will find the PowerPoint we are using for Parts of the bosy in case you want to review at home:


Presentation to Parents: We cordially invite all DS school parents to attend a presentation that will be given by the Lic. Manuel Morales on the topic “Family: School of Duties and Rights”. This presentation will take place on Wednesday, September 28, at 12:00 p.m., in the Conference Room. The school will be providing some refreshments. We hope you will be able to attend!

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!

domingo, 18 de septiembre de 2016

Week of Sept. 19-23

Dear Prek Parents,
We hope you had a fabulous long weekend. Welcome Back!

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 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.
  • On Wednesday Sept. 14th you received the Progress Reports. Please sign and return. Any questions, comments or doubts we are at your orders.
  • 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, dresses and no sandals. This is so that your child can be able to participate in every activity done during the class
We will wrap-up September (Honduras’ Month) with an Early Childhood assembly. Prek is representing traditional dresses and traditional dances. This will take place at Discovery School campus on September 30th. Prek-“A” will be dancing “El Suenito” (they will have to wear the Honduran traditional dress) and Prek “B” will be dancing Punta (they will have to wear garifuna clothing.)     

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 Ee. The vocabulary for this letter is: elephant, envelope, elbow, elf, excavator, egg, excited, empty, eight, exit

Children assigned should take from three (3) to 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 Lianna Nuñez (Prek”A”) and Diego Rivera (Prek”B”).

Note 1: If you would like to share eatable things such as enchiladas, elephant 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.

Some of the stories we will be reading this week are:
Elmer by David McKee is a super colorful book about an elephant named Elmer who is very different from the rest of his herd. Because he’s different, he decides to run away and “paint” himself gray to look like the others. He returns to find that his herd loves him just the way he is. If your kids like Elmer, they will be pleased to see that McKee has written quite a collection of Elmer books.
Elephants Cannot Dance by Mo Willems is just ONE of his many Elephant and Piggie books. My preschooler are addicted to these books. This one features elephant, as he is trying to learn to dance. I love how Mo Willem’s books always have a fun twist at the end!

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 0-6.

Our Nursery Rhyme this week is: “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes”

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.

In our first Science unit we will be talking about PARTS OF THE BODY. We will begin with this unit this week. Some of the vocabulary words we will be learning this week are: head, mouth, eyes, ears, nose, toes, fingers, arm, elbow, and hands. 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.

viernes, 9 de septiembre de 2016

Week of Sept. 12-16

Dear Prek Parents,
This two days we will be reviewing letter A-D. we will be focusing on the letter formation and letter sounds. We will be evaluating the letter Dd, the Honduras vocabulary and numbers 0-5.

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 continue working this week with numbers 0-5.



In our Social Studies unit we will continue talking about HONDURAS.  The vocabulary words for this unit is the following: flag, coat of arms, anthem, orquid, pine tree, map, deer, money, heroe, macaw.   
Honduras Independence day is celebrated on September 15th, for this occation we will be having our traditional “Desayuno Catracho” on September 14th in our classroom. We will have a parade inside the schooland we are requesting that children come dressed with white and blue clothing or the honduran soccer team shirt, any clothing representing Honduras. 



For this unit we will wrap-up September (Honduras’ Month) with an Early Childhood assembly. Prek is representing traditional dresses and traditional dances. This will take place at Discovery School campus on September 30th. Prek-“A” will be dancing “El Suenito” (they will have to wear the Honduran traditional dress) and Prek “B” will be dancing Punta (they will have to wear garifuna clothing.)

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday the students have Motricity class. Please remember to send them with tennis shoes, pants or shorts so that they can participate in the class activity. No dresses or sandals please. 

We wish you a very happy long weekend. Some you may enjoy your holiday by going on a trip or staying at home. We would like to try an activity. If you have a google account you may have heard or know about google drive. Google drive is where we upload the powerpoint presentations with the vocabulary words. We have opened two new folders. These folders are for you to upload a short video of no more than 5 min. This videos will tell us a little bit on how you enjoyed your long weekend, children will come back next week and they will have like a show and tell of their short video. The video can be recorded on your phone and you can upload directly from your phone to the google drive folder. Or you may use any other video camera and upload it from your computer. We are attaching some video tutorials if you need any help.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_tG9pjwaGI How to upload files to Google drive from an Android phone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwq7ovJwz8Y how to upload videos to Google Drive from your iOS.

viernes, 2 de septiembre de 2016

Week of Sept. 5-9

Dear Prek Parents,
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 Dd. The vocabulary for this letter is: dog, doughnut, dolphin, dinosaur, door, doll, duck, drum, dress, dice, donkey

Children assigned should take from three (3) to 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 Gina Minou (Prek”A”) and Cormac (Prek”B”).

Note 1: If you would like to share eatable things such as carrot doughnut, dumplings 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 will be 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. 

Some of the stories we will be reading this week are:
Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs, by Mo Willems
This is another fun book from the creator of the Pigeon series and the Elephant and Piggy books.  Not only do kids love this one, but you’ll appreciate all the little jokes thrown in.  When the dinosaurs set a trap of three giant bowls of chocolate pudding, “a poorly supervised little girl named Goldilocks came along.”   Goldilocks is clueless that she has just fallen into a trap until she hears the dinosaurs talking about their catch.  “Goldilocks took a minute to stop and think, which was longer than she was used to stopping and thinking.”

How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? by Jane Yolen & Mark Teague is a fun rhyming story about dinosaurs and their silly bedtime routines. It is a great one to read at bedtime, too! While Jane Yolen has several dinosaur books in this collection, this the only one we have read {shame on me}. I guess I have my work cut out for me at the library this week!


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 0-5.

Our Nursery Rhyme this week is: “Five Little Ducks”
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.

In our Social Studies unit we will begin talking about HONDURAS.  The vocabulary words for this unit is the following: flag, coat of arms, anthem, orquid, pine tree, map, deer, money, heroe, macaw.   

Honduras Independence day is celebrated on September 15th, for this occation we will be having our traditional “Desayuno Catracho”.
We will be needing you support for our activity, this week we will send a letter home asking for specific articles or food for this special day.  +

For this unit we will wrap-up September (Honduras’ Month) with an Early Childhood assembly. Prek is representing traditional dresses and traditional dances. This will take place at Discovery School campus on September 30th. Prek-“A” will be dancing “El Suenito” (they will have to wear the Honduran traditional dress) and Prek “B” will be dancing Punta (they will have to wear garifuna clothing.)
Traditional Dress

Garifuna Dress




Mondays – Thursdays the students have Motricity class. Please remember to send them with tennis shoes, pants or shorts so that they can participate in the class activity. No dresses, skirts or sandals please.