Week 16 November18th-22nd

Dear Parents,

I hope everyone had a great weekend!

Just a reminder, there is no school next Monday, November 25th. My cell phone number is 9990-2698 , please update my contact information (I had a different number at the beginning of the year). Parents you will receive communication from the school at around 6:00 pm on Monday evening November 25,concerning school for the remainder of the week, or at least for Tuesday.

 

This Friday first grade will celebrate Thanksgiving. We will have a pot-luck Thanksgiving lunch. I will be sending home a note in your child´s folder letting you know what to send in on Friday. Thanks in advance for your cooperation!

 

This week your child will be inquiring into the following;

Language Arts

Working With Words-This week's words are long, down, day, did, and find. Your child will be learning these words and reviewing older ones with various chants and activities.

 

Reading-This week we will continue reading Mouse Soup by Arnold Lobel. Your child will be relating the story conflict to personal experience, sequencing events of a story, comparing and contrasting characters. Your child will also be answering questions about key details in a text.

 


Writing- Your child will be focusing on writing opinion pieces and friendly letter.


Math-Your child will be starting Chapter 5 this week, Geometry and Measurement The class will be learning about 4 plane shapes (square, circle, triangle, and rectangle) and their properties.

 

Theme- Science- The class will be inquiring into how to read a thermometer and comparing temperatures.


IXL: K1,K2,K3,K4
Homework

Monday

Reading-Read 10 minutes and fill out the reading log. Your child will benefit from being asked comprehension questions after he/she reads. Examples of these can be under the 'Pages' heading on the right hand-side of the blog.

 

Math-Plane Shape activity worksheet

 

Working With Words- Write new words in alphabetical order

 

Tuesday

Reading-Read 10 minutes and fill out the reading log. Your child will benefit from being asked comprehension questions after he/she reads. Examples of these can be under the 'Pages' heading on the right hand-side of the blog.

 

Math- Solid Shape activity worksheet

 

Working With Words- Write sentences using opposites

 

Wednesday

Reading-Read 10 minutes and fill out the reading log. Your child will benefit from being asked comprehension questions after he/she reads. Examples of these can be under the 'Pages' heading on the right hand-side of the blog.

 

Math-Identify Plane Shapes worksheet

 

Español- worksheet

 

Thursday

Reading-Read 10 minutes and fill out the reading log. Your child will benefit from being asked comprehension questions after he/she reads. Examples of these can be under the 'Pages' heading on the right hand-side of the blog.

 

Math- pg.161-162

 

Working With Words- Study for spelling challenge

 

Reminders

No School-Monday, November 25th, Thursday, November 28th, and Friday November 29th.

Half Day- Wednesday, November 27th

 

MIDTERM REPORTS – Midterm reports will be issued this Friday, November 22. Please make sure you ask your child for his/her report. If a conference was not requested by a teacher but you would like to have one, please contact the school to set up an appointment.

 

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FROM THE SCHOOL’S CAFETERIA -  Please visit the Cafeteria blog http://discoverycafeteria.blogspot.com/ for information on the delicious Pecan, Apple and Pumpkin pies that can be ordered for your Thanksgiving celebrations. The cafeteria is also offering a meal for the classroom festivities at a very attractive price!

 

LAST WEEK FOR DONATIONS  FOR “YA TENGO DONDE ESCRIBIR”:  Don’t forget to send in cereal boxes. Wednesday, November 20 is the last day! The grade that brought the most boxes will be awarded a pizza party or ice cream party! Please help us help those in need!

 

CHRISTMAS GIVING TREE:  Nuestro Pequeños Hermanos (NPH) is an international organization that takes in abandoned and orphaned children, providing a home and education.  Here in Honduras, the NPH organization provides for over 500 children in at large ranch near La Venta and home in Tegucigalpa for severely handicapped children.   While many children at the ranch have aunts, uncles, or grandparents that come to visit them and can provide some Christmas gifts, some children at a ranch have no family to visit.  It is these children whom we would like to provide for this Christmas.   On the second floor of the secondary building, a NPH Giving Tree will be set up.   Choose a paper tree that has a child’s information about his/her size for shoes or socks.  Purchase the new item and return it to Mrs. Agurcia’s Room (Rm. 7) by Tuesday, December 10th, with the tree tag taped to it.  As well, there are tree tags for basic food items that will be donated to the orphanage.  Cash donations will also be accepted to provide shoes and socks for children whose tags were not selected.  Thank you for giving this Christmas!  For more information about NPH’s work in Honduras, please visit http://www.nph-honduras.org/.