Week 19 Dec. 9 - Dec 13

Dear Parents,

We hope you all had a great weekend!

Please take note; the gift exchange will be on Wednesday, December 18^th. If you choose to have your child participate, please have him/her bring his/her gift this week. Again, if you have a boy, your child needs to get a gift for a boy. The same goes for girls. The gift should be no more than 150 Lps. This is a very fun activity and we hope that all children participate.

The annual Discovery Song Fest is on Friday, December 13th, at 1:30 p.m. If you would like to eat lunch with your child on that day, the cafeteria is offering a Christmas Lunch. The order forms are in your child’s folder.

This week, your child will be inquiring into the following:

Language Arts

Working With Words- This week's words are over, sound, new, take, and only. Your child will be learning these words, as well as reviewing other ones, through various chants and activities.

Reading-Your child will continue reading Morris the Moose  by B. Wiseman. Your child will be retelling events, identifying the main idea, and comparing and contrasting characters.

Writing-Your child will be writing a personal narrative about a special place. Your child will brainstorm different places, fill in a graphic organizer; to help organize their ideas. He/ she will write a rough draft, edit and revise their draft, and publish their narrative.

 Math-We will be wrapping up Chapter 5 and have our end of the chapter assessment on Friday.

 Theme- We will begin our Measurement Unit. In this unit we will measure the height and length of different objects using standard and non standard units of measure.

Homework  

IXL: J1, J2, J3, J4, J5,

Monday

Reading-Read for at least 10 minutes and fill out the reading log.

Math- Work book page 186

Language Arts- Main idea booklet, pages 1-3

Tuesday

Reading-Read for at least 10 minutes and fill out the reading log

Math- Work book page 188

Language Arts- Main idea booklet, pages 4-6

Wednesday 

Reading-Read for at least 10 minutes and fill out the reading log

Math-  P5-13 Worksheet

Spanish- Worksheet

Thursday 

Reading-Read for at least 10 minutes and fill out the reading log

Math- Chapter 5 Review Worksheet

Working With Words -Study for the Spelling Challenge and do worksheet

 Reminders

Song Fest- Friday, December 13th

Gift Exchange Activity- Wednesday, December 18th

Support Staff  Holiday Baskets- 5lbs. of Sugar

SONGFEST – The School’s annual Songfest will be held on Friday, December 13 at 1:30 p.m. Parents are welcome to come and have lunch with our students before the performances. There will be a sale of food, baked goods and drinks.

Students have been asked to wear clothes in Christmas colors.  If they have Christmas accessories, they can wear them, too.    

SUPORT PERSONNEL HOLIDAY BASKETS – Christmas is the season to open our hearts and share with those around us that need it most. It has been a tradition at Discovery School for students to come together and contribute in assembling baskets of goods for our support personnel.  We are asking for your cooperation in sending the following:

Nursery/PKinder and 6^th grade students 1 5-lb bag of beans

Kinder and 7^th grade students                   1 5 lb bag of rice

1^st grade and 8^th grade students               1 5-lb bag of sugar

2^nd grade and 9^th grade students              1 bottle or 2 bags of oil, 2 boxes of margarine, OR 3 lbs of lard

3^rd grade and 10^th grade students             1 4lb-bag of MASECA

4^th grade and 11^th grade students             3 lbs of spaghetti (six packages) OR 1 bag of coffee

5^th grade and 12^th grade students             4 packages of tomato paste

Please feel free to send any additional goodies that you want to share with our devoted staff, such as canned goods, instant soups, cookies and crackers, or anything else that does not require refrigeration.  Please send these items no later than Monday, December 16th. Donations from our students are voluntary, and we deeply appreciate our community’s willingness to share with our dedicated workers

CHRISTMAS GIVING TREE:  Thank you for selecting your tags from the NPH Giving Tree.  Please remember to bring your item with the tag attached to Mrs. Agurcia's Room (Secondary Building; Room 7) by Tuesday, December 10th.

CAFETERIA HOLIDAY LUNCHEON - The Cafeteria is hosting a Holiday Luncheon for parents and children this Friday right before Songfest.  For Menus and prices go to http://discoverycafeteria.blogspot.com