March 9, 2015

Dear Parents,

We hope you had an awesome weekend!  Dr. Seuss is already making great activities at DISCOVERY. Remember, we will be having our Read-A-Thon for the whole month.

YEARBOOK PICTURES THIS WEEK – Please take note that we will be taking individual, class and all school yearbook pictures this week. 1A will have their pictures taken on Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at 10:00 o’clock and 1B at 10:55. We will take the ALL SCHOOL PICTURE on Thursday, March 12 at 8:00 p.m. Please bring your class to the field by the cafeteria. All students, teachers and staff should wear a Discovery School polo or t-shirt.

This week your child will inquire into the following:

Language Arts

Working with Words: This week's words are:

also, around, farm, three, small

Your child will be learning these words and reviewing older words through various chants and activities.

Reading:

 We will continue with the series of stories by Dr. Seuss. Students will read their favorite book and identify characters, setting, and major events.

Writing:  

Students will write a narrative piece in which they recount 2 or more details appropriately sequence, and include temporal words and a sense of closure.

If you have any Dr. Seuss books, please share them with us. We will take good care of them and return them at the end of the month.

Math:  

We will begin Chapter 8. We will learn how to add and subtract two digit numbers!

Social Studies:

We will continue with our unit on MAPS and OUR COMMUNITY. If you have any maps, globes or books that you would love to share, please send them with your child. We promise to take good care of them.

Very soon we will be going on a field trip!

 MONDAY:

Reading-: Read for at least 10 minutes and record pages read in log

Math: Worksheet pg.151-152

Working with Words: Write sentences using each spelling word

IXL: B.18

TUESDAY:

Reading:  Read for at least 10 minutes and record pages read in log

Math: Worksheet pg. 153-54

Language: Synonym /Antonym worksheet

IXL: B.19

WEDNESDAY:

Reading: Read for at least 10 minutes and record pages read in log

Math: Worksheet to review

Spanish: Worksheet

IXL: B.24

THURSDAY: NO HOMEWORK

Reading: Read for at least 10 minutes and record pages read in log

IXL: B.25

Every Wednesday and Friday in First grade, we will be having a super special Dr. Seuss activity. For some activities we would be asking for your help. Thanks to the Mom’s who helped us with last week’s activities. We had a lot of fun making OOBLECK and GREEN EGGS and HAM!!!!

This WEDNESDAY March 11, 2015, we would like our students to wear mismatched clothing and crazy hair. We will have a WACKY WEDNESDAY!

On Thursday, March 12, 2015 we will be making ONE FISH, BLUE FISH, and RED FISH with jell-o!!

ACCREDITATION PROCESS – SURVEYS FOR PARENTS- Below you will find the link that will take you to the corresponding survey that you need to complete. Please take some time from your busy schedule to complete the survey that will provide valuable information towards the accreditation process and therefore, school improvement.

A Spanish version of the survey for parents is available in this message; however the survey needs to be completed in English. The Spanish version will help parents complete the English version as it is an exact copy of the survey.

Parent Survey:

http://www.advanc-ed.org/survey/public/3799898

Surveys will be available Monday, March 2 – Friday, March 20.

STUDENT SURVEYS – This week our students will be completing the AdvancEd surveys required for the accreditation process in school. A special schedule has been made so that each grade will go to the computer lab with a teacher so students can take the survey.

      END OF THE THIRD QUARTER AND CONFERENCES– Please              take note that this Thursday, March 12 marks the end of the third            quarter. Teachers will be calling for Parent-Teacher conferences on          Monday, March 16. These conferences are on a need basis.                        However, if you would like a conference, and one has not been                  called for by a teacher, please contact the school to set an                      appointment for the afternoon of Friday, March 20.

      LOST AND FOUND – If your son or daughter has lost a sweater,           Tupperware, or water bottle, please send him or her to the office to          check out the Lost and Found boxes. There are many items that                need to be claimed by their owners as soon as possible.

SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLUB 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 March 20. 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.