Week 35 May 2-6

May 3, 2016

Dear Parents, 
We hope you enjoyed your long weekend! We have a great week coming up, so please read everything!

We will celebrating a birthday on Tuesday, May 3rd, so lunch will be provided. 

Please remember that there will be a General Assembly on Saturday, May 14, at 9:00 a.m.  Among the issues to be addressed are 1) the school calendar, 2) the budget for the coming year, and 3) the election of four (4) board members.  Please mark this on your calendars.  We will send out the formal call to assembly on April 29, as directed by the statutes of the Association.

We are showing our appreciation for our mothers with Mother's Day. We will celebrate Mother's Day on Friday, May 6th at 8:00am. (There was a change in date due to MAP testing.)  

For the last 24 days of school First grade will be doing at least 1 special activity per day. Below we have listed all the activities that will be taking place. We appreciate your support for this activity. ***Activities with an asterisk need parent assistance***

A Tues. May 3	Art Day
B Wed. May 4	*** Bubble Day please bring in a bottle of bubbles
C Thurs. May 5	***Career Day- Dress like the career you want to have.
D Fri. May 6	Doughnut Day
E Mon. May 9	Exercise Day
F Tues. May 10	Fantastic Fluffy Furry Friend Day-Bring in your favorite stuffed animal
G Wed. May 11	Games Day- Bring in your favorite games to share****No electronics***
H Thurs. May 12	Hat Day- Wear your favorite hat
I Fri. May 13	Icee Day- Your teacher will have a surprise for you
J Mon. May 16	***Jelly Rolls- We will make yummy jelly rolls Parents send in 2 slices of white bread and your child’s favorite jelly
K Tues. May 17	Kindness Day
L Wed. May 18	*** Let’s learn about our Loves- Bring in 1 thing you Love
M Thurs. May 19	***Math Challenge-Around the World game practicing addition fluency 0-10 facts
N Fri. May 20	*** Nifty N Snack- bring in snacks that begin with N to share with your friends( nutella, nuts, noodles, nectarines, nachos, nuggets)
O Mon. May 23	Orange Day- Wear Orange to school
P Tues. May 24	***Pajama & Pizza Day(Thanks Issa Mare for the Pizza)
Q Wed. May 25	Quick! Get ready for a game of Tag
R Thurs. May 26	***Read In- Bring in your pillow favorite book and a flashlight
S Fri. May 27	***Silly Sock Day- Wear mismatch / silly socks to school
T Mon. May 30	Test your Spelling Day- Sparkle and class Spelling Bee
U&V Tues. May 31	Upside Down Day-Our daily schedule will be turned upside down Very Special Awards Day
W Wed. Jun. 1	Walk to the Bus- End of the Year field trip!
X Thurs. Jun. 2	***X-citing Movie Day ***Popcorn donations please ( if you would like to help out please let us know, We need 10 bags of microwave popcorn)
Y&Z Fri. Jun. 3	Yay Yay it’s Party Day – Let’s Zoom out of School *** Need help with snacks, lunch and dessert

This week your child will be inquiring into the following: 

Language Arts
Word Wall- This week your child will be reviewing all the Word Walls with various chants and activities. The spelling challenge will be on Friday, May 6th.

Vocabulary: try, kind, hand, picture, again, kick

Reading/Writing- For reading and writing, we will be learning about four different types of plants and their environments.



Science- We are learning about 5 different types of Habitats: oceans, desert, rainforest, arctic, wetlands. We will also learn how certain animals adapt to live in these habitats. 

Math- This week your child will be learning about two dimensional shapes. 

 

Chapter 12 Skills:   K1, K6, J2 

Homework

Monday

No School

Tuesday

Reading: Read for 10 minutes and fill in the reading log 
WWW:  Worksheet

Wednesday

Reading: Read for 10 minutes and fill in the reading log.  
Spanish:  Worksheet

Thursday

Reading: Read for 10 minutes and fill in the reading log. 

WWW: Study for Spelling Challenge

For Everyone:

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON MAY 14 - The Discovery School’s third General Assembly meeting is scheduled for Saturday, May 14, 2016, at 9:00 a.m. at the school's cafeteria.  There will be 4 vacancies on the Board of Directors. Nominations will still be accepted the day of the General Assembly, as specified in our by-laws.

The reward of an “ice cream day” will be offered to the elementary and secondary group with best attendance resulting in a quorum.

ART EXHIBIT AND MUSIC PERFORMANCES – Also on Saturday we will be having our annual Art Exhibit.

CHILD SUPERVISED ACTIVITIES FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY – In order to help our parents attend the General Assembly, the school is providing supervised activities in the Early Childhood area for those parents who would like to bring their children to school. There will be movies, arts & crafts, board games and word games available for those who find child care on Saturday a difficulty!

BRICKZ4KIDS – The new module on Space Explorations begins on Monday, May 9. This module will last 4 weeks!

DISCOVERY IDOL – Start preparing your presentation for our annual talent show! Auditions will take place during lunch recess in the music room on May 11 and 12.  

RECYCLING CHALLENGE:  Students keep bringing in your recyclable materials (newspapers, magazines, notebooks, paper board boxes, cardboard, aluminum cans, and plastic bottles) for the recycling challenge given by Arca de Esperanzas.  Remember that juice and milk boxes and Pringles-type cans cannot be recycled due to being a pressed mixture of aluminum, plastic, and paper.   Thank you for continuing to support environmental awareness.  Class that meet their challenge of bringing 10 lbs per student will earn a cookie party!

SUMMER CAMPS AT DISCOVERY SCHOOL  - Just like last year, there will be two summer camps in the month of June. Discovery Zone 7 will be a fun, artistic and entertaining camp for children 3 to 9 years old. There will also be a reinforcement camp for reading, writing and French for students in grades K-2. Both camps will run from June 13 to July 1, with the same schedule (8:00 a.m. to 12:00). Transportation is available at a small additional cost. If you or a relative/friend is interested, more information can be given to you by Ms. Carolina or at the accounting offices in school.

  

Important Dates Coming Up: Monday, May 2                    HOLIDAY May 3-13                              MAP Testing                                              Special Teachers’ Midterm grades on the server May 4                                   Homeroom Teachers’ grades on the server Monday, May 9                    New Brickz4kids module begins 3:15 p.m. May 11 & 12                        Discovery Idol Auditions Friday, May 13                     Teacher Appreciation Lunch                                               Science Orders Due                                               SACE third quarter grades for Elementary due Saturday, May 14                 General Assembly 9:00 a.m. Wednesday, May 25           Discovery Idol 10:15 a.m.