Dear Parents,
I hope
everyone enjoyed their weekend.
This Friday,
September 12th, the school will be having the Independence Day
celebrations starting at 9:00 am. We will begin the celebrations by
having a traditional Honduran breakfast in the classroom. Each student
is responsible to bring in his/her assigned food item. We will be
having breakfast from 8-8:50 a.m. This is a half day. Students will be
going home at 11:45 am. Your child does not need to bring in a snack
for break or lunch that day. Your child is encouraged to wear traditional Honduran
clothing or jeans and white shirt or the Honduran Soccer uniform. Parents are
welcome to join us at the Independence Day assembly at 11:00 am. There is no
school this Monday, September 15th, and Tuesday, Sept. 16th. Classes resume on
Wednesday, Sept. 17th.
This
week, your child will inquire into the following:
Language Arts
Working With Words: Students will be reviewing
all the word wall words we have studied up to this point through various
activities and chants. This week the spelling challenge will be on Thursday, due
to the short week.
New words are: many,
them, then, these, so
Reading- This week your child will continue reading Danny and the Dinosaur by Syd Hoff. Your child will be using context clues and endings to
figure out word meaning. Vocabulary will be reviewed.
Vocabulary: buildings,
museum, swords, Eskimo, breath, stared, ropes, extinct, behind, knock,
delighted, hid, saw.
Writing- Your child
will be writing an opinion piece in which they introduce the topic they are
writing about, supply a reason for the opinion and provide some sense of
closure.
Math- This week your child will be learning how to solve vertical and
horizontal subtraction problems and solving problems by writing number
sentences. There are math on-line activities under the 'Links' heading that
your child can play to practice subtraction.
Social Studies: Grade 1 will embark on a
great journey to visit Honduras and the
Mayan Civilization at Copan Ruins.
Your child will identify the location of places, geographic features in
Honduras and Copan Ruins. New and interesting vocabulary will be introduced and
learned.
Vocabulary: maize,
huipil, temple, glyph, sacrifice, shell, stelae, jade, astronomy, pyramid,
cacao, Mayan calendar, quetzal, Temple of Rosa Lila and The Esacalinata.
IXL SKILLS: B.12, C.1, D.1, D.2
Monday
- Reading- read for 10
minutes and fill in the Reading Log
- Math- subtraction worksheet pg. 23-24
- Writing: Write your
opinion about Discovery School
Tuesday
- Reading- read for 10
minutes and fill in the Reading Log
- Math- subtraction worksheet pg. 25-26
- WWW: fill in the
blanks.
Wednesday
- Reading- read for 10
minutes and fill in the Reading Log
- Math- subtraction worksheet pg. 27-28
- WWW- Study for
spelling challenge worksheet. (unscramble the words)
- Espanol- worksheet
Thursday
- Reading- read for 10
minutes and fill in the Reading Log
- Math- subtraction worksheet pg. 29-30
- Reading- finish character
portrait at home.
PLEASE REMEMBER
On Wednesday, Sept. 10 Grade 1 will be going to Nova Centro to watch a play about the conservation of the environment. Permission slips will go home Monday. Please send them with L.120.00 no later than Tuesday.
Independence Day Celebration- Friday,
September 12th
Early Release- Friday, September 12th, 11:45 am
No School- Monday, September 15th and Tuesday, September
16th.
FROM THE
COUNSELOR’S OFFICE - Scholastic Book Club leaflets are
out. 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
Sep.12. 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.
MIDTERM
AND PROGRESS REPORTS – This Friday, September 5 marks the middle
of the first grading period. Midterm Progress Reports will be sent next Friday,
September 12.
DISMISSAL
PROCEDURES EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1, 2014
As a responsible educational community, the safety of our
students (and parents) always comes first. Our concerns stem out of 1) external
security and control of access to the school, and 2) the dangers inside the
school when parents drive and pass each other in the parking lot. Keeping that in mind, we have established the
need to modify the procedures during the dismissal of our students at 3:00 p.m.
Please read these carefully, and take note of the changes. We ask that you make
the necessary adjustments, and we know we can count on your support in making
our dismissal run smoother and safer. It is possible that we will make further
minor adjustments, but for this week, we will stay with the following procedure
for stacking cars, loading, and moving through the school.
Entrance
to the school – We will allow a limited number of cars at a time
in a single driving line into our school campus. This decision was made in
order to prevent the security liability that entails having the entrance gates
open at all times. If you wish to arrive before 3:00 p.m. you may park in the
designated parking spaces in the middle and lower areas of the parking lot.
Cars that stop in the yellow, striped loading zone must 1) form a single line,
and 2) have a driver present in the vehicle at all times. These cars may be
asked to move and/or park as circumstances determine.
Exiting
the school – Vehicles will be allowed to leave the school in
a single line, limiting the number of cars leaving at a time. This will enable
the teachers and guards to check the vehicles and make sure our students are
leaving with the adequate permissions.
Permissions
–
Students leaving the school with other adults (i.e. on play dates) will need a
pass from the office. Written consent from parents must be emailed or turned
into the office (Ms. Carolina) before 2:00 p.m. Students will not be allowed to
leave with other adults without written consent and with our necessary pass. Permissions
via phone will only be granted in case of emergency.
Loading
Zones – The areas marked with the yellow stripes in front of the
administration building and the gym are areas destined for students to aboard
their vehicles, and should not be used for parking or extended waiting. If a
student is not in the established dismissal areas, or not yet ready to board
the vehicle, the driver of the vehicle will be asked to circle the parking lot
though level 3 (in the area between the two gates on the top level) or to park
if there is space in level 2 (the middle areas of the parking lot).
Awaiting
Vehicles – No vehicle should be left unattended during
dismissal time, unless it is properly parked in a parking space.
Driving
Etiquette - It is of outmost importance that the following
rules be observed:
Do not pass other vehicles unless directed by a staff member
or guard;
Wait patiently as the teachers on duty identify and dismiss
the students, and as the students board their vehicles;
Abstain from using a vehicle’s horn as communication or a
signal; it is for warnings!
Follow the instructions the teachers on duty direct during
dismissal;
Follow the instructions given during dismissal time (parents
are responsible for their drivers).
Park in the designated areas, and be willing to move to the
middle area of level 2, if there is a parking space available.
Teachers’
Duties – Each teacher has specific assignments during the dismissal
of students. Teachers will be proactive in calling the students to be ready to
board their vehicles, ensuring that the necessary passes have been granted, and
watching over their safety at all times.
We thank you in advance for your support in making the
dismissal time as safe as we can for our students. Safe driving is a duty of
good citizenship, which we attempt to teach and model here. If you have any
questions, please do not hesitate to contact the school administration.
Ms. Nora, Ms. Colette and Ms. Andrea
Reading-This week your
child will continue reading Nate
the Great. Your child will be reviewing the following reading skills
with this book; setting, character, beginning, middle and end, problem, and identifying
the main idea, and making predictions.
Writing-Your child will continue writing an
opinion piece. They will introduce the topic they are writing
about, supply a reason for the opinion and provide some sense of closure. 
