February 17, 2015

Dear Parents,

We hope you had a lovely Valentine's Day weekend with your family and loved ones.

Thank you for participating in our Health Fair, and we hope you received the results of the screening.

This week your child will inquire into the following:

Language Arts

Working with Words: This week's words are:

     much, before, line, right, too

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

Reading:

 We will begin our President’s Unit. Students will be asking and answering questions about key details in a text. We will be reading about George Washington.

Writing:  

Students will work on an informative writing about Abraham Lincoln. We have watched movies and discussed his life using different models.

Math:  

We will wrap up Chapter 6, place value and data, counting up to 120 and making numbers using tens and ones.

Social Studies:

We will begin 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!

TUESDAY:

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

Math:  Worksheet pg. 129-130

Working With Words: Adjectives, grammar worksheet

IXL: A.14

WEDNESDAY:

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

Math: Worksheet pg. 130-131

Spanish: Worksheet

IXL:A.21

THURSDAY:

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

Math: Worksheet on place value.

Working with Words: Study words and fill in the blanks worksheet.

IXL:B.27

CAYOS COCHINOS - As part of TES, Trabajo Educativo Social, the 12th graders will be going to Cayos Cochinos  on March 2 to 7  to assist the community of Cayo Mayor. The Alfonso Lacayo Public School is in need of school materials, so the Senior class has decided to conduct a school supply drive. They would appreciate any and all donations but wish to ask the following classes that each student contributes the following:

Nursery and Kinder – I pack of 12 colored markers

1st and 2nd – 2 pencil sharpeners

3rd and 4th – 1 pack of 12 colored pencils

5th – 2 scissors

6th to 8th – 2 normal sized composition notebooks

9th – 1 blue, black and red pen

10th – 1 pack of 12 pencils and two erasers

11th – 4 UHU glue sticks

WE WOULD ALSO GREATLY APPRECIATE ANY SPANISH BOOK DONATIONS. Please help not only the Senior class, but also the inhabitants of Cayo Mayor.