February 2, 2015

Dear Parents,

We hope you had a great weekend with your family! We are beginning a new month today, FEBRUARY.

This week your child will inquire into the following:

Language Arts

Working with Words: This week's words are:

sentence, car, think, man, good, name

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

Reading:

 We will continue reading Frog and Toad All Year Round by Arnold Lobel. Students will be identifying who is telling the story in various parts in the text. Also, they will identify words and phrases in a poem that suggest feeling or appeal to the senses.

Writing:  

Students will ask and answer questions about key details from information presented through media to determine or clarify meaning of unknown words.

Math:  

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

The class will be practicing skip counting by 2s, 5s and 10s, up to 120. Please help your child with skip counting by asking them to count nightly. Your child is expected to be able to count to 120 forward and back by 1s.

 Recommended Stories : Reading math stories reinforces ideas.

One is a Snail, 10 is a Crab by April Pulley Sayre

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpXTrjtSXJg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOgWFBVdots

 

Science:

We will continue investigating solids, and liquids. Students are very excited about this unit. If you have any books about this topic and want to share them, please feel free to send them with your child. We would really appreciate it!

MONDAY:

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

Math- Worksheet pg. 113-114

Language: Parts of Speech

IXL: A.4  

TUESDAY:

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

Math- Worksheet pg. 115-116

Working with Words: Worksheet on adjectives.

IXL: A.12

WEDNESDAY:

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

Math- Worksheet pg. 117-118

Spanish: Worksheet

IXL: A.3

THURSDAY:

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

Math- Worksheet pg. 119-120

Language:  Create a picture for the poem I Have a Little Frog; study spelling words

IXL: I.1

BRICKS4KIDS – As an after school activity for our younger students, the school has been in contact with Bricks4 kidz to offer six one-hour, Friday- afternoon sessions beginning on Friday, January 30 from 3:15 to 4:15 p.m.. Following the We learn-We build-We play approach, Bricks 4 Kidz after-school classes build on the universal popularity of LEGO® bricks to deliver a high quality of educational play.  For more information on its educational value, visit http://www.bricks4kidz.com/ http://www.bricks4kidz.com/   Bricks4kidz will be here on Friday, January 23 from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. if you want to register your child (ren).

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.

January 26, 2015

Dear Parents,

We hope everyone enjoyed weekend with your family!

100 Days of School projects were beautiful!!!! We hope you had a great time making them with your kids.

SUNSHINE SCHOOL FRIENDLY SPORTS ACTIVITIES – On Wednesday, January 28 our students will receive the visit of Sunshine School. Our Grades K-2 will be participating in games and races, and grades 3-8 will be playing friendly soccer matches.

Please have  your child wear the uniform used for Villa Olimpica matches, blue short and white t-shirt with the school logo.

This week your child will inquire into the following:

Language Arts

Working with Words: This week's words are:

very, after, things, just, can’t, our

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

Reading-The class will continue with Frog and Toad All Year by Arnold Lobel. We will be answering questions about key details in the text, and using illustrations and details in the story to describe its characters.

You can help your child with these skills by asking him/her to retell a page of a story or the entire story in his/her own words after reading it.

Writing- Students will learn to use adjectives. Also, they will write an informative piece in which they name a topic, supply facts and provide a sense of closure.

Math-

We will finish Chapter 5, adding and subtracting facts within 20 and demonstrating fluency for addition and subtraction within 10.

The class will be practicing skip counting by 2s, 5s and 10s, up to 120. Please help your child with skip counting by asking them to count nightly. Your child is expected to be able to count to 120 forward and back by 1s.

Science-

This week's science class will be spent investigating solids, and liquids. Students are very excited about this unit. If you have any books about this topic and want to share them, please feel free to send them with your child. We would really appreciate it!

MONDAY:

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

Math- Worksheet pg. 105-106

Working with Words: ABC order Frog and Toad worksheet

IXL: A.13 

TUESDAY:

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

Math- Worksheet pg. 107-108

Spanish: Worksheet

IXL: A.7

WEDNESDAY:

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

Math- NO Homework

Spanish: Worksheet

IXL: A.9

THURSDAY:

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

Math- Worksheet adding doubles to 10

Working With Words:  Worksheet to fill in the blanks; study spelling words

IXL: A.19

SCHOLASTIC BOOK ORDERS - 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 Jan.30. 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.

BRICKS4KIDS – As an after school activity for our younger students, the school has been in contact with Bricks4 kidz to offer six one-hour, Friday- afternoon sessions beginning on Friday, January 30 from 3:15 to 4:15 p.m.. Following the We learn-We build-We play approach, Bricks 4 Kidz after-school classes build on the universal popularity of LEGO® bricks to deliver a high quality of educational play.  For more information on its educational value, visit http://www.bricks4kidz.com/ http://www.bricks4kidz.com/   Bricks4kidz will be here on Friday, January 23 from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. if you want to register your child (ren).

DPTO FUN RUN - The DPTO has been working hard to organize the annual Fun Run, which will be held this year on Saturday, January 30. The activity will begin with registration of our runners at 8:30 a.m., followed by the run at 9:00 a.m and the traditional pancake breakfast at around 9:45 a,m. Pledge forms were distributed with the report cards last Friday. The DPTO would appreciate parents who are interested in helping with the preparation and distribution of the breakfast, or want to donate pastries for this day, to contact Ms. Karla Soto (dsmarketing@discoveryschool.edu.hn) or Ms. Cristiana to see what they can help with.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WEDNESDAY – This Wednesday is an early dismissal day for our students (11:45 a.m.) We will follow A.M. Schedule. Our staff will meet at 1:00 p.m. in the Library, and work the rest of the afternoon in the AdvancED accreditation process.

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.

January 20, 2015

Dear Parents,

We hope everyone enjoyed the long weekend with your family!

100 Days of School is just around the corner. Remember that Thursday, January 22^nd is the deadline for your 100 Day of School project. We will be having our presentations on Friday, January 23^rd.

This week your child will inquire into the following:

Language Arts

Working with Words: This week's words are:

live, me, back, most, give

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

Reading-The class will begin reading Frog and Toad All Year by Arnold Lobel. We will be identifying the problem of the story, continue exploring summarizing, retelling a text in their own words, and answering questions about key details in the text. You can help your child with these skills by asking him/her to retell a page of a story or the entire story in his/her own words after reading it.

Writing- Students will recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question. Also we will be working with adjectives.

Math-

We will continue with Chapter 5, how addition and subtraction are related and also how to identify and use related facts.

The class will be practicing skip counting by 2s, 5s and 10s, up to 120. Please help your child with skip counting by asking them to count nightly. Your child is expected to be able to count to 120 forward and back by 1s.

Science-

This week's science class will be spent investigating solids, and liquids. Students are very excited about this unit. If you have any books about this topic and want to share them, please feel free to send them with your child. We would really appreciate it!

TUESDAY:

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

Math- Worksheet pg. 97-98 and work on 100th Day project

Working with Words: Choose one activity from the Tic-Tac Toe Chart.

IXL: A.5  

WEDNESDAY:

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

Math- Worksheet pg.99-100 and work on 100th Day project

Spanish: Worksheet

IXL: A.6  

THURSDAY:

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

Math- Worksheet pg.101-102 and work on 100th Day project

Working with Words: Choose one activity from the Tic-Tac Toe Chart.

IXL: A.9 and A.12

SCHOLASTIC BOOK ORDERS - 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 Jan.30. 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.

BRICKS4KIDS – As an after school activity for our younger students, the school has been in contact with Bricks4 kidz to offer six one-hour, Friday- afternoon sessions beginning on Friday, January 30 from 3:15 to 4:15 p.m.. Following the We learn-We build-We play approach, Bricks 4 Kidz after-school classes build on the universal popularity of LEGO® bricks to deliver a high quality of educational play.  For more information on its educational value, visit http://www.bricks4kidz.com/ http://www.bricks4kidz.com/   Bricks4kidz will be here on Friday, January 23 from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. if you want to register your child (ren).

SUNSHINE SCHOOL FRIENDLY SPORTS ACTIVITIES – Next Wednesday, January 28 our students will receive the visit of Sunshine School. Our Grades K-2 will be participating in games and races, and grades 3-8 will be playing friendly soccer matches.

DPTO FUN RUN - The DPTO has been working hard to organize the annual Fun Run, which will be held this year on Saturday, January 30. The activity will begin with registration of our runners at 8:30 a.m., followed by the run at 9:00 a.m and the traditional pancake breakfast at around 9:45 a,m. Pledge forms were distributed with the report cards last Friday. The DPTO would appreciate parents who are interested in helping with the preparation and distribution of the breakfast, or want to donate pastries for this day, to contact Ms. Karla Soto (dsmarketing@discoveryschool.edu.hn) or Ms. Cristiana to see what they can help with.

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.

January 12, 2015

Dear Parents,

I hope everyone had a relaxing weekend!

Second quarter report cards will be going home this Friday, January 16th. Parent/teacher conferences will be held the same day in the afternoon. This will be a half day for students. Conferences will be held on a need to see basis. If you would like to schedule a conference please let me know.

Please note that Monday, January 19th, is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day and there is no school on that day.
January 23rd will be 100 DAYS OF SCHOOL.
January 30th BRICKS4KIDS  begins!!!!

This week your child will inquire into the following:

Language Arts

Working With Words-  This week's words are:

 years, place, know, work,  little.

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

Reading-This week we will read and learn about Martin Luther King Jr. Students will read and answer questions about key details in a text.

Writing- Your child will be writing an informative piece about Martin Luther King Jr. The paragraph will contain a central idea and 3-4 supporting details. T

Math- Students will learn how addition and subtraction are related and also how to identify and use related facts.

Science- We will begin with our (Solids, Liquids and Gases) Matter Unit.

MONDAY:

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

Math- Worksheet pg.89-90

Language Arts: M.L.K. editing for mistakes

IXL: F.3  

       

TUESDAY:

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

Math- Worksheet pg.91-92

Language Arts: M.L.K. match picture to clue

IXL: F.4  

WEDNESDAY:

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

Math- Worksheet pg.93-94

Spanish: Worksheet

IXL: F.5  

THURSDAY:

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

Math- 

Worksheet pg.95-96

Working With Words:  Worksheet

IXL: F.6  

SECOND QUARTER REPORT CARDS AND CONFERENCES – This Friday, January 16 has been set aside for the distribution of the report cards for the second quarter. This day is an early dismissal day for students, and they will be released at 11:45 a.m. We will follow the PM Schedule (which begins with period four). Conferences for this day are on a need basis. Teachers will send notices for the conferences on Monday, January 12. If you did not receive a notice, but would like to meet with a teacher, please do not hesitate to contact the school to set an appointment for the afternoon of that day. 

EPSON TRAINING – The administration team has decided to seize the opportunity being offered by Epson with the visit of a specialized trainer being flown to Tegucigalpa. Therefore, next Wednesday, January 14 will be an early dismissal day for students, and we will follow the AM schedule (period’s one through four). The training will begin at 1:00 p.m. in the computer lab. 

BRICKS4KIDS – As an after school activity for our younger students, the school has been in contact with Bricks4 kidz to offer six one-hour, Friday- afternoon sessions beginning on Friday, January 30. There will be a presentation for interested parents and teachers at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, January 16 in the Library. Following the We learn-We build-We play approach, Bricks 4 Kidz after-school classes build on the universal popularity of LEGO® bricks to deliver a high quality of educational play.  For more information on its educational value, visit http://www.bricks4kidz.com/

100 DAYS OF SCHOOL: It is hard to believe that the 100th day of school is quickly approaching and so it is time for us to start planning the festivities. This exciting day is going to be on Friday, January 23rd. For this, we would like for you to help your child come up with a “100 day of school project.” For this, they need to build up a project with 100 items. They can display their project in any creative way. They can use any item. Please avoid edible items. This project should be in school on THURSDAY, JANUARY 22nd. These projects will be displayed as a 100th day Museum for other children to come and visit. Some items that you may want to use are pennies, cotton balls, q-tips, dot stickers, legos, popsicle sticks, wiggly eyes, buttons, etc. The following pictures are just examples of what you can come up with:

This is the rubric that we will be using to grade your child:

Jan. 7, 2015

Dear Parents,

We hope your holidays were filled with joy and happiness!

It is wonderful to see everyone back at school! Please remind your child that he/she is returning back to school and that means that he/she must turn his/her 'thinking switch' on; follow classroom and school rules and bring his/her folder to school each day with his/her completed homework. We  also know how hard it is to wake up early again after a long holiday so, we  would like to remind all parents the importance of having your child go to sleep earlier on school days and having a healthy breakfast before school each morning.

Second quarter report cards will be going home Friday, January 16th. Parent/teacher conferences will be held the same day in the afternoon. This will be a half day for students. Conferences will be held on a need to see basis. If you would like to schedule a conference please let us know.

This week your child will inquire into the following:

Language Arts 

Working with Words- Your child will be reviewing all the Word Wall Words this week. There will be no spelling challenge this week.

Reading-The class will be reading The Little Engine That Could by Watty  Piper. We will be identifying the main idea of the story. We will discuss New Year's resolutions. The class will also begin learning about Martin Luther King.

Writing- Your child will be writing a personal narrative titled My Christmas Vacation. We will begin to talk about ideas and organization in their writing. This is part of the 6+1 writing Traits.

Math- Students will solve subtraction and addition problems using the past strategies. Math centers will be available to practice using different manipulative.

Science- The class will be inquiring into Solids and Liquids for the next few weeks. The students will be comparing various solids this week and experimenting with them identifying which solids can roll and which need to be stacked.

A.5 A.6 & A.7 

Wednesday 

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

Math- Addition and subtraction worksheet/ Penguins

Spanish - Worksheet

Thursday 

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

Math- Addition and subtraction worksheet

Working with Words: worksheet

·       Early Dismissal and Conferences Friday, January 16^th

·       SECOND QUARTER REPORT CARDS AND CONFERENCES Report Cards for the second quarter will be issued on Friday, January 16. Conferences for this quarter are on a need basis, and notices will be sent home on Monday, January 12. If a parent does not receive a notice from a teacher but would like to meet for a conference, please contact the teacher to set up a time for the afternoon of Friday, January 16. Students will be dismissed at 11:45 a.m, and conferences will be held from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m.

·       HOLIDAY – There will be no school on Monday, January 19 in recognition of the contributions of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.