Dear Parents,
We hope you enjoyed your weekend!
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.
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
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Art Day
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B
Wed. May 4
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*** Bubble Day please bring in a bottle of bubbles
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C
Thurs. May 5
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***Career Day- Dress like the career you want to have.
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D
Fri. May 6
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Doughnut Day
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E
Mon. May 9
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Exercise Day
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F
Tues. May
10
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Fantastic Fluffy Furry Friend Day-Bring in your favorite stuffed animal
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G
Wed. May
11
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Games Day- Bring in your favorite games to share****No electronics***
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H
Thurs. May
12
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Hat Day- Wear your favorite hat
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I
Fri. May
13
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Icee Day- Your teacher will have a surprise for you
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J
Mon. May 16
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***Jelly Rolls- We will make yummy jelly rolls
Parents send in 2 slices of white bread and your child’s favorite jelly
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K
Tues. May
17
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Kindness Day
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L
Wed. May
18
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*** Let’s learn about our Loves- Bring in 1 thing you Love
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M
Thurs. May
19
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***Math Challenge-Around the World game practicing addition fluency 0-10 facts
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N
Fri. May 20
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*** Nifty N Snack- bring in snacks that begin with N to share with your friends( nutella, nuts, noodles, nectarines, nachos, nuggets)
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O
Mon. May
23
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Orange Day- Wear Orange to school
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P
Tues. May
24
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***Pajama & Pizza Day(Thanks Issa Mare for the Pizza)
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Q
Wed. May
25
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Quick! Get ready for a game of Tag
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R
Thurs. May 26
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***Read In- Bring in your pillow favorite book and a flashlight
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S
Fri. May
27
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***Silly Sock Day- Wear mismatch / silly socks to school
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T
Mon. May
30
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Test your Spelling Day- Sparkle and class Spelling Bee
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U&V
Tues. May 31
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Upside Down Day-Our daily schedule will be turned upside down
Very Special Awards Day
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W
Wed. Jun.
1
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Walk to the Bus- End of the Year field trip!
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X
Thurs. Jun. 2
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***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)
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Y&Z
Fri.
Jun. 3
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Yay Yay it’s Party Day – Let’s Zoom out of School
*** Need help with snacks, lunch and dessert
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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 13th.
Vocabulary: children, eat, old , talk, animal, nice
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 13th.
Vocabulary: children, eat, old , talk, animal, nice
Reading- For reading, we will be reading fables to learn about respect and responsibility.
Writing- In conjunction with reading, we will be teaming up with the 9th graders to create a project about respect and responsibility.
Science- We will continue 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.
Chapter 12 Skills: K1, K6, J2
Homework
Monday
Reading: Read for 10 minutes and fill in the reading log
WWW: Watch videos and read books, then write two interesting facts about your animal's need
WWW: Watch videos and read books, then write two interesting facts about your animal's need
Tuesday
Reading: Read for 10 minutes and fill in the reading log
WWW: Watch videos and read books, then write two interesting facts about your animal's habitat
WWW: Watch videos and read books, then write two interesting facts about your animal's habitat
Wednesday
Reading: Read for 10 minutes and fill in the reading log.
Spanish: Worksheet
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 – 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.
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:
May 3-13 MAP Testing
Monday, May 9 New Brickz4kids module
begins 3:15 p.m.
May 11 & 12 Discovery Idol
Auditions
Friday, May 13 Secondary Honor’s
Breakfast
Teacher
Appreciation Lunch
Science Orders Due
SACE third quarter grades for Elementary due
Saturday, May 14
General Assembly 9:00 a.m.
Friday May 20 OPEN
HOUSE
Wednesday, May 25
Discovery Idol 10:15 a.m.
Early Dismissal (AM Schedule)
Friday, May 27 Awards Ceremony 1:30
p.m.
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