Newsletter February 13-16, 2012

NEWSLETTER WEEK: February 13-16, 2012

February the month of friendship! Midterm is around and still so much to learn……

This is what we will cover this week:

SPELLING: Easily misspelled words. Spelling test Thursday!

MATH: Elapsed time, midnight, a.m., noon, p.m. complete and read a calendar, equivalent time.

R/W: Poetry, Science fiction.  Making text to text, text to self and text to world connections. 

Verbs: Helping verbs, past, present and future.  

SOCIAL STUDIES:  Maps, globes, geographic tools, physical characteristics of a place.

  

DOL (Daily Oral Language): Self correct sentences.

HERE ARE A FEW REMINDERS:

Tuesday, February 14  Back by popular demand.  Discovery School Drama Department presents: “Romeo to Go” on Valentine’s Day, February 14 at 7:00 p.m. Please join us for this repeat performance and celebrate the special day in a special way. Valentine’s Day themed food will be sold. Tickets are only Lps.100.00 for adults and Lps.50.00 for students.

Thursday, February 16  Progress Reports go Home


February 16 - SCIENCE FAIR 7TH - 12TH GRADE: Parents- From how LED lights impact our sleep to how we can protect our homes from fire to how to build a solar oven- our Science Fair topics this year are diverse and fascinating. Join us from 8:30-10:00 a.m. on Thursday, February 16, to see our 7th -12th grade students' explorations displayed in the Secondary Building in this year's Discovery School Science Fair! 

Friday 17 & Monday 20  President’s Day Weekend

Thursday, February 23  The day finally arrived for our Second grade class to participate in our fieldtrip to El Zamorano.

The children have been studying soils and the importance of worms to make compost in our Science Unit. In order for the children to experience and learn more about this topic, we are planning our fieldtrip to Escuela Agrícola Panamericana. Since the university is located in the outskirts of Tegucigalpa about 40-50 minute bus ride we request  your contribution to cover for bus expenses of Lps.120.00 per student. Any parent who is willing to come along is more than welcome to join us since we rented a bus with a maximum capacity of 50 persons.

We want to thank all those parents who have already signed up for this activity: Ms. Sandra Noguera, Yolinda Zúniga, Mary Ann Seday, Deborah Chibonga, Amy Robertson and  Emelie Weitnauer. Parents don’t need to pay extra money.

All students are required to ride the bus and wear a Discovery School T-shirt (Sold in Camiseria Atuán- Mall El Dorado) and tennis shoes. We also recommend using jeans or sweat pants so that your child is comfortable.

Each student needs to bring his/her lunch (pack a snack and a simple lunch since there is no microwave) and a water bottle.

We will leave the school at 8:00 a.m. (Please plan being on time) and come back around 2:30 p.m.  


If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us. 


SPECIAL EVENTS

On Tuesday, February 14 we will have our Valentine’s Day Celebration. We are requesting each child to bring 24 small treats or prizes (erasers, pencils, a little card, stickers, a sharpener, party favors, etc.) to give out to all the second graders as a token of friendship. Please send this for Tuesday 14.

February 14  Marissa Alvarado  is inviting all of the second grade students to her birthday party that will be held during our lunch time. The children will be having pizza, cake and juice. Only send a snack for the children. 


On Wednesday, February 15 Rui Liu is inviting all of the second grade students to his birthday celebration that will be held during our lunch time. Please pack only a snack for the children.

Have a nice week!

Ms. Muriel & Ms. Elena