WEEK OF DECEMBER 2-6

 

 

Dear Parents,

It is unbelievable that we are starting a new month. The last month of the year!!! Welcome December!! Time is surely flying by and we are going to continue learning a lot in our Prekinder Class!

This week we are going to be working with the letter Ll. The vocabulary words that we are going to be focusing on are: log, lemon, ladder ladybug, lamp, lobster, lizard, lion, leaf, lock, lake.

 

Some stories that we are going to be reading with the children are:

 

''Leonardo the Terrible Monster''

Written by Mo Willems

A beautifully designed picture book about a little monster named Leonardo who wants to be scary, but just isn't. He picks on a boy named Sam who, Leonardo has determined, is the most scaredy-cat kid in all the world... But when he succeeds in making Sam cry, Leonardo realizes that he's actually hurt Sam's feelings, and rushes to make amends...

 

 

 

 

 

"Let's Go Home, Little Bear" Written by Martin Waddell
 The two bears are tromping through the snow when Little Bear starts to hear funny sounds. Their journey home is slowed by his half-playful need to stop repeatedly and have Big Bear reassure him that there's nothing scary in the woods. Once again, Big Bear is the model of kindness and compassion, and childhood anxieties are diffused and transformed into a source of delight. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

''The Very Grouchy Ladybug'' by Eric Carle''

 The story is about an arrogant ladybug who challenges another ladybug to a fight over some aphids but then decides he isn't large enough to be worth fighting. He then travels around the world and encounters a series of increasingly larger animals, challenging each to a fight but then declining and looking for a larger animal. Eventually, he encounters a blue whale, who slaps him with his tail and sends him flying back to where he started. He then decides to be nice and share the aphids with the fellow ladybug.

 

In Math we are going to be learning about the number 12.

 

We will be reviewing AB,AAB patterns and we will introduce ABB pattern.

 

 

 

 

 For our theme this week ''CHRISTMAS'' we will be focusing on the following vocabulary: Christmas tree, gift, reindeer, snowman, ornament, elf, stocking, candy cane, angel

 

 

 

 

 

 

MIDTERM REPORTS – Please do not forget to send the Midterm reports signed as soon as possible. They were issued on Friday, November 22^nd.

MINI CHRISTAMS BAZAAR – Our school DPTO is organizing an early shopping opportunity for our families on December 5 and 6. The event will last all school day long! Come and support our DPTO and take advantage of the great items that will be on sale at terrific prices!!!!

SONGFEST – In order to avoid the late afternoon and early evening traffic congestion, the School’s annual Songfest will be held on Friday, December 13 at 1:30 p.m. Parents are welcome to come and have lunch with our students before the performances. There will be a sale of food, baked goods and drinks.

PREPARATION FOR SONG FEST - In preparation for our Songfest, we are asking parents who have spare Christmas decorations which they would like to share with us for the stage presentation taking place on December 13, to please send them to your child's homeroom teacher next week. We will take good care of them and return them by Monday, December 16. Anticipated thanks for your unconditional support in all of our school activities.

CHRISTMAS GIVING TREE:  Nuestro Pequeños Hermanos (NPH) is an international organization that takes in abandoned and orphaned children, providing a home and education.  Here in Honduras, the NPH organization provides for over 500 children in a large ranch near La Venta and home in Tegucigalpa for severely handicapped children.   While many children at the ranch have aunts, uncles, or grandparents that come to visit them and can provide some Christmas gifts, some children at a ranch have no family to visit.  It is these children for whom we would like to provide this Christmas.   On the second floor of the secondary building, an NPH Giving Tree will be set up.   Choose a paper tree that has a child’s information about his/her size for shoes or socks.  Purchase the new item and return it to Mrs. Agurcia’s Room (Rm. 7) by Tuesday, December 10, with the tree tag taped to it.  As well, there are tree tags for basic food items that will be donated to the orphanage.  Cash donations will also be accepted to provide shoes and socks for children whose tags were not selected.  Thank you for giving this Christmas!  If more information about NPH’s work in Honduras, please visit http://www.nph-honduras.org/.

FUNDACION ABRIGO - Discovery School, in solidarity with FUNDACION ABRIGO ( A foundation that provides lodging for families from outside Tegucigalpa who bring patients to Hospital Escuela), is asking our school community’s collaboration. If you would like to participate and help this organization, please send a donation of 1 gallon of disinfectant per family by Friday, December 6. Your contribution will be greatly appreciated!