WEEK OF APRIL 7-10, 2015

Dear Parents,

We hope you all have had a wonderful Semana Santa / Easter break! We hope this break has helped us all re-charged our batteries and enthusiastically begin the last portion of this school year.

This week we are going to be working with the letter Uu. The vocabulary that we are going to be focusing on is the following: umbrella, up, underwear, under, umpire.

STORY OF THE WEEK:

In Math we will review numbers 11 & 12. We will introduce the clock. Children  will learn how to tell time and understand how the hands of the clock operate. They will be familiar with the clock in general, count by fives, understand the movement of time, and vocabulary of minute and hour.

Children’s books can be a great way to practice time at home with your child.  Some favorites are:

• The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle
• Telling Time with Big Mama Cat by Dan Harper
• Clocks and More Clocks by Pat Hutchins

By reading and playing to make time-telling fun, you're ensuring that your child will be telling time in no time!

We will be doing pattern exercises.

Theme:''Ocean Animals'' Students will:

• find out about ocean creatures
• discover features of oceans

Rhyme of the week:

IMPORTANT SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS

GO GREEN MONTH -  April is the month in which we will celebrate Earth Day, and Discovery School students will participate in a variety of activities that will educate them about all the things the Earth does for us and how we can help preserve it.  We will kick off the month’s celebrations with an assembly on Friday, April 10th from 10:25 AM-10:45 AM.   We encourage all students and teachers to wear greeneach Friday in the month of April!

BRICKS4KIDZ - The second module for Bricks4kidz will begin this Friday, April 10. The sessions will be held on Fridays (in April 10,17 and 24; in May 8,15 and 22) from 3:15 to 4:15 and will be open for students in from kindergarten to grade five. There are spaces still available! You can register on Friday!