Monday, December 10, 2018

December 10-14

Just 1 Week Left Until Winter Break!!!

From Mr. Andrew and Ms. Amy, we send you our warmest wishes for this holiday season and hope you have a wonderful vacation with your family!

Notes for the week...

** If your family chose a child from the Giving Tree in the office to buy shoes and socks for, please send your gift (unwrapped) with the tree attached to Mrs. Agurcia as soon as possible.  If you will be unable to purchase the gift, please return the tree to the office so that we can make other arrangements.  The Christmas Party for Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos will be held at school this Saturday from 9:00am-3:00pm.  We would love to have you join us to help out!!

** Just a reminder, when we return from Winter Break we will need students to bring in 2-liter soda bottles for our next science unit!  We will be cutting them apart and joining bottles together, so they all need to be the same size and shape.

** We will be celebrating the holiday season this Friday, December 14, with a special breakfast and activities.  Please stay tuned to email and Whatsapp for more details!

** This Friday will be an Early Dismissal at 11:45 for all students.  We look forward to seeing everyone on January 7, 2019!

This week in class...

Language Arts
In Language Arts this week, we will finish up The Egypt Game with a graded discussion on Tuesday, followed by an assessment on Thursday. We will also be putting the finising touches on our Public Service Announcement project, and will be joining all of our video segments together to create one final product which we will share with all elementary students when we come back in January!


Math
This week in Math class we will be building a PVC pipe organ similar to what the Blue Man Group plays with in their performances. We will be using our measurement skills with inches and fractions of inches. Parents if possible, can you please send L100 with your child to help with the costs of the materials. Thank you for your support! PVC Pipe Organ Instructions

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Homework:
Monday: One Xtramath.org lesson
Tuesday: One Xtramath.org lesson, Math IXL Z.1
Wednesday:One Xtramath.org lesson, Math IXL Z.2
Thursday:One Xtramath.org lesson


Science
This week in Science class we will be carrying out an experiment to better understand which conditions
are best for forming rain clouds. We will also be talking about how to prepare for hurricanes and formulating
emergency plans.

Thank you for all of your support, parents! Please feel free to email us if you have any
questions.

Ms. Amy and Mr. Andrew

Sunday, December 2, 2018

December 3-7

Just 2 Weeks Left Until Winter Break!!!



Notes for the week...

SONGFEST Thursday, 12/6/2018:
MUSICAL PRESENTATION FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD (Grade N - 1) : 10:30 a.m.
MUSICAL PRESENTATION FOR ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY (Grades 2 and up): 1:20 p.m.


FOOD SALE AND HOLIDAY BAZAAR - 11:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
  • FOOD SALE BY THE PDTO (Pebetes:L75, Pupusas: 2 for L50 and Pizza: L25 per slice),
  • DESSERTS SALES BY THE COMMUNITY SERVICE CLUB (L25 and L50)
  • DRINKS SALE BY THE SENIORS 2019  
  • HOLIDAY BAZAAR @ Information Center 

IMPORTANT:
**PARENTS WILL BE ABLE TO EAT LUNCH WITH THEIR STUDENTS FROM 11:40 A.M. TO 1:15 P.M. WE HOPE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO JOIN US!


** THE CAFETERIA WILL CLOSE AT 10:30 A.M. (AFTER SNACK). OUR COMMUNITY IS INVITED TO BUY LUNCH FROM THE DPTO, OR STUDENTS MAY BRING THEIR OWN LUNCH BOXES WITH THEIR MEALS FROM HOME.


This week in class...

Language Arts
In Language Arts this week, we will continue with The Egypt Game. We have continued to utilize what we've learned about "sketchnoting" so far to create more effective summaries, including drawing icons that represent important elements in the chapter and using different handwritten "fonts" to make certain ideas stand out.

In Writing, we will continue recording our Recess Safety Public Service Announcements, and then will move on to editing our videos using the platform WeVideo (see pictures of the whole process below)!  We will also be studying more irregular verbs and their proper uses. There will be a quiz on Friday.




Math
We will be wrapping up our division unit this week. We will be looking at division with two digit divisors and also with decimals. On Friday we will have a short quiz covering what we have studied. Although we will not be studying division directly after this quarter this is a skill we will come back to repeatedly as we study fractions, algebra, and other subjects. Please be sure to encourage your child to continue to practice their XtraMath exercises each day if they have not completed them yet.

Homework:
Monday: One Xtramath.org lesson
Tuesday: One Xtramath.org lesson, Math IXL K.1
Wednesday:One Xtramath.org lesson, Math IXL S.1
Thursday:One Xtramath.org lesson


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Science
We will continue studying the water cycle this week in Science class. We will be learning about groundwater and also creating simple models of the water cycle.

Thank you for all of your support, parents! Please feel free to email us if you have any
questions.

Ms. Amy and Mr. Andrew