Semana del 25 al 29 de Noviembre

CUARTO GRADO 

Ésta es una semana CORTA, por lo tanto, trabajaremos en lo siguiente: 

1.  Leeremos la historia "La Historia Fantástica de Grmilda"  y la trabajaremos mediante la técnica de los Círculos Literarios. 


QUINTO GRADO 

1.  Leeremos la historia "Un Mundo Musical"  y la trabajaremos mediante la técnica de los Círculos Literarios. 




MIDTERM REPORTS – Midterm reports were issued last Friday, November 22. These should be signed by parents and returned to the teacher as soon as possible. If you would like a conference and one was not requested by the teacher, please call the school to set up an appointment.  
 
MINI CHRISTAMS BAZAAR – Our school DPTO is organizing an early shopping opportunity for our families onDecember 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!
           


Semana del 18 al 22 de noviembre, 2013

GRADO 

Durante la presente semana, los alumnos de cuarto grado trabajarán en: 

1. Los tipos de sujeto en la oración ( tácito y expreso) 

2. Comenzaremos a conocer el sistema de evaluación en la escritura  6 + 1 para entender las rubricas que de ahora en adelante utilizaremos al momento de evaluar trabajos escritos. 

3. Comenzaremos a implementar la técnica de los Círculos Literarios para reforzar la lectura en clase.  


PALABRAS DE LA SEMANA 

1. naturaleza
2. órbita
3. trapezoide
4. capital
5. rápido
6. tácito
7. ilustración                 4A ....... jueves 21 de nov.
8. satélites                     4B ...... viernes 22 de nov. 
9. función
10. expreso 

   GRADO 

Durante la presente semana, los alumnos de 5to grado trabajarán en: 

1. Los tipos de descripción al momento de escribir un escrito. 
(prosopografía, Etopeya, retrato, topografía, cronografía) 

2. Comenzaremos a conocer el sistema de evaluación en la escritura  6 + 1 para entender las rubricas que de ahora en adelante utilizaremos al momento de evaluar trabajos escritos. 

3. Comenzaremos a implementar la técnica de los Círculos Literarios para reforzar la lectura en clase.  

PALABRAS DE LA SEMANA 

1. tuvo
2. tubo
3. ola                              5A ..........  jueves 21 de nov.
4. hola                            5B .......... viernes 22 de nov. 
5. honda
6. onda
7. estética
8. crónica 
9. carácter
10. pálido 

MIDTERM REPORTS – Midterm reports will be issued this Friday, November 22. Please make sure you ask your child for his/her report. If a conference was not requested by a teacher but you would like to have one, please contact the school to set up an appointment.
 
FROM THE COUNSELOR: We invite you to visit our teacher and administrator blogs and become a follower of the ones for which you wish to receive updates. There's always valuable information posted on them that you might find useful with your children. All you need to do is click on "Participar en este sitio" or "Follow this site" and provide your name and email information, and you will be notified of updates to that particular blog automatically. You can follow as many blogs as you would like to.
 
FROM THE SCHOOL’S CAFETERIA -  Please visit the Cafeteria blog http://discoverycafeteria.blogspot.com/ for information on the delicious Pecan, Apple and Pumpkin pies that can be ordered for your Thanksgiving celebrations. The cafeteria is also offering a meal for the classroom festivities at a very attractive price!
 
LAST WEEK FOR DONATIONS  FOR “YA TENGO DONDE ESCRIBIR”:  Don’t forget to send in cereal boxes. Wednesday, November 20 is the last day! The grade that brought the most boxes will be awarded a pizza party or ice cream party! Please help us help those in need!
 
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 at 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 whom we would like to provide for this Christmas.   On the second floor of the secondary building, a 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 10th, 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!  For more information about NPH’s work in Honduras, please visit http://www.nph-honduras.org/. 
 
For Grades 4 – 6 only:
 
Dra. Karen Funes ( gynecologist) will be giving an informative talk on Wednesday, November 20 to the girls from grades 4 – 6  on changes that occur during the puberty stage of development. This will take place from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m.  We will be sending a permission slip with your child this week for parents to sign if they wish for their daughter to attend this presentation.

Semana del 11 al 15 de noviembre, 2013

GRADO 

Durante esta semana, los alumnos de cuarto grado trabajarán en:

1. Las partes de la oración. Identificando la función gramatical de cada palabra en la oración. 

2. Elaborarán un poster con recortes de periódico o revista donde ubiquen por lo menos 5 ejemplos de sustantivos, adjetivos y verbos.

3. Seguiremos practicando las técnicas para mejorar la lectura, a través de diferentes ejercicios, tales como los que se muestran en el siguiente video. 

PALABRAS DE LA SEMANA 

1. juez
2. suroeste                           4A ....... jueves 14 de nov.
3. hoy                                  4B ....... viernes 15 de nov.

4. territorio
5. imperativas
6. predicado
7. sujeto
8. construir
9. murmullo 
10. cazar  


GRADO 

Durante la semana los alumnos trabajarán en:

1. Continuaremos hablando sobre las partes del libro y elaboraremos uno, para ubicarle las partes, de acuerdo al siguiente video:

                  COMO ELABORAR UN  LIBRO ORIGAMI

PALABRAS DE LA SEMANA 

1. confidencia
2. impertinencia                     5A ......... jueves 14 de nov.

3. incógnito                            5B ......... viernes 15 de nov. 
4. magnetismo 
5. microbio 
6. refutar 
7. contribuir 
8. triunfar 
9. recoveco 
10. glosario 




FROM THE SCHOOL’S CAFETERIA -  Please visit the Cafeteria blog http://discoverycafeteria.blogspot.com/ for information on the delicious Pecan, Apple and Pumpkin pies that can be ordered for your Thanksgiving celebrations. The cafeteria is also offering a meal for the classroom festivities at a very attractive price!
 
DONATIONS NEEDED:  Don’t forget to send in cereal boxes for Ya Tengo Donde Escribir” between now and November 20. The grade that brought the most boxes will be awarded a pizza party or ice cream party! Please help us help those in need!
 
For Early Childhood and Elementary Only:
 
CHILDREN’S OPERA – Thanks to all our parents who accompanied us to the Theater last Wednesday. Your contributions helped to the success of this field trip.)
 
For Grades 4 – 6 only:
 

Dra. Karen Funes ( gynecologist) will be giving an informative talk on Wednesday, November 20 to the girls from grades 4 – 6  on changes that occur during the puberty stage of development. This will take place from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m.  We will be sending a permission slip with your child this week for parents to sign if they wish for their daughter to attend this presentation.


Semana del 4 al 8 de Nov. 2013

     CUARTO GRADO 

Esta semana trabajaremos en: 

1. Bombas , adivinanzas y trabalenguas 

2. Continuaremos utilizando diferentes técnicas de lectura para mejorarla en clase. 
Los alumnos deben practicar en casa cualquiera de las técnicas mostradas en éstos vídeos. 



Puesto que esta es una semana corta,  el DICTADO semanal será el JUEVES 7 para las dos secciones

PALABRAS DE LA SEMANA

1. voz
2. taza
3. avestruz
4. subrayar
5. proyecto
6. lucero
7. anochece 
8. hubiera 
9. reñir
10. estrofas 
QUINTO GRADO 

Durante esta semana trabajaremos en:

1. El libro y sus partes. En el siguiente link , encontrará más información sobre el tema. 


          PARTES DE UN LIBRO

2. La noticia. Aprenderemos a identificar y escribir un editorial. 


PALABRAS PARA EL DICTADO SEMANAL 
Ya que esta es una semana corta, las dos secciones tendrán el dictado el mismo día, JUEVES 7 de Nov.

1. huésped
2. huella
3. ámbito
4. atmosférica
5. fósiles
6. aproximadamente 
7. temblor
8. recíproco
9. embarcación
10. maremoto  



PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THIS WEEK -  Missi Love is returning for a follow-up training at the end of this week. She will work with all of our teachers on the Four Blocks Literacy Program, Literature Circles, and 6+1 Traits of Writing, and guide teachers’ discussions of how they grade written work, and why. This will take place on Friday, November 8 and Saturday, November 9. These two days will be full working days for teachers.  There will be no school for students on Friday, November 8 as stated in the school calendar.
 
DONATIONS NEEDED:  Please remember to send in cereal boxes for Ya Tengo Donde Escribir” between now and November 20. The grade that brought the most boxes will be awarded a pizza party or ice cream party! Please help us help those in need!
 
For Early Childhood and Elementary Only:
 

CHILDREN’S OPERA AT THE MANUEL BONILLA – Grades Kindergarten through Fifth have been invited to the presentation of LA TORTUGA Y LA MAGICA CANCION UWUNGELEMA, the first Children’s Opera to be presented in Honduras. This opera was written and directed by Maestro Jorge Mejia. The students will attend this presentation this Wednesday, November 6. We will leave the school at 8:00 a.m. and return at around 11:00 a.m. The fee for the entrance and transportation is L180.00. If you have not sent this fee, please make sure you do so by Monday.  For this field trip, each grade must have one parent chaperon for every 4 students. If you are interested in helping, please contact your child’s teacher. Since this is a field trip to the National Theater, we are asking students to dress formally for this occasion (i.e. dress/skirt and blouse and dressy shoes for girls, slacks, shirt and shoes for boys).