WEEK OF APRIL 22 – 26, 2013
THANK YOU TO THE
PARENTS AND 3rd GRADE STUDENTS WHO CAME TO LAST SATURDAY’S FUN RUN!
It was a great community event, and everyone had a great time!
Our third grade students continue to work hard and learn
many new and exciting things in class! This is what we will be working on this
week:
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Math:
we begin our unit on TIME AND DATA ANALYSIS by working with the clock – telling
time to the hour, half hour, minute; finding ellapsed time,
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Science:
our activities for this week include working with strings on a pegboard
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R/W
Workshop – Our reading groups will be reading their second biography for
the next two weeks. They will continue to work on new vocabulary, filling out a
time line, and responding to literature. Don’t fall behind in the reading of
your Beverly Cleary novel at home. This is due on May 3.
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Spelling:
this week’s lesson (#32) is about silent /k/ and /w/. The quiz will be on
Friday.
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Do not forget to practice your IXL and MAP Reading Skills every day. Please have your parents sign the
chart in your Take Home Folder.
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Feeling generous? Our classes would appreciate
donations of OFF repellant and disposables (cup, plates, forks, napkins, etc)
FRACTION AND DECIMAL PIZZA
FIELD TRIP – we will be planning our pizzas and preparing the budget for our field trip. The field trip will now take place on Friday, May 3. We need 6 parent volunteers to go with us from 8:15 – 9:30 a.m (we already have 4!).
If you can go with us, please let us know as soon as possible. A notice with
each child’s amount of money to bring for
activity and the persmission slip will be sent along with the Math
homework on Tuesday.
PLEASE TAKE NOTE THAT
there will be no school for students on Wednesday, April 24. Ms. Judi Fenton, Curriculum
Consultant, will come to Discovery, review our curriculum, and make suggestions.
As part of the process, Ms. Fenton will meet with the entire faculty together
on this day.
PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS
 BINGO returns to
Discovery! - Proceeds to buy TECHNOLOGY for the school. Please mark your
calendars for Saturday, May 4! Lunch will be sold for all attending families,
friends and guests starting at 11:00 a.m. and the grand BIGO will begin at
1:30 p.m. PARENT COLLABORATION NEEDED in donating prizes for this event.
Please contact Ms. Ivonne Casco at icasco@discoveryschool.edu.hn (2221-7790 and 9960-0070) or Ms. Nora Sierra Ms. Nora Sierra at nsierra@discoveryschool.edu (2221-7790 and 9985-0732) if you can help by
donating gifts. The school will send home, a closed envelope with 5 tickets
that we are asking each family to sell for Lps. 150 each. You will then need to
send back the envelope with the money to the school, addressed to Ms. Carolina
or Ms. Gloria. The school will keep record of each family payment. Make sure
you contact the school if you are sending the envelope with your child,
especially if he/she is very young, so we can follow up on the envelope.On the day of the event, you will find the TICKET TABLE, where you will be able to turn in the stubs and collect your Bingo Cards. You may also buy more tickets if needed.Don’t miss this opportunity to collaborate with the school and spend a wonderful afternoon with your family.
If you have questions and/or doubts, please do not
hesitate to contact:Ms. Debra Giles debgilespk@yahoo.com (2221-7790 and 9572-0230) or Ms. Gloria
Palacios gpalacios@discoveryschool.edu.hn (2221-7790 and 95611434).
DISCOVERY ZONE 4 – Our amazing Summer Camp is back, beginning
June 10. To enroll your child(ren), you can either pick up the form from
Carolina (Receptionist) or access the form through the Monday Memo. Just
print and fill out the form and return it to Carolina. Great discounts are
available—contact Cristiana Banegas (cbanegas@discoveryschool.edu.hn
) for details.
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HOMEWORK
Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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NO SCHOOL
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Thursday
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Friday
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