Our schedule this week:
Monday (English)
1. Trace and write uppercase and lowercase Uu.
2. Color, cut, and glue picture that has the initial short /u/ sound.
3. Color the objects and write the corresponding numbers to show the concept of joining sets
4. Practice writing numbers 1-10
Tuesday (Spanish)
Packet with “y” words and the number 3.
Wednesday (English)
1. Trace and write uppercase and lowercase Uu.
2. Color, cut, and glue picture that has the initial long /u/ sound.
3. Color the objects and write the corresponding numbers to show the concept of joining sets
4. Practice writing numbers 1-10
Thursday (Spanish)
Packet with “y” words and color green.
HOMEWORK TIPS:
1. Take out the homework packet for the week from the binder and leave it at home. The children do not need to take them to school every day until Friday, when it is time to submit the packet unless they go to after school care and you want them to do their homework there.
2. Homework is graded on the following criteria:
a. Correct answers
b. Neatness
c. Timely submission
d. Following directions
3. Make sure your child writes his/her full (first and last) name on the front of the packet. Please continue practicing with your child how to write their name. We still have some who says that they are unable to do so.
4. Keep the packet stapled, in the same order in which it was sent.
5. Timely submission is part of their grade. So please be conscientious in sending your child’s homework at all times.
For every day a student is late in submitting homework, a half-point will be deducted from the grade. The student will receive a grade of zero if homework is not submitted. We will allot extra time for completion if the student was absent due to illness, family travel, or any other unusual circumstances, on a case by case basis. If, however, after the extra time, the homework is not submitted, the student will receive a grade of zero.
6. Thank you so much for helping your child clean up his/her binder by removing finished school work that was sent home. They are doing well in practicing their organizational skill, something they will need their whole life.
November 28, 2016
Dear Parents,
Blessed be God!
WELCOME BACK! We hope you had a great Thanksgiving with your loved ones.
VIRTUE OF THE MONTH: GRATITUDE
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
November 28 (Monday) P.E. (Please have your children wear their P.E. uniform)
Homework Sent Home
November 29 (Tuesday) Regular Day
November 30 (Wednesday) P.E. (Please have your children wear their P.E. uniform.)
December 1 (Thursday) Regular Day
December 2 (Friday) Mass at Mater Dei Parish (Please have your child wear their mass uniform). Families are invited.
Homework Due
HOMEWORK
Thank you for helping your children. Homework will be sent home on Mondays. If there is no school on Mondays, homework will be sent home on Tuesdays. The children will do their English homework on Monday and Wednesday. The Spanish homework will be done on Tuesday and Thursday. If your child is absent over an extended period, please pick up the packet from me, ready on Mondays. We will give your child up to the following Monday to turn it in.
Our schedule this week:
Monday (English) Packet with the initial short /u/ sound.
Tuesday (Spanish) Packet with “y” words and the number 3.
Wednesday (English) Packet with the initial long /u/ sound.
Thursday (Spanish) Packet with “y” words and color green.
HOMEWORK TIPS:
1. Take out the homework packet for the week from the binder and leave it at home. The children do not need to take them to school every day until Friday, when it is time to submit the packet unless they go to after school care and you want them to do their homework there.
2. Homework is graded on the following criteria:
a. Correct answers
b. Neatness
c. Timely submission
d. Following directions
3. Make sure your child writes his/her full (first and last) name on the front of the packet. Please continue practicing with your child how to write their name. We still have some who says that they are unable to do so.
4. Use RED pencil tracing; REGULAR pencil for writing; and CRAYONS for coloring. Do not use markers for coloring because they bleed and makes the paper look messy.
Keep the packet stapled, in the same order in which it was sent.
5. Timely submission is part of their grade. So please be conscientious in sending your child’s homework at all times.
For every day a student is late in submitting homework, a half-point will be deducted from the grade. The student will receive a grade of zero if homework is not submitted. We will allot extra time for completion if the student was absent due to illness, family travel, or any other unusual circumstances, on a case by case basis. If, however, after the extra time, the homework is not submitted, the student will receive a grade of zero.
6. Thank you so much for helping your child clean up his/her binder by removing finished school work that was sent home. They are doing well in practicing their organizational skill, something they will need their whole life.
SCHOOLWORK
English
1. Reading:
a. Phonics: Letter name and sound of short and long /u/
Phonemic Awareness: Alliteration Discrimination (Which word does not belong based on initial sound
Recognize rhyming words
Count syllables on words of the month
Count words on sentences.
b. Vocabulary:
- Words that begin with the sound of short and long /u/
- High Frequency Words: and, away, big, blue, come
Word Wall: December words
c. Shared Reading: Poem of the Week: “Five Little Bells”
d. Guided Reading: “I Like Christmas”
e. Close Reading: “J is For Jesus”
2. Writing:
a. Guided Handwriting: Uppercase and lowercase Uu
b. Writer’s Workshop: Sentence structure, capitalization and punctuation marks (period, question mark, and exclamation mark).
c. Draw and Write – “What I Know About Antartica”
Spanish
1. Reading:
a. Read “Juegos A Leer” (Words that start with “y”
b. Read stories for December themes.
c. Phonics: Identify, sound, syllables and write letter “y”
d. Read the story of Yoya.
2. Writing:
a. Narrative writing
Math
1. Introduce Addition 1-10
2. Daily calendar
Social Studies
1. Spanish – Read stories on Antartica.
2. English – Antartica – geographical location, topography, inhabitants, weather
Science
1. Spanish – Zoo Animals
2. English – Read stories on penguins.
Art
1. Advent wreath
REMINDERS
1. VIRTUE OF THE MONTH: GRATITUDE
We are truly blessed. We have so much blessings. But sometimes we forget to be thankful for what we have. It is important that our little ones understand the importance of having a “grateful heart” from a simple word or prayer of thanks to living their faith in action by sharing with others their blessings.
2. THANKSGIVING FOOD DRIVE
Thank you so much for helping the children learn a valuable lesson on generosity. We were able to collect a lot of canned goods which will be donated to the St. Vincent De Paul’s Food Pantry. We will continue practicing generosity for the month of December. We will make care packages for orphans. We will give you the details in a separate letter this week.
3. ADVENT CHAIN OF GOOD DEEDS
We will be teaching the children the importance of Advent in preparing for the coming of Jesus. We will make a Chain of Good Deeds. Each child will take home a set of colored paper strips. Whenever they do something nice for someone ( ex. share toys with siblings or friends, help mom, dad, grandparents, etc.), please write it on one of the strips. Send the strips back with the homework on Friday. We will read the strips in class then put them together to make a chain. We will see if we can make a chain long enough to go around the whole class.
PARENT VOLUNTEERS
1. THURSDAY, December 1
a. 2 parents to prepare homework packets and schoolwork
b. 2 parents to organize graded work to be sent home.
Please sign up at shutterfly. Then email us to confirm. We only want the specified number of volunteers per day to keep it manageable for us.
Mater Dei, lead us to your son, Jesus.
Yours in Christ,
Faina Salter and Karina Moncayo
