Monday, November 14, 2016

Week 12: 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)
1. Trace and write uppercase and lowercase Ss.
2. Color, cut, and glue picture that has the initial /s/ sound.
3. Color the sets that show numbers 6-10
4. Show different ways to make 10.

Tuesday (Spanish)
 Packet with the number 2.

Wednesday (English)
1. Trace and write uppercase and lowercase Tt.
2. Color, cut, and glue picture that has the initial /t/ sound.
3. Color the sets that show numbers 6-10.
4. Show different ways to make 10.

Thursday (Spanish)
Parent Conferences

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 14, 2016
Dear Parents,

Blessed be God!

Please read the REMINDERS below.  We have a lot of upcoming events.
VIRTUE OF THE MONTH: GENEROSITY
WEEKLY SCHEDULE

November 14 (Monday)                 P.E. (Please have your children wear their P.E. uniform)
                                                            Homework Sent Home

November 15 (Tuesday)                Regular Day
                                                            Girl Scout Introductory Meeting

November 16 (Wednesday)          P.E. (Please have your children wear their P.E. uniform.)
             Parent Conferences
                                                             Catholic Principals Appreciation Day

November 17 (Thursday)             Regular Day
Parent Conferences

November 18  (Friday)                  Mass at Mater Dei Parish (Please have your child wear their mass uniform). Families are invited.
                                                            MINIMUM DAY – DISMISSAL AT 11:30
                                                            Parent Conferences
                                                            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 /s/ sound.

Tuesday (Spanish)                          Packet with the number 2.
Wednesday (English)                     Packet with the initial  /t/ sound.

Thursday (Spanish)                        Packet with the rhyming words.                                                                
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 /s/ and /t/
b.     Phonemic Awareness: Recognize rhyming words
          Count syllables on words of the month
          Count words on sentences.
c.      Vocabulary:
-       Words that begin with the sound of /s/ and /t/ sound
-       High Frequency Words: to, my, we, me
Word Wall: November words
d.     Shared Reading: Poem of the Week: “Five Little Pumpkins”
e.     Guided Reading: “I Am Thakful”
f.      Close Reading: “First Thanksgiving”
                             
2.     Writing:
a.     Guided Handwriting: Uppercase and lowercase Ss and Tt.
b.     Writer’s Workshop: Sentence structure, capitalization and punctuation marks (period, question mark, and exclamation mark).
c.      Draw and Write- “I Am Thankful For…”
Spanish
1.     Reading:
a.     Read “Juegos A Leer” (Words that start with p,s,l,t,m,n
b.     Read stories for November themes.
c.      Phonics: Identify, sound, syllables and write letters p,l,m,n,t,s

2.     Writing:
a.     Narrative writing on Pilgrims
b.     Write words using combination syllables for t-d (3 syllable words).
Math
1.     Represent, Model and Count number 10
2.     Daily calendar

Social Studies
1.     Spanish – Pilgrims and Native Americans
2.     English –  First Thanksgiving
Science
1.     Spanish – Discuss seasons (changes in environment, clothes, activities).
2.     English –  Make A book on: The Four Seasons showing the differences through cut-out pictures and or drawings.
Art
       1.  Pilgrim Hats (geometric shapes).


REMINDERS

1.     WALKATHON
Thank you so much for all your donations and support to our cause.  The children had a lot of fun.  We are truly blessed to have very generous families in our school.


2.     SCHOOL MASS
We will have our weekly mass back to Friday, Nov. 18 at the Mater Dei Parish. We look forward to celebrating the mass with you.

3.     PARENT CONFERENCES
We have posted our conference times From November 16 - November 18 on Shuterfly.  Please sign-up if you have not done so.  There are two slots for the families per 30 minute interval.  We look forward to seeing you. We are eager to share your child’s progress in class. 

4.     VIRTUE OF THE MONTH: GENEROSITY
We are currently collecting canned goods and dried foods for our Food Drive.  We will give these much needed items to our brothers and sisters who need the help the most through our charitable institutions.  Please check the expiration dates on all the items that you will donate.  Please write your child’s name on the bag and drop it off in our classroom

5.     GIRL SCOUT INTRODUCTORY MEETING
There will be a representative from the Girl Scouts to give you the information that we need to start a Girl Scout Troop for K and TK girls.  The invitation went home last Thursday with your child.  If you are interested, pleas ecome to the Kindergarten classroom at 3:30 PM.

6.     THANKSGIVING FOOD DRIVE
We have started our annual Thanksgiving food drive until Nov. 18.  Please send canned goods and/or dried goods to school.  All donations will be given to our local charity food bank.  Please do not send fresh or perishable food because we do not have the storage needed.  This is a great way to practice generosity which is our virtue of the month.  Thank you in advance. 

PARENT VOLUNTEERS

1.     THURSDAY, November 17
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

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