Week 15: Homework

December 5, 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

December 5 (Monday) Homework sent home.

P.E. ( Please have your child wear their PE uniform).

December 6 (Tuesday) Regular Day

December 7 (Wednesday) P.E. ( Please have your child wear their PE uniform).

December 8 (Thursday) FEAST OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION

MASS at Mater Dei Parish at 9:30 AM. Families are invited.

December 9 (Friday) FEAST OF ST. JUAN DIEGO

Rosary at Fatima Court, 8:30 AM. Families are welcome.

The dismissal is at 11:30 P.M. After school daycare will not be provided due to the Staff Christmas Luncheon. We apologize for any inconvenience. Thank you for your understanding.

Homework due.

December 12 (Monday) P.E. ( Wear P.E. uniform)

Toiletries Bags Due

NO HOMEWORK UNTIL WE COME BACK IN JANUARY!

December 13 (Tuesday) Regular Day

December 14 (Wednesday) P.E. (Wear P.E. uniform)

CHRISTMAS PROGRAM (6:00PM)

December 15 (Thursday) Regular Day

Make and Decorate Gingerbread Houses

December 16 (Friday) POLAR EXPRESS MOVIE DAY AND VISIT WITH SANTA

DISMISSAL IS AT 11:30 AM. ECEP WILL BE PROVIDED.

DECEMBER 17 – JANUARY 2 CHRISTMAS BREAK

CLASSES RESUME JANUARY 3.

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 /v/ sound.

Tuesday (Spanish) Packet with ca, co, cu and the number 4.

Wednesday (English) Packet with the initial /w/ sound.

Thursday (Spanish) Packet with ca, co, cu words and color blue.

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 initial sound of /v/ and /w/

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 initial sound of /v/ and /w/

* 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: “Getting ready For Christmas”

e. Close Reading: “An Angel For Christmas”

2. Writing:

a. Guided Handwriting: Uppercase and lowercase Vv and Ww

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 “c”

b. Read stories for December themes.

c. Phonics: Identify, sound, syllables – ca, co, cu

d. Read words with ca, co, cu

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. Nativity Scene

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. 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.

3. POLAR EXPRESS AND VISIT FROM SANTA

We will need parents to bring chocolate milk and Christmas cookies. Check Shutterfly for the sign-up. Please do not bring more than what we are asking for. This is our last day of school and we do not want to throw away all the extra snacks that will not be eaten.

PARENT VOLUNTEERS

1. FRIDAY, December 9

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