Week 19: Homework

January 2, 2017

Dear Parents,

Blessed be God!

WELCOME BACK! We hope you had a great Christmas and New Year celebrations with your loved ones.  Thank you so much for your thoughtfulness and generosity last Christmas.  We had a great time unwrapping our presents and loved each and everyone of them.  We look forward to a great and blessed 2017!

VIRTUE OF THE MONTH: HONESTY

WEEKLY SCHEDULE

January 2 (Monday)                        No School.

January 3 (Tuesday)                       Classes resume. Regular Day

                                                            Homework sent home.

January 4 (Wednesday)                   P.E. ( Please have your child wear the PE uniform).

January 5 (Thursday)                     Parents in Prayer (Chapel, 7:45 AM)

January 6 (Friday)                          Mass (Please have your child wear the mass uniform).

                                                            Three Wise Men Day

January 9 (Monday)                        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                                              No School.

Tuesday (Spanish)                          Packet with ce,ci and the number 5.

Wednesday (English)                     Packet with the initial and ending sound of /x/ sound

Thursday (Spanish)                        Packet with ce,ci; cut and paste words to form a sentence and color blue.     

Friday (English)                              Packet with the initial /y/ sound.

                                                           

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 and ending sound of /x/ and initial sound of/y/

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 and ending sound of sound of /x/ and initial sound of /y/

-       High Frequency Words: one, two, three go, not

Word Wall: January words

c.      Shared Reading: Poem of the Week: “Five Little Snowmen”

d.     Guided Reading: “Happy New Year 1”

e.     Close Reading: “Snowy Day”

                             

2.     Writing:

a.     Guided Handwriting: Uppercase and lowercase Xx and Yy

b.     Writer’s Workshop: Sentence structure, capitalization and punctuation marks (period, question mark, and exclamation mark).

c.      Draw and Write – “Snowy Day”

Spanish

1.     Reading:

a.     Read “Story of Ceci” (Words that start with “ce, ci”

b.     Read stories for January themes.

c.      Phonics: Identify, sound, syllables – ce,ci

d.     Read words with ce,ci

2.     Writing:

a.     Narrative writing

Math

1.     Number pairs 6-10

2.     Daily calendar

Social Studies

1.     Spanish – Introduction to Asia (Japan)

2.     English –  Introduction to Asia

Science

1.     Spanish – Read a story about water.

2.     English – Read “The Little Dark Cloud”.  Introduce the water cycle.

Art

       1. Snowman (using different sizes of circles)

       2. Snowflake (using paint and Q-tips)

REMINDERS

1.     VIRTUE OF THE MONTH: HONESTY

HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY.  Teaching our children the value of telling the truth is very important as we all know.  It is the right thing to do.  It also teaches our children the importance of accountability, of taking responsibility for our actions and the possible consequences.

2.      PARENTS IN PRAYER

We would like to invite you to join the other parents in prayer every Thursday, 7:45 AM, at the chapel.  A family that prays together, stays together.  We stay strong together as a community when we offer our intentions and loving prayers to the Lord.

PARENT VOLUNTEERS

1.     THURSDAY, January 5

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



Additional Resources:

         1.  Khan Academy Online Math               1.  Raz-Kids Online Reading