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:
Additional Resources:
1. Khan Academy Online Math 1. Raz-Kids Online Reading
