Celebrate Black History Month by honoring the accomplishments of African- Americans and how those accomplishments help shape the Unites States and the world!! Parents and students, please stop by the bulletin board in the secondary and read about these proud moments of our lifetime and history.
In all grades, students will have a lively, informative, and fun discussion about the socio -economic impact the Super Bowl has on the world.
The 6th grade class will close the week by reviewing the parts of speech and learning the differences between the types of sentences in preparation to read their next novel, Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen.
The 7th grade will continue to read their novel, The Giver, by Lois Lowry. While reading this novel, students have participated in literature circles to discuss the elements of comprehension and other HOTS, journal- ed using writing prompts, create non- linguistic representations of the chapters they have read, and study vocabulary with different partners. Students have had fun discussing this novel of a Utopian society and understanding the fundamental differences of it and their current realities. We will end the novel at the end of the week and test covering all the remaining chapters at the beginning of next week.
The 8th grade class will begin their new novel, Bad Boy: A Memoir, by Walter Dean Myers. The class will learn the overall themes of the novel, the author's purpose for writing, and the author's point of view. Also, while reading their novel, students will participate in literature circles to discuss the elements of comprehension and other HOTS, journal using writing prompts, create non- linguistic representations of the chapters they have read, and study vocabulary with different partners.
Let's have a great week of learning! Achieving is Believing!!
"Darkness cannot drive- out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive- out hatred; only love can do that." Martin Luther King, Jr.
Discovery School News
Nutrition Talk - presented by Mónica Mourra- Wednesday, February 12th from 1:00 to 2:00 pm for grades 5-8.
PICTURES FOR THE YEARBOOK – The individual and
class pictures for the 2013-2014 yearbook
will be taken from Wednesday, February 12 to Wednesday, February 19. Melissa
Durón from Merlin Pictures will be
taking the photos and will be offering different packets of our students’
pictures at a very convenient price for parents to buy. We encourage parents to
make sure their child is in school and nicely dressed the day assigned for the
photos.
Assigned dates will be posted on the Monday Memo and
the teachers’ blogs.The schedule for the times for each grade is below. Please
be accommodating and patient if we need to make any last minute adjustments to
the schedule:
|
|
Wednesday February, 12
|
Thursday
February, 13
|
Friday
February, 14
|
Tuesday
February, 18
|
Wednesday
February, 19
|
|
Period 1
|
KA
|
2nd grade A
|
4th grade B
|
7th grade
|
11th grade
|
|
Period 2
|
Pre Kinder
|
2nd grade B
|
5th grade A
|
8th grade
|
12th grade
|
|
Period 3
|
Nursery
|
3rd grade A
|
5th grade B
|
9th grade
|
Make up
|
|
Period 4
|
Kinder B
|
3rd grade B
|
6th grade A
|
10th grade A
|
Make up
|
|
Period 5
|
1st grade
|
4th grade A
|
6th grade B
|
10th grade B
|
Make up
|
|
Period 6
|
|
|
|
|
Make up
|
|
Period 7
|
|
|
|
|
|
INFORMATION FOR YOUR BLOG POSTS – Please include the
following information on your blogs:
MAP TESTING – This is week three
(the final week) of our second MAP testing session for this school year. Reports
will be sent home along with the Midterm Progress Reports on Friday, Febrary
14.
PICTURES FOR THE YEARBOOK – The individual and class pictures for the 2013-2014 yearbook will be taken from Tuesday, February
11 to Wednesday, February 19. The specific day and time for each grade will be
posted next week.
CHOIR PARENTS – On Monday,
February 3, at 3:15 p.m., there will be
a mandatory meeting in the school Library for parents of all Choir students
who are planning to travel to New York City in June 2014 to perform at the
prestigious Carnegie Hall. Information will be given concerning the trip and
payments needed, and Important decisions about the trip will be made. We need at least one parent for each
Choir student to attend this meeting.
SCHOLASTIC BOOKS! - This month
your child(ren) will have the opportunity to purchase books through the
International Scholastic Book Clubs.
This is an optional activity offered by the school, in case you want to
motivate your child to read at home and to increase their own library. With your purchase, our library will
accumulate points to redeem for more books for the benefit of your children in
our school. Order forms and catalogues were sent home previously. The final date to purchase the books
online is February 10. The books will arrive at the school in
one single delivery, and we will distribute them to the students according to
their orders, approximately three weeks after the purchase due date. Please
email Ms. Marilis (mzambrana@discoveryschool.edu.hn
) if you have any questions.
FROM THE DPTO – PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS – The DPTO has been organized the traditional Movie Event for Discovery
School families. This year, it will take place at NOVACENTRO on Sunday,
February 9 at 11:00 a.m. for the presentation of THE LEGO MOVIE
No comments:
Post a Comment