Parents’ Update August 11-15, 2008

FOR PRESCHOOL: please don’t forget that there won’t be regular classes for the preschoolers on Friday, and that they are expected to be at the general practice at Ayala Heights on Friday from 10-12 noon and at the venue on Saturday by 9 a.m.

FOR ELEMENTARY: there will be regular classes on Friday (grade 1 and grade 2 students should be in Raya at 8 am) and the school shall take care of bringing the elementary students to the venue and bringing them back to school by 1 pm, to resume classes. The elementary students are also expected to be at the venue on Saturday by 9 a.m.

All is set for the Pista. Special thanks go out to Prep mommy Cecile Tabbilos for making the reservation of the venue possible : ) See you!

TEACHER ANI

Nursery Tutubi, Pawikan and Pipit

Maligayang Linggo ng Wikang Pambansa!

Pista ngayong linggo sa Nursery! Sisimulan ang linggo sa pagtuklas iba’t ibang mga obrang Filipino na may paksang pista at pagdiriwang. Susundan ito ng pagtalakay ng mga gawain tuwing araw ng pagdiriwang. Manonood rin ng maiksing pelikula ang mga bata upang mas maintindihan at maranasan ang makulay na kulturang ito. Mag-aaral din ang mga klase ng ilang kanta na tunay na magpapasigla sa linggo ng pista ?

Ano ang ginagampanang tungkulin ng bawat kasapi ng aking pamilya? Ano ang kaya kong gawin bilang kasapi nito? Ngayong linggo, patuloy pa ring tatalakayin sa klase ng Nursery ang mas malalim na pagkakakilala ng pamilya. Babasahin ang kwentong Guess How Much I Love You. Bukod sa patuloy na pagsasanay sa pagsusulat at pagtukoy ng mga titik, matututuhan ang pagsusuot ng medyas at sapatos nang mag-isa ? Ang titik po ngayong linggo ay titik R at ang bilang ay 5.

Sa Sabado ay Pista sa Raya! Makikita na nating lahat ang inaabangang pag-awit ng Ningning ng Munting Bituin at pagsayaw ng Itik-Itik ng ating mga anak. Magkita-kita po tayong lahat!

Thanks!

TEACHER RUTH

Kinder Adlaw and Bulan

We’ll discover more things we like in Raya this week. With the help of Celia Studious and Conrad Cat, we’ll talk about why it is important to go to school and the activities we make that keep us busy in class. In our story Klasmeyt, we’ll discover what makes our friends happy and how bullying make us lose friends. We’ll also start counting up to 20; cut and paste following straight and curved lines; learn the pronouns He, she and it; identify, sound and write the letter Hh; identify the secondary colors from primary colors; and enrich our Filipino vocabulary with things that are seen inside the classroom.

A lot of activities await us this week but what makes us all very excited is the upcoming Pista sa Raya this Saturday! Hope to see you all!

TEACHER ISBEL

Prep Bathala and Kabunyian

The Prep kids had a great time doing various activities with their friends in school. I especially liked Friday’s show-and-tell because they all really worked hard for the special tokens for their friends in school. I hope they develop a deeper bond as the school year progresses.

Next week, we move on to appreciating and showing concern for our school. We have the literary piece Apolakus to help us talk about loving the people and things in our school. We will also talk about the ways we can show our love for our school such as taking care of school property. Then, as a supplementary activity, the Prep kids will make a paper maché model of the Raya school using small cereal boxes and old newspaper. We might also have our trip to UP for our map reading (letters will be sent if we will push through with this activity). We will also continue our discussions about MSAIOBEU letters and Proper and Common Nouns in Filipino, Demonstrative pronouns and syllable clapping in English and pictographs in Math.

Again, as a reminder, you may start looking for the Prep’s costume (for girls: Balintawak dress (knee-length) and for boys: white camisa chino and black pants with yellow handkerchief) for our Pista celebration in August and also practice this song at home.

TEACHER JEANNE

Grade 1 Matapat

“What does it mean to value something?” will be the center of our discussion this week. The springboard pieces this week are: SI Iking Paniki and Money Mystery. In Math, we will be rounding off to the nearest 10th and also learn about the value of money in coins. In Science, we will talk about the levels of vulnerability of animals. In Integrated Language Arts, we will cover plural nouns and the consonant blends pr, pl, and sl. We will also make use of the words “ang” and “ang mga” for our GOLD in Filipino. In C&I, we will talk about the unique animals that can be found in the Philippines.

This Thursday, we will review all the spelling words that we have been practicing since the start of the school year. Please review the spelling word list below with your children.

well
do
all
they
ran
into
say
are
brown
but
must
ate
did
am
ride
yes
saw
like
came
because
the
numbers (one - ten)
days of the week (Monday-Sunday)
months (January - December)
colors
body parts (head, heart, eyes, etc.)

TEACHER TONI

Grade 2 Marangal

Hi parents!

Five days to go before Pista sa Raya! Your kids have been working hard for their spot numbers for the past weeks. They have almost mastered Limang Dipang Tao and singkil and are already very excited to perform. I’m sure you will all be proud of them on Saturday. ?

As you know, Pista sa Raya is our own version of Linggo ng Wika. And for this week, we will focus on wikang Filipino in C & I. In Math, we will learn to use the terms “groups”, “rows” and “product” in multiplication. We will also try to answer Filipino word problems involving addition and subtraction. In Language Arts, we will review the present and past tenses of verbs and then learn future tense and adverbs. Science will be about inherited characteristics. We will also write about the characteristics we have inherited from our parents in Theme Writing. Lastly, in Art, we will make murals using the different art materials and try to apply the elements of art we have studied in class: lines, shape, color, space, texture.

Our springboard pieces for this week are Ang Ambisyosong Istetoskop and Tuko, The Tenor Wannabe.

TEACHER MICHELLE