FEBRUARY 3 - 7

REMINDERS:

• Do not forget to make your index cards with rules and procedures on a daily basis. YOU MAY USE THEM DURING TESTS!

• Homework must be kept in your binder at all times.
• Tests need to be signed by parents and kept in the binder. Corrections need to be done in the notebook.
• Please bring your book, notebook, binder, and pencil case to class EVERY DAY.
• SHOW YOUR WORK ALL THE TIME!!

DATES TO REMEMBER:

• Tuesday, January 21 – Monday, February 10 – MAP Testing

Date	Subject	6th grade A	6th grade B
Thursday, Feb. 6	Language Arts	10:05	11:40

• Friday, February 7 - MIDTERM
• Sunday, February 9 – Movie Time (Novacentro @ 11:00)
• Friday, February 14 – Progress Reports go home

MAP TOOLKIT:

Do you want to improve your MAP scores?

Here is the math website:  http://www.sowashco.k12.mn.us/ro/pages/studentlinks/map/

INFORMATION FOR PARENTS:

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 Wednesday, February 12 to Wednesday, February 19. The specific day and time for each grade below:

	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

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

SCHOOL FACEBOOK PAGE – Please check out our school Facebook page for news, pictures and tips that are helpful for both teachers and students. Look for Discovery School, Tegucigalpa, Honduras or follow this link: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Discovery-School-Tegucigalpa-Honduras/265341306871650

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PASSING GRADE ACCORDING TO THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION - We would like to remind parents that the passing grade, according to new regulations, is 70% for the Ministry of Education. Your child needs to score at least 70% in order to avoid coming to recuperation exam/s. We encourage you to check blogs and Engrade on a weekly basis, and to keep close communications with teachers.

THIS IS WHAT WE WILL BE COVERING DURING THE WEEK.

A new IXL username and password was provided several weeks ago. Students will now have until Sunday to work on their IXL skills. I will check the IXL reports every Monday.

IXL Skills for the week	AA14, AA15, AA17, AA18
Monday 3	7-3 Writing to Explain Homework: Worksheet
Tuesday 4	7-4 Mental Math: Finding a Percent of a Number Homework: Worksheet
Wednesday 5	7-5 Estimating with Percents Homework: Worksheet
Thursday 6	7-6 Finding Percent of a Number Online tutor: http://www.phschool.com/atschool/academy123/english/academy123_content/wl-book-demo/ph-836s.html http://www.phschool.com/atschool/academy123/english/academy123_content/wl-book-demo/ph-898s.html Homework: Worksheet
Friday 7	7-7 Solve a Simple Problem Homework: Worksheet