Elementary School Lessons

PROCLAMATION NO. 84

DECLARING THE REGULAR HOLIDAYS, SPECIAL (NON-WORKING) DAYS, AND SPECIAL HOLIDAY (FOR ALL SCHOOLS) FOR THE YEAR 2011:

A. Regular Holidays

New Year’s Day – January 1 (Saturday)

Araw ng Kagitingan – April 9 (Saturday)

Maundy Thursday – April 21

Good Friday – April 22

Labor Day – May 1 (Sunday)

Independence Day – June 12 (Sunday)

National Heroes Day – August 29 (Last Monday of August)

Bonifacio Day – November 30 (Wednesday)

Christmas Day – December 25 (Sunday)

Rizal Day – December 30 (Friday)

B. Special (Non-Working) Days

Ninoy Aquino Day – August 21 (Sunday)

All Saints Day – November 1 (Tuesday)

Last Day of the Year – December 31 (Saturday)

C. Special Holiday (for all schools)

EDSA Revolution Anniversary – February 25 (Friday)

Download the PDF here for more info.

August marks “Buwan ng Wika” in honor of the late President Manuel L. Quezon. Different celebrations in different schools were done to commemorate this day where the Filipino language is the main focus of the month.

School children play different native games, wear traditional Filipino clothes and eat native food and delicacies.

For the intermediate level where the children are now enrolled, they had a poem recitation contest among grades 4 – 5 children. There were 8 contestants (from 8 classes, 4 classes for each grade level) and my son was one of those who competed. They recited “Tayo na sa Bukid”

I missed his performance during the competition because he said it’s ok for me not to watch but I later found out that it was ok. Sigh.

Anyway, the good news was that he won! He bested seven other contestants.

Here he was reciting the poem during the culminating activity in front of the whole school assembly.

Here is what the son loves to watch and read during his free time:  Formula One Grand Prix which is having its last race for the season at the Abu Dhabi Race Track.

He not only watches the races, past and current, but watches the standings as well. He’d rattle off the statistics in the standings, names the drivers, quotes even more numbers from races a few years back and talk endlessly about Formula One.

He loves analyzing numbers, that’s for sure 🙂

Global Art announces call for participants to the 2^nd National Art Competition

Encourage your children to unleash their creative genius at the Global Art Philippines 2^nd National Art Competition. Global Art is an international Creative Art Program that develops and trains children’s creativity and self-expression,

WHAT: Global Art Philippines 2nd National Art Competition

WHO CAN JOIN: Students and non-students of Global Art ages 4 – 16 (there will be three categories)

WHERE: Bahay ng Alumni, University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City

WHEN: November 7, 2010 9:30am – 3pm

THEME: “ONE WORLD”

Registration fee is PhP600.00 inclusive of t-shirt to be worn in the competition.

Winners for each three categories bring home a cash prize of PhP3,000, a trophy and Global Art gift certificates.

Deadline of submission of entries to join Global Art Philippines 2nd National Art Competition is November 5, 2010.

For more information, interested participants may contact Global Art at (02) 515-7005 or email at HQ@globalart-phils.com or visit the Global Art Philippines website at http://www.globalart-phils.com/

This is Mr. Potato Head made from modeling clay of different colors.

How to do the modeling clay project:

1. Draw the figure you want to make using the modeling clay. Pattern the size of the drawing to the board where you will put the modeling clay character.
2. Use rolling pin to flatten the modeling clay. In our case, we used a discarded cling wrap carton roll as rolling pin.
3. Use other materials to shape the body parts like a plastic knife for a more precise cutting of the modeling clay.
4. Make the parts of the (cartoon) character you want to make.
5. Put the parts together.

Don’t forget to take step-by-step photos of your art project to document your progress 🙂

Department of Education or DepEd Guidelines on Suspension of Classes in case of typhoons in Philippine area of responsibility:

• Classes in preschool level in all private and public schools will be automatically suspended with storm signal #1
• Classes in preschool, elementary and high school in all private and public schools will be automatically suspended with storm signal #2
• Classes in all levels are automatically suspended with storm signal #3
• All travel and outdoor activities are canceled with signal #4

For more details: check the Department of Education guidelines on suspension of classes.

Decoding is the ability to translate written language (units of sounds and/or phonetics = letters symbolizing sounds and words) as spoken words.

Decoding is the ability to put together letters to form words like C-A-T being read as “cat”

Decoding is a very important skill in developing the reading skills of children.

• Children should be able to recognize the letters of the alphabet first and match the phonetic sounds that go with each letter before they can begin to decode. First words to be read are the CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words
• Children should be able to put letters together through phonetic sounds to be able to decode, like the example above C-A-T for cat
• Alongside decoding, children should be able to sight -read commonly used words for incorporating with the decoded CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words

How to start decoding?

Start with familiar names and brands that are used on a daily basis and you are starting in the right direction. So better start “reading” those labels like street signs, consumer products, brand names (be careful with these though for the child might get used to reading expensive brand names, LOL)

Don’t forget to have the children “read” their names too, even if they can’t write it yet 🙂