agosto 13, 2012

First full week.......


Tegucigalpa, Honduras 
Año lectivo 2012-2013


Estimados Padres de familia:

Es un placer el poder estar de nuevo en la escuela y compartir con sus hijos diferentes experiencias tanto formativas como informativas. A continuación detallo mi perfil  profesional de manera que me conozcan mejor.
Mi nombre es Sergio Noel Andino Sierra soy maestro de educación primaria (Escuela Normal Mixta Tegucigalpa, licenciado en Lenguas Extranjeras (UNAH) y tengo un diplomado en formación pedagógica para educación superior(UPNFM), así  mismo una Maestría en Educación (Estudios Multidisciplinarios) (SUNY, Buffalo USA). He estado en Discovery School por 14 años y este será mi vigésimo segundo año de trabajar en la enseñanza. Yo estaré enseñando las clases de Ciencias Sociales en español de secundaria distribuidas de la siguiente manera:
GRADO
SECCION
SEMESTRE
ASIGNATURA
Sexto
Todo el año
Estudios Sociales e Himno Nacional
Séptimo
A
Todo el año
Estudios Sociales y Educación Cívica
Octavo
A
Todo el año
Estudios Sociales y Educación Cívica
Noveno
A y B
Todo el año
Estudios Sociales y Educación Cívica
Décimo
A
Todo el año
Historia de Honduras
Décimoprimero
A
Todo el año
Desarrollo Socio-económico
Décimosegundo
A
Todo el año
Historia de la Cultura e Himno Nacional

El material que utilizaremos consistirá en un cuaderno de espiral, un folder en el que guardarán los trabajos que realizaremos y algún material desechable que pediré en su momento.
Espero que podamos disfrutar juntos de la maravilla de aprender y hacer uso de nuestra creatividad e imaginación.




_________________________          
Mr. Sergio Andino Sierra    
Spanish Social Studies Teacher
Mobile 9996-8565
sandino@discoveryschool.edu.hn         (comunicación)
www.engrade.com                                  (control de calificaciones)
www.discoveryschool.edu.hn                 (revisión del blog)                                                










Tegucigalpa, Honduras; August 2012

DISCOVERY SCHOOL
SPANISH SOCIAL STUDIES

Dear Parents:

It is a great pleasure to start a new school year 2012-2013, and work together towards the academic and personal achievement of your child (en).
 In 6th to 12th grades, the Grading Policy to be used is described as follows:

Homework ………………………………… 10%
Projects and Presentations…………………. 20%
Research…………………………………… 10%
Quizzes…………………………………….. 20%
Class work…………………………………. 40%  
                                                                       100%  

This is the explanation of the aspects to be evaluated:
Homework: will be an extension of the work the students will do in class and need to master at home. 
Projects and Presentations: will involve any activity the students will need to accomplish a task following the school’s philosophy in a certain period of time (what the teacher considers appropriate) 
Research: will consist on navigating in internet or visiting the library to get the necessary information asked by the teacher of a topic and present it in a written report, a Power Point Presentation or any other source to prove levels of knowledge.
Quizzes: will be applied at the end of each unit to check understanding and feedback will be given by the teacher afterwards.
Class work: will be any activity done in class, in accordance with the school’s philosophy (hands-on methodology)                              
The evaluation does not involve effort, behavior and attendance, since it is merely academic achievement based on Course Standards, however the students may lose the right to present either of the aspects mentioned above with out a valid excuse (medical, personal etc.). This grading policy will be applicable to every subject of the study plan.

Late work: It is very important to clarify that each aspect of the grading policy has to be turned in on time, however if the student does not present his/her work on time voluntarily will have consequences in his/ her grades as follows:
The first day of late work will be for granted (the student will still be evaluated with the total worth), the second day the due work (Homework, Projects and Presentations and Research) 5% will be deducted from the total worth. The third day of late work 10% will be deducted from the final worth. The following days of late work will not be taken into consideration for summative evaluation and will have to present his/her work anyways. Please take note of this important information for the benefit of your child’s (en’s) academic performance.

Yours Truly,

_________________________           
Mr. Sergio Andino Sierra    
Spanish Social Studies Teacher
Mobile 9996-8565
sandino@discoveryschool.edu.hn         (comunicación)
www.engrade.com                                  (control de calificaciones)
www.discoveryschool.edu.hn                 (revisión del blog)        


   Week of  August 13-17, 2012
Grades
Subjects
Topics
HW/Assessment
Observations
6th
Estudios Sociales / Himno nacional de Honduras

La persona y su ser social.
Album about Ancient and modern   Wonders of the world

7th
Est. Soc./ Educ. Cìvica

Las Ciencias Sociales
 Relieve de Honduras

Album about country`s authorities

8th 
Est. Soc./ Educ. Cìvica
La América pre colombina. 

Traced map of the Americas

9th 
A y B
Est. Soc./ Educ. Cìvica

Africa
 Personajes importantes de Africa.


World map illustration

10th
Historia de Honduras
Honduras en la historia.


Written report about Honduras

11th
Desarrollo Soc-econ.

Países Mode-los de Desa-rrollo.
Discussions about economy dependency and report.

12th
Historia de la Cultura   / Himno Nac. de Honduras

La Evolución

Las etapas de la pre-historia


Time line represented



           

Open House-- Thursday, August 16th, from 7:30 to 9:00 A.M.