Upcoming Dates
* Friday, September 29th: NO SCHOOL – Staff Learning Day
* Thursday, October 5th: Cupertino Library Field Trip from 1:15-2:30pm
If your child already has a library card, please remember to bring the card on this day. If your child needed a new card, your child will be receiving the card during our visit. Please help your child memorize his or her 4-digit PIN number (for new cards, it is the last 4-digits of your home phone number).
* Friday, October 6th: Eaton’s 3rd annual Walk-a-Thon from 1:15-3:05pm
Also, it will be Faith’s last day with us. Her family will be moving to New York. We will miss her!
* Monday, October 9th – Tuesday, October 17th: Parent Conference DISMISSAL TIME IS 1:30pm. Please pick up your child on time!
Today’s Friday Folder has your 20 minute appointment time. Please confirm if you will be able to come during your conference time and also return the attached Input Form by October 6th.
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Dear Families,
In today’s Friday Folder, there is a BOOK IT reading log for the month of October. Make sure you read 15 minutes with your child every day and then initial each day in the month. Please return this reading log at the start of November. If your child reads 15 minutes everyday for the whole month, they will receive a certificate for a free personal pan pizza at Pizza Hut.
Also, this past Wednesday and Thursday, the students were tested on the CELDT. A representative from the district pulled out the students individually to test them on speaking and listening. The results for this test will return in January or February of next year.
Here are some highlights from the week:
Poem of the Week: A Little Red Apple
Song of the Week: Making Words
Kindness is … giving a compliment to somebody.
Story of the Week: Apples, Apples, Apples
Vocabulary of the Week: School Words 4
Word Wall Words: no, to, we, went, with, yes
Next Week’s Sharing: Scary Poem
(4 lines memorized with a picture or object to show)
• Reading & Writing: We worked on our dictionary letters up to U this week. Next week we will be able to finish our dictionaries! We also read about apples and learned the parts of an apple. We have an apple art project that we will be continuing for a few weeks.
• Kindness Journal: We made cards and presents for the teachers and staff at Eaton School. We hope they will appreciate our surprise and visit our website. Also, you can now go to read our Kindness Journals from our website in the Classwork section. There is a link to our online kindness sentences and pictures! Please check it out!
• Language Arts: Many students have been working hard to complete all the activities at each literacy center. Please check your child’s work to see if they finished their work on time. We finished School words in Vocabulary center this past week. Next week, some students will be receiving School 4 for Vocabulary homework. Your child must study SCHOOL 1, 2, 3, and 4 for the test on Thursday (identify 36 words). This is our way of reviewing vocabulary words from the past month. A passing score will be knowing at least 32/36 words, otherwise, your child must study the same School Unit again the following week.
• Math: We have finished Chapter 2 today on subtraction facts! The students have been improving in solving word problems. Good job finding the “magic words!”
• Circuits: We had our third circuit this week. Students went to Mrs. Bachelor’s class and made a picture of their dream house!
• Art: Mrs. Blakeslee is doing an art project from each continent, and we continued our first project, a Mexican painting, to represent the Americas. We are using paint and sponges to draw a landscape picture and to make a border around our drawing!
• Music: We saw Mrs. More again today and learned more songs, dances, and used the wooden and metal instruments.
Enjoy your long vacation! We are having a teacher inservice day tomorrow on Peacebuilders, a new conflict resolution program we will be starting this year. Hopefully this program will help our school to be a nicer, safer place!
Thursday, September 28, 2006
Friday, September 22, 2006
Fall is Here!
Upcoming Dates
Friday, September 29th: NO SCHOOL – Staff Learning Day
Since there is no school on Friday, please remember:
• Friday sharers need to share on Thursday
• Homework is turned in on Thursday
• Friday volunteers please come on Thursday from 2-3pm
• Bring library books to school on Thursday
Thursday, October 5th: Cupertino Library Field Trip from 1:15-2:30pm
Friday, October 6th: Eaton’s 3rd annual Walk-a-Thon from 1:15-3:05pm
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Dear Families,
Thank you for coming out to the chicken dance last Sunday! It was fun to see the students dancing and enjoying all the rides and games! I had lunch there and walked around afterwards. It was a great time!
Here are some highlights from the week:
Poem of the Week: Fall
Song of the Week: Making Words
Kindness is … cheering up a sick friend.
Story of the Week: A Bird Can Fly
Vocabulary of the Week: School Words 3
Word Wall Words: friend, is me, my, play
Next Week’s Sharing: Regular – something made from apples
• Reading & Writing: We worked on our dictionary letters up to Q this week. We also had a few more prince and princesses this week, including: Reva, William, Patricia, and Sammy.
• Word Wall Words: You can access all the word wall words on our class website. Click on “Curriculum” and then “Word Wall” to find the list of words your child should be able to read and spell correctly in their daily writing. I encourage students to use the Word Wall in class whenever they need help spelling.
• Sharing: Please remember that in every sharing, your child must also have an object or picture to show while he/she talks. In a RIDDLE, students bring the object in a brown paper bag. In a POEM or REGULAR sharing, your child can bring the object or drawing and hold it as they talk. Please be prepared on your child’s sharing day! Also, if your child is reading off of a paper, they must practice looking up at the class as they talk (their heads shouldn’t be looking down the whole time). Eventually, I hope students can memorize everything!
• Kindness Journal: We learned about a second grade boy who is a friend of a friend that is in the Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital for Leukemia. We made cards for him and wishes that he gets better.
• Language Arts: Literacy centers went well this week! Students are working on finishing their work in time and checking their own work. In the listening center, I would like students to use their own words when writing sentences (instead of copying words from the story). Also, we are practicing how to write complete sentences.
• Math: Chapter 2 has been all about subtraction. We are learning the magic words for minus such as: left, takes, gives, picks, eats, how many more, etc. We are trying to be careful to pay attention to plus or minus signs in our computation.
• Science: We started our science unit this week on Solids and Liquids. We explored different examples of solids such as wood, metal, plastic, and cloth, and learned how to compare them using science vocabulary such as: soft vs. hard, flexible vs. rigid, pointed vs. flat, transparent vs. opaque, and smooth vs. rough.
• Circuits: We had our second circuit this week. Students went to Mrs. Burgess’ class and made a family portrait. We also had a surprise fire drill and had to line up on the field and wait for the firemen to give the OK!
• Computer Lab: We started our online kindness journals this week. We started typing our first few kindness entries and learned how to use the website. Thank you to Mrs. Komoto who volunteers during computer lab!
• Assembly: We had a special hands-on assembly this week on Oceans. It was a fabulous assembly and we were able to learn about different sea animals and make several projects. It was exciting!
• Super Stars: Congratulations to everyone for getting green super stars all week long! I have had to give reminders for several students to finish their work on time and not talk to others. Please continue reminding your children at home on good behavior. It is important for students to learn responsibility and to try their best at school.
Happy Birthday to Yo and Patricia this weekend! If you saw the website this past week, then you know I didn’t have a very good weekend last week. Many many things to take care of =( Hopefully it will be better this weekend! See you all on Monday!
Friday, September 29th: NO SCHOOL – Staff Learning Day
Since there is no school on Friday, please remember:
• Friday sharers need to share on Thursday
• Homework is turned in on Thursday
• Friday volunteers please come on Thursday from 2-3pm
• Bring library books to school on Thursday
Thursday, October 5th: Cupertino Library Field Trip from 1:15-2:30pm
Friday, October 6th: Eaton’s 3rd annual Walk-a-Thon from 1:15-3:05pm
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Dear Families,
Thank you for coming out to the chicken dance last Sunday! It was fun to see the students dancing and enjoying all the rides and games! I had lunch there and walked around afterwards. It was a great time!
Here are some highlights from the week:
Poem of the Week: Fall
Song of the Week: Making Words
Kindness is … cheering up a sick friend.
Story of the Week: A Bird Can Fly
Vocabulary of the Week: School Words 3
Word Wall Words: friend, is me, my, play
Next Week’s Sharing: Regular – something made from apples
• Reading & Writing: We worked on our dictionary letters up to Q this week. We also had a few more prince and princesses this week, including: Reva, William, Patricia, and Sammy.
• Word Wall Words: You can access all the word wall words on our class website. Click on “Curriculum” and then “Word Wall” to find the list of words your child should be able to read and spell correctly in their daily writing. I encourage students to use the Word Wall in class whenever they need help spelling.
• Sharing: Please remember that in every sharing, your child must also have an object or picture to show while he/she talks. In a RIDDLE, students bring the object in a brown paper bag. In a POEM or REGULAR sharing, your child can bring the object or drawing and hold it as they talk. Please be prepared on your child’s sharing day! Also, if your child is reading off of a paper, they must practice looking up at the class as they talk (their heads shouldn’t be looking down the whole time). Eventually, I hope students can memorize everything!
• Kindness Journal: We learned about a second grade boy who is a friend of a friend that is in the Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital for Leukemia. We made cards for him and wishes that he gets better.
• Language Arts: Literacy centers went well this week! Students are working on finishing their work in time and checking their own work. In the listening center, I would like students to use their own words when writing sentences (instead of copying words from the story). Also, we are practicing how to write complete sentences.
• Math: Chapter 2 has been all about subtraction. We are learning the magic words for minus such as: left, takes, gives, picks, eats, how many more, etc. We are trying to be careful to pay attention to plus or minus signs in our computation.
• Science: We started our science unit this week on Solids and Liquids. We explored different examples of solids such as wood, metal, plastic, and cloth, and learned how to compare them using science vocabulary such as: soft vs. hard, flexible vs. rigid, pointed vs. flat, transparent vs. opaque, and smooth vs. rough.
• Circuits: We had our second circuit this week. Students went to Mrs. Burgess’ class and made a family portrait. We also had a surprise fire drill and had to line up on the field and wait for the firemen to give the OK!
• Computer Lab: We started our online kindness journals this week. We started typing our first few kindness entries and learned how to use the website. Thank you to Mrs. Komoto who volunteers during computer lab!
• Assembly: We had a special hands-on assembly this week on Oceans. It was a fabulous assembly and we were able to learn about different sea animals and make several projects. It was exciting!
• Super Stars: Congratulations to everyone for getting green super stars all week long! I have had to give reminders for several students to finish their work on time and not talk to others. Please continue reminding your children at home on good behavior. It is important for students to learn responsibility and to try their best at school.
Happy Birthday to Yo and Patricia this weekend! If you saw the website this past week, then you know I didn’t have a very good weekend last week. Many many things to take care of =( Hopefully it will be better this weekend! See you all on Monday!
Friday, September 15, 2006
Chicken Dance Weekend
Upcoming Dates:
* Sunday, September 17th: Cupertino Jubilee Chicken Dance @ 12:20pm
Please plan on arriving at 12:00pm. It takes extra time to park and find the Chicken Dance location. Remember to also bring your chicken hats!
* Friday, September 29th: NO SCHOOL – Staff Learning Day
* Thursday, October 5th: Cupertino Library Field Trip from 1:15-2:30pm
* Friday, October 6th: Eaton’s 3rd annual Walk-a-Thon from 1:15-3:05pm
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September 15, 2006
Dear Families,
Our first week of homework and sharing went very well! Everyone passed their vocabulary tests! Also, today’s Friday Folder will have the sharing evaluation form, so you can see which areas your child can work on. Please remember to practice at home and eventually try to have them memorize all the words and sentences. Great start!
We have enough volunteers now! Thank you to Mrs. Nozaki and Mrs. Yokoyama for offering to volunteer on Friday afternoons. We are still hoping to receive more classroom donations for $125 to help pay for many upcoming field trips, activities, and assemblies. Please make your checks out to Eaton School. We are lucky to have supportive families!
Here are some highlights from the week:
Poem of the Week: A Circle of Friends
Song of the Week: Clap Your Name
Kindness is … drawing a picture for someone special.
Story of the Week: The Accidental Zucchini
Vocabulary of the Week: School Words 2
Word Wall Words: he, she, her, his, favorite, like (Make sure
your child can read and identify these words).
Next Week’s Sharing: Fall Poem (remember 4 lines memorized)
• Reading & Writing: We worked on our dictionary letters up to L this week. We also read Diary of a Worm and started our Weekend News journals. Please remember to review the weekend events with your child every Sunday night or Monday morning so that they have ideas to write about during journal time. Also, we continued Prince and Princess writing this week with Faith and Julia.
• Library: Remember to bring library books back to school on Friday so your child can check out a new book!
• Assembly: We had a Walk-a-Thon kickoff assembly. Students will be bringing home forms to try and raise money for our school.
• Kindness Journal: I have been hearing nice “Thank You” words all week long! Keep up these great manners. This week we drew pictures for someone special and we learned it’s nice to give others nice surprises.
• Language Arts: We started our literacy centers this week. You will see this packet (with a green cover sheet) almost every week in the Friday Folder. Your child receives 0, 1, 2, or 3 stars each week for finishing all the activities in centers. This is a growing process. Your child may only receive 1 or 2 stars in the beginning of the year, but I hope by the end of the year, they will receive 3 stars in all categories. I have included our literacy center rubric (how I evaluate work) in this newsletter so you can see how to work with your children on improving their scores. The most difficult center is usually the listening center. This week, we did the listening center together so the students understood how to write five sentences. The five sentences in listening center include:
o 1) This story was about _______. (character – who?)
o 2) In the beginning, _________.
o 3) In the middle, ___________.
o 4) In the end, ______________.
o 5) _____________________. (Conclusion - Did you like the story? What was the best part? What do you think?)
• Math: We have finished Chapter 1! We started looking at Chapter 2, which is on subtraction facts. Word problems are tricky for students, and we are learning “magic words” like: in all, altogether, and join all mean PLUS. We still are completing the math word problems in our workbooks together to practice reading and solving problems.
• Circuits: We had our first circuit this week. Students stayed with me and we read a story called The Way I Feel. We explored our feelings and wrote about why we have different feelings.
• Computer Lab: We explored KidPix this week by drawing pictures using the different tools: pencils, markers, stamps, paint bucket, etc. We are also learning how to save our work in our own folders.
• Buddies: We saw our buddies today and we did an activity called With my Hands. We talked about how we help others with our hands.
• Art: We had our first visit with the art teacher, Mrs. Blakeslee this week! She taught us about our primary colors.
• Music: We also had our first visit with our music teacher, Mrs. More! We used instruments and sung high and low songs.
I hope all of you have a wonderful weekend! I will be going on Sunday to the Chicken Dance so I will see you there! We have been practicing with all the other first graders and it should be fun! Happy Friday!
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Literacy Centers Rubric
* Listening Center
3 stars = colored picture AND 5 or more sentences
2 stars = picture and/or 2-4 sentences OR no picture and 5 or more sentences
1 star = no picture and/or 1 sentence or less OR picture and no sentences
0 = no picture or words
Poetry Center
3 stars = 5 or less mistakes (handwriting)
2 stars = more than 5 mistakes (handwriting)
1 star = skipped 1-2 lines or very messy overall
0 = not finished 5 or more lines
Spelling Center
3 stars = ABC and spelling correct, more than 3 sentences
2 stars = ABC or spelling mistakes, OR less than 3 sentences on the back
1 star = ABC or spelling mistakes, and incomplete in Column 3 or no sentences
0 = Column 2 & 3 not finished
Vocabulary Center
3 stars = No mistakes on vocabulary worksheet, Scholastic News and Dictionary words done
2 stars = spelling/handwriting mistakes on vocabulary sheet OR dictionary or Scholastic News not done
1 star = missing 1-2 words in vocab, OR did not do Scholastic News and Dictionary
0 = not finished 8 or more words and did not do Scholastic News/Dictionary
* Sunday, September 17th: Cupertino Jubilee Chicken Dance @ 12:20pm
Please plan on arriving at 12:00pm. It takes extra time to park and find the Chicken Dance location. Remember to also bring your chicken hats!
* Friday, September 29th: NO SCHOOL – Staff Learning Day
* Thursday, October 5th: Cupertino Library Field Trip from 1:15-2:30pm
* Friday, October 6th: Eaton’s 3rd annual Walk-a-Thon from 1:15-3:05pm
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September 15, 2006
Dear Families,
Our first week of homework and sharing went very well! Everyone passed their vocabulary tests! Also, today’s Friday Folder will have the sharing evaluation form, so you can see which areas your child can work on. Please remember to practice at home and eventually try to have them memorize all the words and sentences. Great start!
We have enough volunteers now! Thank you to Mrs. Nozaki and Mrs. Yokoyama for offering to volunteer on Friday afternoons. We are still hoping to receive more classroom donations for $125 to help pay for many upcoming field trips, activities, and assemblies. Please make your checks out to Eaton School. We are lucky to have supportive families!
Here are some highlights from the week:
Poem of the Week: A Circle of Friends
Song of the Week: Clap Your Name
Kindness is … drawing a picture for someone special.
Story of the Week: The Accidental Zucchini
Vocabulary of the Week: School Words 2
Word Wall Words: he, she, her, his, favorite, like (Make sure
your child can read and identify these words).
Next Week’s Sharing: Fall Poem (remember 4 lines memorized)
• Reading & Writing: We worked on our dictionary letters up to L this week. We also read Diary of a Worm and started our Weekend News journals. Please remember to review the weekend events with your child every Sunday night or Monday morning so that they have ideas to write about during journal time. Also, we continued Prince and Princess writing this week with Faith and Julia.
• Library: Remember to bring library books back to school on Friday so your child can check out a new book!
• Assembly: We had a Walk-a-Thon kickoff assembly. Students will be bringing home forms to try and raise money for our school.
• Kindness Journal: I have been hearing nice “Thank You” words all week long! Keep up these great manners. This week we drew pictures for someone special and we learned it’s nice to give others nice surprises.
• Language Arts: We started our literacy centers this week. You will see this packet (with a green cover sheet) almost every week in the Friday Folder. Your child receives 0, 1, 2, or 3 stars each week for finishing all the activities in centers. This is a growing process. Your child may only receive 1 or 2 stars in the beginning of the year, but I hope by the end of the year, they will receive 3 stars in all categories. I have included our literacy center rubric (how I evaluate work) in this newsletter so you can see how to work with your children on improving their scores. The most difficult center is usually the listening center. This week, we did the listening center together so the students understood how to write five sentences. The five sentences in listening center include:
o 1) This story was about _______. (character – who?)
o 2) In the beginning, _________.
o 3) In the middle, ___________.
o 4) In the end, ______________.
o 5) _____________________. (Conclusion - Did you like the story? What was the best part? What do you think?)
• Math: We have finished Chapter 1! We started looking at Chapter 2, which is on subtraction facts. Word problems are tricky for students, and we are learning “magic words” like: in all, altogether, and join all mean PLUS. We still are completing the math word problems in our workbooks together to practice reading and solving problems.
• Circuits: We had our first circuit this week. Students stayed with me and we read a story called The Way I Feel. We explored our feelings and wrote about why we have different feelings.
• Computer Lab: We explored KidPix this week by drawing pictures using the different tools: pencils, markers, stamps, paint bucket, etc. We are also learning how to save our work in our own folders.
• Buddies: We saw our buddies today and we did an activity called With my Hands. We talked about how we help others with our hands.
• Art: We had our first visit with the art teacher, Mrs. Blakeslee this week! She taught us about our primary colors.
• Music: We also had our first visit with our music teacher, Mrs. More! We used instruments and sung high and low songs.
I hope all of you have a wonderful weekend! I will be going on Sunday to the Chicken Dance so I will see you there! We have been practicing with all the other first graders and it should be fun! Happy Friday!
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Literacy Centers Rubric
* Listening Center
3 stars = colored picture AND 5 or more sentences
2 stars = picture and/or 2-4 sentences OR no picture and 5 or more sentences
1 star = no picture and/or 1 sentence or less OR picture and no sentences
0 = no picture or words
Poetry Center
3 stars = 5 or less mistakes (handwriting)
2 stars = more than 5 mistakes (handwriting)
1 star = skipped 1-2 lines or very messy overall
0 = not finished 5 or more lines
Spelling Center
3 stars = ABC and spelling correct, more than 3 sentences
2 stars = ABC or spelling mistakes, OR less than 3 sentences on the back
1 star = ABC or spelling mistakes, and incomplete in Column 3 or no sentences
0 = Column 2 & 3 not finished
Vocabulary Center
3 stars = No mistakes on vocabulary worksheet, Scholastic News and Dictionary words done
2 stars = spelling/handwriting mistakes on vocabulary sheet OR dictionary or Scholastic News not done
1 star = missing 1-2 words in vocab, OR did not do Scholastic News and Dictionary
0 = not finished 8 or more words and did not do Scholastic News/Dictionary
Friday, September 08, 2006
First Week of September
Upcoming Dates:
* Sunday, September 17th: Cupertino Jubilee Chicken Dance @ 12:20pm
There is a yellow paper in today’s Friday Folder. Please fill out the bottom portion to let me know if your child will or will not participate.
* Friday, September 29th: NO SCHOOL – Staff Learning Day
* Friday, October 6th: Eaton’s Walk-a-Thon and Carnival! Save the Date!
September 8, 2006
Dear Families,
Thank you to those of you who were able to attend Back-to-School Night on Wednesday! I hope you found my website informational and helpful to learn about our classroom. Remember to turn in the following items as soon as possible: $125 classroom donation, library permission slip, website permission slip, and volunteer form. Thank you to Mrs. Komoto, Mrs. Na, and Mrs. Kim for generously offering to volunteer every Friday afternoon. I am hoping to find one more parent to help out during the Friday (or Thursday if there is no school on Friday) afternoon time slot (2:00-3:00pm). Thank you!
Here are some highlights from the week:
Poem of the Week: Manners
Song of the Week: Clap Your Name
Kindness is … saying thank you when somebody helps me.
Word Wall Words: Names of classmates
• Language Arts: We have worked on the alphabet letters up to G. We practice the sounds of each letter and brainstorm words for our Dictionaries. We also started learning about School Words in the vocabulary center.
• Reading: We continued to review the meaning of important words from Rosie’s Walk such as: across, around, over, under, past, and through. We created our own stories called Pete the Pencil to show our understanding of these words. Please read the story they made with your children to help them master the vocabulary.
• Library: We had our first library visit with Mrs. Glass. We went over the rules and expectations of library time. Each Friday, we will listen to a story read-aloud by Mrs. Glass, and then we can check out one book to take home. Please remember to bring back library books every Friday or else your child cannot check out another book.
• Assembly: We had our first assembly today with Gary Lapow. Gary is a songwriter and musician who sings fun songs on his guitar. It was lots of fun!
• Writing: This week we learned the five important parts that make up a friendly letter when we wrote the Back-to-School letters. We will be writing more letters throughout the year. Remember to keep checking the “Classwork” section in our website to read about our Prince and Princesses.
• Kindness Journal: We started our first entry in our Kindness Journal. This is a new project with the students to help them learn (hopefully) to do nice things for others and to have manners. Our first entry was about saying “Thank You.” Please also help to teach your kids to say thank you to you regularly at home. You can say thank you to them also if they help you.
• Math: This week we used cubes to help us with our addition facts. We learned the rule that numbers can be “turned around” in addition. For example: 1+2 = 2+1 because 1+2=3 and 2+1=3. This week I am sending home our first completed math packet. Please remember to review the problems your child missed. Also, word problems are the green/aqua colored pages and we usually do these as a whole class. Please try and have your child practice similar problems at home to see if they can solve the problems by themselves.
Next week, homework packets and sharing will begin. Please have your child ready to be tested in vocabulary and spelling by Thursday, and turn in homework packets on Friday. I am excited to hear your children’s sharing and please remember your child must be prepared with at least 4 complete sentences and have an object or picture to show.
Also on Monday, we will start our Weekend News journals. These journals are to encourage children to write freely without worrying about spelling or grammatical mistakes. Students usually write about what they did over the weekend, however, if nothing exciting happened, they can write about anything they want. It really helps if you can talk with your child Sunday night or Monday morning to review the weekend events. For example: did you go to a special place? Did they see a friend? What did you do at home? Are they excited about an upcoming event? Etc. Thank you for your help!
Please remember your child must be sitting at the table in the mornings. Please don’t have them stand up or walking around. We always line up in order of where they sit at the table, so I’d like kids to stay in line. Thank you. See you on Monday!
* Sunday, September 17th: Cupertino Jubilee Chicken Dance @ 12:20pm
There is a yellow paper in today’s Friday Folder. Please fill out the bottom portion to let me know if your child will or will not participate.
* Friday, September 29th: NO SCHOOL – Staff Learning Day
* Friday, October 6th: Eaton’s Walk-a-Thon and Carnival! Save the Date!
September 8, 2006
Dear Families,
Thank you to those of you who were able to attend Back-to-School Night on Wednesday! I hope you found my website informational and helpful to learn about our classroom. Remember to turn in the following items as soon as possible: $125 classroom donation, library permission slip, website permission slip, and volunteer form. Thank you to Mrs. Komoto, Mrs. Na, and Mrs. Kim for generously offering to volunteer every Friday afternoon. I am hoping to find one more parent to help out during the Friday (or Thursday if there is no school on Friday) afternoon time slot (2:00-3:00pm). Thank you!
Here are some highlights from the week:
Poem of the Week: Manners
Song of the Week: Clap Your Name
Kindness is … saying thank you when somebody helps me.
Word Wall Words: Names of classmates
• Language Arts: We have worked on the alphabet letters up to G. We practice the sounds of each letter and brainstorm words for our Dictionaries. We also started learning about School Words in the vocabulary center.
• Reading: We continued to review the meaning of important words from Rosie’s Walk such as: across, around, over, under, past, and through. We created our own stories called Pete the Pencil to show our understanding of these words. Please read the story they made with your children to help them master the vocabulary.
• Library: We had our first library visit with Mrs. Glass. We went over the rules and expectations of library time. Each Friday, we will listen to a story read-aloud by Mrs. Glass, and then we can check out one book to take home. Please remember to bring back library books every Friday or else your child cannot check out another book.
• Assembly: We had our first assembly today with Gary Lapow. Gary is a songwriter and musician who sings fun songs on his guitar. It was lots of fun!
• Writing: This week we learned the five important parts that make up a friendly letter when we wrote the Back-to-School letters. We will be writing more letters throughout the year. Remember to keep checking the “Classwork” section in our website to read about our Prince and Princesses.
• Kindness Journal: We started our first entry in our Kindness Journal. This is a new project with the students to help them learn (hopefully) to do nice things for others and to have manners. Our first entry was about saying “Thank You.” Please also help to teach your kids to say thank you to you regularly at home. You can say thank you to them also if they help you.
• Math: This week we used cubes to help us with our addition facts. We learned the rule that numbers can be “turned around” in addition. For example: 1+2 = 2+1 because 1+2=3 and 2+1=3. This week I am sending home our first completed math packet. Please remember to review the problems your child missed. Also, word problems are the green/aqua colored pages and we usually do these as a whole class. Please try and have your child practice similar problems at home to see if they can solve the problems by themselves.
Next week, homework packets and sharing will begin. Please have your child ready to be tested in vocabulary and spelling by Thursday, and turn in homework packets on Friday. I am excited to hear your children’s sharing and please remember your child must be prepared with at least 4 complete sentences and have an object or picture to show.
Also on Monday, we will start our Weekend News journals. These journals are to encourage children to write freely without worrying about spelling or grammatical mistakes. Students usually write about what they did over the weekend, however, if nothing exciting happened, they can write about anything they want. It really helps if you can talk with your child Sunday night or Monday morning to review the weekend events. For example: did you go to a special place? Did they see a friend? What did you do at home? Are they excited about an upcoming event? Etc. Thank you for your help!
Please remember your child must be sitting at the table in the mornings. Please don’t have them stand up or walking around. We always line up in order of where they sit at the table, so I’d like kids to stay in line. Thank you. See you on Monday!
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