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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!