Upcoming Dates
* Monday, November 20th: De Anza Flint Center Field Trip
We will be traveling by bus to De Anza College to watch the play, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. We will leave around 9:30am and return by 12:00pm. Thank you Mr. Hung (Jonathan’s father) for being our chaperone.
* Wednesday, November 22nd – Friday, November 24th: NO SCHOOL – Thanksgiving Break
* Monday, November 27th: Scholastic Book Orders Due!
I have attached the November and December Seesaw and Lucky book orders to today’s newsletter. If you are interested in purchasing books, please fill out the forms and write ONE check payable to Scholastic Book Clubs. Please return the forms by the Monday after Thanksgiving.
* Friday, December 1st: Turn in November’s BOOK-IT Reading Log
The December reading log will go home in that Friday Folder
* Friday, December 8th: First Trimester Report Cards go home.
Next Tuesday is the end of the first trimester. The report card will evaluate your child’s progress from the beginning of the year to this point in the year.
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Dear Families,
I hope you enjoyed the long weekend! On Monday, Anushka joined our class. Please welcome her and her family to Eaton. We learned more about Anushka during our Princess of the Day activity. You can read about Anushka on our classroom website!
Here are some highlights from the week:
Poem of the Week: Here is a Turkey
Song of the Week: Seasons
Kindness is … giving thanks.
Story of the Week: Lunch
Vocabulary of the Week: People 3
Word Wall Words: away, does, live, pull, where
Next Week’s Sharing: No sharing! Short week!
• Language Arts: Theme 2 All Together Now – Week 3
• Stories: A Hut for Zig Bug and The Rope Tug
• Word Families: –ug (hug, tug, rug) and -ut (but, hut, cut)
• Sounds: q, j, z and short u
• Grammar: Action Words
• Writing: This week we wrote several things. We discussed what Thanksgiving means and wrote about things we are thankful for. Also, we pretended we were turkeys and did a writing activity from the point of view of a turkey!
• Social Studies: We learned about Thanksgiving and the reason why we celebrate it! The students made a book called The Thanksgiving Story about Pilgrims, Indians, and the Mayflower. I hope you enjoyed reading the book with your child yesterday!
• Science: We are starting a new first grade circuit on Tuesday afternoons. This new circuit is all from a science unit in the district called Here’s Looking At You. This program teaches students how to treat others and that they are special. It also has components about staying away from drugs, alcohol, smoking, etc. This week, we worked with Mrs. Burgess on reasons why we are each special.
• Art: We continued working on our still picture drawings of flowers with Mrs. Blakeslee. This time we worked on our final draft using colors to finish our pictures.
• Music: This week with Mrs. More we sang a fun Fall leaf song where we danced and moved like falling leaves. Also, we learned a hello dance and march. We finished with our metal and wood instruments.
After Thanksgiving, we will be starting Star of the Week. When your child is the Star of the Week, they will bring home a poster on Monday and they have to complete the poster by Friday of the same week. They will need to read and share their poster with the class. Then that weekend, they will take home our class stuffed animal, Beebear. Each student will write and draw what they did with Beebear over the weekend, and return Beebear on Monday. This is a fun activity because students love to share Beebear! Don’t worry, parents, Beebear is machine washable!
Congratulations to Yo, who was our Author of the Month today. He shared a writing we did in October on monsters. Great Job! Next week is very short! Therefore, we will not be doing homework, sharing, and there will not be any Friday Folders. I will be traveling to Asia, specifically Japan and Taiwan, over the holidays because my cousin is getting married. I hope everyone enjoys the long Thanksgiving weekend!
Friday, November 17, 2006
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Veteran's Day
Upcoming Dates
* Friday, November 10th: NO SCHOOL TOMORROW– Veteran’s Day
* Monday, November 20th: De Anza Flint Center Field Trip
We will be traveling by bus to De Anza College to watch the play, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. I am still missing a few permission slips. Please make sure you turn them in ASAP. Also, we will have Mr. Hung (Jonathan’s father), come with us on this field trip. Thank you to the other parents who were available to chaperone, but unfortunately we can only have one parent this time.
* Wednesday, November 22nd – Friday, November 24th: NO SCHOOL – Thanksgiving Break
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Dear Families,
What a short week! This will be a short newsletter as well. I’m glad the rain stopped and the sunshine came out for a while. It’s that time of the year when everyone needs to be extra careful about not getting sick! Stay warm and healthy! I wasn’t feeling well earlier in the week, so it’s definitely coming around! Here are some highlights from the week:
Poem of the Week: My Nose
Song of the Week: The Eaton Song
Kindness is … offering free hugs.
Story of the Week: Lunch
Vocabulary of the Week: People 2
Word Wall Words: brother, do, for, I, said, sister
Next Week’s Sharing: Regular – something you are thankful for
(Prepare 5 complete sentences and try to memorize the words.
Bring an object or picture to show while you share).
• Language Arts: Theme 2 All Together Now – Week 2
• Stories: What Can a Vet Do? and Hot Fox Soup
• Word Families: –et (pet, vet, met) and -en (ten, pen, men)
• Sounds: y, k, v, and short e
• Grammar: Naming Words
This week, we started doing many Thanksgiving projects and turkey art. We made a turkey using our hands, we wrote about things we are thankful for on turkey feathers, and we also read a Thanksgiving story about Pilgrims and Indians. November is already flying by really fast!
* Friday, November 10th: NO SCHOOL TOMORROW– Veteran’s Day
* Monday, November 20th: De Anza Flint Center Field Trip
We will be traveling by bus to De Anza College to watch the play, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. I am still missing a few permission slips. Please make sure you turn them in ASAP. Also, we will have Mr. Hung (Jonathan’s father), come with us on this field trip. Thank you to the other parents who were available to chaperone, but unfortunately we can only have one parent this time.
* Wednesday, November 22nd – Friday, November 24th: NO SCHOOL – Thanksgiving Break
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Dear Families,
What a short week! This will be a short newsletter as well. I’m glad the rain stopped and the sunshine came out for a while. It’s that time of the year when everyone needs to be extra careful about not getting sick! Stay warm and healthy! I wasn’t feeling well earlier in the week, so it’s definitely coming around! Here are some highlights from the week:
Poem of the Week: My Nose
Song of the Week: The Eaton Song
Kindness is … offering free hugs.
Story of the Week: Lunch
Vocabulary of the Week: People 2
Word Wall Words: brother, do, for, I, said, sister
Next Week’s Sharing: Regular – something you are thankful for
(Prepare 5 complete sentences and try to memorize the words.
Bring an object or picture to show while you share).
• Language Arts: Theme 2 All Together Now – Week 2
• Stories: What Can a Vet Do? and Hot Fox Soup
• Word Families: –et (pet, vet, met) and -en (ten, pen, men)
• Sounds: y, k, v, and short e
• Grammar: Naming Words
This week, we started doing many Thanksgiving projects and turkey art. We made a turkey using our hands, we wrote about things we are thankful for on turkey feathers, and we also read a Thanksgiving story about Pilgrims and Indians. November is already flying by really fast!
Friday, November 03, 2006
Start of November
Upcoming Dates
* Thursday, November 9th: Cupertino Library Field Trip
Hopefully it will not rain this time! Remember to bring your library cards to school and memorize your 4-digit PIN number. Students who did not have library cards yet will receive new ones on this visit. Students will be checking out 2 books. Please return the books to the Cupertino Library on your own (do not send the books back to Eaton).
* Friday, November 10th: NO SCHOOL – Veteran’s Day
Remember to turn in homework and library books on THURSDAY. Friday sharers should also be ready to present on Thursday. Also, Friday volunteers can come at the same time Thursday afternoon. Thank you.
* Monday, November 20th: De Anza Flint Center Field Trip
We will be traveling by bus to De Anza College to watch the play, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. There is a yellow permission slip in today’s Friday Folder. Please return it by Thursday.
* Wednesday, November 22nd – Friday, November 24th: NO SCHOOL – Thanksgiving Break
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Dear Families,
This was an exciting week! I hope all of your families enjoyed our Halloween parade and had a safe time trick-or-treating. All of the children were so adorable in their costumes!
Here are some highlights from the week:
Poem of the Week: Pumpkin
Song of the Week: The Eaton Song
Kindness is … saying, “Happy Halloween” when trick-or-treating.
Story of the Week: Alice and Greta
Vocabulary of the Week: People 1
Word Wall Words: five, four, in, once, three, two, upon, what
Next Week’s Sharing: Riddle – an animal (Prepare 4 complete
sentences and try to memorize the words. Bring an object or picture hidden inside a bag).
• Language Arts: Theme 2 All Together Now – Week 1
• Stories: The Box and Wigs in a Box
• Word Families: –ox (fox, lox, box) and -ot (cot, hot, got)
• Sounds: d, w, l, x and short o
• Grammar: capitalizing names and word order in sentences
• Writing: This week we made a Halloween story using our senses. We pretended we were in a haunted house and described things we saw, smelled, touched, and heard. Also, we used descriptive words to write how we felt.
• Math: We are finishing Data and Graphs. We practiced making bar graphs and answering word problems to interpret the graphs. This is a difficult chapter for many students, especially problem solving questions that require students to read clues. Keep practicing!
• Science: We reviewed our Solids and Liquids vocabulary. This week we explored different types of liquids and how liquids look different in various containers. We wrote down our observations.
• Computer Lab: This week we began using another software program called Kidspiration. This program is a tool for brainstorming and making mind maps. We started creating a mind map called All About Me where we showed our favorite colors, animals, foods, and shapes. We will be continuing our project next week.
• Art: Mrs. Blakeslee taught us how to do still life drawings of flowers. We also did several drafts in pencil and then in colored pencil to create the final picture.
• Music: Mrs. More taught us about rhythm and beats by playing big and small drums. We also used the wood and metal instruments.
Remember that part of homework is to read 15 minutes everyday and to record it on our monthly reading logs. If you have not turned in your October reading log, please do so. I sent home November’s reading log on Wednesday. Please return it after December 1st. It is important that your child is reading everyday in school and at home with you.
Also, next week is a short week! There is no school on Friday, so please be prepared to turn in everything including library books on Thursday. I had to remind students more frequently this week about following class rules and being nice friends. It is important that students understand that rules have to be followed (for example, red light = stop, and we cannot just do whatever we want). I hope that we can be good role models as adults to show students that we follow rules too.
Congratulations to Lenny who received a certificate for the Room 8 winner of most laps walked during our Walk-a-Thon. Also, congratulations to Julia who received another certificate for the Room 8 winner of most money raised for our Walk-a-Thon. Great job! Have a great weekend! Stay dry!
* Thursday, November 9th: Cupertino Library Field Trip
Hopefully it will not rain this time! Remember to bring your library cards to school and memorize your 4-digit PIN number. Students who did not have library cards yet will receive new ones on this visit. Students will be checking out 2 books. Please return the books to the Cupertino Library on your own (do not send the books back to Eaton).
* Friday, November 10th: NO SCHOOL – Veteran’s Day
Remember to turn in homework and library books on THURSDAY. Friday sharers should also be ready to present on Thursday. Also, Friday volunteers can come at the same time Thursday afternoon. Thank you.
* Monday, November 20th: De Anza Flint Center Field Trip
We will be traveling by bus to De Anza College to watch the play, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. There is a yellow permission slip in today’s Friday Folder. Please return it by Thursday.
* Wednesday, November 22nd – Friday, November 24th: NO SCHOOL – Thanksgiving Break
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Dear Families,
This was an exciting week! I hope all of your families enjoyed our Halloween parade and had a safe time trick-or-treating. All of the children were so adorable in their costumes!
Here are some highlights from the week:
Poem of the Week: Pumpkin
Song of the Week: The Eaton Song
Kindness is … saying, “Happy Halloween” when trick-or-treating.
Story of the Week: Alice and Greta
Vocabulary of the Week: People 1
Word Wall Words: five, four, in, once, three, two, upon, what
Next Week’s Sharing: Riddle – an animal (Prepare 4 complete
sentences and try to memorize the words. Bring an object or picture hidden inside a bag).
• Language Arts: Theme 2 All Together Now – Week 1
• Stories: The Box and Wigs in a Box
• Word Families: –ox (fox, lox, box) and -ot (cot, hot, got)
• Sounds: d, w, l, x and short o
• Grammar: capitalizing names and word order in sentences
• Writing: This week we made a Halloween story using our senses. We pretended we were in a haunted house and described things we saw, smelled, touched, and heard. Also, we used descriptive words to write how we felt.
• Math: We are finishing Data and Graphs. We practiced making bar graphs and answering word problems to interpret the graphs. This is a difficult chapter for many students, especially problem solving questions that require students to read clues. Keep practicing!
• Science: We reviewed our Solids and Liquids vocabulary. This week we explored different types of liquids and how liquids look different in various containers. We wrote down our observations.
• Computer Lab: This week we began using another software program called Kidspiration. This program is a tool for brainstorming and making mind maps. We started creating a mind map called All About Me where we showed our favorite colors, animals, foods, and shapes. We will be continuing our project next week.
• Art: Mrs. Blakeslee taught us how to do still life drawings of flowers. We also did several drafts in pencil and then in colored pencil to create the final picture.
• Music: Mrs. More taught us about rhythm and beats by playing big and small drums. We also used the wood and metal instruments.
Remember that part of homework is to read 15 minutes everyday and to record it on our monthly reading logs. If you have not turned in your October reading log, please do so. I sent home November’s reading log on Wednesday. Please return it after December 1st. It is important that your child is reading everyday in school and at home with you.
Also, next week is a short week! There is no school on Friday, so please be prepared to turn in everything including library books on Thursday. I had to remind students more frequently this week about following class rules and being nice friends. It is important that students understand that rules have to be followed (for example, red light = stop, and we cannot just do whatever we want). I hope that we can be good role models as adults to show students that we follow rules too.
Congratulations to Lenny who received a certificate for the Room 8 winner of most laps walked during our Walk-a-Thon. Also, congratulations to Julia who received another certificate for the Room 8 winner of most money raised for our Walk-a-Thon. Great job! Have a great weekend! Stay dry!
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