We had such a fun week! We finished our holiday studies and learned about many celebrations around the world. Our classroom was decorated this week with all of our beautiful projects from countries and holidays including Germany, Holland, Diwali, China, Christmas, Sweden, Hanukkah, Mexico, and Ireland. We are not returning the projects until later, but their holiday book is coming home today so you can see all the interesting celebrations they have learned!
In addition, we made Santa pop-up cards and a special present for your families! We talked about special celebrations throughout the year and we hope you like our surprise! We also decorated our tree with the pasta ornaments that your child is bringing home.
Today was our Polar Express Day. Our classroom was set up like a train and the students all had train tickets to hear the magical story. Then we received golden bells just like the boy in the story. It was fun to wear our pajamas to school like the children in the story while drinking hot cocoa! We also did a kindness project and brought hot cocoa to all the teachers and staff in their classrooms! The kids did a great job showing kindness! In the afternoon, we watched the movie version of Polar Express.
Thank you for the wonderful cards and presents. I am blessed with a kind class of students and parents. Thank you for your support!
This week, Kevin L. was our Star of the Week. On Monday when we return, we will be getting another new boy in our classroom! You can also return your December reading log when we return. I have included January’s reading log so you can record books for the first week of January.
I hope all of you have a safe and relaxing holiday. I will be in Tahoe this weekend, but will be in the area for the rest of the two weeks. I am looking forward to resting and spending time with friends and family! I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! I will see you all on Monday, January 7th and can’t wait to hear about your vacations!!!
Friday, December 21, 2007
Friday, December 07, 2007
December is here!
Upcoming Dates
* Friday, December 14th: Canned Food Drive
Today your child will be bringing home a brown bag with his or her name on it. This bag describes the different types of food you can donate for the canned food drive. Also, there will be a paper attached to it. Please fill it out and return by next Friday. Bring your bags back with canned foods to donate! Thank you!
* Monday, December 17th – Friday, December 21st: No homework packets
I will not be sending home homework packets the week before Winter Recess, so there will be no spelling or vocabulary test because of the holidays. However, please continue to prepare your child’s sharing and continue reading daily for 15 minutes for the Book-It! Reading Log. Remember the reading logs are due when we come back after Winter Recess. *** Friday parent volunteers: You do not need to come help on Friday, December 21st. Thank you!***
* Friday, December 21st: Polar Express Party
This will be a special day to celebrate the holidays! We will be doing activities and games based off of the story, The Polar Express, by Chris Van Allsburg. It will also be a pajama day (because we are pretending to be the children in the train)! Please send your child to school in their favorite pajamas and they can also bring one stuffed animal or pillow too.
* Monday, December 24th to January 4th: NO SCHOOL – Winter Recess
School will resume on Monday, January 7th.
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Dear Families,
On Monday, we went to Fremont High School and watched the play, The Elves and the Shoemaker. It was about a Shoemaker who did a kind act and freed an elf from an evil man. In return, the elves visited the Shoemaker each night and helped him make many shoes for his business. We learned that when you do nice things for others, others will do nice things for you. It was funny and entertaining to watch. Thank you to Mrs. Yang for coming with us on this field trip!
Here are some highlights from the week:
Star of the Week: Kota
Poem of the Week: I Heard a Bird Sing
Song of the Week: Four Seasons
Story of the Week: A Bird Can Fly
Kindness is … seeking wise people.
Vocabulary of the Week: People 5
Next Week’s Sharing: Riddle – your favorite holiday
(4 clues with object/picture hidden in a bag)
• Language Arts:
o Theme 2: Let’s Look Around - Week 2
o Story Selection: Mr. C’s Dinner
o Strategy and Skill Focus: Making Predictions and Inferences
o High Frequency Words: all, call, eat, every, first, never, paper, shall, why
o Word Families: -ip, -in
o Phonemic Awareness: blending and segmenting
o Sounds: verb endings –s, -ed, -ing, short I, possessives with ‘s
o Grammar: Naming Part of a Sentence
• Math: This week we worked on word problems and reading carefully for too much information. It is important students really understand what is being asked in the questions and not just adding or subtracting numbers. We finished this chapter on number patterns to 100 and took our test yesterday. Please review the the mistakes on your child’s test.
• Writing: Today we wrote letters to Santa about why we have been good this year. Next week we will illustrate our letters!
• Computer Lab: On Monday we started working with a new program called Kidspiration. Kidspiration is a software tool to help with brainstorming and outlining ideas. This week we made an All About Me outline. We chose our favorite colors, animals, shapes, and foods and made a brainstorming map using words and pictures.
• Social Studies: We continued our Holidays Around the World circuit with Holland, Kwanzaa, and Divali. First we learned that kids in Holland place wooden shoes with carrots and hay in their windows for Sinterklaas. Then we went to Mrs. Nieveen’s class to learn about Kwanzaa and made mkeka’s or straw mats. Finally this week, we went to Mrs. Tambe’s class to learn about Divali and holidays in India.
• PE: This week we went with Mrs. Barelli to play cardio games including one called Octopus.
• Library: Our regular Eaton library visit on Friday morning is cancelled because of the book fair. Our next visit will be on Friday, December 14th.
• Assembly: Today we had an assembly called “Light up The Lights.” It was filled with multicultural winter songs from around the world! The singer was Gary Lapow and he was really good at involving the kids.
• Art: Students brought home two of their art projects this week. One was the clay discs that students molded and painted. Another was a lesson on lines and different designs. In our class we have been starting several art projects for the holidays including an ornament and a picture frame. They will bring these home in the last week.
• Book It! Reading Logs: Thank you for reading with your child and completing the Book It! Program each month. Remember that summarizing a story in writing must have the following:
o Who are the characters and where is the setting?
o What happened in the beginning?
o What is the problem in the middle?
o What is the solution at the end?
o Conclusion – This story was great. I liked the part when _____.
A summary can be about 5 sentences.
A retell is similar, however, it is done verbally and more details have to be included in the beginning, middle, and end. A retell means to share the whole story as if you are a storyteller. Please keep practicing!
Report cards are coming out today. Remember that the grades are from August to November 16th. Please keep the report card at home, but return the yellow envelope on Monday. Thanks! Good job so far everyone!
* Friday, December 14th: Canned Food Drive
Today your child will be bringing home a brown bag with his or her name on it. This bag describes the different types of food you can donate for the canned food drive. Also, there will be a paper attached to it. Please fill it out and return by next Friday. Bring your bags back with canned foods to donate! Thank you!
* Monday, December 17th – Friday, December 21st: No homework packets
I will not be sending home homework packets the week before Winter Recess, so there will be no spelling or vocabulary test because of the holidays. However, please continue to prepare your child’s sharing and continue reading daily for 15 minutes for the Book-It! Reading Log. Remember the reading logs are due when we come back after Winter Recess. *** Friday parent volunteers: You do not need to come help on Friday, December 21st. Thank you!***
* Friday, December 21st: Polar Express Party
This will be a special day to celebrate the holidays! We will be doing activities and games based off of the story, The Polar Express, by Chris Van Allsburg. It will also be a pajama day (because we are pretending to be the children in the train)! Please send your child to school in their favorite pajamas and they can also bring one stuffed animal or pillow too.
* Monday, December 24th to January 4th: NO SCHOOL – Winter Recess
School will resume on Monday, January 7th.
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Dear Families,
On Monday, we went to Fremont High School and watched the play, The Elves and the Shoemaker. It was about a Shoemaker who did a kind act and freed an elf from an evil man. In return, the elves visited the Shoemaker each night and helped him make many shoes for his business. We learned that when you do nice things for others, others will do nice things for you. It was funny and entertaining to watch. Thank you to Mrs. Yang for coming with us on this field trip!
Here are some highlights from the week:
Star of the Week: Kota
Poem of the Week: I Heard a Bird Sing
Song of the Week: Four Seasons
Story of the Week: A Bird Can Fly
Kindness is … seeking wise people.
Vocabulary of the Week: People 5
Next Week’s Sharing: Riddle – your favorite holiday
(4 clues with object/picture hidden in a bag)
• Language Arts:
o Theme 2: Let’s Look Around - Week 2
o Story Selection: Mr. C’s Dinner
o Strategy and Skill Focus: Making Predictions and Inferences
o High Frequency Words: all, call, eat, every, first, never, paper, shall, why
o Word Families: -ip, -in
o Phonemic Awareness: blending and segmenting
o Sounds: verb endings –s, -ed, -ing, short I, possessives with ‘s
o Grammar: Naming Part of a Sentence
• Math: This week we worked on word problems and reading carefully for too much information. It is important students really understand what is being asked in the questions and not just adding or subtracting numbers. We finished this chapter on number patterns to 100 and took our test yesterday. Please review the the mistakes on your child’s test.
• Writing: Today we wrote letters to Santa about why we have been good this year. Next week we will illustrate our letters!
• Computer Lab: On Monday we started working with a new program called Kidspiration. Kidspiration is a software tool to help with brainstorming and outlining ideas. This week we made an All About Me outline. We chose our favorite colors, animals, shapes, and foods and made a brainstorming map using words and pictures.
• Social Studies: We continued our Holidays Around the World circuit with Holland, Kwanzaa, and Divali. First we learned that kids in Holland place wooden shoes with carrots and hay in their windows for Sinterklaas. Then we went to Mrs. Nieveen’s class to learn about Kwanzaa and made mkeka’s or straw mats. Finally this week, we went to Mrs. Tambe’s class to learn about Divali and holidays in India.
• PE: This week we went with Mrs. Barelli to play cardio games including one called Octopus.
• Library: Our regular Eaton library visit on Friday morning is cancelled because of the book fair. Our next visit will be on Friday, December 14th.
• Assembly: Today we had an assembly called “Light up The Lights.” It was filled with multicultural winter songs from around the world! The singer was Gary Lapow and he was really good at involving the kids.
• Art: Students brought home two of their art projects this week. One was the clay discs that students molded and painted. Another was a lesson on lines and different designs. In our class we have been starting several art projects for the holidays including an ornament and a picture frame. They will bring these home in the last week.
• Book It! Reading Logs: Thank you for reading with your child and completing the Book It! Program each month. Remember that summarizing a story in writing must have the following:
o Who are the characters and where is the setting?
o What happened in the beginning?
o What is the problem in the middle?
o What is the solution at the end?
o Conclusion – This story was great. I liked the part when _____.
A summary can be about 5 sentences.
A retell is similar, however, it is done verbally and more details have to be included in the beginning, middle, and end. A retell means to share the whole story as if you are a storyteller. Please keep practicing!
Report cards are coming out today. Remember that the grades are from August to November 16th. Please keep the report card at home, but return the yellow envelope on Monday. Thanks! Good job so far everyone!
Friday, November 30, 2007
Almost December!
Upcoming Dates
* Monday, December 3rd: November Book-It Reading Log Due!
Remember to turn in your November reading log! I have included December’s Reading Log in today’s Friday Folder.
* Monday, December 3rd: Elves & The Shoemaker Play Field Trip
Thank you to Mrs. Yang who will be our chaperone for this trip. We will be leaving school at around 10:30am and will return by lunch time.
* Tuesday, December 4th: Book Fair Family Night 6:00-8:00pm
The Eaton library is holding a book fair next week. You can come to the Family night Tuesday or go after school any day next week to look at books for purchase.
* Monday, December 17th – Friday, December 21st: No homework packets
I will not be sending home homework packets the week before Winter Recess, so there will be no spelling or vocabulary test because of the holidays. However, please continue to prepare your child’s sharing and continue reading daily for 15 minutes for the Book-It! Reading Log. Remember the reading logs are due when we come back after Winter Recess. *** Friday parent volunteers: You do not need to come help on Friday, December 21st. Thank you!***
*Friday, December 21st: Polar Express Party
This will be a special day to celebrate the holidays! We will be doing activities and games based off of the story, The Polar Express, by Chris Van Allsburg. It will also be a pajama day (because we are pretending to be the children in the train)! Please send your child to school in their favorite pajamas and they can also bring one stuffed animal or pillow too.
Monday, December 24th to January 4th: NO SCHOOL – Winter Recess
School will resume on Monday, January 7th.
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Dear Families,
I love this time of the year! I hope all of you enjoyed your long Thanksgiving break! I stayed around the area and had a feast with my family! Tuesday before Thanksgiving we finished our Thanksgiving books. I hope you were able to read their books with them! Afterwards, I had students try a pumpkin pie. Almost all the students had never tasted one before and they loved it!
Thank you to all the families who donated books for our Eaton Book Drive. Part of teaching kindness is helping the students understand that we really are so fortunate to have everything we have. Some kids don’t have basic needs such as homes, food, or clothing, so we can show kindness by donating things to people less fortunate than us. Thank you for your participation.
Also, we had a great time on our field trip last week to Natural Bridges State Park! It was an all day adventure. After we rode the bus there, students had time to play in the sand, eat lunch, then play some more. Our butterfly tour started at 1pm. We first looked at real-life stuffed animals like owls, sea otters, and wolves. Then we watched a short instructional video on the monarch butterfly life cycle. Afterwards, we got to hold and feel butterflies whom had died and we learned that we shouldn’t try and touch real butterflies. We also wore glasses that showed us what butterflies see from their compound eyes! Finally, we took a little walk to the butterfly grove and there were hundreds of monarch butterflies in the trees! It was an amazing experience. Thank you to Mrs. Okubo for coming with us that day!
Here are some highlights from the week:
Star of the Week: Miss Yu =)
Poem of the Week: You and Me
Song of the Week: Four Seasons
Story of the Week: The Little Ant
Kindness is … using good manners.
Vocabulary of the Week: People 4
Next Week’s Sharing: Family Poem
(at least four lines memorized and a picture to show)
• Language Arts:
o Theme 2: Let’s Look Around - Week 1
o Story Selection: Seasons
o Strategy and Skill Focus: Evaluate and Topic, Main Idea, Summarizing
o High Frequency Words: animal, bird, cold, fall, flower, full, look, of, see
o Word Families: -ack, -ap
o Phonemic Awareness: blending and segmenting
o Sounds: final consonants (-ll), short a, plurals with -s
o Grammar: What is a Sentence?
• Math: This week we practiced estimation and talking about greater than, less than, or equal. This chapter really focuses on knowing numbers to 100 and skip counting. Next week we will take our Chapter Test.
• Computer Lab: This week we finished pictures in Kidpix for our November kindness journals. I have updated all the pictures on our Kindness website so please check it out! (www.geocities.com/missyu_grace - Classwork section)
• Social Studies: For the next four weeks, we are learning about holidays around the world. Our first grade circuits are also on this topic. This week we learned about Germany, Sweden, and Hanukkah. We found out that the Christmas tree idea started in Germany and it is really called a Tannenbaum. In Sweden, we learned that the eldest daughter dresses up to pass out goodies to the family. We also went to Mrs. Bachelor’s classroom to learn about Hanukkah. Also, we learned that there are seven continents and illustrated a world map.
• PE: This week Mrs. Burgess taught us some games such as Dead Bug tag and Roadways. We also used hula hoops to learn skills.
• Library: Our regular Eaton library visit on Friday morning is cancelled because of the book fair. Our next visit will be on Friday, December 14th. Next week you can visit the library after school to see the Book Fair!
Look for the Room 8 Directory in today’s Friday folder! Thank you for returning the information sheet. I hope this comes in handy for play dates after school or just getting in touch with others in the class!
We have a new student! Please welcome Nadiya and her family who just started on Monday in our class. She can speak Russian! We are excited to get to know Nadiya and we are happy to have her! You can read about Nadiya in our Prince and Princess section of the website (also under Classwork).
I hope you have a wonderful weekend! Stay warm!
* Monday, December 3rd: November Book-It Reading Log Due!
Remember to turn in your November reading log! I have included December’s Reading Log in today’s Friday Folder.
* Monday, December 3rd: Elves & The Shoemaker Play Field Trip
Thank you to Mrs. Yang who will be our chaperone for this trip. We will be leaving school at around 10:30am and will return by lunch time.
* Tuesday, December 4th: Book Fair Family Night 6:00-8:00pm
The Eaton library is holding a book fair next week. You can come to the Family night Tuesday or go after school any day next week to look at books for purchase.
* Monday, December 17th – Friday, December 21st: No homework packets
I will not be sending home homework packets the week before Winter Recess, so there will be no spelling or vocabulary test because of the holidays. However, please continue to prepare your child’s sharing and continue reading daily for 15 minutes for the Book-It! Reading Log. Remember the reading logs are due when we come back after Winter Recess. *** Friday parent volunteers: You do not need to come help on Friday, December 21st. Thank you!***
*Friday, December 21st: Polar Express Party
This will be a special day to celebrate the holidays! We will be doing activities and games based off of the story, The Polar Express, by Chris Van Allsburg. It will also be a pajama day (because we are pretending to be the children in the train)! Please send your child to school in their favorite pajamas and they can also bring one stuffed animal or pillow too.
Monday, December 24th to January 4th: NO SCHOOL – Winter Recess
School will resume on Monday, January 7th.
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Dear Families,
I love this time of the year! I hope all of you enjoyed your long Thanksgiving break! I stayed around the area and had a feast with my family! Tuesday before Thanksgiving we finished our Thanksgiving books. I hope you were able to read their books with them! Afterwards, I had students try a pumpkin pie. Almost all the students had never tasted one before and they loved it!
Thank you to all the families who donated books for our Eaton Book Drive. Part of teaching kindness is helping the students understand that we really are so fortunate to have everything we have. Some kids don’t have basic needs such as homes, food, or clothing, so we can show kindness by donating things to people less fortunate than us. Thank you for your participation.
Also, we had a great time on our field trip last week to Natural Bridges State Park! It was an all day adventure. After we rode the bus there, students had time to play in the sand, eat lunch, then play some more. Our butterfly tour started at 1pm. We first looked at real-life stuffed animals like owls, sea otters, and wolves. Then we watched a short instructional video on the monarch butterfly life cycle. Afterwards, we got to hold and feel butterflies whom had died and we learned that we shouldn’t try and touch real butterflies. We also wore glasses that showed us what butterflies see from their compound eyes! Finally, we took a little walk to the butterfly grove and there were hundreds of monarch butterflies in the trees! It was an amazing experience. Thank you to Mrs. Okubo for coming with us that day!
Here are some highlights from the week:
Star of the Week: Miss Yu =)
Poem of the Week: You and Me
Song of the Week: Four Seasons
Story of the Week: The Little Ant
Kindness is … using good manners.
Vocabulary of the Week: People 4
Next Week’s Sharing: Family Poem
(at least four lines memorized and a picture to show)
• Language Arts:
o Theme 2: Let’s Look Around - Week 1
o Story Selection: Seasons
o Strategy and Skill Focus: Evaluate and Topic, Main Idea, Summarizing
o High Frequency Words: animal, bird, cold, fall, flower, full, look, of, see
o Word Families: -ack, -ap
o Phonemic Awareness: blending and segmenting
o Sounds: final consonants (-ll), short a, plurals with -s
o Grammar: What is a Sentence?
• Math: This week we practiced estimation and talking about greater than, less than, or equal. This chapter really focuses on knowing numbers to 100 and skip counting. Next week we will take our Chapter Test.
• Computer Lab: This week we finished pictures in Kidpix for our November kindness journals. I have updated all the pictures on our Kindness website so please check it out! (www.geocities.com/missyu_grace - Classwork section)
• Social Studies: For the next four weeks, we are learning about holidays around the world. Our first grade circuits are also on this topic. This week we learned about Germany, Sweden, and Hanukkah. We found out that the Christmas tree idea started in Germany and it is really called a Tannenbaum. In Sweden, we learned that the eldest daughter dresses up to pass out goodies to the family. We also went to Mrs. Bachelor’s classroom to learn about Hanukkah. Also, we learned that there are seven continents and illustrated a world map.
• PE: This week Mrs. Burgess taught us some games such as Dead Bug tag and Roadways. We also used hula hoops to learn skills.
• Library: Our regular Eaton library visit on Friday morning is cancelled because of the book fair. Our next visit will be on Friday, December 14th. Next week you can visit the library after school to see the Book Fair!
Look for the Room 8 Directory in today’s Friday folder! Thank you for returning the information sheet. I hope this comes in handy for play dates after school or just getting in touch with others in the class!
We have a new student! Please welcome Nadiya and her family who just started on Monday in our class. She can speak Russian! We are excited to get to know Nadiya and we are happy to have her! You can read about Nadiya in our Prince and Princess section of the website (also under Classwork).
I hope you have a wonderful weekend! Stay warm!
Friday, November 16, 2007
Almost Thanksgiving!
Upcoming Dates
* Monday, November 19th: Natural Bridges Field Trip
We will be taking the bus with Mrs. Okuno’s class and Mrs. Nieveen’s class to Natural Bridges in Santa Cruz to see the monarch butterflies! Please make sure your child dresses warm and send a PAPER BAG lunch that can be thrown away. If you have not turned in your permission slip yet, please do so MONDAY or your child will not be able to come with us! Thank you to Mrs. Okubo who has volunteered to chaperone.
* Tuesday, November 20th: Scholastic Book Orders Due!
I am sending home the last book order forms for 2007. It will have November and December selections. Please make ONE check payable to Scholastic Book Clubs if you are interested in purchasing any books.
* Wednesday, November 21st to Friday, November 23rd – NO SCHOOL
Happy Thanksgiving break!
* Thursday, November 29th: Cupertino Library Field Trip
This will be our last visit to the Cupertino Library for 2007! Please remember to bring your blue library cards to school and practice memorizing your 4-digit PIN number! Please return the books at your own convenience (not at Eaton).
* Monday, December 3rd: Elves & The Shoemaker Play Field Trip
Please return the permission slip if you haven’t already. Thank you to Mrs. Yang who will be our chaperone for this trip.
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Dear Families,
Hope you had a nice long weekend. This was a short week but it felt long! Many people are starting to get sick (including myself) so please take care! On Tuesday, we had a power outage from the beginning of school until about 11:30am. We opened the doors and windows, so were still able to work, but it was a different experience! We couldn’t do centers that morning because the computers and tape players couldn’t work! We made up the centers on Wednesday instead. Today was the last day of the first trimester. Report cards will be going home the second week in December. Here are some highlights from the week:
Poem of the Week: Here is a Turkey
Song of the Week: Skip Counting
Story of the Week: The Best of Friends
Kindness is … giving thanks.
Vocabulary of the Week: People 3
Next Week’s Sharing: NO SHARING – short week!
• Language Arts:
o Theme 2: Surprise! - Week 3
o Story Selection: A Hut for Zig Bug and The Rope Tug
o Strategy and Skill Focus: Summarize and Story Structure
o High Frequency Words: are, away, does, he, live, pull, they, where
o Word Families: -ug, -ut
o Phonemic Awareness: blending
o Sounds: q, j, z, and short u
o Grammar: Action Words
• Math: We have been practicing our numbers to 100 and skip counting by 2’s, 5’s, and 10’s. This week we also talked about finding numbers 1 more, 1 less, 10 more, or 10 less. Finally, we learned ordinal numbers such as first, second, third, etc. instead of one, two, three.
• Computer Lab: There was no computer lab this week because of Veterans Day and we will also have to skip computer lab next week because of our field trip.
• Social Studies: We talked about Thanksgiving this week and what things we were thankful for. We also made a Thanksgiving pattern book and learned about Pilgrims, Indians, and Thanksgiving dinner.
• PE: This week we were with Mrs. Nieveen. She taught us jump ropes and we practiced jump rope skills.
• Assembly: This week we watched Hawaiian dancers perform hula dancing! It was called “Halau’o Keikiali” and it was lots of fun!
• Buddies: We saw our buddies this week and did an activity with our hands. We traced our hands and wrote down some of our favorite things. Then we thought about ways our hands help others.
• Star of the Week: We will be starting this the week after Thanksgiving. When your child is selected, he/she will bring home a poster on Monday. Please decorate the poster and return it on Friday, ready to share with the class. Then your child will bring Beebear home for the weekend and your child can write and draw what he/she did with Beebear. Please return Beebear on Monday after the weekend. This is a fun and exciting activity for the students!
Some parents have expressed interest in having a class distribution list so that your families can contact each other. I am attaching a page that asks for your permission to share your phone number, address, or email address with other parents in Room 8. Please fill it out and return to school by Tuesday, November 20th if you are interested in participating. Thank you! Next week you will not be receiving Friday folders or homework folders because it is a short week. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday
* Monday, November 19th: Natural Bridges Field Trip
We will be taking the bus with Mrs. Okuno’s class and Mrs. Nieveen’s class to Natural Bridges in Santa Cruz to see the monarch butterflies! Please make sure your child dresses warm and send a PAPER BAG lunch that can be thrown away. If you have not turned in your permission slip yet, please do so MONDAY or your child will not be able to come with us! Thank you to Mrs. Okubo who has volunteered to chaperone.
* Tuesday, November 20th: Scholastic Book Orders Due!
I am sending home the last book order forms for 2007. It will have November and December selections. Please make ONE check payable to Scholastic Book Clubs if you are interested in purchasing any books.
* Wednesday, November 21st to Friday, November 23rd – NO SCHOOL
Happy Thanksgiving break!
* Thursday, November 29th: Cupertino Library Field Trip
This will be our last visit to the Cupertino Library for 2007! Please remember to bring your blue library cards to school and practice memorizing your 4-digit PIN number! Please return the books at your own convenience (not at Eaton).
* Monday, December 3rd: Elves & The Shoemaker Play Field Trip
Please return the permission slip if you haven’t already. Thank you to Mrs. Yang who will be our chaperone for this trip.
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Dear Families,
Hope you had a nice long weekend. This was a short week but it felt long! Many people are starting to get sick (including myself) so please take care! On Tuesday, we had a power outage from the beginning of school until about 11:30am. We opened the doors and windows, so were still able to work, but it was a different experience! We couldn’t do centers that morning because the computers and tape players couldn’t work! We made up the centers on Wednesday instead. Today was the last day of the first trimester. Report cards will be going home the second week in December. Here are some highlights from the week:
Poem of the Week: Here is a Turkey
Song of the Week: Skip Counting
Story of the Week: The Best of Friends
Kindness is … giving thanks.
Vocabulary of the Week: People 3
Next Week’s Sharing: NO SHARING – short week!
• Language Arts:
o Theme 2: Surprise! - Week 3
o Story Selection: A Hut for Zig Bug and The Rope Tug
o Strategy and Skill Focus: Summarize and Story Structure
o High Frequency Words: are, away, does, he, live, pull, they, where
o Word Families: -ug, -ut
o Phonemic Awareness: blending
o Sounds: q, j, z, and short u
o Grammar: Action Words
• Math: We have been practicing our numbers to 100 and skip counting by 2’s, 5’s, and 10’s. This week we also talked about finding numbers 1 more, 1 less, 10 more, or 10 less. Finally, we learned ordinal numbers such as first, second, third, etc. instead of one, two, three.
• Computer Lab: There was no computer lab this week because of Veterans Day and we will also have to skip computer lab next week because of our field trip.
• Social Studies: We talked about Thanksgiving this week and what things we were thankful for. We also made a Thanksgiving pattern book and learned about Pilgrims, Indians, and Thanksgiving dinner.
• PE: This week we were with Mrs. Nieveen. She taught us jump ropes and we practiced jump rope skills.
• Assembly: This week we watched Hawaiian dancers perform hula dancing! It was called “Halau’o Keikiali” and it was lots of fun!
• Buddies: We saw our buddies this week and did an activity with our hands. We traced our hands and wrote down some of our favorite things. Then we thought about ways our hands help others.
• Star of the Week: We will be starting this the week after Thanksgiving. When your child is selected, he/she will bring home a poster on Monday. Please decorate the poster and return it on Friday, ready to share with the class. Then your child will bring Beebear home for the weekend and your child can write and draw what he/she did with Beebear. Please return Beebear on Monday after the weekend. This is a fun and exciting activity for the students!
Some parents have expressed interest in having a class distribution list so that your families can contact each other. I am attaching a page that asks for your permission to share your phone number, address, or email address with other parents in Room 8. Please fill it out and return to school by Tuesday, November 20th if you are interested in participating. Thank you! Next week you will not be receiving Friday folders or homework folders because it is a short week. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday
Friday, November 09, 2007
Veterans Day Weekend
Upcoming Dates
* Monday, November 12th: NO SCHOOL – Veterans Day
* Friday, November 16th: Turkey Project Due & End of First Trimester
Today there is a Family Turkey Project in the Friday Folder. Please read the instructions and return by next Friday. Report cards will be going home on Friday, December 7th. Grades will be reflected on your child’s progress from the beginning of the year until November 16th.
* Monday, November 19th: Natural Bridges Field Trip
We will be taking the bus with Mrs. Okuno’s class and Mrs. Nieveen’s class to Natural Bridges in Santa Cruz. This field trip allows us to see many monarch butterflies in their natural setting. The field trip permission slip is attached to this newsletter! Please fill it out and return by next Friday, November 16th!
* Wednesday, November 21st to Friday, November 23rd – NO SCHOOL
Happy Thanksgiving break!
* Thursday, November 29th: Cupertino Library Field Trip
This will be our last visit to the Cupertino Library for 2007! Please remember to bring your blue library cards to school and practice memorizing your 4-digit PIN number! Please return the books at your own convenience (not at Eaton).
* Monday, December 3rd: Elves & The Shoemaker Play Field Trip
There is a permission slip for this field trip also attached to today’s newsletter. Please fill it out and also return it by next Friday, November 16th.
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Dear Families,
We are getting near to the holidays! There are so many exciting things to learn about during this time of the year. Here are some highlights from the week:
Poem of the Week: Feelings
Song of the Week: Making Words
Story of the Week: Messy Meals
Kindness is … noticing friends’ feelings
Vocabulary of the Week: People 2
Next Week’s Sharing: Regular – something you are thankful for
(at least 4 lines and bring a picture or something to show)
Remember there is no school Monday, so Monday sharers should be prepared on Tuesday!
• Language Arts:
o Theme 2: Surprise! - Week 2
o Story Selection: What Can a Vet Do? And Hot Fox Soup
o Strategy and Skill Focus: Monitor/clarify and Fantasy/Realism
o High Frequency Words: do, I, is, me, my, said, you, for
o Word Families: -et, -en
o Phonemic Awareness: blending
o Sounds: y, k, v and short e
o Grammar: Naming Words
• Math: We finished data and graphs this week! We are now practicing our numbers to 100 by skip counting and identifying the tens place and the ones place.
• Computer Lab: On Monday we counted to 100 by 10’s and used Kidpix stamps to make a 100 table.
• Science: We went to Mrs. Okuno’s class this week for our last insect circuit. She talked about butterflies with us and we made a butterfly using plastic bags!
• Social Studies: This week we started some of our Thanksgiving projects. We talked about things we are thankful for and also started making several turkey projects. Also, we talked about Feelings this week. We chose three feelings and wrote about personal experiences that made us feel that way. Our kindness journal this week was about noticing how others may feel and what we can do to make them feel happy.
• PE: This week we were with Mrs. Bachelor. We worked with balls and practiced our hand/eye coordination skills.
• Music: We finally hired a new music teacher and this was our first week! Mrs. Stauter will be teaching us every other Thursday! We learned some songs and had a great time!
• Art: We saw Mrs. Blakeslee today and finished our clay projects!
This week, our behavior was not good. There were many problems on the playground and with students not being nice to each other. Please remind your children that they always have a choice to be a kind person and can do nice things such as including others in games, treating others with respect, or following Eaton rules. Thank you for helping to make our classroom a safe and kind place.
Enjoy your long weekend! See you on Tuesday!
* Monday, November 12th: NO SCHOOL – Veterans Day
* Friday, November 16th: Turkey Project Due & End of First Trimester
Today there is a Family Turkey Project in the Friday Folder. Please read the instructions and return by next Friday. Report cards will be going home on Friday, December 7th. Grades will be reflected on your child’s progress from the beginning of the year until November 16th.
* Monday, November 19th: Natural Bridges Field Trip
We will be taking the bus with Mrs. Okuno’s class and Mrs. Nieveen’s class to Natural Bridges in Santa Cruz. This field trip allows us to see many monarch butterflies in their natural setting. The field trip permission slip is attached to this newsletter! Please fill it out and return by next Friday, November 16th!
* Wednesday, November 21st to Friday, November 23rd – NO SCHOOL
Happy Thanksgiving break!
* Thursday, November 29th: Cupertino Library Field Trip
This will be our last visit to the Cupertino Library for 2007! Please remember to bring your blue library cards to school and practice memorizing your 4-digit PIN number! Please return the books at your own convenience (not at Eaton).
* Monday, December 3rd: Elves & The Shoemaker Play Field Trip
There is a permission slip for this field trip also attached to today’s newsletter. Please fill it out and also return it by next Friday, November 16th.
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Dear Families,
We are getting near to the holidays! There are so many exciting things to learn about during this time of the year. Here are some highlights from the week:
Poem of the Week: Feelings
Song of the Week: Making Words
Story of the Week: Messy Meals
Kindness is … noticing friends’ feelings
Vocabulary of the Week: People 2
Next Week’s Sharing: Regular – something you are thankful for
(at least 4 lines and bring a picture or something to show)
Remember there is no school Monday, so Monday sharers should be prepared on Tuesday!
• Language Arts:
o Theme 2: Surprise! - Week 2
o Story Selection: What Can a Vet Do? And Hot Fox Soup
o Strategy and Skill Focus: Monitor/clarify and Fantasy/Realism
o High Frequency Words: do, I, is, me, my, said, you, for
o Word Families: -et, -en
o Phonemic Awareness: blending
o Sounds: y, k, v and short e
o Grammar: Naming Words
• Math: We finished data and graphs this week! We are now practicing our numbers to 100 by skip counting and identifying the tens place and the ones place.
• Computer Lab: On Monday we counted to 100 by 10’s and used Kidpix stamps to make a 100 table.
• Science: We went to Mrs. Okuno’s class this week for our last insect circuit. She talked about butterflies with us and we made a butterfly using plastic bags!
• Social Studies: This week we started some of our Thanksgiving projects. We talked about things we are thankful for and also started making several turkey projects. Also, we talked about Feelings this week. We chose three feelings and wrote about personal experiences that made us feel that way. Our kindness journal this week was about noticing how others may feel and what we can do to make them feel happy.
• PE: This week we were with Mrs. Bachelor. We worked with balls and practiced our hand/eye coordination skills.
• Music: We finally hired a new music teacher and this was our first week! Mrs. Stauter will be teaching us every other Thursday! We learned some songs and had a great time!
• Art: We saw Mrs. Blakeslee today and finished our clay projects!
This week, our behavior was not good. There were many problems on the playground and with students not being nice to each other. Please remind your children that they always have a choice to be a kind person and can do nice things such as including others in games, treating others with respect, or following Eaton rules. Thank you for helping to make our classroom a safe and kind place.
Enjoy your long weekend! See you on Tuesday!
Monday, November 05, 2007
November is here!
Upcoming Dates
* Monday, November 12th: NO SCHOOL – Veterans Day
* Monday, November 19th: Natural Bridges Field Trip
We will be taking the bus with Mrs. Burgess’ class and Mrs. Nieveen’s class to Natural Bridges in Santa Cruz. This field trip allows us to see many monarch butterflies in their natural setting. More information will come.
* Wednesday, November 21st to Friday, November 23rd – NO SCHOOL
Happy Thanksgiving break!
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Dear Families,
Happy Halloween! I hope you had a great time trick-or-treating on Wednesday night! We had a fun time at our Eaton parade and party! Thanks for all the families who brought snacks for our party and also helped out during the party! Here are some highlights from the week:
Poem of the Week: Pumpkin
Song of the Week: Making Words
Story of the Week: Alice and Greta
Kindness is … saying, “Happy Halloween” when trick-or-treating
Vocabulary of the Week: People 1
Next Week’s Sharing: Food Poem
(at least 4 lines and bring a picture or something to show)
• Language Arts:
o Theme 2: Surprise! - Week 1
o Story Selection: The Box and Wigs in a Box
o Strategy and Skill Focus: Question and Noting Details
o High Frequency Words: two, three, four, five, in, once, upon, what
o Word Families: -ox, -ot
o Phonemic Awareness: blending
o Sounds: d, w, l, x and short o
o Grammar: Capitalizing Names and Word Order in sentences
• Math: We continued with data and graphs this week. We are working on making bar graphs or picture graphs from tally marks or pictures. Continue practicing answering the word problems! We also started talking about numbers to 100 and place value for tens and ones.
• Computer Lab: On Monday we made a Halloween picture using Kidpix. Students learned how to use the different shape tools such as a filled circle, square, or random shape.
• Science: We went to Mrs. Barelli’s class this week for circuits. She taught us about the life cycle of ladybugs.
• Social Studies: We have been doing some Halloween activities this week with haunted houses and monsters! We made up a monster and wrote about what it looks like and what it eats or does. Then we drew the picture of our monster!
• PE: This week we started a new circuit and we did dance! We did the Hokey Pokey and discussed body parts and right vs. left. We also did a fun song called Shake Your Sillies Out and a Freeze Dance!
• Library: We went to the Cupertino Public Library on Thursday. Remember to return the books yourselves and make sure not to mix up Eaton books with Cupertino Library books.
• Buddies: We saw our buddies today! We did an activity with the story, La Luna, which is a Mexican tale about the sun and the moon. We made sun and moon puppets with our big buddies.
• Fire Drill: This week we practiced a fire drill so students know where to line up if we have an emergency. I hope that no more earthquakes will come, but if one does, we are teaching the students what to do to keep themselves safe. Remember to have an emergency plan at home for your family too and discuss things such as: emergency food supply, how to reach each other if the phones aren’t working, or where to wait for each other.
• Book It Reading Logs: Good job reading in the month of October! Students who turned in their reading logs received a Pizza Hut free personal pan pizza certificate in today’s Friday Folder! Remember to read everyday and if you haven’t turned in the October reading log, please do so on Monday! The November reading logs went home on Thursday and should be returned on Monday, December 3rd.
We had to say goodbye to Marie today. She is transferring back to her home school, Nimitz, on Monday. We made drawings and letters for her and put them into a book. We are sad to see another student leave our class!
Don’t forget that Sunday is Daylight Savings Time so change your clocks one hour backwards! Remember: fall back, spring forward! Enjoy your extra hour of sleep and have a great weekend!
* Monday, November 12th: NO SCHOOL – Veterans Day
* Monday, November 19th: Natural Bridges Field Trip
We will be taking the bus with Mrs. Burgess’ class and Mrs. Nieveen’s class to Natural Bridges in Santa Cruz. This field trip allows us to see many monarch butterflies in their natural setting. More information will come.
* Wednesday, November 21st to Friday, November 23rd – NO SCHOOL
Happy Thanksgiving break!
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Dear Families,
Happy Halloween! I hope you had a great time trick-or-treating on Wednesday night! We had a fun time at our Eaton parade and party! Thanks for all the families who brought snacks for our party and also helped out during the party! Here are some highlights from the week:
Poem of the Week: Pumpkin
Song of the Week: Making Words
Story of the Week: Alice and Greta
Kindness is … saying, “Happy Halloween” when trick-or-treating
Vocabulary of the Week: People 1
Next Week’s Sharing: Food Poem
(at least 4 lines and bring a picture or something to show)
• Language Arts:
o Theme 2: Surprise! - Week 1
o Story Selection: The Box and Wigs in a Box
o Strategy and Skill Focus: Question and Noting Details
o High Frequency Words: two, three, four, five, in, once, upon, what
o Word Families: -ox, -ot
o Phonemic Awareness: blending
o Sounds: d, w, l, x and short o
o Grammar: Capitalizing Names and Word Order in sentences
• Math: We continued with data and graphs this week. We are working on making bar graphs or picture graphs from tally marks or pictures. Continue practicing answering the word problems! We also started talking about numbers to 100 and place value for tens and ones.
• Computer Lab: On Monday we made a Halloween picture using Kidpix. Students learned how to use the different shape tools such as a filled circle, square, or random shape.
• Science: We went to Mrs. Barelli’s class this week for circuits. She taught us about the life cycle of ladybugs.
• Social Studies: We have been doing some Halloween activities this week with haunted houses and monsters! We made up a monster and wrote about what it looks like and what it eats or does. Then we drew the picture of our monster!
• PE: This week we started a new circuit and we did dance! We did the Hokey Pokey and discussed body parts and right vs. left. We also did a fun song called Shake Your Sillies Out and a Freeze Dance!
• Library: We went to the Cupertino Public Library on Thursday. Remember to return the books yourselves and make sure not to mix up Eaton books with Cupertino Library books.
• Buddies: We saw our buddies today! We did an activity with the story, La Luna, which is a Mexican tale about the sun and the moon. We made sun and moon puppets with our big buddies.
• Fire Drill: This week we practiced a fire drill so students know where to line up if we have an emergency. I hope that no more earthquakes will come, but if one does, we are teaching the students what to do to keep themselves safe. Remember to have an emergency plan at home for your family too and discuss things such as: emergency food supply, how to reach each other if the phones aren’t working, or where to wait for each other.
• Book It Reading Logs: Good job reading in the month of October! Students who turned in their reading logs received a Pizza Hut free personal pan pizza certificate in today’s Friday Folder! Remember to read everyday and if you haven’t turned in the October reading log, please do so on Monday! The November reading logs went home on Thursday and should be returned on Monday, December 3rd.
We had to say goodbye to Marie today. She is transferring back to her home school, Nimitz, on Monday. We made drawings and letters for her and put them into a book. We are sad to see another student leave our class!
Don’t forget that Sunday is Daylight Savings Time so change your clocks one hour backwards! Remember: fall back, spring forward! Enjoy your extra hour of sleep and have a great weekend!
Friday, October 26, 2007
Red Ribbon Week
Upcoming Dates
* Wednesday, October 31st: Halloween
We will be having our Halloween parade after lunch on Wednesday. Please send your child’s costume to school in their backpack and they will change after lunch. The parade will be at 1:30pm outside. Parents are welcome to join us for the Halloween parade. Afterwards, we will have a small party. Thank you for signing up to bring items for our party!
* Thursday, November 1st: October Book-It Reading Logs Due
Please return the reading log and 3 story summaries on this day. I will send home November Book-It reading logs home too.
* Thursday, November 1st: Cupertino Library Field Trip
We will be walking to the library after lunch and will return before dismissal. Remember to send your child’s blue library card to school and have them MEMORIZE their 4-digit PIN number. For students who received a new card, remember it is the last 4-digits of your home phone number!
* Monday, November 12th: NO SCHOOL – Veterans Day
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Dear Families,
This week was Red Ribbon Week. We learned about what it means to stay healthy and drug free. We also finished sharing all of our insect projects! Great job to everyone. Each insect was so creative! I hope your family had a fun experience making them. Here are some highlights from the week:
Poem of the Week: My Nose
Song of the Week: Vowels
Story of the Week: The Itsy Bitsy Spider
Kindness is … raising money for our school
Vocabulary of the Week: Body Parts 4
Next Week’s Sharing: Regular (not riddle) – Halloween decorations
(4 sentences and bring a picture or something to show)
• Language Arts:
o Theme 1: All Together Now – Week 3
o Story Selection: The Big Hit and Big Pig
o Strategy and Skill Focus: Evaluate and Cause/Effect
o High Frequency Words: a, find, one, have, to, who
o Word Families: -it, -ig
o Phonemic Awareness: blending
o Sounds: b, r, h, g, and short i
o Grammar: Punctuation
• Math: We worked on Picture Graphs and Bar Graphs this week and counting using tally marks. This chapter is a lot harder for many students because it requires answering more word problems, but we continued to review the magic words that help us solve problems, ie. (+) in all, altogether, join, and (-), how many more, how many fewer, how many less, left, still, or away
• Computer Lab: On Monday everyone completed a KidPix template on a fact family of their choice. Students used number stamps and picture stamps to show the four sentences that are part of a fact family!
• Science: We went to Mrs. Burgess’ class this week for circuits. Her substitute taught us an insect lesson on ants.
• Social Studies: This week we talked about the word respect and what it means to follow the Golden Rule, “do unto others as you would want them to do unto you.”
• Assembly: An officer came to talk to us today about safety. He taught us how to tell the difference between candy and drugs and we practiced saying “No!” to drugs, alcohol, and strangers!
• PE: This week we had Mrs. Okuno and we played a game called Stuck in the Mud tag. We also did some ball tossing to work on throwing and catching.
• Library: We did not get to go to the library this week because the library was being used for testing. We will go next week, or your child can always exchange books during recess or lunch.
• Art: We saw Mrs. Blakeslee today and we started working with clay! We are making circular molds in plastic lids and then carving designs into them.
On Wednesday, we had to say goodbye to Dvir and his family. They moved to Nimitz school. We made a picture book for him and said goodbye. It’s always sad when students have to leave in the middle of the school year. We were sad to see Dvir go!
Enjoy the weekend! I hope the weather will stay nice next week for Halloween and I hope the fires in Southern California will be contained too! See you Monday!
* Wednesday, October 31st: Halloween
We will be having our Halloween parade after lunch on Wednesday. Please send your child’s costume to school in their backpack and they will change after lunch. The parade will be at 1:30pm outside. Parents are welcome to join us for the Halloween parade. Afterwards, we will have a small party. Thank you for signing up to bring items for our party!
* Thursday, November 1st: October Book-It Reading Logs Due
Please return the reading log and 3 story summaries on this day. I will send home November Book-It reading logs home too.
* Thursday, November 1st: Cupertino Library Field Trip
We will be walking to the library after lunch and will return before dismissal. Remember to send your child’s blue library card to school and have them MEMORIZE their 4-digit PIN number. For students who received a new card, remember it is the last 4-digits of your home phone number!
* Monday, November 12th: NO SCHOOL – Veterans Day
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Dear Families,
This week was Red Ribbon Week. We learned about what it means to stay healthy and drug free. We also finished sharing all of our insect projects! Great job to everyone. Each insect was so creative! I hope your family had a fun experience making them. Here are some highlights from the week:
Poem of the Week: My Nose
Song of the Week: Vowels
Story of the Week: The Itsy Bitsy Spider
Kindness is … raising money for our school
Vocabulary of the Week: Body Parts 4
Next Week’s Sharing: Regular (not riddle) – Halloween decorations
(4 sentences and bring a picture or something to show)
• Language Arts:
o Theme 1: All Together Now – Week 3
o Story Selection: The Big Hit and Big Pig
o Strategy and Skill Focus: Evaluate and Cause/Effect
o High Frequency Words: a, find, one, have, to, who
o Word Families: -it, -ig
o Phonemic Awareness: blending
o Sounds: b, r, h, g, and short i
o Grammar: Punctuation
• Math: We worked on Picture Graphs and Bar Graphs this week and counting using tally marks. This chapter is a lot harder for many students because it requires answering more word problems, but we continued to review the magic words that help us solve problems, ie. (+) in all, altogether, join, and (-), how many more, how many fewer, how many less, left, still, or away
• Computer Lab: On Monday everyone completed a KidPix template on a fact family of their choice. Students used number stamps and picture stamps to show the four sentences that are part of a fact family!
• Science: We went to Mrs. Burgess’ class this week for circuits. Her substitute taught us an insect lesson on ants.
• Social Studies: This week we talked about the word respect and what it means to follow the Golden Rule, “do unto others as you would want them to do unto you.”
• Assembly: An officer came to talk to us today about safety. He taught us how to tell the difference between candy and drugs and we practiced saying “No!” to drugs, alcohol, and strangers!
• PE: This week we had Mrs. Okuno and we played a game called Stuck in the Mud tag. We also did some ball tossing to work on throwing and catching.
• Library: We did not get to go to the library this week because the library was being used for testing. We will go next week, or your child can always exchange books during recess or lunch.
• Art: We saw Mrs. Blakeslee today and we started working with clay! We are making circular molds in plastic lids and then carving designs into them.
On Wednesday, we had to say goodbye to Dvir and his family. They moved to Nimitz school. We made a picture book for him and said goodbye. It’s always sad when students have to leave in the middle of the school year. We were sad to see Dvir go!
Enjoy the weekend! I hope the weather will stay nice next week for Halloween and I hope the fires in Southern California will be contained too! See you Monday!
Monday, October 22, 2007
Walk-a-Thon!
Upcoming Dates
* Wednesday, October 24th: Walk to School Day
* Wednesday, October 31st: Halloween
We will be having our Halloween parade after lunch on Wednesday. Please send your child’s costume to school in their backpack and they will change after lunch. The parade will be at 1:25pm outside. Parents are welcome to join us for the Halloween parade. Afterwards, we will have a small party. Please talk to me after school or through email if you would like to bring something for the party.
* Thursday, November 1st: October Book-It Reading Logs Due
Please return the reading log and 3 story summaries on this day. I will send home November Book-It reading logs home too.
* Thursday, November 1st: Cupertino Library Field Trip
We will be walking to the library after lunch and will return before dismissal. Remember to send your child’s blue library card to school and have them MEMORIZE their 4-digit PIN number. For students who received a new card, remember it is the last 4-digits of your home phone number!
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Dear Families,
This week was an interesting week! Parent conferences ended on Tuesday and we had our Walk-a-Thon today! We were also assigned as the Campus Clean Up group this week, so after lunch we spent time helping our school stay clean by picking up trash and leftovers from lunch. This was also our Kindness sentence of the week and we talked about how important it is to help the school and other places stay clean and beautiful! Here are some highlights:
Poem of the Week: First Book
Song of the Week: Vowels
Story of the Week: Dancing Feet
Kindness is … picking up someone else’s trash
Vocabulary of the Week: Body Parts 3
Next Week’s Sharing: Regular – something about night
(4 sentences and bring a picture or something to show)
• Language Arts:
o Theme 1: All Together Now – Week 2
o Story Selection: Nan and Fan, We Can!
o Strategy and Skill Focus: Summarize and Compare/Contrast
o High Frequency Words: and, jump, too, here, not, we
o Word Families: -an
o Phonemic Awareness: blending
o Sounds: n, f, p, and short a
o Grammar: Beginning sentences with Capital Letters
• Math: We finished Chapter 3 this week and many students are carefully working on computation everyday! We also started introducing Chapter 4 which is on data and graphs. There will be many word problems and vocabulary words such as more, fewer, how much, etc?
• Computer Lab: We did not go this week because of the parent conference schedule.
• Science: We did not have science circuits Tuesday again because of the parent conference schedule. We will be saying goodbye to our mealworms and beetles this week! We also talked about the life cycle of a pumpkin and made a project using the book, Pumpkin, Pumpkin. Ask your child about the story and have them retell it to you!
• Social Studies: This week we talked about citizenship, making rules, and voting in America. We learned that we are citizens of America and that we make rules in class and in our community. We also vote in class when we make decisions.
• Assembly: We had an assembly by the Traveling Lantern called, “The Hobbit.”
• PE: This week we had Mrs. Barelli and we worked on our hand/eye coordination by using scoops and balls.
I had to leave early from the Walk-a-thon because I have two weddings to attend this weekend in Los Angeles and one rehearsal dinner today at 6pm! I’m glad that I was able to see the beginning of it and I hope everyone had a great time! It’s one of my favorite days and I was sad to miss it =( I hope you have a great weekend!
* Wednesday, October 24th: Walk to School Day
* Wednesday, October 31st: Halloween
We will be having our Halloween parade after lunch on Wednesday. Please send your child’s costume to school in their backpack and they will change after lunch. The parade will be at 1:25pm outside. Parents are welcome to join us for the Halloween parade. Afterwards, we will have a small party. Please talk to me after school or through email if you would like to bring something for the party.
* Thursday, November 1st: October Book-It Reading Logs Due
Please return the reading log and 3 story summaries on this day. I will send home November Book-It reading logs home too.
* Thursday, November 1st: Cupertino Library Field Trip
We will be walking to the library after lunch and will return before dismissal. Remember to send your child’s blue library card to school and have them MEMORIZE their 4-digit PIN number. For students who received a new card, remember it is the last 4-digits of your home phone number!
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Dear Families,
This week was an interesting week! Parent conferences ended on Tuesday and we had our Walk-a-Thon today! We were also assigned as the Campus Clean Up group this week, so after lunch we spent time helping our school stay clean by picking up trash and leftovers from lunch. This was also our Kindness sentence of the week and we talked about how important it is to help the school and other places stay clean and beautiful! Here are some highlights:
Poem of the Week: First Book
Song of the Week: Vowels
Story of the Week: Dancing Feet
Kindness is … picking up someone else’s trash
Vocabulary of the Week: Body Parts 3
Next Week’s Sharing: Regular – something about night
(4 sentences and bring a picture or something to show)
• Language Arts:
o Theme 1: All Together Now – Week 2
o Story Selection: Nan and Fan, We Can!
o Strategy and Skill Focus: Summarize and Compare/Contrast
o High Frequency Words: and, jump, too, here, not, we
o Word Families: -an
o Phonemic Awareness: blending
o Sounds: n, f, p, and short a
o Grammar: Beginning sentences with Capital Letters
• Math: We finished Chapter 3 this week and many students are carefully working on computation everyday! We also started introducing Chapter 4 which is on data and graphs. There will be many word problems and vocabulary words such as more, fewer, how much, etc?
• Computer Lab: We did not go this week because of the parent conference schedule.
• Science: We did not have science circuits Tuesday again because of the parent conference schedule. We will be saying goodbye to our mealworms and beetles this week! We also talked about the life cycle of a pumpkin and made a project using the book, Pumpkin, Pumpkin. Ask your child about the story and have them retell it to you!
• Social Studies: This week we talked about citizenship, making rules, and voting in America. We learned that we are citizens of America and that we make rules in class and in our community. We also vote in class when we make decisions.
• Assembly: We had an assembly by the Traveling Lantern called, “The Hobbit.”
• PE: This week we had Mrs. Barelli and we worked on our hand/eye coordination by using scoops and balls.
I had to leave early from the Walk-a-thon because I have two weddings to attend this weekend in Los Angeles and one rehearsal dinner today at 6pm! I’m glad that I was able to see the beginning of it and I hope everyone had a great time! It’s one of my favorite days and I was sad to miss it =( I hope you have a great weekend!
Friday, October 12, 2007
Rain, Rain, Go Away!
Upcoming Dates
* Monday, October 15th to Tuesday, October 16th: Parent Conferences
We have two more days of conferences. DISMISSAL IS AT 1:30PM! Thank you for coming this past week to talk about your child’s progress!
* Wednesday, October 17th: Book Orders Due
Attached is the October Scholastic Book Orders. If you are interested in purchasing books, please return the order forms with ONE check payable to Scholastic Book Clubs by Wednesday. The books should arrive by the end of the month.
* Friday, October 19th: Walk-a-Thon 1:30-3:05pm
If you did not turn in your pledge form, please do so on MONDAY. Even if you did not collect pledges, you need to sign the envelope in order to give your child permission to participate! Parents may come and watch or volunteer during the event. However, please make sure you encourage your child to keep walking to raise money for the school. You may not pull your child out to feed them with extra snacks. There will be plenty of water available for them to get themselves.
* Wednesday, October 31st: Halloween
We will be having our Halloween parade after lunch on Wednesday. Please send your child’s costume to school in their backpack and they will change after lunch. More information will come later.
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Dear Families,
Thank you for coming to parent conferences this week. I will be sending home copies of our conference notes in the Friday folder. Here are some highlights from the week:
Poem of the Week: Our World
Song of the Week: Hello Around the World
Story of the Week: Here Are My Hands
Kindness is … drawing a picture for someone
Vocabulary of the Week: Body Parts 2
Next Week’s Sharing: Riddle – something liquid (4 clues and bring the
object or picture hidden in a bag)
• Language Arts: We finished our last Prince this week! Remember to read about our classmates on our website under “Classwork.” This week we started our language arts textbooks and will be focusing on specific stories, sounds, and skills each week. We also will be having high frequency words added to our word wall each week. I expect students to be able to read and spell these words correctly in their writing.
o Theme 1: All Together Now – Week 1
o Story Selection: The Cat Sat and The Mat
o Strategy and Skill Focus: Predict/Infer and Sequence
o High Frequency Words: go, the, on
o Word Families: -at
o Phonemic Awareness: blending
o Sounds: m, s, c, t, short a
o Grammar: Capital and lowercase letters
• Math: We are continuing in Chapter 3 with more addition and subtraction facts up to 12. Here are some of our “magic words” to help us with word problems: (+) in all, altogether, join (-) how many more, left, still, away
• Computer Lab: We had a short session this week because of our parent conference schedule. We drew pictures for someone special as part of our Kindness Journal activity for the week.
• Science: We did not have science circuits Tuesday because of the parent conference schedule, however, we spent time observing our mealworms this week in class. We saw one of our mealworms change into the final adult stage! Ask your children what they mealworms turn into!
• Assembly: We had a first grade assembly today called “Otto the Auto.”
• PE: This week we had Mrs. Burgess and she taught us some skills with hula hoops. Also we played a game called Dead Bug tag.
• Art: Thank you to those of you who donated the plastic lids for our art teacher. We saw Mrs. Blakeslee this week and we finished our paintings on abstract lines and shapes using paint.
Don’t forget next Friday is the Walk-a-Thon! It will be lots of fun! We made a poster this week to represent our classroom, and we decorated shoes. On the shoes were shoelaces, and I discovered that MOST of our students do not know how to tie their shoes! Please teach them this skill when you get the chance! I taught them the two bunny ears method, but you can definitely use whichever method is easiest for your child!
Have a wonderful weekend! Rain, rain, go away!
* Monday, October 15th to Tuesday, October 16th: Parent Conferences
We have two more days of conferences. DISMISSAL IS AT 1:30PM! Thank you for coming this past week to talk about your child’s progress!
* Wednesday, October 17th: Book Orders Due
Attached is the October Scholastic Book Orders. If you are interested in purchasing books, please return the order forms with ONE check payable to Scholastic Book Clubs by Wednesday. The books should arrive by the end of the month.
* Friday, October 19th: Walk-a-Thon 1:30-3:05pm
If you did not turn in your pledge form, please do so on MONDAY. Even if you did not collect pledges, you need to sign the envelope in order to give your child permission to participate! Parents may come and watch or volunteer during the event. However, please make sure you encourage your child to keep walking to raise money for the school. You may not pull your child out to feed them with extra snacks. There will be plenty of water available for them to get themselves.
* Wednesday, October 31st: Halloween
We will be having our Halloween parade after lunch on Wednesday. Please send your child’s costume to school in their backpack and they will change after lunch. More information will come later.
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Dear Families,
Thank you for coming to parent conferences this week. I will be sending home copies of our conference notes in the Friday folder. Here are some highlights from the week:
Poem of the Week: Our World
Song of the Week: Hello Around the World
Story of the Week: Here Are My Hands
Kindness is … drawing a picture for someone
Vocabulary of the Week: Body Parts 2
Next Week’s Sharing: Riddle – something liquid (4 clues and bring the
object or picture hidden in a bag)
• Language Arts: We finished our last Prince this week! Remember to read about our classmates on our website under “Classwork.” This week we started our language arts textbooks and will be focusing on specific stories, sounds, and skills each week. We also will be having high frequency words added to our word wall each week. I expect students to be able to read and spell these words correctly in their writing.
o Theme 1: All Together Now – Week 1
o Story Selection: The Cat Sat and The Mat
o Strategy and Skill Focus: Predict/Infer and Sequence
o High Frequency Words: go, the, on
o Word Families: -at
o Phonemic Awareness: blending
o Sounds: m, s, c, t, short a
o Grammar: Capital and lowercase letters
• Math: We are continuing in Chapter 3 with more addition and subtraction facts up to 12. Here are some of our “magic words” to help us with word problems: (+) in all, altogether, join (-) how many more, left, still, away
• Computer Lab: We had a short session this week because of our parent conference schedule. We drew pictures for someone special as part of our Kindness Journal activity for the week.
• Science: We did not have science circuits Tuesday because of the parent conference schedule, however, we spent time observing our mealworms this week in class. We saw one of our mealworms change into the final adult stage! Ask your children what they mealworms turn into!
• Assembly: We had a first grade assembly today called “Otto the Auto.”
• PE: This week we had Mrs. Burgess and she taught us some skills with hula hoops. Also we played a game called Dead Bug tag.
• Art: Thank you to those of you who donated the plastic lids for our art teacher. We saw Mrs. Blakeslee this week and we finished our paintings on abstract lines and shapes using paint.
Don’t forget next Friday is the Walk-a-Thon! It will be lots of fun! We made a poster this week to represent our classroom, and we decorated shoes. On the shoes were shoelaces, and I discovered that MOST of our students do not know how to tie their shoes! Please teach them this skill when you get the chance! I taught them the two bunny ears method, but you can definitely use whichever method is easiest for your child!
Have a wonderful weekend! Rain, rain, go away!
Friday, October 05, 2007
Happy October!
Upcoming Dates
* Monday, October 8th to Tuesday, October 16th: Parent Conferences
During these seven days of school, DISMISSAL IS AT 1:30PM! I look forward to meeting with each of you next week!
* Friday, October 19th: Walk-a-Thon
Please continue getting pledges for the Walk-a-Thon. Pledge forms are due on October 12th.
* Wednesday, October 31st: Halloween
We will be having our Halloween parade after lunch on Wednesday. Please send your child’s costume to school in their backpack and they will change after lunch. More information will come later.
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Dear Families,
Happy October! Please welcome our new student, Kevin, and his family to Eaton! They came from Korea and we are happy Kevin has joined our class! Here are some highlights from the week:
Poem of the Week: Oh Mr. Squirrel
Song of the Week: Hello Around the World
Story of the Week: Apples, Apples, Apples
Kindness is … giving a praise note to someone
Vocabulary of the Week: Body Parts 1
Next Week’s Sharing: Riddle – something solid (4 clues and bring the
object or picture hidden in a bag)
• Reading & Writing: We finished our Dictionary this week! We have been reviewing all the letter sounds and practicing blending words together. Also, we completed two more Prince and Princesses this week. One more to go! Please continue reviewing ideas for the Weekend News journals on Sunday night or Monday morning. I would like students to be able to write their thoughts freely during journal time without fear of mistakes.
• Library: We went to the Cupertino Public Library on Thursday this week. The librarians read several stories and then the students checked out 2 books to bring home. Please remember to return the books at your own convenience. Please do not bring them to Eaton or they will get mixed up with Eaton Library books. Remember we go to the Eaton library every Friday. If your child brought home a new card, their 4-digit PIN number is the last 4 numbers in your home phone number. Please have your child MEMORIZE this PIN number for our next Library visit.
• Math: We are working on Chapter 3 which is more addition and subtraction facts up to 12. Now the word problems are getting trickier since you have to determine if they are asking to add or subtract. We will keep practicing!
• Computer Lab: This week we illustrated our first Kindness picture for our Kindness website. We are typing our kindness journals each week starting this week and we will be illustrating them once a month. You can see our Kindness journals by going to the “Classwork” section in our class website. Some students did not finish their pictures so they are not on the website. Please talk to your child about finishing their work!
• Science: Our caterpillars came out of their cocoons over the weekend and we let them fly away after school on Monday! It was exciting to see them changing and we’re happy they are free now! Also, our mealworms are now pupas and are waiting for their final change! We’ll find out next week what they turn into! This week we also went to Mrs. Tambe’s class for circuits and learned about honeybees.
• Assembly: Thank you to Mr. Shindler for volunteering today at the Lawrence Hall of Science assembly! We had many science stations set up and students did various projects such as making dowels, arch bridges, and building anything using paper, cubes, tangrams, blocks, etc! This was exciting for the students and it was a great hands-on experience!
• PE: This week we were with Mrs. Tambe and we played a game called Three Deep. We are learning to play nicely with others.
• Buddies: We saw our fourth grade buddies today and we read a manners book. We talked about manners and created our own books to show what we can do to be respectful people.
• Art: Our art teacher, Mrs. Blakeslee, is asking for donations of 4-5" diameter plastic lids from sour cream, cottage cheese and large yogurt containers. She needs to collect enough so that every student at Eaton will be able to use one for a project. Please send them in if you have any.
Remember next week is Parent Conferences! Please make arrangements for someone else to watch your child during your conference time. The conference is not a meeting for your child to attend. Also, please be on time when picking up your child at 1:30pm. Thank you and I will see you next week!
* Monday, October 8th to Tuesday, October 16th: Parent Conferences
During these seven days of school, DISMISSAL IS AT 1:30PM! I look forward to meeting with each of you next week!
* Friday, October 19th: Walk-a-Thon
Please continue getting pledges for the Walk-a-Thon. Pledge forms are due on October 12th.
* Wednesday, October 31st: Halloween
We will be having our Halloween parade after lunch on Wednesday. Please send your child’s costume to school in their backpack and they will change after lunch. More information will come later.
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Dear Families,
Happy October! Please welcome our new student, Kevin, and his family to Eaton! They came from Korea and we are happy Kevin has joined our class! Here are some highlights from the week:
Poem of the Week: Oh Mr. Squirrel
Song of the Week: Hello Around the World
Story of the Week: Apples, Apples, Apples
Kindness is … giving a praise note to someone
Vocabulary of the Week: Body Parts 1
Next Week’s Sharing: Riddle – something solid (4 clues and bring the
object or picture hidden in a bag)
• Reading & Writing: We finished our Dictionary this week! We have been reviewing all the letter sounds and practicing blending words together. Also, we completed two more Prince and Princesses this week. One more to go! Please continue reviewing ideas for the Weekend News journals on Sunday night or Monday morning. I would like students to be able to write their thoughts freely during journal time without fear of mistakes.
• Library: We went to the Cupertino Public Library on Thursday this week. The librarians read several stories and then the students checked out 2 books to bring home. Please remember to return the books at your own convenience. Please do not bring them to Eaton or they will get mixed up with Eaton Library books. Remember we go to the Eaton library every Friday. If your child brought home a new card, their 4-digit PIN number is the last 4 numbers in your home phone number. Please have your child MEMORIZE this PIN number for our next Library visit.
• Math: We are working on Chapter 3 which is more addition and subtraction facts up to 12. Now the word problems are getting trickier since you have to determine if they are asking to add or subtract. We will keep practicing!
• Computer Lab: This week we illustrated our first Kindness picture for our Kindness website. We are typing our kindness journals each week starting this week and we will be illustrating them once a month. You can see our Kindness journals by going to the “Classwork” section in our class website. Some students did not finish their pictures so they are not on the website. Please talk to your child about finishing their work!
• Science: Our caterpillars came out of their cocoons over the weekend and we let them fly away after school on Monday! It was exciting to see them changing and we’re happy they are free now! Also, our mealworms are now pupas and are waiting for their final change! We’ll find out next week what they turn into! This week we also went to Mrs. Tambe’s class for circuits and learned about honeybees.
• Assembly: Thank you to Mr. Shindler for volunteering today at the Lawrence Hall of Science assembly! We had many science stations set up and students did various projects such as making dowels, arch bridges, and building anything using paper, cubes, tangrams, blocks, etc! This was exciting for the students and it was a great hands-on experience!
• PE: This week we were with Mrs. Tambe and we played a game called Three Deep. We are learning to play nicely with others.
• Buddies: We saw our fourth grade buddies today and we read a manners book. We talked about manners and created our own books to show what we can do to be respectful people.
• Art: Our art teacher, Mrs. Blakeslee, is asking for donations of 4-5" diameter plastic lids from sour cream, cottage cheese and large yogurt containers. She needs to collect enough so that every student at Eaton will be able to use one for a project. Please send them in if you have any.
Remember next week is Parent Conferences! Please make arrangements for someone else to watch your child during your conference time. The conference is not a meeting for your child to attend. Also, please be on time when picking up your child at 1:30pm. Thank you and I will see you next week!
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Short Week!
Upcoming Dates
* Friday, September 28th: NO SCHOOL – Staff Learning Day
All the teachers in the Cupertino Union School District will receive training on our new Social Studies textbooks and curriculum.
* Thursday, October 4th: Cupertino Library Visit
We will be walking to the Cupertino Library after lunch. Please send your child’s blue library card to school in the morning. Review the 4-digit PIN number with your child so they can check out books. Students who do not currently have a library card will be receiving a new one on this day. Their PIN number is the last 4 digits of your home phone number.
* Friday, October 5th: Lawrence Hall of Science Assembly 9:45-10:35am
Thank you to Mr. Shindler who will be volunteering at this special event!
* Monday, October 8th to Tuesday, October 16th: Parent Conferences
During these seven days of school, DISMISSAL IS AT 1:30PM! You will be receiving your conference day and time in today’s Friday Folder. Please confirm that you can make the conference. It is very important that you attend this one-on-one conference about your child’s progress.
* Friday, October 19th: Walk-a-Thon
Today the Walk-a-Thon pledge envelopes are going home. Please sign the envelope to give your child permission to participate. Envelopes are due on October 12th.
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Dear Families,
Happy Fall! This was a short week since we have no school tomorrow and Monday was our Happy Hollow field trip! Thank you again to Mrs. Aloni, Mrs. Shindler, Mrs. Okubo, and Mrs. Okawaki for taking groups of children around the park. First, we went to the zoo and saw all the animals. Then groups went to different play areas before having lunch. Afterwards, we all watched Old King Cole as a puppet show. We had about one hour after that to play some more. It was a busy day!
Here are some highlights from the week:
Poem of the Week: A Little Red Apple
Song of the Week: Clap Your Name
Kindness is … learning a friend’s language
Vocabulary of the Week: School Words 4
Next Week’s Sharing: Scary Poem (4 lines and a picture to show!)
• Reading & Writing: We continued Dictionary up to the letter S and completed our 17th Prince or Princess!
• Library: We did not have library this week since there is no school tomorrow. We will also be going to the Cupertino Public Library next Thursday and students get to check out 2 books. Please return those books at your own convenience because we don’t want to mix them with Eaton books.
• Math: We finished Chapter 2 on subtraction facts today! Students did well on the test today, however, please make sure to review number words such as one, two, three, etc.
• Computer Lab: We did not get to go this week because of the field trip.
• Science: This week we looked at our mealworms and learned that the next stage in their life cycle is the pupa stage. We also can observe our caterpillars in the pupa stage because they are in their cocoons. In circuits, we went to Mrs. Nieveen’s class and learned about fireflies!
• Assembly: We had an assembly today on the Walk-a-Thon. Fourth and fifth graders acted out good and bad procedures on how to collect pledges and how to behave on the day of the Walk-a-Thon. We are excited to raise money for our school!
• PE: This week we were with Mrs. Nieveen and we worked with bean bags. We tried to practice our balance and coordination.
• Social Studies: We learned about Johnny Appleseed this week because it was his birthday on September 26th! We are finishing up an apple art activity and we learned about how an apple tree changes through the four seasons.
Congratulations! Every student got green cards this week, so everybody took home a Super Star!!! GREAT JOB!!! Keep up the good work! Have a wonderful weekend!
* Friday, September 28th: NO SCHOOL – Staff Learning Day
All the teachers in the Cupertino Union School District will receive training on our new Social Studies textbooks and curriculum.
* Thursday, October 4th: Cupertino Library Visit
We will be walking to the Cupertino Library after lunch. Please send your child’s blue library card to school in the morning. Review the 4-digit PIN number with your child so they can check out books. Students who do not currently have a library card will be receiving a new one on this day. Their PIN number is the last 4 digits of your home phone number.
* Friday, October 5th: Lawrence Hall of Science Assembly 9:45-10:35am
Thank you to Mr. Shindler who will be volunteering at this special event!
* Monday, October 8th to Tuesday, October 16th: Parent Conferences
During these seven days of school, DISMISSAL IS AT 1:30PM! You will be receiving your conference day and time in today’s Friday Folder. Please confirm that you can make the conference. It is very important that you attend this one-on-one conference about your child’s progress.
* Friday, October 19th: Walk-a-Thon
Today the Walk-a-Thon pledge envelopes are going home. Please sign the envelope to give your child permission to participate. Envelopes are due on October 12th.
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Dear Families,
Happy Fall! This was a short week since we have no school tomorrow and Monday was our Happy Hollow field trip! Thank you again to Mrs. Aloni, Mrs. Shindler, Mrs. Okubo, and Mrs. Okawaki for taking groups of children around the park. First, we went to the zoo and saw all the animals. Then groups went to different play areas before having lunch. Afterwards, we all watched Old King Cole as a puppet show. We had about one hour after that to play some more. It was a busy day!
Here are some highlights from the week:
Poem of the Week: A Little Red Apple
Song of the Week: Clap Your Name
Kindness is … learning a friend’s language
Vocabulary of the Week: School Words 4
Next Week’s Sharing: Scary Poem (4 lines and a picture to show!)
• Reading & Writing: We continued Dictionary up to the letter S and completed our 17th Prince or Princess!
• Library: We did not have library this week since there is no school tomorrow. We will also be going to the Cupertino Public Library next Thursday and students get to check out 2 books. Please return those books at your own convenience because we don’t want to mix them with Eaton books.
• Math: We finished Chapter 2 on subtraction facts today! Students did well on the test today, however, please make sure to review number words such as one, two, three, etc.
• Computer Lab: We did not get to go this week because of the field trip.
• Science: This week we looked at our mealworms and learned that the next stage in their life cycle is the pupa stage. We also can observe our caterpillars in the pupa stage because they are in their cocoons. In circuits, we went to Mrs. Nieveen’s class and learned about fireflies!
• Assembly: We had an assembly today on the Walk-a-Thon. Fourth and fifth graders acted out good and bad procedures on how to collect pledges and how to behave on the day of the Walk-a-Thon. We are excited to raise money for our school!
• PE: This week we were with Mrs. Nieveen and we worked with bean bags. We tried to practice our balance and coordination.
• Social Studies: We learned about Johnny Appleseed this week because it was his birthday on September 26th! We are finishing up an apple art activity and we learned about how an apple tree changes through the four seasons.
Congratulations! Every student got green cards this week, so everybody took home a Super Star!!! GREAT JOB!!! Keep up the good work! Have a wonderful weekend!
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Beginning of Fall!
Upcoming Dates
* Monday, September 24th: Happy Hollow Field Trip
Thank you to Mrs. Lee (Kevin’s mother), Mrs. Shindler, Mrs. Aloni, and Mrs. Okawaki for volunteering to chaperone! Mrs. Shindler will be driving the parents to Happy Hollow! Thnak you! Please read the reminder page attached to this newsletter – it is important to bring a BROWN BAG LUNCH with your child’s name on it. Everything will be thrown away at the park so no special containers or lunch bags!
* Friday, September 28th: NO SCHOOL – Staff Learning Day
The teachers will receive training on our new Social Studies textbooks and curriculum.
* Thursday, October 4th: Cupertino Library Visit
We will be walking to the Cupertino Library after lunch. Please send your child’s blue library card to school in the morning. Review the 4-digit PIN number with your child so they can check out books. Students who do not currently have a library card will be receiving a new one on this day. Their PIN number is the last 4 digits of your home phone number.
* Friday, October 5th: Lawrence Hall of Science Assembly 9:45-10:35am
Thank you to Mr. Shindler who will be volunteering at this special event!
* Monday, October 8th to Tuesday, October 16th: Parent Conferences
During these seven days of school, DISMISSAL IS AT 1:30PM! You will be receiving your conference day and time in the next few weeks.
* Friday, October 19th: Walk-a-Thon
Save the date! This will be a fun event to raise money for our school!
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Dear Families,
It was so fun to see many of you at the Chicken Dance on Sunday! The children did a good job circling their partners and I hope you had a fun time! I also enjoyed seeing the games, activities, and food that was there at the Fall Festival!
Here are some highlights from the week:
Poem of the Week: Fall
Song of the Week: Clap Your Name
Kindness is … saying thank you when somebody helps me
Story of the Week: The Accidental Zucchini
Vocabulary of the Week: School Words 3
Next Week’s Sharing: Regular – something made from apples – if you are a FRIDAY sharer, please be ready on THURSDAY since there is no school Friday.
• Reading & Writing: We continued Dictionary up to the letter Q and continued a few more Prince and Princesses. Also, this week we did a better job during Weekend News Journals. Continue reviewing the weekend with your child Sunday night!
• Library: Since there is no school next Friday, we will not be able to check out a new book until the following week. Your child can, however, always bring his or her book during recess or lunch to check out another one.
• Language Arts: Next week we will not be doing centers since it is a short week. This week we tried getting used to the procedures for centers. Most of us are starting to do ABC order by ourselves in spelling, but remember to check the second or third letters! Writing sentences on the back is a challenge for some students. In computer center, we have to remember to SAVE our work before we quit! We are getting used to typing on the keyboard. In poetry center, I am seeing lots of beautiful handwriting! In vocabulary center, be careful to spell the words correctly! Also, we started Scholastic News and students have to remember to complete the activity on the back! Finally, practice retelling the 5 sentences at home for listening center (character, beginning, middle, end, conclusion) and remember to draw a colored picture afterwards!
• Math: We are continuing to work on subtraction facts this week. Students need to remember to check their work and be careful when the sign switches from – to +.
• Computer Lab: This week, we used Kidpix to make an alphabet picture. We used the stamps in Kidpix and tried to find different pictures that begin with the same letter as the alphabet. We printed out our pictures at the end of class.
• Science: We observed the larva stage of mealworms this week. We learned that insects have 3 body parts, 6 legs, and 2 antennas. We went to Mrs. Bachelor’s class during Tuesday circuits and we made a life cycle of a butterfly! We are watching our caterpillars eat, eat, eat and they are starting to make cocoons! Also we did an activity where we counted the legs of different bugs to see who were worms, insects, arachnids, or myriapods!
• Buddies: This week we saw our buddies for the second time. We talked about Fall and made a picture using the colors of fall and observed nature with our senses.
• PE: This week we also had Mrs. Bachelor teaching us and we played a game called Squirrels in Trees. This game teaches cooperation and is good for cardio!
Have a wonderful weekend!
* Monday, September 24th: Happy Hollow Field Trip
Thank you to Mrs. Lee (Kevin’s mother), Mrs. Shindler, Mrs. Aloni, and Mrs. Okawaki for volunteering to chaperone! Mrs. Shindler will be driving the parents to Happy Hollow! Thnak you! Please read the reminder page attached to this newsletter – it is important to bring a BROWN BAG LUNCH with your child’s name on it. Everything will be thrown away at the park so no special containers or lunch bags!
* Friday, September 28th: NO SCHOOL – Staff Learning Day
The teachers will receive training on our new Social Studies textbooks and curriculum.
* Thursday, October 4th: Cupertino Library Visit
We will be walking to the Cupertino Library after lunch. Please send your child’s blue library card to school in the morning. Review the 4-digit PIN number with your child so they can check out books. Students who do not currently have a library card will be receiving a new one on this day. Their PIN number is the last 4 digits of your home phone number.
* Friday, October 5th: Lawrence Hall of Science Assembly 9:45-10:35am
Thank you to Mr. Shindler who will be volunteering at this special event!
* Monday, October 8th to Tuesday, October 16th: Parent Conferences
During these seven days of school, DISMISSAL IS AT 1:30PM! You will be receiving your conference day and time in the next few weeks.
* Friday, October 19th: Walk-a-Thon
Save the date! This will be a fun event to raise money for our school!
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Dear Families,
It was so fun to see many of you at the Chicken Dance on Sunday! The children did a good job circling their partners and I hope you had a fun time! I also enjoyed seeing the games, activities, and food that was there at the Fall Festival!
Here are some highlights from the week:
Poem of the Week: Fall
Song of the Week: Clap Your Name
Kindness is … saying thank you when somebody helps me
Story of the Week: The Accidental Zucchini
Vocabulary of the Week: School Words 3
Next Week’s Sharing: Regular – something made from apples – if you are a FRIDAY sharer, please be ready on THURSDAY since there is no school Friday.
• Reading & Writing: We continued Dictionary up to the letter Q and continued a few more Prince and Princesses. Also, this week we did a better job during Weekend News Journals. Continue reviewing the weekend with your child Sunday night!
• Library: Since there is no school next Friday, we will not be able to check out a new book until the following week. Your child can, however, always bring his or her book during recess or lunch to check out another one.
• Language Arts: Next week we will not be doing centers since it is a short week. This week we tried getting used to the procedures for centers. Most of us are starting to do ABC order by ourselves in spelling, but remember to check the second or third letters! Writing sentences on the back is a challenge for some students. In computer center, we have to remember to SAVE our work before we quit! We are getting used to typing on the keyboard. In poetry center, I am seeing lots of beautiful handwriting! In vocabulary center, be careful to spell the words correctly! Also, we started Scholastic News and students have to remember to complete the activity on the back! Finally, practice retelling the 5 sentences at home for listening center (character, beginning, middle, end, conclusion) and remember to draw a colored picture afterwards!
• Math: We are continuing to work on subtraction facts this week. Students need to remember to check their work and be careful when the sign switches from – to +.
• Computer Lab: This week, we used Kidpix to make an alphabet picture. We used the stamps in Kidpix and tried to find different pictures that begin with the same letter as the alphabet. We printed out our pictures at the end of class.
• Science: We observed the larva stage of mealworms this week. We learned that insects have 3 body parts, 6 legs, and 2 antennas. We went to Mrs. Bachelor’s class during Tuesday circuits and we made a life cycle of a butterfly! We are watching our caterpillars eat, eat, eat and they are starting to make cocoons! Also we did an activity where we counted the legs of different bugs to see who were worms, insects, arachnids, or myriapods!
• Buddies: This week we saw our buddies for the second time. We talked about Fall and made a picture using the colors of fall and observed nature with our senses.
• PE: This week we also had Mrs. Bachelor teaching us and we played a game called Squirrels in Trees. This game teaches cooperation and is good for cardio!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Friday, September 14, 2007
First full week!
Upcoming Dates
* Sunday, September 16th: Cupertino Jubilee Chicken Dance @ 1:00pm
I look forward to seeing some of you on Sunday! Please arrive at 12:45pm so your child won’t miss our performance time! Remember to wear your chicken hats!
* Friday, September 21st: Picture Day
Picture envelopes will be sent home the day before (Thursday, September 20th)
* Monday, September 24th: Happy Hollow Field Trip
If you have not returned the blue permission slip, please do so by Monday! Thank you to Mrs. Shindler, Mrs. Aloni, and Mrs. Okawaki, who have volunteered to chaperone. We still need one more parent, so please contact me if you are available (you do not have to drive!)
* Friday, September 28th: NO SCHOOL – Staff Learning Day
The teachers will receive training on our new Social Studies textbooks and curriculum.
* Thursday, October 4th: Cupertino Library Visit
We will be walking to the Cupertino Library after lunch. Please send your child’s blue library card to school in the morning. Review the 4-digit PIN number with your child so they can check out books. Students who do not currently have a library card will be receiving a new one on this day. Their PIN number is the last 4 digits of your home phone number.
* Friday, October 5th: Lawrence Hall of Science Assembly 9:45-10:35am
We still need two parents to volunteer at this assembly for all the first graders. You will be helping the students with various science experiments and projects. Please email me or send a note if you can help! You will need to arrive at 9:25am and will leave around 10:50am.
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Dear Families,
Our first week of homework and sharing went very well! 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. Shaaban, Mrs. Okubo, Mrs. Maruta, and Mrs. Lee for offering to volunteer on Friday afternoons, and Mrs. Okawaki, Mrs. Chang (David), and Mrs. Chang (Brian) for volunteering during computer lab on Monday afternoons! 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: Eaton Song
Kindness is … saying thank you when somebody helps me
Story of the Week: Lunch
Vocabulary of the Week: School Words 2
Next Week’s Sharing: Fall Poem (remember 4 lines memorized)
• Reading & Writing: We worked on our dictionary letters up to M 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.
• Library: Remember to bring the Eaton library books back to school on Friday so your child can check out a new book! We go every Friday and Mrs. Glass reads to us!
• Assembly: We had a performance today called “Asheba” about exploring music and culture of the Carribean! It was great!
• 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 This story was about _______. (Who is the character?)
o In the beginning, _________. (Where or what’s happening?)
o In the middle, ___________. (What is the problem?)
o In the end, ______________. (What is the solution?)
o This story was ___________. (Conclusion - Did you think the story was funny, silly, great, sad, happy?)
• Math: We have finished Chapter 1! Students took the chapter test on Thursday and EVERYONE did well!!! GREAT JOB! Now we are looking at Chapter 2, which is on subtraction facts. We are completing the math word problems in our workbooks together for extra practice!
• Computer Lab: We explored KidPix this week by drawing pictures using the different tools: pencils, markers, stamps, paint bucket, etc.
• Art: We had our first visit with the art teacher, Mrs. Blakeslee this week! She taught us about our primary colors and abstract art. This is a note from her:
The first art activity for the primary grades will focus on primary colors and lines. Abstract art will be discussed and the students will learn about tempera paint as a medium, and practice handling a brush. The artist focus will be on Wassily Kandinsky, a Russian abstract artist born in 1866. He was influenced by Eastern philosophies and brought great spirituality to his art. He taught at the famous Bauhaus School in Germany prior to WWII, was an author, and his influence on modern painting and sculpture was immeasurable. Students will spend no more than 3 sessions to complete a Kandinsky-like abstract painting.
• Science: Yikes! We started our first unit on Insects! We said hello to our new classroom pets… our mealworms! We are learning to observe them and take notes about what we see. We also will be studying butterflies this trimester.
• Social Studies: Thank you to Mrs. Aloni and Mrs. Shindler, who came in on Tuesday afternoon to teach us about the Jewish New Year! Shana Tova!
• Super Stars: Unfortunately, we had a lot of YELLOW super stars this week. Please remember to talk to your child about following school and classroom rules. We need to try our best everyday!
Have a great weekend! See you on Sunday at the Chicken Dance!
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Literacy Centers Rubric
Listening Center
3 stars= colored picture AND 5 great 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
Computer Center
3 stars = Typed 2 sentences in the kindness website with few mistakes.
2 stars = Typed 1 sentence in the kindness website or 2 sentences with many mistakes.
1 star = Typed a few words in the kindness website.
0 = Did not type any words in the kindness website.
* Sunday, September 16th: Cupertino Jubilee Chicken Dance @ 1:00pm
I look forward to seeing some of you on Sunday! Please arrive at 12:45pm so your child won’t miss our performance time! Remember to wear your chicken hats!
* Friday, September 21st: Picture Day
Picture envelopes will be sent home the day before (Thursday, September 20th)
* Monday, September 24th: Happy Hollow Field Trip
If you have not returned the blue permission slip, please do so by Monday! Thank you to Mrs. Shindler, Mrs. Aloni, and Mrs. Okawaki, who have volunteered to chaperone. We still need one more parent, so please contact me if you are available (you do not have to drive!)
* Friday, September 28th: NO SCHOOL – Staff Learning Day
The teachers will receive training on our new Social Studies textbooks and curriculum.
* Thursday, October 4th: Cupertino Library Visit
We will be walking to the Cupertino Library after lunch. Please send your child’s blue library card to school in the morning. Review the 4-digit PIN number with your child so they can check out books. Students who do not currently have a library card will be receiving a new one on this day. Their PIN number is the last 4 digits of your home phone number.
* Friday, October 5th: Lawrence Hall of Science Assembly 9:45-10:35am
We still need two parents to volunteer at this assembly for all the first graders. You will be helping the students with various science experiments and projects. Please email me or send a note if you can help! You will need to arrive at 9:25am and will leave around 10:50am.
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Dear Families,
Our first week of homework and sharing went very well! 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. Shaaban, Mrs. Okubo, Mrs. Maruta, and Mrs. Lee for offering to volunteer on Friday afternoons, and Mrs. Okawaki, Mrs. Chang (David), and Mrs. Chang (Brian) for volunteering during computer lab on Monday afternoons! 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: Eaton Song
Kindness is … saying thank you when somebody helps me
Story of the Week: Lunch
Vocabulary of the Week: School Words 2
Next Week’s Sharing: Fall Poem (remember 4 lines memorized)
• Reading & Writing: We worked on our dictionary letters up to M 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.
• Library: Remember to bring the Eaton library books back to school on Friday so your child can check out a new book! We go every Friday and Mrs. Glass reads to us!
• Assembly: We had a performance today called “Asheba” about exploring music and culture of the Carribean! It was great!
• 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 This story was about _______. (Who is the character?)
o In the beginning, _________. (Where or what’s happening?)
o In the middle, ___________. (What is the problem?)
o In the end, ______________. (What is the solution?)
o This story was ___________. (Conclusion - Did you think the story was funny, silly, great, sad, happy?)
• Math: We have finished Chapter 1! Students took the chapter test on Thursday and EVERYONE did well!!! GREAT JOB! Now we are looking at Chapter 2, which is on subtraction facts. We are completing the math word problems in our workbooks together for extra practice!
• Computer Lab: We explored KidPix this week by drawing pictures using the different tools: pencils, markers, stamps, paint bucket, etc.
• Art: We had our first visit with the art teacher, Mrs. Blakeslee this week! She taught us about our primary colors and abstract art. This is a note from her:
The first art activity for the primary grades will focus on primary colors and lines. Abstract art will be discussed and the students will learn about tempera paint as a medium, and practice handling a brush. The artist focus will be on Wassily Kandinsky, a Russian abstract artist born in 1866. He was influenced by Eastern philosophies and brought great spirituality to his art. He taught at the famous Bauhaus School in Germany prior to WWII, was an author, and his influence on modern painting and sculpture was immeasurable. Students will spend no more than 3 sessions to complete a Kandinsky-like abstract painting.
• Science: Yikes! We started our first unit on Insects! We said hello to our new classroom pets… our mealworms! We are learning to observe them and take notes about what we see. We also will be studying butterflies this trimester.
• Social Studies: Thank you to Mrs. Aloni and Mrs. Shindler, who came in on Tuesday afternoon to teach us about the Jewish New Year! Shana Tova!
• Super Stars: Unfortunately, we had a lot of YELLOW super stars this week. Please remember to talk to your child about following school and classroom rules. We need to try our best everyday!
Have a great weekend! See you on Sunday at the Chicken Dance!
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Literacy Centers Rubric
Listening Center
3 stars= colored picture AND 5 great 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
Computer Center
3 stars = Typed 2 sentences in the kindness website with few mistakes.
2 stars = Typed 1 sentence in the kindness website or 2 sentences with many mistakes.
1 star = Typed a few words in the kindness website.
0 = Did not type any words in the kindness website.
Friday, September 07, 2007
After Back to School Night!
Upcoming Dates
* Monday, September 10th: Scholastic Book Orders Due!
Remember to write ONE check to Scholastic Books. If you haven’t already, please also turn in the Eaton and Cupertino library permission slips by Monday.
* Sunday, September 16th: Cupertino Jubilee Chicken Dance @ 1:00pm
The first graders from Eaton will perform the Chicken Dance at the Cupertino Jubilee which is held at City Hall (next to the library). Plan on coming if you are available that day! There is a green permission slip in today’s Friday Folder. Please fill out the bottom to let us know if you WILL or WILL NOT be coming.
* Monday, September 24th: Happy Hollow Field Trip
There is a blue permission slip in today’s Friday Folder. Please fill it out and return it by next Monday, September 17th. We can have parent chaperones, but we must carpool there because there is not room on the bus for parents.
* Friday, September 21st: Picture Day
Picture envelopes will be sent home the day before.
* Friday, September 28th: NO SCHOOL – Staff Learning Day
* Friday, October 5th: Lawrence Hall of Science Assembly 9:45-10:35am
We still need two parents to volunteer at this assembly for all the first graders. You will be helping the students with various science experiments and projects. Please email me or send a note if you can help!
September 7, 2007
Dear Families,
Thank you to those of you who were able to attend Back-to-School Night last night! 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: $150 classroom donation, library permission slip, website permission slip, and volunteer form. Thank you to those of you who are offering to volunteer in our class!
Here are some highlights from the week:
Poem of the Week: Manners
Song of the Week: The Eaton Song
Kindness is … making new friends
Word Wall Words: Names of classmates
• Language Arts: We have worked on the alphabet letters up to I. 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.
• 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 project to help students learn to do nice things for others and to have manners. We will be typing the journals on the computer on our Kindness website.
• 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. Please remember to look over the work that comes home each Friday and 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, the complete homework packet 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!
This week we all did a great job getting green super stars for great behavior. However, I still gave many warnings and reminders about sitting nicely on the carpet, working quietly at the desks, and following Eaton rules. Please continue reminding your children to follow these rules. Thank you. See you on Monday!
* Monday, September 10th: Scholastic Book Orders Due!
Remember to write ONE check to Scholastic Books. If you haven’t already, please also turn in the Eaton and Cupertino library permission slips by Monday.
* Sunday, September 16th: Cupertino Jubilee Chicken Dance @ 1:00pm
The first graders from Eaton will perform the Chicken Dance at the Cupertino Jubilee which is held at City Hall (next to the library). Plan on coming if you are available that day! There is a green permission slip in today’s Friday Folder. Please fill out the bottom to let us know if you WILL or WILL NOT be coming.
* Monday, September 24th: Happy Hollow Field Trip
There is a blue permission slip in today’s Friday Folder. Please fill it out and return it by next Monday, September 17th. We can have parent chaperones, but we must carpool there because there is not room on the bus for parents.
* Friday, September 21st: Picture Day
Picture envelopes will be sent home the day before.
* Friday, September 28th: NO SCHOOL – Staff Learning Day
* Friday, October 5th: Lawrence Hall of Science Assembly 9:45-10:35am
We still need two parents to volunteer at this assembly for all the first graders. You will be helping the students with various science experiments and projects. Please email me or send a note if you can help!
September 7, 2007
Dear Families,
Thank you to those of you who were able to attend Back-to-School Night last night! 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: $150 classroom donation, library permission slip, website permission slip, and volunteer form. Thank you to those of you who are offering to volunteer in our class!
Here are some highlights from the week:
Poem of the Week: Manners
Song of the Week: The Eaton Song
Kindness is … making new friends
Word Wall Words: Names of classmates
• Language Arts: We have worked on the alphabet letters up to I. 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.
• 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 project to help students learn to do nice things for others and to have manners. We will be typing the journals on the computer on our Kindness website.
• 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. Please remember to look over the work that comes home each Friday and 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, the complete homework packet 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!
This week we all did a great job getting green super stars for great behavior. However, I still gave many warnings and reminders about sitting nicely on the carpet, working quietly at the desks, and following Eaton rules. Please continue reminding your children to follow these rules. Thank you. See you on Monday!
Saturday, September 01, 2007
First Newsletter!
Upcoming Dates
Monday, September 3rd: NO SCHOOL – Labor Day
Thursday, September 6th: Back-to-School Night 7:15pm-8:00pm in Room 8
This is a mandatory informational meeting about our classroom procedures and curriculum plan for the year. There will be a PTO meeting from 7:00pm-7:15pm beforehand.
Monday, September 10th: Please complete and return the attached permission slips for the Eaton and Cupertino Public Library visits. Scholastic book orders will also be due on this day too!
Sunday, September 16th: Cupertino Jubilee Chicken Dance @ 1:00pm
The first graders from Eaton will perform the Chicken Dance at the Cupertino Jubilee which is held at City Hall (next to the library). Plan on coming if you are available that day!
Friday, September 28th: NO SCHOOL – Staff Learning Day
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Dear Families,
Thank you for those of you who have given generous donations for our classroom! In addition to the first grade supply list, we ask each family to donate $150 (payable to Eaton Elementary School) in order to cover the costs for all the fun assemblies, field trips, projects, and activities we complete all year long. We appreciate your contribution and support!
The first few days of school have gone by very smoothly. I have been pleased with the student effort during our projects and activities. We have been going over class rules and procedures this week, and reminding students to be on their best behavior. Here are some highlights from the week:
• Language Arts: We have begun our phonics and vocabulary lessons by beginning a picture dictionary. I have been emphasizing neatness and proper handwriting in their work. We worked on A, B, C, and D.
• Social Studies: We are learning about ourselves and our families. We made a family portrait to share with the class. Also, we discovered all the countries that our families have come from and drew flags around the world.
• Writing: We have been learning about our classmates. We select a Prince or Princess of the day. The students interview them and then we write a paragraph about that person. Some areas we are beginning to focus on are indenting paragraphs, capital letters in the beginning of sentences, punctuation, and sentence variety.
• Math: We began our first chapter in our textbook on addition facts. We are practicing basic computation and also word problems using addition. Please review the work that gets sent home. Most of the word problems are done as a whole class so some students need more practice doing them independently.
• Physical Education: We began our PE this week. We have PE class on Mondays and Wednesdays. Students have to run around the track once and then we play games afterwards.
• Fire Drill: On Thursday, we practiced our first fire drill. We lined up quietly when the fire bell rang and walked onto the field until we were excused. We did a great job!
• Music: We have started our first grade music program. We are singing fun songs led by the first grade teachers.
• Nutrition Policy: We are continuing our nutrition program at our school and we are only allowed to have one treat per month. Therefore, if your child has a birthday and you would like to share something with the class, we can only allow items such as pencils, erasers, or stickers.
• Friday Folders: Today you are receiving our weekly Friday Folders. Please review all the work that is sent home with your child and sign the back of the folder. Every week I monitor each child’s behavior using Super Stars. If your child receives green cards all week long, they will take home the Super Star (this week is the yellow bus). Please acknowledge these Super Stars and post them up in your house to remind children of good behavior!!!
I am including the September book order with this newsletter. This first order is very important because it gives our classroom free materials depending on the amount ordered. Please look through the book orders and if you are interested in purchasing books, make ONE check payable to Scholastic Book Clubs. Please return these orders by Monday, September 10th.
We are fortunate to have an ELD aide to help out in our classroom everyday. Her name is Seema Saxena (Mrs. Seema) and she rotates between Mrs. Tambe’s class and ours from 9:00am – 12:20pm everyday. Mrs. Seema is a wonderful help to us! I am looking forward to meeting all of you next Thursday at Back to School Night! Have a wonderful weekend!
Monday, September 3rd: NO SCHOOL – Labor Day
Thursday, September 6th: Back-to-School Night 7:15pm-8:00pm in Room 8
This is a mandatory informational meeting about our classroom procedures and curriculum plan for the year. There will be a PTO meeting from 7:00pm-7:15pm beforehand.
Monday, September 10th: Please complete and return the attached permission slips for the Eaton and Cupertino Public Library visits. Scholastic book orders will also be due on this day too!
Sunday, September 16th: Cupertino Jubilee Chicken Dance @ 1:00pm
The first graders from Eaton will perform the Chicken Dance at the Cupertino Jubilee which is held at City Hall (next to the library). Plan on coming if you are available that day!
Friday, September 28th: NO SCHOOL – Staff Learning Day
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Dear Families,
Thank you for those of you who have given generous donations for our classroom! In addition to the first grade supply list, we ask each family to donate $150 (payable to Eaton Elementary School) in order to cover the costs for all the fun assemblies, field trips, projects, and activities we complete all year long. We appreciate your contribution and support!
The first few days of school have gone by very smoothly. I have been pleased with the student effort during our projects and activities. We have been going over class rules and procedures this week, and reminding students to be on their best behavior. Here are some highlights from the week:
• Language Arts: We have begun our phonics and vocabulary lessons by beginning a picture dictionary. I have been emphasizing neatness and proper handwriting in their work. We worked on A, B, C, and D.
• Social Studies: We are learning about ourselves and our families. We made a family portrait to share with the class. Also, we discovered all the countries that our families have come from and drew flags around the world.
• Writing: We have been learning about our classmates. We select a Prince or Princess of the day. The students interview them and then we write a paragraph about that person. Some areas we are beginning to focus on are indenting paragraphs, capital letters in the beginning of sentences, punctuation, and sentence variety.
• Math: We began our first chapter in our textbook on addition facts. We are practicing basic computation and also word problems using addition. Please review the work that gets sent home. Most of the word problems are done as a whole class so some students need more practice doing them independently.
• Physical Education: We began our PE this week. We have PE class on Mondays and Wednesdays. Students have to run around the track once and then we play games afterwards.
• Fire Drill: On Thursday, we practiced our first fire drill. We lined up quietly when the fire bell rang and walked onto the field until we were excused. We did a great job!
• Music: We have started our first grade music program. We are singing fun songs led by the first grade teachers.
• Nutrition Policy: We are continuing our nutrition program at our school and we are only allowed to have one treat per month. Therefore, if your child has a birthday and you would like to share something with the class, we can only allow items such as pencils, erasers, or stickers.
• Friday Folders: Today you are receiving our weekly Friday Folders. Please review all the work that is sent home with your child and sign the back of the folder. Every week I monitor each child’s behavior using Super Stars. If your child receives green cards all week long, they will take home the Super Star (this week is the yellow bus). Please acknowledge these Super Stars and post them up in your house to remind children of good behavior!!!
I am including the September book order with this newsletter. This first order is very important because it gives our classroom free materials depending on the amount ordered. Please look through the book orders and if you are interested in purchasing books, make ONE check payable to Scholastic Book Clubs. Please return these orders by Monday, September 10th.
We are fortunate to have an ELD aide to help out in our classroom everyday. Her name is Seema Saxena (Mrs. Seema) and she rotates between Mrs. Tambe’s class and ours from 9:00am – 12:20pm everyday. Mrs. Seema is a wonderful help to us! I am looking forward to meeting all of you next Thursday at Back to School Night! Have a wonderful weekend!
Saturday, June 16, 2007
Last Day of School
Dear Families,
This week was super busy! On Monday, we went to Almaden Lake Park by bus. Unfortunately, we didn’t get to ride the light rail this year. The students had lunch, played on the play structure, and ate popsicles that day. It was hot!
Then on Tuesday, we had the Talent Show. Catherine and Julia played the piano and some of the students performed the Cha Cha Slide! Even the teachers performed Grease at the end! If you missed the performances, you can go to the PHOTOS section of our classroom website: www.geocities.com/missyu_grace and I have added all the videos there. You can just click on the arrow to watch the performances!
On Wednesday, we prepared for our musical and had a dress rehearsal in front of Kindergarten and Third grade. In the afternoon, we worked on an art project and made a landscape picture.
Thursday was our musical performance! Although it was incredibly hot in the MP room, the students all did a great job singing and dancing A Musical Year! If anyone has a video of the performance, please let me know because I would like to make a copy of it. Thank you to Mrs. Hothan (Michael’s mother) who went to pick up popsicles for the children right after the musical because it was so hot!
Today was Breakfast and a Book! We had donuts and juice for breakfast, and then we went to different classrooms to read books.
It is always hard to say goodbye to all my students at the end of each year. I have seen your children grow and learn so much over the year and I am so proud of them for their hard work. I would appreciate it if you kept in touch with me from time to time to let me know how your children are doing. My address is: 20814 Beauchamps Court, Saratoga, CA 95070. Or you can always send me an email too at yu_grace@cupertino.k12.ca.us or my personal email is gracelingyu@yahoo.com !
My present to the students is a music CD to remember all of our first grade songs! Enjoy the music! In addition, I would like to especially thank Julia’s mom, Catherine’s mom, Yo’s mom, and Mayu’s mom for coming every Friday afternoon for an hour to prepare homework packets, centers folders, spelling, vocabulary, and Friday folders! I would also like to thank Moe’s mom and Hitoharu’s mom for coming every Wednesday afternoon to help in computer lab. Everyone else, thank you for all of your support this year! Many of you came on field trips, gave classroom donations, and provided supplies for our class. I have made a personalized notepad from our classroom for all of you to say thank you for a wonderful year! Miss Yu will miss you!!! =) Have a wonderful summer!
This week was super busy! On Monday, we went to Almaden Lake Park by bus. Unfortunately, we didn’t get to ride the light rail this year. The students had lunch, played on the play structure, and ate popsicles that day. It was hot!
Then on Tuesday, we had the Talent Show. Catherine and Julia played the piano and some of the students performed the Cha Cha Slide! Even the teachers performed Grease at the end! If you missed the performances, you can go to the PHOTOS section of our classroom website: www.geocities.com/missyu_grace and I have added all the videos there. You can just click on the arrow to watch the performances!
On Wednesday, we prepared for our musical and had a dress rehearsal in front of Kindergarten and Third grade. In the afternoon, we worked on an art project and made a landscape picture.
Thursday was our musical performance! Although it was incredibly hot in the MP room, the students all did a great job singing and dancing A Musical Year! If anyone has a video of the performance, please let me know because I would like to make a copy of it. Thank you to Mrs. Hothan (Michael’s mother) who went to pick up popsicles for the children right after the musical because it was so hot!
Today was Breakfast and a Book! We had donuts and juice for breakfast, and then we went to different classrooms to read books.
It is always hard to say goodbye to all my students at the end of each year. I have seen your children grow and learn so much over the year and I am so proud of them for their hard work. I would appreciate it if you kept in touch with me from time to time to let me know how your children are doing. My address is: 20814 Beauchamps Court, Saratoga, CA 95070. Or you can always send me an email too at yu_grace@cupertino.k12.ca.us or my personal email is gracelingyu@yahoo.com !
My present to the students is a music CD to remember all of our first grade songs! Enjoy the music! In addition, I would like to especially thank Julia’s mom, Catherine’s mom, Yo’s mom, and Mayu’s mom for coming every Friday afternoon for an hour to prepare homework packets, centers folders, spelling, vocabulary, and Friday folders! I would also like to thank Moe’s mom and Hitoharu’s mom for coming every Wednesday afternoon to help in computer lab. Everyone else, thank you for all of your support this year! Many of you came on field trips, gave classroom donations, and provided supplies for our class. I have made a personalized notepad from our classroom for all of you to say thank you for a wonderful year! Miss Yu will miss you!!! =) Have a wonderful summer!
Friday, June 08, 2007
June 8, 2007
Upcoming Dates
* Monday, June 11th: End of the Year First Grade Trip
We will be taking the bus at 9:15am to Almaden Lake Park and we will return by 2:30pm. Please have your child pack a BAG lunch that can be thrown away at the park. Thank you for all the volunteers. Unfortunately, we can only bring 3 chaperones on the bus: Mrs. Hagiwara (Hitoharu), Mrs. Lee (Jaewoo), and Mrs. Wang (Patricia). Everyone else is welcome to meet us at the park. Attached to this newsletter are the directions. Mrs. Park (Geoffrey) and Mrs. Park (Julia) have offered to transport lunches and drinks. Thank you!
* Tuesday, June 12th: Talent Show
The cha cha slide group will be performing 18th after lunch. If you would like to watch, it would probably be best to come around 1:45pm to the MP room. The dancers that turned in their permission slip are: Anushka, Geoffrey, Hitoharu, Jaewoo, Janani, Jonathan, Lenny, Mayu, Michael, Moe, Patricia, Reva, Sammy, Tomoki, William, and Yo. Please remember to wear a white shirt and blue bottoms (shorts, pants, skirt) to school on this day!
* Thursday, June 14th: First Grade Musical at 1:30pm in MP room
Please plan on attending our musical on this afternoon! Your child will be bringing their costumes home right after the performance.
* Friday, June 15th: Last Day of School! Dismissal is at 12:20pm.
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Dear Families,
We are at the end of the year! I will be sending home everything your child has done in class over the next few days. There is no homework, tests, or sharing next week, so please keep everything at home! Here are some highlights from this week:
• Language Arts: We finished our last literacy centers this week. We read Five Little Sharks Swimming in the Sea and worked on Animal vocabulary 4. I am sending all the vocabulary sheets home that your child completed during the year. I will put them in the back of the Vocabulary Folder for you to review with your child if you want.
• Writing: We are doing such a wonderful job on Writer’s Workshop! The students are busily working on more pieces to finish by the end of the year. They are showing good understanding of the writing process, from prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, to publishing! The favorite part is the Author’s chair because they get to read their published piece to the class!
• Math: Today we finished the last chapter in our math book! We took the test on two-digit addition and subtraction. Most students are doing great with computation, but struggle with understanding two-step word problems.
• Computer Lab: We had our last computer lab this week. Many students finished another Writer’s Workshop cover! Great job!
• Music: We were fortunate to watch two musicals this week! On Thursday, we watched the third graders perform Who Pushed Humpty? Today, we listened to the upper grade chorus sing! Next week will be our turn!!! We had a dress rehearsal on Monday and it went smoothly. We are excited to show all of you our singing and dancing!
• Social Studies: This week we talked about Father’s Day. We made a present that we will give to our Father’s on June 17th.
• Assembly: Today we had an assembly called Around the World songs. Our presenter sang songs and told stories from different countries.
Next week will be very exciting and busy for our class! I am cherishing these last few days being your child’s teacher. I have really enjoyed working with all of them and am starting to get sad to have to say goodbye next week! Have a wonderful weekend!
* Monday, June 11th: End of the Year First Grade Trip
We will be taking the bus at 9:15am to Almaden Lake Park and we will return by 2:30pm. Please have your child pack a BAG lunch that can be thrown away at the park. Thank you for all the volunteers. Unfortunately, we can only bring 3 chaperones on the bus: Mrs. Hagiwara (Hitoharu), Mrs. Lee (Jaewoo), and Mrs. Wang (Patricia). Everyone else is welcome to meet us at the park. Attached to this newsletter are the directions. Mrs. Park (Geoffrey) and Mrs. Park (Julia) have offered to transport lunches and drinks. Thank you!
* Tuesday, June 12th: Talent Show
The cha cha slide group will be performing 18th after lunch. If you would like to watch, it would probably be best to come around 1:45pm to the MP room. The dancers that turned in their permission slip are: Anushka, Geoffrey, Hitoharu, Jaewoo, Janani, Jonathan, Lenny, Mayu, Michael, Moe, Patricia, Reva, Sammy, Tomoki, William, and Yo. Please remember to wear a white shirt and blue bottoms (shorts, pants, skirt) to school on this day!
* Thursday, June 14th: First Grade Musical at 1:30pm in MP room
Please plan on attending our musical on this afternoon! Your child will be bringing their costumes home right after the performance.
* Friday, June 15th: Last Day of School! Dismissal is at 12:20pm.
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Dear Families,
We are at the end of the year! I will be sending home everything your child has done in class over the next few days. There is no homework, tests, or sharing next week, so please keep everything at home! Here are some highlights from this week:
• Language Arts: We finished our last literacy centers this week. We read Five Little Sharks Swimming in the Sea and worked on Animal vocabulary 4. I am sending all the vocabulary sheets home that your child completed during the year. I will put them in the back of the Vocabulary Folder for you to review with your child if you want.
• Writing: We are doing such a wonderful job on Writer’s Workshop! The students are busily working on more pieces to finish by the end of the year. They are showing good understanding of the writing process, from prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, to publishing! The favorite part is the Author’s chair because they get to read their published piece to the class!
• Math: Today we finished the last chapter in our math book! We took the test on two-digit addition and subtraction. Most students are doing great with computation, but struggle with understanding two-step word problems.
• Computer Lab: We had our last computer lab this week. Many students finished another Writer’s Workshop cover! Great job!
• Music: We were fortunate to watch two musicals this week! On Thursday, we watched the third graders perform Who Pushed Humpty? Today, we listened to the upper grade chorus sing! Next week will be our turn!!! We had a dress rehearsal on Monday and it went smoothly. We are excited to show all of you our singing and dancing!
• Social Studies: This week we talked about Father’s Day. We made a present that we will give to our Father’s on June 17th.
• Assembly: Today we had an assembly called Around the World songs. Our presenter sang songs and told stories from different countries.
Next week will be very exciting and busy for our class! I am cherishing these last few days being your child’s teacher. I have really enjoyed working with all of them and am starting to get sad to have to say goodbye next week! Have a wonderful weekend!
June 1, 2007
Upcoming Dates
* Saturday, June 2nd: International Festival 10am – 4pm
Miss Yu will be performing a dance routine at 11:00am. If you are free, come watch and have fun!
* Monday, June 4th: Costumes for the Musical (if you haven’t yet)
We are doing our first dress rehearsal on Monday. If you haven’t already, please bring your child’s costume to school in a bag with his or her name on it, and LABEL each article of clothing with your child’s full name and room number. We will be keeping the costumes at school until June 14th.
* Monday, June 11th: End of the Year First Grade Trip
We are going to the Almaden Lake Park from 9am – 2pm. A permission slip was sent home on Wednesday afternoon. Please return the permission slip as soon as possible. We can only take 3 chaperones on the bus, but as many of you are welcome to drive yourself and meet us at the park. Please have your child pack a BAG lunch that can be thrown away.
* Tuesday, June 12th: Talent Show
15 dancers from Room 8 returned the permission slip and are doing the Cha Cha slide at the Eaton Talent Show. More information about the time of the performance will come later. If your child is a dancer, please have him/her wear a white shirt and blue bottoms (shorts, pants, skirt) to school on this day.
* Thursday, June 14th: First Grade Musical at 1:30pm in MP room
Please plan on attending our musical on this afternoon!
* Friday, June 15th: Last Day of School! Dismissal is at 12:20pm.
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Dear Families,
I can’t believe it’s June! This week was very busy since it was a short week. In addition to our regular schedule, we had an emergency drill on Tuesday between recess and lunch. All the students practiced what they have to do in an earthquake or fire, and all the teachers had to also practice our emergency jobs. It went smoothly but was very hectic! We also had the Volunteer Tea of Wednesday. Thank you to all the volunteers who helped so much in our classroom this year!
Here are some highlights from the week:
Star of the Week: Rie
Poem of the Week: Jump or Jiggle
Kindness is … giving presents.
Vocabulary of the Week: Animals 3
WWW: begin, minute, already, above, against, caught
Next Week’s Sharing: Regular – Summer plans
(Memorize at least 4 lines and bring picture/object to show)
• Language Arts: We finally had time to finish centers this week! We will have one more week of centers and homework packets.
• Writing: We have been working hard finishing up our final pieces in Writer’s Workshop. We are hoping to finish at least one more before the end of the year.
• Math: This week has been all about two-digit subtraction facts. We have been reviewing how to subtract the ones column first, and then the tens column. However, some students are getting confused when it becomes a problem like 17-8 and they subtract 7-8! We will practice these facts one more week.
• Science: We are saying goodbye to our mealworms this week! They have been fun to observe, but now it is time for them to go home!
• Computer Lab: This week and next week we will be trying to finish up the Writer’s Workshop brainstorm maps in Kidspiration. Students will have one more opportunity to visit the computer lab next Wednesday.
• Music: This was our last session with Mrs. More. We played with Boomwhackers and wooden cylinders to the beats of different songs. It has been a fun year!
• Art: It was also our last session with Mrs. Blakeslee this week. Almost all of us finished our Native American pictures and stories and we shared them to the class.
• Social Studies: This week we went to Miss Salter’s class for Circuits. She talked about the new Food Pyramid and taught us some facts about nutrition and health.
Today we started implementing our new lunch procedures. Next year our school will be growing by several classrooms so all the kids won’t fit on the lunch tables at one time. We are now staggering lunch so that primary grade students eat from 12:25 – 12:40 and then play after, whereas upper grade students will play first and then eat from 12:40-12:55.
I hope to see many of you tomorrow at the International Festival! I will be performing the first act in the morning at 11:00am with a few dancers from my church group, Eight Count. We will be dancing a short hip hop and stomp routine. It should be fun so come and watch if you are free! Remember to fill out the Eaton Survey if you haven’t yet! Thanks!
* Saturday, June 2nd: International Festival 10am – 4pm
Miss Yu will be performing a dance routine at 11:00am. If you are free, come watch and have fun!
* Monday, June 4th: Costumes for the Musical (if you haven’t yet)
We are doing our first dress rehearsal on Monday. If you haven’t already, please bring your child’s costume to school in a bag with his or her name on it, and LABEL each article of clothing with your child’s full name and room number. We will be keeping the costumes at school until June 14th.
* Monday, June 11th: End of the Year First Grade Trip
We are going to the Almaden Lake Park from 9am – 2pm. A permission slip was sent home on Wednesday afternoon. Please return the permission slip as soon as possible. We can only take 3 chaperones on the bus, but as many of you are welcome to drive yourself and meet us at the park. Please have your child pack a BAG lunch that can be thrown away.
* Tuesday, June 12th: Talent Show
15 dancers from Room 8 returned the permission slip and are doing the Cha Cha slide at the Eaton Talent Show. More information about the time of the performance will come later. If your child is a dancer, please have him/her wear a white shirt and blue bottoms (shorts, pants, skirt) to school on this day.
* Thursday, June 14th: First Grade Musical at 1:30pm in MP room
Please plan on attending our musical on this afternoon!
* Friday, June 15th: Last Day of School! Dismissal is at 12:20pm.
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Dear Families,
I can’t believe it’s June! This week was very busy since it was a short week. In addition to our regular schedule, we had an emergency drill on Tuesday between recess and lunch. All the students practiced what they have to do in an earthquake or fire, and all the teachers had to also practice our emergency jobs. It went smoothly but was very hectic! We also had the Volunteer Tea of Wednesday. Thank you to all the volunteers who helped so much in our classroom this year!
Here are some highlights from the week:
Star of the Week: Rie
Poem of the Week: Jump or Jiggle
Kindness is … giving presents.
Vocabulary of the Week: Animals 3
WWW: begin, minute, already, above, against, caught
Next Week’s Sharing: Regular – Summer plans
(Memorize at least 4 lines and bring picture/object to show)
• Language Arts: We finally had time to finish centers this week! We will have one more week of centers and homework packets.
• Writing: We have been working hard finishing up our final pieces in Writer’s Workshop. We are hoping to finish at least one more before the end of the year.
• Math: This week has been all about two-digit subtraction facts. We have been reviewing how to subtract the ones column first, and then the tens column. However, some students are getting confused when it becomes a problem like 17-8 and they subtract 7-8! We will practice these facts one more week.
• Science: We are saying goodbye to our mealworms this week! They have been fun to observe, but now it is time for them to go home!
• Computer Lab: This week and next week we will be trying to finish up the Writer’s Workshop brainstorm maps in Kidspiration. Students will have one more opportunity to visit the computer lab next Wednesday.
• Music: This was our last session with Mrs. More. We played with Boomwhackers and wooden cylinders to the beats of different songs. It has been a fun year!
• Art: It was also our last session with Mrs. Blakeslee this week. Almost all of us finished our Native American pictures and stories and we shared them to the class.
• Social Studies: This week we went to Miss Salter’s class for Circuits. She talked about the new Food Pyramid and taught us some facts about nutrition and health.
Today we started implementing our new lunch procedures. Next year our school will be growing by several classrooms so all the kids won’t fit on the lunch tables at one time. We are now staggering lunch so that primary grade students eat from 12:25 – 12:40 and then play after, whereas upper grade students will play first and then eat from 12:40-12:55.
I hope to see many of you tomorrow at the International Festival! I will be performing the first act in the morning at 11:00am with a few dancers from my church group, Eight Count. We will be dancing a short hip hop and stomp routine. It should be fun so come and watch if you are free! Remember to fill out the Eaton Survey if you haven’t yet! Thanks!
May 25, 2007
Upcoming Dates
* Monday, May 28th: NO SCHOOL – Memorial Day
Enjoy your long weekend!
* Friday, June 1st: Due Date to Bring Costumes for the Musical!
In today’s Friday Folder, there is an important paper that highlights your child’s costume for the First Grade Musical on June 14th. Please bring your child’s costume to school in a bag with his or her name on it, and LABEL each article of clothing with your child’s full name and room number. We will be keeping the costumes at school until June 14th.
* Monday, June 11th: End of the Year First Grade Trip
More information will come later!
* Thursday, June 14th: First Grade Musical at 1:30pm in MP room
Please plan on attending our musical on this afternoon! Next week we will be sending home costume lists for your children to bring to school.
* Friday, June 15th: Last Day of School! Dismissal is at 12:20pm.
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Dear Families,
Thank you for coming last night to Open House! It was wonderful to see all of your families enjoying the hard work your children have done in first grade this year! I think the students did a great job being your “tour guide” for the evening! All the work you saw will be sent home the last week of school.
I also wanted to thank everyone for making me feel special this week! I was completely surprised to see our door poster with all the kids’ writing on each flower petal. It is so beautiful and I was very touched by it! Also, I want to thank all of you for your special gifts and cards. I am very grateful to have supportive families like you and I am thankful for your kindness. Thank you so much!
Once again, we had a different schedule this week so we did not complete centers! This week we had a special in-class presentation by the Environmental Volunteers. They came on Tuesday and Thursday morning to teach us about Nature in our Neighborhood. On Tuesday, we learned about different bugs, birds, and looked in the dirt to find creatures. We learned that the four things we need to survive are: water, soil, sun, and air, and the six things we need to do to stay alive are: eat, drink, move, breathe, grow, and have babies! On Thursday, we went outside around our school to make a list of all the things we saw that belong to nature. Then we came back to make large posters of everything we saw and shared with the class! This was a great in-class field trip for our class!
Here are some highlights from the week:
Star of the Week: Tomoki
Poem of the Week: Green, Green Frog
Kindness is … giving a praise note to someone
Vocabulary of the Week: Animals 2
WWW: began, break, divide, laugh, sure
Next Week’s Sharing: Summer POem
(Memorize at least 4 lines and bring picture/object to show)
• Language Arts: Theme 10 We Can Do It!: Week 1
• Stories: Two Greedy Bears
• Word Families: words that rhyme with more
• Sounds: r controlled vowels or, ore, er, ir, ur
• Grammar: describing what we hear
• Writing: We finished learning about the frog life cycle this week and wrote an expository paragraph about how a tadpole changes to a frog. We also thought about what we liked best about first grade and what we hope to learn next year in second grade.
• Math: We continued two digit addition facts this week. We worked on tables and word problems together. Some students started getting confused with addition and subtraction. Please make sure to look over the math work that goes home today and see if your child made mistakes! Next week we will begin two digit subtraction facts.
• Science: We finally let our butterflies go free today! They were starting to get very sad because they couldn’t fly anywhere, but we let them go today! We are also saying goodbye to our mealworms.
• Computer Lab: This week we worked on our cover page of our memory books. We used Kid Pix and learned how to change text font and size.
• Music: We started practicing our first rehearsal with all the first graders this week. We stood on the risers and danced in front of each other. Today we are sending home a costume list. Please make sure to send in your child’s clothes by next Friday, June 1st!
Thank you again for a wonderful week! I hope you all had a great time last night in our classroom! Have a wonderful 3-day weekend!
* Monday, May 28th: NO SCHOOL – Memorial Day
Enjoy your long weekend!
* Friday, June 1st: Due Date to Bring Costumes for the Musical!
In today’s Friday Folder, there is an important paper that highlights your child’s costume for the First Grade Musical on June 14th. Please bring your child’s costume to school in a bag with his or her name on it, and LABEL each article of clothing with your child’s full name and room number. We will be keeping the costumes at school until June 14th.
* Monday, June 11th: End of the Year First Grade Trip
More information will come later!
* Thursday, June 14th: First Grade Musical at 1:30pm in MP room
Please plan on attending our musical on this afternoon! Next week we will be sending home costume lists for your children to bring to school.
* Friday, June 15th: Last Day of School! Dismissal is at 12:20pm.
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Dear Families,
Thank you for coming last night to Open House! It was wonderful to see all of your families enjoying the hard work your children have done in first grade this year! I think the students did a great job being your “tour guide” for the evening! All the work you saw will be sent home the last week of school.
I also wanted to thank everyone for making me feel special this week! I was completely surprised to see our door poster with all the kids’ writing on each flower petal. It is so beautiful and I was very touched by it! Also, I want to thank all of you for your special gifts and cards. I am very grateful to have supportive families like you and I am thankful for your kindness. Thank you so much!
Once again, we had a different schedule this week so we did not complete centers! This week we had a special in-class presentation by the Environmental Volunteers. They came on Tuesday and Thursday morning to teach us about Nature in our Neighborhood. On Tuesday, we learned about different bugs, birds, and looked in the dirt to find creatures. We learned that the four things we need to survive are: water, soil, sun, and air, and the six things we need to do to stay alive are: eat, drink, move, breathe, grow, and have babies! On Thursday, we went outside around our school to make a list of all the things we saw that belong to nature. Then we came back to make large posters of everything we saw and shared with the class! This was a great in-class field trip for our class!
Here are some highlights from the week:
Star of the Week: Tomoki
Poem of the Week: Green, Green Frog
Kindness is … giving a praise note to someone
Vocabulary of the Week: Animals 2
WWW: began, break, divide, laugh, sure
Next Week’s Sharing: Summer POem
(Memorize at least 4 lines and bring picture/object to show)
• Language Arts: Theme 10 We Can Do It!: Week 1
• Stories: Two Greedy Bears
• Word Families: words that rhyme with more
• Sounds: r controlled vowels or, ore, er, ir, ur
• Grammar: describing what we hear
• Writing: We finished learning about the frog life cycle this week and wrote an expository paragraph about how a tadpole changes to a frog. We also thought about what we liked best about first grade and what we hope to learn next year in second grade.
• Math: We continued two digit addition facts this week. We worked on tables and word problems together. Some students started getting confused with addition and subtraction. Please make sure to look over the math work that goes home today and see if your child made mistakes! Next week we will begin two digit subtraction facts.
• Science: We finally let our butterflies go free today! They were starting to get very sad because they couldn’t fly anywhere, but we let them go today! We are also saying goodbye to our mealworms.
• Computer Lab: This week we worked on our cover page of our memory books. We used Kid Pix and learned how to change text font and size.
• Music: We started practicing our first rehearsal with all the first graders this week. We stood on the risers and danced in front of each other. Today we are sending home a costume list. Please make sure to send in your child’s clothes by next Friday, June 1st!
Thank you again for a wonderful week! I hope you all had a great time last night in our classroom! Have a wonderful 3-day weekend!
Friday, May 18, 2007
May 18, 2007
Upcoming Dates
* Thursday, May 24th: Open House 6:30-7:30
Please plan on attending this night to see all the work your child has done this year! This is an informal night where your children will be your “tour guides,” showing you all of their work around the classroom.
* Friday, May 25th: Last Day at Eaton Library
Please be sure to return Eaton library books no later than this date or you will be fined!
* Monday, May 28th: NO SCHOOL – Memorial Day
Enjoy your long weekend!
* Monday, June 11th: End of the Year Trip at Almaden Lake Park
More information will come later!
* Thursday, June 14th: First Grade Musical at 1:30pm in MP room
Please plan on attending our musical on this afternoon! Next week we will be sending home costume lists for your children to bring to school.
* Friday, June 15th: Last Day of School! Dismissal is at 12:20pm.
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Dear Families,
Less than one month of school is remaining! The dates listed above are some of the important events taking place from now until the last day of school. Please mark your calendars!
Our daily schedule is also changing in this last month because there are so many activities left to finish. We did not do centers this week because it was a short week and because we also went on the Insect Fair field trip on Tuesday. We may or may not continue centers depending on if we have time in the next few weeks.
We had a great time looking at insects and spiders on Tuesday at Sanborn Park! Thank you to Mrs. Woo for coming with us! We went on a nature hike, ate lunch, then touched and looked at many creatures including walking sticks, tarantulas, bees, and millipedes! We even were offered the opportunity to eat cooked mealworms!!! Nobody in our class tried one, but many other first graders in other classes did! Eeeew!
Here are some highlights from the week:
Star of the Week: Janani
Poem of the Week: The Robin’s Secret
Song of the Week: Presidents
Kindness is … giving a praise note to someone
Vocabulary of the Week: Animals 1
WWW: baby, edge, enough, garden, only, sharp, together, watched
Next Week’s Sharing: Riddle – something you find at the beach
(Memorize at least 4 lines and hide picture/object in a bag)
• Language Arts: Theme 9 Special Friends: Week 3
• Stories: The Surprise Family
• Word Families: -aw (saw, raw) and –ay (say, day, play)
• Sounds: vowel pairs oi, oy, aw, au and suffixes –ful, -ly, -y
• Grammar: describing what we see
• Writing: This week we started writing our final page in our Insect books on silkworms. We completed the prewriting, editing, and revising stages together but the students worked on the drafting and publishing by themselves. We are becoming proficient in writing expository paragraphs!
• Math: We finished Chapter 11 on Time and Calendar this week and started our final chapter on two-digit addition and subtraction facts. This is an easier chapter for most students because it deals with computation, however, I am still noticing silly mistakes and am encouraging students to check their work!
• Science: We have butterflies now! Our caterpillars emerged from the chrysalis and now we have four painted lady butterflies. We will keep them until Open House and then we will let them be free! Also, several of our mealworms turned into beetles! It has been exciting watching our insects change! This week we also started learning about the life cycle of frogs. We completed several activities and stories to learn about how frogs grow and change.
• Computer Lab: Since we didn’t have centers this week, we worked on our Kindness journals in computer lab. A few students continued working on their Very Hungry Caterpillar stories. We are hoping to finish them in time for display next week during Open House!
• Music: We sang some fun May songs and even got to dance with the May Pole. We used wooden sticks and ribbons to make music.
• Art: This was our second to last art session with Mrs. Blakeslee. We finished up our Indian symbol stories and drawings. Next time we will be sharing the stories to the class.
• Assembly: This week the West Bay Opera came to entertain us! They did a great job using music to tell a story! Congratulations also to Catherine, who was our Author of the Month today! She read her expository piece on the life cycle of a mealworm. Great job!
I hope to see all of you next Thursday evening at Open House!
* Thursday, May 24th: Open House 6:30-7:30
Please plan on attending this night to see all the work your child has done this year! This is an informal night where your children will be your “tour guides,” showing you all of their work around the classroom.
* Friday, May 25th: Last Day at Eaton Library
Please be sure to return Eaton library books no later than this date or you will be fined!
* Monday, May 28th: NO SCHOOL – Memorial Day
Enjoy your long weekend!
* Monday, June 11th: End of the Year Trip at Almaden Lake Park
More information will come later!
* Thursday, June 14th: First Grade Musical at 1:30pm in MP room
Please plan on attending our musical on this afternoon! Next week we will be sending home costume lists for your children to bring to school.
* Friday, June 15th: Last Day of School! Dismissal is at 12:20pm.
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Dear Families,
Less than one month of school is remaining! The dates listed above are some of the important events taking place from now until the last day of school. Please mark your calendars!
Our daily schedule is also changing in this last month because there are so many activities left to finish. We did not do centers this week because it was a short week and because we also went on the Insect Fair field trip on Tuesday. We may or may not continue centers depending on if we have time in the next few weeks.
We had a great time looking at insects and spiders on Tuesday at Sanborn Park! Thank you to Mrs. Woo for coming with us! We went on a nature hike, ate lunch, then touched and looked at many creatures including walking sticks, tarantulas, bees, and millipedes! We even were offered the opportunity to eat cooked mealworms!!! Nobody in our class tried one, but many other first graders in other classes did! Eeeew!
Here are some highlights from the week:
Star of the Week: Janani
Poem of the Week: The Robin’s Secret
Song of the Week: Presidents
Kindness is … giving a praise note to someone
Vocabulary of the Week: Animals 1
WWW: baby, edge, enough, garden, only, sharp, together, watched
Next Week’s Sharing: Riddle – something you find at the beach
(Memorize at least 4 lines and hide picture/object in a bag)
• Language Arts: Theme 9 Special Friends: Week 3
• Stories: The Surprise Family
• Word Families: -aw (saw, raw) and –ay (say, day, play)
• Sounds: vowel pairs oi, oy, aw, au and suffixes –ful, -ly, -y
• Grammar: describing what we see
• Writing: This week we started writing our final page in our Insect books on silkworms. We completed the prewriting, editing, and revising stages together but the students worked on the drafting and publishing by themselves. We are becoming proficient in writing expository paragraphs!
• Math: We finished Chapter 11 on Time and Calendar this week and started our final chapter on two-digit addition and subtraction facts. This is an easier chapter for most students because it deals with computation, however, I am still noticing silly mistakes and am encouraging students to check their work!
• Science: We have butterflies now! Our caterpillars emerged from the chrysalis and now we have four painted lady butterflies. We will keep them until Open House and then we will let them be free! Also, several of our mealworms turned into beetles! It has been exciting watching our insects change! This week we also started learning about the life cycle of frogs. We completed several activities and stories to learn about how frogs grow and change.
• Computer Lab: Since we didn’t have centers this week, we worked on our Kindness journals in computer lab. A few students continued working on their Very Hungry Caterpillar stories. We are hoping to finish them in time for display next week during Open House!
• Music: We sang some fun May songs and even got to dance with the May Pole. We used wooden sticks and ribbons to make music.
• Art: This was our second to last art session with Mrs. Blakeslee. We finished up our Indian symbol stories and drawings. Next time we will be sharing the stories to the class.
• Assembly: This week the West Bay Opera came to entertain us! They did a great job using music to tell a story! Congratulations also to Catherine, who was our Author of the Month today! She read her expository piece on the life cycle of a mealworm. Great job!
I hope to see all of you next Thursday evening at Open House!
Monday, May 14, 2007
May 11, 2007
Upcoming Dates
* Monday, May 14th: NO SCHOOL – Staff Learning Day
Teachers will be working on writing assessments, Peacebuilders, and evaluating changes for next year.
* Tuesday, May 15th: Insect Fair Field Trip
I am still missing several permission slips. Please sign and return them on TUESDAY or your child will not be able to attend. Remember to send your child with a BAG LUNCH labeled with his/her name on it (everything will be thrown away at the park). Thank you, Mrs. Woo, for volunteering to chaperone on this trip.
* Friday, May 18th: Book Orders Due!
This will be the last chance to order books for May and June. Please write ONE check payable to Scholastic Book Clubs if you would like to purchase any books.
* Thursday, May 24th: Open House 6:30-7:30
Please plan on attending this night to see all the work your child has done this year!
* Friday, May 25th: Last Day at Eaton Library
Please be sure to return Eaton library books no later than this date or you will be fined!
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Dear Families,
The ELD classes throughout the Cupertino District are full! We are only supposed to have 20 students, however, there’s no more room at any school! Therefore, we met our 21st student on Thursday! Her name is Rie and she came here from Japan! You can learn more about her in the Classwork section of our website under Prince and Princess. Please welcome her to Eaton school!
Here are some highlights from the week:
Star of the Week: Julia
Poem of the Week: Caterpillar Small
Song of the Week: Presidents
Kindness is … stopping germs from spreading
Story of the Week: If You Give a Pig a Pancake
Vocabulary of the Week: Transportation 3
Word Wall: other, before, buy, done, off, pretty, school, wash
Next Week’s Sharing: Regular – something you made yourself
(Memorize at least 4 lines and bring picture/object to show)
• Language Arts: Theme 9 Special Friends: Week 2
• Stories: The New Friend
• Word Families: base words with the ending –es
• Sounds: base word/endings –es and –ies, prefixes un-, re-
• Grammar: was vs. were
• Writing: We finished another page in our insect books on mealworms. Congratulations to Catherine who will be sharing her mealworm piece at the Author of the Month assembly next Friday.
• Math: This week we worked on answering word problems with time and calendar. Many of the problems are difficult for the students so we have been completing math as a whole class for several of the pages. Also, we started a new circuit this week, and Mrs. Burgess worked on a pizza project to review different fractions.
• Social Studies: We spent time this week writing a poem about ourselves. This I Am poem will be displayed at Open House.
• Science: Our caterpillars formed a chrysalis this week! We saw them transform by climbing to the top of their containers and hanging like a letter J. Then they formed a cocoon all around them! Now we are waiting for them to emerge as painted lady butterflies. We also continued observing our mealworms. Many are also starting to enter the pupa stage.
• Computer Lab: We continued our The Very Hungry Caterpillar books in Powerpoint. Students who finished continued working on their prewriting mindmaps for Writer’s Workshop. These mindmaps are made using Kidspiration and are on any topic the student chooses.
• Music: Today you are receiving a copy of all the words of the songs that the students will be performing in the first grade musical at the end of the year. Please have your child practice singing the songs and memorizing all the words! Save the date: the performance is on Thursday, June 14th at 1:30pm in the MP Room.
Happy Mother’s Day on Sunday! I hope you enjoyed the card and present that your children made for you! Enjoy the weekend and thank you for all you do!
* Monday, May 14th: NO SCHOOL – Staff Learning Day
Teachers will be working on writing assessments, Peacebuilders, and evaluating changes for next year.
* Tuesday, May 15th: Insect Fair Field Trip
I am still missing several permission slips. Please sign and return them on TUESDAY or your child will not be able to attend. Remember to send your child with a BAG LUNCH labeled with his/her name on it (everything will be thrown away at the park). Thank you, Mrs. Woo, for volunteering to chaperone on this trip.
* Friday, May 18th: Book Orders Due!
This will be the last chance to order books for May and June. Please write ONE check payable to Scholastic Book Clubs if you would like to purchase any books.
* Thursday, May 24th: Open House 6:30-7:30
Please plan on attending this night to see all the work your child has done this year!
* Friday, May 25th: Last Day at Eaton Library
Please be sure to return Eaton library books no later than this date or you will be fined!
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Dear Families,
The ELD classes throughout the Cupertino District are full! We are only supposed to have 20 students, however, there’s no more room at any school! Therefore, we met our 21st student on Thursday! Her name is Rie and she came here from Japan! You can learn more about her in the Classwork section of our website under Prince and Princess. Please welcome her to Eaton school!
Here are some highlights from the week:
Star of the Week: Julia
Poem of the Week: Caterpillar Small
Song of the Week: Presidents
Kindness is … stopping germs from spreading
Story of the Week: If You Give a Pig a Pancake
Vocabulary of the Week: Transportation 3
Word Wall: other, before, buy, done, off, pretty, school, wash
Next Week’s Sharing: Regular – something you made yourself
(Memorize at least 4 lines and bring picture/object to show)
• Language Arts: Theme 9 Special Friends: Week 2
• Stories: The New Friend
• Word Families: base words with the ending –es
• Sounds: base word/endings –es and –ies, prefixes un-, re-
• Grammar: was vs. were
• Writing: We finished another page in our insect books on mealworms. Congratulations to Catherine who will be sharing her mealworm piece at the Author of the Month assembly next Friday.
• Math: This week we worked on answering word problems with time and calendar. Many of the problems are difficult for the students so we have been completing math as a whole class for several of the pages. Also, we started a new circuit this week, and Mrs. Burgess worked on a pizza project to review different fractions.
• Social Studies: We spent time this week writing a poem about ourselves. This I Am poem will be displayed at Open House.
• Science: Our caterpillars formed a chrysalis this week! We saw them transform by climbing to the top of their containers and hanging like a letter J. Then they formed a cocoon all around them! Now we are waiting for them to emerge as painted lady butterflies. We also continued observing our mealworms. Many are also starting to enter the pupa stage.
• Computer Lab: We continued our The Very Hungry Caterpillar books in Powerpoint. Students who finished continued working on their prewriting mindmaps for Writer’s Workshop. These mindmaps are made using Kidspiration and are on any topic the student chooses.
• Music: Today you are receiving a copy of all the words of the songs that the students will be performing in the first grade musical at the end of the year. Please have your child practice singing the songs and memorizing all the words! Save the date: the performance is on Thursday, June 14th at 1:30pm in the MP Room.
Happy Mother’s Day on Sunday! I hope you enjoyed the card and present that your children made for you! Enjoy the weekend and thank you for all you do!
Monday, May 07, 2007
May 4, 2007
Upcoming Dates
* Thursday, May 10th: Cupertino Library Field Trip
We will be walking to the Cupertino Library. Please remember to send your child’s blue library card to school and practice the 4-digit PIN number. Remember to return the books on your own.
* Friday, May 11th: No Eaton Library
We have an all day music practice on this day, so we cannot go to our regular library time. Bring library books on Thursday, May 10th if you would like to check out a book for the week.
* Monday, May 14th: NO SCHOOL – Staff Learning Day
Teachers will be working on writing assessments, Peacebuilders, and evaluating changes for next year.
* Tuesday, May 15th: Insect Fair Field Trip
We will be going to Sanborn Park to attend the Insect Fair. We will be leaving after recess and returning before 2:30pm. Please remember to pack a bag lunch that can be thrown away at the park. THERE IS A PERMISSION SLIP IN TODAY’S FRIDAY FOLDER! PLEASE SIGN AND RETURN ASAP! We can have any number of chaperones, but you will have to drive to Sanborn Park. Unfortunately, there is no room on the bus!
* Thursday, May 24th: Open House 6:30-7:30
Please plan on attending this night to see all the work your child has done this year!
* Friday, May 25th: Last Day at Eaton Library
Please be sure to return Eaton library books no later than this date or you will be fined!
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Dear Families,
We got our insects this week!!! We have 4 caterpillars and we are watching them eat and grow. We also have about 100 mealworms and they don’t smell very good =( But the students are definitely excited!!!
Here are some highlights from the week:
Star of the Week: Jonathan
Poem of the Week: May Song
Song of the Week: Presidents
Kindness is … doing exercise everyday
Story of the Week: Pigs Aplenty, Pigs Galore
Vocabulary of the Week: Transportation 2
Word Wall: around, dance, else, ever, open, ocean, talk, though
Next Week’s Sharing: Riddle – something from another country
(Memorize at least 4 lines and bring picture/object to show)
• Language Arts: Theme 9 Special Friends: Week 1
• Stories: When I Am Old With You
• Word Families: words that rhyme with my (try, fly)
• Sounds: sounds for y (cry vs. baby)
• Grammar: is/are
• Writing: We started working on an expository piece about the mealworm life cycle. We did the prewriting together, and students are in the drafting through publishing stages. We will continue next week.
• Math: This week we continued reviewing time but also started working with calendars. Many of the problems require following directions and answering questions about calendars, days of the week, months, etc.
• Social Studies: This week we completed our last circuit for community. We went to Mrs. Khan’s class and talked about all types of transportation. We made our own transportation vehicles to add to our community wall. You will see our community wall during Open House.
• Science: We spent time this week observing the mealworms and caterpillars. We have a class culture of mealworms and we fed them potatoes and apples. Also, each student received a vial with bran, potato, and two mealworms of their own. We used magnifying glasses to draw and write what we saw.
• Computer Lab: We are continuing our The Very Hungry Caterpillar books in Powerpoint. Students who finished began working on their prewriting mindmaps for Writer’s Workshop. These mindmaps are made using Kidspiration and are on any topic the student chooses.
• Art: This week we had a make-up art class with Mrs. Blakeslee. She had us paint our clay pots that we made last time.
• Music: We started our first grade music practice and circuits this week. We spent all day today rotating through every classroom to sing songs and learn dances.
Please remember to turn in the Insect Fair permission slip next week. It is in the Friday Folder. There is a map on the back of the permission slip if you would like to come. Unfortunately, we cannot bring parents on the bus because it is full. We will be seeing interesting (and creepy) insects!
* Thursday, May 10th: Cupertino Library Field Trip
We will be walking to the Cupertino Library. Please remember to send your child’s blue library card to school and practice the 4-digit PIN number. Remember to return the books on your own.
* Friday, May 11th: No Eaton Library
We have an all day music practice on this day, so we cannot go to our regular library time. Bring library books on Thursday, May 10th if you would like to check out a book for the week.
* Monday, May 14th: NO SCHOOL – Staff Learning Day
Teachers will be working on writing assessments, Peacebuilders, and evaluating changes for next year.
* Tuesday, May 15th: Insect Fair Field Trip
We will be going to Sanborn Park to attend the Insect Fair. We will be leaving after recess and returning before 2:30pm. Please remember to pack a bag lunch that can be thrown away at the park. THERE IS A PERMISSION SLIP IN TODAY’S FRIDAY FOLDER! PLEASE SIGN AND RETURN ASAP! We can have any number of chaperones, but you will have to drive to Sanborn Park. Unfortunately, there is no room on the bus!
* Thursday, May 24th: Open House 6:30-7:30
Please plan on attending this night to see all the work your child has done this year!
* Friday, May 25th: Last Day at Eaton Library
Please be sure to return Eaton library books no later than this date or you will be fined!
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Dear Families,
We got our insects this week!!! We have 4 caterpillars and we are watching them eat and grow. We also have about 100 mealworms and they don’t smell very good =( But the students are definitely excited!!!
Here are some highlights from the week:
Star of the Week: Jonathan
Poem of the Week: May Song
Song of the Week: Presidents
Kindness is … doing exercise everyday
Story of the Week: Pigs Aplenty, Pigs Galore
Vocabulary of the Week: Transportation 2
Word Wall: around, dance, else, ever, open, ocean, talk, though
Next Week’s Sharing: Riddle – something from another country
(Memorize at least 4 lines and bring picture/object to show)
• Language Arts: Theme 9 Special Friends: Week 1
• Stories: When I Am Old With You
• Word Families: words that rhyme with my (try, fly)
• Sounds: sounds for y (cry vs. baby)
• Grammar: is/are
• Writing: We started working on an expository piece about the mealworm life cycle. We did the prewriting together, and students are in the drafting through publishing stages. We will continue next week.
• Math: This week we continued reviewing time but also started working with calendars. Many of the problems require following directions and answering questions about calendars, days of the week, months, etc.
• Social Studies: This week we completed our last circuit for community. We went to Mrs. Khan’s class and talked about all types of transportation. We made our own transportation vehicles to add to our community wall. You will see our community wall during Open House.
• Science: We spent time this week observing the mealworms and caterpillars. We have a class culture of mealworms and we fed them potatoes and apples. Also, each student received a vial with bran, potato, and two mealworms of their own. We used magnifying glasses to draw and write what we saw.
• Computer Lab: We are continuing our The Very Hungry Caterpillar books in Powerpoint. Students who finished began working on their prewriting mindmaps for Writer’s Workshop. These mindmaps are made using Kidspiration and are on any topic the student chooses.
• Art: This week we had a make-up art class with Mrs. Blakeslee. She had us paint our clay pots that we made last time.
• Music: We started our first grade music practice and circuits this week. We spent all day today rotating through every classroom to sing songs and learn dances.
Please remember to turn in the Insect Fair permission slip next week. It is in the Friday Folder. There is a map on the back of the permission slip if you would like to come. Unfortunately, we cannot bring parents on the bus because it is full. We will be seeing interesting (and creepy) insects!
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