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. More information will be sent home in the following weeks. 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.
* 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!
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Dear Families,
I hope all of you had a nice and relaxing spring break last week. I went to San Diego to visit some old college friends during the first weekend, but stayed in the area the rest of the week. I also got sick for a few days with the gloomy weather, but got better by the end of the week!
We had a new student join our classroom this week! His name is Tomoki and his family just moved here from Japan. Please join me in welcoming him to Eaton! You can also read more about him in the Classwork section of our website under Prince and Princesses.
Also, fantastic job to everyone on the weather reports! I was so amazed by all the hard work that was put into the weather posters and I could tell how much many of you prepared for the presentations too. I hope your children had fun being a meteorologist for a day! We will be displaying the posters in our classroom for Open House and they will be returned at the end of the year!
Here are some highlights from the week:
Star of the Week: Hitoharu
Poem of the Week: Little Seeds We Sow in Spring
Song of the Week: Frosty the Snowman
Kindness is … singing with all your heart
Story of the Week: Little One Inch
Vocabulary of the Week: Transportation 1
Word Wall: butter, carry, kind, person, put, saw, were, work
Next Week’s Sharing: Silly Poem
(Memorize at least 4 lines and bring picture/object to show)
• Language Arts: Theme 8 Our Earth: Week 3
• Stories: Johnny Appleseed
• Word Families: words that end with –ed and -ing
• Sounds: base words and endings –ed and -ing
• Grammar: Action words with -ed
• Writing: This week we interviewed Tomoki and learned 10 facts about him. We wrote a piece about our Prince of the Day. Also, we worked on drafting and publishing an expository piece on the life cycle of butterflies. We will be writing pieces on several different insects that we are studying in our science kit over the next few weeks.
• Math: We took our Chapter 10 test on measurement today. We have been practicing reading the time on digital and analog clocks by the hour and half-hour. A little bit harder has been finding the elapsed time or working on word problems.
• Social Studies: This week we went to Miss Allard’s class to learn about needs and wants. Miss Allard is the teacher that is now in Room 26 because Mrs. Barelli went on maternity leave.
• Science: We have started our Insect Unit, first on caterpillars and butterflies. We read some books and looked at some real-life pictures of different caterpillars changing into butterflies.
• Assembly: This week we had two assemblies. The first one was watching the second graders perform their musical, Goin’ Buggy! The second was watching Chinyakare, or Zimbabwe dancing.
• Computer Lab: We are continuing our The Very Hungry Caterpillar books in Powerpoint. Some students have finished and worked on Starfall in their free time.
• Jump Rope for Heart: On Thursday after recess, the whole school went outside and we all jump roped for 20 minutes together! We remember that it’s important to exercise for our bodies, and also to help raise money for the American Heart Association. Thank you for those of you who participated in this fundraiser.
• Art: This week with Mrs. Blakeslee, we worked with clay. We shaped and formed little pots.
• Music: We saw Mrs. More this week and we sang songs for April. We first played an April Fools song game, then we worked on the Boomwhackers to hear notes on a scale, and finally we played instruments to accompany a song. We also are starting to meet more frequently as a first grade group to prepare for our end of the year musical in June. You will receive more information in later weeks.
It’s great to be back with the kids! Have a great weekend!
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
April 13, 2007
We have been in school for 142 days! I can’t believe how fast the year is flying by! When we come back from Spring Break, it will quickly become May and we will be busy with preparing for Open House and our First grade musical! Here are some highlights from the week:
Star of the Week: Oscar
Poem of the Week: Spring in the Woods
Song of the Week: Insect or Spider?
Kindness is … eating healthy for your body
Story of the Week: The Goat in the Chile Patch
Vocabulary of the Week: House 6
Word Wall: always, arms, body, ready, warm
Next Week’s Sharing: Regular – something from Earth or nature
(Memorize 4 sentences and bring picture/object to show)
• Language Arts: Theme 8 Our Earth: Week 2
• Stories: Butterfly
• Word Families: words that rhyme with out and down
• Sounds: vowel pairs ou, ow, and syllables
• Grammar: Present tense
• Writing: Writer’s Workshop is going well. Students are mastering the five stages in the writing process, and especially enjoy the publishing stage. However, it is most difficult for students to get in the habit of revising their own work for mistakes capitals, punctuation, and spelling.
• Math: We reviewed measuring capacity this week using cups, pints, quarts, and liters. We also reviewed measuring length using inches and centimeters, and measuring weight using pounds or kilograms. We are starting Chapter 11 on Time and Calendar.
• Social Studies: This week we went to Mrs. Tambe’s class for circuits and learned about streets in the community and important signs such as traffic lights or stop signs. We made some to add to our community wall.
• Science: We finished our science books this week! We learned how to read a real weather map from the San Jose Mercury Newspaper and we also summarized the weather during March. Have your child teach you what they learned in their weather books! We will be learning about insects after spring break! Eeek!
• Enrichment Day: What a fun day of activities, organized by the PTO! First, we went to a presentation by the Cub Scouts, and then we learned about microscopes. Afterwards, we heard about fire, and finally we watched a presentation on windsurfing!
• Computer Lab: We are continuing our The Very Hungry Caterpillar books in Powerpoint. We are doing a great job writing and illustrating our books!
Congratulations to Reva, who was our Author of the Month this afternoon! She shared about our field trip to the Guadalupe River Park and Gardens. Great job!
Also, be sure to check out our kindness website: kindness.pbwiki.com and watch the video on the front page! I included our kindness presentation from March 13th to the District Board members, so if you did not attend that evening, watch what a great job the students did! I made sure not to include the school name, district name, or students’ last names in the video in order to protect student identities. Enjoy!
I look forward to the weather presentations! Have a great week-long vacation!
Star of the Week: Oscar
Poem of the Week: Spring in the Woods
Song of the Week: Insect or Spider?
Kindness is … eating healthy for your body
Story of the Week: The Goat in the Chile Patch
Vocabulary of the Week: House 6
Word Wall: always, arms, body, ready, warm
Next Week’s Sharing: Regular – something from Earth or nature
(Memorize 4 sentences and bring picture/object to show)
• Language Arts: Theme 8 Our Earth: Week 2
• Stories: Butterfly
• Word Families: words that rhyme with out and down
• Sounds: vowel pairs ou, ow, and syllables
• Grammar: Present tense
• Writing: Writer’s Workshop is going well. Students are mastering the five stages in the writing process, and especially enjoy the publishing stage. However, it is most difficult for students to get in the habit of revising their own work for mistakes capitals, punctuation, and spelling.
• Math: We reviewed measuring capacity this week using cups, pints, quarts, and liters. We also reviewed measuring length using inches and centimeters, and measuring weight using pounds or kilograms. We are starting Chapter 11 on Time and Calendar.
• Social Studies: This week we went to Mrs. Tambe’s class for circuits and learned about streets in the community and important signs such as traffic lights or stop signs. We made some to add to our community wall.
• Science: We finished our science books this week! We learned how to read a real weather map from the San Jose Mercury Newspaper and we also summarized the weather during March. Have your child teach you what they learned in their weather books! We will be learning about insects after spring break! Eeek!
• Enrichment Day: What a fun day of activities, organized by the PTO! First, we went to a presentation by the Cub Scouts, and then we learned about microscopes. Afterwards, we heard about fire, and finally we watched a presentation on windsurfing!
• Computer Lab: We are continuing our The Very Hungry Caterpillar books in Powerpoint. We are doing a great job writing and illustrating our books!
Congratulations to Reva, who was our Author of the Month this afternoon! She shared about our field trip to the Guadalupe River Park and Gardens. Great job!
Also, be sure to check out our kindness website: kindness.pbwiki.com and watch the video on the front page! I included our kindness presentation from March 13th to the District Board members, so if you did not attend that evening, watch what a great job the students did! I made sure not to include the school name, district name, or students’ last names in the video in order to protect student identities. Enjoy!
I look forward to the weather presentations! Have a great week-long vacation!
Friday, April 06, 2007
April 6, 2007
Upcoming Dates
* Thursday, April 12th: Cupertino Library Field Trip
Please remember to send your child’s blue library card to school and review the 4-digit PIN number. Some students still do not know their PIN number when we go each month!
* Friday, April 13th: Enrichment Day
This is a fun day for kids! Organized by the PTO, guests come to Eaton and the whole morning is filled with fun activities and crafts! The afternoon will also be the Author of the Month assembly.
* Monday, April 16th to Friday, April 20th: No School – Spring Break
Enjoy the week of vacation!
* Monday, April 23rd: Weather Presentations
During the past two months, we have learned a lot about weather. As one of our concluding activities for our weather unit, all the students will prepare a weather report and present it to the class on Monday, April 23rd. Please refer to the attached handout for detailed information.
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Dear Families,
Unfortunately, I am still seeing students playing after school on the grass or the play structure. We need to enforce the Eaton school rules, which is not playing until 3:45pm, even if an adult is present. This is due to our school being liable for any injuries that occur from 3:05pm to 3:45pm. Please help remind your children it is not play time.
Also, we are finished with the Book It Reading program! It finished in March, so we will not be sending home reading logs for April, May, or June. However, I highly encourage everyone to continue reading every night!
Here are some highlights from the week:
Star of the Week: Mayu
Poem of the Week: Baby Chick
Song of the Week: Insect or Spider?
Kindness is … exploring nature
Story of the Week: The Little Ant
Vocabulary of the Week: House 5
Word Wall: about, draw, happy, part, teacher, tiny
Next Week’s Sharing: Riddle – something shaped like an egg (oval)
(Memorize 4 clues and hide picture/object in a bag)
• Language Arts: Theme 8 We Can Work it Out: Week 1
• Stories: The Forest
• Word Families: adding –s, -ed, and -ing
• Sounds: base words and endings –s, -ed, and -ing
• Grammar: Action Words
• Writing: We have been doing a lot of expository writing. Almost everyone is finished with the first Weather piece and several students are starting their third topic on whatever they choose! We also spent some time writing about our field trip to the Guadalupe River Park and Gardens. We drafted and published these this week. Congratulations to Reva, who will be our Author of the Month next Friday and will share about our field trip to the school!
• Math: This week we moved on from measuring length to measuring weight. We compared objects and used vocabulary words such as heavy versus light and also began talking about different measurements of capacity, specifically cup, pint, quart, and liter. This is a challenging topic for some students. We will continue reviewing different measurements next week.
• Social Studies: We went to Miss Salter’s room and she taught us about the environment. We learned that nature is an important part of our community and made trees and plants to add to our community project. This week we also learned about people in the community who help others. We chose our own community helpers to make as a social studies activity.
• Science: We are almost finished with our Weather unit. This week we illustrated our rain poems and also reviewed the water cycle stages: evaporation, condensation, and precipitation. The last science unit is on Insects. We began learning about the life cycle of a caterpillar using the story, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carle. We are making our own versions of the story in the computer lab and will be working on our books for the next few weeks.
• Assembly: We had an assembly today called “Solids, Liquids, and Gases” by the Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley. This assembly is aligned to the first science unit we completed in the beginning of the year. It was very exciting for the kids to watch live science experiments!
• Art and music were cancelled this week. Instead, we did our own art activity on Spring Blossom trees. The students did a great job making the blossoms beautiful!
Have a wonderful weekend and a beautiful Easter!
* Thursday, April 12th: Cupertino Library Field Trip
Please remember to send your child’s blue library card to school and review the 4-digit PIN number. Some students still do not know their PIN number when we go each month!
* Friday, April 13th: Enrichment Day
This is a fun day for kids! Organized by the PTO, guests come to Eaton and the whole morning is filled with fun activities and crafts! The afternoon will also be the Author of the Month assembly.
* Monday, April 16th to Friday, April 20th: No School – Spring Break
Enjoy the week of vacation!
* Monday, April 23rd: Weather Presentations
During the past two months, we have learned a lot about weather. As one of our concluding activities for our weather unit, all the students will prepare a weather report and present it to the class on Monday, April 23rd. Please refer to the attached handout for detailed information.
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Dear Families,
Unfortunately, I am still seeing students playing after school on the grass or the play structure. We need to enforce the Eaton school rules, which is not playing until 3:45pm, even if an adult is present. This is due to our school being liable for any injuries that occur from 3:05pm to 3:45pm. Please help remind your children it is not play time.
Also, we are finished with the Book It Reading program! It finished in March, so we will not be sending home reading logs for April, May, or June. However, I highly encourage everyone to continue reading every night!
Here are some highlights from the week:
Star of the Week: Mayu
Poem of the Week: Baby Chick
Song of the Week: Insect or Spider?
Kindness is … exploring nature
Story of the Week: The Little Ant
Vocabulary of the Week: House 5
Word Wall: about, draw, happy, part, teacher, tiny
Next Week’s Sharing: Riddle – something shaped like an egg (oval)
(Memorize 4 clues and hide picture/object in a bag)
• Language Arts: Theme 8 We Can Work it Out: Week 1
• Stories: The Forest
• Word Families: adding –s, -ed, and -ing
• Sounds: base words and endings –s, -ed, and -ing
• Grammar: Action Words
• Writing: We have been doing a lot of expository writing. Almost everyone is finished with the first Weather piece and several students are starting their third topic on whatever they choose! We also spent some time writing about our field trip to the Guadalupe River Park and Gardens. We drafted and published these this week. Congratulations to Reva, who will be our Author of the Month next Friday and will share about our field trip to the school!
• Math: This week we moved on from measuring length to measuring weight. We compared objects and used vocabulary words such as heavy versus light and also began talking about different measurements of capacity, specifically cup, pint, quart, and liter. This is a challenging topic for some students. We will continue reviewing different measurements next week.
• Social Studies: We went to Miss Salter’s room and she taught us about the environment. We learned that nature is an important part of our community and made trees and plants to add to our community project. This week we also learned about people in the community who help others. We chose our own community helpers to make as a social studies activity.
• Science: We are almost finished with our Weather unit. This week we illustrated our rain poems and also reviewed the water cycle stages: evaporation, condensation, and precipitation. The last science unit is on Insects. We began learning about the life cycle of a caterpillar using the story, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carle. We are making our own versions of the story in the computer lab and will be working on our books for the next few weeks.
• Assembly: We had an assembly today called “Solids, Liquids, and Gases” by the Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley. This assembly is aligned to the first science unit we completed in the beginning of the year. It was very exciting for the kids to watch live science experiments!
• Art and music were cancelled this week. Instead, we did our own art activity on Spring Blossom trees. The students did a great job making the blossoms beautiful!
Have a wonderful weekend and a beautiful Easter!
March 30, 2007
Upcoming Dates
* Thursday, April 12th: Cupertino Library Field Trip
Please remember to send your child’s blue library card to school and review the 4-digit PIN number. Some students still do not know their PIN number when we go each month!
* Friday, April 13th: Enrichment Day
This is a fun day for kids! Organized by the PTO, guests come to Eaton and the whole morning is filled with fun activities and crafts! The afternoon will also be the Author of the Month assembly.
* Monday, April 16th to Friday, April 20th: No School – Spring Break
Enjoy the week of vacation!
* Monday, April 23rd: Weather Presentations
During the past two months, we have learned a lot about weather. As one of our concluding activities for our weather unit, all the students will prepare a weather report and present it to the class on Monday, April 23rd. Please refer to the attached handout for detailed information.
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Dear Families,
We had a new student this week! Please welcome Janani and her family to Eaton! They moved here from India and Janani started her first day in Room 8 on Tuesday. We look forward to getting to know Janani better. Here are some highlights from the week:
Star of the Week: Michael
Poem of the Week: What the Rain Said
Song of the Week: The 50 States That Rhyme
Kindness is … traveling to different places
Story of the Week: The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Vocabulary of the Week: House 4
Word Wall: build, old, piece, start, under, very, wear
Next Week’s Sharing: Weather Poem
(Memorize at least 4 lines and bring picture/object to show.)
• Language Arts: Theme 7 We Can Work it Out: Week 3
• Stories: If You Give a Pig a Pancake
• Word Families: igh (high, might, sigh)
• Sounds: oo, ew, ue, ou and long I (ie., igh)
• Grammar: Pronouns
• Writing: Writer’s Workshop is going great! We had more than half of the class finish publishing their first piece on Weather senses. A few students even finished publishing their second piece, an autobiography! This week, we also spent some time reading rain poems and wrote our own free verse rain poems.
• Math: We have been working with measurement this week. We practiced measuring things first using a paper clip. Then we learned how to use rulers and measured items using centimeters and inches. Continue to practice using rulers. Our homework next week will have some problems with inches and centimeters to practice at home.
• Social Studies: We went to Mrs. Bachelor’s room this week for circuits. We talked about different types of homes in the community and we designed our own homes.
• Science: We continued a few experiments this week in weather. We tested out different fabrics and found out that nylon is the best material to wear on a rainy day. Also, we went on our field trip to the Guadalupe River Park and Gardens on Thursday. On this field trip, we had three rotations to learn about nature: exploring rivers, finding bugs, and identifying leaves. Thank you to Mr. Hung, Mrs. Nozaki, Mrs. Wang, and Mrs. Yokoyama for standing in the sun chasing after bugs!
• Fire Drill: We practiced an earthquake drill on Tuesday and practiced our procedure for evacuating classrooms. Eaton is putting a higher priority on training and preparing both students and teachers for emergency situations.
• Assembly: We had an assembly today called “Sherlock Holmes Takes the Case.” Students watched performers act out a mystery!
• Music: We are starting to rehearse for our First Grade musical, which will be the last week of school. I am enforcing the importance of singing and learning the words to the songs. I would like to see all students participating and trying their best!
With the warm weather coming early this year, some students need additional reminders of school policies. Remember that it is important the students are sitting on the bench before school. We should not be playing on the blacktop. Also, after school, students cannot be playing on the playground or running around until 3:45. Thank you for helping us enforce the Eaton School rules.
* Thursday, April 12th: Cupertino Library Field Trip
Please remember to send your child’s blue library card to school and review the 4-digit PIN number. Some students still do not know their PIN number when we go each month!
* Friday, April 13th: Enrichment Day
This is a fun day for kids! Organized by the PTO, guests come to Eaton and the whole morning is filled with fun activities and crafts! The afternoon will also be the Author of the Month assembly.
* Monday, April 16th to Friday, April 20th: No School – Spring Break
Enjoy the week of vacation!
* Monday, April 23rd: Weather Presentations
During the past two months, we have learned a lot about weather. As one of our concluding activities for our weather unit, all the students will prepare a weather report and present it to the class on Monday, April 23rd. Please refer to the attached handout for detailed information.
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Dear Families,
We had a new student this week! Please welcome Janani and her family to Eaton! They moved here from India and Janani started her first day in Room 8 on Tuesday. We look forward to getting to know Janani better. Here are some highlights from the week:
Star of the Week: Michael
Poem of the Week: What the Rain Said
Song of the Week: The 50 States That Rhyme
Kindness is … traveling to different places
Story of the Week: The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Vocabulary of the Week: House 4
Word Wall: build, old, piece, start, under, very, wear
Next Week’s Sharing: Weather Poem
(Memorize at least 4 lines and bring picture/object to show.)
• Language Arts: Theme 7 We Can Work it Out: Week 3
• Stories: If You Give a Pig a Pancake
• Word Families: igh (high, might, sigh)
• Sounds: oo, ew, ue, ou and long I (ie., igh)
• Grammar: Pronouns
• Writing: Writer’s Workshop is going great! We had more than half of the class finish publishing their first piece on Weather senses. A few students even finished publishing their second piece, an autobiography! This week, we also spent some time reading rain poems and wrote our own free verse rain poems.
• Math: We have been working with measurement this week. We practiced measuring things first using a paper clip. Then we learned how to use rulers and measured items using centimeters and inches. Continue to practice using rulers. Our homework next week will have some problems with inches and centimeters to practice at home.
• Social Studies: We went to Mrs. Bachelor’s room this week for circuits. We talked about different types of homes in the community and we designed our own homes.
• Science: We continued a few experiments this week in weather. We tested out different fabrics and found out that nylon is the best material to wear on a rainy day. Also, we went on our field trip to the Guadalupe River Park and Gardens on Thursday. On this field trip, we had three rotations to learn about nature: exploring rivers, finding bugs, and identifying leaves. Thank you to Mr. Hung, Mrs. Nozaki, Mrs. Wang, and Mrs. Yokoyama for standing in the sun chasing after bugs!
• Fire Drill: We practiced an earthquake drill on Tuesday and practiced our procedure for evacuating classrooms. Eaton is putting a higher priority on training and preparing both students and teachers for emergency situations.
• Assembly: We had an assembly today called “Sherlock Holmes Takes the Case.” Students watched performers act out a mystery!
• Music: We are starting to rehearse for our First Grade musical, which will be the last week of school. I am enforcing the importance of singing and learning the words to the songs. I would like to see all students participating and trying their best!
With the warm weather coming early this year, some students need additional reminders of school policies. Remember that it is important the students are sitting on the bench before school. We should not be playing on the blacktop. Also, after school, students cannot be playing on the playground or running around until 3:45. Thank you for helping us enforce the Eaton School rules.
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