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!
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