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!
Thursday, September 27, 2007
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!
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