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!