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!
Friday, November 30, 2007
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!
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