Upcoming Dates
Wednesday, November 26th to Friday, November 28th: No School
Happy Thanksgiving! There will be no homework or tests this week since it is a short week. Remember that Monday and Tuesday sharers will have their sharing still.
Monday, December 8th: Elves and the Shoemaker Field Trip
Attached to today’s newsletter is the permission slip for this field trip. We will be leaving school at 10:30am and will be back by lunchtime at 12:30pm. We can bring one chaperone for this trip. Please return the permission slip as soon as possible.
Friday, December 12th: Cupertino Library Field Trip
We will be walking to the library after lunch. Please remember to bring your child’s blue library card on that day and memorize the 4-digit PIN number. We will be checking out 2 books and please return them on your own.
Monday, December 15th: Natural Bridges Butterfly Field Trip
We will be going to Santa Cruz to see the natural butterfly habitat. This will be an all day field trip, so you will need to send a BAG lunch with your child’s name on it and make sure to dress in layers! We can bring three or four chaperones if you are interested. There is another permission slip attached to this newsletter for this trip, so please return it as soon as possible as well.
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Dear Families,
We have been talking a lot about Thanksgiving and what we are thankful for. I love this time of the year because we are reminded of so many things that we often take for granted. I want the children to know and appreciate basic necessities such as food, clothing, shelter, and family. We are truly lucky people!
Here are some highlights for the week:
• Language Arts:
Poem of the Week: Here is a Turkey
Song of the Week: Vowels
Kindness is: giving thanks
Word Wall Words: animal, bird, cold, fall, flower, full, look, of, see
Story of the Week: The Best of Friends, Seasons
Word Families: -ack, -ap
Sounds: double final consonants (-ll, -ss), short a, plurals with -s
Strategy and Skill Focus: Evaluate, Topic, Main Idea, Details
Grammar: What is a Sentence?
• Writing: To celebrate Thanksgiving, we wrote a short paragraph from the point of view of a turkey who does not want to be eaten. We described ourselves as turkeys and what we enjoy doing. Afterwards, we created an illustration of the turkey.
• Math: Keep practicing skip counting! This week is a little bit harder because we practiced some vocabulary words such as before, after, between, and ordinal numbers (first, second, third…). Please review the 100’s number chart and place value. Some students had much difficulty with questions such as: What is 1 more than 13? 1 less than 13? 10 more than 13? 10 less than 13?
• Social Studies: We are starting our next first grade social studies circuit on Holidays Around the World. We learned about the seven continents in the world. Each week, we will be learning about a different country or holiday! This week, Mrs. Byers taught us about Japanese New Year, which is on January 1st.
• Computer Lab: We finished our Kidspiration All About Me diagrams from last week. Afterwards, we went to the Starfall website and read stories online. Remember that you can always have your child read on that website too!
• Music: We have been learning different Thanksgiving songs in first grade music such as Five Fat Turkeys and Over the River and Through the Woods. We also saw Miss Rachel this week and we played drums as well as sang many Thanksgiving songs!
• Assembly: On Wednesday, we had an exciting assembly on Middle Eastern dancing and music from Young Audiences called “Women of the Heart”. We saw a belly dancer and a blind musician playing different instruments such as drums and cymbals!
Today is end of the first trimester. Report cards will be going home on Friday, December 6th. Next week is a short week! I will not be sending home our homework or Friday Folders. Please have a wonderful weekend and safe travels over Thanksgiving break!
Friday, November 21, 2008
Friday, November 14, 2008
November 14, 2008
Upcoming Dates
Friday, November 21st: Cupertino Library Field Trip
We will be walking to the Cupertino Library in the afternoon. Please send your child’s BLUE library card to school on this day and have your child remember his or her 4-digit PIN number. We will be checking out 2 books and remember to return them to the library on your own.
Wednesday, November 26th to Friday, November 28th: No School
Happy Thanksgiving! There will be no homework or tests this week since it is a short week. Remember that Monday and Tuesday sharers will have their sharing still.
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Dear Families,
Thank you for completing the turkeys with your children. I hope it was fun!
Here are some highlights for the week:
• Language Arts:
Poem of the Week: Feelings
Song of the Week: Vowels
Kindness is: raising money for my school.
Word Wall Words: are, away, does, he, live, pull, they, where
Story of the Week: A Hut for Zig Bug, The Rope Tug
Word Families: -ug, -ut
Sounds: q, j, z, and short u
Strategy and Skill Focus: Summarize / Story structure
Grammar: Action Words
• Writing: This week, we made a thankful book that showed different parts of the Earth that we are thankful for. We talked about how important the Earth is to our everyday lives. We also finished our Prince and Princesses!
• Math: We continued working on place value this week by counting tens and ones. We are learning to skip count by 2’s, 5’s, and 10’s in this chapter.
• Social Studies: We are learning about the Thanksgiving story by making a book of our own. We have talked about Pilgrims and Indians, as well as the Mayflower ship that brought the Pilgrims to America.
• Computer Lab: This week we used a new program called Kidspiration and made a picture diagram about ourselves. We used stamps and words to describe our favorite colors, animals, shapes, and food.
• Buddies: This week we saw our buddies and made a turkey using our hands and feet. Our buddies helped us to trace our bodies!
Enjoy your nice, sunny weekend! See you on Monday!
Friday, November 21st: Cupertino Library Field Trip
We will be walking to the Cupertino Library in the afternoon. Please send your child’s BLUE library card to school on this day and have your child remember his or her 4-digit PIN number. We will be checking out 2 books and remember to return them to the library on your own.
Wednesday, November 26th to Friday, November 28th: No School
Happy Thanksgiving! There will be no homework or tests this week since it is a short week. Remember that Monday and Tuesday sharers will have their sharing still.
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Dear Families,
Thank you for completing the turkeys with your children. I hope it was fun!
Here are some highlights for the week:
• Language Arts:
Poem of the Week: Feelings
Song of the Week: Vowels
Kindness is: raising money for my school.
Word Wall Words: are, away, does, he, live, pull, they, where
Story of the Week: A Hut for Zig Bug, The Rope Tug
Word Families: -ug, -ut
Sounds: q, j, z, and short u
Strategy and Skill Focus: Summarize / Story structure
Grammar: Action Words
• Writing: This week, we made a thankful book that showed different parts of the Earth that we are thankful for. We talked about how important the Earth is to our everyday lives. We also finished our Prince and Princesses!
• Math: We continued working on place value this week by counting tens and ones. We are learning to skip count by 2’s, 5’s, and 10’s in this chapter.
• Social Studies: We are learning about the Thanksgiving story by making a book of our own. We have talked about Pilgrims and Indians, as well as the Mayflower ship that brought the Pilgrims to America.
• Computer Lab: This week we used a new program called Kidspiration and made a picture diagram about ourselves. We used stamps and words to describe our favorite colors, animals, shapes, and food.
• Buddies: This week we saw our buddies and made a turkey using our hands and feet. Our buddies helped us to trace our bodies!
Enjoy your nice, sunny weekend! See you on Monday!
Friday, November 07, 2008
November 7, 2008
Upcoming Dates
Monday, November 10th and Tuesday, November 11th: NO SCHOOL
Enjoy your four-day weekend! We will not be coming to school because of Veteran’s Day.
Wednesday, November 12th to Friday, November 14th: No Spelling/Vocabulary
Since it is a short-week, we will not have spelling or vocabulary homework. I will still be sending home a language arts and math packet, which will be due on Friday, but there will be no spelling or vocabulary tests next week. Remember that Monday and Tuesday sharers do not have to share next week (they will be sharing on Monday, the 24th, and Tuesday, the 25th, instead).
Friday, November 14th: Scholastic Book Orders and Family Turkey Due!
Attached to today’s newsletter are the November book order forms. Please write ONE check payable to Scholastic Book Clubs if you are interested in purchasing books. Also, the family turkey projects will be due on Friday. Please spend time with your child to make this project fun and interactive. Remember, you can use any materials you have at home, but please do not use food!
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Dear Families,
I hope you had a nice week with Halloween festivities, an extra hour of Daylight Savings, and Election craziness! We are nearing the end of the first trimester, so we are doing many wrap-up and review activities in all of our subjects. Plus, November is a busy month since we have so many vacation days and lots of content to cover!
Here are some highlights for the week:
• Language Arts:
Poem of the Week: Our World
Song of the Week: Four Seasons
Kindness is: raising money for my school.
Word Wall Words: do, I, is, me, my, said, you, for
Story of the Week: What Can a Vet Do? And Hot Fox Soup
Word Families: -et, -en
Sounds: y, k, v, and short e
Strategy and Skill Focus: Monitor/Clarify and Fantasy/Realism Grammar: Naming Words
• Writing: We read the story, Goodnight Owl, and adapted the story using us as the main character. We wrote and illustrated our owl stories. Also, we finished our monster stories from last week and also had time to continue our Prince and Princess writings. We are almost done with all our students and will be starting Star of the Week right after Thanksgiving!
• Math: We have been working hard on making and understanding bar and picture graphs. We practiced many word problem questions and talked about “double-checking” our work to avoid making silly mistakes. We started Chapter 5 this week which is on place value and number sense. We have been learning about tens and ones.
• Science: Our final activity for our solids and liquids unit was to see what we have learned in science these past few months. Students were asked to describe different solids and liquids and give examples of each. We also explained what mixtures were and self-assessed our own learning. You will see your child’s science book in this week’s Friday Folder.
• Social Studies: We learned about our feelings this week. We talked about different feelings that we have and thought of three examples of why we felt that way. Then we illustrated our feelings. This was the last rotation in our Me, My Family, and My World circuit. Next we will be starting our Holidays Around the World circuit.
• Computer Lab: We did not have Computer lab this week because we had a full earthquake drill in the afternoon. Teachers received emergency scenarios and we practiced what we would do if there were a real emergency. Specific students at Eaton were chosen to pretend to be injured or missing. These drills help us to be prepared in case of a real emergency.
• Buddies: Thank you for those of you who participated in the UNICEF fundraiser during Halloween. Today we met with our fourth grade buddies again to collect and count how much money we made for UNICEF.
• Art: We saw Mrs. Abada again this week and she made butterflies with us. We talked about reflective symmetry (this is a state standard for art in 1st grade).
Today in the Friday Folder, you will find your Book-It October Reading Log with the Pizza Hut certificate attached to it. I have talked to the students about how important it is to read everyday, and we are keeping a classroom chart of students who return their reading logs each month. Please make sure to use the certificate in the next month (it expires in one month)!
Also, today you will find a Family Turkey Project! This is an activity we’d like for you to complete with your child, using any materials that you may have around the house. Please be creative and have fun making the turkey together, but don’t use any food! The turkeys are due next Friday and we will be hanging them around the classroom for Thanksgiving! Enjoy your four-day weekend!
Monday, November 10th and Tuesday, November 11th: NO SCHOOL
Enjoy your four-day weekend! We will not be coming to school because of Veteran’s Day.
Wednesday, November 12th to Friday, November 14th: No Spelling/Vocabulary
Since it is a short-week, we will not have spelling or vocabulary homework. I will still be sending home a language arts and math packet, which will be due on Friday, but there will be no spelling or vocabulary tests next week. Remember that Monday and Tuesday sharers do not have to share next week (they will be sharing on Monday, the 24th, and Tuesday, the 25th, instead).
Friday, November 14th: Scholastic Book Orders and Family Turkey Due!
Attached to today’s newsletter are the November book order forms. Please write ONE check payable to Scholastic Book Clubs if you are interested in purchasing books. Also, the family turkey projects will be due on Friday. Please spend time with your child to make this project fun and interactive. Remember, you can use any materials you have at home, but please do not use food!
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Dear Families,
I hope you had a nice week with Halloween festivities, an extra hour of Daylight Savings, and Election craziness! We are nearing the end of the first trimester, so we are doing many wrap-up and review activities in all of our subjects. Plus, November is a busy month since we have so many vacation days and lots of content to cover!
Here are some highlights for the week:
• Language Arts:
Poem of the Week: Our World
Song of the Week: Four Seasons
Kindness is: raising money for my school.
Word Wall Words: do, I, is, me, my, said, you, for
Story of the Week: What Can a Vet Do? And Hot Fox Soup
Word Families: -et, -en
Sounds: y, k, v, and short e
Strategy and Skill Focus: Monitor/Clarify and Fantasy/Realism Grammar: Naming Words
• Writing: We read the story, Goodnight Owl, and adapted the story using us as the main character. We wrote and illustrated our owl stories. Also, we finished our monster stories from last week and also had time to continue our Prince and Princess writings. We are almost done with all our students and will be starting Star of the Week right after Thanksgiving!
• Math: We have been working hard on making and understanding bar and picture graphs. We practiced many word problem questions and talked about “double-checking” our work to avoid making silly mistakes. We started Chapter 5 this week which is on place value and number sense. We have been learning about tens and ones.
• Science: Our final activity for our solids and liquids unit was to see what we have learned in science these past few months. Students were asked to describe different solids and liquids and give examples of each. We also explained what mixtures were and self-assessed our own learning. You will see your child’s science book in this week’s Friday Folder.
• Social Studies: We learned about our feelings this week. We talked about different feelings that we have and thought of three examples of why we felt that way. Then we illustrated our feelings. This was the last rotation in our Me, My Family, and My World circuit. Next we will be starting our Holidays Around the World circuit.
• Computer Lab: We did not have Computer lab this week because we had a full earthquake drill in the afternoon. Teachers received emergency scenarios and we practiced what we would do if there were a real emergency. Specific students at Eaton were chosen to pretend to be injured or missing. These drills help us to be prepared in case of a real emergency.
• Buddies: Thank you for those of you who participated in the UNICEF fundraiser during Halloween. Today we met with our fourth grade buddies again to collect and count how much money we made for UNICEF.
• Art: We saw Mrs. Abada again this week and she made butterflies with us. We talked about reflective symmetry (this is a state standard for art in 1st grade).
Today in the Friday Folder, you will find your Book-It October Reading Log with the Pizza Hut certificate attached to it. I have talked to the students about how important it is to read everyday, and we are keeping a classroom chart of students who return their reading logs each month. Please make sure to use the certificate in the next month (it expires in one month)!
Also, today you will find a Family Turkey Project! This is an activity we’d like for you to complete with your child, using any materials that you may have around the house. Please be creative and have fun making the turkey together, but don’t use any food! The turkeys are due next Friday and we will be hanging them around the classroom for Thanksgiving! Enjoy your four-day weekend!
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