Dear Families,
I’m sorry I ended up getting sick over the weekend and wasn’t able to come to school on Monday or Tuesday. Stay warm! It sure is chilly these days. Unfortunately, we didn’t get to go to Natural Bridges on Monday because of the rain. We will try to reschedule the field trip, but it may be difficult since the butterflies will soon be migrating to warmer places. I will keep you posted.
We continued our holiday studies and learned about many celebrations around the world. Our classroom is decorated with all of our beautiful projects from countries and holidays including Germany, Holland, Diwali, Christmas, Hanukkah, and Mexico. We are not returning the projects until later because we still have several more holidays to learn about in January.
In addition, we made Santa pop-up cards and a special present for your families! We talked about special celebrations throughout the year and we hope you like our surprise! We also decorated our tree with the pasta ornaments that your child is bringing home.
Today was our Polar Express Day. Our classroom was set up like a train and the students all had train tickets to hear the magical story. Then we received silver bells just like the boy in the story. It was fun to wear our pajamas to school like the children in the story while drinking hot cocoa! We also did a kindness project and brought hot cocoa to all the teachers and staff in their classrooms! The kids did a great job showing kindness! In the afternoon, we watched the movie version of Polar Express.
Thank you for the wonderful cards and presents. I am blessed with a kind class of students and parents. Thank you for your support! Today is Emily’s last day with us. We will miss her and her family very much, but we wish them the best. Please keep in touch! I truly enjoy hearing from students even after they are no longer at Eaton!
I hope all of you have a safe and relaxing holiday. I am not going anywhere these next two weeks. I am just looking forward to resting and spending time with friends and family! I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! I will see you all on Monday, January 5th and can’t wait to hear about your vacations!!!
Friday, December 19, 2008
Friday, December 12, 2008
December 12, 2008
Upcoming Dates
Monday, December 15th: Natural Bridges Butterfly Field Trip
Thank you to Mrs. Ogata, Mrs. Rueth, Mrs. Sakanaka, and Mrs. Yoon for coming with us on this 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!
Monday, December 15th to Friday, December 19th: No Spelling/Vocabulary
There will be no tests this week. However, please continue to prepare your child’s sharing, complete the homework packet, and read 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 19th. Thank you!***
Friday, December 19th: Polar Express Day – Pajamas Everyone!
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 22nd to January 2nd: NO SCHOOL – Winter Recess
School will resume on Monday, January 5th. Have safe travels and a wonderful holiday!
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Dear Families,
On Monday, we went to go watch the Elves and the Shoemaker play at Fremont High School! Thank you to Mrs. Kung for coming with us as our chaperone. We enjoyed the story and learned that we should do good deeds for other people, just like the elves did! Starting last week, we began writing praise notes to our classmates. I am encouraging students to compliment and praise other people. Children can often be “me” centered, so I am teaching the children to think of others and notice special things about other people.
Here are some highlights for the week:
• Language Arts:
Star of the Week: Kayleigh
Poem of the Week: Hanukkah Rainbow
Song of the Week: Skip Counting
Kindness is: learning about holidays around the world
Word Wall: also, blue, brown, color, funny, green, like, many, some
Story of the Week: Jessie Bear, What Will You Wear?
Word Families: -ick, -ill
Sounds: clusters with r, contractions with ‘s
Strategy and Skill Focus: Question, Categorize/Classify
Grammar: Action Part of a Sentence
• Math: We finished our chapter on place value and began our sixth chapter on addition and subtraction facts again. We have been practicing word problems with too much information and using tables to help us solve questions. Also, we are learning to add three numbers and find missing addends.
• Social Studies: On Monday, we had a special surprise in our Holland wooden shoes! Sinterklaas brought candy canes for all the kids on the eve of December 5th! On Tuesday, we went to Mrs. Nieveen’s class and learned about Diwali. We made rangoli’s using glue and sand art. We have also been working on a project to learn about the different months, seasons, and important holidays around the year.
• Computer Lab: We added more pictures to our kindness journals this week using Kidpix. Students were asked to draw one or two new pictures to add to their journal. You can see these in the Classwork section of our website or directly on: kindness.pbwiki.com
• Music: We saw Miss Rachel this week and we sang holiday songs. We are remembering to listen carefully and follow directions!
• Art: We also saw Mrs. Abada this week! She taught us about Katsushika Hokusai- a Japanese printmaker in the 1800s. We tried printmaking on Styrofoam plates.
Please remember to dress appropriately on Monday for our field trip. It may be raining and if so, we are not bringing umbrellas with us. Please make sure to dress in a rain jacket or poncho instead. Also, don’t forget to label your child’s lunch – everything will be thrown away!
Thank you for those of you who donated canned foods to the Second Harvest Food Bank. We are always talking about how fortunate our lives are, and that many people do not have what we have. Please continue teaching your children about sharing and giving to the poor or unfortunate.
Maybe because of the holidays and the upcoming vacation, many students have
had a hard time following the rules and finishing their work. Please continue to remind them to try their best to finish their projects and to keep conversations for recess or lunchtime, not during class. Please help me to speak to your children about getting green super stars!
Next Friday will be Emily’s last day with us. Her family is moving to Portland, Oregon over the winter vacation and we will be saying goodbye to her. We will miss her very much!
Monday, December 15th: Natural Bridges Butterfly Field Trip
Thank you to Mrs. Ogata, Mrs. Rueth, Mrs. Sakanaka, and Mrs. Yoon for coming with us on this 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!
Monday, December 15th to Friday, December 19th: No Spelling/Vocabulary
There will be no tests this week. However, please continue to prepare your child’s sharing, complete the homework packet, and read 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 19th. Thank you!***
Friday, December 19th: Polar Express Day – Pajamas Everyone!
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 22nd to January 2nd: NO SCHOOL – Winter Recess
School will resume on Monday, January 5th. Have safe travels and a wonderful holiday!
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Dear Families,
On Monday, we went to go watch the Elves and the Shoemaker play at Fremont High School! Thank you to Mrs. Kung for coming with us as our chaperone. We enjoyed the story and learned that we should do good deeds for other people, just like the elves did! Starting last week, we began writing praise notes to our classmates. I am encouraging students to compliment and praise other people. Children can often be “me” centered, so I am teaching the children to think of others and notice special things about other people.
Here are some highlights for the week:
• Language Arts:
Star of the Week: Kayleigh
Poem of the Week: Hanukkah Rainbow
Song of the Week: Skip Counting
Kindness is: learning about holidays around the world
Word Wall: also, blue, brown, color, funny, green, like, many, some
Story of the Week: Jessie Bear, What Will You Wear?
Word Families: -ick, -ill
Sounds: clusters with r, contractions with ‘s
Strategy and Skill Focus: Question, Categorize/Classify
Grammar: Action Part of a Sentence
• Math: We finished our chapter on place value and began our sixth chapter on addition and subtraction facts again. We have been practicing word problems with too much information and using tables to help us solve questions. Also, we are learning to add three numbers and find missing addends.
• Social Studies: On Monday, we had a special surprise in our Holland wooden shoes! Sinterklaas brought candy canes for all the kids on the eve of December 5th! On Tuesday, we went to Mrs. Nieveen’s class and learned about Diwali. We made rangoli’s using glue and sand art. We have also been working on a project to learn about the different months, seasons, and important holidays around the year.
• Computer Lab: We added more pictures to our kindness journals this week using Kidpix. Students were asked to draw one or two new pictures to add to their journal. You can see these in the Classwork section of our website or directly on: kindness.pbwiki.com
• Music: We saw Miss Rachel this week and we sang holiday songs. We are remembering to listen carefully and follow directions!
• Art: We also saw Mrs. Abada this week! She taught us about Katsushika Hokusai- a Japanese printmaker in the 1800s. We tried printmaking on Styrofoam plates.
Please remember to dress appropriately on Monday for our field trip. It may be raining and if so, we are not bringing umbrellas with us. Please make sure to dress in a rain jacket or poncho instead. Also, don’t forget to label your child’s lunch – everything will be thrown away!
Thank you for those of you who donated canned foods to the Second Harvest Food Bank. We are always talking about how fortunate our lives are, and that many people do not have what we have. Please continue teaching your children about sharing and giving to the poor or unfortunate.
Maybe because of the holidays and the upcoming vacation, many students have
had a hard time following the rules and finishing their work. Please continue to remind them to try their best to finish their projects and to keep conversations for recess or lunchtime, not during class. Please help me to speak to your children about getting green super stars!
Next Friday will be Emily’s last day with us. Her family is moving to Portland, Oregon over the winter vacation and we will be saying goodbye to her. We will miss her very much!
Friday, December 05, 2008
December 5, 2008
Upcoming Dates
Monday, December 8th: Elves and the Shoemaker Field Trip
Thank you to Mrs. Kung for coming with us on this field trip. We will be leaving school at 10:30am and will be back by lunchtime at 12:30pm.
Friday, December 12th: Canned Food Drive
Please try to donate at least one can of food for the Second Harvest Food Bank fundraiser we are having at Eaton school. Please bring it in a bag labeled with your child’s name.
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
Thank you to Mrs. Ogata, Mrs. Rueth, Mrs. Sakanaka, and Mrs. Yoon for coming with us on this 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!
Monday, December 15th to Friday, December 19th: No Spelling/Vocabulary
There will be no tests this week. However, please continue to prepare your child’s sharing, complete the homework packet, and read 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 19th. Thank you!***
Friday, December 19th: Polar Express Day – Pajamas Everyone!
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 22nd to January 2nd: NO SCHOOL – Winter Recess
School will resume on Monday, January 5th. Have safe travels and a wonderful holiday!
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Dear Families,
Welcome back from our long weekend! I hope you had a nice vacation with family and friends. I stayed in the area and spent time with my parents and family. I also used the extra time to clean up my home and re-organize (no shopping for me!). Always so much to do! Today I am sending home the first trimester report card that reflects your child’s progress from the beginning of the school year to November 21st. Remember that your child does not get grades on the first page (Language Arts) because they get a separate ELD report card (page 4 and 5) instead for Listening/Speaking, Reading, and Writing. In order to exit ELD, your child must be in at least Level 4 in all three Language Arts categories at the end of first grade. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Here are some highlights for the week:
• Language Arts:
Star of the Week: Fuka
Poem of the Week: I Heard a Bird Sing
Song of the Week: Skip Counting
Kindness is: giving a praise note to someone.
Word Wall Words: all, call, eat, every, first, never, paper, shall,why
Story of the Week: Snowballs, Mr. C’s Dinner
Word Families: -ip, -in
Sounds: verb endings –s, -ed, -ing, short I, possessives with ‘s
Strategy and Skill Focus: Predict/Infer, Making Predictions
Grammar: Naming Part of a Sentence
• Writing: This week we talked about writing letters to others. We reviewed the parts of a letter (date, greeting, body, salutation, name) and wrote a letter to Santa. You can read these letters in the “Classwork” section of our website, under “Dear Santa…”
• Math: This week we worked on estimating. This was a hard concept for some students because they wanted to get the exact number instead. We worked on counting only up to 10 and then guessing how many more groups of 10 remained. Keep working! We reviewed vocabulary words such as: greater, more, less, etc. and practiced more place value.
• Social Studies: Before Thanksgiving, we went to Mrs. Bachelor’s class for circuits and learned about Hanukkah. We made menorahs and began decorating our classroom with holidays from around the world. Also, we learned about Holland and how children put wooden shoes in their windows for Sinterklaas’ white horse. On Tuesday, we went to Mrs. Zankich’s class for circuits and learned about Ireland. We made a project that showed how people in Ireland put candles in the windows during the holidays.
• Computer Lab: This week we worked on another Kidspiration diagram that showed the months and seasons of the year. We chose different symbols for each month and season and personalized our pictures.
If you haven’t already, remember to turn in your November Book-It reading logs. They are always due after the end of the month. Fuka is our first Star of the Week! We choose a new Star each Monday. If you are chosen, you have until Friday of the same week to complete your poster. Please be ready to share it to the class on Friday, and then you get to take Beebear home for the weekend! Remember to write in Beebear’s Journal and return on Monday. Have fun!
Monday, December 8th: Elves and the Shoemaker Field Trip
Thank you to Mrs. Kung for coming with us on this field trip. We will be leaving school at 10:30am and will be back by lunchtime at 12:30pm.
Friday, December 12th: Canned Food Drive
Please try to donate at least one can of food for the Second Harvest Food Bank fundraiser we are having at Eaton school. Please bring it in a bag labeled with your child’s name.
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
Thank you to Mrs. Ogata, Mrs. Rueth, Mrs. Sakanaka, and Mrs. Yoon for coming with us on this 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!
Monday, December 15th to Friday, December 19th: No Spelling/Vocabulary
There will be no tests this week. However, please continue to prepare your child’s sharing, complete the homework packet, and read 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 19th. Thank you!***
Friday, December 19th: Polar Express Day – Pajamas Everyone!
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 22nd to January 2nd: NO SCHOOL – Winter Recess
School will resume on Monday, January 5th. Have safe travels and a wonderful holiday!
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Dear Families,
Welcome back from our long weekend! I hope you had a nice vacation with family and friends. I stayed in the area and spent time with my parents and family. I also used the extra time to clean up my home and re-organize (no shopping for me!). Always so much to do! Today I am sending home the first trimester report card that reflects your child’s progress from the beginning of the school year to November 21st. Remember that your child does not get grades on the first page (Language Arts) because they get a separate ELD report card (page 4 and 5) instead for Listening/Speaking, Reading, and Writing. In order to exit ELD, your child must be in at least Level 4 in all three Language Arts categories at the end of first grade. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Here are some highlights for the week:
• Language Arts:
Star of the Week: Fuka
Poem of the Week: I Heard a Bird Sing
Song of the Week: Skip Counting
Kindness is: giving a praise note to someone.
Word Wall Words: all, call, eat, every, first, never, paper, shall,why
Story of the Week: Snowballs, Mr. C’s Dinner
Word Families: -ip, -in
Sounds: verb endings –s, -ed, -ing, short I, possessives with ‘s
Strategy and Skill Focus: Predict/Infer, Making Predictions
Grammar: Naming Part of a Sentence
• Writing: This week we talked about writing letters to others. We reviewed the parts of a letter (date, greeting, body, salutation, name) and wrote a letter to Santa. You can read these letters in the “Classwork” section of our website, under “Dear Santa…”
• Math: This week we worked on estimating. This was a hard concept for some students because they wanted to get the exact number instead. We worked on counting only up to 10 and then guessing how many more groups of 10 remained. Keep working! We reviewed vocabulary words such as: greater, more, less, etc. and practiced more place value.
• Social Studies: Before Thanksgiving, we went to Mrs. Bachelor’s class for circuits and learned about Hanukkah. We made menorahs and began decorating our classroom with holidays from around the world. Also, we learned about Holland and how children put wooden shoes in their windows for Sinterklaas’ white horse. On Tuesday, we went to Mrs. Zankich’s class for circuits and learned about Ireland. We made a project that showed how people in Ireland put candles in the windows during the holidays.
• Computer Lab: This week we worked on another Kidspiration diagram that showed the months and seasons of the year. We chose different symbols for each month and season and personalized our pictures.
If you haven’t already, remember to turn in your November Book-It reading logs. They are always due after the end of the month. Fuka is our first Star of the Week! We choose a new Star each Monday. If you are chosen, you have until Friday of the same week to complete your poster. Please be ready to share it to the class on Friday, and then you get to take Beebear home for the weekend! Remember to write in Beebear’s Journal and return on Monday. Have fun!
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