Upcoming Dates
* Friday, May 28th: NO SCHOOL – Staff Learning Day
Teachers will be working, but you can have a nice long weekend!
* Monday, May 31st: NO SCHOOL – Memorial Day
I will be in Seattle over the weekend to attend a friend’s wedding. Hope you have a great long weekend!
* Monday, June 7th – Thursday, June 10th: All Kinders attend AM Session!
The last week of school will be packed with fun activities. All Kinders need to come from 9:00am – 12:20pm from Monday to Thursday. Please mark your calendars! We will not need our backpacks or folders this week. All you need to bring to school is a snack.
* Monday, June 7th: Wilson Park Field Trip
Monday will be our end of the year picnic. We will walk to Wilson Park and play there. The permission slip is attached to this newsletter! Please return it on Tuesday. Families are invited to the park (even siblings), but I do need some volunteers to walk with the class and one parent who can transport food for us. Please email me if you can help!
* Tuesday, June 8th & Wednesday, June 9th: Talent Show 9:00am-10:30am
Tuesday and Wednesday will be the Eaton Talent Show. We will watch many performances including singing, dancing, acting, and comedy! The teachers even perform an annual dance at the end of the second day, so come watch us if you are free!
* Thursday, June 10th: Last Day of School and 11:15am Performance!
Thursday is our last day of school! We will have breakfast and a book with our buddies in the morning.
Parents, our class would like to sing some of our favorite songs to you on the last day of school. You are invited to come watch our performance at 11:15am! The location will be in Room 8, so expect it to be nice and cozy =)
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Dear Families,
First off, I would like to say congratulations to Yuma’s family!!! On Monday, Miyako delivered baby boy Toma! She is home now and I’m sure, very busy. Please congratulate their family and we are happy for them!
Here are some highlights for the week:
• Story of the Week: Ping Pong Pig
• Language Arts: In our journals this week, we wrote two reasons why our dads are special. We practiced talking about “transition words.” These are words such as first, next, last, then, second, etc. We also interviewed our last Star of the Week this week, Ammar!
• Math: We worked on our final chapter this week on length, weight, and capacity. We compared different objects to see which ones were longer vs. shorter, taller vs. shorter, lighter vs. heavier, or able to hold more vs. less. These are all vocabulary words we have been using in class.
• Science: On Monday, we planted our beans! We scooped and packed dirt into our cups. Then we added our beans and more dirt. Finally, we watered our plants and took them home! We have also continued observing our goldfish and guppies. Our silkworms are still in their cocoons!
• Specials: Since it is the end of the year, all of our special activities are over. Our last library visit was on Monday and Mrs. Glass read us books. We are not going to computer lab anymore, and we also have no more art or music classes. We will see all the same teachers next year in first grade!
• Music: As many of you know, we are preparing for our musical performance for you on the last day of school! This week we started practicing our lines! We each will be narrating a part of our performance (about 2 sentences). These sentences will be going home on Monday for homework. Please have your child memorize and practice these sentences just like sharing. They should be standing still, looking at the audience, speaking loudly and clearly, and speaking with a good pace! Please plan on coming to our performance on the last day of school!
On Wednesday, we had a Volunteer Tea for the parents that have been helping out on a weekly or bi-weekly basis during this year. We also made a poster to say thank you to these parents! It has been so helpful to have consistent help throughout the year. Thank you for sharing your time and energy with our class!!!
- Ling Yu: computer lab helper
- Hongliang Chian & Jialin Song: weekly homework packet preparers
- Jane Young: computer lab helper
- Yoshiko Ueno: Friday centers small group leader
- Lingyan Zhu: art class assistant
- Miyako Moriwaki: Friday folder preparer
- Urmila Dey: weekly homework checker
- Sue Ranney: room parent
- Chien-Yu Chou: Friday centers small group leader
- Xiting Pan: library assistant
- Jaya Ayalasomayajula: art and music class assistant
- Heewon Kang: music class assistant
I can’t believe we only have 8 more days of school! Next week will be the last week of sharing and homework! Every Friday, Ms. Shama has been coming to our classroom to help with centers. Next Friday will be her last day with us. I told the children they can bring cards or gifts for her next Friday!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Friday, May 21, 2010
May 21, 2010
Upcoming Dates
* Monday, May 24th: LAST Scholastic Book Order Due (attached to newsletter)
This is our last Scholastic Book Order for the year. Please try to order your books online. Our class earns free books with online purchases. Thank you!
1. Go to: www.scholastic.com/bookclubs
2. Class User Name: Beebear
3. Password: MrsYu (no spaces or periods)
4. Browse books and place order using your credit card (no need to send money to school)
5. About 2 weeks after I receive all the orders, your books will be delivered to school!
* Friday, May 28th: NO SCHOOL – Staff Learning Day
Teachers will be working, but you can have a nice long weekend!
* Monday, May 31st: NO SCHOOL – Memorial Day
I will be in Seattle over the weekend to attend a friend’s wedding. Hope you have a great long weekend!
* Monday, June 7th – Thursday, June 10th: All Kinders attend AM Session!
The last week of school will be packed with fun activities. All Kinders need to come from 9:00am – 12:20pm from Monday to Thursday. Please mark your calendars!
- Monday will be our end of the year picnic. We will walk to Wilson Park and play there.
- Tuesday and Wednesday will be the Eaton Talent Show. We will watch many performances!
- Thursday is our last day of school! We will have breakfast and a book with our buddies in the morning.
Parents, our class would like to sing some of our favorite songs to you on the last day of school. You are invited to come watch our performance at 11:15am! The location is TBD. I am hoping to reserve the MP room, but otherwise, it will be in Room 8 (nice and cozy!). Hope you can make it!
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Dear Families,
Thank you for coming to Open House last night! I hope you had a great time “touring” our classroom and seeing all of the work your child has completed this year. I am so proud of them and am sad to see this year ending. Everything on the walls will be taken down in the next few weeks and I will add them into the back of the memory books. I hope you will be able to keep the memory books somewhere special so your child will always remember Kindergarten! If there were empty spots in the memory book, it is usually because your child was absent the day of the activity. I hope you enjoyed them!
Here are some highlights for the week:
• Letter of the Week: U (This is our last letter!)
(You can see our computer center drawings in the “Classwork” section of our website.)
• Story of the Week: Stuck in the Mud
• Language Arts: This week, we reviewed some of the writing stages and talked about the difference between rough drafts and final drafts. We also talked about how we edit and proofread our work for mistakes or ways to make it better. We finished our final drafts of our expository writing about school. In our journals, the morning class wrote a fact about insects and had to tell us what their favorite insect was and why. The afternoon class had a special assembly this week to watch the fifth graders’ rehearsal for their Open House presentations.
• Computer Lab: We finished our caterpillar books! We were able to go twice this week to the computer lab because another teacher wasn’t using their lab time. This helped us to finish illustrating our books for us to print out and display last night! Whew! Next week will be our last visit to the computer lab for the year.
• Science: We are continuing to observe our silkworms and our beans. Some are still eating mulberry leaves, and some others may soon be coming out of the cocoon! We have also started seeing our beans grow roots, stems, and some have even sprouted leaves! This week we learned about the life of a bean and how it changes from a seed to plant. We sequenced different pictures and words to show how our beans will grow! We learned some science vocabulary to teach us about the plant!
• Music: We saw Ms. Disney this week and it was our last music class with her. Fortunately, she will be back next year when all of you are first graders!
• Library: Next week will be our last visit to the library for the year. We will hear Mrs. Glass read us a story and we will be able to browse books during our visit, however, we cannot check a book out. Therefore, next week will be the last week of homework. We just have a worksheet packet to complete, but you do not need to do the library book journal.
Today was PTO’s Field Day! This was the first time this event has happened at Eaton since I’ve been here the past 8 years, so I was happy to see such a fun activity for the kids! Thank you for any of you who helped to organize or volunteer during the event! We played different relay games including passing the ball over and under, lemon on a spoon, and pouring water from one cup to another!
Unfortunately, Sumana’s last day with us was today. Her family will be going to India for the summer. She was with us for less than 2 weeks, but we will see her next year in first grade when school resumes! On Thursday, we got another new AM student. His name is Ammar and his family also just moved here from Texas. Please say hello to their family and welcome them to our class!
Have a wonderful weekend!
* Monday, May 24th: LAST Scholastic Book Order Due (attached to newsletter)
This is our last Scholastic Book Order for the year. Please try to order your books online. Our class earns free books with online purchases. Thank you!
1. Go to: www.scholastic.com/bookclubs
2. Class User Name: Beebear
3. Password: MrsYu (no spaces or periods)
4. Browse books and place order using your credit card (no need to send money to school)
5. About 2 weeks after I receive all the orders, your books will be delivered to school!
* Friday, May 28th: NO SCHOOL – Staff Learning Day
Teachers will be working, but you can have a nice long weekend!
* Monday, May 31st: NO SCHOOL – Memorial Day
I will be in Seattle over the weekend to attend a friend’s wedding. Hope you have a great long weekend!
* Monday, June 7th – Thursday, June 10th: All Kinders attend AM Session!
The last week of school will be packed with fun activities. All Kinders need to come from 9:00am – 12:20pm from Monday to Thursday. Please mark your calendars!
- Monday will be our end of the year picnic. We will walk to Wilson Park and play there.
- Tuesday and Wednesday will be the Eaton Talent Show. We will watch many performances!
- Thursday is our last day of school! We will have breakfast and a book with our buddies in the morning.
Parents, our class would like to sing some of our favorite songs to you on the last day of school. You are invited to come watch our performance at 11:15am! The location is TBD. I am hoping to reserve the MP room, but otherwise, it will be in Room 8 (nice and cozy!). Hope you can make it!
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Dear Families,
Thank you for coming to Open House last night! I hope you had a great time “touring” our classroom and seeing all of the work your child has completed this year. I am so proud of them and am sad to see this year ending. Everything on the walls will be taken down in the next few weeks and I will add them into the back of the memory books. I hope you will be able to keep the memory books somewhere special so your child will always remember Kindergarten! If there were empty spots in the memory book, it is usually because your child was absent the day of the activity. I hope you enjoyed them!
Here are some highlights for the week:
• Letter of the Week: U (This is our last letter!)
(You can see our computer center drawings in the “Classwork” section of our website.)
• Story of the Week: Stuck in the Mud
• Language Arts: This week, we reviewed some of the writing stages and talked about the difference between rough drafts and final drafts. We also talked about how we edit and proofread our work for mistakes or ways to make it better. We finished our final drafts of our expository writing about school. In our journals, the morning class wrote a fact about insects and had to tell us what their favorite insect was and why. The afternoon class had a special assembly this week to watch the fifth graders’ rehearsal for their Open House presentations.
• Computer Lab: We finished our caterpillar books! We were able to go twice this week to the computer lab because another teacher wasn’t using their lab time. This helped us to finish illustrating our books for us to print out and display last night! Whew! Next week will be our last visit to the computer lab for the year.
• Science: We are continuing to observe our silkworms and our beans. Some are still eating mulberry leaves, and some others may soon be coming out of the cocoon! We have also started seeing our beans grow roots, stems, and some have even sprouted leaves! This week we learned about the life of a bean and how it changes from a seed to plant. We sequenced different pictures and words to show how our beans will grow! We learned some science vocabulary to teach us about the plant!
• Music: We saw Ms. Disney this week and it was our last music class with her. Fortunately, she will be back next year when all of you are first graders!
• Library: Next week will be our last visit to the library for the year. We will hear Mrs. Glass read us a story and we will be able to browse books during our visit, however, we cannot check a book out. Therefore, next week will be the last week of homework. We just have a worksheet packet to complete, but you do not need to do the library book journal.
Today was PTO’s Field Day! This was the first time this event has happened at Eaton since I’ve been here the past 8 years, so I was happy to see such a fun activity for the kids! Thank you for any of you who helped to organize or volunteer during the event! We played different relay games including passing the ball over and under, lemon on a spoon, and pouring water from one cup to another!
Unfortunately, Sumana’s last day with us was today. Her family will be going to India for the summer. She was with us for less than 2 weeks, but we will see her next year in first grade when school resumes! On Thursday, we got another new AM student. His name is Ammar and his family also just moved here from Texas. Please say hello to their family and welcome them to our class!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Friday, May 14, 2010
May 14, 2010
Upcoming Dates
* Thursday, May 20th: Open House in Room 8 - 5:30pm-6:30pm (TIME CHANGE)
Please plan on attending this important evening! Your child will be your tour guide and they will show you some of their work form this year in Kindergarten. We hope you can make it!
* Friday, May 21st: ALL KINDERS ATTEND AM 9:00am-12:20pm – PTO Sports Day
The PTO is organizing a sports day for all of Eaton school, and we need all kinders to come in the morning session. Students need to dress comfortably because we will be playing running games and relays. More information to come!
* Friday, May 28th: NO SCHOOL – Staff Learning Day
Teachers will be working, but you can have a nice long weekend!
* Monday, May 31st: NO SCHOOL – Memorial Day
I will be in Seattle over the weekend to attend a friend’s wedding. Hope you have a great long weekend!
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Dear Families,
Thank you to Anna (Connor’s mom), Yoshiko (Kumiko’s mom), Jon (Leah’s dad), and Lingyan (Michael’s mom) for coming with us on Thursday to the Cupertino Fire Station. We left at about 9:!5am and arrived at the station around 9:45am. The firefighters gave us a tour of their building and we saw their office, exercise room, lounge area, kitchen, sleeping area, and of course the garage with all their fire trucks! They showed us what their uniforms look like and we saw all the different types of vehicles they have. Finally, we each got to sit in the fire truck! It was perfect timing because they actually got an emergency call right as the last few students were sitting in the truck. We watched them turn on their sirens and drive away! It was very exciting!
Welcome to Sumana and her family, who joined the PM class on Tuesday! They actually moved here from Texas, so Sumana attended Kindergarten there already. She is fitting nicely into our class. Please say hello!
Here are some highlights for the week:
• Star of the Week: Risitha
(On our website under “Curriculum” and “Star of the Week.”)
• Letter of the Week: J
(You can see our computer center drawings in the “Classwork” section of our website.)
• Story of the Week: We’re Going on a Lion Hunt
• Language Arts: We learned a poem this week called, Jump or Jiggle. In this poem, we talked about how different animals move, for example, frogs jump and bugs jiggle! In our journals, we imagined ourselves as any kind of animal and explained why it would be neat to be that animal. Also in the week, we practiced our expository writing and wrote a paragraph about why we love school. We learned what a rough draft means, and how a final draft should look different. These will be displayed for Open House.
• Math: We finished another chapter in our last math unit. This week, we used pattern blocks in the shape of triangles, squares, and rectangles to make bigger shapes or outlines, similar to how tangrams work. Sometimes they can be quite a difficult puzzle to solve, but we practiced how to solve the puzzles together and how to imagine how many smaller shapes can fit inside the bigger one. We also reviewed how to make a bar graph to compare the quantity of two or more objects.
• Computer Lab: We are working very hard on our Caterpillar books. You can see a sneak peek of our Caterpillar covers by going to the “Classwork” section of our website. We even spent our computer centers working on our caterpillar books instead of illustrating J words this week because we have so much to do!
• Science: Our silkworms are changing and several of them have started to build their cocoons! In our Friday centers, we made observations of the cocoon, using our eyes only. Also this week, we planted some lima beans and pinto beans. We learned how to tell the two beans apart, and we wrapped them up in a damp cotton ball, placed instead a ziplock bag. We hope they will sprout next week! We are learning about how a bean grows into a plant. Finally, we finished our five senses book this week by writing about what we touch and taste at school.
• Social Studies: On Thursday, we went on our field trip to visit the Cupertino Fire Station! This was a perfect way to learn about our community helpers. They taught us important information about calling 911, keeping smoke detectors active, planning a meeting spot with your families in case of an emergency, how to stop drop and roll if you catch on fire, and making sure we don’t play with matches. They gave us a flyer with more tips to take home and it is in today’s folder.
• Library: We did not have our library visit this week because Mrs. Glass had to use the library for STAR make-up testing. We will be going on Monday, and it will be the last time we can check out books. We will still have one more visit after that, on May 24th, but we cannot take any books home. Therefore, we will only have one more week of library journal homework, and then we will not have to complete the journals after that.
Thank you again for helping to donate money for CEEF. It is pretty amazing that we have basically reached our goal of $3 million dollars! Wow! Thank you for all of your support and Cupertino teachers are thankful for your donations. Your children will also GREATLY benefit from the money raised this year because now they won’t be in a 30 to 1 first grade classroom!!! It will stay at 20 students to 1 teacher. Whew! =)
On Saturday, I will be dancing at a hip hop competition at the Palace of Fine Arts! Our group, Eight Count, has been invited to compete and the show is called Hip Hop 4 Hope. The organization throwing the event is AADP, which stands for Asian American Donor Program. This competition is a way for them to raise awareness and money to find more bone marrow and stem cell donors. For more information, you can go to our dance ministry’s website: www.eightcount.com Have a wonderful weekend!
* Thursday, May 20th: Open House in Room 8 - 5:30pm-6:30pm (TIME CHANGE)
Please plan on attending this important evening! Your child will be your tour guide and they will show you some of their work form this year in Kindergarten. We hope you can make it!
* Friday, May 21st: ALL KINDERS ATTEND AM 9:00am-12:20pm – PTO Sports Day
The PTO is organizing a sports day for all of Eaton school, and we need all kinders to come in the morning session. Students need to dress comfortably because we will be playing running games and relays. More information to come!
* Friday, May 28th: NO SCHOOL – Staff Learning Day
Teachers will be working, but you can have a nice long weekend!
* Monday, May 31st: NO SCHOOL – Memorial Day
I will be in Seattle over the weekend to attend a friend’s wedding. Hope you have a great long weekend!
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Dear Families,
Thank you to Anna (Connor’s mom), Yoshiko (Kumiko’s mom), Jon (Leah’s dad), and Lingyan (Michael’s mom) for coming with us on Thursday to the Cupertino Fire Station. We left at about 9:!5am and arrived at the station around 9:45am. The firefighters gave us a tour of their building and we saw their office, exercise room, lounge area, kitchen, sleeping area, and of course the garage with all their fire trucks! They showed us what their uniforms look like and we saw all the different types of vehicles they have. Finally, we each got to sit in the fire truck! It was perfect timing because they actually got an emergency call right as the last few students were sitting in the truck. We watched them turn on their sirens and drive away! It was very exciting!
Welcome to Sumana and her family, who joined the PM class on Tuesday! They actually moved here from Texas, so Sumana attended Kindergarten there already. She is fitting nicely into our class. Please say hello!
Here are some highlights for the week:
• Star of the Week: Risitha
(On our website under “Curriculum” and “Star of the Week.”)
• Letter of the Week: J
(You can see our computer center drawings in the “Classwork” section of our website.)
• Story of the Week: We’re Going on a Lion Hunt
• Language Arts: We learned a poem this week called, Jump or Jiggle. In this poem, we talked about how different animals move, for example, frogs jump and bugs jiggle! In our journals, we imagined ourselves as any kind of animal and explained why it would be neat to be that animal. Also in the week, we practiced our expository writing and wrote a paragraph about why we love school. We learned what a rough draft means, and how a final draft should look different. These will be displayed for Open House.
• Math: We finished another chapter in our last math unit. This week, we used pattern blocks in the shape of triangles, squares, and rectangles to make bigger shapes or outlines, similar to how tangrams work. Sometimes they can be quite a difficult puzzle to solve, but we practiced how to solve the puzzles together and how to imagine how many smaller shapes can fit inside the bigger one. We also reviewed how to make a bar graph to compare the quantity of two or more objects.
• Computer Lab: We are working very hard on our Caterpillar books. You can see a sneak peek of our Caterpillar covers by going to the “Classwork” section of our website. We even spent our computer centers working on our caterpillar books instead of illustrating J words this week because we have so much to do!
• Science: Our silkworms are changing and several of them have started to build their cocoons! In our Friday centers, we made observations of the cocoon, using our eyes only. Also this week, we planted some lima beans and pinto beans. We learned how to tell the two beans apart, and we wrapped them up in a damp cotton ball, placed instead a ziplock bag. We hope they will sprout next week! We are learning about how a bean grows into a plant. Finally, we finished our five senses book this week by writing about what we touch and taste at school.
• Social Studies: On Thursday, we went on our field trip to visit the Cupertino Fire Station! This was a perfect way to learn about our community helpers. They taught us important information about calling 911, keeping smoke detectors active, planning a meeting spot with your families in case of an emergency, how to stop drop and roll if you catch on fire, and making sure we don’t play with matches. They gave us a flyer with more tips to take home and it is in today’s folder.
• Library: We did not have our library visit this week because Mrs. Glass had to use the library for STAR make-up testing. We will be going on Monday, and it will be the last time we can check out books. We will still have one more visit after that, on May 24th, but we cannot take any books home. Therefore, we will only have one more week of library journal homework, and then we will not have to complete the journals after that.
Thank you again for helping to donate money for CEEF. It is pretty amazing that we have basically reached our goal of $3 million dollars! Wow! Thank you for all of your support and Cupertino teachers are thankful for your donations. Your children will also GREATLY benefit from the money raised this year because now they won’t be in a 30 to 1 first grade classroom!!! It will stay at 20 students to 1 teacher. Whew! =)
On Saturday, I will be dancing at a hip hop competition at the Palace of Fine Arts! Our group, Eight Count, has been invited to compete and the show is called Hip Hop 4 Hope. The organization throwing the event is AADP, which stands for Asian American Donor Program. This competition is a way for them to raise awareness and money to find more bone marrow and stem cell donors. For more information, you can go to our dance ministry’s website: www.eightcount.com Have a wonderful weekend!
Friday, May 07, 2010
May 7, 2010
Upcoming Dates
* Sunday, May 9th: Happy Mother’s Day!
Mothers, we hope you enjoy the gifts we made for you. We appreciate everything you do for us. Hope you have a wonderful weekend!
* Thursday, May 13th: ALL KINDERS ATTEND AM SESSION 9:00AM - !2:20PM
We will be going to the Cupertino Fire Department on Thursday. We will be walking to the fire station and they will give us a tour of their building. We plan to leave around 9:15am, arriving at 9:45am. Going to the fire department is unpredictable because sometimes they get called in to an emergency, but we will flexible with our schedule. We hope they will be free that day to show us around =) A permission slip is attached to today’s newsletter. Please fill it out and return on Monday. I actually need 6 chaperones to help us walk to the station safely! Please let me know if you are interested, but remember you need a TB test to chaperone. Thanks!
* Thursday, May 20th: Open House in Room 8 from 5:30pm - 6:30pm (NOTE TIME CHANGE)
Please plan on attending this important evening! Your child will be your tour guide and they will show you some of their work form this year in Kindergarten. We hope you can make it!
Dear Families,
What a beautiful week. We enjoyed the sunshine and warm weather! We are busy preparing our projects to show you during Open House on May 20th. Please save the date and plan on attending! Thank you also for those of you who participated in Community Day on Tuesday to help raise money for our schools. It was so amazing to see all the restaurants, stores, and businesses that participated to donate money, and it was even more amazing to see our community working together! Thank you for helping our schools, students, and teachers!
Here are some highlights for the week:
• Star of the Week: Jennifer
(On our website under “Curriculum” and “Star of the Week.”)
• Letter of the Week: E
(You can see our computer center drawings in the “Classwork” section of our website.)
• Story of the Week: Me and My Mom
• Language Arts: This week the theme was Mother’s Day. We started on Monday by writing in our journals, and we had to write two sentences about why our moms are special. We practiced using transition words between sentences such as “Also,” or “Next.” We learned that sentences should not begin with the word “And” or “But.” Continue reminding your child to proofread their work for capitals and punctuation! Afterwards, we illustrated our writing about our moms.
• Math: We are continuing to learn about solid shapes. This week we practiced sorting different solid shapes by vocabulary words such as shapes that roll, slide, or shapes that can do both, as well as round shapes with no corners vs. shapes with more than 1 corner. We are identifying characteristics of each shape and also thinking about real objects that have the same shape. We are actually at the end of our math book, so you will not be seeing as many worksheets going home. Instead, we are working on many of our concepts through hands-on activities and projects.
• Buddies: We saw Ms. Allen’s class on Tuesday, and they helped us with a time math project. We read the book Time To by Bruce McMillan, and we are adapting our own stories from his example. We practiced drawing clocks and telling time by the hour. We thought about all the things we do during the day, from eight o’clock in the morning to eight o’clock at night. Big buddies helped us to brainstorm and write down our daily activities. We illustrated our book.
• Computer Lab: We continued our Very Hungry Caterpillar stories in the computer lab. This project is very independent, and each child’s progress varies according to how focused they are. We hope they will be finished by Open House for you to see!
• Science: Our silkworms are growing!!! They were about 2mm two weeks ago, and some of the silkworms have doubled in size! Friday centers have been an opportunity for us to observe and measure our silkworms. Also, in science, we are continuing our Five Senses at School pop-up book. We have completed our senses for seeing, hearing, and smelling so far.
• Social Studies: We are thinking about our families this week, specifically our mother and father. We wrote a paragraph describing our parents and all that they do for us. We are trying to add details in our writing. Afterwards, we illustrated portraits of both our mother and father. We also made a Mother’s Day frame during Friday centers to celebrate our moms.
• Assembly: This week we had an assembly by the San Jose Opera called, “Elixir of Love.” It was fun to see and hear a different type of performance than what we are used to. We learned that the actors and actresses have to change characters and costumes throughout the play sometimes.
• Library: Next week, we may not be able to have our regular library visit on Monday because of STAR test make-ups for 2nd – 5th graders. We will not know for sure until Monday. Therefore, we might only have the regular homework packets and not our library journals. Please return the homework on Friday as usual.
On Tuesday next week, we are getting a new PM student! It is so hard to have new students start this late in the year, with less than a month left, but we welcome her and her family to our class. Her name is Sumana Karnala. Please say hello to her family!
* Sunday, May 9th: Happy Mother’s Day!
Mothers, we hope you enjoy the gifts we made for you. We appreciate everything you do for us. Hope you have a wonderful weekend!
* Thursday, May 13th: ALL KINDERS ATTEND AM SESSION 9:00AM - !2:20PM
We will be going to the Cupertino Fire Department on Thursday. We will be walking to the fire station and they will give us a tour of their building. We plan to leave around 9:15am, arriving at 9:45am. Going to the fire department is unpredictable because sometimes they get called in to an emergency, but we will flexible with our schedule. We hope they will be free that day to show us around =) A permission slip is attached to today’s newsletter. Please fill it out and return on Monday. I actually need 6 chaperones to help us walk to the station safely! Please let me know if you are interested, but remember you need a TB test to chaperone. Thanks!
* Thursday, May 20th: Open House in Room 8 from 5:30pm - 6:30pm (NOTE TIME CHANGE)
Please plan on attending this important evening! Your child will be your tour guide and they will show you some of their work form this year in Kindergarten. We hope you can make it!
Dear Families,
What a beautiful week. We enjoyed the sunshine and warm weather! We are busy preparing our projects to show you during Open House on May 20th. Please save the date and plan on attending! Thank you also for those of you who participated in Community Day on Tuesday to help raise money for our schools. It was so amazing to see all the restaurants, stores, and businesses that participated to donate money, and it was even more amazing to see our community working together! Thank you for helping our schools, students, and teachers!
Here are some highlights for the week:
• Star of the Week: Jennifer
(On our website under “Curriculum” and “Star of the Week.”)
• Letter of the Week: E
(You can see our computer center drawings in the “Classwork” section of our website.)
• Story of the Week: Me and My Mom
• Language Arts: This week the theme was Mother’s Day. We started on Monday by writing in our journals, and we had to write two sentences about why our moms are special. We practiced using transition words between sentences such as “Also,” or “Next.” We learned that sentences should not begin with the word “And” or “But.” Continue reminding your child to proofread their work for capitals and punctuation! Afterwards, we illustrated our writing about our moms.
• Math: We are continuing to learn about solid shapes. This week we practiced sorting different solid shapes by vocabulary words such as shapes that roll, slide, or shapes that can do both, as well as round shapes with no corners vs. shapes with more than 1 corner. We are identifying characteristics of each shape and also thinking about real objects that have the same shape. We are actually at the end of our math book, so you will not be seeing as many worksheets going home. Instead, we are working on many of our concepts through hands-on activities and projects.
• Buddies: We saw Ms. Allen’s class on Tuesday, and they helped us with a time math project. We read the book Time To by Bruce McMillan, and we are adapting our own stories from his example. We practiced drawing clocks and telling time by the hour. We thought about all the things we do during the day, from eight o’clock in the morning to eight o’clock at night. Big buddies helped us to brainstorm and write down our daily activities. We illustrated our book.
• Computer Lab: We continued our Very Hungry Caterpillar stories in the computer lab. This project is very independent, and each child’s progress varies according to how focused they are. We hope they will be finished by Open House for you to see!
• Science: Our silkworms are growing!!! They were about 2mm two weeks ago, and some of the silkworms have doubled in size! Friday centers have been an opportunity for us to observe and measure our silkworms. Also, in science, we are continuing our Five Senses at School pop-up book. We have completed our senses for seeing, hearing, and smelling so far.
• Social Studies: We are thinking about our families this week, specifically our mother and father. We wrote a paragraph describing our parents and all that they do for us. We are trying to add details in our writing. Afterwards, we illustrated portraits of both our mother and father. We also made a Mother’s Day frame during Friday centers to celebrate our moms.
• Assembly: This week we had an assembly by the San Jose Opera called, “Elixir of Love.” It was fun to see and hear a different type of performance than what we are used to. We learned that the actors and actresses have to change characters and costumes throughout the play sometimes.
• Library: Next week, we may not be able to have our regular library visit on Monday because of STAR test make-ups for 2nd – 5th graders. We will not know for sure until Monday. Therefore, we might only have the regular homework packets and not our library journals. Please return the homework on Friday as usual.
On Tuesday next week, we are getting a new PM student! It is so hard to have new students start this late in the year, with less than a month left, but we welcome her and her family to our class. Her name is Sumana Karnala. Please say hello to her family!
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