Dear Families,
This week was super busy! On Monday, we went to Almaden Lake Park by bus. Unfortunately, we didn’t get to ride the light rail this year. The students had lunch, played on the play structure, and ate popsicles that day. It was hot!
Then on Tuesday, we had the Talent Show. Catherine and Julia played the piano and some of the students performed the Cha Cha Slide! Even the teachers performed Grease at the end! If you missed the performances, you can go to the PHOTOS section of our classroom website: www.geocities.com/missyu_grace and I have added all the videos there. You can just click on the arrow to watch the performances!
On Wednesday, we prepared for our musical and had a dress rehearsal in front of Kindergarten and Third grade. In the afternoon, we worked on an art project and made a landscape picture.
Thursday was our musical performance! Although it was incredibly hot in the MP room, the students all did a great job singing and dancing A Musical Year! If anyone has a video of the performance, please let me know because I would like to make a copy of it. Thank you to Mrs. Hothan (Michael’s mother) who went to pick up popsicles for the children right after the musical because it was so hot!
Today was Breakfast and a Book! We had donuts and juice for breakfast, and then we went to different classrooms to read books.
It is always hard to say goodbye to all my students at the end of each year. I have seen your children grow and learn so much over the year and I am so proud of them for their hard work. I would appreciate it if you kept in touch with me from time to time to let me know how your children are doing. My address is: 20814 Beauchamps Court, Saratoga, CA 95070. Or you can always send me an email too at yu_grace@cupertino.k12.ca.us or my personal email is gracelingyu@yahoo.com !
My present to the students is a music CD to remember all of our first grade songs! Enjoy the music! In addition, I would like to especially thank Julia’s mom, Catherine’s mom, Yo’s mom, and Mayu’s mom for coming every Friday afternoon for an hour to prepare homework packets, centers folders, spelling, vocabulary, and Friday folders! I would also like to thank Moe’s mom and Hitoharu’s mom for coming every Wednesday afternoon to help in computer lab. Everyone else, thank you for all of your support this year! Many of you came on field trips, gave classroom donations, and provided supplies for our class. I have made a personalized notepad from our classroom for all of you to say thank you for a wonderful year! Miss Yu will miss you!!! =) Have a wonderful summer!
Saturday, June 16, 2007
Friday, June 08, 2007
June 8, 2007
Upcoming Dates
* Monday, June 11th: End of the Year First Grade Trip
We will be taking the bus at 9:15am to Almaden Lake Park and we will return by 2:30pm. Please have your child pack a BAG lunch that can be thrown away at the park. Thank you for all the volunteers. Unfortunately, we can only bring 3 chaperones on the bus: Mrs. Hagiwara (Hitoharu), Mrs. Lee (Jaewoo), and Mrs. Wang (Patricia). Everyone else is welcome to meet us at the park. Attached to this newsletter are the directions. Mrs. Park (Geoffrey) and Mrs. Park (Julia) have offered to transport lunches and drinks. Thank you!
* Tuesday, June 12th: Talent Show
The cha cha slide group will be performing 18th after lunch. If you would like to watch, it would probably be best to come around 1:45pm to the MP room. The dancers that turned in their permission slip are: Anushka, Geoffrey, Hitoharu, Jaewoo, Janani, Jonathan, Lenny, Mayu, Michael, Moe, Patricia, Reva, Sammy, Tomoki, William, and Yo. Please remember to wear a white shirt and blue bottoms (shorts, pants, skirt) to school on this day!
* Thursday, June 14th: First Grade Musical at 1:30pm in MP room
Please plan on attending our musical on this afternoon! Your child will be bringing their costumes home right after the performance.
* Friday, June 15th: Last Day of School! Dismissal is at 12:20pm.
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Dear Families,
We are at the end of the year! I will be sending home everything your child has done in class over the next few days. There is no homework, tests, or sharing next week, so please keep everything at home! Here are some highlights from this week:
• Language Arts: We finished our last literacy centers this week. We read Five Little Sharks Swimming in the Sea and worked on Animal vocabulary 4. I am sending all the vocabulary sheets home that your child completed during the year. I will put them in the back of the Vocabulary Folder for you to review with your child if you want.
• Writing: We are doing such a wonderful job on Writer’s Workshop! The students are busily working on more pieces to finish by the end of the year. They are showing good understanding of the writing process, from prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, to publishing! The favorite part is the Author’s chair because they get to read their published piece to the class!
• Math: Today we finished the last chapter in our math book! We took the test on two-digit addition and subtraction. Most students are doing great with computation, but struggle with understanding two-step word problems.
• Computer Lab: We had our last computer lab this week. Many students finished another Writer’s Workshop cover! Great job!
• Music: We were fortunate to watch two musicals this week! On Thursday, we watched the third graders perform Who Pushed Humpty? Today, we listened to the upper grade chorus sing! Next week will be our turn!!! We had a dress rehearsal on Monday and it went smoothly. We are excited to show all of you our singing and dancing!
• Social Studies: This week we talked about Father’s Day. We made a present that we will give to our Father’s on June 17th.
• Assembly: Today we had an assembly called Around the World songs. Our presenter sang songs and told stories from different countries.
Next week will be very exciting and busy for our class! I am cherishing these last few days being your child’s teacher. I have really enjoyed working with all of them and am starting to get sad to have to say goodbye next week! Have a wonderful weekend!
* Monday, June 11th: End of the Year First Grade Trip
We will be taking the bus at 9:15am to Almaden Lake Park and we will return by 2:30pm. Please have your child pack a BAG lunch that can be thrown away at the park. Thank you for all the volunteers. Unfortunately, we can only bring 3 chaperones on the bus: Mrs. Hagiwara (Hitoharu), Mrs. Lee (Jaewoo), and Mrs. Wang (Patricia). Everyone else is welcome to meet us at the park. Attached to this newsletter are the directions. Mrs. Park (Geoffrey) and Mrs. Park (Julia) have offered to transport lunches and drinks. Thank you!
* Tuesday, June 12th: Talent Show
The cha cha slide group will be performing 18th after lunch. If you would like to watch, it would probably be best to come around 1:45pm to the MP room. The dancers that turned in their permission slip are: Anushka, Geoffrey, Hitoharu, Jaewoo, Janani, Jonathan, Lenny, Mayu, Michael, Moe, Patricia, Reva, Sammy, Tomoki, William, and Yo. Please remember to wear a white shirt and blue bottoms (shorts, pants, skirt) to school on this day!
* Thursday, June 14th: First Grade Musical at 1:30pm in MP room
Please plan on attending our musical on this afternoon! Your child will be bringing their costumes home right after the performance.
* Friday, June 15th: Last Day of School! Dismissal is at 12:20pm.
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Dear Families,
We are at the end of the year! I will be sending home everything your child has done in class over the next few days. There is no homework, tests, or sharing next week, so please keep everything at home! Here are some highlights from this week:
• Language Arts: We finished our last literacy centers this week. We read Five Little Sharks Swimming in the Sea and worked on Animal vocabulary 4. I am sending all the vocabulary sheets home that your child completed during the year. I will put them in the back of the Vocabulary Folder for you to review with your child if you want.
• Writing: We are doing such a wonderful job on Writer’s Workshop! The students are busily working on more pieces to finish by the end of the year. They are showing good understanding of the writing process, from prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, to publishing! The favorite part is the Author’s chair because they get to read their published piece to the class!
• Math: Today we finished the last chapter in our math book! We took the test on two-digit addition and subtraction. Most students are doing great with computation, but struggle with understanding two-step word problems.
• Computer Lab: We had our last computer lab this week. Many students finished another Writer’s Workshop cover! Great job!
• Music: We were fortunate to watch two musicals this week! On Thursday, we watched the third graders perform Who Pushed Humpty? Today, we listened to the upper grade chorus sing! Next week will be our turn!!! We had a dress rehearsal on Monday and it went smoothly. We are excited to show all of you our singing and dancing!
• Social Studies: This week we talked about Father’s Day. We made a present that we will give to our Father’s on June 17th.
• Assembly: Today we had an assembly called Around the World songs. Our presenter sang songs and told stories from different countries.
Next week will be very exciting and busy for our class! I am cherishing these last few days being your child’s teacher. I have really enjoyed working with all of them and am starting to get sad to have to say goodbye next week! Have a wonderful weekend!
June 1, 2007
Upcoming Dates
* Saturday, June 2nd: International Festival 10am – 4pm
Miss Yu will be performing a dance routine at 11:00am. If you are free, come watch and have fun!
* Monday, June 4th: Costumes for the Musical (if you haven’t yet)
We are doing our first dress rehearsal on Monday. If you haven’t already, please bring your child’s costume to school in a bag with his or her name on it, and LABEL each article of clothing with your child’s full name and room number. We will be keeping the costumes at school until June 14th.
* Monday, June 11th: End of the Year First Grade Trip
We are going to the Almaden Lake Park from 9am – 2pm. A permission slip was sent home on Wednesday afternoon. Please return the permission slip as soon as possible. We can only take 3 chaperones on the bus, but as many of you are welcome to drive yourself and meet us at the park. Please have your child pack a BAG lunch that can be thrown away.
* Tuesday, June 12th: Talent Show
15 dancers from Room 8 returned the permission slip and are doing the Cha Cha slide at the Eaton Talent Show. More information about the time of the performance will come later. If your child is a dancer, please have him/her wear a white shirt and blue bottoms (shorts, pants, skirt) to school on this day.
* Thursday, June 14th: First Grade Musical at 1:30pm in MP room
Please plan on attending our musical on this afternoon!
* Friday, June 15th: Last Day of School! Dismissal is at 12:20pm.
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Dear Families,
I can’t believe it’s June! This week was very busy since it was a short week. In addition to our regular schedule, we had an emergency drill on Tuesday between recess and lunch. All the students practiced what they have to do in an earthquake or fire, and all the teachers had to also practice our emergency jobs. It went smoothly but was very hectic! We also had the Volunteer Tea of Wednesday. Thank you to all the volunteers who helped so much in our classroom this year!
Here are some highlights from the week:
Star of the Week: Rie
Poem of the Week: Jump or Jiggle
Kindness is … giving presents.
Vocabulary of the Week: Animals 3
WWW: begin, minute, already, above, against, caught
Next Week’s Sharing: Regular – Summer plans
(Memorize at least 4 lines and bring picture/object to show)
• Language Arts: We finally had time to finish centers this week! We will have one more week of centers and homework packets.
• Writing: We have been working hard finishing up our final pieces in Writer’s Workshop. We are hoping to finish at least one more before the end of the year.
• Math: This week has been all about two-digit subtraction facts. We have been reviewing how to subtract the ones column first, and then the tens column. However, some students are getting confused when it becomes a problem like 17-8 and they subtract 7-8! We will practice these facts one more week.
• Science: We are saying goodbye to our mealworms this week! They have been fun to observe, but now it is time for them to go home!
• Computer Lab: This week and next week we will be trying to finish up the Writer’s Workshop brainstorm maps in Kidspiration. Students will have one more opportunity to visit the computer lab next Wednesday.
• Music: This was our last session with Mrs. More. We played with Boomwhackers and wooden cylinders to the beats of different songs. It has been a fun year!
• Art: It was also our last session with Mrs. Blakeslee this week. Almost all of us finished our Native American pictures and stories and we shared them to the class.
• Social Studies: This week we went to Miss Salter’s class for Circuits. She talked about the new Food Pyramid and taught us some facts about nutrition and health.
Today we started implementing our new lunch procedures. Next year our school will be growing by several classrooms so all the kids won’t fit on the lunch tables at one time. We are now staggering lunch so that primary grade students eat from 12:25 – 12:40 and then play after, whereas upper grade students will play first and then eat from 12:40-12:55.
I hope to see many of you tomorrow at the International Festival! I will be performing the first act in the morning at 11:00am with a few dancers from my church group, Eight Count. We will be dancing a short hip hop and stomp routine. It should be fun so come and watch if you are free! Remember to fill out the Eaton Survey if you haven’t yet! Thanks!
* Saturday, June 2nd: International Festival 10am – 4pm
Miss Yu will be performing a dance routine at 11:00am. If you are free, come watch and have fun!
* Monday, June 4th: Costumes for the Musical (if you haven’t yet)
We are doing our first dress rehearsal on Monday. If you haven’t already, please bring your child’s costume to school in a bag with his or her name on it, and LABEL each article of clothing with your child’s full name and room number. We will be keeping the costumes at school until June 14th.
* Monday, June 11th: End of the Year First Grade Trip
We are going to the Almaden Lake Park from 9am – 2pm. A permission slip was sent home on Wednesday afternoon. Please return the permission slip as soon as possible. We can only take 3 chaperones on the bus, but as many of you are welcome to drive yourself and meet us at the park. Please have your child pack a BAG lunch that can be thrown away.
* Tuesday, June 12th: Talent Show
15 dancers from Room 8 returned the permission slip and are doing the Cha Cha slide at the Eaton Talent Show. More information about the time of the performance will come later. If your child is a dancer, please have him/her wear a white shirt and blue bottoms (shorts, pants, skirt) to school on this day.
* Thursday, June 14th: First Grade Musical at 1:30pm in MP room
Please plan on attending our musical on this afternoon!
* Friday, June 15th: Last Day of School! Dismissal is at 12:20pm.
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Dear Families,
I can’t believe it’s June! This week was very busy since it was a short week. In addition to our regular schedule, we had an emergency drill on Tuesday between recess and lunch. All the students practiced what they have to do in an earthquake or fire, and all the teachers had to also practice our emergency jobs. It went smoothly but was very hectic! We also had the Volunteer Tea of Wednesday. Thank you to all the volunteers who helped so much in our classroom this year!
Here are some highlights from the week:
Star of the Week: Rie
Poem of the Week: Jump or Jiggle
Kindness is … giving presents.
Vocabulary of the Week: Animals 3
WWW: begin, minute, already, above, against, caught
Next Week’s Sharing: Regular – Summer plans
(Memorize at least 4 lines and bring picture/object to show)
• Language Arts: We finally had time to finish centers this week! We will have one more week of centers and homework packets.
• Writing: We have been working hard finishing up our final pieces in Writer’s Workshop. We are hoping to finish at least one more before the end of the year.
• Math: This week has been all about two-digit subtraction facts. We have been reviewing how to subtract the ones column first, and then the tens column. However, some students are getting confused when it becomes a problem like 17-8 and they subtract 7-8! We will practice these facts one more week.
• Science: We are saying goodbye to our mealworms this week! They have been fun to observe, but now it is time for them to go home!
• Computer Lab: This week and next week we will be trying to finish up the Writer’s Workshop brainstorm maps in Kidspiration. Students will have one more opportunity to visit the computer lab next Wednesday.
• Music: This was our last session with Mrs. More. We played with Boomwhackers and wooden cylinders to the beats of different songs. It has been a fun year!
• Art: It was also our last session with Mrs. Blakeslee this week. Almost all of us finished our Native American pictures and stories and we shared them to the class.
• Social Studies: This week we went to Miss Salter’s class for Circuits. She talked about the new Food Pyramid and taught us some facts about nutrition and health.
Today we started implementing our new lunch procedures. Next year our school will be growing by several classrooms so all the kids won’t fit on the lunch tables at one time. We are now staggering lunch so that primary grade students eat from 12:25 – 12:40 and then play after, whereas upper grade students will play first and then eat from 12:40-12:55.
I hope to see many of you tomorrow at the International Festival! I will be performing the first act in the morning at 11:00am with a few dancers from my church group, Eight Count. We will be dancing a short hip hop and stomp routine. It should be fun so come and watch if you are free! Remember to fill out the Eaton Survey if you haven’t yet! Thanks!
May 25, 2007
Upcoming Dates
* Monday, May 28th: NO SCHOOL – Memorial Day
Enjoy your long weekend!
* Friday, June 1st: Due Date to Bring Costumes for the Musical!
In today’s Friday Folder, there is an important paper that highlights your child’s costume for the First Grade Musical on June 14th. Please bring your child’s costume to school in a bag with his or her name on it, and LABEL each article of clothing with your child’s full name and room number. We will be keeping the costumes at school until June 14th.
* Monday, June 11th: End of the Year First Grade Trip
More information will come later!
* Thursday, June 14th: First Grade Musical at 1:30pm in MP room
Please plan on attending our musical on this afternoon! Next week we will be sending home costume lists for your children to bring to school.
* Friday, June 15th: Last Day of School! Dismissal is at 12:20pm.
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Dear Families,
Thank you for coming last night to Open House! It was wonderful to see all of your families enjoying the hard work your children have done in first grade this year! I think the students did a great job being your “tour guide” for the evening! All the work you saw will be sent home the last week of school.
I also wanted to thank everyone for making me feel special this week! I was completely surprised to see our door poster with all the kids’ writing on each flower petal. It is so beautiful and I was very touched by it! Also, I want to thank all of you for your special gifts and cards. I am very grateful to have supportive families like you and I am thankful for your kindness. Thank you so much!
Once again, we had a different schedule this week so we did not complete centers! This week we had a special in-class presentation by the Environmental Volunteers. They came on Tuesday and Thursday morning to teach us about Nature in our Neighborhood. On Tuesday, we learned about different bugs, birds, and looked in the dirt to find creatures. We learned that the four things we need to survive are: water, soil, sun, and air, and the six things we need to do to stay alive are: eat, drink, move, breathe, grow, and have babies! On Thursday, we went outside around our school to make a list of all the things we saw that belong to nature. Then we came back to make large posters of everything we saw and shared with the class! This was a great in-class field trip for our class!
Here are some highlights from the week:
Star of the Week: Tomoki
Poem of the Week: Green, Green Frog
Kindness is … giving a praise note to someone
Vocabulary of the Week: Animals 2
WWW: began, break, divide, laugh, sure
Next Week’s Sharing: Summer POem
(Memorize at least 4 lines and bring picture/object to show)
• Language Arts: Theme 10 We Can Do It!: Week 1
• Stories: Two Greedy Bears
• Word Families: words that rhyme with more
• Sounds: r controlled vowels or, ore, er, ir, ur
• Grammar: describing what we hear
• Writing: We finished learning about the frog life cycle this week and wrote an expository paragraph about how a tadpole changes to a frog. We also thought about what we liked best about first grade and what we hope to learn next year in second grade.
• Math: We continued two digit addition facts this week. We worked on tables and word problems together. Some students started getting confused with addition and subtraction. Please make sure to look over the math work that goes home today and see if your child made mistakes! Next week we will begin two digit subtraction facts.
• Science: We finally let our butterflies go free today! They were starting to get very sad because they couldn’t fly anywhere, but we let them go today! We are also saying goodbye to our mealworms.
• Computer Lab: This week we worked on our cover page of our memory books. We used Kid Pix and learned how to change text font and size.
• Music: We started practicing our first rehearsal with all the first graders this week. We stood on the risers and danced in front of each other. Today we are sending home a costume list. Please make sure to send in your child’s clothes by next Friday, June 1st!
Thank you again for a wonderful week! I hope you all had a great time last night in our classroom! Have a wonderful 3-day weekend!
* Monday, May 28th: NO SCHOOL – Memorial Day
Enjoy your long weekend!
* Friday, June 1st: Due Date to Bring Costumes for the Musical!
In today’s Friday Folder, there is an important paper that highlights your child’s costume for the First Grade Musical on June 14th. Please bring your child’s costume to school in a bag with his or her name on it, and LABEL each article of clothing with your child’s full name and room number. We will be keeping the costumes at school until June 14th.
* Monday, June 11th: End of the Year First Grade Trip
More information will come later!
* Thursday, June 14th: First Grade Musical at 1:30pm in MP room
Please plan on attending our musical on this afternoon! Next week we will be sending home costume lists for your children to bring to school.
* Friday, June 15th: Last Day of School! Dismissal is at 12:20pm.
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Dear Families,
Thank you for coming last night to Open House! It was wonderful to see all of your families enjoying the hard work your children have done in first grade this year! I think the students did a great job being your “tour guide” for the evening! All the work you saw will be sent home the last week of school.
I also wanted to thank everyone for making me feel special this week! I was completely surprised to see our door poster with all the kids’ writing on each flower petal. It is so beautiful and I was very touched by it! Also, I want to thank all of you for your special gifts and cards. I am very grateful to have supportive families like you and I am thankful for your kindness. Thank you so much!
Once again, we had a different schedule this week so we did not complete centers! This week we had a special in-class presentation by the Environmental Volunteers. They came on Tuesday and Thursday morning to teach us about Nature in our Neighborhood. On Tuesday, we learned about different bugs, birds, and looked in the dirt to find creatures. We learned that the four things we need to survive are: water, soil, sun, and air, and the six things we need to do to stay alive are: eat, drink, move, breathe, grow, and have babies! On Thursday, we went outside around our school to make a list of all the things we saw that belong to nature. Then we came back to make large posters of everything we saw and shared with the class! This was a great in-class field trip for our class!
Here are some highlights from the week:
Star of the Week: Tomoki
Poem of the Week: Green, Green Frog
Kindness is … giving a praise note to someone
Vocabulary of the Week: Animals 2
WWW: began, break, divide, laugh, sure
Next Week’s Sharing: Summer POem
(Memorize at least 4 lines and bring picture/object to show)
• Language Arts: Theme 10 We Can Do It!: Week 1
• Stories: Two Greedy Bears
• Word Families: words that rhyme with more
• Sounds: r controlled vowels or, ore, er, ir, ur
• Grammar: describing what we hear
• Writing: We finished learning about the frog life cycle this week and wrote an expository paragraph about how a tadpole changes to a frog. We also thought about what we liked best about first grade and what we hope to learn next year in second grade.
• Math: We continued two digit addition facts this week. We worked on tables and word problems together. Some students started getting confused with addition and subtraction. Please make sure to look over the math work that goes home today and see if your child made mistakes! Next week we will begin two digit subtraction facts.
• Science: We finally let our butterflies go free today! They were starting to get very sad because they couldn’t fly anywhere, but we let them go today! We are also saying goodbye to our mealworms.
• Computer Lab: This week we worked on our cover page of our memory books. We used Kid Pix and learned how to change text font and size.
• Music: We started practicing our first rehearsal with all the first graders this week. We stood on the risers and danced in front of each other. Today we are sending home a costume list. Please make sure to send in your child’s clothes by next Friday, June 1st!
Thank you again for a wonderful week! I hope you all had a great time last night in our classroom! Have a wonderful 3-day weekend!
Friday, May 18, 2007
May 18, 2007
Upcoming Dates
* Thursday, May 24th: Open House 6:30-7:30
Please plan on attending this night to see all the work your child has done this year! This is an informal night where your children will be your “tour guides,” showing you all of their work around the classroom.
* Friday, May 25th: Last Day at Eaton Library
Please be sure to return Eaton library books no later than this date or you will be fined!
* Monday, May 28th: NO SCHOOL – Memorial Day
Enjoy your long weekend!
* Monday, June 11th: End of the Year Trip at Almaden Lake Park
More information will come later!
* Thursday, June 14th: First Grade Musical at 1:30pm in MP room
Please plan on attending our musical on this afternoon! Next week we will be sending home costume lists for your children to bring to school.
* Friday, June 15th: Last Day of School! Dismissal is at 12:20pm.
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Dear Families,
Less than one month of school is remaining! The dates listed above are some of the important events taking place from now until the last day of school. Please mark your calendars!
Our daily schedule is also changing in this last month because there are so many activities left to finish. We did not do centers this week because it was a short week and because we also went on the Insect Fair field trip on Tuesday. We may or may not continue centers depending on if we have time in the next few weeks.
We had a great time looking at insects and spiders on Tuesday at Sanborn Park! Thank you to Mrs. Woo for coming with us! We went on a nature hike, ate lunch, then touched and looked at many creatures including walking sticks, tarantulas, bees, and millipedes! We even were offered the opportunity to eat cooked mealworms!!! Nobody in our class tried one, but many other first graders in other classes did! Eeeew!
Here are some highlights from the week:
Star of the Week: Janani
Poem of the Week: The Robin’s Secret
Song of the Week: Presidents
Kindness is … giving a praise note to someone
Vocabulary of the Week: Animals 1
WWW: baby, edge, enough, garden, only, sharp, together, watched
Next Week’s Sharing: Riddle – something you find at the beach
(Memorize at least 4 lines and hide picture/object in a bag)
• Language Arts: Theme 9 Special Friends: Week 3
• Stories: The Surprise Family
• Word Families: -aw (saw, raw) and –ay (say, day, play)
• Sounds: vowel pairs oi, oy, aw, au and suffixes –ful, -ly, -y
• Grammar: describing what we see
• Writing: This week we started writing our final page in our Insect books on silkworms. We completed the prewriting, editing, and revising stages together but the students worked on the drafting and publishing by themselves. We are becoming proficient in writing expository paragraphs!
• Math: We finished Chapter 11 on Time and Calendar this week and started our final chapter on two-digit addition and subtraction facts. This is an easier chapter for most students because it deals with computation, however, I am still noticing silly mistakes and am encouraging students to check their work!
• Science: We have butterflies now! Our caterpillars emerged from the chrysalis and now we have four painted lady butterflies. We will keep them until Open House and then we will let them be free! Also, several of our mealworms turned into beetles! It has been exciting watching our insects change! This week we also started learning about the life cycle of frogs. We completed several activities and stories to learn about how frogs grow and change.
• Computer Lab: Since we didn’t have centers this week, we worked on our Kindness journals in computer lab. A few students continued working on their Very Hungry Caterpillar stories. We are hoping to finish them in time for display next week during Open House!
• Music: We sang some fun May songs and even got to dance with the May Pole. We used wooden sticks and ribbons to make music.
• Art: This was our second to last art session with Mrs. Blakeslee. We finished up our Indian symbol stories and drawings. Next time we will be sharing the stories to the class.
• Assembly: This week the West Bay Opera came to entertain us! They did a great job using music to tell a story! Congratulations also to Catherine, who was our Author of the Month today! She read her expository piece on the life cycle of a mealworm. Great job!
I hope to see all of you next Thursday evening at Open House!
* Thursday, May 24th: Open House 6:30-7:30
Please plan on attending this night to see all the work your child has done this year! This is an informal night where your children will be your “tour guides,” showing you all of their work around the classroom.
* Friday, May 25th: Last Day at Eaton Library
Please be sure to return Eaton library books no later than this date or you will be fined!
* Monday, May 28th: NO SCHOOL – Memorial Day
Enjoy your long weekend!
* Monday, June 11th: End of the Year Trip at Almaden Lake Park
More information will come later!
* Thursday, June 14th: First Grade Musical at 1:30pm in MP room
Please plan on attending our musical on this afternoon! Next week we will be sending home costume lists for your children to bring to school.
* Friday, June 15th: Last Day of School! Dismissal is at 12:20pm.
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Dear Families,
Less than one month of school is remaining! The dates listed above are some of the important events taking place from now until the last day of school. Please mark your calendars!
Our daily schedule is also changing in this last month because there are so many activities left to finish. We did not do centers this week because it was a short week and because we also went on the Insect Fair field trip on Tuesday. We may or may not continue centers depending on if we have time in the next few weeks.
We had a great time looking at insects and spiders on Tuesday at Sanborn Park! Thank you to Mrs. Woo for coming with us! We went on a nature hike, ate lunch, then touched and looked at many creatures including walking sticks, tarantulas, bees, and millipedes! We even were offered the opportunity to eat cooked mealworms!!! Nobody in our class tried one, but many other first graders in other classes did! Eeeew!
Here are some highlights from the week:
Star of the Week: Janani
Poem of the Week: The Robin’s Secret
Song of the Week: Presidents
Kindness is … giving a praise note to someone
Vocabulary of the Week: Animals 1
WWW: baby, edge, enough, garden, only, sharp, together, watched
Next Week’s Sharing: Riddle – something you find at the beach
(Memorize at least 4 lines and hide picture/object in a bag)
• Language Arts: Theme 9 Special Friends: Week 3
• Stories: The Surprise Family
• Word Families: -aw (saw, raw) and –ay (say, day, play)
• Sounds: vowel pairs oi, oy, aw, au and suffixes –ful, -ly, -y
• Grammar: describing what we see
• Writing: This week we started writing our final page in our Insect books on silkworms. We completed the prewriting, editing, and revising stages together but the students worked on the drafting and publishing by themselves. We are becoming proficient in writing expository paragraphs!
• Math: We finished Chapter 11 on Time and Calendar this week and started our final chapter on two-digit addition and subtraction facts. This is an easier chapter for most students because it deals with computation, however, I am still noticing silly mistakes and am encouraging students to check their work!
• Science: We have butterflies now! Our caterpillars emerged from the chrysalis and now we have four painted lady butterflies. We will keep them until Open House and then we will let them be free! Also, several of our mealworms turned into beetles! It has been exciting watching our insects change! This week we also started learning about the life cycle of frogs. We completed several activities and stories to learn about how frogs grow and change.
• Computer Lab: Since we didn’t have centers this week, we worked on our Kindness journals in computer lab. A few students continued working on their Very Hungry Caterpillar stories. We are hoping to finish them in time for display next week during Open House!
• Music: We sang some fun May songs and even got to dance with the May Pole. We used wooden sticks and ribbons to make music.
• Art: This was our second to last art session with Mrs. Blakeslee. We finished up our Indian symbol stories and drawings. Next time we will be sharing the stories to the class.
• Assembly: This week the West Bay Opera came to entertain us! They did a great job using music to tell a story! Congratulations also to Catherine, who was our Author of the Month today! She read her expository piece on the life cycle of a mealworm. Great job!
I hope to see all of you next Thursday evening at Open House!
Monday, May 14, 2007
May 11, 2007
Upcoming Dates
* Monday, May 14th: NO SCHOOL – Staff Learning Day
Teachers will be working on writing assessments, Peacebuilders, and evaluating changes for next year.
* Tuesday, May 15th: Insect Fair Field Trip
I am still missing several permission slips. Please sign and return them on TUESDAY or your child will not be able to attend. Remember to send your child with a BAG LUNCH labeled with his/her name on it (everything will be thrown away at the park). Thank you, Mrs. Woo, for volunteering to chaperone on this trip.
* Friday, May 18th: Book Orders Due!
This will be the last chance to order books for May and June. Please write ONE check payable to Scholastic Book Clubs if you would like to purchase any books.
* Thursday, May 24th: Open House 6:30-7:30
Please plan on attending this night to see all the work your child has done this year!
* Friday, May 25th: Last Day at Eaton Library
Please be sure to return Eaton library books no later than this date or you will be fined!
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Dear Families,
The ELD classes throughout the Cupertino District are full! We are only supposed to have 20 students, however, there’s no more room at any school! Therefore, we met our 21st student on Thursday! Her name is Rie and she came here from Japan! You can learn more about her in the Classwork section of our website under Prince and Princess. Please welcome her to Eaton school!
Here are some highlights from the week:
Star of the Week: Julia
Poem of the Week: Caterpillar Small
Song of the Week: Presidents
Kindness is … stopping germs from spreading
Story of the Week: If You Give a Pig a Pancake
Vocabulary of the Week: Transportation 3
Word Wall: other, before, buy, done, off, pretty, school, wash
Next Week’s Sharing: Regular – something you made yourself
(Memorize at least 4 lines and bring picture/object to show)
• Language Arts: Theme 9 Special Friends: Week 2
• Stories: The New Friend
• Word Families: base words with the ending –es
• Sounds: base word/endings –es and –ies, prefixes un-, re-
• Grammar: was vs. were
• Writing: We finished another page in our insect books on mealworms. Congratulations to Catherine who will be sharing her mealworm piece at the Author of the Month assembly next Friday.
• Math: This week we worked on answering word problems with time and calendar. Many of the problems are difficult for the students so we have been completing math as a whole class for several of the pages. Also, we started a new circuit this week, and Mrs. Burgess worked on a pizza project to review different fractions.
• Social Studies: We spent time this week writing a poem about ourselves. This I Am poem will be displayed at Open House.
• Science: Our caterpillars formed a chrysalis this week! We saw them transform by climbing to the top of their containers and hanging like a letter J. Then they formed a cocoon all around them! Now we are waiting for them to emerge as painted lady butterflies. We also continued observing our mealworms. Many are also starting to enter the pupa stage.
• Computer Lab: We continued our The Very Hungry Caterpillar books in Powerpoint. Students who finished continued working on their prewriting mindmaps for Writer’s Workshop. These mindmaps are made using Kidspiration and are on any topic the student chooses.
• Music: Today you are receiving a copy of all the words of the songs that the students will be performing in the first grade musical at the end of the year. Please have your child practice singing the songs and memorizing all the words! Save the date: the performance is on Thursday, June 14th at 1:30pm in the MP Room.
Happy Mother’s Day on Sunday! I hope you enjoyed the card and present that your children made for you! Enjoy the weekend and thank you for all you do!
* Monday, May 14th: NO SCHOOL – Staff Learning Day
Teachers will be working on writing assessments, Peacebuilders, and evaluating changes for next year.
* Tuesday, May 15th: Insect Fair Field Trip
I am still missing several permission slips. Please sign and return them on TUESDAY or your child will not be able to attend. Remember to send your child with a BAG LUNCH labeled with his/her name on it (everything will be thrown away at the park). Thank you, Mrs. Woo, for volunteering to chaperone on this trip.
* Friday, May 18th: Book Orders Due!
This will be the last chance to order books for May and June. Please write ONE check payable to Scholastic Book Clubs if you would like to purchase any books.
* Thursday, May 24th: Open House 6:30-7:30
Please plan on attending this night to see all the work your child has done this year!
* Friday, May 25th: Last Day at Eaton Library
Please be sure to return Eaton library books no later than this date or you will be fined!
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Dear Families,
The ELD classes throughout the Cupertino District are full! We are only supposed to have 20 students, however, there’s no more room at any school! Therefore, we met our 21st student on Thursday! Her name is Rie and she came here from Japan! You can learn more about her in the Classwork section of our website under Prince and Princess. Please welcome her to Eaton school!
Here are some highlights from the week:
Star of the Week: Julia
Poem of the Week: Caterpillar Small
Song of the Week: Presidents
Kindness is … stopping germs from spreading
Story of the Week: If You Give a Pig a Pancake
Vocabulary of the Week: Transportation 3
Word Wall: other, before, buy, done, off, pretty, school, wash
Next Week’s Sharing: Regular – something you made yourself
(Memorize at least 4 lines and bring picture/object to show)
• Language Arts: Theme 9 Special Friends: Week 2
• Stories: The New Friend
• Word Families: base words with the ending –es
• Sounds: base word/endings –es and –ies, prefixes un-, re-
• Grammar: was vs. were
• Writing: We finished another page in our insect books on mealworms. Congratulations to Catherine who will be sharing her mealworm piece at the Author of the Month assembly next Friday.
• Math: This week we worked on answering word problems with time and calendar. Many of the problems are difficult for the students so we have been completing math as a whole class for several of the pages. Also, we started a new circuit this week, and Mrs. Burgess worked on a pizza project to review different fractions.
• Social Studies: We spent time this week writing a poem about ourselves. This I Am poem will be displayed at Open House.
• Science: Our caterpillars formed a chrysalis this week! We saw them transform by climbing to the top of their containers and hanging like a letter J. Then they formed a cocoon all around them! Now we are waiting for them to emerge as painted lady butterflies. We also continued observing our mealworms. Many are also starting to enter the pupa stage.
• Computer Lab: We continued our The Very Hungry Caterpillar books in Powerpoint. Students who finished continued working on their prewriting mindmaps for Writer’s Workshop. These mindmaps are made using Kidspiration and are on any topic the student chooses.
• Music: Today you are receiving a copy of all the words of the songs that the students will be performing in the first grade musical at the end of the year. Please have your child practice singing the songs and memorizing all the words! Save the date: the performance is on Thursday, June 14th at 1:30pm in the MP Room.
Happy Mother’s Day on Sunday! I hope you enjoyed the card and present that your children made for you! Enjoy the weekend and thank you for all you do!
Monday, May 07, 2007
May 4, 2007
Upcoming Dates
* Thursday, May 10th: Cupertino Library Field Trip
We will be walking to the Cupertino Library. Please remember to send your child’s blue library card to school and practice the 4-digit PIN number. Remember to return the books on your own.
* Friday, May 11th: No Eaton Library
We have an all day music practice on this day, so we cannot go to our regular library time. Bring library books on Thursday, May 10th if you would like to check out a book for the week.
* Monday, May 14th: NO SCHOOL – Staff Learning Day
Teachers will be working on writing assessments, Peacebuilders, and evaluating changes for next year.
* Tuesday, May 15th: Insect Fair Field Trip
We will be going to Sanborn Park to attend the Insect Fair. We will be leaving after recess and returning before 2:30pm. Please remember to pack a bag lunch that can be thrown away at the park. THERE IS A PERMISSION SLIP IN TODAY’S FRIDAY FOLDER! PLEASE SIGN AND RETURN ASAP! We can have any number of chaperones, but you will have to drive to Sanborn Park. Unfortunately, there is no room on the bus!
* Thursday, May 24th: Open House 6:30-7:30
Please plan on attending this night to see all the work your child has done this year!
* Friday, May 25th: Last Day at Eaton Library
Please be sure to return Eaton library books no later than this date or you will be fined!
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Dear Families,
We got our insects this week!!! We have 4 caterpillars and we are watching them eat and grow. We also have about 100 mealworms and they don’t smell very good =( But the students are definitely excited!!!
Here are some highlights from the week:
Star of the Week: Jonathan
Poem of the Week: May Song
Song of the Week: Presidents
Kindness is … doing exercise everyday
Story of the Week: Pigs Aplenty, Pigs Galore
Vocabulary of the Week: Transportation 2
Word Wall: around, dance, else, ever, open, ocean, talk, though
Next Week’s Sharing: Riddle – something from another country
(Memorize at least 4 lines and bring picture/object to show)
• Language Arts: Theme 9 Special Friends: Week 1
• Stories: When I Am Old With You
• Word Families: words that rhyme with my (try, fly)
• Sounds: sounds for y (cry vs. baby)
• Grammar: is/are
• Writing: We started working on an expository piece about the mealworm life cycle. We did the prewriting together, and students are in the drafting through publishing stages. We will continue next week.
• Math: This week we continued reviewing time but also started working with calendars. Many of the problems require following directions and answering questions about calendars, days of the week, months, etc.
• Social Studies: This week we completed our last circuit for community. We went to Mrs. Khan’s class and talked about all types of transportation. We made our own transportation vehicles to add to our community wall. You will see our community wall during Open House.
• Science: We spent time this week observing the mealworms and caterpillars. We have a class culture of mealworms and we fed them potatoes and apples. Also, each student received a vial with bran, potato, and two mealworms of their own. We used magnifying glasses to draw and write what we saw.
• Computer Lab: We are continuing our The Very Hungry Caterpillar books in Powerpoint. Students who finished began working on their prewriting mindmaps for Writer’s Workshop. These mindmaps are made using Kidspiration and are on any topic the student chooses.
• Art: This week we had a make-up art class with Mrs. Blakeslee. She had us paint our clay pots that we made last time.
• Music: We started our first grade music practice and circuits this week. We spent all day today rotating through every classroom to sing songs and learn dances.
Please remember to turn in the Insect Fair permission slip next week. It is in the Friday Folder. There is a map on the back of the permission slip if you would like to come. Unfortunately, we cannot bring parents on the bus because it is full. We will be seeing interesting (and creepy) insects!
* Thursday, May 10th: Cupertino Library Field Trip
We will be walking to the Cupertino Library. Please remember to send your child’s blue library card to school and practice the 4-digit PIN number. Remember to return the books on your own.
* Friday, May 11th: No Eaton Library
We have an all day music practice on this day, so we cannot go to our regular library time. Bring library books on Thursday, May 10th if you would like to check out a book for the week.
* Monday, May 14th: NO SCHOOL – Staff Learning Day
Teachers will be working on writing assessments, Peacebuilders, and evaluating changes for next year.
* Tuesday, May 15th: Insect Fair Field Trip
We will be going to Sanborn Park to attend the Insect Fair. We will be leaving after recess and returning before 2:30pm. Please remember to pack a bag lunch that can be thrown away at the park. THERE IS A PERMISSION SLIP IN TODAY’S FRIDAY FOLDER! PLEASE SIGN AND RETURN ASAP! We can have any number of chaperones, but you will have to drive to Sanborn Park. Unfortunately, there is no room on the bus!
* Thursday, May 24th: Open House 6:30-7:30
Please plan on attending this night to see all the work your child has done this year!
* Friday, May 25th: Last Day at Eaton Library
Please be sure to return Eaton library books no later than this date or you will be fined!
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Dear Families,
We got our insects this week!!! We have 4 caterpillars and we are watching them eat and grow. We also have about 100 mealworms and they don’t smell very good =( But the students are definitely excited!!!
Here are some highlights from the week:
Star of the Week: Jonathan
Poem of the Week: May Song
Song of the Week: Presidents
Kindness is … doing exercise everyday
Story of the Week: Pigs Aplenty, Pigs Galore
Vocabulary of the Week: Transportation 2
Word Wall: around, dance, else, ever, open, ocean, talk, though
Next Week’s Sharing: Riddle – something from another country
(Memorize at least 4 lines and bring picture/object to show)
• Language Arts: Theme 9 Special Friends: Week 1
• Stories: When I Am Old With You
• Word Families: words that rhyme with my (try, fly)
• Sounds: sounds for y (cry vs. baby)
• Grammar: is/are
• Writing: We started working on an expository piece about the mealworm life cycle. We did the prewriting together, and students are in the drafting through publishing stages. We will continue next week.
• Math: This week we continued reviewing time but also started working with calendars. Many of the problems require following directions and answering questions about calendars, days of the week, months, etc.
• Social Studies: This week we completed our last circuit for community. We went to Mrs. Khan’s class and talked about all types of transportation. We made our own transportation vehicles to add to our community wall. You will see our community wall during Open House.
• Science: We spent time this week observing the mealworms and caterpillars. We have a class culture of mealworms and we fed them potatoes and apples. Also, each student received a vial with bran, potato, and two mealworms of their own. We used magnifying glasses to draw and write what we saw.
• Computer Lab: We are continuing our The Very Hungry Caterpillar books in Powerpoint. Students who finished began working on their prewriting mindmaps for Writer’s Workshop. These mindmaps are made using Kidspiration and are on any topic the student chooses.
• Art: This week we had a make-up art class with Mrs. Blakeslee. She had us paint our clay pots that we made last time.
• Music: We started our first grade music practice and circuits this week. We spent all day today rotating through every classroom to sing songs and learn dances.
Please remember to turn in the Insect Fair permission slip next week. It is in the Friday Folder. There is a map on the back of the permission slip if you would like to come. Unfortunately, we cannot bring parents on the bus because it is full. We will be seeing interesting (and creepy) insects!
Thursday, April 26, 2007
April 27, 2007
Upcoming Dates
* Thursday, May 10th: Cupertino Library Field Trip
We will be walking to the Cupertino Library. Please remember to send your child’s blue library card to school and practice the 4-digit PIN number. Remember to return the books on your own.
* Friday, May 11th: No Eaton Library
We have an all day music practice on this day, so we cannot go to our regular library time. Bring library books on Thursday, May 10th if you would like to check out a book for the week.
* Monday, May 14th: NO SCHOOL – Staff Learning Day
Teachers will be working on writing assessments, Peacebuilders, and evaluating changes for next year.
* Tuesday, May 15th: Insect Fair Field Trip
We will be going to Sanborn Park to attend the Insect Fair. More information will be sent home in the following weeks. We will be leaving after recess and returning before 2:30pm. Please remember to pack a bag lunch that can be thrown away at the park.
* Thursday, May 24th: Open House 6:30-7:30
Please plan on attending this night to see all the work your child has done this year!
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Dear Families,
I hope all of you had a nice and relaxing spring break last week. I went to San Diego to visit some old college friends during the first weekend, but stayed in the area the rest of the week. I also got sick for a few days with the gloomy weather, but got better by the end of the week!
We had a new student join our classroom this week! His name is Tomoki and his family just moved here from Japan. Please join me in welcoming him to Eaton! You can also read more about him in the Classwork section of our website under Prince and Princesses.
Also, fantastic job to everyone on the weather reports! I was so amazed by all the hard work that was put into the weather posters and I could tell how much many of you prepared for the presentations too. I hope your children had fun being a meteorologist for a day! We will be displaying the posters in our classroom for Open House and they will be returned at the end of the year!
Here are some highlights from the week:
Star of the Week: Hitoharu
Poem of the Week: Little Seeds We Sow in Spring
Song of the Week: Frosty the Snowman
Kindness is … singing with all your heart
Story of the Week: Little One Inch
Vocabulary of the Week: Transportation 1
Word Wall: butter, carry, kind, person, put, saw, were, work
Next Week’s Sharing: Silly Poem
(Memorize at least 4 lines and bring picture/object to show)
• Language Arts: Theme 8 Our Earth: Week 3
• Stories: Johnny Appleseed
• Word Families: words that end with –ed and -ing
• Sounds: base words and endings –ed and -ing
• Grammar: Action words with -ed
• Writing: This week we interviewed Tomoki and learned 10 facts about him. We wrote a piece about our Prince of the Day. Also, we worked on drafting and publishing an expository piece on the life cycle of butterflies. We will be writing pieces on several different insects that we are studying in our science kit over the next few weeks.
• Math: We took our Chapter 10 test on measurement today. We have been practicing reading the time on digital and analog clocks by the hour and half-hour. A little bit harder has been finding the elapsed time or working on word problems.
• Social Studies: This week we went to Miss Allard’s class to learn about needs and wants. Miss Allard is the teacher that is now in Room 26 because Mrs. Barelli went on maternity leave.
• Science: We have started our Insect Unit, first on caterpillars and butterflies. We read some books and looked at some real-life pictures of different caterpillars changing into butterflies.
• Assembly: This week we had two assemblies. The first one was watching the second graders perform their musical, Goin’ Buggy! The second was watching Chinyakare, or Zimbabwe dancing.
• Computer Lab: We are continuing our The Very Hungry Caterpillar books in Powerpoint. Some students have finished and worked on Starfall in their free time.
• Jump Rope for Heart: On Thursday after recess, the whole school went outside and we all jump roped for 20 minutes together! We remember that it’s important to exercise for our bodies, and also to help raise money for the American Heart Association. Thank you for those of you who participated in this fundraiser.
• Art: This week with Mrs. Blakeslee, we worked with clay. We shaped and formed little pots.
• Music: We saw Mrs. More this week and we sang songs for April. We first played an April Fools song game, then we worked on the Boomwhackers to hear notes on a scale, and finally we played instruments to accompany a song. We also are starting to meet more frequently as a first grade group to prepare for our end of the year musical in June. You will receive more information in later weeks.
It’s great to be back with the kids! Have a great weekend!
* Thursday, May 10th: Cupertino Library Field Trip
We will be walking to the Cupertino Library. Please remember to send your child’s blue library card to school and practice the 4-digit PIN number. Remember to return the books on your own.
* Friday, May 11th: No Eaton Library
We have an all day music practice on this day, so we cannot go to our regular library time. Bring library books on Thursday, May 10th if you would like to check out a book for the week.
* Monday, May 14th: NO SCHOOL – Staff Learning Day
Teachers will be working on writing assessments, Peacebuilders, and evaluating changes for next year.
* Tuesday, May 15th: Insect Fair Field Trip
We will be going to Sanborn Park to attend the Insect Fair. More information will be sent home in the following weeks. We will be leaving after recess and returning before 2:30pm. Please remember to pack a bag lunch that can be thrown away at the park.
* Thursday, May 24th: Open House 6:30-7:30
Please plan on attending this night to see all the work your child has done this year!
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Dear Families,
I hope all of you had a nice and relaxing spring break last week. I went to San Diego to visit some old college friends during the first weekend, but stayed in the area the rest of the week. I also got sick for a few days with the gloomy weather, but got better by the end of the week!
We had a new student join our classroom this week! His name is Tomoki and his family just moved here from Japan. Please join me in welcoming him to Eaton! You can also read more about him in the Classwork section of our website under Prince and Princesses.
Also, fantastic job to everyone on the weather reports! I was so amazed by all the hard work that was put into the weather posters and I could tell how much many of you prepared for the presentations too. I hope your children had fun being a meteorologist for a day! We will be displaying the posters in our classroom for Open House and they will be returned at the end of the year!
Here are some highlights from the week:
Star of the Week: Hitoharu
Poem of the Week: Little Seeds We Sow in Spring
Song of the Week: Frosty the Snowman
Kindness is … singing with all your heart
Story of the Week: Little One Inch
Vocabulary of the Week: Transportation 1
Word Wall: butter, carry, kind, person, put, saw, were, work
Next Week’s Sharing: Silly Poem
(Memorize at least 4 lines and bring picture/object to show)
• Language Arts: Theme 8 Our Earth: Week 3
• Stories: Johnny Appleseed
• Word Families: words that end with –ed and -ing
• Sounds: base words and endings –ed and -ing
• Grammar: Action words with -ed
• Writing: This week we interviewed Tomoki and learned 10 facts about him. We wrote a piece about our Prince of the Day. Also, we worked on drafting and publishing an expository piece on the life cycle of butterflies. We will be writing pieces on several different insects that we are studying in our science kit over the next few weeks.
• Math: We took our Chapter 10 test on measurement today. We have been practicing reading the time on digital and analog clocks by the hour and half-hour. A little bit harder has been finding the elapsed time or working on word problems.
• Social Studies: This week we went to Miss Allard’s class to learn about needs and wants. Miss Allard is the teacher that is now in Room 26 because Mrs. Barelli went on maternity leave.
• Science: We have started our Insect Unit, first on caterpillars and butterflies. We read some books and looked at some real-life pictures of different caterpillars changing into butterflies.
• Assembly: This week we had two assemblies. The first one was watching the second graders perform their musical, Goin’ Buggy! The second was watching Chinyakare, or Zimbabwe dancing.
• Computer Lab: We are continuing our The Very Hungry Caterpillar books in Powerpoint. Some students have finished and worked on Starfall in their free time.
• Jump Rope for Heart: On Thursday after recess, the whole school went outside and we all jump roped for 20 minutes together! We remember that it’s important to exercise for our bodies, and also to help raise money for the American Heart Association. Thank you for those of you who participated in this fundraiser.
• Art: This week with Mrs. Blakeslee, we worked with clay. We shaped and formed little pots.
• Music: We saw Mrs. More this week and we sang songs for April. We first played an April Fools song game, then we worked on the Boomwhackers to hear notes on a scale, and finally we played instruments to accompany a song. We also are starting to meet more frequently as a first grade group to prepare for our end of the year musical in June. You will receive more information in later weeks.
It’s great to be back with the kids! Have a great weekend!
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
April 13, 2007
We have been in school for 142 days! I can’t believe how fast the year is flying by! When we come back from Spring Break, it will quickly become May and we will be busy with preparing for Open House and our First grade musical! Here are some highlights from the week:
Star of the Week: Oscar
Poem of the Week: Spring in the Woods
Song of the Week: Insect or Spider?
Kindness is … eating healthy for your body
Story of the Week: The Goat in the Chile Patch
Vocabulary of the Week: House 6
Word Wall: always, arms, body, ready, warm
Next Week’s Sharing: Regular – something from Earth or nature
(Memorize 4 sentences and bring picture/object to show)
• Language Arts: Theme 8 Our Earth: Week 2
• Stories: Butterfly
• Word Families: words that rhyme with out and down
• Sounds: vowel pairs ou, ow, and syllables
• Grammar: Present tense
• Writing: Writer’s Workshop is going well. Students are mastering the five stages in the writing process, and especially enjoy the publishing stage. However, it is most difficult for students to get in the habit of revising their own work for mistakes capitals, punctuation, and spelling.
• Math: We reviewed measuring capacity this week using cups, pints, quarts, and liters. We also reviewed measuring length using inches and centimeters, and measuring weight using pounds or kilograms. We are starting Chapter 11 on Time and Calendar.
• Social Studies: This week we went to Mrs. Tambe’s class for circuits and learned about streets in the community and important signs such as traffic lights or stop signs. We made some to add to our community wall.
• Science: We finished our science books this week! We learned how to read a real weather map from the San Jose Mercury Newspaper and we also summarized the weather during March. Have your child teach you what they learned in their weather books! We will be learning about insects after spring break! Eeek!
• Enrichment Day: What a fun day of activities, organized by the PTO! First, we went to a presentation by the Cub Scouts, and then we learned about microscopes. Afterwards, we heard about fire, and finally we watched a presentation on windsurfing!
• Computer Lab: We are continuing our The Very Hungry Caterpillar books in Powerpoint. We are doing a great job writing and illustrating our books!
Congratulations to Reva, who was our Author of the Month this afternoon! She shared about our field trip to the Guadalupe River Park and Gardens. Great job!
Also, be sure to check out our kindness website: kindness.pbwiki.com and watch the video on the front page! I included our kindness presentation from March 13th to the District Board members, so if you did not attend that evening, watch what a great job the students did! I made sure not to include the school name, district name, or students’ last names in the video in order to protect student identities. Enjoy!
I look forward to the weather presentations! Have a great week-long vacation!
Star of the Week: Oscar
Poem of the Week: Spring in the Woods
Song of the Week: Insect or Spider?
Kindness is … eating healthy for your body
Story of the Week: The Goat in the Chile Patch
Vocabulary of the Week: House 6
Word Wall: always, arms, body, ready, warm
Next Week’s Sharing: Regular – something from Earth or nature
(Memorize 4 sentences and bring picture/object to show)
• Language Arts: Theme 8 Our Earth: Week 2
• Stories: Butterfly
• Word Families: words that rhyme with out and down
• Sounds: vowel pairs ou, ow, and syllables
• Grammar: Present tense
• Writing: Writer’s Workshop is going well. Students are mastering the five stages in the writing process, and especially enjoy the publishing stage. However, it is most difficult for students to get in the habit of revising their own work for mistakes capitals, punctuation, and spelling.
• Math: We reviewed measuring capacity this week using cups, pints, quarts, and liters. We also reviewed measuring length using inches and centimeters, and measuring weight using pounds or kilograms. We are starting Chapter 11 on Time and Calendar.
• Social Studies: This week we went to Mrs. Tambe’s class for circuits and learned about streets in the community and important signs such as traffic lights or stop signs. We made some to add to our community wall.
• Science: We finished our science books this week! We learned how to read a real weather map from the San Jose Mercury Newspaper and we also summarized the weather during March. Have your child teach you what they learned in their weather books! We will be learning about insects after spring break! Eeek!
• Enrichment Day: What a fun day of activities, organized by the PTO! First, we went to a presentation by the Cub Scouts, and then we learned about microscopes. Afterwards, we heard about fire, and finally we watched a presentation on windsurfing!
• Computer Lab: We are continuing our The Very Hungry Caterpillar books in Powerpoint. We are doing a great job writing and illustrating our books!
Congratulations to Reva, who was our Author of the Month this afternoon! She shared about our field trip to the Guadalupe River Park and Gardens. Great job!
Also, be sure to check out our kindness website: kindness.pbwiki.com and watch the video on the front page! I included our kindness presentation from March 13th to the District Board members, so if you did not attend that evening, watch what a great job the students did! I made sure not to include the school name, district name, or students’ last names in the video in order to protect student identities. Enjoy!
I look forward to the weather presentations! Have a great week-long vacation!
Friday, April 06, 2007
April 6, 2007
Upcoming Dates
* Thursday, April 12th: Cupertino Library Field Trip
Please remember to send your child’s blue library card to school and review the 4-digit PIN number. Some students still do not know their PIN number when we go each month!
* Friday, April 13th: Enrichment Day
This is a fun day for kids! Organized by the PTO, guests come to Eaton and the whole morning is filled with fun activities and crafts! The afternoon will also be the Author of the Month assembly.
* Monday, April 16th to Friday, April 20th: No School – Spring Break
Enjoy the week of vacation!
* Monday, April 23rd: Weather Presentations
During the past two months, we have learned a lot about weather. As one of our concluding activities for our weather unit, all the students will prepare a weather report and present it to the class on Monday, April 23rd. Please refer to the attached handout for detailed information.
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Dear Families,
Unfortunately, I am still seeing students playing after school on the grass or the play structure. We need to enforce the Eaton school rules, which is not playing until 3:45pm, even if an adult is present. This is due to our school being liable for any injuries that occur from 3:05pm to 3:45pm. Please help remind your children it is not play time.
Also, we are finished with the Book It Reading program! It finished in March, so we will not be sending home reading logs for April, May, or June. However, I highly encourage everyone to continue reading every night!
Here are some highlights from the week:
Star of the Week: Mayu
Poem of the Week: Baby Chick
Song of the Week: Insect or Spider?
Kindness is … exploring nature
Story of the Week: The Little Ant
Vocabulary of the Week: House 5
Word Wall: about, draw, happy, part, teacher, tiny
Next Week’s Sharing: Riddle – something shaped like an egg (oval)
(Memorize 4 clues and hide picture/object in a bag)
• Language Arts: Theme 8 We Can Work it Out: Week 1
• Stories: The Forest
• Word Families: adding –s, -ed, and -ing
• Sounds: base words and endings –s, -ed, and -ing
• Grammar: Action Words
• Writing: We have been doing a lot of expository writing. Almost everyone is finished with the first Weather piece and several students are starting their third topic on whatever they choose! We also spent some time writing about our field trip to the Guadalupe River Park and Gardens. We drafted and published these this week. Congratulations to Reva, who will be our Author of the Month next Friday and will share about our field trip to the school!
• Math: This week we moved on from measuring length to measuring weight. We compared objects and used vocabulary words such as heavy versus light and also began talking about different measurements of capacity, specifically cup, pint, quart, and liter. This is a challenging topic for some students. We will continue reviewing different measurements next week.
• Social Studies: We went to Miss Salter’s room and she taught us about the environment. We learned that nature is an important part of our community and made trees and plants to add to our community project. This week we also learned about people in the community who help others. We chose our own community helpers to make as a social studies activity.
• Science: We are almost finished with our Weather unit. This week we illustrated our rain poems and also reviewed the water cycle stages: evaporation, condensation, and precipitation. The last science unit is on Insects. We began learning about the life cycle of a caterpillar using the story, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carle. We are making our own versions of the story in the computer lab and will be working on our books for the next few weeks.
• Assembly: We had an assembly today called “Solids, Liquids, and Gases” by the Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley. This assembly is aligned to the first science unit we completed in the beginning of the year. It was very exciting for the kids to watch live science experiments!
• Art and music were cancelled this week. Instead, we did our own art activity on Spring Blossom trees. The students did a great job making the blossoms beautiful!
Have a wonderful weekend and a beautiful Easter!
* Thursday, April 12th: Cupertino Library Field Trip
Please remember to send your child’s blue library card to school and review the 4-digit PIN number. Some students still do not know their PIN number when we go each month!
* Friday, April 13th: Enrichment Day
This is a fun day for kids! Organized by the PTO, guests come to Eaton and the whole morning is filled with fun activities and crafts! The afternoon will also be the Author of the Month assembly.
* Monday, April 16th to Friday, April 20th: No School – Spring Break
Enjoy the week of vacation!
* Monday, April 23rd: Weather Presentations
During the past two months, we have learned a lot about weather. As one of our concluding activities for our weather unit, all the students will prepare a weather report and present it to the class on Monday, April 23rd. Please refer to the attached handout for detailed information.
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Dear Families,
Unfortunately, I am still seeing students playing after school on the grass or the play structure. We need to enforce the Eaton school rules, which is not playing until 3:45pm, even if an adult is present. This is due to our school being liable for any injuries that occur from 3:05pm to 3:45pm. Please help remind your children it is not play time.
Also, we are finished with the Book It Reading program! It finished in March, so we will not be sending home reading logs for April, May, or June. However, I highly encourage everyone to continue reading every night!
Here are some highlights from the week:
Star of the Week: Mayu
Poem of the Week: Baby Chick
Song of the Week: Insect or Spider?
Kindness is … exploring nature
Story of the Week: The Little Ant
Vocabulary of the Week: House 5
Word Wall: about, draw, happy, part, teacher, tiny
Next Week’s Sharing: Riddle – something shaped like an egg (oval)
(Memorize 4 clues and hide picture/object in a bag)
• Language Arts: Theme 8 We Can Work it Out: Week 1
• Stories: The Forest
• Word Families: adding –s, -ed, and -ing
• Sounds: base words and endings –s, -ed, and -ing
• Grammar: Action Words
• Writing: We have been doing a lot of expository writing. Almost everyone is finished with the first Weather piece and several students are starting their third topic on whatever they choose! We also spent some time writing about our field trip to the Guadalupe River Park and Gardens. We drafted and published these this week. Congratulations to Reva, who will be our Author of the Month next Friday and will share about our field trip to the school!
• Math: This week we moved on from measuring length to measuring weight. We compared objects and used vocabulary words such as heavy versus light and also began talking about different measurements of capacity, specifically cup, pint, quart, and liter. This is a challenging topic for some students. We will continue reviewing different measurements next week.
• Social Studies: We went to Miss Salter’s room and she taught us about the environment. We learned that nature is an important part of our community and made trees and plants to add to our community project. This week we also learned about people in the community who help others. We chose our own community helpers to make as a social studies activity.
• Science: We are almost finished with our Weather unit. This week we illustrated our rain poems and also reviewed the water cycle stages: evaporation, condensation, and precipitation. The last science unit is on Insects. We began learning about the life cycle of a caterpillar using the story, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carle. We are making our own versions of the story in the computer lab and will be working on our books for the next few weeks.
• Assembly: We had an assembly today called “Solids, Liquids, and Gases” by the Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley. This assembly is aligned to the first science unit we completed in the beginning of the year. It was very exciting for the kids to watch live science experiments!
• Art and music were cancelled this week. Instead, we did our own art activity on Spring Blossom trees. The students did a great job making the blossoms beautiful!
Have a wonderful weekend and a beautiful Easter!
March 30, 2007
Upcoming Dates
* Thursday, April 12th: Cupertino Library Field Trip
Please remember to send your child’s blue library card to school and review the 4-digit PIN number. Some students still do not know their PIN number when we go each month!
* Friday, April 13th: Enrichment Day
This is a fun day for kids! Organized by the PTO, guests come to Eaton and the whole morning is filled with fun activities and crafts! The afternoon will also be the Author of the Month assembly.
* Monday, April 16th to Friday, April 20th: No School – Spring Break
Enjoy the week of vacation!
* Monday, April 23rd: Weather Presentations
During the past two months, we have learned a lot about weather. As one of our concluding activities for our weather unit, all the students will prepare a weather report and present it to the class on Monday, April 23rd. Please refer to the attached handout for detailed information.
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Dear Families,
We had a new student this week! Please welcome Janani and her family to Eaton! They moved here from India and Janani started her first day in Room 8 on Tuesday. We look forward to getting to know Janani better. Here are some highlights from the week:
Star of the Week: Michael
Poem of the Week: What the Rain Said
Song of the Week: The 50 States That Rhyme
Kindness is … traveling to different places
Story of the Week: The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Vocabulary of the Week: House 4
Word Wall: build, old, piece, start, under, very, wear
Next Week’s Sharing: Weather Poem
(Memorize at least 4 lines and bring picture/object to show.)
• Language Arts: Theme 7 We Can Work it Out: Week 3
• Stories: If You Give a Pig a Pancake
• Word Families: igh (high, might, sigh)
• Sounds: oo, ew, ue, ou and long I (ie., igh)
• Grammar: Pronouns
• Writing: Writer’s Workshop is going great! We had more than half of the class finish publishing their first piece on Weather senses. A few students even finished publishing their second piece, an autobiography! This week, we also spent some time reading rain poems and wrote our own free verse rain poems.
• Math: We have been working with measurement this week. We practiced measuring things first using a paper clip. Then we learned how to use rulers and measured items using centimeters and inches. Continue to practice using rulers. Our homework next week will have some problems with inches and centimeters to practice at home.
• Social Studies: We went to Mrs. Bachelor’s room this week for circuits. We talked about different types of homes in the community and we designed our own homes.
• Science: We continued a few experiments this week in weather. We tested out different fabrics and found out that nylon is the best material to wear on a rainy day. Also, we went on our field trip to the Guadalupe River Park and Gardens on Thursday. On this field trip, we had three rotations to learn about nature: exploring rivers, finding bugs, and identifying leaves. Thank you to Mr. Hung, Mrs. Nozaki, Mrs. Wang, and Mrs. Yokoyama for standing in the sun chasing after bugs!
• Fire Drill: We practiced an earthquake drill on Tuesday and practiced our procedure for evacuating classrooms. Eaton is putting a higher priority on training and preparing both students and teachers for emergency situations.
• Assembly: We had an assembly today called “Sherlock Holmes Takes the Case.” Students watched performers act out a mystery!
• Music: We are starting to rehearse for our First Grade musical, which will be the last week of school. I am enforcing the importance of singing and learning the words to the songs. I would like to see all students participating and trying their best!
With the warm weather coming early this year, some students need additional reminders of school policies. Remember that it is important the students are sitting on the bench before school. We should not be playing on the blacktop. Also, after school, students cannot be playing on the playground or running around until 3:45. Thank you for helping us enforce the Eaton School rules.
* Thursday, April 12th: Cupertino Library Field Trip
Please remember to send your child’s blue library card to school and review the 4-digit PIN number. Some students still do not know their PIN number when we go each month!
* Friday, April 13th: Enrichment Day
This is a fun day for kids! Organized by the PTO, guests come to Eaton and the whole morning is filled with fun activities and crafts! The afternoon will also be the Author of the Month assembly.
* Monday, April 16th to Friday, April 20th: No School – Spring Break
Enjoy the week of vacation!
* Monday, April 23rd: Weather Presentations
During the past two months, we have learned a lot about weather. As one of our concluding activities for our weather unit, all the students will prepare a weather report and present it to the class on Monday, April 23rd. Please refer to the attached handout for detailed information.
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Dear Families,
We had a new student this week! Please welcome Janani and her family to Eaton! They moved here from India and Janani started her first day in Room 8 on Tuesday. We look forward to getting to know Janani better. Here are some highlights from the week:
Star of the Week: Michael
Poem of the Week: What the Rain Said
Song of the Week: The 50 States That Rhyme
Kindness is … traveling to different places
Story of the Week: The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Vocabulary of the Week: House 4
Word Wall: build, old, piece, start, under, very, wear
Next Week’s Sharing: Weather Poem
(Memorize at least 4 lines and bring picture/object to show.)
• Language Arts: Theme 7 We Can Work it Out: Week 3
• Stories: If You Give a Pig a Pancake
• Word Families: igh (high, might, sigh)
• Sounds: oo, ew, ue, ou and long I (ie., igh)
• Grammar: Pronouns
• Writing: Writer’s Workshop is going great! We had more than half of the class finish publishing their first piece on Weather senses. A few students even finished publishing their second piece, an autobiography! This week, we also spent some time reading rain poems and wrote our own free verse rain poems.
• Math: We have been working with measurement this week. We practiced measuring things first using a paper clip. Then we learned how to use rulers and measured items using centimeters and inches. Continue to practice using rulers. Our homework next week will have some problems with inches and centimeters to practice at home.
• Social Studies: We went to Mrs. Bachelor’s room this week for circuits. We talked about different types of homes in the community and we designed our own homes.
• Science: We continued a few experiments this week in weather. We tested out different fabrics and found out that nylon is the best material to wear on a rainy day. Also, we went on our field trip to the Guadalupe River Park and Gardens on Thursday. On this field trip, we had three rotations to learn about nature: exploring rivers, finding bugs, and identifying leaves. Thank you to Mr. Hung, Mrs. Nozaki, Mrs. Wang, and Mrs. Yokoyama for standing in the sun chasing after bugs!
• Fire Drill: We practiced an earthquake drill on Tuesday and practiced our procedure for evacuating classrooms. Eaton is putting a higher priority on training and preparing both students and teachers for emergency situations.
• Assembly: We had an assembly today called “Sherlock Holmes Takes the Case.” Students watched performers act out a mystery!
• Music: We are starting to rehearse for our First Grade musical, which will be the last week of school. I am enforcing the importance of singing and learning the words to the songs. I would like to see all students participating and trying their best!
With the warm weather coming early this year, some students need additional reminders of school policies. Remember that it is important the students are sitting on the bench before school. We should not be playing on the blacktop. Also, after school, students cannot be playing on the playground or running around until 3:45. Thank you for helping us enforce the Eaton School rules.
Thursday, March 22, 2007
March 22, 2007
Upcoming Dates
* Friday, March 23rd: No School – Staff Learning Day
The teachers will be working on writing assessments and additional Peacebuilder activities.
* Thursday, March 29th: Guadalupe River Park Field Trip
Please remember to pack a BAG LUNCH that can be thrown away at the park. We are NOT allowing anyone to purchase food or drinks. Parents of Jonathan, Mayu, Patricia, and Yo can meet us promptly at 11:00am in Room 8. We will be leaving at 11:00am from school and returning at 2:30pm.
* Thursday, April 12th: Cupertino Library Field Trip
Please remember to send your child’s blue library card to school and review the 4-digit PIN number. Some students still do not know their PIN number when we go each month!
* Friday, April 13th: Enrichment Day
This is a fun day for kids! Organized by the PTO, guests come to Eaton and the whole morning is filled with fun activities and crafts! The afternoon will also be the Author of the Month assembly.
* Monday, April 16th to Friday, April 20th: No School – Spring Break
Enjoy the week of vacation!
* Monday, April 23rd: Weather Presentations
During the past two months, we have learned a lot about weather. As one of our concluding activities for our weather unit, all the students will prepare a weather report and present it to the class on Monday, April 24th. Please refer to the attached handout for detailed information.
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Dear Families,
The leprechauns came over the weekend! We came back to our classroom on Monday and found leprechaun footprints all over, including on our traps! The chairs were knocked over and room was a mess! But we did find the leprechaun’s pot of gold! Here are some highlights from the week:
Star of the Week: William
Poem of the Week: Cloud Parade
Song of the Week: The 50 States That Rhyme
Kindness is … trying your best
Story of the Week: There’s an Alligator Under My Bed
Vocabulary of the Week: House 3
Word Wall: afraid, any, bear, follow, idea, most, tall, water
Next Week’s Sharing: Regular – Your Favorite Book
(Prepare at least 4 sentences and bring picture/object to show.)
• Language Arts: Theme 7 We Can Work it Out: Week 2
• Stories: Lost!
• Word Families: oo (good, look, took)
• Sounds: oo sound and compound words (cupcake, butterfly)
• Grammar: Proper Nouns for Places and Things
• Writing: Some students have already finished their first piece in Writer’s Workshop on Weather Senses. We learned how to publish a piece and make a final copy to share with others. It is important that students know how to work independently during writing.
• Math: This week we are reviewing symmetry, fractions, and probability. We also started Chapter 10 on measurement. We talked about opposite words such as long vs. short, tall vs. short, heavy vs. light.
• Social Studies: We are beginning our community circuit this week. This week we went to Mrs. Burgess’ class. We learned about different types of buildings and businesses and made our own models!
• Science: We used real thermometers this week and are continuing to practice reading temperatures. We predicted and did an experiment to find out the temperature of hot, cold, and mixed water! We also learned that darker colors absorb heat more than lighter colors.
• Computer: We did a math activity this week using KidPix and fractions. Students had to show 1/2 , 1/3, and ¼ on circles, squares, rectangles, and triangles.
• Art: We are presently in the middle of our Native American “Winter Counts.” For those who finished their Winter Counts early, they worked on a totem pole activity.
• Music: This week we watched the Upper Grade chorus perform using instruments and singing. It was good for students to see the fourth and fifth graders performing because we will be doing a first grade performance at the end of the year too and it is important everyone sings during music to learn the songs!
Today, you will receive your child’s progress report for the second trimester. Please remember that your child does not receive grades for the regular language arts report card. Instead, the fourth and fifth pages are the ELD language arts report card for listening/speaking, reading, and writing. Also included for students who have been here since August are the CELDT scores that were taken in October. An overall score (not just listening or speaking) in early advanced and advanced means your child is ready to transition out of ELD. If your child scored in the beginning, early intermediate, or intermediate areas, I will assess them again in May to determine if they are ready to be transitioned. Mrs. Rowe is having a meeting Tuesday morning if you have questions on this process. Have a great weekend!
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Weather Presentation
On Monday, April 23th, we will have a “Weather Party!” Students will pretend to be meteorologists, people who study and predict the weather. They will prepare an imaginary weather report that includes a visual and writing, and they will share it to the class. The presentations can be as creative as you like (use the computer, markers, cut from magazines, photographs, miscellaneous items, etc)!
1. Pick a city or country anywhere in the world.
(i.e. Cupertino, California or Orlando, Florida or Bangkok, Thailand)
2. Pick an imaginary day.
(i.e. January 1st, 1950 or July 30th, 2010)
3. Pick a weather (sunny, cloudy, fog, snow, rain, lightning, etc.) and temperature (i.e. 30 degrees Fahrenheit, 99 degrees Fahrenheit) you would like your city or country to have that day.
*** Please make sure your weather report makes sense. For example, if it is snowing, the temperature should not be 80 degrees Fahrenheit or snowing in California in July.
4. Create a visual (i.e. poster, chart, drawing, etc.) that has:
a. Title (i.e. Storms Ahead! or Weather News, etc.)
b. City/country’s name and date
c. Picture of the weather you chose (sunny, cloudy, thunderstorms, etc.)
d. Temperature (? degrees Fahrenheit)
e. Paragraph describing the weather (Writing – described below)
f. Anything else to decorate the poster
5. Writing (8-10 sentences)
a. Title – use the same one as the poster
b. Beginning - (i.e. “Wow! It is cold!” or “Welcome to the 8:00 news!”)
c. Middle – Describe the weather using several detailed sentences. Here are some examples of things to include:
- Your name (i.e. “My name is meteorologist Miss Yu.”)
- City/country name (i.e. “I am reporting from…”)
- Date (i.e. “Today is…”)
- Weather and temperature (i.e. “It is hot today.” Or “Today is windy.”)
- Suggest clothing to wear (i.e. “Wear your slippers and go to the beach!”)
- Suggest outdoor activities (i.e. “There are strong winds for kite-flying!”)
- Any other interesting information – be creative and fun!
d. Ending – Write an exciting conclusion (i.e. “Have a great time skiing!”)
6. Sharing
Each student will bring his or her visual poster to the front of the classroom and share what they wrote on the poster. Please write or print out another copy of their writing to help them when they are sharing (do not have your child read directly from the visual poster). Remember that your child is a meteorologist. They can have notes in front of them to help them when they are sharing, but please practice reading or memorizing the writing while making eye contact, speaking loudly, and speaking at a good pace (not too fast).
***Most importantly, have fun with this activity!***
* Friday, March 23rd: No School – Staff Learning Day
The teachers will be working on writing assessments and additional Peacebuilder activities.
* Thursday, March 29th: Guadalupe River Park Field Trip
Please remember to pack a BAG LUNCH that can be thrown away at the park. We are NOT allowing anyone to purchase food or drinks. Parents of Jonathan, Mayu, Patricia, and Yo can meet us promptly at 11:00am in Room 8. We will be leaving at 11:00am from school and returning at 2:30pm.
* Thursday, April 12th: Cupertino Library Field Trip
Please remember to send your child’s blue library card to school and review the 4-digit PIN number. Some students still do not know their PIN number when we go each month!
* Friday, April 13th: Enrichment Day
This is a fun day for kids! Organized by the PTO, guests come to Eaton and the whole morning is filled with fun activities and crafts! The afternoon will also be the Author of the Month assembly.
* Monday, April 16th to Friday, April 20th: No School – Spring Break
Enjoy the week of vacation!
* Monday, April 23rd: Weather Presentations
During the past two months, we have learned a lot about weather. As one of our concluding activities for our weather unit, all the students will prepare a weather report and present it to the class on Monday, April 24th. Please refer to the attached handout for detailed information.
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Dear Families,
The leprechauns came over the weekend! We came back to our classroom on Monday and found leprechaun footprints all over, including on our traps! The chairs were knocked over and room was a mess! But we did find the leprechaun’s pot of gold! Here are some highlights from the week:
Star of the Week: William
Poem of the Week: Cloud Parade
Song of the Week: The 50 States That Rhyme
Kindness is … trying your best
Story of the Week: There’s an Alligator Under My Bed
Vocabulary of the Week: House 3
Word Wall: afraid, any, bear, follow, idea, most, tall, water
Next Week’s Sharing: Regular – Your Favorite Book
(Prepare at least 4 sentences and bring picture/object to show.)
• Language Arts: Theme 7 We Can Work it Out: Week 2
• Stories: Lost!
• Word Families: oo (good, look, took)
• Sounds: oo sound and compound words (cupcake, butterfly)
• Grammar: Proper Nouns for Places and Things
• Writing: Some students have already finished their first piece in Writer’s Workshop on Weather Senses. We learned how to publish a piece and make a final copy to share with others. It is important that students know how to work independently during writing.
• Math: This week we are reviewing symmetry, fractions, and probability. We also started Chapter 10 on measurement. We talked about opposite words such as long vs. short, tall vs. short, heavy vs. light.
• Social Studies: We are beginning our community circuit this week. This week we went to Mrs. Burgess’ class. We learned about different types of buildings and businesses and made our own models!
• Science: We used real thermometers this week and are continuing to practice reading temperatures. We predicted and did an experiment to find out the temperature of hot, cold, and mixed water! We also learned that darker colors absorb heat more than lighter colors.
• Computer: We did a math activity this week using KidPix and fractions. Students had to show 1/2 , 1/3, and ¼ on circles, squares, rectangles, and triangles.
• Art: We are presently in the middle of our Native American “Winter Counts.” For those who finished their Winter Counts early, they worked on a totem pole activity.
• Music: This week we watched the Upper Grade chorus perform using instruments and singing. It was good for students to see the fourth and fifth graders performing because we will be doing a first grade performance at the end of the year too and it is important everyone sings during music to learn the songs!
Today, you will receive your child’s progress report for the second trimester. Please remember that your child does not receive grades for the regular language arts report card. Instead, the fourth and fifth pages are the ELD language arts report card for listening/speaking, reading, and writing. Also included for students who have been here since August are the CELDT scores that were taken in October. An overall score (not just listening or speaking) in early advanced and advanced means your child is ready to transition out of ELD. If your child scored in the beginning, early intermediate, or intermediate areas, I will assess them again in May to determine if they are ready to be transitioned. Mrs. Rowe is having a meeting Tuesday morning if you have questions on this process. Have a great weekend!
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Weather Presentation
On Monday, April 23th, we will have a “Weather Party!” Students will pretend to be meteorologists, people who study and predict the weather. They will prepare an imaginary weather report that includes a visual and writing, and they will share it to the class. The presentations can be as creative as you like (use the computer, markers, cut from magazines, photographs, miscellaneous items, etc)!
1. Pick a city or country anywhere in the world.
(i.e. Cupertino, California or Orlando, Florida or Bangkok, Thailand)
2. Pick an imaginary day.
(i.e. January 1st, 1950 or July 30th, 2010)
3. Pick a weather (sunny, cloudy, fog, snow, rain, lightning, etc.) and temperature (i.e. 30 degrees Fahrenheit, 99 degrees Fahrenheit) you would like your city or country to have that day.
*** Please make sure your weather report makes sense. For example, if it is snowing, the temperature should not be 80 degrees Fahrenheit or snowing in California in July.
4. Create a visual (i.e. poster, chart, drawing, etc.) that has:
a. Title (i.e. Storms Ahead! or Weather News, etc.)
b. City/country’s name and date
c. Picture of the weather you chose (sunny, cloudy, thunderstorms, etc.)
d. Temperature (? degrees Fahrenheit)
e. Paragraph describing the weather (Writing – described below)
f. Anything else to decorate the poster
5. Writing (8-10 sentences)
a. Title – use the same one as the poster
b. Beginning - (i.e. “Wow! It is cold!” or “Welcome to the 8:00 news!”)
c. Middle – Describe the weather using several detailed sentences. Here are some examples of things to include:
- Your name (i.e. “My name is meteorologist Miss Yu.”)
- City/country name (i.e. “I am reporting from…”)
- Date (i.e. “Today is…”)
- Weather and temperature (i.e. “It is hot today.” Or “Today is windy.”)
- Suggest clothing to wear (i.e. “Wear your slippers and go to the beach!”)
- Suggest outdoor activities (i.e. “There are strong winds for kite-flying!”)
- Any other interesting information – be creative and fun!
d. Ending – Write an exciting conclusion (i.e. “Have a great time skiing!”)
6. Sharing
Each student will bring his or her visual poster to the front of the classroom and share what they wrote on the poster. Please write or print out another copy of their writing to help them when they are sharing (do not have your child read directly from the visual poster). Remember that your child is a meteorologist. They can have notes in front of them to help them when they are sharing, but please practice reading or memorizing the writing while making eye contact, speaking loudly, and speaking at a good pace (not too fast).
***Most importantly, have fun with this activity!***
Monday, March 19, 2007
March 16, 2007
Upcoming Dates
* Thursday, March 22nd: Book Orders Due and Report Cards Go Home
If you would like to purchase books, please make ONE check payable to Scholastic Book Clubs. We will receive the books before the April spring break. Students will be receiving the second trimester grades as well as the scores from the CELDT (California English Language Development Test) that was taken in the Fall. Since there’s no school Friday, homework and library books need to be brought back on Thursday, March 22nd. Also, Friday sharers need to be ready to share on Thursday!
* Friday, March 23rd: No School – Staff Learning Day
The teachers will be working on writing assessments and additional Peacebuilder activities.
* Thursday, March 29th: Guadalupe River Park Field Trip
I have not received everyone’s permission slip that was in last week’s Friday Folder. Please sign and return the permission slip ASAP. Please remember to pack a BAG LUNCH that can be thrown away at the park. We are NOT allowing anyone to purchase food or drinks. Thank you for so many of you who wanted to volunteer. Unfortunately, we can only have 4 parents come with us and the first four permission slips I received were from the parents of: Jonathan, Mayu, Patricia, and Yo. We will be leaving at 11:00am from school and returning at 2:30pm.
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Dear Families,
Here are some highlights from the week:
Star of the Week: Patricia
Poem of the Week: Wearing of the Green
Song of the Week: The Water Cycle
Kindness is … keeping in touch with people.
Story of the Week: Where the Wild Things Are
Vocabulary of the Week: House 2
Word Wall: again, both, gone, hard, turn, want
Next Week’s Sharing: Riddle – something very small
(Hide a small object or picture in a bag and prepare at least four
complete sentences to give the class clues.)
• Language Arts: Theme 7 We Can Work it Out: Week 1
• Stories: That Toad is Mine!
• Word Families: -ow (long o) – tow, mow, row
• Sounds: vowel pairs oa, ow (boat, bow, toad, tow)
• Grammar: Proper Nouns for People and Animals
• Writing: We are progressing quickly in Writer’s Workshop. This week we talked about all 5 stages of the writing process: prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and some students are already publishing their first piece on Weather! I am excited to see the students working independently.
• Math: This week we discussed symmetry, fractions (one-half, one-third, and one-fourth), and probability! We also reviewed positional vocabulary word (near, far, next to, above, etc) and shapes.
• Social Studies: Happy St. Patrick’s Day! This week we learned about the country of Ireland, and how they celebrate this special holiday. We talked about leprechauns and read stories too. Let’s see if the leprechauns visit us over the weekend!
• Science: This week we talked about rain and thought of describing words. We made umbrellas to hang in the classroom! In addition, we did an activity to find out our class’ favorite weather! Hot weather was the favorite!
• Computer: We used Graph Club this week to graph our favorite weather. We saw line graphs, bar graphs, pie charts, picture graphs, and tables.
Congratulations to Catherine, Geoffrey, Hitoharu, Lenny, Mayu, Moe, Reva, and Sammy on doing a wonderful job at the Kindness presentation on Tuesday evening. They memorized several sentences and shared our Kindness website with the Cupertino District board members. They got an outstanding ovation and even shook hands with all the board members. I am very proud of them!
* Thursday, March 22nd: Book Orders Due and Report Cards Go Home
If you would like to purchase books, please make ONE check payable to Scholastic Book Clubs. We will receive the books before the April spring break. Students will be receiving the second trimester grades as well as the scores from the CELDT (California English Language Development Test) that was taken in the Fall. Since there’s no school Friday, homework and library books need to be brought back on Thursday, March 22nd. Also, Friday sharers need to be ready to share on Thursday!
* Friday, March 23rd: No School – Staff Learning Day
The teachers will be working on writing assessments and additional Peacebuilder activities.
* Thursday, March 29th: Guadalupe River Park Field Trip
I have not received everyone’s permission slip that was in last week’s Friday Folder. Please sign and return the permission slip ASAP. Please remember to pack a BAG LUNCH that can be thrown away at the park. We are NOT allowing anyone to purchase food or drinks. Thank you for so many of you who wanted to volunteer. Unfortunately, we can only have 4 parents come with us and the first four permission slips I received were from the parents of: Jonathan, Mayu, Patricia, and Yo. We will be leaving at 11:00am from school and returning at 2:30pm.
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Dear Families,
Here are some highlights from the week:
Star of the Week: Patricia
Poem of the Week: Wearing of the Green
Song of the Week: The Water Cycle
Kindness is … keeping in touch with people.
Story of the Week: Where the Wild Things Are
Vocabulary of the Week: House 2
Word Wall: again, both, gone, hard, turn, want
Next Week’s Sharing: Riddle – something very small
(Hide a small object or picture in a bag and prepare at least four
complete sentences to give the class clues.)
• Language Arts: Theme 7 We Can Work it Out: Week 1
• Stories: That Toad is Mine!
• Word Families: -ow (long o) – tow, mow, row
• Sounds: vowel pairs oa, ow (boat, bow, toad, tow)
• Grammar: Proper Nouns for People and Animals
• Writing: We are progressing quickly in Writer’s Workshop. This week we talked about all 5 stages of the writing process: prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and some students are already publishing their first piece on Weather! I am excited to see the students working independently.
• Math: This week we discussed symmetry, fractions (one-half, one-third, and one-fourth), and probability! We also reviewed positional vocabulary word (near, far, next to, above, etc) and shapes.
• Social Studies: Happy St. Patrick’s Day! This week we learned about the country of Ireland, and how they celebrate this special holiday. We talked about leprechauns and read stories too. Let’s see if the leprechauns visit us over the weekend!
• Science: This week we talked about rain and thought of describing words. We made umbrellas to hang in the classroom! In addition, we did an activity to find out our class’ favorite weather! Hot weather was the favorite!
• Computer: We used Graph Club this week to graph our favorite weather. We saw line graphs, bar graphs, pie charts, picture graphs, and tables.
Congratulations to Catherine, Geoffrey, Hitoharu, Lenny, Mayu, Moe, Reva, and Sammy on doing a wonderful job at the Kindness presentation on Tuesday evening. They memorized several sentences and shared our Kindness website with the Cupertino District board members. They got an outstanding ovation and even shook hands with all the board members. I am very proud of them!
Friday, March 09, 2007
March 9, 2007
Upcoming Dates:
* Saturday, March 10th: Lunar New Year Parade and Festival
Watch the parade at 10:30am from Jollyman Park or come to Memorial park between 12:30pm – 5:00pm for the festival and activities.
* Sunday, March 11th: Daylight Saving
Remember to change your clocks one hour forward!
* Tuesday, March 13th: Kindness Website Presentation @ 6:30pm
Thank you to the following students who will be representing Eaton and sharing our Kindness website: Catherine, Geoffrey, Hitoharu, Lenny, Mayu, Moe, Reva, and Sammy. (For these students only: Attached to this newsletter is the script that needs to be memorized and rehearsed. Please practice and be ready by Tuesday. We will practice altogether during school on Tuesday and will meet again at 6:15pm in the Board Room at the District Office).
* Thursday, March 15th: Cupertino Public Library Field Trip
Please remember to bring your child’s blue library card to school that day. Also, make sure your child has memorized their 4-digit PIN number. I encourage you to frequently visit the library with your child on your own time. Let them learn and practice checking out books by themselves on the checkout machines.
* Friday, March 16th: Bring Leprechaun Traps to School!
This is a take-home project we are doing to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, a holiday that began in Ireland. A few of the symbols attached to St. Patrick’s Day include leprechauns, shamrocks (4-leaf clovers), and rainbows with a pot of gold at the end. We would like students to invent a trap to capture leprechauns. Leprechauns are mythical figures in Irish folklore that trick you and take away your gold or treasure. They are very small and nobody ever sees them (of course).
* Thursday, March 22nd: Report Cards Go Home
Students will be receiving the second trimester grades as well as the scores from the CELDT (California English Language Development Test) that was taken in the Fall.
* Friday, March 23rd: No School – Staff Learning Day
The teachers will be working on writing assessments and additional Peacebuilder activities. Since there’s no school Friday, homework and library books need to be brought back on Thursday, March 22nd.
* Thursday, March 29th: Guadalupe River Park Field Trip
This field trip will let us explore the river while learning about plants, animals, habitats, and weather. Attached to this newsletter is the permission slip. Please sign and return by Friday, March 16th.
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Dear Families,
The weather is beautiful! We have been measuring the temperature every day and last week our low was 49 degrees and this week our high was 69 degrees! I hope the sun stays!
Here are some highlights from the week:
Star of the Week: Yo
Poem of the Week: What the Rain Said
Song of the Week: One Dream
Kindness is … taking care of the classroom.
Story of the Week: What is the Sun?
Vocabulary of the Week: House 1
Word Wall: been, evening, far, forest, goes, hungry, near, soon
Next Week’s Sharing: Riddle – something green
(Hide a green object or picture in a bag and prepare at least four complete sentences to give the class clues.)
• Language Arts: Theme 6 Animal Adventures– Week 3
• Stories: Red Eyed Tree Frog
• Word Families: -ay (day, play, say)
• Sounds: vowel pairs ai and ay (paid, pay, maid, may)
• Grammar: Naming Words for One or More (-s)
• Writing: We started the first writing step in Writer’s Workshop, prewriting. This week we practiced making outlines and organizing our thoughts using Step Up to Writing. We also talked about making sentences interesting and varied. We will continue practicing prewriting using different topics including: weather, autobiography, and family.
• Math: This week we started geometry. This chapter had many vocabulary words and positional words such as: far from, next to, behind, between, etc. Please look over the math work from class and review these vocabulary concepts. We also learned different plane shapes and solid shapes.
• Science: We continued our weather unit this week. We made thermometers and learned about how thermometers are used in daily life. We are also getting better at graphing the temperature each day and recording the weather. In circuits, Mrs. Khan taught us about how rainbows are created.
• Computer: This week we spent time using KidPix to draw more pictures for our Kindness Journals.
• Music: We saw Mrs. More today and we practiced playing different instruments using patterns. We used triangles, sticks, cymbals, and drums to accompany songs.
We said good bye to Akane today =( We are sad to see her leave Eaton and we will miss her very much. Please keep in touch Akane and remember Room 8! Enjoy the warm, beautiful weekend!
* Saturday, March 10th: Lunar New Year Parade and Festival
Watch the parade at 10:30am from Jollyman Park or come to Memorial park between 12:30pm – 5:00pm for the festival and activities.
* Sunday, March 11th: Daylight Saving
Remember to change your clocks one hour forward!
* Tuesday, March 13th: Kindness Website Presentation @ 6:30pm
Thank you to the following students who will be representing Eaton and sharing our Kindness website: Catherine, Geoffrey, Hitoharu, Lenny, Mayu, Moe, Reva, and Sammy. (For these students only: Attached to this newsletter is the script that needs to be memorized and rehearsed. Please practice and be ready by Tuesday. We will practice altogether during school on Tuesday and will meet again at 6:15pm in the Board Room at the District Office).
* Thursday, March 15th: Cupertino Public Library Field Trip
Please remember to bring your child’s blue library card to school that day. Also, make sure your child has memorized their 4-digit PIN number. I encourage you to frequently visit the library with your child on your own time. Let them learn and practice checking out books by themselves on the checkout machines.
* Friday, March 16th: Bring Leprechaun Traps to School!
This is a take-home project we are doing to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, a holiday that began in Ireland. A few of the symbols attached to St. Patrick’s Day include leprechauns, shamrocks (4-leaf clovers), and rainbows with a pot of gold at the end. We would like students to invent a trap to capture leprechauns. Leprechauns are mythical figures in Irish folklore that trick you and take away your gold or treasure. They are very small and nobody ever sees them (of course).
* Thursday, March 22nd: Report Cards Go Home
Students will be receiving the second trimester grades as well as the scores from the CELDT (California English Language Development Test) that was taken in the Fall.
* Friday, March 23rd: No School – Staff Learning Day
The teachers will be working on writing assessments and additional Peacebuilder activities. Since there’s no school Friday, homework and library books need to be brought back on Thursday, March 22nd.
* Thursday, March 29th: Guadalupe River Park Field Trip
This field trip will let us explore the river while learning about plants, animals, habitats, and weather. Attached to this newsletter is the permission slip. Please sign and return by Friday, March 16th.
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Dear Families,
The weather is beautiful! We have been measuring the temperature every day and last week our low was 49 degrees and this week our high was 69 degrees! I hope the sun stays!
Here are some highlights from the week:
Star of the Week: Yo
Poem of the Week: What the Rain Said
Song of the Week: One Dream
Kindness is … taking care of the classroom.
Story of the Week: What is the Sun?
Vocabulary of the Week: House 1
Word Wall: been, evening, far, forest, goes, hungry, near, soon
Next Week’s Sharing: Riddle – something green
(Hide a green object or picture in a bag and prepare at least four complete sentences to give the class clues.)
• Language Arts: Theme 6 Animal Adventures– Week 3
• Stories: Red Eyed Tree Frog
• Word Families: -ay (day, play, say)
• Sounds: vowel pairs ai and ay (paid, pay, maid, may)
• Grammar: Naming Words for One or More (-s)
• Writing: We started the first writing step in Writer’s Workshop, prewriting. This week we practiced making outlines and organizing our thoughts using Step Up to Writing. We also talked about making sentences interesting and varied. We will continue practicing prewriting using different topics including: weather, autobiography, and family.
• Math: This week we started geometry. This chapter had many vocabulary words and positional words such as: far from, next to, behind, between, etc. Please look over the math work from class and review these vocabulary concepts. We also learned different plane shapes and solid shapes.
• Science: We continued our weather unit this week. We made thermometers and learned about how thermometers are used in daily life. We are also getting better at graphing the temperature each day and recording the weather. In circuits, Mrs. Khan taught us about how rainbows are created.
• Computer: This week we spent time using KidPix to draw more pictures for our Kindness Journals.
• Music: We saw Mrs. More today and we practiced playing different instruments using patterns. We used triangles, sticks, cymbals, and drums to accompany songs.
We said good bye to Akane today =( We are sad to see her leave Eaton and we will miss her very much. Please keep in touch Akane and remember Room 8! Enjoy the warm, beautiful weekend!
Friday, March 02, 2007
March 2, 2007
Upcoming Dates
* Friday, March 9th: End of Second Trimester & Akane’s Last Day
Akane is moving back to Japan and Friday will be her last day. We will miss her!
* Sunday, March 11th: Daylight Saving
Remember to change your clocks one hour forward!
* Tuesday, March 13th: Kindness Website Presentation @ 6:30pm
We have been asked to share a 5-10 minute presentation to the Cupertino Board of Education about how we use technology in our classroom. We will be talking about our Kindness website, how we use it, and examples of sentences we wrote and pictures we drew. This is an exciting opportunity for our class and I need at least several students to participate and speak in front of an audience. It will be held in the Board Room of the Administrative Offices of the Cupertino Union School District, 10301 Vista Drive, Cupertino, CA. 95014. Please see the attached permission slip to indicate if you would like your child to participate in this special event. Please return permission slips by Friday, March 9th.
* Thursday, March 15th: Cupertino Public Library Field Trip
Please remember to bring your child’s blue library card to school that day. Also, make sure your child has memorized their 4-digit PIN number. I encourage you to frequently visit the library with your child on your own time. Let them learn and practice checking out books by themselves on the checkout machines.
* Friday, March 16th: Bring Leprechaun Traps to School!
This is a take-home project we are doing to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, a holiday that began in Ireland. A few of the symbols attached to St. Patrick’s Day include leprechauns, shamrocks (4-leaf clovers), and rainbows with a pot of gold at the end. We would like students to invent a trap to capture leprechauns. Leprechauns are mythical figures in Irish folklore that trick you and take away your gold or treasure. They are very small and nobody ever sees them (of course!). See attached paper for more information on how to make the traps and have fun making them!
* Thursday, March 22nd: Report Cards Go Home
Students will be receiving the second trimester grades as well as the scores from the CELDT (California English Language Development Test) that was taken in the Fall.
* Friday, March 23rd: No School – Staff Learning Day
The teachers will be working on writing assessments and additional Peacebuilder activities. Since there’s no school Friday, homework and library books need to be brought back on Thursday, March 22nd.
* Thursday, March 29th: Guadalupe River Park and Gardens Field Trip
This field trip will let us explore the river while learning about plants, animals, habitats, and weather. More information will be sent home later.
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Dear Families,
March is a busy month! As you can see from the upcoming dates listed above, we have projects, field trips, assessments, and even a presentation to complete in March!
Here are some highlights from the week:
Star of the Week: Ming-Li
Poem of the Week: Rainy Day
Song of the Week: The Continents and Oceans
Kindness is … following your dreams.
Story of the Week: I Like the Rain
Vocabulary of the Week: Food 6
Word Wall Words:cow, door, horse, now, table, there, through, wall
Next Week’s Sharing: Spring Poem
(Find a poem in a book or on the computer that is at least 4 lines.
Remember to bring a picture or drawing that matches the poem.)
• Language Arts: Theme 6 Animal Adventures– Week 2
• Stories: Eek! There’s a Mouse in the House
• Word Families: -eat (beat, meat, wheat)
• Sounds: long e (CV, CVCe), ee (sleep), ea (beat)
• Grammar: Naming Words for Things and Places
• Writing: We finished publishing our final drafts of our Penguin writing pieces. Students will begin Writer’s Workshop next week.
• Math: We finished Chapter 9 on addition and subtraction facts to 20. Students are really mastering computation and that is great! Next week we will go back to Chapter 8 and work on geometry, fractions, and probability.
• Social Studies: On Thursday, we had a special guest reader from the Rotary club to talk about and celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday.
• Science: We began graphing the cloud cover, precipitation, wind, and temperature everyday. We made flags to help us measure the wind, and we also observed the weather using 4 of our senses. In circuits, Mrs. Barelli read us Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs and we made a class book with our own fictional sentences and pictures.
• Computer: We used Kidspiration and words and pictures to show the different types of weather we observe.
This week we had an earthquake drill and we practiced what to do if there was an emergency. Also, the students had a hearing test on Thursday. Today’s Friday folder has an important Summer School application that needs to be completed and returned if you would like your child to attend in the summer. It is first-come first-serve, so please return it as soon as possible. Have a great weekend!
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Kindness Website Presentation
Tuesday, March 13th
6:30pm
(Plan to arrive at 6:15pm and should finish by 6:45pm)
Board Room of the Administrative Offices
Cupertino Union School District
10301 Vista Drive, Cupertino, CA. 95014
March 2, 2007
Dear Families,
Our class has been invited to share a 5-10 minute presentation about our use of technology in the classroom to the Cupertino Board of Education. This is a special privilege to show the community our Kindness website and how we have used it in class. Students who can make it on the evening of March 13th will rehearse their speaking parts with me at school and may have something sent home to practice as well.
Please fill out the form below if you would like your child to participate and return it to me by Wednesday, March 7th. You must be able to bring your child to the Board Room (address above) at 6:15pm. The presentation will begin at 6:30pm and is only 5-10 minutes long. Students will be dismissed shortly thereafter.
I look forward to presenting with the kids!
Sincerely,
Miss Yu
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Cut this portion and return by Wednesday, March 7th.
Name of Child: __________________
Check one below:
_____ YES! We plan on attending March 13th between 6:15pm and 6:45pm.
_____ NO. We are not available March 13th.
* Friday, March 9th: End of Second Trimester & Akane’s Last Day
Akane is moving back to Japan and Friday will be her last day. We will miss her!
* Sunday, March 11th: Daylight Saving
Remember to change your clocks one hour forward!
* Tuesday, March 13th: Kindness Website Presentation @ 6:30pm
We have been asked to share a 5-10 minute presentation to the Cupertino Board of Education about how we use technology in our classroom. We will be talking about our Kindness website, how we use it, and examples of sentences we wrote and pictures we drew. This is an exciting opportunity for our class and I need at least several students to participate and speak in front of an audience. It will be held in the Board Room of the Administrative Offices of the Cupertino Union School District, 10301 Vista Drive, Cupertino, CA. 95014. Please see the attached permission slip to indicate if you would like your child to participate in this special event. Please return permission slips by Friday, March 9th.
* Thursday, March 15th: Cupertino Public Library Field Trip
Please remember to bring your child’s blue library card to school that day. Also, make sure your child has memorized their 4-digit PIN number. I encourage you to frequently visit the library with your child on your own time. Let them learn and practice checking out books by themselves on the checkout machines.
* Friday, March 16th: Bring Leprechaun Traps to School!
This is a take-home project we are doing to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, a holiday that began in Ireland. A few of the symbols attached to St. Patrick’s Day include leprechauns, shamrocks (4-leaf clovers), and rainbows with a pot of gold at the end. We would like students to invent a trap to capture leprechauns. Leprechauns are mythical figures in Irish folklore that trick you and take away your gold or treasure. They are very small and nobody ever sees them (of course!). See attached paper for more information on how to make the traps and have fun making them!
* Thursday, March 22nd: Report Cards Go Home
Students will be receiving the second trimester grades as well as the scores from the CELDT (California English Language Development Test) that was taken in the Fall.
* Friday, March 23rd: No School – Staff Learning Day
The teachers will be working on writing assessments and additional Peacebuilder activities. Since there’s no school Friday, homework and library books need to be brought back on Thursday, March 22nd.
* Thursday, March 29th: Guadalupe River Park and Gardens Field Trip
This field trip will let us explore the river while learning about plants, animals, habitats, and weather. More information will be sent home later.
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Dear Families,
March is a busy month! As you can see from the upcoming dates listed above, we have projects, field trips, assessments, and even a presentation to complete in March!
Here are some highlights from the week:
Star of the Week: Ming-Li
Poem of the Week: Rainy Day
Song of the Week: The Continents and Oceans
Kindness is … following your dreams.
Story of the Week: I Like the Rain
Vocabulary of the Week: Food 6
Word Wall Words:cow, door, horse, now, table, there, through, wall
Next Week’s Sharing: Spring Poem
(Find a poem in a book or on the computer that is at least 4 lines.
Remember to bring a picture or drawing that matches the poem.)
• Language Arts: Theme 6 Animal Adventures– Week 2
• Stories: Eek! There’s a Mouse in the House
• Word Families: -eat (beat, meat, wheat)
• Sounds: long e (CV, CVCe), ee (sleep), ea (beat)
• Grammar: Naming Words for Things and Places
• Writing: We finished publishing our final drafts of our Penguin writing pieces. Students will begin Writer’s Workshop next week.
• Math: We finished Chapter 9 on addition and subtraction facts to 20. Students are really mastering computation and that is great! Next week we will go back to Chapter 8 and work on geometry, fractions, and probability.
• Social Studies: On Thursday, we had a special guest reader from the Rotary club to talk about and celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday.
• Science: We began graphing the cloud cover, precipitation, wind, and temperature everyday. We made flags to help us measure the wind, and we also observed the weather using 4 of our senses. In circuits, Mrs. Barelli read us Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs and we made a class book with our own fictional sentences and pictures.
• Computer: We used Kidspiration and words and pictures to show the different types of weather we observe.
This week we had an earthquake drill and we practiced what to do if there was an emergency. Also, the students had a hearing test on Thursday. Today’s Friday folder has an important Summer School application that needs to be completed and returned if you would like your child to attend in the summer. It is first-come first-serve, so please return it as soon as possible. Have a great weekend!
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Kindness Website Presentation
Tuesday, March 13th
6:30pm
(Plan to arrive at 6:15pm and should finish by 6:45pm)
Board Room of the Administrative Offices
Cupertino Union School District
10301 Vista Drive, Cupertino, CA. 95014
March 2, 2007
Dear Families,
Our class has been invited to share a 5-10 minute presentation about our use of technology in the classroom to the Cupertino Board of Education. This is a special privilege to show the community our Kindness website and how we have used it in class. Students who can make it on the evening of March 13th will rehearse their speaking parts with me at school and may have something sent home to practice as well.
Please fill out the form below if you would like your child to participate and return it to me by Wednesday, March 7th. You must be able to bring your child to the Board Room (address above) at 6:15pm. The presentation will begin at 6:30pm and is only 5-10 minutes long. Students will be dismissed shortly thereafter.
I look forward to presenting with the kids!
Sincerely,
Miss Yu
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Cut this portion and return by Wednesday, March 7th.
Name of Child: __________________
Check one below:
_____ YES! We plan on attending March 13th between 6:15pm and 6:45pm.
_____ NO. We are not available March 13th.
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Happy Valentine's Day!
Upcoming Dates
* Monday, February 19th – Friday, February 23rd: NO SCHOOL
Enjoy your winter recess!
* Thursday, February 22nd: Eaton Fundraiser at Chuck-E-Cheese
Come to Chuck-E-Cheese and they will donate money to Eaton!
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Dear Families,
It has been an exciting week! Our Valentine’s Day party was a wonderful success! We decorated the picture frames of our class during the party, and finished making our Valentine bags. I hope you liked our tree of hearts that we made in computer lab! The Dear Valentine poem on our bags was also the poem of the week. Have your child read it to you!
Thank you for remembering to prepare Valentine cards for everyone in the class. It was so fun to pass out cards to each other and read all the cards! We had a healthy party that included a menu of carrots, apples, juice, and one cookie. I was so touched by all the beautiful cards and presents. Thank you so much!
Here are some highlights from the week:
Star of the Week: Jaewoo
Poem of the Week: Dear Valentine
Song of the Week: The Continents and Oceans
Kindness is … celebrating special days.
Story of the Week: Giraffe’s Can’t Dance
Vocabulary of the Week: Food 5
Word Wall Words: morning, found, shout, by, out, show, climb
Next Week’s Sharing: Regular – somewhere you have traveled
(at least 4 sentences and bring a picture or drawing)
• Language Arts: Theme 6 Animal Adventures– Week 1
• Stories: The Sleeping Pig
• Word Families: -oke (poke, joke, woke)
• Sounds: long o, long u, and final clusters –ft, -lk, -nt
• Grammar: Naming Words for People and Animals
• Writing: We continued learning more about penguins this week. We did a penguin center where we learned the names of the seventeen penguin species. We wrote a piece on facts we know about penguins. Geoffrey was chosen as our Author of the Month and he shared his penguin writing at the assembly today! Great job!
• Math: Many of the students are flying through Chapter 9 on addition and subtraction facts to 20. We worked mostly on subtraction this week. We will continue with this chapter after vacation.
• Social Studies: We learned about Valentine’s Day this week, as well as President’s Day and Chinese New Year. For President’s Day, we learned about leaders in our country, especially George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. On Friday, we made dragons to celebrate Chinese New Year.
• Science: We went to Mrs. Tambe’s class to continue our unit on weather. We talked about rain and made an umbrella picture.
• Art: We are starting a new activity with Mrs. Blakeslee about Native Americans. We learned how Native Americans use pictures instead of words to tell a story. We are writing our own stories and will be drawing pictures to match our stories in the next art class.
• Music: This week, we celebrated Chinese New Years by playing drums and cymbals with Mrs. More. We also did dragon line dancing using dragon costumes and we took turns parading around the MP room! It was very exciting!
Today was Joseph’s last day in our class =( We are sad that he is moving away to Los Angeles. We will miss him very much! We hope he will be able to come back and visit us!
The weather was great this week! I hope it stays that way during our Winter recess and I hope all of you have a safe vacation next week!
* Monday, February 19th – Friday, February 23rd: NO SCHOOL
Enjoy your winter recess!
* Thursday, February 22nd: Eaton Fundraiser at Chuck-E-Cheese
Come to Chuck-E-Cheese and they will donate money to Eaton!
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Dear Families,
It has been an exciting week! Our Valentine’s Day party was a wonderful success! We decorated the picture frames of our class during the party, and finished making our Valentine bags. I hope you liked our tree of hearts that we made in computer lab! The Dear Valentine poem on our bags was also the poem of the week. Have your child read it to you!
Thank you for remembering to prepare Valentine cards for everyone in the class. It was so fun to pass out cards to each other and read all the cards! We had a healthy party that included a menu of carrots, apples, juice, and one cookie. I was so touched by all the beautiful cards and presents. Thank you so much!
Here are some highlights from the week:
Star of the Week: Jaewoo
Poem of the Week: Dear Valentine
Song of the Week: The Continents and Oceans
Kindness is … celebrating special days.
Story of the Week: Giraffe’s Can’t Dance
Vocabulary of the Week: Food 5
Word Wall Words: morning, found, shout, by, out, show, climb
Next Week’s Sharing: Regular – somewhere you have traveled
(at least 4 sentences and bring a picture or drawing)
• Language Arts: Theme 6 Animal Adventures– Week 1
• Stories: The Sleeping Pig
• Word Families: -oke (poke, joke, woke)
• Sounds: long o, long u, and final clusters –ft, -lk, -nt
• Grammar: Naming Words for People and Animals
• Writing: We continued learning more about penguins this week. We did a penguin center where we learned the names of the seventeen penguin species. We wrote a piece on facts we know about penguins. Geoffrey was chosen as our Author of the Month and he shared his penguin writing at the assembly today! Great job!
• Math: Many of the students are flying through Chapter 9 on addition and subtraction facts to 20. We worked mostly on subtraction this week. We will continue with this chapter after vacation.
• Social Studies: We learned about Valentine’s Day this week, as well as President’s Day and Chinese New Year. For President’s Day, we learned about leaders in our country, especially George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. On Friday, we made dragons to celebrate Chinese New Year.
• Science: We went to Mrs. Tambe’s class to continue our unit on weather. We talked about rain and made an umbrella picture.
• Art: We are starting a new activity with Mrs. Blakeslee about Native Americans. We learned how Native Americans use pictures instead of words to tell a story. We are writing our own stories and will be drawing pictures to match our stories in the next art class.
• Music: This week, we celebrated Chinese New Years by playing drums and cymbals with Mrs. More. We also did dragon line dancing using dragon costumes and we took turns parading around the MP room! It was very exciting!
Today was Joseph’s last day in our class =( We are sad that he is moving away to Los Angeles. We will miss him very much! We hope he will be able to come back and visit us!
The weather was great this week! I hope it stays that way during our Winter recess and I hope all of you have a safe vacation next week!
100th Day of School!
Upcoming Dates
* Wednesday, February 14th: Valentine’s Day
We will be celebrating Valentine’s Day in the afternoon by doing some crafts, having a snack, and exchanging cards. Every child must prepare Valentine cards for every student and bring them to school on Valentine’s Day. They can be homemade or store-bought cards. Here is a list of all the students' names in our class. Please have your child write: To: (student name) and From: (your child’s name) on each envelope.
Akane Anushka Catherine Geoffrey
Hitoharu Jaewoo Jonathan Joseph
Julia Lenny Mayu Michael
Ming-Li Moe Oscar Patricia
Reva Sammy William Yo
* Friday, February 16th: Joseph’s Last Day at Eaton
Joseph and his family will be moving to Los Angeles during Winter Recess. Please make sure to say goodbye before he leaves!
* Monday, February 19th – Friday, February 23rd: NO SCHOOL
Enjoy your winter recess!
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Dear Families,
Happy one hundred days of school! Well, today is the one hundredth and third day of school already! Last weekend’s first grade conference was very good. Mrs. Burgess, Mrs. Bachelor, Mrs. Barelli, Mrs. Tambe, Miss Salter, and I went to the conference together on Friday. We drove up to Napa at 5am Friday morning! We took several seminars to help us learn new ways to teach writing, math, and other language arts areas. It was a very well organized and helpful conference!
Here are some highlights from the week:
Star of the Week: Anushka
Poem of the Week: One Hundred Days
Song of the Week: The Penguin Song
Kindness is … celebrating special days.
Story of the Week: Shoes, Shoes, Shoes
Vocabulary of the Week: Food 4
Word Wall Words: fly, give, good, little, our, try, was
Next Week’s Sharing: Riddle – something you love
(at least 4 sentences and bring a picture hidden in a bag)
• Language Arts: Theme 5 Home Sweet Home – Week 3
• Stories: The Kite
• Word Families: -ite (kite, white) and –ide (ride, hide)
• Sounds: long i (CVCe) and contractions
• Grammar: Using I or Me in sentences
• Math: We started Chapter 9 this week on addition and subtraction facts to 20. This should be an easier chapter for most students but we still need to make sure we work carefully and check our answers for mistakes!
• Social Studies: On Tuesday, we celebrated the 100th day of school! We made 100 day hats with Mrs. Burgess, 100 hungry ants using our fingerprints with Mrs. Bachelor, 100 around the world with Mrs. Salter, and counting to 100 with Mrs. Tambe. This was a fun day for the kids!
• Science: This week, we continued a few more penguin activities. We are learning the life of an Emperor Penguin in Antarctica. We also made a Penguin Art activity. Next week we will continue to learn about the 17 different kinds of penguins!
Eaton will be having a family science fair on March 8th. If your child is interested in participating, please pick up an information packet in the office. This is an optional activity.
I was not able to come to school these past few days because I had a family trip to attend. I was very pleased last Friday to hear from Mrs. Nevins that the kids were great! I am hoping they have kept up the wonderful behavior these past 3 days! Have a wonderful weekend!
* Wednesday, February 14th: Valentine’s Day
We will be celebrating Valentine’s Day in the afternoon by doing some crafts, having a snack, and exchanging cards. Every child must prepare Valentine cards for every student and bring them to school on Valentine’s Day. They can be homemade or store-bought cards. Here is a list of all the students' names in our class. Please have your child write: To: (student name) and From: (your child’s name) on each envelope.
Akane Anushka Catherine Geoffrey
Hitoharu Jaewoo Jonathan Joseph
Julia Lenny Mayu Michael
Ming-Li Moe Oscar Patricia
Reva Sammy William Yo
* Friday, February 16th: Joseph’s Last Day at Eaton
Joseph and his family will be moving to Los Angeles during Winter Recess. Please make sure to say goodbye before he leaves!
* Monday, February 19th – Friday, February 23rd: NO SCHOOL
Enjoy your winter recess!
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Dear Families,
Happy one hundred days of school! Well, today is the one hundredth and third day of school already! Last weekend’s first grade conference was very good. Mrs. Burgess, Mrs. Bachelor, Mrs. Barelli, Mrs. Tambe, Miss Salter, and I went to the conference together on Friday. We drove up to Napa at 5am Friday morning! We took several seminars to help us learn new ways to teach writing, math, and other language arts areas. It was a very well organized and helpful conference!
Here are some highlights from the week:
Star of the Week: Anushka
Poem of the Week: One Hundred Days
Song of the Week: The Penguin Song
Kindness is … celebrating special days.
Story of the Week: Shoes, Shoes, Shoes
Vocabulary of the Week: Food 4
Word Wall Words: fly, give, good, little, our, try, was
Next Week’s Sharing: Riddle – something you love
(at least 4 sentences and bring a picture hidden in a bag)
• Language Arts: Theme 5 Home Sweet Home – Week 3
• Stories: The Kite
• Word Families: -ite (kite, white) and –ide (ride, hide)
• Sounds: long i (CVCe) and contractions
• Grammar: Using I or Me in sentences
• Math: We started Chapter 9 this week on addition and subtraction facts to 20. This should be an easier chapter for most students but we still need to make sure we work carefully and check our answers for mistakes!
• Social Studies: On Tuesday, we celebrated the 100th day of school! We made 100 day hats with Mrs. Burgess, 100 hungry ants using our fingerprints with Mrs. Bachelor, 100 around the world with Mrs. Salter, and counting to 100 with Mrs. Tambe. This was a fun day for the kids!
• Science: This week, we continued a few more penguin activities. We are learning the life of an Emperor Penguin in Antarctica. We also made a Penguin Art activity. Next week we will continue to learn about the 17 different kinds of penguins!
Eaton will be having a family science fair on March 8th. If your child is interested in participating, please pick up an information packet in the office. This is an optional activity.
I was not able to come to school these past few days because I had a family trip to attend. I was very pleased last Friday to hear from Mrs. Nevins that the kids were great! I am hoping they have kept up the wonderful behavior these past 3 days! Have a wonderful weekend!
Thursday, February 01, 2007
Happy Groundhog's Day!
Upcoming Dates
* Tuesday, February 6th: 100th Day of School!
All the first graders will be doing a special all day long circuit to celebrate the 100th Day of School! Activities will involve various subjects such as math, language arts, science, and art!
* Wednesday, February 7th: Last Day for Book Donations
Thank you for the generous donations already this week. We are helping out many kids in the hospitals!
* Thursday, February 8th: Cupertino Library Field Trip
We will be walking to the library again this afternoon. Please remember to send your child’s blue library card with them to school. Also, please review their 4-digit PIN numbers!
* Wednesday, February 14th: Valentine’s Day
We will be celebrating Valentine’s Day in the afternoon by doing some crafts, having a snack, and exchanging cards. Every child must prepare Valentine cards for every student and bring them to school on Valentine’s Day. They can be homemade or store-bought cards. Here is a list of all the students' names in our class. Please have your child write: To: (student name) and From: (your child’s name) on each envelope.
Akane Anushka Catherine Geoffrey
Hitoharu Jaewoo Jonathan Joseph
Julia Lenny Mayu Michael
Ming-Li Moe Oscar Patricia
Reva Sammy William Yo
* Monday, February 19th – Friday, February 23rd: NO SCHOOL
Enjoy your winter recess!
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Dear Families,
Happy Groundhog’s Day! Monday was a staff learning day this week. The teachers spent the morning attending a writing training from the district. We will be doing more writing assessments in the upcoming months. In the afternoon, the teachers took a field trip to Hicklebee’s and bought books for our Eaton library!
Here are some highlights from the week:
Star of the Week: Akane
Poem of the Week: You and Me
Song of the Week: The Penguin Song
Kindness is … seeking wise people.
Story of the Week: The Emperor’s Egg
Vocabulary of the Week: Food 3
Word Wall Words: could, house, how, over, own, so
Next Week’s Sharing: Friendship Poem
(at least 4 sentences and bring a picture)
• Language Arts: Theme 5 Home Sweet Home – Week 2
• Stories: Me On the map
• Word Families: -ate (date, gate) and –ake (rake, bake)
• Sounds: long a (CVCe) and final sounds –nd, -ng, and -nk
• Grammar: Which Kind of Sentence?
• Math: We took our Money test this week. It was a very hard chapter for many students. Please continue to review money (identifying coins, amounts, and counting) at home. We are skipping Chapter 8 and doing Chapter 9 first on more addition and subtraction facts. We will return to Chapter 8 after a few weeks.
• Social Studies: This week we learned about Groundhog’s Day! We learned that groundhogs come out to look for their shadows. If they see their shadow, that means there’s six more weeks of winter. If they don’t see their shadow, that means spring will arrive sooner! We also started learning a little about penguins. We will be working in a penguin unit the next 2 weeks as well.
• Science: This week in circuits, we went to Miss Salter’s room and talked more about weather.
• Computer Lab: This week we made a Valentine’s heart tree using the program, Kidpix 4. The students will be decorating a bag for Valentine’s Day.
• Art: We saw Mrs. Blakeslee this week! It has been a long time since we had art because Mrs. Blakeslee hurt her knee in December. We finished our flower sketches and will be bringing them home.
• Music: We also saw Mrs. More on Thursday. She sang Chinese New Years songs and had us play drums and cymbals. We also got to wear lion costumes and paraded around the room!
Today, six of us first grade teachers are at a California First Grade conference to learn more strategies on teaching all different curriculum areas. I hope the students had a great day with Mrs. Nevins!
* Tuesday, February 6th: 100th Day of School!
All the first graders will be doing a special all day long circuit to celebrate the 100th Day of School! Activities will involve various subjects such as math, language arts, science, and art!
* Wednesday, February 7th: Last Day for Book Donations
Thank you for the generous donations already this week. We are helping out many kids in the hospitals!
* Thursday, February 8th: Cupertino Library Field Trip
We will be walking to the library again this afternoon. Please remember to send your child’s blue library card with them to school. Also, please review their 4-digit PIN numbers!
* Wednesday, February 14th: Valentine’s Day
We will be celebrating Valentine’s Day in the afternoon by doing some crafts, having a snack, and exchanging cards. Every child must prepare Valentine cards for every student and bring them to school on Valentine’s Day. They can be homemade or store-bought cards. Here is a list of all the students' names in our class. Please have your child write: To: (student name) and From: (your child’s name) on each envelope.
Akane Anushka Catherine Geoffrey
Hitoharu Jaewoo Jonathan Joseph
Julia Lenny Mayu Michael
Ming-Li Moe Oscar Patricia
Reva Sammy William Yo
* Monday, February 19th – Friday, February 23rd: NO SCHOOL
Enjoy your winter recess!
---
Dear Families,
Happy Groundhog’s Day! Monday was a staff learning day this week. The teachers spent the morning attending a writing training from the district. We will be doing more writing assessments in the upcoming months. In the afternoon, the teachers took a field trip to Hicklebee’s and bought books for our Eaton library!
Here are some highlights from the week:
Star of the Week: Akane
Poem of the Week: You and Me
Song of the Week: The Penguin Song
Kindness is … seeking wise people.
Story of the Week: The Emperor’s Egg
Vocabulary of the Week: Food 3
Word Wall Words: could, house, how, over, own, so
Next Week’s Sharing: Friendship Poem
(at least 4 sentences and bring a picture)
• Language Arts: Theme 5 Home Sweet Home – Week 2
• Stories: Me On the map
• Word Families: -ate (date, gate) and –ake (rake, bake)
• Sounds: long a (CVCe) and final sounds –nd, -ng, and -nk
• Grammar: Which Kind of Sentence?
• Math: We took our Money test this week. It was a very hard chapter for many students. Please continue to review money (identifying coins, amounts, and counting) at home. We are skipping Chapter 8 and doing Chapter 9 first on more addition and subtraction facts. We will return to Chapter 8 after a few weeks.
• Social Studies: This week we learned about Groundhog’s Day! We learned that groundhogs come out to look for their shadows. If they see their shadow, that means there’s six more weeks of winter. If they don’t see their shadow, that means spring will arrive sooner! We also started learning a little about penguins. We will be working in a penguin unit the next 2 weeks as well.
• Science: This week in circuits, we went to Miss Salter’s room and talked more about weather.
• Computer Lab: This week we made a Valentine’s heart tree using the program, Kidpix 4. The students will be decorating a bag for Valentine’s Day.
• Art: We saw Mrs. Blakeslee this week! It has been a long time since we had art because Mrs. Blakeslee hurt her knee in December. We finished our flower sketches and will be bringing them home.
• Music: We also saw Mrs. More on Thursday. She sang Chinese New Years songs and had us play drums and cymbals. We also got to wear lion costumes and paraded around the room!
Today, six of us first grade teachers are at a California First Grade conference to learn more strategies on teaching all different curriculum areas. I hope the students had a great day with Mrs. Nevins!
Friday, January 26, 2007
End of January!
Upcoming Dates
* Monday, January 29th: NO SCHOOL – Staff Learning Day
I apologize for any confusion with the wrong information on the Sharing List!
* Tuesday, February 6th: 100th Day of School!
All the first graders will be doing a special all day long circuit to celebrate the 100th Day of School! Activities will involve various subjects such as math, language arts, science, and art!
* Thursday, February 8th: Cupertino Library Field Trip
We will be walking to the library again this afternoon. Please remember to send your child’s blue library card with them to school. Also, please review their 4-digit PIN numbers!
* Wednesday, February 14th: Valentine’s Day
We will be celebrating Valentine’s Day in the afternoon by doing some crafts, having a snack, and exchanging cards. Every child must prepare Valentine cards for every student and bring them to school on Valentine’s Day. They can be homemade or store-bought cards. Here is a list of all the students' names in our class. Please have your child write: To: (student name) and From: (your child’s name) on each envelope.
Akane Anushka Catherine Geoffrey
Hitoharu Jaewoo Jonathan Joseph
Julia Lenny Mayu Michael
Ming-Li Moe Oscar Patricia
Reva Sammy William Yo
* Monday, February 19th – Friday, February 23rd: NO SCHOOL
Enjoy your winter recess!
-----
Dear Families,
Thank you for returning the permission slips this week from PBwiki to allow them to possibly videotape our classroom using their website. I have to receive approval still from the Cupertino Union School District. I will let you know if and when this happens.
Here are some highlights from the week:
Star of the Week: Lenny
Poem of the Week: January Thaw
Song of the Week: Five Senses
Kindness is … forgiving mistakes.
Story of the Week: Antarctica
Vocabulary of the Week: Food 2
Word Wall Words: grow, light, long, more, other, right, room, small, these
Next Week’s Sharing: Regular – something you made using 100 Objects (at least 4 sentences and bring the picture)
• Language Arts: Theme 5 Home Sweet Home – Week 1
• Stories: Moving Day
• Word Families: -ash (rash, dash) and –ush (hush, bush)
• Sounds: digraphs (sh, th, wh, ch, tch)
• Grammar: Exclamations !!!
• Math: This chapter has been very difficult for many students. We began working on some of the math pages as a whole group instead of individually. Please make sure to continue reviewing the problems that come home in today’s Friday Folder and make sure your child understands how to count, create, and solve money problems. We are working hard on money everyday!
• Social Studies: We have finished our Calendar project! This week, we talked about the rest of the months and holidays of the year. I am sure you will enjoy using this personalized Calendar for 2007!
• Science: This week in circuits, we went to Mrs. Bachelor’s room and talked about Winter. Students brainstormed words that described winter and also made a class poster to decorate our classroom!
• Computer Lab: This week we drew pictures for our January Kindness journals. Most students were able to complete two pictures using Kidpix for their journals (see Classwork section in class website).
• Buddies: We met our 4th grade buddies in Ms. Allen’s class today. We played relay races and games on the field with our buddies.
Eaton is doing a fundraiser for patients who are in hospitals. They are asking for book donations, if you have any books that you do not want any more (not ripped or scribbled on). Students will be bringing home a plastic bag for this fundraiser. Please turn in the books by February 7th.
Over the next few weeks, I will be absent a few days. Next Friday, all of the first grade teachers will be attending a first grade conference. The following week, I will be going out of town three days for a family obligation. Mrs. Nevins will be the substitute. She has substituted for me several times before and she used to be a teacher for many years. She is very experienced and knows my teaching style. I hope to hear only wonderful comments about our class from her! Please remind your children to be on their best behavior everyday!
* Monday, January 29th: NO SCHOOL – Staff Learning Day
I apologize for any confusion with the wrong information on the Sharing List!
* Tuesday, February 6th: 100th Day of School!
All the first graders will be doing a special all day long circuit to celebrate the 100th Day of School! Activities will involve various subjects such as math, language arts, science, and art!
* Thursday, February 8th: Cupertino Library Field Trip
We will be walking to the library again this afternoon. Please remember to send your child’s blue library card with them to school. Also, please review their 4-digit PIN numbers!
* Wednesday, February 14th: Valentine’s Day
We will be celebrating Valentine’s Day in the afternoon by doing some crafts, having a snack, and exchanging cards. Every child must prepare Valentine cards for every student and bring them to school on Valentine’s Day. They can be homemade or store-bought cards. Here is a list of all the students' names in our class. Please have your child write: To: (student name) and From: (your child’s name) on each envelope.
Akane Anushka Catherine Geoffrey
Hitoharu Jaewoo Jonathan Joseph
Julia Lenny Mayu Michael
Ming-Li Moe Oscar Patricia
Reva Sammy William Yo
* Monday, February 19th – Friday, February 23rd: NO SCHOOL
Enjoy your winter recess!
-----
Dear Families,
Thank you for returning the permission slips this week from PBwiki to allow them to possibly videotape our classroom using their website. I have to receive approval still from the Cupertino Union School District. I will let you know if and when this happens.
Here are some highlights from the week:
Star of the Week: Lenny
Poem of the Week: January Thaw
Song of the Week: Five Senses
Kindness is … forgiving mistakes.
Story of the Week: Antarctica
Vocabulary of the Week: Food 2
Word Wall Words: grow, light, long, more, other, right, room, small, these
Next Week’s Sharing: Regular – something you made using 100 Objects (at least 4 sentences and bring the picture)
• Language Arts: Theme 5 Home Sweet Home – Week 1
• Stories: Moving Day
• Word Families: -ash (rash, dash) and –ush (hush, bush)
• Sounds: digraphs (sh, th, wh, ch, tch)
• Grammar: Exclamations !!!
• Math: This chapter has been very difficult for many students. We began working on some of the math pages as a whole group instead of individually. Please make sure to continue reviewing the problems that come home in today’s Friday Folder and make sure your child understands how to count, create, and solve money problems. We are working hard on money everyday!
• Social Studies: We have finished our Calendar project! This week, we talked about the rest of the months and holidays of the year. I am sure you will enjoy using this personalized Calendar for 2007!
• Science: This week in circuits, we went to Mrs. Bachelor’s room and talked about Winter. Students brainstormed words that described winter and also made a class poster to decorate our classroom!
• Computer Lab: This week we drew pictures for our January Kindness journals. Most students were able to complete two pictures using Kidpix for their journals (see Classwork section in class website).
• Buddies: We met our 4th grade buddies in Ms. Allen’s class today. We played relay races and games on the field with our buddies.
Eaton is doing a fundraiser for patients who are in hospitals. They are asking for book donations, if you have any books that you do not want any more (not ripped or scribbled on). Students will be bringing home a plastic bag for this fundraiser. Please turn in the books by February 7th.
Over the next few weeks, I will be absent a few days. Next Friday, all of the first grade teachers will be attending a first grade conference. The following week, I will be going out of town three days for a family obligation. Mrs. Nevins will be the substitute. She has substituted for me several times before and she used to be a teacher for many years. She is very experienced and knows my teaching style. I hope to hear only wonderful comments about our class from her! Please remind your children to be on their best behavior everyday!
Friday, January 19, 2007
Peace-filled Week
Upcoming Dates
* Friday, January 26th: Book Orders Due
Attached to this newsletter are the Scholastic Book Orders. Please cut out the order form on the back of each catalog and list the items you would like to purchase. Write ONE check payable to Scholastic Book Clubs. The books will arrive before our February Mid-Year Recess.
* Monday, January 29th: NO SCHOOL – Staff Learning Day
Remember Monday sharers will share on Tuesday instead.
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Dear Families,
This was a short week! Here are some highlights from the week:
Star of the Week: Geoffrey
Poem of the Week: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Song of the Week: Five Senses
Kindness is … building peace around me.
Story of the Week: I Am Freedom’s Child
Vocabulary of the Week: Food 1
Word Wall: car, down, hear, hold, hurt, learn, their, walk, would
Next Week’s Sharing: Riddle – something to keep you warm
(Try to memorize words, develop at least 4 complete clues, and hide object/picture in a bag)
• Language Arts: Theme 4 All Together Now – Week 3
• Stories: Bud’s Day Out
• Word Families: -um (gum, sum) and –ump (bump, dump)
• Sounds: triple clusters and short u (bug, hut)
• Grammar: Asking sentences (How? Why? Who? What? Etc)
• Writing: This week we went to Mrs. Burgess’ class for Science circuits. We learned many facts about weather through The Magic School Bus and wrote a paragraph with three weather facts of our choice.
• Social Studies: This week, we learned mostly about Martin Luther King Jr. We read stories about his life and what he did to change unfair laws. One project we created was to show that all kinds of people can live peacefully together. Another activity was a group project where we illustrated important events in Martin Luther King Jr.’s life. We also continued our Calendar project and completed May and June. I am hoping students will be able to finish the Calendar by next week and bring it home to share with your families!
• Math: We are in Chapter 7 about money. Please review counting by 5’s and 10’s. That will make counting nickels and dimes easier! We are working on identifying and counting pennies, nickels, and dimes. This concept is best reviewed at home if you use real coins and count them.
• Computer Lab: We finished our Kidspiration projects about the seasons and months of the year. These will be used as the cover of our Calendars.
• Assembly: We had an Author of the Month assembly today. Congratulations to Lenny who wrote about four of his 2007 New Year’s Resolutions. Great Job!
Most of you are familiar with our Kindness Journals we have been writing each week (under “Classwork” in our website). Our journals are hosted by a website called www.pbwiki.com. The founders of PBwiki would like more teachers to use their site, and so they are interested in coming into our classroom to videotape some of the students during Computer center as they type their Kindness Journals and illustrate pictures. Attached to this newsletter is a letter from Ramit Sethi, one of the co-founders of the website requesting your permission to videotape your children in class. Please complete the form and return it to me on Monday in the Friday Folder. Thank you! Have an excellent weekend!
* Friday, January 26th: Book Orders Due
Attached to this newsletter are the Scholastic Book Orders. Please cut out the order form on the back of each catalog and list the items you would like to purchase. Write ONE check payable to Scholastic Book Clubs. The books will arrive before our February Mid-Year Recess.
* Monday, January 29th: NO SCHOOL – Staff Learning Day
Remember Monday sharers will share on Tuesday instead.
-----
Dear Families,
This was a short week! Here are some highlights from the week:
Star of the Week: Geoffrey
Poem of the Week: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Song of the Week: Five Senses
Kindness is … building peace around me.
Story of the Week: I Am Freedom’s Child
Vocabulary of the Week: Food 1
Word Wall: car, down, hear, hold, hurt, learn, their, walk, would
Next Week’s Sharing: Riddle – something to keep you warm
(Try to memorize words, develop at least 4 complete clues, and hide object/picture in a bag)
• Language Arts: Theme 4 All Together Now – Week 3
• Stories: Bud’s Day Out
• Word Families: -um (gum, sum) and –ump (bump, dump)
• Sounds: triple clusters and short u (bug, hut)
• Grammar: Asking sentences (How? Why? Who? What? Etc)
• Writing: This week we went to Mrs. Burgess’ class for Science circuits. We learned many facts about weather through The Magic School Bus and wrote a paragraph with three weather facts of our choice.
• Social Studies: This week, we learned mostly about Martin Luther King Jr. We read stories about his life and what he did to change unfair laws. One project we created was to show that all kinds of people can live peacefully together. Another activity was a group project where we illustrated important events in Martin Luther King Jr.’s life. We also continued our Calendar project and completed May and June. I am hoping students will be able to finish the Calendar by next week and bring it home to share with your families!
• Math: We are in Chapter 7 about money. Please review counting by 5’s and 10’s. That will make counting nickels and dimes easier! We are working on identifying and counting pennies, nickels, and dimes. This concept is best reviewed at home if you use real coins and count them.
• Computer Lab: We finished our Kidspiration projects about the seasons and months of the year. These will be used as the cover of our Calendars.
• Assembly: We had an Author of the Month assembly today. Congratulations to Lenny who wrote about four of his 2007 New Year’s Resolutions. Great Job!
Most of you are familiar with our Kindness Journals we have been writing each week (under “Classwork” in our website). Our journals are hosted by a website called www.pbwiki.com. The founders of PBwiki would like more teachers to use their site, and so they are interested in coming into our classroom to videotape some of the students during Computer center as they type their Kindness Journals and illustrate pictures. Attached to this newsletter is a letter from Ramit Sethi, one of the co-founders of the website requesting your permission to videotape your children in class. Please complete the form and return it to me on Monday in the Friday Folder. Thank you! Have an excellent weekend!
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