Happy Friday Room 4 Families!
We had a great week in Room 4. Your kids loved the field trip to the pumpkin patch. Thank you to all of the parents and grandparents who came with us!
Important dates:
Monday, October 29: Vision/Hearing screening.
Thursday, November 8-Friday, November 16: Parent/Teacher conferences and shortened days. Dismissal will be at 12:20 on these days.
Monday, November 12: Veterans' Day; no school
Rainy Days: On days when it's raining, you can drop your kids off in the classroom beginning at 7:55.
Language Arts: We will be finishing our Shadows unit this week. The kids have had a great time with it, and have learned a lot about what makes a shadow and how we can change shadows.
On Friday we will start unit 3, Finding Friends. In this unit we will read lots of stories about how to make friends and how to be a good friend.
We will practice writing Zz this week.
New high frequency words: it, no, and this.
We will reveiw capital letters, sentence types, and end marks (. and ?).
We will continue to work on writing all capital and lower case letters and first and last names.
Math: We are continuing our chapter on numbers 6-10. This week we will practice counting to and writing numbers 9 and 10.
Science: We have started a unit on plants. This week we will talk about parts of plants, where plants live, and what plants need to survive. I also hope to plant some plants with the kids this week.
Homework: This is the first week for the new homework procedure. I will send homework packets as an email attachments on Friday afternoons for the following week. This way you will have the weekend to print the packet so your child will be ready to start working on them on Mondays. Thank you parents for your flexibility with this!
Parent/Teacher conferences: These are right around the corner! I want to try to work with your schedules as much as possible, so please watch for an email from me about scheduling days and times.
Thanks, parents, for everything you do!
If you have any questions please email me!
carrie-relles@scusd.edu
Friday, October 26, 2012
Friday, October 19, 2012
Week of October 22-26, 2012
Hello Room 4 Families!
This is sure to be a fun week! We are looking forward to our field trip on Friday!
Important dates:
Friday, 10/26: free dress day/picture day/pumpkin patch field trip.
Picture order forms will go home on Monday in your child's homework folder. We will take our pictures first thing and then head on the bus to the field trip.
Thank you to those parents who have sent field trip money. If you haven't done so, please send $5.50 to school asap.
For those parents who signed up to attend the field trip, I will contact you this week with logistics. Thank you for volunteering!
Saturday, 10/27: Harvest Festival, 3-8pm.
Thursday, November 8-Friday, November 16th: Parent/Teacher conferences and shortened days. Dismissal will be at 12:20 on these days. I will be sending an email soon about conference scheduling.
Monday, November 12: Veterans' Day, no school.
Language Arts: We are continuing our Shadows unit this week.
We will practice writing Ww, Xx, and Yy.
New high frequency words: big, have, and small.
We are learning about end marks (periods and question marks) and when to use each.
This is sure to be a fun week! We are looking forward to our field trip on Friday!
Important dates:
Friday, 10/26: free dress day/picture day/pumpkin patch field trip.
Picture order forms will go home on Monday in your child's homework folder. We will take our pictures first thing and then head on the bus to the field trip.
Thank you to those parents who have sent field trip money. If you haven't done so, please send $5.50 to school asap.
For those parents who signed up to attend the field trip, I will contact you this week with logistics. Thank you for volunteering!
Saturday, 10/27: Harvest Festival, 3-8pm.
Thursday, November 8-Friday, November 16th: Parent/Teacher conferences and shortened days. Dismissal will be at 12:20 on these days. I will be sending an email soon about conference scheduling.
Monday, November 12: Veterans' Day, no school.
Language Arts: We are continuing our Shadows unit this week.
We will practice writing Ww, Xx, and Yy.
New high frequency words: big, have, and small.
We are learning about end marks (periods and question marks) and when to use each.
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| Room 4 kids painting jack-o-lanterns |
Math: This week we begin chapter 4, Numbers to 10. Our objectives will be to name, recognize, count, and write numbers 6, 7, and 8.
Homework: Thank you for your responses regarding homework packets. This will be the last week for hard copies of homework to go home with your kids. I will send homework emails on Friday afternoons for the next week. Please print the packets, help your kids complete them, and have your children bring them to school on Friday. I truly appreciate your understanding and cooperation with this!
Homework: Thank you for your responses regarding homework packets. This will be the last week for hard copies of homework to go home with your kids. I will send homework emails on Friday afternoons for the next week. Please print the packets, help your kids complete them, and have your children bring them to school on Friday. I truly appreciate your understanding and cooperation with this!
Parents, if you have any questions or concerns please email me!
Thanks for reading! Have a great weekend!
Friday, October 12, 2012
October 15-19, 2012
Hello Room 4 Families!
It's hard to believe we are starting the seventh week of school! Your kids have been working so hard and learning so much!
Important dates:
Friday, October 26th: free dress day/picture day/pumpkin patch field trip. We will take our pictures and then head to the pumpkin patch at 9.
Saturday, October 27: Harvest Festival, 3-8pm
Wednesday, October 31: Orange and Black Spirit Day. NO costumes please!
Thursday, November 8-Friday, November 16th: Parent/Teacher conferences and shortened days. Dismissal will be at 12:20 on these days.
Language Arts:
Our Shadows unit is going well. The kids have enjoyed learning about what makes a shadow and why shadows are sometimes long and sometimes short. Students can bring in pictures they take or draw of shadows, books about shadows, or other things they can think of pertaining to shadows to share with the class and post on our concept and question board.
New high frequency words: he and she
This week we will focus on writing the letters Ss, Tt, Uu, and Vv. We will also keep practicing writing first and last names that begin with a capital letter and have all lower case letters after that. Please have your child practice this way at home.
We are practicing beginning sentences with capital letters.
We are also learning about what makes a sentence and how to tell the difference between complete and incomplete sentences. They have learned that sentences have two parts: 1) a naming part (subject or noun) and 2) a telling or action part (predicate or verb). So far we are using very simple sentences to practice this, like "The dog barks."
We are also starting to learn about different end marks on complete sentences, so you can reinforce this by finding periods, question marks, and exclamation marks when you are reading together.
Math: This week we are continuing to work on chapter 3, Patterns.
New vocabulary: pattern
The kids did a great job with this last week, and we are going to review and reinforce last week's objectives this week.
Objectives for this week are to copy and extend AB, AAB, ABB, and ABC color, shape, and size patterns.
Field Trip:
Our first field trip will be this month! We are going to Dave's Pumpkin Patch in West Sacramento on Friday, October 26th. The cost for this trip is $5.50 per student. This pays for a hayride, a corn maze, a small pumpkin, and an activity book. Please send cash to school as soon as possible. We will leave school at 9 am and return around 12.
Any parents who have been fingerprinted and would like to accompany us on this trip, we would love to have you! Please let me know as soon as possible.
Thanks again, parents for everything you do!
If you have any questions please email me. carrie-relles@scusd.edu
It's hard to believe we are starting the seventh week of school! Your kids have been working so hard and learning so much!
Important dates:
Friday, October 26th: free dress day/picture day/pumpkin patch field trip. We will take our pictures and then head to the pumpkin patch at 9.
Saturday, October 27: Harvest Festival, 3-8pm
Wednesday, October 31: Orange and Black Spirit Day. NO costumes please!
Thursday, November 8-Friday, November 16th: Parent/Teacher conferences and shortened days. Dismissal will be at 12:20 on these days.
Language Arts:
Our Shadows unit is going well. The kids have enjoyed learning about what makes a shadow and why shadows are sometimes long and sometimes short. Students can bring in pictures they take or draw of shadows, books about shadows, or other things they can think of pertaining to shadows to share with the class and post on our concept and question board.
New high frequency words: he and she
This week we will focus on writing the letters Ss, Tt, Uu, and Vv. We will also keep practicing writing first and last names that begin with a capital letter and have all lower case letters after that. Please have your child practice this way at home.
We are practicing beginning sentences with capital letters.
We are also learning about what makes a sentence and how to tell the difference between complete and incomplete sentences. They have learned that sentences have two parts: 1) a naming part (subject or noun) and 2) a telling or action part (predicate or verb). So far we are using very simple sentences to practice this, like "The dog barks."
We are also starting to learn about different end marks on complete sentences, so you can reinforce this by finding periods, question marks, and exclamation marks when you are reading together.
Math: This week we are continuing to work on chapter 3, Patterns.
New vocabulary: pattern
The kids did a great job with this last week, and we are going to review and reinforce last week's objectives this week.
Objectives for this week are to copy and extend AB, AAB, ABB, and ABC color, shape, and size patterns.
Field Trip:
Our first field trip will be this month! We are going to Dave's Pumpkin Patch in West Sacramento on Friday, October 26th. The cost for this trip is $5.50 per student. This pays for a hayride, a corn maze, a small pumpkin, and an activity book. Please send cash to school as soon as possible. We will leave school at 9 am and return around 12.
Any parents who have been fingerprinted and would like to accompany us on this trip, we would love to have you! Please let me know as soon as possible.
Thanks again, parents for everything you do!
If you have any questions please email me. carrie-relles@scusd.edu
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Week of October 8-12, 2012
Hello Room 4 Families!
October is off to a great start. Thank you to everyone who volunteered in the classroom last week. We wouldn't be able to to everything we do without you!
Language Arts:
We have started our unit on Shadows. During this unit we will be reading lots of expository text about shadows. Your kids can bring in pictures they take or draw of shadows, books about shadows, or other things they can think of pertaining to shadows to share with the class and post on our concept and question board. They all have lots of questions about shadows, so we are already having a good time finding out what we can about them.
New high frequency words: and and we.
This week we will focus on writing the letters Oo, Pp, Qq, and Rr. We will also keep practicing writing first and last names that begin with a capital letter and have all lower case letters after that. Please have your child practice this way at home.
We are also learning about what makes a sentence and how to tell the difference between complete and incomplete sentences. They have learned that sentences have two parts: 1) a naming part (subject or noun) and 2) a telling or action part (predicate or verb). So far we are using very simple sentences to practice this, like "The dog barks."
We are also starting to learn about different end marks on complete sentences, so you can reinforce this by finding periods, question marks, and exclamation marks when you are reading together.
Math: This week we are starting chapter 3, Patterns.
New vocabulary: pattern
Objectives for this week are to copy and extend AB, AAB, ABB, and ABC color, shape, and size patterns.
Field Trip:
Our first field trip will be this month! We are going to Dave's Pumpkin Patch in West Sacramento on Friday, October 26th. The cost for this trip is $5.50 per student. This pays for a hayride, a corn maze, a small pumpkin, and an activity book. Please send cash to school as soon as possible. We will leave school at 9 am and return around 12.
Any parents who have been fingerprinted and would like to accompany us on this trip, we would love to have you! Please let me know as soon as possible.
Staff/Parent work day: Some of you have asked about the staff/parent work day listed on the October calendar for tomorrow October 6th. The school will be open the first Saturday of each month for teachers and parents to get some work done from 9am until 2pm. However, I will not be here tomorrow, so there won't be any work to do in room 4. I may be here another month on the first Saturday.
Thanks again, parents for everything you do!
If you have any questions please email me. carrie-relles@scusd.edu
October is off to a great start. Thank you to everyone who volunteered in the classroom last week. We wouldn't be able to to everything we do without you!
Language Arts:
We have started our unit on Shadows. During this unit we will be reading lots of expository text about shadows. Your kids can bring in pictures they take or draw of shadows, books about shadows, or other things they can think of pertaining to shadows to share with the class and post on our concept and question board. They all have lots of questions about shadows, so we are already having a good time finding out what we can about them.
New high frequency words: and and we.
This week we will focus on writing the letters Oo, Pp, Qq, and Rr. We will also keep practicing writing first and last names that begin with a capital letter and have all lower case letters after that. Please have your child practice this way at home.
We are also learning about what makes a sentence and how to tell the difference between complete and incomplete sentences. They have learned that sentences have two parts: 1) a naming part (subject or noun) and 2) a telling or action part (predicate or verb). So far we are using very simple sentences to practice this, like "The dog barks."
We are also starting to learn about different end marks on complete sentences, so you can reinforce this by finding periods, question marks, and exclamation marks when you are reading together.
Math: This week we are starting chapter 3, Patterns.
New vocabulary: pattern
Objectives for this week are to copy and extend AB, AAB, ABB, and ABC color, shape, and size patterns.
Field Trip:
Our first field trip will be this month! We are going to Dave's Pumpkin Patch in West Sacramento on Friday, October 26th. The cost for this trip is $5.50 per student. This pays for a hayride, a corn maze, a small pumpkin, and an activity book. Please send cash to school as soon as possible. We will leave school at 9 am and return around 12.
Any parents who have been fingerprinted and would like to accompany us on this trip, we would love to have you! Please let me know as soon as possible.
Staff/Parent work day: Some of you have asked about the staff/parent work day listed on the October calendar for tomorrow October 6th. The school will be open the first Saturday of each month for teachers and parents to get some work done from 9am until 2pm. However, I will not be here tomorrow, so there won't be any work to do in room 4. I may be here another month on the first Saturday.
Thanks again, parents for everything you do!
If you have any questions please email me. carrie-relles@scusd.edu
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