Week of January 5-9, 2015

Hello Room 4 families!

It's hard to believe we are heading into 2015. I am so proud of the work the kids have done so far this year. They have learned so much, and there is no stopping them!

Here is what we have coming up:

Important Dates:

TODAY, December 19: Free dress day; Room 4 holiday celebration, 11:45-12:45 pm. Thank you to everyone who has been sending in supplies for this. I think we have everything we need, and plenty of parent helpers!

12/22-1/2/15: NO SCHOOL; Happy holidays!!

Monday, 1/19: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day; no school

Friday, 1/23: Room 4 to work in the school garden, 8:45-9:30 am. Please let me know if you'd like to come help out that day.

Friday, February 13 (PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE!) : Field trip to the Sacramento Children's Theater production of The Artful Mouse.
We are limited to 3 fingerprinted parent chaperones for this field trip. If you would like to attend and didn't get a chance to come to the pumpkin patch, please let me know.

Language Arts:
Letter/sound focus: /h/, /t/, short o.
New sight words: like, too
We will begin reading and writing informational text in January.

Math:
We will begin a new chapter on understanding addition. Watch for lots of practice with this in the homework!

Thank you for reading, everyone! I hope you all have a relaxing, enjoyable holiday with your families. I will see everyone in January.

Week of December 15-19, 2014

Hello Room 4 Families
We are so busy in room 4 learning, working, and getting ready for the holidays!

Here is what we have coming up:

Important Dates

Tonight, 12/12: Winter Craft Fair, 6-8 pm in the cafeteria.

Friday, December 19: Free dress day; Room 4 holiday celebration, 11:45-12:45 pm. Thank you to everyone who has been sending in supplies for this. I think we have everything we need, and plenty of parent helpers!

12/22-1/2/15: NO SCHOOL; Happy holidays!!

Monday, 1/19: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day; no school

Friday, 1/23: Room 4 to work in the school garden, 8:45-9:30 am. Please let me know if you'd like to come help out that day.

Tuesday, February 3: Field trip to the Sacramento Children's Theater production of The Artful Mouse.
We are limited to 3 fingerprinted parent chaperones for this field trip. If you would like to attend and didn't get a chance to come to the pumpkin patch, please let me know.

Language Arts
Letter/sound focus: long o, long u, /p/,  and short a.
New sight word: at
Writing: This week we will write about what we would do if we were an elf, and begin a procedural paragraph on how to dress a snowman.

Math

This week we will review what we have learned so far this year. Near the end of the week the kids will take a test on the first 5 chapters we have covered on numbers 1-100 and comparing numbers 1-20.

Parent help during centers
We are looking for someone to help out on Tuesday mornings during centers time from 8:10-9:00am.
This would be every other Tuesday  begining on the 13th of January. If this is something you're interested in, or want more information, please let me know!

Thanks for reading, everybody! Enjoy your weekend. If you have questions email me at carrie.relles@gmail.com

Week of December 8-12, 2014

Hello Room 4 families!

We have been very busy in Room 4 this week. 

Here is what we have coming up:

Important Dates:

Monday, 12/8; Craft Fair preparations; 8:10-9:00 am in the cafeteria. If you would like to help please see or email our room parent Heather Yetter. Thank you to everyone who has sent in money to help cover the cost of our craft. Please send your $4 to school as soon as possible, so we can reimburse the people who bought our supplies!

Wednesday, 12/10: picture retake day. Free dress only for those students taking photos.

Friday, 12/12: Winter Craft Fair; 6-8pm in the cafeteria

Friday, 12/19: Free dress day; winter holiday celebration 11:45-12:45in Room 4. I would love to have 6-8 parents or grandparents to help during this time. Please let me know if you'd like to volunteer.

12/22-1/2: NO SCHOOL

Language Arts

This week we began our big focus on letter sounds, listening for those sounds in spoken words, and writing the letters and sounds. We worked on the long a and the /s/ sounds this week. Next week we will focus on long e, /m/, long i, /d/, and long o.

New sight words: can, what, you

In writing we are finishing up an opinion paragraph on which season we prefer, fall or summer.

We will also finish up our unit on telling stories from pictures.

Math

We will take our chapter test on numbers to 20 today (Friday, 12/5) and then begin a chapter on numbers to 100 on Monday 12/8.

Thanks for reading, everyone! Please don't hesitate to stop by or email if you have questions or concerns. 

carrie.relles@gmail.com