Hello families,
It's hard to believe we are starting our final school week of 2015. Your kids are amazing and have come so far in the past 4 months. I am so lucky to be their teacher.
As always, we have a busy week coming up:
Important Dates
Thursday, December 17: Kids will be sharing their informational posters about an animal with the class. If your child has not yet brought in a picture of their animal, please help them do so no later than Tuesday 12/15.
Friday, December 18: Free dress day/Room 4 winter celebration, 12-1 pm. We will be decorating cookies, singing songs, and making a couple of crafts. If you'd like to help out that day please let me know. If you'd like to help by sending in cookies or decorating items, there is a sign-up sheet in room 4.
Friday, January 15: Kindergarten field trip to see the Sacramento Theater Company's performance of James and the Giant Peach. If you haven't done so already, please send in $6 for your child's ticket. I need to send in the money early next week. Thank you!
Language Arts
This week we continue to work on blending sounds and letters to make words.
We will finish up learning about the features of informational text, and the kids will finish their informational posters about an animal they chose.
Letter/sound focus: /p/, /h/ and short a
New sight words: at
Math
Instead of beginning a new chapter this week we will review and take some time to focus on practicing addition facts. The kids are loving adding and are very proud of themselves to be working on such "grown up" math.
Thanks for reading, everyone! And thank you, parents and grandparents, for all of your help in and out of the classroom so far this year. I am so grateful for all of you.
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
Friday, December 11, 2015
Friday, December 4, 2015
Week of December 7-11, 2015
Hello families!
Thank you to everyone for meeting with me this week and last week during parent/teacher conferences. I enjoyed talking about your children and learning more about your families!
We have a lot going on in Room 4 and at Phoebe Hearst during the next couple of weeks.
Important Dates/Field Trip
Wednesday, December 9: Picture make-up day and class group photo day. Everyone has free dress.
Thursday, December 10: PH craft fair, 6-8 pm. Our class made adorable hot cocoa mugs to sell at the fair. Be sure to stop by and pick one up!
Friday, December 18: School is out for winter break! We will have free dress.
Monday, January 4: First day back to school
Friday, January 15: Field trip to see the Sacramento Theater Company's production of James and the Giant Peach. The cost for this trip is $6 per child (PTO is also paying $6 per child). Please send this to room 4 no later than December 11, as we have to pay in advance. If you would like to chaperone this trip, adult tickets are $17 each, and these need to be purchased in advance as well, so please let me know asap if you'd like to attend, and then you can send in money for your ticket with your child's payment. We were told tickets are limited for this, so to be fair I will take chaperones on a first-come basis.
Language Arts
We have started reading informational texts this week, and the kids are loving reading books about topics that interest them. This week each child chose an animal to research. They will read books about their chosen animal and with the help of 5th grade buddies search for information online. They will present their research on an informational poster. Next week's homework will include searching online for a photo of their animal for their poster. Thank you for your help with this!
As always, we are continuing to work on letter sounds and blending them to read and write words. This time of year is a lot of fun because for many kids everything seems to "click", and they start reading and writing more and more independently.
Math
We started our first chapter on addition this week, which you probably saw in Thursday's homework.
Thank you for reading, everyone! Please let me know if you have questions or concerns.
Thank you to everyone for meeting with me this week and last week during parent/teacher conferences. I enjoyed talking about your children and learning more about your families!
We have a lot going on in Room 4 and at Phoebe Hearst during the next couple of weeks.
Important Dates/Field Trip
Wednesday, December 9: Picture make-up day and class group photo day. Everyone has free dress.
Thursday, December 10: PH craft fair, 6-8 pm. Our class made adorable hot cocoa mugs to sell at the fair. Be sure to stop by and pick one up!
Friday, December 18: School is out for winter break! We will have free dress.
Monday, January 4: First day back to school
Friday, January 15: Field trip to see the Sacramento Theater Company's production of James and the Giant Peach. The cost for this trip is $6 per child (PTO is also paying $6 per child). Please send this to room 4 no later than December 11, as we have to pay in advance. If you would like to chaperone this trip, adult tickets are $17 each, and these need to be purchased in advance as well, so please let me know asap if you'd like to attend, and then you can send in money for your ticket with your child's payment. We were told tickets are limited for this, so to be fair I will take chaperones on a first-come basis.
Language Arts
We have started reading informational texts this week, and the kids are loving reading books about topics that interest them. This week each child chose an animal to research. They will read books about their chosen animal and with the help of 5th grade buddies search for information online. They will present their research on an informational poster. Next week's homework will include searching online for a photo of their animal for their poster. Thank you for your help with this!
As always, we are continuing to work on letter sounds and blending them to read and write words. This time of year is a lot of fun because for many kids everything seems to "click", and they start reading and writing more and more independently.
Math
We started our first chapter on addition this week, which you probably saw in Thursday's homework.
Thank you for reading, everyone! Please let me know if you have questions or concerns.
Friday, November 27, 2015
week of November 30-December 4, 2015
Hello room 4 families,
I hope you're all enjoying Thanksgiving week. Here are a few room 4 updates:
Important dates:
11/30-12/4: early dismissal for parent/teacher conferences. I will walk the kids to the cafeteria at 11:50.
I am looking forward to meeting with you this week to talk about all the progress your children are making!
We are looking for a few extra helpers for Tuesday December 1st from 8:10 until 9am to help us with our craft fair items. Please let me know if you would like to help.
Language arts:
This week we will continue working with letter sounds to make words both orally and on paper.
We will begin reading non fiction text, and learning about the differences and similarities to fiction.
Math
This week we will finish up our chapter on numbers to 100.
Thanks for reading, everyone! Enjoy the weekend.
I hope you're all enjoying Thanksgiving week. Here are a few room 4 updates:
Important dates:
11/30-12/4: early dismissal for parent/teacher conferences. I will walk the kids to the cafeteria at 11:50.
I am looking forward to meeting with you this week to talk about all the progress your children are making!
We are looking for a few extra helpers for Tuesday December 1st from 8:10 until 9am to help us with our craft fair items. Please let me know if you would like to help.
Language arts:
This week we will continue working with letter sounds to make words both orally and on paper.
We will begin reading non fiction text, and learning about the differences and similarities to fiction.
Math
This week we will finish up our chapter on numbers to 100.
Thanks for reading, everyone! Enjoy the weekend.
Friday, November 6, 2015
Week of November 9-13, 2015
Hello Room 4 families,
November is in full swing in Room 4! We have a lot going on this month, and the kids are working so hard every day.
Here is what we have coming up:
Important Dates
Monday 11/9: School picture day. Please send your envelope with payment or your online receipt with your child to school on Monday. We will be taking our pictures at about 9:30. Students have free dress.
Wednesday, 11/11: Veterans' Day; NO SCHOOL
Friday, 11/20: shortened days and parent/teacher conferences begin. At 11;50 I will walk the class to the cafeteria, where they can either be picked up immediately or eat lunch until 12:20 and then go home. 4th R students will eat lunch and then get picked up by 4th R staff at 12:20. Shortened days will continue through 12/4.
Please look for an email from me today regarding parent/teacher conference appointments. I am looking forward to meeting with everyone to discuss all the progress your kids have made!
11/23-11/27: Thanksgiving Break; NO SCHOOL
Language Arts
This week we will finish up our unit on telling stories through pictures. Your child is now familiar with characters, setting, problems and resolutions, how words and illustrations work together in stories, and how authors convey characters' emotions. These are all things you can talk with your child about while reading together.
For the next couple of weeks kids have become letter experts. Each student has been working with one or two others as "experts" of various letters I assigned to them. This week kids are encouraged to bring small items from home that begin with their letter. We will display the items in room 4, and the kids will take them home next week. Please see below for a list of the experts.
New sight words: do, has, who
Math
This week we are working on chapter 5 on numbers to 20. In the homework you will see we are working on counting to, grouping items to, and writing numbers up to 20.
Parent help needed!
We would love to have someone to fill in during our centers time (8:10-9:00am) on Mondays for the rest of November. If you are interested in helping please let me know. We will be most appreciative!
Letter Expert groups--kids can bring in small items that begin with their letter any day this week.
Bb-Grayson, Emily, Enzo
Dd-Sadie, Aaron, Niko
Ff-Giuliana, Adam
Hh-Theo, Jayden
Ll-Kyle, Abigail, Everett
Mm-Nura, Liam, Caroline
Nn-Sarah, Zoie, Will
Pp-Ben, Daniel
Rr-Palmer, Alexander
Ss-Matthew, Charlotte
Tt-Xavier, Ava, Yara
November is in full swing in Room 4! We have a lot going on this month, and the kids are working so hard every day.
Here is what we have coming up:
Important Dates
Monday 11/9: School picture day. Please send your envelope with payment or your online receipt with your child to school on Monday. We will be taking our pictures at about 9:30. Students have free dress.
Wednesday, 11/11: Veterans' Day; NO SCHOOL
Friday, 11/20: shortened days and parent/teacher conferences begin. At 11;50 I will walk the class to the cafeteria, where they can either be picked up immediately or eat lunch until 12:20 and then go home. 4th R students will eat lunch and then get picked up by 4th R staff at 12:20. Shortened days will continue through 12/4.
Please look for an email from me today regarding parent/teacher conference appointments. I am looking forward to meeting with everyone to discuss all the progress your kids have made!
11/23-11/27: Thanksgiving Break; NO SCHOOL
Language Arts
This week we will finish up our unit on telling stories through pictures. Your child is now familiar with characters, setting, problems and resolutions, how words and illustrations work together in stories, and how authors convey characters' emotions. These are all things you can talk with your child about while reading together.
For the next couple of weeks kids have become letter experts. Each student has been working with one or two others as "experts" of various letters I assigned to them. This week kids are encouraged to bring small items from home that begin with their letter. We will display the items in room 4, and the kids will take them home next week. Please see below for a list of the experts.
New sight words: do, has, who
Math
This week we are working on chapter 5 on numbers to 20. In the homework you will see we are working on counting to, grouping items to, and writing numbers up to 20.
Parent help needed!
We would love to have someone to fill in during our centers time (8:10-9:00am) on Mondays for the rest of November. If you are interested in helping please let me know. We will be most appreciative!
Letter Expert groups--kids can bring in small items that begin with their letter any day this week.
Bb-Grayson, Emily, Enzo
Dd-Sadie, Aaron, Niko
Ff-Giuliana, Adam
Hh-Theo, Jayden
Ll-Kyle, Abigail, Everett
Mm-Nura, Liam, Caroline
Nn-Sarah, Zoie, Will
Pp-Ben, Daniel
Rr-Palmer, Alexander
Ss-Matthew, Charlotte
Tt-Xavier, Ava, Yara
Friday, October 23, 2015
Week of October 26-30, 2015
Hello Families!
We had such a fun week in room 4. Thank you again to all of the parents who chaperoned our field trip to Dave's Pumpkin Patch on Thursday. Field trips would not be possible without all of our fantastic volunteers.
I am currently working on our next trip, so stay tuned for that.
Here is what we have coming up:
Saturday 10/24: PH Harvest Festival, 3-6:30 pm. I hope to see all of you there! We did not get enough volunteers to staff our face painting booth. This is a first for Room 4. If you can spare 30 minutes, please let me know ASAP. We need your help.
Friday, October 30: jog-a-thon/fall celebration We are running at 9:15, and all parents are welcome to cheer us on.
On the 30th we will also have a small fall celebration in Room 4 from 10-11am. We will make a couple of crafts and have popcorn and juice for snacks. If you would like to help out for this, we would love to have 4-5 more parents. Please let me know.
Please note: we do have free dress on the 30th, but costumes are not allowed. Please send your child in running clothes for the jog-a-thon.
Monday, 11/9 : school picture day. More information to follow.
Language Arts:
Letter focus: Yy and Zz
New Sight words: it, no, and this
This week we are continuing to work on telling stories from pictures. We have begun talking a lot about the problems in stories and how the characters solve them. When you are reading with your child, ask your child about the characters, setting, and problem/resolution
Math
This week we will continue to work on comparing numbers to 10. So far the chapter is going very well.
Thanks for reading, everyone! Have a super weekend.
We had such a fun week in room 4. Thank you again to all of the parents who chaperoned our field trip to Dave's Pumpkin Patch on Thursday. Field trips would not be possible without all of our fantastic volunteers.
I am currently working on our next trip, so stay tuned for that.
Here is what we have coming up:
Saturday 10/24: PH Harvest Festival, 3-6:30 pm. I hope to see all of you there! We did not get enough volunteers to staff our face painting booth. This is a first for Room 4. If you can spare 30 minutes, please let me know ASAP. We need your help.
Friday, October 30: jog-a-thon/fall celebration We are running at 9:15, and all parents are welcome to cheer us on.
On the 30th we will also have a small fall celebration in Room 4 from 10-11am. We will make a couple of crafts and have popcorn and juice for snacks. If you would like to help out for this, we would love to have 4-5 more parents. Please let me know.
Please note: we do have free dress on the 30th, but costumes are not allowed. Please send your child in running clothes for the jog-a-thon.
Monday, 11/9 : school picture day. More information to follow.
Language Arts:
Letter focus: Yy and Zz
New Sight words: it, no, and this
This week we are continuing to work on telling stories from pictures. We have begun talking a lot about the problems in stories and how the characters solve them. When you are reading with your child, ask your child about the characters, setting, and problem/resolution
Math
This week we will continue to work on comparing numbers to 10. So far the chapter is going very well.
Thanks for reading, everyone! Have a super weekend.
Friday, October 16, 2015
Week of October 19-23, 2015
Hello families!
We are already halfway through October! It's hard to believe.
We are getting ready for our first field trip to the pumpkin patch next week and the kids can't wait!
Here is what we have coming up:
Important dates:
Thursday 10/22: pumpkin patch field trip. Please send your child with a bag lunch, as we will be eating at the pumpkin patch.
Saturday 10/24: Phoebe Hearst harvest festival. This is such a fun event! Please be sure to come and support our school. You can also support room 4 by working in our booth. We need volunteers!
Language Arts
Letter focus this week: Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx
New sight words: big, have, and small
We are continuing to work on telling stories through pictures this week. We have talked about what characters are doing, how they feel, the setting, and details that illustrators use to help tell stories. This week the kids will begin to tell stories using several illustrations instead of just one.
Math
We have begun Topic 4 on comparing numbers up to 10. This chapter can get tricky for some kids, so if you notice your child having difficulty with any of this week's homework pages, please let me know!
Wish List Items
I would love two rolls of clear contact paper! I am going to give the kids new nametags and table spots at the end of this trimester.
We will also always take paper--any color--for the recess art table.
Thank you for reading, everyone! Please let me know if you have questions or concerns.
We are already halfway through October! It's hard to believe.
We are getting ready for our first field trip to the pumpkin patch next week and the kids can't wait!
Here is what we have coming up:
Important dates:
Thursday 10/22: pumpkin patch field trip. Please send your child with a bag lunch, as we will be eating at the pumpkin patch.
Saturday 10/24: Phoebe Hearst harvest festival. This is such a fun event! Please be sure to come and support our school. You can also support room 4 by working in our booth. We need volunteers!
Language Arts
Letter focus this week: Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx
New sight words: big, have, and small
We are continuing to work on telling stories through pictures this week. We have talked about what characters are doing, how they feel, the setting, and details that illustrators use to help tell stories. This week the kids will begin to tell stories using several illustrations instead of just one.
Math
We have begun Topic 4 on comparing numbers up to 10. This chapter can get tricky for some kids, so if you notice your child having difficulty with any of this week's homework pages, please let me know!
Wish List Items
I would love two rolls of clear contact paper! I am going to give the kids new nametags and table spots at the end of this trimester.
We will also always take paper--any color--for the recess art table.
Thank you for reading, everyone! Please let me know if you have questions or concerns.
Friday, October 9, 2015
Week of October 12-16
Hello Room 4 families!
We had such a good week in room 4. The kids have been working so hard, and their work is showing in all of the gains I am already seeing in reading and writing. Thank you parents for reinforcing our school work at home by reading with your child daily and helping your child when necessary with homework.
Here is what we have coming up:
Friday 10/16: Jog-a-Thon envelopes are due no later than 8:10 am for your child to be eligible for prizes. You can send these in to school any day this week.
We will be working in the garden on this day with our 5th grade buddies. The kindergarteners and 5th graders are enjoying working together so much. On Friday afternoons be sure to ask your child if he or she saw their buddy at school and what they did together.
Thursday 10/22: Kinder field trip to Dave's Pumpkin Patch
Thank you to everyone who sent in the $5.50 for the trip and to those who volunteered to chaperone. I am waiting for fingerprint verification from the district office for several people, so I will confirm with many of you when our office has the verification.
Remember kids need to bring a lunch that day because we will be eating at the pumpkin patch.
Saturday 10/24:Phoebe Hearst Harvest Festival
This is such a fun afternoon for PH families and friends to come a play carnival games, wear costumes, and see friends. Each class is responsible for running a booth, which of course would not be possible without volunteers. Our class is doing a tattoo and facepainting booth, and we really need help with volunteer facepainters. I promise our facepainting designs will be simple! Volunteer shifts can be 30 to 60 minutes.
If you work at the Harvest Festival (or any school event) you can log double parent volunteer hours for yourself. Please contact our room parents Melody ( melodyaf@hotmail.com ) or Erica (ericalleonard@gmail.com ) if you can help. Thank you for supporting room 4 and PH!
Language Arts
This week we continue to work with rhymes, letter names and sounds, and listening for spoken words in sentences. We have begun counting and isolating words we hear in spoken sentences, which will help when your child begins to read and write complete sentences.
New sight words: he and she.
Letter focus: Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt
We also will continue to study how authors tell stories from pictures. We will talk about emotions that characters have and look for these details in stories we read.
Math
On Thursday we will take our Topic 3 test on numbers to 10.
On Friday we will begin Topic 4: Comparing and Ordering Numbers 0 to 10.
This week's student of the week will be Kyle. Please be sure to stop by and check out her poster and the letters from her classmates! (the letters will be up Tuesday)
Thank you for reading, everyone! Please do not hesitate to email me with any questions or concerns.
carrie.relles@gmail.com
We had such a good week in room 4. The kids have been working so hard, and their work is showing in all of the gains I am already seeing in reading and writing. Thank you parents for reinforcing our school work at home by reading with your child daily and helping your child when necessary with homework.
Here is what we have coming up:
Friday 10/16: Jog-a-Thon envelopes are due no later than 8:10 am for your child to be eligible for prizes. You can send these in to school any day this week.
We will be working in the garden on this day with our 5th grade buddies. The kindergarteners and 5th graders are enjoying working together so much. On Friday afternoons be sure to ask your child if he or she saw their buddy at school and what they did together.
Thursday 10/22: Kinder field trip to Dave's Pumpkin Patch
Thank you to everyone who sent in the $5.50 for the trip and to those who volunteered to chaperone. I am waiting for fingerprint verification from the district office for several people, so I will confirm with many of you when our office has the verification.
Remember kids need to bring a lunch that day because we will be eating at the pumpkin patch.
Saturday 10/24:Phoebe Hearst Harvest Festival
This is such a fun afternoon for PH families and friends to come a play carnival games, wear costumes, and see friends. Each class is responsible for running a booth, which of course would not be possible without volunteers. Our class is doing a tattoo and facepainting booth, and we really need help with volunteer facepainters. I promise our facepainting designs will be simple! Volunteer shifts can be 30 to 60 minutes.
If you work at the Harvest Festival (or any school event) you can log double parent volunteer hours for yourself. Please contact our room parents Melody ( melodyaf@hotmail.com ) or Erica (ericalleonard@gmail.com ) if you can help. Thank you for supporting room 4 and PH!
Language Arts
This week we continue to work with rhymes, letter names and sounds, and listening for spoken words in sentences. We have begun counting and isolating words we hear in spoken sentences, which will help when your child begins to read and write complete sentences.
New sight words: he and she.
Letter focus: Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt
We also will continue to study how authors tell stories from pictures. We will talk about emotions that characters have and look for these details in stories we read.
Math
On Thursday we will take our Topic 3 test on numbers to 10.
On Friday we will begin Topic 4: Comparing and Ordering Numbers 0 to 10.
This week's student of the week will be Kyle. Please be sure to stop by and check out her poster and the letters from her classmates! (the letters will be up Tuesday)
Thank you for reading, everyone! Please do not hesitate to email me with any questions or concerns.
carrie.relles@gmail.com
Friday, October 2, 2015
Week of October 5-9, 2015
Hello families!
What a busy week! We worked on finding our fire through kindness and community building, worked on letters and writing sentences with our sight words, learned about self-portraits with Ms Jane, practiced comparing numbers to 5, started the Royal Reader program, met with our 5th grade buddies, and worked in the Phoebe Garden for the first time. Whew! We all need a couple of days to rest before we get right back to work.
Here is what we have coming up:
Pumpkin Patch field trip---Thursday, October 22.
As I mentioned at back-to-school night, we will be heading to Dave's pumpkin patch in West Sacramento on 10/22. We will leave on school buses at 9:30am and return in time for dismissal. The cost is $5.50 per student. This includes activities at the pumpkin patch and a small pumpkin. You can send the money to school beginning today--just clearly label it with your child's name. All children will need to bring a bag lunch that day. We will eat at the pumpkin patch before returning to school. Parents who have been fingerprinted are welcome to join us on the trip. Please let me know as soon as possible if you'd like to chaperone.
Student of the Week
We will begin celebrating one student each week beginning on Monday October 12. The Thursday before your child's week, I will send home a poster to complete. S/he will return the poster on Monday, and present it to the class. The other students will write letters to your child, and these will be displayed in the classroom with the poster on our student of the week bulletin board. The student of the week is our line leader and helps with any other jobs that pop up throughout the week. It is a special time for the kids. I will present a poster about myself next week as an example before we begin with kids.
Royal Reader
Hopefully you saw the bright orange Royal Reader form that came home with the October newsletter on Wednesday. The will take the place of our reading logs. Please help your child log the number of minutes s/he reads or is read to outside of school. The back of the log explains the program and the prizes kids can earn for reading, reading, reading. The logs are due at the end of each month. If you misplace a log, you can logs minutes on any calendar and turn that in for credit.
Language Arts
Letter focus: Mm, Nn, Oo, and Pp
New sight words: and, we
I encourage families to have a sight word wall displayed somewhere at home. Ask your child to read and write the words periodically. Use flash cards and make up games where your child reads the words, makes up sentences that include the words, and writes the words. As soon as the majority of kids have mastered the kindergarten words we move to the first grade list.
Comprehension and writing: we continue this week to focus on telling stories from pictures. We have been working a lot on details in stories and illustrations.
Math
We will take our Topic 2 test on comparing numbers 1-5 on Monday. On Tuesday we will begin Topic 3, numbers 6-10.
Science
We have begun our first life science unit on plants. During this unit we will focus primarily on pumpkins because of our upcoming field trip. Topics covered will include what plants need to live, how plants grow, how people use plants,and comparing different types of plants with one another.
Thank you for reading!! Please don't hesitate to email or stop by room 4 if you have any questions or concerns. Have a fantastic weekend.
Friday, September 25, 2015
Week of September 28-October 2, 2015
Hello Room 4 families! It's been another fantastic week in room 4. We loved having our first parent volunteers and the kids enjoyed Apple day. Thanks to everyone!
Here is what we have coming up:
Important dates:
Friday 10/2: room 4 to work in the school garden, 10:15 am. We would love to have a few parents to help during this time. Please let me know if you're available.
Saturday, 10/24: Harvest Festival.
Friday, 10/30: Jog-a-Thon. Please see the October newsletter for more information.
Language arts
This week we continue to work on recognizing letters shapes and forming letters correctly. We will focus on Ii, Jj, Kk, and Ll.
This week's new sight words: I and see
We have begun our first reading comprehension unit on telling stories from pictures and illustrations. We have looked at many wordless books and discussed what the characters are doing, what they are saying, and where they are. This lays the foundation not only for understanding the stories we read, but also for becoming good storytellers ourselves. We have been getting our own ideas for realistic and imaginary stories we can tell using illustrations.
Math
This week we will finish up our chapter on comparing and ordering numbers to 5. We will take the chapter test on Monday 10/5.
Chapter 3 will focus on numbers six through ten.
Wish list items
We have a new drawing table out at recess. If you have any paper to donate (any color, size, or density) we would appreciate it. You can drop off in room 4 any time.
The kids also enjoy using extra large Lego-like blocks at recess. If you have some at home your kids no longer use please consider sending them to school.
Lost and Found
We are starting quite a collection in the back of room 4. With cool mornings and warm afternoons kids take off their sweaters and forget to hang them up or leave them on the yard. If you're missing anything, come check what we have in the back off the room. As a reminder, please label all outerwear with your child's name.
Thanks for reading! Please email me with any questions.
Here is what we have coming up:
Important dates:
Friday 10/2: room 4 to work in the school garden, 10:15 am. We would love to have a few parents to help during this time. Please let me know if you're available.
Saturday, 10/24: Harvest Festival.
Friday, 10/30: Jog-a-Thon. Please see the October newsletter for more information.
Language arts
This week we continue to work on recognizing letters shapes and forming letters correctly. We will focus on Ii, Jj, Kk, and Ll.
This week's new sight words: I and see
We have begun our first reading comprehension unit on telling stories from pictures and illustrations. We have looked at many wordless books and discussed what the characters are doing, what they are saying, and where they are. This lays the foundation not only for understanding the stories we read, but also for becoming good storytellers ourselves. We have been getting our own ideas for realistic and imaginary stories we can tell using illustrations.
Math
This week we will finish up our chapter on comparing and ordering numbers to 5. We will take the chapter test on Monday 10/5.
Chapter 3 will focus on numbers six through ten.
Wish list items
We have a new drawing table out at recess. If you have any paper to donate (any color, size, or density) we would appreciate it. You can drop off in room 4 any time.
The kids also enjoy using extra large Lego-like blocks at recess. If you have some at home your kids no longer use please consider sending them to school.
Lost and Found
We are starting quite a collection in the back of room 4. With cool mornings and warm afternoons kids take off their sweaters and forget to hang them up or leave them on the yard. If you're missing anything, come check what we have in the back off the room. As a reminder, please label all outerwear with your child's name.
Thanks for reading! Please email me with any questions.
Friday, September 18, 2015
Week of September 21, 2015
Hello room 4 families!
Our first full week of school has been very busy. We have settled in to a very good routine, and the kids have been impressing me every day with how hard they work. Thank you again to every who came to Back-to-School Night. I enjoyed talking to all of you.
Here is what we have coming up:
Important dates:
Monday 9/21: our first art lesson with the fabulous Ms. Jane. Be sure to ask your child about what s/he learned!
Friday 9/25: movie night; 6:30 pm
Friday 9/25: kindergarten "Apple Day"--- we will be celebrating Johnny Appleseed and work on several Apple-themed lessons. I am hoping some of you will send in food for us to taste and write about. We need: Apple juice (2 gallons), apple sauce (2 large jars), a package of small cups (for the juice), plastic spoons, and small paper plates. If you can send any of these items this week please let me know. Additionally, please send your child to school that day with an apple. We will use them for several lessons and then eat them.
Language Arts:
This week we will focus on the letters E, F, G, and H. We will work on rhyming and listening for first, middle, and last spoken words.
Our new sight words this week are a, an, here, and is.
We will begin writing sentences using sight words and the letter sounds we know.
Math:
The kids did an excellent job overall with their first math test on Thursday. Stop in and check them out in the classroom this week!
This week we begin chapter 2 on comparing and ordering numbers 0-5. You will see these concepts in our nightly homework. Each homework page corresponds to the lesson we will work on that day, so try not to skip ahead with the math this week!
Decodable and Pre-Decodable books:
On Friday your child should have taken home their first pre-decodable book, "The Park". The purpose of these books is for children to practice print concepts and sight words. They will get about one book a week, so I encouraged them in class to keep them in a safe spot together and practice them. They should point to the words as they read. Next week's book will have all of our new sight words to practice.
Thank you for reading, everyone. Please let me know if you have questions. Have a super weekend.
Our first full week of school has been very busy. We have settled in to a very good routine, and the kids have been impressing me every day with how hard they work. Thank you again to every who came to Back-to-School Night. I enjoyed talking to all of you.
Here is what we have coming up:
Important dates:
Monday 9/21: our first art lesson with the fabulous Ms. Jane. Be sure to ask your child about what s/he learned!
Friday 9/25: movie night; 6:30 pm
Friday 9/25: kindergarten "Apple Day"--- we will be celebrating Johnny Appleseed and work on several Apple-themed lessons. I am hoping some of you will send in food for us to taste and write about. We need: Apple juice (2 gallons), apple sauce (2 large jars), a package of small cups (for the juice), plastic spoons, and small paper plates. If you can send any of these items this week please let me know. Additionally, please send your child to school that day with an apple. We will use them for several lessons and then eat them.
Language Arts:
This week we will focus on the letters E, F, G, and H. We will work on rhyming and listening for first, middle, and last spoken words.
Our new sight words this week are a, an, here, and is.
We will begin writing sentences using sight words and the letter sounds we know.
Math:
The kids did an excellent job overall with their first math test on Thursday. Stop in and check them out in the classroom this week!
This week we begin chapter 2 on comparing and ordering numbers 0-5. You will see these concepts in our nightly homework. Each homework page corresponds to the lesson we will work on that day, so try not to skip ahead with the math this week!
Decodable and Pre-Decodable books:
On Friday your child should have taken home their first pre-decodable book, "The Park". The purpose of these books is for children to practice print concepts and sight words. They will get about one book a week, so I encouraged them in class to keep them in a safe spot together and practice them. They should point to the words as they read. Next week's book will have all of our new sight words to practice.
Thank you for reading, everyone. Please let me know if you have questions. Have a super weekend.
Friday, September 11, 2015
Week of September 14-18, 2015
Hello Room 4 families!
I keep this webpage instead of sending home weekly newsletters. Please check here on Fridays to find out what is happening in room 4.
The kids have done a marvelous job this week with learning our school and classroom rules, getting to know one another, and working on some kindergarten curriculum! Hopefully your child has talked to you about some of his or her new friends and some of the things we have been working on in class. Please check your child's backpack daily for completed work. All work that is completed and sent home does not need to come back to school.
Here is what we have coming up:
Wednesday, September 16: Back-to-School night, 6-7 pm. This is a night for parents to come and hear about everything we do in room 4. I will go over our day, curriculum, kindergarten standards, and answer any questions you have. Please meet on the main playground at 6 for some information from Mr. McGill before heading over to room 4.
Friday, September 25: Phoebe Hearst movie night, 6:30 pm
Friday, September 25: Kindergarten Apple Day. On this day we ask all kinder students to bring an apple to school. We will use them for several lessons throughout the day and then have a nutritious snack! The apple can be any size or color.
5th Grade Reading Buddies
Today the kids will be meeting their 5th grade buddy from Mr/ Goul's class in room 8. We will meet with our buddies on most Friday mornings to read, work in the garden, and complete projects together. Be sure to ask your child about his or her buddy this afternoon!
Language Arts
Next week we will begin focusing on a letter each day. We will work on correct letter formation and talk about the sounds the letters make. We will read poems that focus on the letters and complete workbook pages.
I will introduce the first sight word next week: the
Math
Next week we will continue working on numbers 1-5. We will take our first math test at the end of the week.
Homework
I sent the first homework packet via email today. I send these on Fridays to give everyone plenty of time to get them printed, etc. These are due back the following Friday in the homework folders, which are going home today. Please let me know if you have questions about this.
Thank you for reading, everyone!
Please do not hesitate to email, call, or come by room 4 if you have questions or concerns. I look forward to speaking with all parents on Wednesday at Back-to-School night!
I keep this webpage instead of sending home weekly newsletters. Please check here on Fridays to find out what is happening in room 4.
The kids have done a marvelous job this week with learning our school and classroom rules, getting to know one another, and working on some kindergarten curriculum! Hopefully your child has talked to you about some of his or her new friends and some of the things we have been working on in class. Please check your child's backpack daily for completed work. All work that is completed and sent home does not need to come back to school.
Here is what we have coming up:
Wednesday, September 16: Back-to-School night, 6-7 pm. This is a night for parents to come and hear about everything we do in room 4. I will go over our day, curriculum, kindergarten standards, and answer any questions you have. Please meet on the main playground at 6 for some information from Mr. McGill before heading over to room 4.
Friday, September 25: Phoebe Hearst movie night, 6:30 pm
Friday, September 25: Kindergarten Apple Day. On this day we ask all kinder students to bring an apple to school. We will use them for several lessons throughout the day and then have a nutritious snack! The apple can be any size or color.
5th Grade Reading Buddies
Today the kids will be meeting their 5th grade buddy from Mr/ Goul's class in room 8. We will meet with our buddies on most Friday mornings to read, work in the garden, and complete projects together. Be sure to ask your child about his or her buddy this afternoon!
Language Arts
Next week we will begin focusing on a letter each day. We will work on correct letter formation and talk about the sounds the letters make. We will read poems that focus on the letters and complete workbook pages.
I will introduce the first sight word next week: the
Math
Next week we will continue working on numbers 1-5. We will take our first math test at the end of the week.
Homework
I sent the first homework packet via email today. I send these on Fridays to give everyone plenty of time to get them printed, etc. These are due back the following Friday in the homework folders, which are going home today. Please let me know if you have questions about this.
Thank you for reading, everyone!
Please do not hesitate to email, call, or come by room 4 if you have questions or concerns. I look forward to speaking with all parents on Wednesday at Back-to-School night!
Friday, April 10, 2015
Week of April 13-17, 2015
Hello everyone!
Here is what we have coming up at Phoebe Hearst and in Room 4:
Important Dates
Friday, 4/17: Room 4 to work in the school garden, 8:45-9:30 am. We would love to have 4-5 parent helpers for this, so if you're interested please let me know.
Science Night; more info to follow.
Spirit free dress day: Twin Day
Saturday, 5/16: PH art walk at PH. This is a fun day to come to school and check out the art the kids have been working on all year. There are usually crafts and activities as well as snacks for sale.
Wednesday, 5/27: Open House. This will be in the evening. It's a fun night for your family to come see all of the kindergarten work on display in Room 4.
Here is what we have coming up at Phoebe Hearst and in Room 4:
Important Dates
Friday, 4/17: Room 4 to work in the school garden, 8:45-9:30 am. We would love to have 4-5 parent helpers for this, so if you're interested please let me know.
Science Night; more info to follow.
Spirit free dress day: Twin Day
Saturday, 5/16: PH art walk at PH. This is a fun day to come to school and check out the art the kids have been working on all year. There are usually crafts and activities as well as snacks for sale.
Wednesday, 5/27: Open House. This will be in the evening. It's a fun night for your family to come see all of the kindergarten work on display in Room 4.
Thursday, 6/4: Kinder play day on the baseball fields; 9-12:30. Save the date!! This is a really fun day we started last year with Rooms 2 and 3. We have lots of stations set up around the fields for kids to play, do artwork, etc. All families are invited, and at the end of the day we have a big picnic lunch. We need lots of parent help with this! Be on the lookout for emails as the day gets closer.
Language Arts
We have started to work on blending longer words with more syllables and long vowel spellings. The kids are doing a fantastic job with this. Please remember to have them read to you every day in addition to the time you spend reading to them.
Letter/sound focus: /k/ spelled k, /kw/ spelled qu_, and /y/.
For writing this week we will review informational writing.
Math
This week the kids took their chapter 12 test on measurement and did a super job. We have begun chapter 13 on sorting, classifying, counting, and categorizing data.
Thanks for reading, everyone! Please let me know if you have questions or concerns.
carrie.relles@gmail.com
Friday, March 27, 2015
Week of April 6-10, 2015
Hello everyone!
We've had a productive week in Room 4. The kids have been working so hard on learning how to share their opinions in writing. They definitely deserve a week off!
Here is what we have coming up:
Monday 3/30-Friday, 4/3: Spring Break; no school
Friday, 4/17: Science Night; more info to follow.
Spirit free dress day: Twin Day
Saturday, 5/16: PH art walk at PH. This is a fun day to come to school and check out the art the kids have been working on all year. There are usually crafts and activities as well as snacks for sale.
Wednesday, 5/27: Open House. This will be in the evening. It's a fun night for your family to come see all of the kindergarten work on display in Room 4.
Language Arts
This week we continue to work on blending sounds and letters to make words. We have begun to work on more and more complicated words, and the kids have risen to the challenge!
Letter/sound focus: /z/, /w/, and /k/.
For writing we will review informational/expository writing.
Math
This week we will finish up our unit on measurement and take our test.
Lost and Found
We still have lots of sweaters and sweatshirts that belong to Room 4 kids. I put them on the hooks in the hallway outside our door. If your child is missing anything please check these items.
We've had a productive week in Room 4. The kids have been working so hard on learning how to share their opinions in writing. They definitely deserve a week off!
Here is what we have coming up:
Monday 3/30-Friday, 4/3: Spring Break; no school
Friday, 4/17: Science Night; more info to follow.
Spirit free dress day: Twin Day
Saturday, 5/16: PH art walk at PH. This is a fun day to come to school and check out the art the kids have been working on all year. There are usually crafts and activities as well as snacks for sale.
Wednesday, 5/27: Open House. This will be in the evening. It's a fun night for your family to come see all of the kindergarten work on display in Room 4.
Language Arts
This week we continue to work on blending sounds and letters to make words. We have begun to work on more and more complicated words, and the kids have risen to the challenge!
Letter/sound focus: /z/, /w/, and /k/.
For writing we will review informational/expository writing.
Math
This week we will finish up our unit on measurement and take our test.
Lost and Found
We still have lots of sweaters and sweatshirts that belong to Room 4 kids. I put them on the hooks in the hallway outside our door. If your child is missing anything please check these items.
Friday, March 20, 2015
Week of March 23-30, 2015
Hello Room 4 families,
It was another super week in room 4. The kids have been working away on their reading and writing, and I am proud to say everyone scored 100% on a recent math test. Way to go kindergarteners!
Thank you to everyone who came to support our talented kids this week at the talent show. I'd like to send a special congratulations to Hazel H who played her violin in the show and Cadell, who showcased his hip hop moves on stage. Great job, you two!
Here is what we have coming up:
Important Dates:
Friday, 3/20: The Event, 6:30-9:30 pm at the Elks Tower Ballroom on 11th and J. This is a really fun night to socialize with Phoebe Hearst parents and raise money for the school. Thank you to our room moms who organized a Room 4 Lego basket for the silent auction, and to everyone who donated Lego items. The basket will be awesome.
The other kindergarten teachers and I will have a "Pirate Pizza Party" in the silent auction. There will be one top bidder for each teacher, and each winning bidder will get to invite 3 friends to a pirate pizza party in Room 2. It's always a good time, and it raises money for technology at PH!
***It's not too late to buy tickets either online or at the door, so if you have a last-minute opportunity for a night out, come to The Event!***
Tuesday, 3/24: Royal Reader Sacramento Kings game, 7pm
Friday, 3/27: Free dress
Monday, 3/30-Friday, 4/3: SPRING BREAK; NO SCHOOL
Friday, 4/17: Science Night; time TBA
Language Arts
This week we will wrap up our work with forming and sharing opinions orally and in writing. The kids' writing is looking FANTASTIC. The majority of kids are now in the habit of beginning their paragraphs with a topic sentence. We are working on concluding sentences. You can help with this at home by reminding you child to start his or her homework writing with a topic sentence. Thank you!
Letter/sound focus: short e, /x/, and /z/
Math
We have begun a uinit on measurement. During this unit we will focus on measuring and comparing length, weight, and capacity.
It was another super week in room 4. The kids have been working away on their reading and writing, and I am proud to say everyone scored 100% on a recent math test. Way to go kindergarteners!
Thank you to everyone who came to support our talented kids this week at the talent show. I'd like to send a special congratulations to Hazel H who played her violin in the show and Cadell, who showcased his hip hop moves on stage. Great job, you two!
Here is what we have coming up:
Important Dates:
Friday, 3/20: The Event, 6:30-9:30 pm at the Elks Tower Ballroom on 11th and J. This is a really fun night to socialize with Phoebe Hearst parents and raise money for the school. Thank you to our room moms who organized a Room 4 Lego basket for the silent auction, and to everyone who donated Lego items. The basket will be awesome.
The other kindergarten teachers and I will have a "Pirate Pizza Party" in the silent auction. There will be one top bidder for each teacher, and each winning bidder will get to invite 3 friends to a pirate pizza party in Room 2. It's always a good time, and it raises money for technology at PH!
***It's not too late to buy tickets either online or at the door, so if you have a last-minute opportunity for a night out, come to The Event!***
Tuesday, 3/24: Royal Reader Sacramento Kings game, 7pm
Friday, 3/27: Free dress
Monday, 3/30-Friday, 4/3: SPRING BREAK; NO SCHOOL
Friday, 4/17: Science Night; time TBA
Language Arts
This week we will wrap up our work with forming and sharing opinions orally and in writing. The kids' writing is looking FANTASTIC. The majority of kids are now in the habit of beginning their paragraphs with a topic sentence. We are working on concluding sentences. You can help with this at home by reminding you child to start his or her homework writing with a topic sentence. Thank you!
Letter/sound focus: short e, /x/, and /z/
Math
We have begun a uinit on measurement. During this unit we will focus on measuring and comparing length, weight, and capacity.
Friday, March 6, 2015
Week of March 9-13, 2015
Hello everyone!
We had so much fun celebrating Dr. Seuss this week. Be sure to ask your child which Dr. Seuss book is his or her favorite.
Here is what's coming up:
Important Dates:
Tuesday, 3/17: free dress as long as you wear GREEN
Wednessday, 3/18: art lesson, 10-10:45 am. It's always nice to have a couple of adult helpers for these, so if you'd like to help, please let me know.
Wednesday, 3/18: Talent/Air Rock show. Sutter Middle School, 5:30 pm. Hazel H. will be playing the violin in the show, and Cadell is part of an air rock act. Good luck to our room 4 friends!
Friday, 3/20: The Event, 6:30-9:30 pm at the Elks Tower Ballroom on 11th and J. This is a really fun night to socialize with Phoebe Hearst parents and raise money for the school. Thank you to our room moms who are organizing a Room 4 Lego basket for the silent auction.
The other kindergarten teachers and I will have a "Pirate Pizza Party" in the silent auction. There will be one top bidder for each teacher, and the winning bidder will get to invite 3 friends to a pirate pizza party in Room 2. It's always a good time, and it raises money for technology at PH!
Tuesday, 3/24: Royal Reader Sacramento Kings game, 7pm
Friday, 3/27: Free dress
Monday, 3/30-Friday, 4/3: SPRING BREAK; NO SCHOOL
Language Arts
This week we continue to work on making both oral and written words by putting sounds together. We are beginning to work on more complex words, and the kids are responding really well to this.
In writing we will continue to work on sharing our opinions for the remainder of March. We worked this week on differentiating facts from opinions.
Letter/sound focus: short u, /g/, /j/
Math
This week we will complete a chapter on decomposing numbers to 20. We will use ten-frames to examine how to take numbers apart. For example, 18 can be broken down into 10+8.
Thanks for reading, everyone!
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. carrie.relles@gmail.com
We had so much fun celebrating Dr. Seuss this week. Be sure to ask your child which Dr. Seuss book is his or her favorite.
Here is what's coming up:
Important Dates:
Tuesday, 3/17: free dress as long as you wear GREEN
Wednessday, 3/18: art lesson, 10-10:45 am. It's always nice to have a couple of adult helpers for these, so if you'd like to help, please let me know.
Wednesday, 3/18: Talent/Air Rock show. Sutter Middle School, 5:30 pm. Hazel H. will be playing the violin in the show, and Cadell is part of an air rock act. Good luck to our room 4 friends!
Friday, 3/20: The Event, 6:30-9:30 pm at the Elks Tower Ballroom on 11th and J. This is a really fun night to socialize with Phoebe Hearst parents and raise money for the school. Thank you to our room moms who are organizing a Room 4 Lego basket for the silent auction.
The other kindergarten teachers and I will have a "Pirate Pizza Party" in the silent auction. There will be one top bidder for each teacher, and the winning bidder will get to invite 3 friends to a pirate pizza party in Room 2. It's always a good time, and it raises money for technology at PH!
Tuesday, 3/24: Royal Reader Sacramento Kings game, 7pm
Friday, 3/27: Free dress
Monday, 3/30-Friday, 4/3: SPRING BREAK; NO SCHOOL
Language Arts
This week we continue to work on making both oral and written words by putting sounds together. We are beginning to work on more complex words, and the kids are responding really well to this.
In writing we will continue to work on sharing our opinions for the remainder of March. We worked this week on differentiating facts from opinions.
Letter/sound focus: short u, /g/, /j/
Math
This week we will complete a chapter on decomposing numbers to 20. We will use ten-frames to examine how to take numbers apart. For example, 18 can be broken down into 10+8.
Thanks for reading, everyone!
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. carrie.relles@gmail.com
Friday, February 27, 2015
Week of March 2-6, 2015
Hello Room 4 families!
Thank you to everyone who took the time to meet with me this week during parent/teacher conferences. For those families who didn't have a conference, I am sending home your child's report card and past journals and math tests today. If, after reading the report card you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to email, call or come by room 4.
Here is what we have coming up:
Important dates:
Friday, 2/27 Free dress; last day of 11:50 am dismissal
Tuesday, 3/17: free dress as long as you wear GREEN
Wednesday, 3/18: Talent/Air Rock show. Sutter Middle School, 5:30 pm. Hazel H. will be playing the violin in the show, and Cadell is part of an air rock act. Good luck to our room 4 friends!
Friday, 3/20: The Event, 6:30-9:30 pm at the Elks Tower Ballroom on 11th and J. This is a really fun night to socialize with Phoebe Hearst parents and raise money for the school. Thank you to our room moms who are organizing a Room 4 Lego basket for the silent auction.
The other kindergarten teachers and I will have a "Pirate Pizza Party" in the silent auction. There will be one top bidder for each teacher, and the winning bidder will get to invite 3 friends to a pirate pizza party in Room 2. It's always a good time, and it raises money for technology at PH!
Tuesday, 3/24: Royal Reader Sacramento Kings game, 7pm
Friday, 3/27: Free dress
Monday, 3/30-Friday, 4/3: SPRING BREAK; NO SCHOOL
Language Arts
Writing focus: We will continue this work to work on sharing our opinions and reasons for these opinions in our writing.
Letter/sound focus: /k/ spelled c and /r/
Math
This week we will finish up our quick chapter on composing numbers 11-19, and begin a chapter on decomposing numbers 11-19. The kids have been doing a great job with this.
Thanks for reading, everyone! Please email if you have questions.
carrie.relles@gmail.com
Thank you to everyone who took the time to meet with me this week during parent/teacher conferences. For those families who didn't have a conference, I am sending home your child's report card and past journals and math tests today. If, after reading the report card you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to email, call or come by room 4.
Here is what we have coming up:
Important dates:
Friday, 2/27 Free dress; last day of 11:50 am dismissal
Tuesday, 3/17: free dress as long as you wear GREEN
Wednesday, 3/18: Talent/Air Rock show. Sutter Middle School, 5:30 pm. Hazel H. will be playing the violin in the show, and Cadell is part of an air rock act. Good luck to our room 4 friends!
Friday, 3/20: The Event, 6:30-9:30 pm at the Elks Tower Ballroom on 11th and J. This is a really fun night to socialize with Phoebe Hearst parents and raise money for the school. Thank you to our room moms who are organizing a Room 4 Lego basket for the silent auction.
The other kindergarten teachers and I will have a "Pirate Pizza Party" in the silent auction. There will be one top bidder for each teacher, and the winning bidder will get to invite 3 friends to a pirate pizza party in Room 2. It's always a good time, and it raises money for technology at PH!
Tuesday, 3/24: Royal Reader Sacramento Kings game, 7pm
Friday, 3/27: Free dress
Monday, 3/30-Friday, 4/3: SPRING BREAK; NO SCHOOL
Language Arts
Writing focus: We will continue this work to work on sharing our opinions and reasons for these opinions in our writing.
Letter/sound focus: /k/ spelled c and /r/
Math
This week we will finish up our quick chapter on composing numbers 11-19, and begin a chapter on decomposing numbers 11-19. The kids have been doing a great job with this.
Thanks for reading, everyone! Please email if you have questions.
carrie.relles@gmail.com
Thursday, February 19, 2015
Week of February 23-27, 2015
Hello room 4 families,
We had a fantastic time celebrating the 100th day, traveling to see "The Artful Mouse", and exchanging Valentines. Thanks to everyone who came in to help or sent in supplies. We appreciate all of your help!
Here is what we have coming up:
Friday, 2/20-Friday, 2/27: shortened days for parent/teacher conferences. The kids will be dismissed to the cafeteria at 11:50 am. If you'd like to meet for a conference, it's not too late to set up a time! Let me know.
Friday 2/27: free dress day
Monday, 3/2: Dr. Seuss's birthday. We will be celebrating Dr. Seuss in the days leading up the March 2. If you have any Dr. Seuss books at home, your child is encouraged to bring them in to share with the class. These can come in beginning this Monday 2/23. Please make sure all books are clearly labeled with your child's name.
Wednesday, 3/18: talent/air rock show at Sutter Middle School. Time to follow.
Room 4 lost and found
We have LOTS of unclaimed sweaters, jackets, and sweatshirts with no names in room 4. I am going to hang them on the hooks in the hallway outside the room Friday afternoon and then again next week. Please be sure to check for any missing clothing!
Language Arts
This week we continue to focus on identifying sounds in words and blending sounds and letters to make words.
Letter /sound focus: /d/, short o, and /b/.
We are working on telling the difference between facts and opinions, and in writing we will work on sharing opinions on various subjects. Our first writing project is sharing which type of day we prefer: rainy or sunny days.
Math
This week we finish working on composing numbers to 10, and then will begin the next chapter on composing numbers 11-20.
Friday 2/27: free dress day
Monday, 3/2: Dr. Seuss's birthday. We will be celebrating Dr. Seuss in the days leading up the March 2. If you have any Dr. Seuss books at home, your child is encouraged to bring them in to share with the class. These can come in beginning this Monday 2/23. Please make sure all books are clearly labeled with your child's name.
Wednesday, 3/18: talent/air rock show at Sutter Middle School. Time to follow.
Room 4 lost and found
We have LOTS of unclaimed sweaters, jackets, and sweatshirts with no names in room 4. I am going to hang them on the hooks in the hallway outside the room Friday afternoon and then again next week. Please be sure to check for any missing clothing!
Language Arts
This week we continue to focus on identifying sounds in words and blending sounds and letters to make words.
Letter /sound focus: /d/, short o, and /b/.
We are working on telling the difference between facts and opinions, and in writing we will work on sharing opinions on various subjects. Our first writing project is sharing which type of day we prefer: rainy or sunny days.
Math
This week we finish working on composing numbers to 10, and then will begin the next chapter on composing numbers 11-20.
Friday, February 6, 2015
Week of February 9-13, 2015
Hello Room 4 Families,
We are getting ready for a very busy week in Room 4 with the 100th day of school, our field trip to see "The Artful Mouse", and our Valentine celebration.
Important Dates
Monday, February 9: NO SCHOOL; Lincoln's birthday holiday
Thursday, 2/12: the 100th day of school. The kids are super excited to celebrate the number 100 and everything they have learned so far this year! During the days leading up to this the kids will have an extra homework assignment: they will need to bring in a collection of 100 items. They can get as creative as they want with this! Some kids choose to do an art project with 100 pieces, and others prefer to round up a collection of something simple like pennies. Both of these are great. I shared lots of ideas with the kids, and several children have brought their collections in already! On the 100th day they will share their collection.
THANK YOU to those parents who have been sending in food items for our 100th day trail mix. Please send these in no later than Wednesday so I can get everything ready early Thursday morning.
And another THANK YOU to those who have volunteered to help that day with our centers time. We are looking forward to having you in our classroom.
Friday, 2/13 : Field Trip to Luther Burbank High School for the Sacramento Childrens' Theater play. We will leave at 9:15 am and return around 11:30. I hope everyone received the permission slips yesterday. Please send these back to school no later than Tuesday 2/10.
When we return from the play, we will have our Valentine celebration.
For Valentine's Day, kids can bring Valentine cards filled out with their names, but please don't put the recipients' names on each card. This creates chaos when passing them out!
For this celebration I'd love to have about 2 more parent helpers. Please let me know if you would like to come in from about 11:45-1:00pm.
The 13th is also a free dress spirit day. Kids can come in free dress as long as they wear red, pink, or white.
Later that evening is the PH PTO family dance. It's a very fun event, so plan on attending with your family! It's from 6-8 pm in the molti-purpose room (cafeteria).
Monday, 2/16: NO SCHOOL; Presidents' Day
Friday, 2/20-Friday, 2/27 Shortened days/ parent teacher conferences. Dismissal will be at 11:50 or 12:20 from the cafeteria.
I sent emails this week to everyone I would like to meet with during conferences. If you did not receive an email and you would like to meet please let me know. I am happy to meet with everyone!
Language Arts
Letter/sound focus: /l/, /n/.
We are continuing to work on putting sounds together to make words both orally and in written form. So many kids have become readers in the last month; it's wonderful to see!
In writing we are finishing up an informational paragraph on how to play a favorite sport.
Math
This week we will finish up our chapter on more addition and subtraction. We will also do a lot of work with the number 100. We have been practicing counting to 100 by 1s, 5s, and 10s, and we will group objects in 10s this week to make 100.
Thanks for reading, everyone!
Please let me know if you have any questions! carrie.relles@gmail.com
We are getting ready for a very busy week in Room 4 with the 100th day of school, our field trip to see "The Artful Mouse", and our Valentine celebration.
Important Dates
Monday, February 9: NO SCHOOL; Lincoln's birthday holiday
Thursday, 2/12: the 100th day of school. The kids are super excited to celebrate the number 100 and everything they have learned so far this year! During the days leading up to this the kids will have an extra homework assignment: they will need to bring in a collection of 100 items. They can get as creative as they want with this! Some kids choose to do an art project with 100 pieces, and others prefer to round up a collection of something simple like pennies. Both of these are great. I shared lots of ideas with the kids, and several children have brought their collections in already! On the 100th day they will share their collection.
THANK YOU to those parents who have been sending in food items for our 100th day trail mix. Please send these in no later than Wednesday so I can get everything ready early Thursday morning.
And another THANK YOU to those who have volunteered to help that day with our centers time. We are looking forward to having you in our classroom.
Friday, 2/13 : Field Trip to Luther Burbank High School for the Sacramento Childrens' Theater play. We will leave at 9:15 am and return around 11:30. I hope everyone received the permission slips yesterday. Please send these back to school no later than Tuesday 2/10.
When we return from the play, we will have our Valentine celebration.
For Valentine's Day, kids can bring Valentine cards filled out with their names, but please don't put the recipients' names on each card. This creates chaos when passing them out!
For this celebration I'd love to have about 2 more parent helpers. Please let me know if you would like to come in from about 11:45-1:00pm.
The 13th is also a free dress spirit day. Kids can come in free dress as long as they wear red, pink, or white.
Later that evening is the PH PTO family dance. It's a very fun event, so plan on attending with your family! It's from 6-8 pm in the molti-purpose room (cafeteria).
Monday, 2/16: NO SCHOOL; Presidents' Day
Friday, 2/20-Friday, 2/27 Shortened days/ parent teacher conferences. Dismissal will be at 11:50 or 12:20 from the cafeteria.
I sent emails this week to everyone I would like to meet with during conferences. If you did not receive an email and you would like to meet please let me know. I am happy to meet with everyone!
Language Arts
Letter/sound focus: /l/, /n/.
We are continuing to work on putting sounds together to make words both orally and in written form. So many kids have become readers in the last month; it's wonderful to see!
In writing we are finishing up an informational paragraph on how to play a favorite sport.
Math
This week we will finish up our chapter on more addition and subtraction. We will also do a lot of work with the number 100. We have been practicing counting to 100 by 1s, 5s, and 10s, and we will group objects in 10s this week to make 100.
Thanks for reading, everyone!
Please let me know if you have any questions! carrie.relles@gmail.com
Friday, January 30, 2015
Week of February 2-6, 2015
Hello Room 4 families,
It's hard to believe it's already February! Here is what we have coming up:
Important Dates
Monday, February 9: NO SCHOOL; Lincoln's birthday holiday
Thursday, 2/12: the 100th day of school. The kids are super excited to celebrate the number 100 and everything they have learned so far this year! During the days leading up to this the kids will have an extra homework assignment: they will need to bring in a collection of 100 items. They can get as creatice as they want with this! I will talk to the kids about some ideas. On the 100th day they will share their collection.
We additionally need a few food items for this day for our 100th day trail mix. Thank you to those who have volunteered to send food. We still need the items on the list below. Please let me know if you'd like to send in any of the following prior to 2/12:
popcorn (we need at least 350 pieces)
a box of Chex cereal
a large bag of yogurt raisins
goldfish crackers
a large bag of dried cranberries
One more thing: I would love to have 2-3 more parent helpers for our morning centers that day (8:10-9:00). Please let me know if you'd like to help.
THANK YOU!
Friday, 2/13 (NOTE DATE CHANGE): Field Trip to Luther Burbank High School for the Sacramento Childrens' Theater play. We will leave at 9:15 am and return around 11:30. We are limited to 3 parent chaperones for this, and I am hoping to give families who didn't get to come on the pumpkin patch field trip a chance to go on this one. Thank you for understanding!
Look for a permission slip this week.
When we return from the play, we will have our Valentine celebration.
For Valentine's Day, kids can bring Valentine cards filled out with their names, but please don't put the recipients' names on each card. This creates chaos when passing them out!
For this celebration I'd love to have about 6 parent helpers. Please let me know if you would like to come in from about 11:45-1:00pm.
The 13th is also a free dress spirit day. Kids can come in free dress as long as they wear Red, pink, or white.
Later that evening is the PH PTO family dance. It's a very fun event, so plan on attending with your family! More details to follow.
Monday, 2/16: NO SCHOOL; Presidents' Day
Friday, 2/20-Friday, 2/27 Shortened days/ parent teacher conferences. Dismissal will be at 11:50 or 12:20 from the cafeteria. Look for an email about this soon.
Language Arts
We are wrapping up our unit on informational text today. The kids have learned a lot about the differenences between story books and informational books, and (I think) they enjoyed doing it! Their completed research projects are looking great. They will be up in the classroom next week.
During February and March we will focus on opinion writing. Our cumulative project will be to write a book recommendation.
Letter/sound focus: /p/, short i, and /l/.
Math
The kids did a FANTASTIC job with the subtraction unit. Most students scored 100% on their chapter test. We just started our next chapter on more adding and subtracting. This chapter focuses on the many ways to make numbers 4 through 10 using addition and subtraction.
Thank you for reading, everyone! Please let me know if you have questions or concerns.
carrie.relles@gmail.com
It's hard to believe it's already February! Here is what we have coming up:
Important Dates
Monday, February 9: NO SCHOOL; Lincoln's birthday holiday
Thursday, 2/12: the 100th day of school. The kids are super excited to celebrate the number 100 and everything they have learned so far this year! During the days leading up to this the kids will have an extra homework assignment: they will need to bring in a collection of 100 items. They can get as creatice as they want with this! I will talk to the kids about some ideas. On the 100th day they will share their collection.
We additionally need a few food items for this day for our 100th day trail mix. Thank you to those who have volunteered to send food. We still need the items on the list below. Please let me know if you'd like to send in any of the following prior to 2/12:
popcorn (we need at least 350 pieces)
a box of Chex cereal
a large bag of yogurt raisins
goldfish crackers
a large bag of dried cranberries
One more thing: I would love to have 2-3 more parent helpers for our morning centers that day (8:10-9:00). Please let me know if you'd like to help.
THANK YOU!
Friday, 2/13 (NOTE DATE CHANGE): Field Trip to Luther Burbank High School for the Sacramento Childrens' Theater play. We will leave at 9:15 am and return around 11:30. We are limited to 3 parent chaperones for this, and I am hoping to give families who didn't get to come on the pumpkin patch field trip a chance to go on this one. Thank you for understanding!
Look for a permission slip this week.
When we return from the play, we will have our Valentine celebration.
For Valentine's Day, kids can bring Valentine cards filled out with their names, but please don't put the recipients' names on each card. This creates chaos when passing them out!
For this celebration I'd love to have about 6 parent helpers. Please let me know if you would like to come in from about 11:45-1:00pm.
The 13th is also a free dress spirit day. Kids can come in free dress as long as they wear Red, pink, or white.
Later that evening is the PH PTO family dance. It's a very fun event, so plan on attending with your family! More details to follow.
Monday, 2/16: NO SCHOOL; Presidents' Day
Friday, 2/20-Friday, 2/27 Shortened days/ parent teacher conferences. Dismissal will be at 11:50 or 12:20 from the cafeteria. Look for an email about this soon.
Language Arts
We are wrapping up our unit on informational text today. The kids have learned a lot about the differenences between story books and informational books, and (I think) they enjoyed doing it! Their completed research projects are looking great. They will be up in the classroom next week.
During February and March we will focus on opinion writing. Our cumulative project will be to write a book recommendation.
Letter/sound focus: /p/, short i, and /l/.
Math
The kids did a FANTASTIC job with the subtraction unit. Most students scored 100% on their chapter test. We just started our next chapter on more adding and subtracting. This chapter focuses on the many ways to make numbers 4 through 10 using addition and subtraction.
Thank you for reading, everyone! Please let me know if you have questions or concerns.
carrie.relles@gmail.com
Friday, January 23, 2015
Week of January 26-30, 2015
Hello everyone! Please see below for Room 4 updates.
Important Dates:
Friday, 1/23 (TODAY!) Room 4 to work in the school garden, 8:45-9:30 am. We would love to have some more parent helpers for this. Please let me know if you'd like to help.
Friday, 1/30: Free dress day: Pajama Day!!! Please dress in warm pajamas so you will be comfortable playing outside. Also, please wear appropriate school shoes.
Monday, February 9: NO SCHOOL; Lincoln's birthday holiday
Thursday, 2/12: the 100th day of school. The kids are super excited to celebrate the number 100 and everything they have learned so far this year! During the days leading up to this the kids will have an extra homework assignment: they will need to bring in a collection of 100 items. They can get as creatice as they want with this! I will talk to the kids about some ideas. On the 100th day they will share their collection.
We additionally need a few food items for this day for our 100th day trail mix. Thank you to those who have volunteered to send food. We still need the items on the list below. Please let me know if you'd like to send in any of the following prior to 2/12:
a box of cheerios
popcorn (we need at least 350 pieces)
a box of Chex cereal
a large bag of yogurt raisins
goldfish crackers
a large bag of dried cranberries
a bag of chocolate chips
THANK YOU!
Friday, 2/13 (NOTE DATE CHANGE): Field Trip to Luther Burbank High School for the Sacramento Childrens' Theater play. We will leave at 9:15 am and return around 11:30. We are limited to 3 parent chaperones for this, and I am hoping to give families who didn't get to come on the pumpkin patch field trip a chance to go on this one. Thank you for understanding!
When we return from the play, we will have our Valentine celebration.
For Valentine's Day, kids can bring Valentine cards filled out with their names, but please don't put the recipients' names on each card. This creates chaos when passing them out!
The 13th is also a free dress spirit day. Kids can come in free dress as long as they wear Red, pink, or white.
Later that evening is the PH PTO family dance. It's a very fun event, so plan on attending with your family! More details to follow.
Monday, 2/16: NO SCHOOL; Presidents' Day
Friday, 2/20-Friday, 2/27 Shortened days/ parent teacher conferences. Look for an email about this soon.
Language Arts
This week we continue to work on reading informational texts. We are beginning to learn about doing research with books. By the end of the week I hope to introduce research using computers.
We are continuing to work with letter sounds and focusing on blending both oral and written sounds to make words.
For writing, we are beginning to work on an informational poster based on each student's chosen research topic.
Math
This week we will finish up the unit on subtraction and begin working on a new chapter on more addition and subtraction.
Thanks for reading, everyone!
Please let me know if you have questions or concerns. carrie.relles@gmail.com
Important Dates:
Friday, 1/23 (TODAY!) Room 4 to work in the school garden, 8:45-9:30 am. We would love to have some more parent helpers for this. Please let me know if you'd like to help.
Friday, 1/30: Free dress day: Pajama Day!!! Please dress in warm pajamas so you will be comfortable playing outside. Also, please wear appropriate school shoes.
Monday, February 9: NO SCHOOL; Lincoln's birthday holiday
Thursday, 2/12: the 100th day of school. The kids are super excited to celebrate the number 100 and everything they have learned so far this year! During the days leading up to this the kids will have an extra homework assignment: they will need to bring in a collection of 100 items. They can get as creatice as they want with this! I will talk to the kids about some ideas. On the 100th day they will share their collection.
We additionally need a few food items for this day for our 100th day trail mix. Thank you to those who have volunteered to send food. We still need the items on the list below. Please let me know if you'd like to send in any of the following prior to 2/12:
a box of cheerios
popcorn (we need at least 350 pieces)
a box of Chex cereal
a large bag of yogurt raisins
goldfish crackers
a large bag of dried cranberries
a bag of chocolate chips
THANK YOU!
Friday, 2/13 (NOTE DATE CHANGE): Field Trip to Luther Burbank High School for the Sacramento Childrens' Theater play. We will leave at 9:15 am and return around 11:30. We are limited to 3 parent chaperones for this, and I am hoping to give families who didn't get to come on the pumpkin patch field trip a chance to go on this one. Thank you for understanding!
When we return from the play, we will have our Valentine celebration.
For Valentine's Day, kids can bring Valentine cards filled out with their names, but please don't put the recipients' names on each card. This creates chaos when passing them out!
The 13th is also a free dress spirit day. Kids can come in free dress as long as they wear Red, pink, or white.
Later that evening is the PH PTO family dance. It's a very fun event, so plan on attending with your family! More details to follow.
Monday, 2/16: NO SCHOOL; Presidents' Day
Friday, 2/20-Friday, 2/27 Shortened days/ parent teacher conferences. Look for an email about this soon.
Language Arts
This week we continue to work on reading informational texts. We are beginning to learn about doing research with books. By the end of the week I hope to introduce research using computers.
We are continuing to work with letter sounds and focusing on blending both oral and written sounds to make words.
For writing, we are beginning to work on an informational poster based on each student's chosen research topic.
Math
This week we will finish up the unit on subtraction and begin working on a new chapter on more addition and subtraction.
Thanks for reading, everyone!
Please let me know if you have questions or concerns. carrie.relles@gmail.com
Friday, January 16, 2015
Week of January 19-23. 2015
Hello Room 4 families!
We have been working away in room 4.
Here is what we have coming up:
Important Dates
Monday, 1/19: NO SCHOOL. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Tuesday, 1/20: Prospective parent night; 6 pm in the cafeteria. We are doing this in addition to our school tours this year. If you know anyone with an incoming kindergartener or someone with older children who is interested in transferring to Phoebe, please let them know about this informative evening. Parents will have a chance to ask questions and to tour the kindergarten classrooms.
Friday, 1/23: Room 4 to work in the school garden, 8:45-9:30 am. We would love to have some more parent helpers for this. Please let me know if you'd like to help.
Monday, February 9: NO SCHOOL; Lincoln's birthday holiday
Thursday, 2/12: the 100th day of school. The kids are super excited to celebrate the number 100 and everything they have learned so far this year! During the days leading up to this the kids will have an extra homework assignment: they will need to bring in a collection of 100 items. They can get as creatice as they want with this! I will talk to the kids about some ideas. On the 100th day they will share their collection.
We additionally need a few food items for this day for our 100th day trail mix. Please let me know if you'd like to send in any of the following prior to 2/12:
a box of cheerios
a large box or bag of raisins
a large bag of M&Ms
popcorn (we need at least 350 pieces)
a box of Chex cereal
a large bag of yogurt raisins
goldfish crackers
a large bag of mini marshmallows
a large bag of dried cranberries
a bag of chocolate chips
THANK YOU!
Friday, 2/13 (NOTE DATE CHANGE): Field Trip to Luther Burbank High School for the Sacramento Childrens' Theater play. We will leave at 9:15 am and return around 11:30. We are limited to 3 parent chaperones for this, and I am hoping to give families who didn't get to come on the pumpkin patch field trip a chance to go on this one. Thank you for understanding!
When we return from the play, we will have our Valentine celebration.
For Valentine's Day, kids can bring Valentine cards filled out with their names, but please don't put the recipients' names on each card. This creates chaos when passing them out!
Later that evening is the PH PTO family dance. It's a very fun event, so plan on attending with your family! More details to follow.
Monday, 2/16: NO SCHOOL; Presidents' Day
Friday, 2/20-Friday, 2/27 Shortened days/ parent teacher conferences. Look for an email about this soon.
Language Arts
We are continuing to work on learning about informational texts. Thank you to the families who have sent in books for us to use during this unit. Remember to make sure the books your child brings in are clearly labeled with a name.
Letter/sound focus: /m/, short a, and /t/
We have no new sight words this week.
Math
We have begun our next chapter on subtraction. We started out with subtraction stories and will move to using the minus and equals symbols in our work.
Thanks for reading, everyone!
Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have questions or concerns.
carrie.relles@gmail.com
We have been working away in room 4.
Here is what we have coming up:
Important Dates
Monday, 1/19: NO SCHOOL. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Tuesday, 1/20: Prospective parent night; 6 pm in the cafeteria. We are doing this in addition to our school tours this year. If you know anyone with an incoming kindergartener or someone with older children who is interested in transferring to Phoebe, please let them know about this informative evening. Parents will have a chance to ask questions and to tour the kindergarten classrooms.
Friday, 1/23: Room 4 to work in the school garden, 8:45-9:30 am. We would love to have some more parent helpers for this. Please let me know if you'd like to help.
Monday, February 9: NO SCHOOL; Lincoln's birthday holiday
Thursday, 2/12: the 100th day of school. The kids are super excited to celebrate the number 100 and everything they have learned so far this year! During the days leading up to this the kids will have an extra homework assignment: they will need to bring in a collection of 100 items. They can get as creatice as they want with this! I will talk to the kids about some ideas. On the 100th day they will share their collection.
We additionally need a few food items for this day for our 100th day trail mix. Please let me know if you'd like to send in any of the following prior to 2/12:
a box of cheerios
a large box or bag of raisins
a large bag of M&Ms
popcorn (we need at least 350 pieces)
a box of Chex cereal
a large bag of yogurt raisins
goldfish crackers
a large bag of mini marshmallows
a large bag of dried cranberries
a bag of chocolate chips
THANK YOU!
Friday, 2/13 (NOTE DATE CHANGE): Field Trip to Luther Burbank High School for the Sacramento Childrens' Theater play. We will leave at 9:15 am and return around 11:30. We are limited to 3 parent chaperones for this, and I am hoping to give families who didn't get to come on the pumpkin patch field trip a chance to go on this one. Thank you for understanding!
When we return from the play, we will have our Valentine celebration.
For Valentine's Day, kids can bring Valentine cards filled out with their names, but please don't put the recipients' names on each card. This creates chaos when passing them out!
Later that evening is the PH PTO family dance. It's a very fun event, so plan on attending with your family! More details to follow.
Monday, 2/16: NO SCHOOL; Presidents' Day
Friday, 2/20-Friday, 2/27 Shortened days/ parent teacher conferences. Look for an email about this soon.
Language Arts
We are continuing to work on learning about informational texts. Thank you to the families who have sent in books for us to use during this unit. Remember to make sure the books your child brings in are clearly labeled with a name.
Letter/sound focus: /m/, short a, and /t/
We have no new sight words this week.
Math
We have begun our next chapter on subtraction. We started out with subtraction stories and will move to using the minus and equals symbols in our work.
Thanks for reading, everyone!
Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have questions or concerns.
carrie.relles@gmail.com
Friday, January 9, 2015
Week of January 12-16, 2015
Hello Room 4 families,
January is a month of lots of work in room 4. We are back in our routines and working hard every day. Here is what we have coming up:
Important Dates
Monday, 1/19: NO SCHOOL. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Tuesday, 1/20: Prospective parent night; 6 pm in the cafeteria. We are doing this in addition to our school tours this year. If you know anyone with an incoming kindergartener or someone with older children who is interested in transferring to Phoebe, please let them know about this informative evening.
Friday, 1/23: Room 4 to work in the school garden, 8:45-9:30 am. We would love to have some more parent helpers for this. Please let me know if you'd like to help.
Monday, February 9: NO SCHOOL; Lincoln's birthday holiday
Thursday, 2/12: the 100th day of school. More information about this will follow. The kids are super excited to celebrate the number 100 and everything they have learned so far this year!
Friday, 2/13 (NOTE DATE CHANGE): Field Trip to Luther Burbank High School for the Sacramento Childrens' Theater play. We will leave at 9:15 am and return around 11:30. We are limited to 3 parent chaperones for this, and I am hoping to give families who didn't get to come on the pumpkin patch field trip a chance to go on this one. Thank you for understanding!
When we return from the play, we will have our Valentine celebration. More information about this will follow.
Later that evening is the PH PTO family dance. It's a very fun event, so plan on attending with your family! More details to follow.
Monday, 2/16: NO SCHOOL; Presidents' Day
Language Arts
Letter/sound focus: /n/, /s/, /m/
New sight word: not
We have begun a new unit of study on informational text. I have let the kids know they can bring in 1-2 books that teach us something about a topic they are interested in. Please make sure the books are clearly labeled with your child's name.
Writing: we are just finishing paragraphs about our New Year's resolutions. They are fantastic. Next we will begin working on paragraphs about what we would do if we lived in a snow globe.
Math
We have begun working on adding. As with reading, the more practice your child gets with this, the better. So far they are loving writing number sentences and using counters to add groups. Encourage them to practice this at home with pennies, paper clips, etc.
Thanks for reading, everyone! Please let me know if you have questions or concerns.
carrie.relles@gmail.com
January is a month of lots of work in room 4. We are back in our routines and working hard every day. Here is what we have coming up:
Important Dates
Monday, 1/19: NO SCHOOL. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Tuesday, 1/20: Prospective parent night; 6 pm in the cafeteria. We are doing this in addition to our school tours this year. If you know anyone with an incoming kindergartener or someone with older children who is interested in transferring to Phoebe, please let them know about this informative evening.
Friday, 1/23: Room 4 to work in the school garden, 8:45-9:30 am. We would love to have some more parent helpers for this. Please let me know if you'd like to help.
Monday, February 9: NO SCHOOL; Lincoln's birthday holiday
Thursday, 2/12: the 100th day of school. More information about this will follow. The kids are super excited to celebrate the number 100 and everything they have learned so far this year!
Friday, 2/13 (NOTE DATE CHANGE): Field Trip to Luther Burbank High School for the Sacramento Childrens' Theater play. We will leave at 9:15 am and return around 11:30. We are limited to 3 parent chaperones for this, and I am hoping to give families who didn't get to come on the pumpkin patch field trip a chance to go on this one. Thank you for understanding!
When we return from the play, we will have our Valentine celebration. More information about this will follow.
Later that evening is the PH PTO family dance. It's a very fun event, so plan on attending with your family! More details to follow.
Monday, 2/16: NO SCHOOL; Presidents' Day
Language Arts
Letter/sound focus: /n/, /s/, /m/
New sight word: not
We have begun a new unit of study on informational text. I have let the kids know they can bring in 1-2 books that teach us something about a topic they are interested in. Please make sure the books are clearly labeled with your child's name.
Writing: we are just finishing paragraphs about our New Year's resolutions. They are fantastic. Next we will begin working on paragraphs about what we would do if we lived in a snow globe.
Math
We have begun working on adding. As with reading, the more practice your child gets with this, the better. So far they are loving writing number sentences and using counters to add groups. Encourage them to practice this at home with pennies, paper clips, etc.
Thanks for reading, everyone! Please let me know if you have questions or concerns.
carrie.relles@gmail.com
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