Friday, October 20, 2017

Week of October 23-27, 2017

Hello families
What a fun Jog-a-thon we had today! Thank you to everyone for your generous donations. Our arts program will be fully funded for another year thanks to all of you!
Our class earned a Jamba Juice party because we had 100% participation in Jog-a-Thon donations. We will most likely enjoy some smoothies some time next week.
Please read on to see what we have coming up:

Important Dates
Thursday, 10/26: first field trip to Dave's Pumpkin Patch in West Sac. Thank you to our 10 parents who have volunteered to chaperone. At this point I have already turned in chaperone names to the district, and we have all the chaperones we need. I will give priority on our next field trip to those parents who weren't able to come on this one.
We will leave on the bus at 9am and return by 12:30 pm. Please send your child to school with a bag lunch, as we will be eating at Dave's. This is a school uniform day.

Saturday, 10/28: Phoebe Hearst Harvest Festival, 3-6:30 pm. Come in costume and have lots of fun with friends playing games, eating spaghetti dinner, and getting spooked in the haunted house. Please be sure to volunteer some of your time in our Room 4 booth as well. Everyone should have received an email about this from our room parent Sarah Z'Berg

Tuesday, 10/31: Halloween. We do not wear costumes to school! However this is a crazy sock and orange and black spirit day, so check the sock drawers and go crazy!
 We will have a small celebration during the last hour of class. The kids will make some crafts and have a snack. If you would like to help out, please let me know.
***We will not have centers on Tuesday 10/31 because of our afternoon celebration***

Friday, 11/10  No School; Veterans' Day observed

November 20-24: NO SCHOOL; THANKSGIVING BREAK

Friday, November 17 and the week of November 27-December 1: Parent/Teacher conferences; minimum days. The kindergarteners are dismissed at 11:40. I will walk them to the cafeteria for lunch at this time. If they go to 4th R, they will be picked up at 12 by 4th R staff members. If you pick them up, you can take them at 11:40 or they can eat and then get picked up at 12.
Please watch for an email about scheduling conferences late next week.

Language Arts
This week we will finish focusing on a letter shape each day. We will begin to focus more on letter sounds and putting them together to make words.
Letter focus:Ww, Xx, Yy and Zz
New sight words: it, no, this

Math
This week we continue to work on comapring numbers. We will work to figure out what is one fewer, one more, two fewer and two more.

Thanks for reading, everyone! Please don't hesitate to reach out if you have questions or concerns.

Friday, October 13, 2017

Week of October 16-20, 2017

Hello families,
It's been another super week. Your kids work so hard, and they are learning a ton. We are getting very excited about the Jog-A-Thon next Friday. You are all welcome to come cheer us on.

Here is what we have coming up:

Important Dates

Wednesday, 10/18: Room 4 to work in the school garden, 12:00-12:30. Please come and join us! We love having parent and sibling helpers.

Friday, 10/20: Phoebe Hearst Jog-a-Thon. I will let parents know our scheduled running time as soon as I get it. All parents are welcome to cheer us on as we run at this fun event. This is a free dress day; please send your child in clothes appropriate for running.

Thursday, 10/26: first field trip to Dave's Pumpkin Patch in West Sac. Thank you to our 10 parents who have volunteered to chaperone. Please look for an email about this early next week. We will leave on the bus at 9am and return by 12:30 pm. Please send your child to school with a bag lunch, as we will be eating at Dave's. This is a school uniform day.

Saturday, 10/28: Phoebe Hearst Harvest Festival, 3-6:30 pm. Come in costume and have lots of fun with friends playing games, eating spaghetti dinner, and getting spooked in the haunted house. Please be sure to volunteer some of your time in our Room 4 booth as well. Everyone should have received an email about this from our room parent Sarah Z'Berg

Tuesday, 10/31: Halloween. We do not wear costumes to school! However this is a crazy sock and orange and black spirit day, so check the sock drawers and go crazy!
 We will have a small celebration during the last hour of class. The kids will make some crafts and have a snack. If you would like to help out, please let me know.

Friday, 11/10  No School; Veterans' Day observed

November 20-24: NO SCHOOL; THANKSGIVING BREAK

Friday, November 17 and the week of November 27-December 1: Parent/Teacher conferences; minimum days. The kindergarteners are dismissed at 11:40. I will walk them to the cafeteria for lunch at this time. If they go to 4th R, they will be picked up at 12 by 4th R staff members. If you pick them up, you can take them at 11:40 or they can eat and then get picked up at 12.
Please watch for an email about scheduling conferences late next week.


Language Arts
This week we will continue to work on telling stories using pictures. The kids have begun working with problem and resolution plots, and they are doing really well with this.
Letter focus: Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx
New sight words: big, have, small

Math
This week we begin working in chapter 4 on comparing numbers to 10.

Science
We are continuing to work on learning about pumpkins. On Monday I will carve a pumpkin so we can check out the insides. We will eat and plant the seeds and then conduct an experiment to see what happens when a pumpkin rots. The kids love this!

Thank you for reading! Please contact me with any questions.

Friday, October 6, 2017

Week of October 9-13, 2017

October is off to a fantastic start! We began a science unit studying pumpkins, started sounding out words and sentences, worked on writing numbers to 10, read with our fifth grade buddies, started the Home Run Reader program, and worked on telling stories using pictures.

Check out what we have coming up:

Important dates

TODAY 10/6:  Jog-a-thon pledges due. In order to be eligible for prizes, envelopes and donations need to be in today. Thank you to everyone who turned in envelopes this morning. Our school's arts program depends on the money raised.

Friday, 10/13: Book orders due online. The website for ordering is www.scholastic.com/reading club. Our class code is FNJKK. I will place the order on Saturday morning.

Wednesday, 10/18 we will work in the school garden at 12:00 until 12:30. Parents are welcome! We can always use help.

Friday, 10/20: Phoebe Hearst Jog-a-Thon. I will let parents know our scheduled running time as soon as I get it. All parents are welcome to cheer us on as we run at this fun event. This is a free dress day; please send your child in clothes appropriate for running.

Thursday, 10/26: first field trip to Dave's Pumpkin Patch in West Sac. Thank you to our 12 parents who have volunteered to chaperone. Please look for an email about this early next week. We will leave on the bus at 9am and return by 12:30 pm. Please send your child to school with a bag lunch, as we will be eating at Dave's.

Tuesday, 10/31: Halloween. We do not wear costumes to school!
 We will have a small celebration during the last hour of class. The kids will make some crafts and have a snack. If you would like to help out, please let me know.


Language arts
The kids have been learning so muich about telling stories using pictures. We have focused on characters, setting, and emotions. This week we will look for problems and resolutions when we read and tell stories.
Letter shape and sound focus: Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt
New sight words: he, she

Math
We continue this week with numbers to 10. We will take our test on Friday.



Science
We have begun learning about  pumpkins in preparation for our field trip. The kids are learning about the pumpkin life cycle, the parts of a pumpkin,  and what pumpkins and all plants need to live. We will cut open a pumpkin and feel the insides and plant seeds in the next couple of weeks. This unit is lots of fun, and the kids learn a lot!

Thanks for reading, everyone! Please contact me with any questions or concerns.