Happy Friday Room 4 families!
Your kids worked so hard this week. I am such a lucky teacher!
Here is what we have coming up:
Important Dates
Friday, September 19 (tonight!): Family Movie Night
Wednesday, September 24: Back-to-School Night, 5:30-7. I will talk to parents/guardians about room 4 curriculum, procedures, our expectations for the year, etc. I will also answer any questions you have.
Friday, September 26: free dress day/Apple Day.
Wednesday, October 1: Homerun Reader kickoff at morning announcements. We will join the 1st-6th grades on the main yard in the morning for this.
Friday, October 24: Harvest Festival
Friday, October 31: Free dress day (no costumes!)/ school jog-a-thon
I am still waiting on the transportation department about our school bus for the pumpkin patch field trip. Please stay tuned for this date and more information. Remember, if you'd like to join us, you need to be fingerprinted with the district.
Apple Day
On Friday the 26th we will celebrate apples and Johnny Appleseed's birthday. Please send your child to school with an apple. We will use them for a couple of lessons and then eat them at the end of the day. All next week we will learn about the parts of apples and how apples grow. We will also taste different items made from apples such as apple juice and dried apple bites.
Homework
The first week of homework is finally here! The kids actually cheered when I told them they would have homework next week. Each Friday I will email a homework packet to parents for you to print and your child to work on throughout the following week. There are two pages of work for each night Monday-Thursday and a reading log for each week. The homework packets are due to school on Friday morning. I will be sending home a homework folder on Monday for your child to use for turning in homework.
Watch for an email today with next week's homework!
Decodable Books
This week your child should have brought home his/her first pre-decodable book, "The Park". The purpose of these books is to practice sight words and later to practice blending new sounds to form words. I challenged the kids to read "The Park" to as many people as possible at home and to find a safe place to keep all of their decodables as they bring them home.
Next week we will have a new decodable titled "Lunch". The sight words introduced are a, an, is, here.
All of the kinder sight words are listed inside the homework folders that will go home Monday.
Thanks for reading, everyone! Please let me know if you have questions or concerns.
Have a fantastic weekend.
Friday, September 19, 2014
Friday, September 12, 2014
Week of September 15-19, 2014
Happy Friday Room 4 Families!
It's been a super week in Room 4. We are settling in to our routine and working hard every day.
Here is what we have coming up:
Important Dates
Friday, September 19: Family Movie Night
Wednesday, September 24: Back-to-School Night, 5:30-7. I will talk to parents/guardians about room 4 curriculum, procedures, our expectations for the year, etc. I will also answer any questions you have.
Friday, September 26: free dress day/Apple Day. On this day all kindergarteners are asked to bring an apple to school. We will be using them throughout the day and then eating them at the end of the day.
Wednesday, October 1: Homerun Reader kickoff at morning announcements. We will join the 1st-6th grades on the main yard in the morning for this.
I am working on finalizing the date for our pumpkin patch field trip in October. If you think you would like to come with us on any field trips this year you must be fingerprinted with the Sac City district. You can have this done at the Serna Center. It usually takes 30 working days for us to receive your clearance, so I encourage you to have this done as soon as possible. Please let me know if you have questions.
Homework
I have had a few questions about homework--mostly from people who are anxious to get started on it! Homework will begin the week of the 22nd. Each Friday I will email parents the packet for the following week. Your child will have 2-3 pages to work on each night. Homework is due to school on Friday mornings. Look for the first packet in your email on Friday the 19th!
Language Arts
This week we continue to focus on listening for sounds, rhyming, and letter shapes.
I will introduce our first sight word this week: the
We will be reading more books about starting school and being good friends.
Math
This week we are working on sorting shapes by color, shape, and size.
Thanks for reading, everyone!
If you have questions or concerns please don't hesitate to send me an email or stop by room 4.
Have a relaxing weekend.
It's been a super week in Room 4. We are settling in to our routine and working hard every day.
Here is what we have coming up:
Important Dates
Friday, September 19: Family Movie Night
Wednesday, September 24: Back-to-School Night, 5:30-7. I will talk to parents/guardians about room 4 curriculum, procedures, our expectations for the year, etc. I will also answer any questions you have.
Friday, September 26: free dress day/Apple Day. On this day all kindergarteners are asked to bring an apple to school. We will be using them throughout the day and then eating them at the end of the day.
Wednesday, October 1: Homerun Reader kickoff at morning announcements. We will join the 1st-6th grades on the main yard in the morning for this.
I am working on finalizing the date for our pumpkin patch field trip in October. If you think you would like to come with us on any field trips this year you must be fingerprinted with the Sac City district. You can have this done at the Serna Center. It usually takes 30 working days for us to receive your clearance, so I encourage you to have this done as soon as possible. Please let me know if you have questions.
Homework
I have had a few questions about homework--mostly from people who are anxious to get started on it! Homework will begin the week of the 22nd. Each Friday I will email parents the packet for the following week. Your child will have 2-3 pages to work on each night. Homework is due to school on Friday mornings. Look for the first packet in your email on Friday the 19th!
Language Arts
This week we continue to focus on listening for sounds, rhyming, and letter shapes.
I will introduce our first sight word this week: the
We will be reading more books about starting school and being good friends.
Math
This week we are working on sorting shapes by color, shape, and size.
Thanks for reading, everyone!
If you have questions or concerns please don't hesitate to send me an email or stop by room 4.
Have a relaxing weekend.
Friday, September 5, 2014
Week of September 8-12, 2014
Hello Room 4 Families!
Our school year is off to a wonderful start. Your children have worked very hard this week. I am thrilled to be spending my days with such happy kids.
Here is what we have coming up at Phoebe Hearst and in Room 4:
Important Dates:
Friday, 9/19: family Movie Night
Monday, 9/22: First day of our classroom centers/small group rotations. I will send an email about this to the folks who volunteered to help.
Wednesday, 9/24: Back-to-School Night. This is an evening for parents to come hear about Room 4 and our 2014-2015 school year. I will go over class procedures and policies, currilculum, and answer questions.
Friday, 9/26 Kinder Apple Day. Please have your child bring an apple (any color!) to school on this day. I will give more info about this as the day approaches.
Friday, 9/26: Free dress day
Wednesday, 10/1: Homerun Reader kickoff (more info to follow)
Language Arts
This week we will focus on the following: learning to recognize each others' names, rhyming, listening for first, middle, and last sounds, letter names, and letter formation.
We will read stories and books about starting school and being a good friend at school. We will discuss the importance of following rules and working hard in school.
We will begin to write about what we read in a journal.
Math
We are working on counting and cardinality up to 20. Your child will take home completed math worksheets almost every day. Please be sure to take a look at these so you can see what we worked on in class.
Bucket Filling???
I hope your child has told you a little bit about bucket filling. If so, you probably have some questions! Bucket filling is one of the ways I teach positive character. It's pretty simple: everyone carries around an invisible bucket. We feel good about ourselves when our bucket is full, and we feel bad, sad, and lonely when our bucket is empty. We can fill each others' buckets with our kind words and actions, and we can dip into peoples' buckets when we say or do mean things.
We have read about and discussed bucket filling and bucket dipping at length in class. I encourage you to talk with your child about bucket filling this weekend. If you'd like, there are several kids' books about this as well, including one in the Scholastic book order forms going home today!
Class Volunteers
Thank you to everyone who signed up to help in the classroom this year. If you haven't signed up, it's not too late. We still need people on Monday and Tuesday mornings from 8:10-9:00.
We would also love to have one more person to help check in homework on Friday mornings at 8:10.
Please let me know if you're interested. Thank you!
If you are signed up to work in the room, you need to have filled out and returned the volunteer level II form.
If you want to accompany us on any field trips this year, you will need to take the level III form to the Serna Center to be fingerprinted. This is for the safety of all the kids. I encourage you to do this as soon as possible, since it does usually take 30 working days for us to receive clearance after you're fingerprinted. The fee is $45, which can be used towards your parent hours for this year ($5=1 hour)
5th Grade Buddies
Today your child will meet his/her 5th grade buddy. On Friday mornings we will get together with Mr. Burkhouse's 5th grade class to read, work in the garden, and do projects together.
This is always a favorite time for kindergarteners and 5th graders!
Thank you, parents and families, for everything you do!
Please don't hesitate to email me with any questions or concerns: carrie.relles@gmail.com
Have a super weekend; I will see you Monday.
Our school year is off to a wonderful start. Your children have worked very hard this week. I am thrilled to be spending my days with such happy kids.
Here is what we have coming up at Phoebe Hearst and in Room 4:
Important Dates:
Friday, 9/19: family Movie Night
Monday, 9/22: First day of our classroom centers/small group rotations. I will send an email about this to the folks who volunteered to help.
Wednesday, 9/24: Back-to-School Night. This is an evening for parents to come hear about Room 4 and our 2014-2015 school year. I will go over class procedures and policies, currilculum, and answer questions.
Friday, 9/26 Kinder Apple Day. Please have your child bring an apple (any color!) to school on this day. I will give more info about this as the day approaches.
Friday, 9/26: Free dress day
Wednesday, 10/1: Homerun Reader kickoff (more info to follow)
Language Arts
This week we will focus on the following: learning to recognize each others' names, rhyming, listening for first, middle, and last sounds, letter names, and letter formation.
We will read stories and books about starting school and being a good friend at school. We will discuss the importance of following rules and working hard in school.
We will begin to write about what we read in a journal.
Math
We are working on counting and cardinality up to 20. Your child will take home completed math worksheets almost every day. Please be sure to take a look at these so you can see what we worked on in class.
Bucket Filling???
I hope your child has told you a little bit about bucket filling. If so, you probably have some questions! Bucket filling is one of the ways I teach positive character. It's pretty simple: everyone carries around an invisible bucket. We feel good about ourselves when our bucket is full, and we feel bad, sad, and lonely when our bucket is empty. We can fill each others' buckets with our kind words and actions, and we can dip into peoples' buckets when we say or do mean things.
We have read about and discussed bucket filling and bucket dipping at length in class. I encourage you to talk with your child about bucket filling this weekend. If you'd like, there are several kids' books about this as well, including one in the Scholastic book order forms going home today!
Class Volunteers
Thank you to everyone who signed up to help in the classroom this year. If you haven't signed up, it's not too late. We still need people on Monday and Tuesday mornings from 8:10-9:00.
We would also love to have one more person to help check in homework on Friday mornings at 8:10.
Please let me know if you're interested. Thank you!
If you are signed up to work in the room, you need to have filled out and returned the volunteer level II form.
If you want to accompany us on any field trips this year, you will need to take the level III form to the Serna Center to be fingerprinted. This is for the safety of all the kids. I encourage you to do this as soon as possible, since it does usually take 30 working days for us to receive clearance after you're fingerprinted. The fee is $45, which can be used towards your parent hours for this year ($5=1 hour)
5th Grade Buddies
Today your child will meet his/her 5th grade buddy. On Friday mornings we will get together with Mr. Burkhouse's 5th grade class to read, work in the garden, and do projects together.
This is always a favorite time for kindergarteners and 5th graders!
Thank you, parents and families, for everything you do!
Please don't hesitate to email me with any questions or concerns: carrie.relles@gmail.com
Have a super weekend; I will see you Monday.
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