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
Friday, January 30, 2015
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
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)