We had another fantastic week in Room 4. Your kids amaze me every day with their kindness, intelligence, and enthusiasm. This week we made pinwheels and windsocks, wrote paragraphs about living in snow globes, explored length, weight and capacity, and worked on reading and writing words with the sounds we are learning.
Here is what we have coming up:
Important Dates
Monday, January 20: MLK day; no school
Friday, 1/24: Art lesson, 10:15-11:00. We would love to have 2-3 parent helpers for this.
Monday, 1/27: Art lesson, 10:00-10:45. We would also love 1-2 more volunteers for this. Thanks to Bob Lipman for volunteering.
Friday, 1/31: free dress day; Room 4 to work in the school garden at 10:15. We would love to have 2-3 parents to help during this time.
Friday, February 7: PTO family dance, 6-8pm
Monday, February 10: Lincoln's Day holiday, no school
Thursday, February 13: 100th day of school (see below)
Friday, February 14: pink/red spirit free dress day; art lesson at 10:15; Valentine celebration (more info to follow)
Language Arts
This week we will start a new unit called "Stick to It". We will be reading stories about and discussing perserverance.
We will review the /s/ and /m/ sounds.
We will begin writing a summary of this week's story "The Great Big Enormous Turnip".
Math
We will begin chapter 8 on numbers to 30. We will work on counting objects to, writing, and comparing numbers to 30.
100th Day of School
Thank you to those families who sent items for our 100th day trail mix. We have received Cheerios, Chex, chocolate chips, and mini marshmallows. We still need
raisins
goldfish crackers
M&Ms
popcorn
dried cranberries
yogurt raisins
You can send these to school any time.
Thank you!
Thanks for everything, families!
Please don't hesitate to email me if you have a question or concern. carrie.relles@gmail.com
Have a nice weekend.
Friday, January 17, 2014
Friday, January 10, 2014
Week of January 13-17, 2014
Hello Families!
2014 is off to a super start. We wrote New Years' resolutions this week. They will be hanging on the windows shortly, so be sure to come check them out, and be sure to ask your child what his/her resolutions are. Some of them are fantastic.
Here is what we have coming up:
Important Dates
Monday, January 20: MLK day; no school
Friday, 1/24: Art lesson, 10:15-11:00. We would love to have 2-3 parent helpers for this.
Monday, 1/27: Art lesson, 10:00-10:45. We would also love 1-2 more volunteers for this. Thanks to Bob Lipman for volunteering.
Friday, 1/31: free dress day
Friday, February 7: PTO family dance, 6-8pm
Monday, February 10: Lincoln's Day holiday, no school
Thursday, February 13: 100th day of school (see below)
Friday, February 14: pink/red spirit free dress day; art lesson at 10:15; Valentine celbration (more info to follow)
Language Arts
This week we will focus on the short o sound and the sounds of /t/ and /n/.
New sight word: not
We will finish up our unit on the wind this week by reading, discussing and writing about a story called "Wind Says Goodnight".
We will begin writing paragraphs about what we would do if we lived in a snow globe.
Math
This week we continue the chapter on measurement. We will focus on weight and capacity.
100th Day of School
We have been counting our days in school all year and looking forward to the 100th day.We will celebrate the number 100 all day. Part of the homework that week will be for the kids to bring in a collection of 100 items. This can be something simple like 100 pennies, or as creative as they want to be.
We will be making 100th day trail mix that day during centers, so I am asking families to send ingredients for this. We need:
raisins
cheerios
marshmallows
goldfish crackers
M&Ms
popcorn
dried cranberries
yogurt raisins
chex cereal
chocolate chips
Please let me know if you can provide any of these for us.
Thanks for reading, everyone!
Have a super weekend, and please let me know if you have questions or concerns.
carrie.relles@gmail.com
2014 is off to a super start. We wrote New Years' resolutions this week. They will be hanging on the windows shortly, so be sure to come check them out, and be sure to ask your child what his/her resolutions are. Some of them are fantastic.
Here is what we have coming up:
Important Dates
Monday, January 20: MLK day; no school
Friday, 1/24: Art lesson, 10:15-11:00. We would love to have 2-3 parent helpers for this.
Monday, 1/27: Art lesson, 10:00-10:45. We would also love 1-2 more volunteers for this. Thanks to Bob Lipman for volunteering.
Friday, 1/31: free dress day
Friday, February 7: PTO family dance, 6-8pm
Monday, February 10: Lincoln's Day holiday, no school
Thursday, February 13: 100th day of school (see below)
Friday, February 14: pink/red spirit free dress day; art lesson at 10:15; Valentine celbration (more info to follow)
Language Arts
This week we will focus on the short o sound and the sounds of /t/ and /n/.
New sight word: not
We will finish up our unit on the wind this week by reading, discussing and writing about a story called "Wind Says Goodnight".
We will begin writing paragraphs about what we would do if we lived in a snow globe.
Math
This week we continue the chapter on measurement. We will focus on weight and capacity.
100th Day of School
We have been counting our days in school all year and looking forward to the 100th day.We will celebrate the number 100 all day. Part of the homework that week will be for the kids to bring in a collection of 100 items. This can be something simple like 100 pennies, or as creative as they want to be.
We will be making 100th day trail mix that day during centers, so I am asking families to send ingredients for this. We need:
raisins
cheerios
marshmallows
goldfish crackers
M&Ms
popcorn
dried cranberries
yogurt raisins
chex cereal
chocolate chips
Please let me know if you can provide any of these for us.
Thanks for reading, everyone!
Have a super weekend, and please let me know if you have questions or concerns.
carrie.relles@gmail.com
Friday, December 20, 2013
Week of January 6-10, 2014
Happy Friday, everyone!
We had another super week in Room 4. The kids wrote paragraphs about how to dress a snowman, they painted snowmen, we worked hard on gifts for family and our 5th grade buddies, we worked with the long vowels and several consonant sounds, and we had a fabulous holiday celebration thanks to our wonderful room moms Cambria Squires and Jennifer Mikacich.
Here is what we have coming up:
Monday, January 6th: first day back at school
Monday, January 20: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day; no school
Friday, January 24: Art lesson, 10:15-11:00. We would love to have a couple of parents help with this!
Monday, January 27: Art lesson, 10:00-10:45. We would also love to have some parents on this day!
Friday, January 31: Free dress day
Language Arts
When we return in January we will continue reading in our wind unit. We will work on the sounds of /p/, short a, /h/, and /t/.
New sight words: like, too
Writing: we will write a paragraph about our New Years' resolutions. This is always so interesting to see how the kids understand the idea of resolutions and what they come up with for themselves!
Math
We will begin chapter 7 on measurement. This week we will explore length, height, and work on ordering objects from shortest to longest.
Thank you, families for all of your help and support in Room 4 this year! Enjoy your holiday with your families. I look forward to seeing everyone in January!
Please let me know if you have questions or concerns.
carrie.relles@gmail.com
We had another super week in Room 4. The kids wrote paragraphs about how to dress a snowman, they painted snowmen, we worked hard on gifts for family and our 5th grade buddies, we worked with the long vowels and several consonant sounds, and we had a fabulous holiday celebration thanks to our wonderful room moms Cambria Squires and Jennifer Mikacich.
Here is what we have coming up:
Monday, January 6th: first day back at school
Monday, January 20: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day; no school
Friday, January 24: Art lesson, 10:15-11:00. We would love to have a couple of parents help with this!
Monday, January 27: Art lesson, 10:00-10:45. We would also love to have some parents on this day!
Friday, January 31: Free dress day
Language Arts
When we return in January we will continue reading in our wind unit. We will work on the sounds of /p/, short a, /h/, and /t/.
New sight words: like, too
Writing: we will write a paragraph about our New Years' resolutions. This is always so interesting to see how the kids understand the idea of resolutions and what they come up with for themselves!
Math
We will begin chapter 7 on measurement. This week we will explore length, height, and work on ordering objects from shortest to longest.
Thank you, families for all of your help and support in Room 4 this year! Enjoy your holiday with your families. I look forward to seeing everyone in January!
Please let me know if you have questions or concerns.
carrie.relles@gmail.com
Friday, December 13, 2013
Week of December 16-20, 2013
Hello Room 4 Families,
We had a super week in Room 4. Thank you to everyone who helped with centers this week and to those who volunteered to help with our special holiday centers next week.
Here is what we have coming up:
Tonight: winter craft fair, 6-8pm
Monday, December 16, 10:00-10:45 am: art lesson. Thank you to Ramona Harvan for volunteering to help with this. We would love to have 1-2 more parents come help that day.
Thursday, December 19: Special holiday centers and celebration, 11:45-1. Thanks to Jen Mikacich and Cambria Squires for organizing this and to the others who volunteered to help. It will be fun!
Friday, December 20: Free dress
Moday, December 23-Sunday, January 5: NO SCHOOL
Monday, January 20: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day; no school
Friday, January 24: Art lesson, 10:15-11:00. We would love to have a couple of parents help with this!
Monday, January 27: Art lesson, 10:00-10:45. We would also love to have some parents on this day!
Language Arts
We have started our next unit called "The Wind". We are beginning to focus more on putting sounds together to make words, listening for beginning, middle, and ending sounds in words, and the long and short vowel sounds. The kids are loving turning the alphabet cards over and finding out about the pictures on the back.
The letter/sound focus this week will be on long i, /d/, /p/, and long u.
new sight words: at
Writing: This week the kids will use their imaginations to write about what they would do if they were an elf. We are continuing to work on the writing process and focus on topic sentences with details to support our topic.
Math
This week we will take our chapter tests on numbers 1-20. We have been working hard on remembering how to write the numbers 11-20, comparing numbers to 20, and ordering numbers 1-20.
Thanks for everything you do, families! If you have any questions or concerns please don't hesitate to email me at carrie.relles@gmail.com
Have a fantastic holiday.
We had a super week in Room 4. Thank you to everyone who helped with centers this week and to those who volunteered to help with our special holiday centers next week.
Here is what we have coming up:
Tonight: winter craft fair, 6-8pm
Monday, December 16, 10:00-10:45 am: art lesson. Thank you to Ramona Harvan for volunteering to help with this. We would love to have 1-2 more parents come help that day.
Thursday, December 19: Special holiday centers and celebration, 11:45-1. Thanks to Jen Mikacich and Cambria Squires for organizing this and to the others who volunteered to help. It will be fun!
Friday, December 20: Free dress
Moday, December 23-Sunday, January 5: NO SCHOOL
Monday, January 20: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day; no school
Friday, January 24: Art lesson, 10:15-11:00. We would love to have a couple of parents help with this!
Monday, January 27: Art lesson, 10:00-10:45. We would also love to have some parents on this day!
Language Arts
We have started our next unit called "The Wind". We are beginning to focus more on putting sounds together to make words, listening for beginning, middle, and ending sounds in words, and the long and short vowel sounds. The kids are loving turning the alphabet cards over and finding out about the pictures on the back.
The letter/sound focus this week will be on long i, /d/, /p/, and long u.
new sight words: at
Writing: This week the kids will use their imaginations to write about what they would do if they were an elf. We are continuing to work on the writing process and focus on topic sentences with details to support our topic.
Math
This week we will take our chapter tests on numbers 1-20. We have been working hard on remembering how to write the numbers 11-20, comparing numbers to 20, and ordering numbers 1-20.
Thanks for everything you do, families! If you have any questions or concerns please don't hesitate to email me at carrie.relles@gmail.com
Have a fantastic holiday.
Friday, December 6, 2013
Week of December 9-13, 2013
Happy Friday, Room 4 Families!
I hope you all had a relaxing Thanksgiving. We are back at work in room 4, and the kids haven't missed a beat. Thank you for all of your support with the homework and Home Run Reader logs.
Here is what we have coming up:
Tuesday, December 10: picture make-up day
Friday, December 13: Winter Wonderland free dress (more info to follow); Craft Faire, 6-8pm
Monday, December 16: art lesson, 10:00-10:45 am. We would love to have 2-3 parents volunteer to help with this.
Friday, December 20: free dress day
December 23-January 3: no school
Language Arts
Today we are starting unit 4 of our curriculum, "The Wind". We will be focusing more on blending sounds to make words and putting words together to make sentences. Watch out for more reading and writing in the homework.
New sight words: can, what, you
Letter/sound focus: the sounds of /s/ and /m/
In writing, we are finishing up a paragraph about imaginary pet reindeer. We are working on topic sentences. The kids are doing a fabulous job with this.
Math
This week we continue working on numbers to 20. We are working on writing, ordering, and comparing numbers to 20.
Thank you for everything you do, families! Please email me if you have any questions or concerns.
carrie.relles@gmail.com
I hope you all had a relaxing Thanksgiving. We are back at work in room 4, and the kids haven't missed a beat. Thank you for all of your support with the homework and Home Run Reader logs.
Here is what we have coming up:
Tuesday, December 10: picture make-up day
Friday, December 13: Winter Wonderland free dress (more info to follow); Craft Faire, 6-8pm
Monday, December 16: art lesson, 10:00-10:45 am. We would love to have 2-3 parents volunteer to help with this.
Friday, December 20: free dress day
December 23-January 3: no school
Language Arts
Today we are starting unit 4 of our curriculum, "The Wind". We will be focusing more on blending sounds to make words and putting words together to make sentences. Watch out for more reading and writing in the homework.
New sight words: can, what, you
Letter/sound focus: the sounds of /s/ and /m/
In writing, we are finishing up a paragraph about imaginary pet reindeer. We are working on topic sentences. The kids are doing a fabulous job with this.
Math
This week we continue working on numbers to 20. We are working on writing, ordering, and comparing numbers to 20.
Thank you for everything you do, families! Please email me if you have any questions or concerns.
carrie.relles@gmail.com
Friday, November 8, 2013
Week of November 11-15, 2013
Happy Friday, everyone!
We have been very busy this week with letter expert groups, writing about our favorite season, painting turkeys, and doing some testing for report cards. The kids have been working so hard. They are awesome.
Here is what we have coming up:
Monday, November 11: Veterans' Day Holiday. No school
Friday, 11/15: Art lesson, 10:15-11:00am.Thanks to the parents and grandparents who volunteered to help during this. We will also have classroom centers on this day from 8:15-9am. Thanks to Brenda Rodrigez, Sarah Kirchgessner, Bob Lipman, and Jennifer Moreno, who volunteered to help with centers.
Friday, 11/22: Art lesson, 10:15-11:00am.Thanks to the parents and grandparents who volunteered to help during this.
Friday, November 15-Friday, November 22: shortened days for parent/teacher conferences. Please note kindergarteners are dismissed on these days at 12:20 from the cafeteria. I walk them to lunch at 11:50, and you can pick them up there.
If you haven't signed up for a conference day and time, please do so. The schedule/sign-up sheet is posted in the back of Room 4. Also, please watch for a conformation email with dates and times for everyone's conferences. I am looking forward to meeting with all of you!
Friday, November 22: Picture Day
Monday, November 25-Friday, November 29: Thanksgiving Holiday; no school.
Monday, Dec. 2-Friday, Dec. 6: Scholastic Book Fair at school. Schedule to follow.
Language Arts:
This week we continue our unit on Finding Friends.
New sight words: none this week.
We will continue the activities with the letter expert groups. Thanks to everyone who sent in items that begin with your child's expert letter. This week we will focus more on the sounds these letters make and practice making words with them.
We will also continue with oral blending of word parts. The kids love this and are very good at it!
Writing: We will work on journal writing, writing sentences for a friendship book, and we will begin working on a paragraph about how to make breakfast.
Math:
We are continuing the chapter on graphing. So far the kids love collecting data and turning it into a graph. Please watch for lots of this in our homework!
Thanks for reading, everyone. Please email me at carrie.relles@gmail.com if you have any questions or concerns.
We have been very busy this week with letter expert groups, writing about our favorite season, painting turkeys, and doing some testing for report cards. The kids have been working so hard. They are awesome.
Here is what we have coming up:
Monday, November 11: Veterans' Day Holiday. No school
Friday, 11/15: Art lesson, 10:15-11:00am.Thanks to the parents and grandparents who volunteered to help during this. We will also have classroom centers on this day from 8:15-9am. Thanks to Brenda Rodrigez, Sarah Kirchgessner, Bob Lipman, and Jennifer Moreno, who volunteered to help with centers.
Friday, 11/22: Art lesson, 10:15-11:00am.Thanks to the parents and grandparents who volunteered to help during this.
Friday, November 15-Friday, November 22: shortened days for parent/teacher conferences. Please note kindergarteners are dismissed on these days at 12:20 from the cafeteria. I walk them to lunch at 11:50, and you can pick them up there.
If you haven't signed up for a conference day and time, please do so. The schedule/sign-up sheet is posted in the back of Room 4. Also, please watch for a conformation email with dates and times for everyone's conferences. I am looking forward to meeting with all of you!
Friday, November 22: Picture Day
Monday, November 25-Friday, November 29: Thanksgiving Holiday; no school.
Monday, Dec. 2-Friday, Dec. 6: Scholastic Book Fair at school. Schedule to follow.
Language Arts:
This week we continue our unit on Finding Friends.
New sight words: none this week.
We will continue the activities with the letter expert groups. Thanks to everyone who sent in items that begin with your child's expert letter. This week we will focus more on the sounds these letters make and practice making words with them.
We will also continue with oral blending of word parts. The kids love this and are very good at it!
Writing: We will work on journal writing, writing sentences for a friendship book, and we will begin working on a paragraph about how to make breakfast.
Math:
We are continuing the chapter on graphing. So far the kids love collecting data and turning it into a graph. Please watch for lots of this in our homework!
Thanks for reading, everyone. Please email me at carrie.relles@gmail.com if you have any questions or concerns.
Friday, November 1, 2013
Week of November 4-8, 2013
Happy Friday Room 4 Families!
Whew! October was a fantastic month. Your kids are learning and growing so much.
You should have received your November newsletters yesterday. The November Home Run Reader log is part of that packet, and is due at the end of November.
Today new book order forms are going home. Remember it's super easy to order. Just go online to www.scholastic.com/readingclubs , shop, and enter our class code the first time you order: FNJKK. Shipping is free, and orders are shipped to school. Please submit orders by November 12.
Here is what we have coming up in November:
Monday, November 4: Art lesson, 10-10:45 am. We would love to have 2-3 parent or grandparent volunteers for this. Please let me know if you'd like to help out. Thank you to Ramona Harvan who has volunteered to help with our November art lessons.
Monday, November 11: Veterans' Day Holiday. No school
Friday, 11/15: Art lesson, 10:15-11:00am.We would love to have 2-3 parent or grandparent volunteers for this. Please let me know if you'd like to help out.
Friday, 11/22: Art lesson, 10:15-11:00am.We would love to have 2-3 parent or grandparent volunteers for this. Please let me know if you'd like to help out.
Friday, November 15-Friday, November 22: shortened days for parent/teacher conferences. Please note kindergarteners are dismissed on these days at 12:20 from the cafeteria. I walk them to lunch at 11:50, and you can pick them up there.
If you haven't signed up for a conference day and time, please do so. The schedule/sign-up sheet is posted in the back of Room 4.
Friday, November 22: Picture Day
Monday, November 25-Friday, November 29: Thanksgiving Holiday; no school.
Monday, Dec. 2-Friday, Dec. 6: Scholastic Book Fair at school. Schedule to follow.
Language Arts
This week we will begin a new unit titled "Finding Friends", during which we will read all about making friends, how to be a good friend, and what happens when friends don't get along. If your child has any books at home that go with this theme, they are welcome to bring them to school. Please label with your child's name.
In this unit we will start to focus on letter sounds and orally putting parts of words together (blending). The kids love this, and it is a big stepping stone to later reading success!
New sight words: down, go, up
Writing: This week we will write responses to the stories we read and begin working on a piece telling which season we prefer-summer or fall.
Math:
This week we begin a new chapter on graphing. Children will learn how to gather data and interpret graphs.
Thanks for reading, everyone!
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Email me any time at carrie.relles@gmail.com
Whew! October was a fantastic month. Your kids are learning and growing so much.
You should have received your November newsletters yesterday. The November Home Run Reader log is part of that packet, and is due at the end of November.
Today new book order forms are going home. Remember it's super easy to order. Just go online to www.scholastic.com/readingclubs , shop, and enter our class code the first time you order: FNJKK. Shipping is free, and orders are shipped to school. Please submit orders by November 12.
Here is what we have coming up in November:
Monday, November 4: Art lesson, 10-10:45 am. We would love to have 2-3 parent or grandparent volunteers for this. Please let me know if you'd like to help out. Thank you to Ramona Harvan who has volunteered to help with our November art lessons.
Monday, November 11: Veterans' Day Holiday. No school
Friday, 11/15: Art lesson, 10:15-11:00am.We would love to have 2-3 parent or grandparent volunteers for this. Please let me know if you'd like to help out.
Friday, 11/22: Art lesson, 10:15-11:00am.We would love to have 2-3 parent or grandparent volunteers for this. Please let me know if you'd like to help out.
Friday, November 15-Friday, November 22: shortened days for parent/teacher conferences. Please note kindergarteners are dismissed on these days at 12:20 from the cafeteria. I walk them to lunch at 11:50, and you can pick them up there.
If you haven't signed up for a conference day and time, please do so. The schedule/sign-up sheet is posted in the back of Room 4.
Friday, November 22: Picture Day
Monday, November 25-Friday, November 29: Thanksgiving Holiday; no school.
Monday, Dec. 2-Friday, Dec. 6: Scholastic Book Fair at school. Schedule to follow.
Language Arts
This week we will begin a new unit titled "Finding Friends", during which we will read all about making friends, how to be a good friend, and what happens when friends don't get along. If your child has any books at home that go with this theme, they are welcome to bring them to school. Please label with your child's name.
In this unit we will start to focus on letter sounds and orally putting parts of words together (blending). The kids love this, and it is a big stepping stone to later reading success!
New sight words: down, go, up
Writing: This week we will write responses to the stories we read and begin working on a piece telling which season we prefer-summer or fall.
Math:
This week we begin a new chapter on graphing. Children will learn how to gather data and interpret graphs.
Thanks for reading, everyone!
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Email me any time at carrie.relles@gmail.com
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)