Happy Friday everyone!
We had a great week in room 4. Your kids have been reading, writing, and working so hard on their math every day.
Here is what we have coming up:
Important dates:
April 28-May 15th: Smarter Balanced testing, 3rd-6th grades. This year the test is mostly for practice. However, we try to keep the school as distraction-free as possible during those days. Therefore everyone who volunteers in room 4 during those days will need to exit through the kinder gate so we don't disturb rooms who are busy testing.
Friday, May 2nd: Art lesson, 10:15-11am. Please let me know if you'd like to help with this.
Saturday, May 17: PH Art Walk, 10-2pm. This is a fun day for families to come check out all the art the kids have been working on this year. There will also be crafts and other fun things for kids.
Monday, May 19: Art lesson, 10-10:45 am. This will be our last art lesson of the year. Please let me know if you'd like to help out.
Monday, May 26: No School; Memorial Day
Wednesday, May 28: Open House. This is a fun night for families to take a tour of Room 4. We will have LOTS of work on display. Don't miss it! Time TBA
Language Arts
This week we continue to work on our Teamwork unit. The kids are enjoying talking and writing about the importance of teamwork.
We will work on blending and spelling words every day. Please be sure to have your child read for at least 20 minutes every day at home. This can be a combination of you reading to your child and them reading to you.
Our writing this week will be a paragraph about watching a movie in a theater or watching a movie at home.
Math
This week we will continue working on identifying and counting money.
The more practice kids get with this the better, so it's great if you help your child count groups of coins. This week we worked on finding the amount of money in groups of pennies, nickels, and dimes. Next week we will count quarters and then start counting groups of mixed coins.
Kinder Play Day--June 10
It's hard to believe I'm already writing about end-of-year activities!
We are going to do a fun play day out at the baseball fields on Tuesday 6/10 with rooms 2 and 3. This will be a fun day for kids (and parents!) to celebrate our hard work this year and to talk/play with people from other classrooms.
We will need lots of parent help to make this a super day for the kids. For now, we are just looking for ideas and resources for fun activities to have going for the kids. Some ideas we have so far are a bounce house, water balloon games, face painting, sack races, hula hooping, beading for jewelry making. If you have an idea or any resources you would like to donate for this, please let me know. Also, please let me know if you'd like to help out with planning play day.
Thank you, families for everything you do!
Have a great weekend, and don't hesitate to email with any questions or concerns.
carrie.relles@gmail.com
Friday, April 25, 2014
Friday, March 28, 2014
Week of March 31-April 4, 2014
Hello Room 4 families,
Spring is off to a fabulous start in room 4. Your children work so hard every day and are learning so much.
Here is what we have coming up:
Important Dates:
Monday, March 31: Art lesson; 10:00-10:45am
Wednesday, April 2: Free dress for $1. Money raised goes to Mrs. Harris' Sutter Memorial Hospital donation campaign.
Friday, April 4: Air Rock competition at Sutter Middle School; 6pm
Friday, 4/11: Art lesson; 10:15-11:00 am
April 14-18: SPRING BREAK; no school
We are still looking for a parent or parents to help with centers on the following Thursday mornings: April 10, April 24, May 1, May 22, May 29. Please let me know if you would like to help from 8:10-9:00 am on any or all of these dates. Thank you!
Spring is off to a fabulous start in room 4. Your children work so hard every day and are learning so much.
Here is what we have coming up:
Important Dates:
Monday, March 31: Art lesson; 10:00-10:45am
Wednesday, April 2: Free dress for $1. Money raised goes to Mrs. Harris' Sutter Memorial Hospital donation campaign.
Friday, April 4: Air Rock competition at Sutter Middle School; 6pm
Friday, 4/11: Art lesson; 10:15-11:00 am
April 14-18: SPRING BREAK; no school
We are still looking for a parent or parents to help with centers on the following Thursday mornings: April 10, April 24, May 1, May 22, May 29. Please let me know if you would like to help from 8:10-9:00 am on any or all of these dates. Thank you!
Language Arts
We are working away on blending, reading, and spelling words. Please continue to read to or have your child read to you for at least 20 minutes every day.
Letter/sound focus: /x/, /z/, and /w/
Writing: we will continue to work on writing how to play our favorite sports.
Math
We are continuing to work on subtraction this week.
Science
We started a unit on plants this week. We will focus on learning about what plants need to grow, the parts of plants, and their lifecycle. We will be observing four plants to see what happens if they don't get one of the things they need (water, sunlight or soil), and the kids will be planting their own plants and writing about their growth in a journal. And of course, we will be working in our school garden and learning about plants there!
Thanks for reading, everyone. If you have any questions or concerns please email me at carrie.relles@gmail.com
Have a nice weekend.
Friday, March 21, 2014
Week of March 24-28, 2014
Happy Friday everyone!
Here is what we have going on in room 4~
Important Dates
Friday, 3/28: free dress day
Monday, 3/31: Art lesson, 10:00-10:45. We would love to have a couple parent helpers for this. Please let me know if you can help.
Friday, April 4: Air Rock competition
Friday, 4/11: Art lesson 10:15-11:00. Please let me know if you'd like to come in to help with this!
We are still looking for a parent or parents to help with centers on the following Thursday mornings: April 10, April 24, May 1, May 22, May 29. Please let me know if you would like to help from 8:10-9:00 am on any or all of these dates. Thank you!
Language Arts
This week we will finish up our "Red, White and Blue" unit and begin talking about Teamwork. If your child has any books that fit this theme please send them in! Just mark them clearly with your child's name.
Letter/sound focus: /f/, short e, /x/
We are continuing to work on blending letters and sounds to make words and to use the sounds we know to spell words.
Writing: the kids will write a paragraph this week about how to play their favorite sport.
Math
This week we will finish our chapter on addition and begin working on subtraction at the end of the week.
Thanks for reading, everyone. Please let me know if you have questions or concerns-- carrie.relles@gmail.com
Have a fantastic weekend.
Here is what we have going on in room 4~
Important Dates
Friday, 3/28: free dress day
Monday, 3/31: Art lesson, 10:00-10:45. We would love to have a couple parent helpers for this. Please let me know if you can help.
Friday, April 4: Air Rock competition
Friday, 4/11: Art lesson 10:15-11:00. Please let me know if you'd like to come in to help with this!
We are still looking for a parent or parents to help with centers on the following Thursday mornings: April 10, April 24, May 1, May 22, May 29. Please let me know if you would like to help from 8:10-9:00 am on any or all of these dates. Thank you!
Language Arts
This week we will finish up our "Red, White and Blue" unit and begin talking about Teamwork. If your child has any books that fit this theme please send them in! Just mark them clearly with your child's name.
Letter/sound focus: /f/, short e, /x/
We are continuing to work on blending letters and sounds to make words and to use the sounds we know to spell words.
Writing: the kids will write a paragraph this week about how to play their favorite sport.
Math
This week we will finish our chapter on addition and begin working on subtraction at the end of the week.
Thanks for reading, everyone. Please let me know if you have questions or concerns-- carrie.relles@gmail.com
Have a fantastic weekend.
Friday, March 14, 2014
Week of March 17-21, 2014
Hello Room 4 families! The kids have been working away in Room 4. They are learning so much so quickly.
Thanks to everyone for helping kids with homework nightly, and a huge thanks to those who volunteer in the classroom.
Volunteer Needed!
We are in need of someone to help with our centers time on Thursdays starting in April until the first week in June. Centers run from 8:10 until 9:00 am. If this is something you would like to do, please let me know. You don't need to be fingerprinted, just fill out the volunteer level 1 form.
Important dates:
Monday 3/17: Spirit day--wear green (free dress)
Friday, 3/28: free dress day
Monday, 3/31: Art lesson, 10:00-10:45. We would love to have a couple parent helpers for this. Please let me know if you can help.
Friday, 4/11: Art lesson 10:15-11:00. Please let me know if you'd like to come in to help with this!
Language Arts
The kids are loving our Red, White, and Blue unit. Ask them about some of the American symbols they have learned about.
Letter/sound focus: /g/, /j/
We will continue to work on using knowledge of letter sounds to make words.
The kids have been writing a book about American symbols and are working to finish a writing piece about what they would do if they caught a leprechaun.
Math
The kids did a super job with addition stories (word problems) this week. Next week we continue to practice adding numbers to 10. My goal for them is to start memorizing some math facts with sums to 10. The more they practice math facts the more they begin to remember them and won't have to use fingers, pictures, etc to find the answers.
Thanks for reading, everyone.
Have a great weekend, and please let me know if you have questions or concerns.
carrie.relles@gmail.com
Thanks to everyone for helping kids with homework nightly, and a huge thanks to those who volunteer in the classroom.
Volunteer Needed!
We are in need of someone to help with our centers time on Thursdays starting in April until the first week in June. Centers run from 8:10 until 9:00 am. If this is something you would like to do, please let me know. You don't need to be fingerprinted, just fill out the volunteer level 1 form.
Important dates:
Monday 3/17: Spirit day--wear green (free dress)
Friday, 3/28: free dress day
Monday, 3/31: Art lesson, 10:00-10:45. We would love to have a couple parent helpers for this. Please let me know if you can help.
Friday, 4/11: Art lesson 10:15-11:00. Please let me know if you'd like to come in to help with this!
Language Arts
The kids are loving our Red, White, and Blue unit. Ask them about some of the American symbols they have learned about.
Letter/sound focus: /g/, /j/
We will continue to work on using knowledge of letter sounds to make words.
The kids have been writing a book about American symbols and are working to finish a writing piece about what they would do if they caught a leprechaun.
Math
The kids did a super job with addition stories (word problems) this week. Next week we continue to practice adding numbers to 10. My goal for them is to start memorizing some math facts with sums to 10. The more they practice math facts the more they begin to remember them and won't have to use fingers, pictures, etc to find the answers.
Thanks for reading, everyone.
Have a great weekend, and please let me know if you have questions or concerns.
carrie.relles@gmail.com
Friday, February 28, 2014
Week of March 3-7, 2014
Hello Room 4 families,
Monday, 3/3: We will celebrate Dr. Seuss's birthday (which is 3/2). Your child is encouraged to bring in Dr. Seuss books this week to share with the class. Please clearly label the books with your child's name so we will be sure to get them back to the correct people.
Friday, 3/7: Science Night, 6-8 pm
Monday, 3/10: art lesson; 10-10:45 am. We'd love to have some parent helpers!
Monday, 3/17: Free dress spirit day--wear GREEN!
Friday, 3/28: free dress day
Monday, 3/31: art lesson; 10-10:45 am. We'd love some parent helpers. Let me know if you'd like to come in.
Language Arts
This week we start a new unit, "Red, White and Blue," all about patriotism. We will be learning about American symbols like the flag, the bald eagle, and some national monuments.
Letter/sound focus: short o, /b/, and /c/
Math:
This week we will finish our geometry unit on solid and plane shapes. We will take the chapter tests on Friday.
Thanks for reading, everyone! Please let me know if you have questions or concerns. carrie.relles@gmail.com
Have a nice weekend
We had a great week working away in Room 4. The kids have been enjoying reading and writing about Dr. Seuss. We will celebrate his birthday on Monday.
I enjoyed meeting with all of you this week for parent/teacher conferences. Thanks to everyone for coming!
Here is what we have coming up:
Monday, 3/3: We will celebrate Dr. Seuss's birthday (which is 3/2). Your child is encouraged to bring in Dr. Seuss books this week to share with the class. Please clearly label the books with your child's name so we will be sure to get them back to the correct people.
Friday, 3/7: Science Night, 6-8 pm
Monday, 3/10: art lesson; 10-10:45 am. We'd love to have some parent helpers!
Monday, 3/17: Free dress spirit day--wear GREEN!
Friday, 3/28: free dress day
Monday, 3/31: art lesson; 10-10:45 am. We'd love some parent helpers. Let me know if you'd like to come in.
Language Arts
This week we start a new unit, "Red, White and Blue," all about patriotism. We will be learning about American symbols like the flag, the bald eagle, and some national monuments.
Letter/sound focus: short o, /b/, and /c/
Math:
This week we will finish our geometry unit on solid and plane shapes. We will take the chapter tests on Friday.
Thanks for reading, everyone! Please let me know if you have questions or concerns. carrie.relles@gmail.com
Have a nice weekend
Friday, February 21, 2014
Week of February 24-28, 2014
We had another awesome week in room 4. Thanks to everyone who helped out this week and last, especially with the 100th day of school and Valentine's Day. The kids really enjoyed themselves!
Here is what we have coming up:
Monday-Friday, February 24-28: Parent/Teacher conferences. Dismissal will be at 12:20 from the cafeteria. I will walk the kids to lunch at 11:50, so if you'd like to pick them up before they eat, you can at that time.
I am looking forward to meeting with all of you to talk about your child's progress. I will have the 2nd trimester report card to share with you. Please see the schedule I sent last week below.
This week we are participating in the Pennies for Patients fundraiser. Kids can bring in change to put in the box at the back of our room. Money raised goes to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
Friday, 2/28: art lesson; 10:15-11am. We'd love to have 1-2 more parent helpers. Please let me know if you'd like to help out. This is also a free dress day.
Monday, 3/3: We will celebrate Dr. Seuss's birthday (which is 3/2). Your child is encouraged to bring in Dr. Seuss books this week to share with the class. Please clearly label the books with your child's name so we will be sure to get them back to the correct people.
Monday, 3/10: art lesson; 10-10:45 am. We'd love to have some parent helpers!
Monday, 3/31: art lesson; 10-10:45 am. Ditto!
Language Arts
This week we start a new unit, "Red, White and Blue," all about patriotism. We will be learning about American symbols like the flag, the bald eagle, and some national monuments.
Letter/sound focus: /n/, /d/, and short o.
We will continue working on blending sounds to make words and using sounds to spell words. We will also focus on orally changing sounds in words to make new words. For example: "What word do we get when we change the /h/ in hot to /n/? Not"
In writing this week we will write about some of our favorite Dr. Suess books.
Math
This week we start chapter 10 on solid shapes. We will work on naming and comparing solid shapes such as a sphere, cone, cube, cylinder, rectangular prism, and triangular prism.
As always, we review and preview other concepts daily with board math.
Thanks for everything, families! Have a great weekend. I will see you next week at your conference. Please let me know if you have questions or concerns.
carrie.relles@gmail.com
Here is what we have coming up:
Monday-Friday, February 24-28: Parent/Teacher conferences. Dismissal will be at 12:20 from the cafeteria. I will walk the kids to lunch at 11:50, so if you'd like to pick them up before they eat, you can at that time.
I am looking forward to meeting with all of you to talk about your child's progress. I will have the 2nd trimester report card to share with you. Please see the schedule I sent last week below.
This week we are participating in the Pennies for Patients fundraiser. Kids can bring in change to put in the box at the back of our room. Money raised goes to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
Friday, 2/28: art lesson; 10:15-11am. We'd love to have 1-2 more parent helpers. Please let me know if you'd like to help out. This is also a free dress day.
Monday, 3/3: We will celebrate Dr. Seuss's birthday (which is 3/2). Your child is encouraged to bring in Dr. Seuss books this week to share with the class. Please clearly label the books with your child's name so we will be sure to get them back to the correct people.
Monday, 3/10: art lesson; 10-10:45 am. We'd love to have some parent helpers!
Monday, 3/31: art lesson; 10-10:45 am. Ditto!
Language Arts
This week we start a new unit, "Red, White and Blue," all about patriotism. We will be learning about American symbols like the flag, the bald eagle, and some national monuments.
Letter/sound focus: /n/, /d/, and short o.
We will continue working on blending sounds to make words and using sounds to spell words. We will also focus on orally changing sounds in words to make new words. For example: "What word do we get when we change the /h/ in hot to /n/? Not"
In writing this week we will write about some of our favorite Dr. Suess books.
Math
This week we start chapter 10 on solid shapes. We will work on naming and comparing solid shapes such as a sphere, cone, cube, cylinder, rectangular prism, and triangular prism.
As always, we review and preview other concepts daily with board math.
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Ruby
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William
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Danny
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Camille
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Gavin
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Weston
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Rola
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Chance
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Claire
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Caleb
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carrie.relles@gmail.com
Friday, February 7, 2014
Week of February 10-14, 2014
Hello Room 4 families!
February is off to a very busy start. This week we began getting ready for the 100th day of School and Valentine's day. We also did a lot of writing, and we are getting ready for our science fair experiment this afternoon with Jaden's mom, Jen DeWald.
Here are some important dates to remember:
Monday, 2/10: No school; Lincoln's Day holiday
Thursday, 2/13: 100th day of school. We would love to have 2 more parent helpers for centers that morning (8:10-9am). Please let me know if you're interested in helping out. Also, the kids have homework due that day--they need to bring in 100 items to show the class. Some have already been turned in, and kids are getting very creative!
Friday, 2/14: Art lesson, 10:15-11:00am. We'd love to have 2-3 parent helpers. Let me know if you want to come in that day. Valentine celebration, 12-12:45pm. We will have activities and snacks. Let me know if you'd like to help out. It's also a free dress spirit day--dress in red and pink.
Monday, 2/17: no school, Presidents' Day
Friday, 2/21: art lesson, 10:15-11am. We'd love to have 2-3 parent helpers. Let me know if you want to come in that day.
Monday, 2/24-Friday, 2/28: parent/teacher conferences; shortened day schedule. The kids will go to lunch at 11:50 and then will be dismissed from the cafeteria at 12:20.
Friday, 2/28: art lesson, 10:15-11am. We'd love to have 2-3 parent helpers. Let me know if you want to come in that day. It's also a free dress day.
Language Arts
This week we continue our Stick to It unit.
Letter/sound focus: short i and /l/
We will continue to work on blending sounds and letters to make words and to spell words using the sounds and letters we have learned.
Math
This week we continue our unit on time. We will work on telling time to the hour and half hour.
Supplies
We are running very low on glue sticks. We have gone through the ones the kids started the year with plus several more. We would love any donations--many of our art projects are impossible without glue sticks! Thanks!
Thanks for reading, everyone.
Have a great weekend, and let me know if you have questions or concerns.
carrie.relles@gmail.com
February is off to a very busy start. This week we began getting ready for the 100th day of School and Valentine's day. We also did a lot of writing, and we are getting ready for our science fair experiment this afternoon with Jaden's mom, Jen DeWald.
Here are some important dates to remember:
Monday, 2/10: No school; Lincoln's Day holiday
Thursday, 2/13: 100th day of school. We would love to have 2 more parent helpers for centers that morning (8:10-9am). Please let me know if you're interested in helping out. Also, the kids have homework due that day--they need to bring in 100 items to show the class. Some have already been turned in, and kids are getting very creative!
Friday, 2/14: Art lesson, 10:15-11:00am. We'd love to have 2-3 parent helpers. Let me know if you want to come in that day. Valentine celebration, 12-12:45pm. We will have activities and snacks. Let me know if you'd like to help out. It's also a free dress spirit day--dress in red and pink.
Monday, 2/17: no school, Presidents' Day
Friday, 2/21: art lesson, 10:15-11am. We'd love to have 2-3 parent helpers. Let me know if you want to come in that day.
Monday, 2/24-Friday, 2/28: parent/teacher conferences; shortened day schedule. The kids will go to lunch at 11:50 and then will be dismissed from the cafeteria at 12:20.
Friday, 2/28: art lesson, 10:15-11am. We'd love to have 2-3 parent helpers. Let me know if you want to come in that day. It's also a free dress day.
Language Arts
This week we continue our Stick to It unit.
Letter/sound focus: short i and /l/
We will continue to work on blending sounds and letters to make words and to spell words using the sounds and letters we have learned.
Math
This week we continue our unit on time. We will work on telling time to the hour and half hour.
Supplies
We are running very low on glue sticks. We have gone through the ones the kids started the year with plus several more. We would love any donations--many of our art projects are impossible without glue sticks! Thanks!
Thanks for reading, everyone.
Have a great weekend, and let me know if you have questions or concerns.
carrie.relles@gmail.com
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