Hello families!
It's been another fun week in Room 4. The kids are enjoying learning about Dr. Seuss and reading his books. We will continue our Seuss work this week.
Here is what we have coming up:
Important Dates
Wednesday 3/2: Phoebe's Got Talent; Sutter Middle School, 5:30 pm. We have lots of talented kids here at PH. Come cheer them on at the talent show on Wednesday!
Friday, 3/4: Room 4 will work in the school garden, 10:15-10:45. If you'd like to join us let me know!
Wednesday, 3/9: Ms. Jane has asked for some parent help during our art class from 9:30 until 10:15. Please let me know if you'd like to help with this.
Friday 3/11-Friday, 3/18: Early dismissal for parent/teacher conferences. Kids will be dismissed to the cafeteria at 11:50. Look for more info about conferences in an email soon!
Thursday 3/17 Spirit day: wear GREEN!
Friday 3/18: Room 4 will work in the school garden, 10:15-10:45. If you'd like to join us let me know! This will also be a free dress/spirit day: wear sports clothes. This can be a team uniform, a jersey, a t-shirt with a baseball on it, whatever.
3/21-3/25: NO SCHOOL; Spring Break
Parent/Teacher conferences
For this round of conferences, I meet with parents as needed and by request. If I feel we have some items to discuss I will send you an email so we can set up a day and time. If you would like to meet with me, I am happy to meet with everyone. Please send me an email to let me know and we will set up a time.
Royal Reader program information
From our Royal Reader parent coordinator:
-The final logs are due no later than Friday, March 4
-Order forms for the Kings game tickets will be sent home soon after the 4th and will be due back no later than March 11
-The Royal Reader Kings game will be on April 5
-Prizes and tickets will be given out in the days prior to the game.
Please come by Room 4 if you would like to see how many minutes your child has logged so far. I have a spreadsheet with totals as of January 31 and all of the logs the kids turned in.
Language Arts
This week we continue working on blending sounds and letters to make words. We spend about 45 minutes each day on phonics instruction. Please be sure to have your child practice reading daily at home. This practice really solidifies what they are learning in school.
This week we will celebrate reading and Dr. Seuss's birthday. The kids will make Cat hats, work on rhyming, and write opinions about many Dr. Seuss books. If you have Dr. Seuss books at home, your child is welcome to bring them in to share with the class. Please make sure the books are clearly labeled with your child's name.
Math
This week we continue our measurement unit. We will work on comparing objects by height, weight, and capacity.
Friday, February 26, 2016
Friday, February 19, 2016
Week of February 22-26, 2016
Hello families,
This was such a fun week in Room 4. The kids and I had a blast celebrating the number 100 on Wednesday. Thank you to everyone who helped out by sending food for our trail mix, assisting with centers, and helping your kids complete the two 100th day homework assignments. These are all on display in our room until the end of today, so be sure to come check them out if you have a chance!
Here is what we have coming up:
Important Dates
Today: Family Dance, 6-8 pm. We hope to see everyone there!
Wednesday, 3/2: Phoebe Hearst talent show at Sutter Middle School
Friday, 3/4: Room 4 will work in the school garden, 10:15-10:45. If you'd like to join us let me know!
Friday 3/11-Friday, 3/18: Early dismissal for parent/teacher conferences. Kids will be dismissed to the cafeteria at 11:50. Look for more info about conferences in an email soon!
Friday 3/18: Room 4 will work in the school garden, 10:15-10:45. If you'd like to join us let me know!
3/21-3/25: NO SCHOOL; Spring Break
Language Arts
Yesterday we began a comprehension and writing unit on opinions. The kids learned the differences between fact and opinion and practiced sorting sentences into fact and opinion groups. Be sure to ask your child to explain facts and opinions to you!
We will integrate the work of Dr. Seuss into our opinion unit as we celebrate him during March. If you have Dr. Seuss books at home your child is invited to bring them in to share with the class beginning MOnday 2/22. Please make sure the books are clearly labeled with your family's name.
Math
We are wrapping up our unit on decomposing numbers 11-20, and will take our chapter test on Monday. Our next chapter is measurement.
Thanks for reading, everyone! Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have questions or concerns.
carrie.relles@gmail.com
This was such a fun week in Room 4. The kids and I had a blast celebrating the number 100 on Wednesday. Thank you to everyone who helped out by sending food for our trail mix, assisting with centers, and helping your kids complete the two 100th day homework assignments. These are all on display in our room until the end of today, so be sure to come check them out if you have a chance!
Here is what we have coming up:
Important Dates
Today: Family Dance, 6-8 pm. We hope to see everyone there!
Wednesday, 3/2: Phoebe Hearst talent show at Sutter Middle School
Friday, 3/4: Room 4 will work in the school garden, 10:15-10:45. If you'd like to join us let me know!
Friday 3/11-Friday, 3/18: Early dismissal for parent/teacher conferences. Kids will be dismissed to the cafeteria at 11:50. Look for more info about conferences in an email soon!
Friday 3/18: Room 4 will work in the school garden, 10:15-10:45. If you'd like to join us let me know!
3/21-3/25: NO SCHOOL; Spring Break
Language Arts
Yesterday we began a comprehension and writing unit on opinions. The kids learned the differences between fact and opinion and practiced sorting sentences into fact and opinion groups. Be sure to ask your child to explain facts and opinions to you!
We will integrate the work of Dr. Seuss into our opinion unit as we celebrate him during March. If you have Dr. Seuss books at home your child is invited to bring them in to share with the class beginning MOnday 2/22. Please make sure the books are clearly labeled with your family's name.
Math
We are wrapping up our unit on decomposing numbers 11-20, and will take our chapter test on Monday. Our next chapter is measurement.
Thanks for reading, everyone! Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have questions or concerns.
carrie.relles@gmail.com
Friday, February 5, 2016
Week of February 8-12, 2016
February is off to a great start in room 4! The kids had fun with Groundhog Day this week, and they enjoyed making some Chinese New Year crafts. Be sure to ask them about each of these holidays!
Here is what we have coming up:
Important Dates
Monday, 2/8 NO SCHOOL! Lincoln's birthday
Friday, 2/12: Valentine celebration/free dress day for $1 garden fundraiser.
Kids are encouraged to bring Valentine cards for the class. Please just fill in who the card is from, rather than who it's to. This will eliminate a lot of chaos! If you'd like to help our in class during the last , please let me know.
Monday, 2/15: NO SCHOOL; presidents' day.
Wednesday, 2/17: 100th day of school
Thanks to those who signed up for snacks and to help with centers. Please send in the snacks no later than Friday, 2/12
The other assignment is a creative project: kids are encouraged to get creative and make something using 100 items. Some examples are using 100 Legos to create a tower or making a poster with 100 stickers. These are due no later than Tuesday 2/16.
Friday, 2/19 Family Dance, 6-8 pm
Language Arts
This week we continue with lots of blending and writing words. It's amazing how many kids are truly reading! Please remember it's so important for kids to spend some time every day reading to you as well as you reading to them.
Math
On Tuesday we will take the Chapter 10 test on composing numbers to 20.
Wednesday we will begin chapter 11 on decomposing numbers 11 to 19. I know these sound similar! Basically composing numbers is working on ways to make the numbers 11 to 19 and decomposing them is working on ways to take them apart.
Thanks for reading, everyone! Please let me know if you have questions or concerns.
Here is what we have coming up:
Important Dates
Monday, 2/8 NO SCHOOL! Lincoln's birthday
Friday, 2/12: Valentine celebration/free dress day for $1 garden fundraiser.
Kids are encouraged to bring Valentine cards for the class. Please just fill in who the card is from, rather than who it's to. This will eliminate a lot of chaos! If you'd like to help our in class during the last , please let me know.
Monday, 2/15: NO SCHOOL; presidents' day.
Wednesday, 2/17: 100th day of school
Thanks to those who signed up for snacks and to help with centers. Please send in the snacks no later than Friday, 2/12
100th Day assigments: On Tuesday kids
will take home a small zip-loc baggie with their name on it. They should fill
it with a collection of 100 items and bring it back to school. They can bring
it any day this week. It is due no
later than Friday, 2/12.
The other assignment is a creative project: kids are encouraged to get creative and make something using 100 items. Some examples are using 100 Legos to create a tower or making a poster with 100 stickers. These are due no later than Tuesday 2/16.
Friday, 2/19 Family Dance, 6-8 pm
Language Arts
This week we continue with lots of blending and writing words. It's amazing how many kids are truly reading! Please remember it's so important for kids to spend some time every day reading to you as well as you reading to them.
Math
On Tuesday we will take the Chapter 10 test on composing numbers to 20.
Wednesday we will begin chapter 11 on decomposing numbers 11 to 19. I know these sound similar! Basically composing numbers is working on ways to make the numbers 11 to 19 and decomposing them is working on ways to take them apart.
Thanks for reading, everyone! Please let me know if you have questions or concerns.
Friday, January 29, 2016
Week of February 1-5, 2016
Hello Room 4 families! I apologize for taking a few weeks off from our newsletters. January has been a super month with lots of hard work from your smart, sweet kiddos. Thanks to all of the parents and grandparents who have helped in so many ways this month! Room 4 is awesome because of our amazing families.
February is always an exciting, fun-filled month in kindergarten. Here is what we have coming up:
Friday, 2/5: super hero spirit day. Everyone is encouraged to dress as a super hero! Of course, kids need to be able to move around and work in their outfits. We will be working hard as always in class that day!
Friday, 2/12: Room 4 Valentine celebration. On this day we will exchange Valentines and have a small celebration at the end of the day. If your child chooses to bring Valentines for the class, please take note of the following:
-we have 28 students in our class
-Valentines can be hand-made or store-bought
-Please do not fill in any "to" area on the cards. They should just say who they are from. This will help us avoid lots of unnecessary chaos!
After lunch that day we will celebrate with a treat, a craft, and a Valentine activity. If you'd like to volunteer from 12-1pm, please let me know.
Wednesday, 2/17: The 100th day of school. The class is so excited about this! We will be celebrating our learning and all things 100 on this day. We will be making a snack with 100 pieces during our centers time. We would love some donations of ingredients for this. There will be a sign-up sheet in room 4 starting today.
For the 100th day, kids will have two homework assignments: the first will be for the week of February 8th. Look for a ziploc baggie with your child's name with their homework folders. Their assignment with this will be to fill it with a collection of 100 items. They can do pennies, cereal, crayons, cotton balls, etc., as long as there are 100 pieces. We will be comparing the collections during our math lessons.
The second assignment is to make a display that has to do with the number 100. Kids are encouraged to get creative with this! I will be going over some examples in class, but some ideas that kids have done in the past are to make a lego tower with 100 legos, make a poster with 100 stickers, or print out a large photograph and cut it into 100 pieces like a puzzle. These will be due on the 16th of February, and we will display them for the week in room 4.
Language Arts
We are continuing to work very hard on blending sounds to read words. This week we will review previously taught sounds and I will introduce the short i sound.
We are writing an opinion paragraph about which we would rather do: go ice skating or sledding.
Math
We will finish our unit on decomposing numbers to 10 today and take our test on Monday.
Our next chapter will focus on composing numbers to 20.
Thanks for reading, everyone!
Please let me know if you have questions or concerns.
carrie.relles@gmail.com
February is always an exciting, fun-filled month in kindergarten. Here is what we have coming up:
Friday, 2/5: super hero spirit day. Everyone is encouraged to dress as a super hero! Of course, kids need to be able to move around and work in their outfits. We will be working hard as always in class that day!
Friday, 2/12: Room 4 Valentine celebration. On this day we will exchange Valentines and have a small celebration at the end of the day. If your child chooses to bring Valentines for the class, please take note of the following:
-we have 28 students in our class
-Valentines can be hand-made or store-bought
-Please do not fill in any "to" area on the cards. They should just say who they are from. This will help us avoid lots of unnecessary chaos!
After lunch that day we will celebrate with a treat, a craft, and a Valentine activity. If you'd like to volunteer from 12-1pm, please let me know.
Wednesday, 2/17: The 100th day of school. The class is so excited about this! We will be celebrating our learning and all things 100 on this day. We will be making a snack with 100 pieces during our centers time. We would love some donations of ingredients for this. There will be a sign-up sheet in room 4 starting today.
For the 100th day, kids will have two homework assignments: the first will be for the week of February 8th. Look for a ziploc baggie with your child's name with their homework folders. Their assignment with this will be to fill it with a collection of 100 items. They can do pennies, cereal, crayons, cotton balls, etc., as long as there are 100 pieces. We will be comparing the collections during our math lessons.
The second assignment is to make a display that has to do with the number 100. Kids are encouraged to get creative with this! I will be going over some examples in class, but some ideas that kids have done in the past are to make a lego tower with 100 legos, make a poster with 100 stickers, or print out a large photograph and cut it into 100 pieces like a puzzle. These will be due on the 16th of February, and we will display them for the week in room 4.
Language Arts
We are continuing to work very hard on blending sounds to read words. This week we will review previously taught sounds and I will introduce the short i sound.
We are writing an opinion paragraph about which we would rather do: go ice skating or sledding.
Math
We will finish our unit on decomposing numbers to 10 today and take our test on Monday.
Our next chapter will focus on composing numbers to 20.
Thanks for reading, everyone!
Please let me know if you have questions or concerns.
carrie.relles@gmail.com
Friday, January 8, 2016
Week of January 11-15, 2016
happy new year, everyone!
I hope you all had a restful holiday. We are back in full swing in room 4. January is a busy month with lots of transitions with curriculum. We will be doing a lot more reading and writing, and I will be encouraging the kids to work more and more independently as we head toward spring.
Here is what we have coming up:
Important dates
Tuesdays 1/12 through 2/9, 9:00: Phoebe Hearst school tours. If you know anyone with children who are entering kindergarten or looking to transfer schools next year, please encourage them to attend one of our tours.
Friday January 15: field trip to see the Sacramento Theater Company production of James and the Giant Peach. Our bus will leave at 9:45 am and we will return at about 12:45pm. Because we will miss our usual lunchtime, I am asking parents to send a big snack for kids to eat before we leave. I will provide a small snack during intermission. If your child goes to 4th R after school, please send a lunch for him or her to eat after school.
Monday 1/18: MLK holiday; no school
Friday, 1/29: free dress
Language arts
Letter/sound focus:/n/, /s/
New sight words: not
After this week we will have practiced all of the kinder sight words. I will test kids on these words and for those who are ready I will send home the list of 1st grade words. We will practice these in class, and I encourage kids to practice them at home as well.
This week we will begin "board blending": This is explicit instruction in sounding out words on the board. We will begin with simple words and move to more complex words as the year progresses. It is now more important than ever to have your child read to you nightly. Please let me know if you have questions about this.
This week we are finishing up writing paragraphs about our New Year's resolutions. Be sure to come check them out early next week!
Math
We will finish topic 8 on subtraction and take our test on Friday morning before our field trip.
Thanks for reading, everyone! Have a fantastic weekend.
I hope you all had a restful holiday. We are back in full swing in room 4. January is a busy month with lots of transitions with curriculum. We will be doing a lot more reading and writing, and I will be encouraging the kids to work more and more independently as we head toward spring.
Here is what we have coming up:
Important dates
Tuesdays 1/12 through 2/9, 9:00: Phoebe Hearst school tours. If you know anyone with children who are entering kindergarten or looking to transfer schools next year, please encourage them to attend one of our tours.
Friday January 15: field trip to see the Sacramento Theater Company production of James and the Giant Peach. Our bus will leave at 9:45 am and we will return at about 12:45pm. Because we will miss our usual lunchtime, I am asking parents to send a big snack for kids to eat before we leave. I will provide a small snack during intermission. If your child goes to 4th R after school, please send a lunch for him or her to eat after school.
Monday 1/18: MLK holiday; no school
Friday, 1/29: free dress
Language arts
Letter/sound focus:/n/, /s/
New sight words: not
After this week we will have practiced all of the kinder sight words. I will test kids on these words and for those who are ready I will send home the list of 1st grade words. We will practice these in class, and I encourage kids to practice them at home as well.
This week we will begin "board blending": This is explicit instruction in sounding out words on the board. We will begin with simple words and move to more complex words as the year progresses. It is now more important than ever to have your child read to you nightly. Please let me know if you have questions about this.
This week we are finishing up writing paragraphs about our New Year's resolutions. Be sure to come check them out early next week!
Math
We will finish topic 8 on subtraction and take our test on Friday morning before our field trip.
Thanks for reading, everyone! Have a fantastic weekend.
Friday, December 11, 2015
Week of December 14-18, 2015
Hello families,
It's hard to believe we are starting our final school week of 2015. Your kids are amazing and have come so far in the past 4 months. I am so lucky to be their teacher.
As always, we have a busy week coming up:
Important Dates
Thursday, December 17: Kids will be sharing their informational posters about an animal with the class. If your child has not yet brought in a picture of their animal, please help them do so no later than Tuesday 12/15.
Friday, December 18: Free dress day/Room 4 winter celebration, 12-1 pm. We will be decorating cookies, singing songs, and making a couple of crafts. If you'd like to help out that day please let me know. If you'd like to help by sending in cookies or decorating items, there is a sign-up sheet in room 4.
Friday, January 15: Kindergarten field trip to see the Sacramento Theater Company's performance of James and the Giant Peach. If you haven't done so already, please send in $6 for your child's ticket. I need to send in the money early next week. Thank you!
Language Arts
This week we continue to work on blending sounds and letters to make words.
We will finish up learning about the features of informational text, and the kids will finish their informational posters about an animal they chose.
Letter/sound focus: /p/, /h/ and short a
New sight words: at
Math
Instead of beginning a new chapter this week we will review and take some time to focus on practicing addition facts. The kids are loving adding and are very proud of themselves to be working on such "grown up" math.
Thanks for reading, everyone! And thank you, parents and grandparents, for all of your help in and out of the classroom so far this year. I am so grateful for all of you.
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
It's hard to believe we are starting our final school week of 2015. Your kids are amazing and have come so far in the past 4 months. I am so lucky to be their teacher.
As always, we have a busy week coming up:
Important Dates
Thursday, December 17: Kids will be sharing their informational posters about an animal with the class. If your child has not yet brought in a picture of their animal, please help them do so no later than Tuesday 12/15.
Friday, December 18: Free dress day/Room 4 winter celebration, 12-1 pm. We will be decorating cookies, singing songs, and making a couple of crafts. If you'd like to help out that day please let me know. If you'd like to help by sending in cookies or decorating items, there is a sign-up sheet in room 4.
Friday, January 15: Kindergarten field trip to see the Sacramento Theater Company's performance of James and the Giant Peach. If you haven't done so already, please send in $6 for your child's ticket. I need to send in the money early next week. Thank you!
Language Arts
This week we continue to work on blending sounds and letters to make words.
We will finish up learning about the features of informational text, and the kids will finish their informational posters about an animal they chose.
Letter/sound focus: /p/, /h/ and short a
New sight words: at
Math
Instead of beginning a new chapter this week we will review and take some time to focus on practicing addition facts. The kids are loving adding and are very proud of themselves to be working on such "grown up" math.
Thanks for reading, everyone! And thank you, parents and grandparents, for all of your help in and out of the classroom so far this year. I am so grateful for all of you.
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
Friday, December 4, 2015
Week of December 7-11, 2015
Hello families!
Thank you to everyone for meeting with me this week and last week during parent/teacher conferences. I enjoyed talking about your children and learning more about your families!
We have a lot going on in Room 4 and at Phoebe Hearst during the next couple of weeks.
Important Dates/Field Trip
Wednesday, December 9: Picture make-up day and class group photo day. Everyone has free dress.
Thursday, December 10: PH craft fair, 6-8 pm. Our class made adorable hot cocoa mugs to sell at the fair. Be sure to stop by and pick one up!
Friday, December 18: School is out for winter break! We will have free dress.
Monday, January 4: First day back to school
Friday, January 15: Field trip to see the Sacramento Theater Company's production of James and the Giant Peach. The cost for this trip is $6 per child (PTO is also paying $6 per child). Please send this to room 4 no later than December 11, as we have to pay in advance. If you would like to chaperone this trip, adult tickets are $17 each, and these need to be purchased in advance as well, so please let me know asap if you'd like to attend, and then you can send in money for your ticket with your child's payment. We were told tickets are limited for this, so to be fair I will take chaperones on a first-come basis.
Language Arts
We have started reading informational texts this week, and the kids are loving reading books about topics that interest them. This week each child chose an animal to research. They will read books about their chosen animal and with the help of 5th grade buddies search for information online. They will present their research on an informational poster. Next week's homework will include searching online for a photo of their animal for their poster. Thank you for your help with this!
As always, we are continuing to work on letter sounds and blending them to read and write words. This time of year is a lot of fun because for many kids everything seems to "click", and they start reading and writing more and more independently.
Math
We started our first chapter on addition this week, which you probably saw in Thursday's homework.
Thank you for reading, everyone! Please let me know if you have questions or concerns.
Thank you to everyone for meeting with me this week and last week during parent/teacher conferences. I enjoyed talking about your children and learning more about your families!
We have a lot going on in Room 4 and at Phoebe Hearst during the next couple of weeks.
Important Dates/Field Trip
Wednesday, December 9: Picture make-up day and class group photo day. Everyone has free dress.
Thursday, December 10: PH craft fair, 6-8 pm. Our class made adorable hot cocoa mugs to sell at the fair. Be sure to stop by and pick one up!
Friday, December 18: School is out for winter break! We will have free dress.
Monday, January 4: First day back to school
Friday, January 15: Field trip to see the Sacramento Theater Company's production of James and the Giant Peach. The cost for this trip is $6 per child (PTO is also paying $6 per child). Please send this to room 4 no later than December 11, as we have to pay in advance. If you would like to chaperone this trip, adult tickets are $17 each, and these need to be purchased in advance as well, so please let me know asap if you'd like to attend, and then you can send in money for your ticket with your child's payment. We were told tickets are limited for this, so to be fair I will take chaperones on a first-come basis.
Language Arts
We have started reading informational texts this week, and the kids are loving reading books about topics that interest them. This week each child chose an animal to research. They will read books about their chosen animal and with the help of 5th grade buddies search for information online. They will present their research on an informational poster. Next week's homework will include searching online for a photo of their animal for their poster. Thank you for your help with this!
As always, we are continuing to work on letter sounds and blending them to read and write words. This time of year is a lot of fun because for many kids everything seems to "click", and they start reading and writing more and more independently.
Math
We started our first chapter on addition this week, which you probably saw in Thursday's homework.
Thank you for reading, everyone! Please let me know if you have questions or concerns.
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