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
Friday, December 20, 2013
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
Friday, October 25, 2013
Week of October 28-November 1, 2013
Hello Room 4 families
We've had a great week in Room 4. The kids loved the pumpkin patch. Thank you to all the parent volunteers who came with us.
Here is what we have coming up:
Monday, October 28-Friday, November 1: Kids Can Food Drive. Please support hungry families by bringing in canned and non-perishable food items next week.
Thursday, October 31: Black and orange spirit day (no costumes)
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.
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.
Language Arts:
This week we will continue to work on rhyming words and listening for word changes in short rhymes. We will work on counting the number of words in sentences and figuring out which word in a pair is the longer word. These skills are all precursors to reading.
New sight words: it, no, and this.
We will finish up reading and learning about shadows and how they change.
Math:
This week we will work on comparing and ordering numbers to 10. We will take the chapter tests on numbers to 10 and begin our next chapter on graphs.
We are almost out of hand sanitizer. If you'd like to donate some to room 4, please send it to school with your child or drop it off in the back of the classroom. Thank you!
Thanks for reading!
Have a great weekend.
We've had a great week in Room 4. The kids loved the pumpkin patch. Thank you to all the parent volunteers who came with us.
Here is what we have coming up:
Monday, October 28-Friday, November 1: Kids Can Food Drive. Please support hungry families by bringing in canned and non-perishable food items next week.
Thursday, October 31: Black and orange spirit day (no costumes)
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.
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.
Language Arts:
This week we will continue to work on rhyming words and listening for word changes in short rhymes. We will work on counting the number of words in sentences and figuring out which word in a pair is the longer word. These skills are all precursors to reading.
New sight words: it, no, and this.
We will finish up reading and learning about shadows and how they change.
Math:
This week we will work on comparing and ordering numbers to 10. We will take the chapter tests on numbers to 10 and begin our next chapter on graphs.
We are almost out of hand sanitizer. If you'd like to donate some to room 4, please send it to school with your child or drop it off in the back of the classroom. Thank you!
Thanks for reading!
Have a great weekend.
Friday, October 18, 2013
Week of October 21-25, 2013
Happy Friday everyone!
We had a great week in Room 4. The kids have been loving learning and talking about pumpkins. We carved a pumpkin and hypothesized about how many days it would take to rot. We planted the seeds from our pumpkin. We compared and contrasted pumkin seeds and sunflower seeds. We learned how pumpkins grow.
We are ready for our field trip on Tuesday!
When we return, we will be writing about our trip and what we experienced at the pumpkin patch. We will estimate and count the number of seeds in a pumpkin, and we will conduct some experiments with some small pumkins. Who knew we could learn and do so much with pumpkins?!?
Important upcoming dates:
Tuesday, October 22: Pumpkin patch field trip. Please send the permission slip and $5.50 to school if you have not already done so. We can not take any more parent/grandparent chaperones at this time. If you are fingerprinted and want to chaperone a field trip, please look out for our next date (TBA).
Also, please note we will be eating a picnic lunch at the pumpkin patch. Children should bring their lunches. We will not have the option to buy lunch in the cafeteria.
For those parents/grandparents coming with us, please meet us in Room 4 at 9:00am. The bus will be leaving at 9:15. We will have centers that morning as usual.
Parent/grandparent chaperones for this trip:
Theresa Barajas
Amy Biggar
Sarah Kirchgessner
Jennifer Mikacich
Bryan Moreno
Sherry Petta
Tait and Cathy Smith
Isabel Tragsiel
Diane Wukmir
Thank you for volunteering!
Friday, October 25: Free dress day/Jog-a-Thon (schedule to follow with our running time). Please make sure your child wears shoes and clothes for running!
Monday, October 28-Friday, November 1: Kids Can Food Drive. More information to follow.
Thursday, October 31: Black and orange spirit day (no costumes)
Monday, November 11: Veterans' Day Holiday. No school
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
Language Arts:
This week we will continue to read and write about pumpkins.
We will work on rhyming, counting words in sentences, and figuring out that when we switch the order of words we change the sentence's meaning.
Our letter focus will be Uu, Vv, Ww, and Xx
New sight words: big, have, small
Math:
This week we continue with numbers 6-10. We are practicing counting objects to, writing, ordering, and comparing numbers to 10.
We had a great week in Room 4. The kids have been loving learning and talking about pumpkins. We carved a pumpkin and hypothesized about how many days it would take to rot. We planted the seeds from our pumpkin. We compared and contrasted pumkin seeds and sunflower seeds. We learned how pumpkins grow.
We are ready for our field trip on Tuesday!
When we return, we will be writing about our trip and what we experienced at the pumpkin patch. We will estimate and count the number of seeds in a pumpkin, and we will conduct some experiments with some small pumkins. Who knew we could learn and do so much with pumpkins?!?
Important upcoming dates:
Tuesday, October 22: Pumpkin patch field trip. Please send the permission slip and $5.50 to school if you have not already done so. We can not take any more parent/grandparent chaperones at this time. If you are fingerprinted and want to chaperone a field trip, please look out for our next date (TBA).
Also, please note we will be eating a picnic lunch at the pumpkin patch. Children should bring their lunches. We will not have the option to buy lunch in the cafeteria.
For those parents/grandparents coming with us, please meet us in Room 4 at 9:00am. The bus will be leaving at 9:15. We will have centers that morning as usual.
Parent/grandparent chaperones for this trip:
Theresa Barajas
Amy Biggar
Sarah Kirchgessner
Jennifer Mikacich
Bryan Moreno
Sherry Petta
Tait and Cathy Smith
Isabel Tragsiel
Diane Wukmir
Thank you for volunteering!
Friday, October 25: Free dress day/Jog-a-Thon (schedule to follow with our running time). Please make sure your child wears shoes and clothes for running!
Monday, October 28-Friday, November 1: Kids Can Food Drive. More information to follow.
Thursday, October 31: Black and orange spirit day (no costumes)
Monday, November 11: Veterans' Day Holiday. No school
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
Language Arts:
This week we will continue to read and write about pumpkins.
We will work on rhyming, counting words in sentences, and figuring out that when we switch the order of words we change the sentence's meaning.
Our letter focus will be Uu, Vv, Ww, and Xx
New sight words: big, have, small
Math:
This week we continue with numbers 6-10. We are practicing counting objects to, writing, ordering, and comparing numbers to 10.
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