NOTE: Family Fun Night is still in need of volunteers. This great event might be canceled if we can't get some more help. Please consider helping out. Also, the direct donations are due to come in to the office. We are only at a little over 50% of what is needed to keep our school's programs and great instructional aides going.
Upcoming Dates:
Sept. 10th through Sept.18: Parent Teacher Conferences. Early Dismissal at 12:30.
Friday, Sept. 12th: Chicken Dance at school at 11:00 on kinder play area
Saturday, Sept. 13th: Family Fun Night
PLEASE REFER TO THIS LINK AND KEEP TRACK OF ALL OF THE UPCOMING EVENTS!
Sharing:
Sharing:
9/08 -- Memory of your grandparents
9/15 -- Three ways to show good manners
How to prepare for sharing:
1. Tell us your topic
2. Tell us one memory of your grandparents
3. Prepare for one ending sentence
9/15 -- Three ways to show good manners
How to prepare for sharing:
1. Tell us your topic
2. Tell us one memory of your grandparents
3. Prepare for one ending sentence
4. Extra: Bring a photo or draw a picture of your grandparents
BOOK BAGS!!!
The book bags are coming home again today! Please read the book with your child each night. It's important to reread books again and again. After reading the story several times, do the activity listed on the instruction sheet. The kinders have the directions on the yellow sheet and first graders have directions on the white sheet. On Wednesday night have your child put the journal, the book, and the instructions back into the bag so that it is ready to come back to school on Thursday morning. It is very important to the success of our program that book bags are returned each Thursday morning.
There will be no homework folders on Fridays due to the book bags.
Review of the week:
Language Arts:
We continued our new handwriting program--Hand Writing Without Tears. We are also working on holding our pencil correctly and starting letters/numbers at the top. We've reviewed the following concepts:
Math:
We enjoyed our Math Investigations this week. Kids showed excellent teamwork by sorting, tallying, and graphing our class favorites. We are very proud of our students! They also demonstrated their knowledge by making graphs independently using stickers and fruit loops. Please continue to work with your child at home and find different ways we use charts and graphs. Next week, we will start our new strand: number sense.
BOOK BAGS!!!
The book bags are coming home again today! Please read the book with your child each night. It's important to reread books again and again. After reading the story several times, do the activity listed on the instruction sheet. The kinders have the directions on the yellow sheet and first graders have directions on the white sheet. On Wednesday night have your child put the journal, the book, and the instructions back into the bag so that it is ready to come back to school on Thursday morning. It is very important to the success of our program that book bags are returned each Thursday morning.
There will be no homework folders on Fridays due to the book bags.
Review of the week:
Language Arts:
We continued our new handwriting program--Hand Writing Without Tears. We are also working on holding our pencil correctly and starting letters/numbers at the top. We've reviewed the following concepts:
- short/long vowel sounds
- beginning letter sounds
- sight words
- rhyming words
Math:
We enjoyed our Math Investigations this week. Kids showed excellent teamwork by sorting, tallying, and graphing our class favorites. We are very proud of our students! They also demonstrated their knowledge by making graphs independently using stickers and fruit loops. Please continue to work with your child at home and find different ways we use charts and graphs. Next week, we will start our new strand: number sense.
Social Studies:
We started a project called, "Me in the World" this week. We focused on how we are a small part of the world. We start being part of our home, then our school community, which is a small part of our city, extending to our state. Our state, California, is a part of our country, the United States, which is a small part of the world!
We also talked about what we do at home or at school could affect the larger community. That means we should always be aware of our choices and actions, so that we are a good member of the community.
Science:
Apples, apples, apples! We learned the different parts of an apple. Students learned how to label a scientific drawing, and then assemble an apple diagram. We also read a couple of apple poems to add to our Personal Reader Binder.
Special Events:
Don't forget the Chicken Dance on Friday at 11am!
Thanks,
The Little Blue Teachers
Special Events:
Don't forget the Chicken Dance on Friday at 11am!
Thanks,
The Little Blue Teachers
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