The Week Ahead!

Hello Parents and Families!

This week we will continue to do some new learning and review some skills from last week. We will be learning:

In Literacy/Reading we will:
Continue to read with a partner the book of the week, "Don Gets A Dog." We will complete and discuss a prompted comprehension journal question on the book as well.

In Math we will:
Compose and Decompose #'s 6-10 and continue our introduction to addition concepts by playing addition games like 'toss the chips,' where students toss a certain number of two-sided red/yellow chips then count and record how many red, and how many yellow they tossed to make a total amount.

In Writing we will be:
Writing lists, acrostic poems, and narratives about the the planets Mars and Jupiter. We will also make an edible model of Jupiter out of jello, as well as a painted model of Mars.

Classroom Notes:

• February 1 - PTA Free Movie Night - Men in Black III at 6:00pm
• February 6 - Coffee with the Administration at 8:30am (media center)
• February 6 - PTA Meeting at 5:30pm in the media center
• February 18 - No School - Presidents Day
• February 19 - Lottery for K-8 New Enrollment

* Don't forget to bring in your student's 'Raising a Reader' Book Bags every Friday! Your child will not be allowed to get a new bag  until the old one had been returned, or missing books/items have been returned.

Check out some of the work we have done this week below for the 100th Day of School:

"When I am 100 years old I...need a wheel chair." By: Cebastian Melendez

Alexavier Tasher flipping his penny 100 times, while wearing his 100 day hat and glasses.

Lizette Verdin-Sesmas flipping her penny 100 times

Estevan Echeagaray with his '100 days brighter hat' and flipping his penny 100 times!

"When I am 100 years old I...will get a walker." By: Jorge Arellano

"When I am 100 years old I...will get a white mustache." By: Jayson Miranda

MLK Jr. Week

Hello Parents and Families!

This week we will be celebrating the 100th Day of School! Your students have officially been in school for their first 100 days ever! :) We will also be continuing our unit on space and the solar system. We will be learning:

In Literacy/Reading we will:
Start to read with a partner the book of the week, "Don Gets A Dog." We will complete and discuss comprehension journal questions on the book as well.

In Math we will:
Compose and Decompose #'s 5-7 and start an introduction to addition concepts. We will also celebrate the 100th day of school on Wed. and will be doing counting to 100 activities and games!

In Writing we will be:
Writing lists, acrostic poems, and narratives about the the planet Earth. We will be focusing on learning about Earth the next two weeks! We will start an intro to recycling, and conservation efforts for Earth.


Classroom Notes:
- No school: MLK Day, Monday Jan. 21st
- Don't forget to bring in your student's 'Raising a Reader' Book Bags every Friday! Your child will not be allowed to get a new bag  until the old one had been returned, or missing books/items have been returned.

Check out some of the work we have done this week below:

Our student of the month, Mia Estrada having lunch with the Principal, David Lujan!

Our Kindergarten students practicing measuring how far the planets in the solar system are from each other, using toilet paper measuring!

counting out how many sheets away from each other the planets are

the inner planets of the solar system!

our outer planets and inner planets

Daniella, showing us how far Uranus is from the Sun!

This Week

Hello Parents and Families!

This week we will be continuing our unit on space and the solar system. We will be learning:

In Literacy/Reading we will:
Continue to read with a partner the book of the week, "Sig the Pig." We will complete and discuss comprehension journal questions on the book.

In Math we will:
Create real life 2D shape pictures. build 3D shapes with clay and learn their names, and build a 2D shape mural with my table group.

In Writing we will be:
Writing lists, acrostic poems, and narratives about the the planets Mercury and Venus. We will be focusing on learning about Mercury and Venus the whole week!


Additional Projects we will do on Friday:
- Martin Luther King Jr. reading buddy projects
- Martin Luther King Jr. video
- Martin Luther King Jr. take home art book
- hand-in-hand art project
- Journal about how 'I use my words and not my fights to fight for what I believe in'.

New Sight Words: out, as, be

Classroom Notes:
No school: MLK Day, Monday Jan. 21st


Check out some of the work we have done this week below:

Lists of 'Things in Space'

3D Rocket Ships

3D Rocket Ships

ordering the planets in the solar system

list of 'Things in Space'

Sources of heat and light comparisons

more sources of heat and light comparisons

Have a great week!

Best,
Miss Crowl

This Week

Hello Parents and Families!

This week we will be starting our unit on space and the solar system. We will be learning:

In Literacy we will read with a partner the book of the week, "Sig the Pig." We will also complete and discuss comprehension journal questions on the book.

In Math we will practice and review some # recognition, putting planets and shapes in order, and sorting and comparing 3D vs. 2D shapes. We will discuss how planets are 3D shapes.

In Writing we will be writing lists and narratives about the solar system. We will be focusing on learning about the Sun and what it does for us, as well as discussing constellations, and astronauts, too!


New Sight Words: oh, mad, loves, sees, has, do


Classroom Notes:

Please return your Flat Stanley address sheets, so that we can send Stanley off on his trip as soon as possible!


This week we will have a "Raising a Reader" parent meeting that I would like all kinder parents and their students to attend on Thursday Jan. 10th at 5:30pm in the Media Center!

No school on MLK Day, Monday Jan. 21st

Have a great week!

Best,
Miss Crowl

Welcome Back!

Hello Parents and Families!

Welcome back, and happy New Year! :) I hope the break was refreshing and reinvigorating for you and your family! I am eager to see all of the students' bright and shining faces tomorrow, ready to do some new learning in 2013!

We will be resuming classes for students this Thursday, January 3rd with our normal school schedule. I would like to take this time to remind parents that although the final bell rings at 8:30am, students are expected to be in the classroom no later than that, since academic activity starts immediately at 8:30am. Students who come in at that final bell, or after, usually are not adequately prepared to begin their school day if they are rushing to unpack, eat breakfast, and/or do their morning jobs. Please be on time! Also, don't forget that all those tardy days add up to absences if a student is continually late. Thank you for helping your student be ready for learning by being on time! :)

Due to the shortness of this week, we will be reviewing routines, directions, and expectations, as well as a few academic things...

In Literacy we will be reviewing the book of the week, and taking it home this Friday.

In Math we will review some addition concepts and games we learned the week before break, including an addition dice game called 'roll and record 2' and an addition memory game.

In Writing we will be finishing up Narrative writing about what we did on our Winter Break!

Have a great short week and weekend!

Best,
Miss Crowl