Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did music. (Cordae)

We did math. We played a math game called Compare with number cards. You could also play My Pile, Your Pile, Our Pile. (Lexi B. and Brock)

We had a fire drill during music. (Riley)

We did the fruit page of our Good Food book. (Livi)

We did morning meeting. We did morning buzz. We talked about our favorite fruit. (Emily and Anna)

We learned all about fruit today. (Blair)

We had guest readers come. Their names were Mae and Catherine. They read a book about Thanksgiving. (Adeline)

We did a food sort. (Kamri)

We learned all about health. (Tristan)

Have a great night!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!           

We did art. We made leaves on our trees.  (Brooke and Anna)

We did Fundations. We did Echo and Baby Echo. (Tristan)

We had counselor. (Cordae) There is a note coming home about the lesson today.

We got to do the first page of our nutrition book. We got to write about grains. (Brock)

We did Daily 5. We did the choice chart. (Adeline and Kate)

We played a game where we flipped the cards. It was called Compare Dots. We played My Pile, Your Pile, Our Pile with the dot cards too. We worked with a partner. (Livi and Zain)

We watched a nutrition video during snack. (Aidin and Kamri)

Thank you to all of the parents who have signed up to help with our healthy foods feast! You only have a couple items left if you would still like to help! Please sign up using this Google Doc link! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-TRAlzmDukBWp4cPkrI-9xmk84-dVDZumcmbok3hDRA/edit?usp=sharing

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did library. (Emily)

We did morning meeting. (Pritish)

We read a book about vegetables. If you don’t like vegetables one way you should try them in a different way! (Tristan)

The book was called Eat Your Vegetables. (Riley)

We did Daily 5. We got to pick whatever we wanted. We did the choice chart. (Anna and Livi)

For writing, we finished the last page of our Pigeon book. It is coming home today. (Kate and Zain)

We played a game called Keyboard Zoo on the computers in library. (Adeline and Aidin)

We did y and x for Fundations. We did the vowel chart. We wrote on our white boards. (Crimson. Lexie T., and Brooke)

We played Jumping The Monkeys in library. (Rilen)

 When we were done with writing, we shared our Pigeon books. (Kamri)

For math we played a game called Compare Dots. We played with a partner. (Kate and Tristan)

For morning job we made Piggie and Elephant stories. (Cordae)

We wrote a sentence about Pigeon on white boards. We wrote “The Pigeon finds a cheeseburger.” (Riley)

Thanksgiving Feast! As part of our health curriculum, we are doing a nutrition unit until Thanksgiving break.  On Tuesday, Nov. 25 we will have a healthy foods Thanksgiving feast. If you would like to donate items please sign up using this Google Doc link! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-TRAlzmDukBWp4cPkrI-9xmk84-dVDZumcmbok3hDRA/edit?usp=sharing

Our class is running low on Expo Low Odor Fine Tip Black Dry Erase Markers! We use these every day to write the date, our days in school, word wall words, sentences, and to practice handwriting! If you would like to donate some to our classroom please send these in with your child! There is a great price on Amazon for a 12 pack if you would like to help! Thanks so much!!! http://www.amazon.com/Expo-Erase-Markers-Black-86001/dp/B0006HXJFK

Have a great night!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We learned all about the math workstations! Mrs. Hotchkiss taught us new math games. (Blair and Lexie T.)

We went to P.E. We did the Chicken Dance. We did the ChaCha Slide. We did the Hokey Pokey Dance. (Livi, Aidin, Lexie T. and Kate)

Mrs. Zapata came! She taught us about fruit. She read a book that didn’t have pictures called Blueberry Hallow. We tried pineapple. (Adeline, Anna, and Kamri)

We got a coloring page from Mrs. Zapata that had a rainbow of fruits. (Tristan)

We matched the color of the fruit to the color of the rainbow. (Kamri)

We got new jobs. (Crimson)

In Fundations our new letters were y and x. (Cordae and Brock)

We did writing. We did Monday News. (Emily)

We read a Piggie and Elephant book by Mo Willems. It was called There is a Bird on Your Head. (Pritish, Adeline, and Crimson)

Some of us got new toothbrushes. (Cordae)

Announcements

Thank you so much for attending Parent-Teacher Conferences last week.  I really enjoyed talking with you all about the progress your children have made in reading, writing, word study, and math this school year.  It was also helpful to touch base about classroom behaviors and what expectations we are working on in our classroom. Please let me know if you need any additional resources to use at home. Also, please contact me if you ever have questions or concerns about your child’s learning progress or behavior at school. Thank you for your continued support! I feel so blessed to have such a wonderful group of students and families!

Thanksgiving Feast! As part of our health curriculum, we are doing a nutrition unit until Thanksgiving break.  On Tuesday, Nov. 25 we will have a healthy foods Thanksgiving feast. If you would like to donate items or volunteer to help with the event, please sign up using this Google Doc link! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-TRAlzmDukBWp4cPkrI-9xmk84-dVDZumcmbok3hDRA/edit?usp=sharing

Our class is running low on Expo Low Odor Fine Tip Black Dry Erase Markers! We use these every day to write the date, our days in school, word wall words, sentences, and to practice handwriting! If you would like to donate some to our classroom please send these in with your child! There is a great price on Amazon for a 12 pack if you would like to help! Thanks so much!!! http://www.amazon.com/Expo-Erase-Markers-Black-86001/dp/B0006HXJFK

Have a great night!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We had music. (Brooke)

We read The Duckling Gets a Cookie by Mo Willems. (Tristan)

We did all 5 parts of the Daily 5. We did the choice chart. (Anna, Pritish, Adeline, and Kate)

We had our pizza party!! Crimson’s mom helped. (Cordae and Zain)

We read Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems. (Randy)

We read The Pigeon Needs a Bath by Mo Willems. (Livi)

We went to Mo Willems website and played games and watched videos. (Kamri)

We are doing closing meeting right now. (Emily)

We did morning meeting. We wrote the date and the days in school on white boards. (Crimson)

We finished our 10 page. We stapled our All About Numbers books! (Zain and Riley)

We had Fundations. We did the vowel chart. (Tristan)

We did our Fundations white boards. (Cordae)

No school tomorrow! (Crimson)

Thank you to all the parents who helped and donated to our pizza party! We had lots of fun! I will post pictures soon!

Have a great weekend!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!!

We got to do all 5 parts of the Daily 5. (Kate and Livi)

We did art. We made fall trees. Mr. S told us a story about never seeing fall colors before. (Anna and Kamri)

We did calendar on the SmartBoard. (Emily and Adeline)

We did our 10 page! We represented the number 10. When we were done, we got to work on the cover of our All About Numbers book. (Zain, Cordae and Brock)

We did writing workshop. We did the 2nd page of our Pigeon book. (Blair and Tristan)

We read a book called The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog. (Randy)

Mrs. Hotchkiss taught us how to draw The Pigeon. (Kamri)

Today your child will be coming home with his or her progress report. You do not need to sign and return the bottom portion to me. Please bring any questions to your conference with me this week. I have attached the schedule again. I am looking forward to meeting with you.

Our class pizza party for earning 100 Cougar Compliments will be tomorrow. If you would like to donate $2 to help cover the cost of the pizza, please send cash in your child’s folder! I have received $8 for far to pay for the class’ pizza. Thank you if you have donated! If your child would prefer to bring their own lunch to eat or buy a school lunch that is totally fine! Just please let me know ahead of time so I can order the correct amount of food. 

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We went to library and we got lollipops. (Livi and Zain)

We did math. We represented the number 9. (Crimson and Adeline)

We did all 5 parts of the Daily 5. (Tristan)

Mrs. Zapata came. We tried spinach and green beans. (Lexi B.)

We did morning buzz and closing meeting. (Anna and Emily)

We got to write in a book about The Pigeon. (Kate and Brooke)

We read Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late by Mo Willems. (Kamri)

We learned how to draw The Pigeon. (Riley)

We did Fundations. We did v and w. (Lexie T.)