Welcome Back To School

Mrs. Bergman, First Grade, Room 6

BergmanC@UnionSD.org

                      

Dear Families,

 

I hope you are enjoying the last days of summer!

 

It's almost time for a new school year to begin, and I'm looking forward to an exciting year! I can't wait to see you on Wednesday, August 13th!

Supplies:

I have purchased most of the school supplies.  Your child will be more comfortable with their headphones (labeled) with a cord (no wireless); however, I also have less desirable headphones that students may use.
We could always use: Baby wipes, Kleenex, glue sticks, and hand sanitizer.

Schedule:

First Grade starts at 8:15 am and ends at 2:40 pm on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays.  *Wednesdays* are modified and students will be dismissed at 1:15 pm.

 

Snack, Lunch, and Water:

We take a 20-minute "Snack Break" recess at 10:30 every morning.  I highly recommend you provide your child with their snack to optimize their playtime.  Lunch is at 12:20, and students have the option to bring lunch from home or get lunch from the cafeteria. Please send your first grader to school with a water bottle (labeled) that fits in their backpack and has a good seal.  *It's good for your child to practice filling their water bottle and tightening the lid at home.

 

Back to School Night:

Back-to-School Night (For adults) is on Wednesday, August 27. 

 

I'm looking forward to meeting you and your family this year!

 

Mrs. Bergman

 

bergmanc@unionsd.org

or

MrsCherylBergman@gmail.com

 Mrs. Bergman, First Grade, Room 6

BergmanC@unionsd.org

408-356-6146

Dear Families,

 

I hope you are enjoying summer!

 

It's almost time for a new school year to begin and I'm looking forward to an exciting year! I can't wait to see you on Wednesday, August 14th!

Supplies:

I have purchased most of the school supplies. Your child might be more comfortable with their headphones (labeled) with a cord (no wireless), however, I also have headphones students may use.
We could always use: Baby wipes, kleenex, and hand sanitizer.

Schedule:

First Grade starts at 8:15 am and ends at 2:40 on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. *Wednesdays* are modified and students will be dismissed at 1:15 pm.

 

Snack, Lunch, and Water:

We take a 20-minute "Snack Break" recess at 10:30 every morning.  I highly recommend you provide your child with their own snack to optimize their playtime. Lunch is at 12:10 and students have an option to bring a lunch from home or get a lunch from the cafeteria. Please send your first grader to school with a water bottle (labeled) that fits in their backpack and has a good seal. *It's good for your child to practice filling their water bottle and tightening the lid at home.

 

Back to School Night:

Back to School Night (For adults) is on Wednesday, August 28. 

 

I'm looking forward to meeting you and your family this year!

 

Mrs. Bergman

 

bergmanc@unionsd.org

or

MrsCherylBergman@gmail.com

Welcome to Room 6!

 Mrs. Bergman, First Grade

BergmanC@unionsd.org

408-356-6146

Dear Families,

 

I hope you are enjoying summer!

 

It's almost time for a new school year to begin and I'm looking forward to an exciting year! I can't wait to see you on Wednesday, August 16th!

Supplies:

Please reference our 1st Grade School Supplies wish list page.

Schedule:

First Grade starts at 8:15 am and ends at 2:40 on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. *Wednesdays* are modified and students will be dismissed at 1:15 pm.

 

Snack and Water:

We take a "Snack Break" recess at 10:30 every morning.  I highly recommend that you provide your child with their own snack to optimize their playtime. Please send your first grader to school with a water bottle that fits in their backpack and has a good seal. *It's good for your child to practice filling their own water bottle and tightening the lid at home.

 

Back to School Night:

Back to School Night (For adults) is on Wednesday, August 30! 

 

I'm looking forward to meeting you and your family this year!

 

Mrs. Bergman

 

bergmanc@unionsd.org

or

MrsCherylBergman@gmail.com

Welcome to Room 6

 

Mrs. Bergman, First Grade

BergmanC@unionsd.org

408-356-6146

Dear Families,

 

I hope you have enjoyed a nice summer break.  I have enjoyed my time spent with my family.

 

It's almost time for a new school year to begin and I'm looking forward to an exciting year! I can't wait to see you on Wednesday, August 17th!

Supplies:

I will be purchasing the supplies we will be using in class, so there is no need for you to purchase items for your child to bring in.   If you would like to purchase something to help out our classroom, you can send in boxes of soft tissues, baby wipes, hand sanitizer gel (low or no scent), or glue sticks.

Schedule:

First Grade starts at 8:15 am and ends at 2:40 on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. *Wednesdays* are modified and students will be dismissed at 1:15 pm.

 

Snack and Water:

We take a "Snack Break" recess at 10:30 every morning.  I highly recommend that you provide your child with their own snack to optimize their playtime. Please send your first grader to school with a water bottle that fits in their backpack and has a good seal. *It's good for your child to practice filling their own water bottle and tightening the lid at home.

 

Back to School Night:

Back to School Night (For adults) is on Wednesday, August 31! 

 

I'm looking forward to meeting you and your family this year!

 

Mrs. Bergman

 

bergmanc@unionsd.org

or

MrsCherylBergman@gmail.com

Welcome Back To School!

 Welcome to Room 6

Mrs. Bergman, First Grade

BergmanC@unionsd.org

408-356-6146

Dear Families,

 

I hope you have enjoyed a nice summer break.  I have enjoyed my time spent with my family.

 

It's almost time for a new school year to begin and I'm looking forward to an exciting year! I can't wait to see you on Wednesday, August 17th!

Supplies:

I will be purchasing the supplies we will be using in class, so there is no need for you to purchase items for your child to bring in.   If you would like to purchase something to help out our classroom, you can send in boxes of soft tissues, baby wipes, hand sanitizer gel (low or no scent), or glue sticks.

Schedule:

First Grade starts at 8:15 am and ends at 2:40 on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. *Wednesdays* are modified and students will be dismissed at 1:15 pm.

 

Snack and Water:

We take a "Snack Break" recess at 10:30 every morning.  I highly recommend that you provide your child with their own snack to optimize their playtime. Please send your first grader to school with a water bottle that fits in their backpack and has a good seal. *It's good to practice for your child to fill their own water bottle and tighten the lid at home.

 

Back to School Night:

Back to School Night (For adults) is on Wednesday, August 31! 

 

I'm looking forward to meeting you and your family this year!

 

Mrs. Bergman

 

bergmanc@unionsd.org

or

MrsCherylBergman@gmail.com

Weekly Updates

 Please find our weekly updates here: bit.ly/Bergman2021DL

September 7, 2020

 Dear Families,

I hope you are staying cool this weekend.  It was our anniversary yesterday, so we decided to sneak away to Lake Tahoe for a couple days. Your children are doing a wonderful job doing Distance Learning.  I know it’s not easy, and I appreciate all of them and your efforts.

This week’s theme is “Think Like a Scientist.” Here are the Weekly Plans. 

Math Groups:

We will start practicing math groups this week. Math is from 10:20-11:20 am. This time slot will be split into 2 groups. Group 1 will meet with me first while group 2 will work on lessons in Seesaw & Zearn. Then we will switch at 10:50 am so I can meet with group 2. The groups are not skill-based groups yet. These groups will allow me to get to know your child’s math skills better. Here are our Math Groups for this week.

***Reading Assessment: 

Please help your child find a very quiet space to record themselves reading & retelling a passage on the Literably app to do their Reading Assessment from 12-1 pm this Wednesday:  Literably app. I will show them how to do the assessment during our zoom class on Wednesday morning. If your child attends daycare at that time, please find another time within the week for your child to complete the assessment. Please complete this by Friday evening.  If you need more time, please let me know.

School Supply Pick-up, 9/14: 

Monday, 9/14 is another supply pick up day from 12-1 pm for all first graders. Drive through the main parking lot to your teacher’s table and pick up the next month’s school supplies. 

Reflex Math App:

If your child has a personal device, NOT a school device:  Please download the Reflex Math Facts App. We will be using this app starting Monday, 9/14. This is what the app looks like: 

Parent-Teacher Conferences: 

Sign up for October conferences: Fall Conference Sign-Ups sent via email. I will share my assessment data with you and address concerns you may have. 

Thank you for your continued support and flexibility.

Important Dates:

Monday, September 14: First Grade Supplies Pick Up from 12-1

10/1-10/9: Parent-Teacher Conferences via Zoom

Friday, October 16: Staff Day, No School

Monday, October 19: No School

August 30, 2020

 Dear Families,

Here are our Weekly Plans.  I will continue to push out the plans in Seesaw-Activities, for students to work on, based on this schedule.  Remember it will take us some time to develop a routine. I will post all our weekly lessons here, this link is also located on my email signature.  

This week we will start small group practice starting at 12:20 after Read to Self.  They will run for about 20-30 minutes. We will start with one small group per day this week.  Here are our groups for the week. Please note that these groups are not permanent and children may move into different groups. When your child is not working with me, they should be working on the Afternoon Work - independent work.  I will be available for office hours before and after each small group this week.  I will also keep these on our Weekly Lessons Page.

A note on BrainPopJr.: Students should log into the Clever app first, then click Brainpop Jr. so that their device remembers their login. Then students can then click on the link in Seesaw which will take them to the linked lesson.

I hope you are enjoying your Sunday.

August 28, 2020

 Dear Parents,

A couple questions came up at our Wednesday Parent Meeting, one was about the Weekly Plan requesting to sign in to Google Docs and the other was how to get a schedule for class meetings.

Can you try something for me? Can you log into the Google Drive app on the USD Student iPad.  Then click on the link from a Seesaw Activity.  We are hoping the automatic sign-in will kick in and they won't have to log in to see the Google Document (Weekly Plans).

Thank you Mark Hoehne for sending out instructions so we can try that.  I also asked our district if they could push out the Google Calendar app to our iPADs.  I haven’t heard back from them yet, but I hope to soon.

We are still finalizing our Weekly Plans for next week and I will get them out as soon as they are ready.

Happy Friday!

August 23, 2020

 Dear Families,

I hope you are enjoying your weekend and staying safe from the smoke in the air. 

Weekly Work:

This is for your reference so you can use it to help your child if they feel lost, but please know that I will be teaching them what to do.  I will push out Activities in Seesaw, for students to work on, based on this schedule.  Remember it will take us some time to develop a routine. I will begin to post all our weekly lessons on one page.

 

This week, I want to try and create the assignments for the students in Seesaw to avoid having to click on the Google Doc Lesson Plan.  I will share this with our class during our Morning Meeting.

 

Writing:

I would like the students to use paper when possible for writing assignments, unless, I have a template posted in a Seesaw activity.  Here is some line paper to print.  If you have access to a printer, please print a few pages (page 1 only) each week for your child. Binder paper, or the paper in the yellow folder is okay to use as well.  If paper is an issue, please let me know, I am happy to help.

 

Alta Vista Home and School Club:

Here you can read the latest AVHSC newsletter.  You can also connect to the AVHSC Directory confirmation or set up, donations, and volunteer opportunities.

 

Seesaw Family App for Parents: Logout of last year’s class and join First Grade with Mrs. Bergman’s class. https://app.seesaw.me/s/419-297-499

 

Class Picture:

I know at this time, school pictures are not currently available.  Here is our Zoom meeting, class picture.   This might be helpful for your students to recognize faces with names in our class. :)

 

Our Curriculum Overview Meeting will be on Aug 26th at 4 pm on Zoom. 

 

Thanks for your support at home and for your patience,

Important Dates:

Wednesday, August 26: 4:00 PM, Curriculum Overview for Parents via Zoom

Friday, September 4: Staff Work Day, no school for students

Monday, September 7: Labor Day, school holiday