Week of April 29, 2019

Dear Parents,

It was great to see and hear about all the creations made from recycled products!  Thank you for your help with this project.

We had a great time in the makerspace yesterday!  A huge thank you to Mrs. and Mr. Petrova, Mr. Ichien, Mrs. Martinez, Mrs. South, and Mrs. Korde.  We couldn’t have done it without you!

On Tuesday, we had a great Cornerstone Lesson with Mrs. Smiley and Mrs. Joseph.  They read us the story, One by Kathryn Otoshi. For a project, our class drew designs and words of peace and kindness on rocks.  Then we placed the rocks throughout the playground and field so they could be found by others.

Our class will begin to work on our class play based on the story, The Great Kapok Tree.  Our show will be on Friday, May 31st at 8:30 am in our classroom.  I hope you can join us!

 

The Flat Stanley Display’s due date is May 8. Don’t worry if your Flat Stanley has not arrived back home yet.  The due dates are guideline dates. My only request is that I have them a few days before Open House (5/22), so I can add them to the wall display.

Our school reached our goal for “Silver Saves Lives!”  Students collected over $2,400! Mrs. Bailey colored her hair purple as promised!

Our field trip to Vasona-YSI is on Tuesday 4/30.  Please let me know if you would like to come with us.  We will leave AV at 9:00 and return about 1:15. There will most likely be room on the bus, but a small chance you will need to drive.  I have prepaid parking passes if you drive. So far I have the following parents signed up: Jason Smiley, Mahshad Kamali, Brittny Thompson, Souyma Korde, Lawerence Byrne, and Mr. Price.  Thank you.

Important Dates:

Friday, 4/26, Cambrian Relay For Life

4/23-4/29, Book Faire

Tuesday, 4/30, Field Trip to Vasona and YSI (Youth Science Institute)

Friday, 5/10, Fantasy Faire

Wednesday, 5/15, Art Vistas Art Show

Wednesday, 5/22, Open House

Friday, 5/31, 8:30am, Great Kapok Tree Performance (In Room 1)

What We’re Doing in Class this Week:

Language Arts:  long vowel review in Phonics. We continue to practice nouns (common, proper, and possessive), verbs (present, past, and future), and adjectives.

Math: Module 4, Place Value and Comparison

Writing: learning about informative and opinion writing

Science: Plants

Technology: Seesaw, Lexia, RazKids, Reflex Math, Zearn, Codespark, Prodigy, Epic!

Sharing Assignment: A favorite book (please bookmark your favorite page).

Special Person of The Week: Alecia

Week of April 22, 2019

Dear Parents,

Thank you for your help with the Recycle Projects!  They look great and the students are excited to share them.  It wasn’t in the plan, but we started to share a few of them today.  We will share the rest next week.

This was our last official week of Cougar Time Reading groups.  We will continue to work on reading groups within our own classroom.

We will visit the Makerspace on Thursday the 25th at 8:30 to work on Colors of Light and kaleidoscopes.  We would love 4-5 parent helpers. The more parents, the more projects we can do!   

We would also love toilet paper roll donations for this project.

The school is participating a fundraiser this week for Relay for Life. It is called "Silver Saves Lives." If your child would like to participate, s/he can bring some silver coins (no pennies, please) and add them to our jar in the classroom to help fundraise for cancer research. The winning classroom gets a pizza party AND if the school collects $1000, Mrs. Bailey will dye her hair purple!

I hope you have a nice weekend!

Important Dates:

Wednesday, 4/24, 6:00-7:30, AVHSC Ice Cream Social

Friday, 4/26, Cambrian Relay For Life

4/23-4/29, Book Faire

Tuesday, 4/30, Field Trip to Vasona and YSI (Youth Science Institute)

Friday, 5/10, Fantasy Faire

Wednesday, 5/15, Art Vistas Art Show

Wednesday, 5/22, Open House

Friday, 5/31, 8:30am, Great Kapok Tree Performance (In Room 1)

What We’re Doing in Class this Week:

Language Arts:  long vowel review in Phonics. We continue to practice nouns (common, proper, and possessive), verbs (present, past, and future), and adjectives.

Math: Module 4, Place Value and Comparison

Writing: learning about informative and opinion writing

Science: Plants

Technology: Seesaw, Lexia, RazKids, Reflex Math, Zearn, Codespark, Prodigy, Epic!

Sharing Assignment: Share our Recycle Projects.

Special Person of The Week: Alexander

Week of April 15, 2019

Dear Families,

I hope you enjoyed a nice Spring Break.  I can’t wait to hear about it from the students.

We will visit the AV library tomorrow morning.

This week the homework is Project Recycle.  We will not have a regular homework packet. There is a helpful timeline for the week to accomplish the project.  It is due on Friday, but you may send them in earlier if they are finished. I will also attach the directions to the email.

On Tuesday, 4/16, we will have our First Grade Music Performance at 2:00 in the cafeteria.  Mrs. Threet has taught us some familiar songs on the instruments. Each class will have a chance to be on stage.  Students should wear their class t-shirt on Tuesday.  I hope you can make it!

Important Dates:

Tuesday, 4/16, 2:00, First Grade Music Performance

Friday, 4/26, Cambrian Relay For Life

4/23-4/29, Book Faire

Tuesday, 4/30, Field Trip to Vasona and YSI (Youth Science Institute)

Friday, 5/10, Fantasy Faire

Wednesday, 5/15, Art Vistas Art Show

Wednesday, 5/22, Open House

Friday, 5/24, 6:00-7:30, AVHSC Ice Cream Social

What We’re Doing in Class this Week:

Language Arts:  long vowel ‘u’ in Phonics. We continue to practice nouns (common, proper, and possessive), verbs (present, past, and future), and adjectives.

Math: Module 4, Place Value and Comparison

Writing: learning about informative and opinion writing

Science: Plants

Technology: Seesaw, Lexia, RazKids, Reflex Math, Zearn, Codespark, Prodigy, Epic!

Sharing Assignment: Tell us about your Spring Break.  Next week, we will share our Recycle Projects.

Special Person of The Week: Bryson

Week of April 1, 2019

Dear Parents,

I went home early today because my son, Andreas is sick, he has a fever and not feeling well.  Our class ended the day with Mrs. Yates. The students had already packed their yellow folders that contained their homework for next week and information about Flat Stanley.

Next week, I will send home information about our Project Recycle, which will replace our regular homework packet, during the week of April 15.

Please let me know if you have any questions about Flat Stanley.

I hope you were able to visit our Multicultural Night today!  

Enjoy your weekend!

Important Dates:

4/8-4/12, Spring Break

Tuesday, 4/16, 2:00, First Grade Music Performance

Friday, 4/26, Cambrian Relay For Life

4/23-4/29, Book Faire

Tuesday, 4/30, Field Trip to Vasona and YSI (Youth Science Institute)

Friday, 5/10, Fantasy Faire

Wednesday, 5/15, Art Vistas Art Show

Wednesday, 5/22, Open House

Friday, 5/24, 6:00-7:30, AVHSC Ice Cream Social

What We’re Doing in Class this Week:

Language Arts:  long vowel ‘u’ in Phonics. We continue to practice nouns (common, proper, and possessive), verbs (present, past, and future), and adjectives.

Math: Module 4, Place Value and Comparison

Writing: learning about informative and opinion writing

Science: Light and Sound, Plants

Technology: Seesaw, Lexia, RazKids, Reflex Math, Zearn, Codespark, Prodigy, Epic!

Sharing Assignment: Something that grows

Special Person of The Week: Carl

Week of March 25, 2019

Dear Families,

We had a great Cornerstone lesson on Tuesday about encouraging our friends.  We played a fun game where we passed a ball quickly to each other (over/under), and made sure we praised each one of our classmates.

We glazed our last clay project and it will be ready to share with our families in a few weeks.  They are adorable!

We made a visit to the Makerspace and worked on insect diagrams using various supplies.  We uploaded our work to seesaw.

On Monday we will start to work on our own creative story in class.  I will send more information home in the following week if you’re interested in purchasing a copy of the hardbound class book.

Hoping we are moving towards the end of the flu season. Just a reminder that if your child has been ill, he or she needs to stay home until they are fever free (or vomit-free) for at least 24 hours (without medicine).

We would love some glue stick donations. :)

Have a wonderful weekend!

Important Dates:

3/25-3/28, AVHSC Online Auction

Friday, 3/29, 5pm-8pm, Multicultural Faire

4/8-4/12, Spring Break

Tuesday, 4/16, 2:00, First Grade Music Performance

Friday, 4/26, Cambrian Relay For Life

Tuesday, 4/30, Field Trip to Vasona and YSI (Youth Science Institute)

What We’re Doing in Class this Week:

Language Arts:  long vowel ‘o’ in Phonics. We continue to practice nouns (common, proper, and possessive), verbs (present, past, and future), and adjectives.

Math: Module 4, Place Value and Comparison

Writing: learning about informative and opinion writing

Science: Light and Sound

Technology: Seesaw, Lexia, RazKids, Reflex Math, Zearn, Codespark, Prodigy, Epic!

Sharing Assignment: Something that reminds you of a special place.

Special Person of The Week: Chetan

Week of March 18, 2019

Dear Families,

It was nice meeting with everyone at parent-teacher conferences.  This was our last official conference for the year; however, if you have any questions or concerns, please let me know. :)

Thank you parent helpers in and out of the classroom this week!

Friday will be another Spirit Day, wear your pajamas.  Please wear sneakers for PE and recess.

Our class would appreciate glue stick donations.

Please remember your library book for Monday.  

Have a great sunny weekend!

Important Dates:

Tuesday, 3/19, Cornerstone

Thursday, 3/21, 1:00 Clay Glazing

Friday, 3/29, Multicultural Faire

4/8-4/12, Spring Break

Tuesday, 4/16, 2:00, Music Performance

Friday, 4/26, Cambrian Relay For Life

Tuesday, 4/30, Field Trip to Vasona and YSI (Youth Science Institute)

What We’re Doing in Class this Week:

Language Arts:  long vowel ‘o’ in Phonics. We continue to practice nouns (common, proper, and possessive), verbs (present, past, and future), and adjectives.

Math: Module 3, Measurement and data/graphing

Writing: learning about informative and opinion writing

Science: Light and Sound

Technology: Seesaw, Lexia, RazKids, Reflex Math, Zearn, Codespark, Prodigy, Epic!

Sharing Assignment: Something that reminds you of spring.

Special Person of The Week: Cooper

Week of March 4, 2019

Dear Families,

Thank you to our guest readers this week!  We celebrated Read Across America today by incorporating reading most of the day!  We also had a visit from Eric Heins, the CTA President.  He read the first graders the story, It’s Okay To Be Different.  I’ll attach a picture.

We will have an Art Vistas lesson on Wednesday at 9:30, if you would like to help, please let me know.

Parent-teacher conferences start on Thursday.  Conferences run from Thursday, March 7 through Friday, March 15.   Here is our schedule.

Thank you parent volunteers for your help in and out of the classroom this week! 

I hope you have a great weekend!