Week of August 26, 2019

Dear Families,

It was nice to meet all of you at Back To School Night.  Feel free to email me or stop by after school if you have further questions.  Thank you for all that you have signed up for - to help our class this year! I know you are busy with work and home life, so I really appreciate your help – it makes a BIG difference in our class! 

I apologize for the lengthy email but I wanted to mention a few more things at Back-to-School Night:

We started the Rhythm and Moves PE (funded by the AVHSC) with Mr. Thomas on Monday this week.  We will also have PE every other Wednesday with Mr. Thomas. We started this week, so next week we won’t meet on Wednesday. Please be sure your child is wearing sneakers and comfortable clothing. 

We had our first meeting with our 4th Grade (Mrs. Hamamjy’s class) Buddies today.  We will meet together on Friday mornings for about 25 minutes each week.

Music with Mrs. Threet begins this week on Tuesday.  

We will have our first library visit on Thursday, September 5th at 1:00.

On the week of September 9th, we will start our BEAR SHARE (Sharing).  I updated the schedule and assignments on our classroom web page and attached the schedule to your BTSN packet.

On the week of September 16th, we will begin the Special Person of The Week.  The schedule is on our web page and there is a copy in your BTSN packet.

**Students may have water bottles on their desks throughout the school day.  However, please do not send juice or sports drinks for inside the classroom.

If you are coming to school to volunteer, please sign in at the office to get a sticker badge (even if it makes you a minute late to help). 

I will send out an email about Seesaw, an online journal, where we can share student work and pictures with parents.  Please sign up soon!

If you haven’t done so already, please fill out the online AVHSC Volunteer, participation, and communication distribution.   www.avhsc.org Remember existing and new families need to create a new account.

Wishing you a nice weekend!

Important Dates:

Wednesday, August 21: Back To School Night for Parents

Friday, August 30: No School, Staff Work Day

Monday, September 2: No School, Labor Day

Thursday, September 5: Foil Art in the Makerspace at 9:30 (Please let me know if you can help.)

Friday, September 6: Back to School Movie Night at 6:00

Friday, September 6: Picture Day

Saturday, October 19: Walk-a-thon at 8:00am

What We’re Doing in Class this Week

Language Arts: Partner read and discuss making predictions.  We are also reviewing consonants sounds and proper use of upper and lowercase letters.

Math: We are starting Module 1 this week in our Eureka Math curriculum. This module sets the foundation for students to master sums and differences to 10.

Writing: We will be focusing on personal narrative writing this trimester.

Social Studies: Respect and Community

Technology: We will begin using our 1:1 iPADs in class.

Sharing Assignment:

Special Person of The Week:

Please be sure and contact me if you have any questions or concerns.  You may e-mail me at bergmanc@unionsd.org.  I check e-mail daily during the school week and will try and reply promptly. 

Week of August 19, 2019

Dear Families,

What a great first week of school!  Your first grader has been learning many new routines for room 1 and rules for the primary playground.  Your child is probably feeling a bit tired after school due to transitioning to a longer school day and getting back to a school schedule.  It usually takes a few weeks, but they'll feel better adjusted soon!

I will email you our Weekly Newsletter on Friday (or sometimes during the weekend).  I will also post a copy to our Class Blog. You can connect to the Blog through our school website, by going to Classroom Pages, then under First Grade, then Staff, and then click on my name.

August 21st is Back to School Night for Parents.  We will meet in room 1, at 6:00 pm to go over First Grade throughout the year.  After our meeting, there is a Principal's Welcome and AV Home and School Club meeting in the Cafeteria from 6:45-7:15.  If you have children in 4th or 5th grade, their classroom presentations will begin at 7:15.

Just in case you need our Home and School Club's website, it has a lot of information about upcoming events at school. www.avhsc.org

Thank you for sending me all your email addresses!  If you need to add or eliminate any addresses, please let me know.

Here are some pictures from today’s Marshmallow Design.  =)

I hope you have a wonderful weekend.

Important Dates:

Wednesday, August 21: Back To School Night for Parents

Friday, August 30: No School, Staff Work Day

Monday, September 2: No School, Labor Day

Friday, Sept. 6: Back to School Movie Night at 6:00

Friday, Sept. 6: Picture Day

Saturday, Oct. 19: Walk-a-thon at 8:00am

What We’re Doing in Class this Week

Language Arts: Partner read and discuss making predictions.  We are also reviewing consonants sounds and proper use of upper and lowercase letters.

Math: We are starting Module 1 this week in our Eureka Math curriculum. This module sets the foundation for students to master sums and differences to 10.

Writing: We will be focusing on personal narrative writing this trimester.

Social Studies: Respect and Community

Technology: We will begin using our 1:1 iPADs in class.

Sharing Assignment:

Special Person of The Week:

Please be sure and contact me if you have any questions or concerns.  You may e-mail me at bergmanc@unionsd.org.  I check e-mail daily during the school week and will try and reply promptly.

Week of June 3, 2019

Dear Families,

Wow! I can’t believe it’s already June!  Only 5 more days of school, and yes, we’ve been counting down.

Thank you for supporting your child today for our class play!  I hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!

We also had our last cornerstone lesson with our amazing Cornerstone teachers: Mrs. Joseph, Mrs. Korde, and Mrs. Smiley.  Our teachers reviewed all of the books and concepts that we learned throughout this year, had a new lesson on “pay it forward” with kindness, and a nice project of planting a seed and seeing how our flowers grow (like us) into unique individuals.

Here are some important dates:

Monday, June 3rd, we will have a substitute.  I will be on campus finishing up reading assessments.

Tuesday, June 4th (1:00-2:30) is our Class Party.  More information to come soon!

Wednesday, June 5th is Olympic Day!  Students need to wear their class t-shirt (or blue shirt), comfortable shoes, sunscreen, and hat (optional).  We will be outside from approximately 10:00-11:30.  Students will also have regular lunchtime from 12:00-12:50.  There will be a lot of time spent outside so please send a water bottle on this day.

Thursday, June 6th, we will have a ½ day sub (Mrs. Threet) after lunch because I will be attending my daughter, Madalena’s Kindergarten Promotion.

Friday, June 7th is the last day of First Grade!  Dismissal is at 12:15. We will dismiss before lunchtime.

Everyone in Room 1 returned his or her AV library books!  Thank you for your help!

Wishing you a nice weekend!

Important Dates:

Tuesday, 6/4, 1:00, Class Party

Wednesday, 6/5, Olympic Day

Friday, 6/7, Last Day of School, 12:15 dismissal

Wednesday, 8/14, Back to school

Week of May 27, 2019

Dear Families,

Just 9 more days of school!  

Monday is Memorial Day and there is no school.

There is no more homework!  We did packet no. 30 in class today.  However, please continue to read every day.

Our class play, The Kapok Tree, will take place on Friday, May 31 at 8:30 am in our classroom.  The play will be about 25 minutes. We have been practicing in the classroom. Please help your child memorize their lines.  If your child is a reader, those lines do not need to be memorized but are able to pronounce the words at a nice (slower) pace.

Our class party will be on Tuesday, 6/4.

Olympic Day is coming up on Wednesday, 6/5.  We will wear our class t-shirts (or orange) that day.  The volunteer sign up should be coming out soon.

Friday, 6/7 is our last day of school!  We have a 12:15 dismissal on the last day.

I hope you have a nice Memorial Day Weekend!

Important Dates:

Monday, 5/27, No school, Memorial Day

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

Friday, 5/31, 6:30 pm, Variety Show

Tuesday, 6/4, Class Party

Wednesday, 6/5, Olympic Day

Friday, 6/7, Last Day of School, 12:15 dismissal

What We’re Doing in Class this Week:

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

Math: Geometry, Telling Time, 2-digit addition

Writing: learning about informative and opinion writing

Science: Plants

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

Sharing Assignment:  

Special Person of The Week:  

Week of May 20, 2019

 

I hope you had a chance to look at the Art Vistas Art Show.  A huge thanks to Mrs. Winn, Mrs. Kamali, and Mrs. Martinez for mounting and displaying pieces of our artwork.

We had an assembly today from The Ned Show.  It was about having a growth mindset and being an upstander.  Here is their website if you’re interested in more information.

We worked on a fun project today with our buddies, making Puff Mobiles (paper cars).  I hope you were able to see your child’s video on Seesaw.

We noticed the math page in our homework packet was missing some numbers, I'll attach a picture below if you have any questions.

Next week is Alta Vista Spirit Week:

Monday: Twin Day (you could also wear your class t-shirt to find an easy twin)

Tuesday: Disney

Wednesday: Wacky

Thursday: Rainbow

Friday: Alta Vista Spirit Wear (Blue and white)

Wednesday, May 22nd is Open House!  The Home and School Club will present in the cafeteria from 6:30-7:00 pm.  Classrooms will be open from 7:00-8: 00 pm. I hope you and the family can make it!  We will be showing off some of our hard work. J

Although we are not going to the library for a visit, we need to return our library books.  Please bring them back to school on Monday.

Thank you to our parent volunteers this week!

I hope you have a nice weekend!

Important Dates:

Wednesday, 5/22, Open House (HSC meeting 6:30-7, classrooms 7:00-8:00)

Monday, 5/27, No school, Memorial Day

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

Friday, 5/31, 6:30 pm, Variety Show

Wednesday, 6/5, Olympic Day

Friday, 6/7, Last Day of School, 12:15 dismissal

What We’re Doing in Class this Week:

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

Math: Module 5, Geometry and Telling Time

Writing: learning about informative and opinion writing

Science: Plants

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

Sharing Assignment:  

Special Person of The Week:  

Week of May 13, 2019

Dear Families,

The last day to order yearbooks is Today, May 10^th!    https://altavista.picaboo.com 

The Fantasy Fair is Today! – this event is always a great memory and a favorite of many!  I hope to see you there!    The event is still looking for volunteers.  https://avhsc.ivolunteer.com/junglejam

Our class is sharing a game booth with Mrs. Yates’ class.  Here is our sign up.  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090d4bada623a02-1stgrade

We have really enjoyed seeing all the many places Stanley has been to.  If your Stanley Display is ready, please bring him in when you can.  If you need more time, please let me know.

I did not send home the student’s lines for our play, they are sitting on my desk.  I will send it home on Monday.

Thank you to all our parent helpers this week in and out of the classroom!  I appreciate you so much!

Looking forward to seeing many of you at the Fantasy Faire.

Week of May 6, 2019

Dear Families,

Wow!  I can't believe that we are in May already!  There are many upcoming, fun events happening at Alta Vista.  To name a few: The Art Vistas Show, Fantasy Faire, Olympic Day, and the End-of-the-Year Class Party.

Thank you to Mr. Price, Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. Kamali, Mr. Smiley, Mr. Byrne, and Mrs. Petrova for helping us on our Field Trip to Vasona/YSI.  We had a nice walk in Vasona and then an informative class on the Physics of Sound and Motion.

Our class play, The Great Kapok Tree is coming up on Friday, May 31st at 8:30 am.  I will be sending home lines next week, so students can get some extra practice.

We have really enjoyed seeing all the many places Stanley has been to.  If your Stanley Display is ready, please bring him in when you can. He’s not due until May 8h, and if you need more time, let me know.

I have really enjoyed all of the beautiful flowers, amazing cards, and the Smores basket A lot of family fun for my family in the near future!  Thank you for the gift card to Los Gatos Spa! The HSC also provided lunch to the teachers and staff on Wednesday. It was delicious Hawaiian food. I feel so appreciated!!

Don’t forget your books for the library on Monday (10:55 this week).

Enjoy your weekend!

Important Dates:

Friday, 5/10, Last Day to purchase the AV Yearbook

Friday, 5/10, Fantasy Faire

Wednesday, 5/15, Art Vistas Art Show

Wednesday, 5/22, Open House

Friday, 5/31, 8:30 am, 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, Starting Module 5, Geometry (Shapes)

Writing: learning about informative and opinion writing

Science: Plants

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

Sharing Assignment: Something that starts with the letter “m”

Special Person of The Week: Albert