Hello Everyone,
**Back to School Night and Coloma Meeting: Wednesday September 25th. I will give a classroom presentation at 7:15 - 8:00 for parents. At 8:00 p.m. I will provide information about the COD--Coloma Outdoor Discovery School this year. I look forward to greeting everyone and talking about the new Coloma program that the Outdoor School provides. (Mark your calendars Coloma: Oct. 16-18).
COD: Coloma Outdoor Discovery program information
We are budgeted and approved to take 6 adults as drivers/chaperones this year and ideally would like 3 moms and 3 dads to drive, chaperone and stay with students in the girl's and boy's bunkhouses. Sign up to chaperone on our on-line form here
The cost per student and per chaperone is $195.00. We are grateful to the parent's club for buying this trip down. We appreciate your support. Scholarships are available. Please check with the office.
I'd love to take you all, however, if we have a greater number of adults who wish to drive/chaperone on the trip, we will conduct a lottery in order to be fair to all families. If you do not plan to drive/chaperone, we still need volunteers for the morning of our departure to pack up cars quickly with gear; kids; back packs, water bottles and lunches. We must leave the school by 7:30 sharp.
*There is a luggage size restriction this year. Each student and chaperone may take 1 suitcase 9 x 14 x 22; 1 sleeping bag and 1 pillow tightly rolled and secured; 1 back pack with a sack lunch and water bottle. MANDATORY: NAMES MUST BE ON ALL ITEMS IN ADVANCE.
**Once we have confirmed our drivers/chaperones, there will be a MANDATORY chaperone meeting on Wednesday, October 9, 2019 at 5:30 PM.
See you all on Wednesday,
Warmly,
Heather
Sunday, September 22, 2019
Monday, September 16, 2019
Hello Everyone,
*All students are expected to bring their blue binders and AR book home and back to school daily. Students need a parent signature on their planner each night and a parent initial on the reading log nightly homework when it comes home. Please be sure to check with your child.
**Back to School Night and Coloma Meeting: Wednesday September 25th. I will give a classroom presentation at 7:15 - 8:00 for parents. At 8:00 p.m. I will provide information about the COD--Coloma Outdoor Discovery School this year. I look forward to greeting everyone and talking about the new Coloma program that the Outdoor School provides. (Mark your calendars Coloma: Oct. 16-18).
*Taco Movie Night -- Friday Sept. 20th 6 p.m.
Math: multiples. Nightly review of the lesson with an adult or care giver is important for student success.
Social Studies: Gold Rush.
Spelling/Grammar: we will review exclamatory, declarative, imperative, interrogative in conjunction with simple, compound, and complex sentences in the coming weeks and practice capitalization rules. Daily spelling homework will be assigned each Monday and wrap up with a brief quiz on Friday in the classroom. Prepositions have been introduced.
Enjoy your week!
Warmly,
Heather
Math facts: due by October 26th. *4th grade students need to practice math facts music to mastery. 5 minutes each night as homework is assigned. Click here
*All students are expected to bring their blue binders and AR book home and back to school daily. Students need a parent signature on their planner each night and a parent initial on the reading log nightly homework when it comes home. Please be sure to check with your child.
**Back to School Night and Coloma Meeting: Wednesday September 25th. I will give a classroom presentation at 7:15 - 8:00 for parents. At 8:00 p.m. I will provide information about the COD--Coloma Outdoor Discovery School this year. I look forward to greeting everyone and talking about the new Coloma program that the Outdoor School provides. (Mark your calendars Coloma: Oct. 16-18).
Here are some of the changes to Coloma this year:
*We have a size limitation on luggage: 9 x 22 x 14 is the largest size we can accommodate.
*Each student requires a backpack, water bottle and sack lunch for the first day.
*We have a size limitation on luggage: 9 x 22 x 14 is the largest size we can accommodate.
*Each student requires a backpack, water bottle and sack lunch for the first day.
*This program operates with 6 parent chaperones and is run more like the outdoor science school.
*An online chaperone volunteer form will be released shortly. We require 3 dads in the boy's bunkhouse and 3 moms in the girl's bunkhouse for a 1:4 ratio approximately. There are no cabins on this experience.
*We truly appreciate our parent volunteers; however, if we have a higher number of volunteers than spaces, we will use a lottery system to select our chaperones. We do require that chaperones have roomy, safe vehicles and report with other people's children as well as their own.
*An online chaperone volunteer form will be released shortly. We require 3 dads in the boy's bunkhouse and 3 moms in the girl's bunkhouse for a 1:4 ratio approximately. There are no cabins on this experience.
*We truly appreciate our parent volunteers; however, if we have a higher number of volunteers than spaces, we will use a lottery system to select our chaperones. We do require that chaperones have roomy, safe vehicles and report with other people's children as well as their own.
*This is an excellent program and highly valued by the many schools who attend. Exceptionally trained staff, naturalists and other professionals run this educational and fun excursion with many activities like campfire with Native American guest, panning for gold, hoe-down with live band and dancing, and naturalist-lead state park exploration with hike of Monroe Ridge.
*I will follow up with packing lists and additional information for students and chaperones in the next week and in particular at the meeting on the 25th.
*I will follow up with packing lists and additional information for students and chaperones in the next week and in particular at the meeting on the 25th.
*Drive for Schools: begins September 19-November 3.
*Taco Movie Night -- Friday Sept. 20th 6 p.m.
Math: multiples. Nightly review of the lesson with an adult or care giver is important for student success.
Writing: We will do our final drafts of our preposition poems.
Social Studies: Gold Rush.
Spelling/Grammar: we will review exclamatory, declarative, imperative, interrogative in conjunction with simple, compound, and complex sentences in the coming weeks and practice capitalization rules. Daily spelling homework will be assigned each Monday and wrap up with a brief quiz on Friday in the classroom. Prepositions have been introduced.
Enjoy your week!
Warmly,
Heather
Sunday, September 8, 2019
Hello Everyone,
I hope you all had an enjoyable weekend!
Reminders:
*Math Facts: 4th grade students need to practice math facts music to mastery by the end of October. 5 minutes each night as homework is assigned. These are silly songs but can really help to review this important skill. This math level requires automaticity and fluidity with math facts. Thank you for supporting your child. Click here
*Blue Binders: All students are expected to bring their blue binders and AR book home and back to school daily. Fridays are an exception, unless there is a special project. Students need a parent signature on their planner each night and a parent initial on the reading log nightly homework when it comes home. Please be sure to check with your child every night on the homework front.
**Back to School Night and Coloma Meeting: Wednesday September 25th. I will give a classroom presentation at 7:15 - 8:00 for parents. At 8:00 p.m. I will provide information about the COD--Coloma Outdoor Discovery School this year. I look forward to greeting everyone and talking about the new Coloma program that the Outdoor School provides. (Mark your calendars Coloma: Oct. 16-18).
4th Grade Dance: Due to constructions this year and the lack of a stage for performances, all grade levels will be working with the talented Micha Scott this year on a dance performance rather than a play which will be performed at the Subud Center down the road. We will have our performance Nov. 14th at 7p.m. More to follow as it gets closer.
History Social Sciences: My World. We have a new program this year K-6th grade. The Gold Rush will be our first stop as we prepare for our Coloma trip this year Oct. 16-18. Gold Country here we come!!
Science: Foss curriculum on solid earth--land forms and soils.
Current Read Aloud: Kit Carson. We are mapping Kit's journey through the Sierra Nevada Mountains from California to Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Accelerated Reader: Your child has been taught how to successfully log into Accelerated Reader in class. All quizzes should be completed within 24 hours of finishing a book and must be taken in the classroom, not at home. Time will be given each morning for this purpose.
Accelerated Reader Book Find: click here Your child should be reading "good fit" books--on their reading level and interest level. You can check to see that the books your child is choosing to read are in AR. If you put the title in and see the book pop up with information on reading level, points, and quiz #, you know that this is a good pick. If you cannot find the book in the AR book find, this is a book that has no quiz associated with it and no points. This is not a good pick.
Lucy Calkin's Novel: The Tiger Rising begins this week.
Growth Mindset video: I support best practices and a growth mindset in the classroom. Please click here to view an excellent video on this concept. Your child will view this in the classroom this week.
Writing: Narrative essay reading preparation beginning this week.
Vocab./Grammar/Spelling: we will review exclamatory, declarative, imperative, interrogative in conjunction with simple, compound, and complex sentences in the coming weeks and practice capitalization rules in class. Daily spelling homework will be assigned each Monday and wrap up with a brief quiz on Friday in the classroom.
*Board Meeting: 9/11 at 6:00 p.m. to discuss and weigh in on early start date next year.
*Taco Movie Night -- Friday Sept. 20th 6 p.m.
I hope you all had an enjoyable weekend!
Reminders:
*Math Facts: 4th grade students need to practice math facts music to mastery by the end of October. 5 minutes each night as homework is assigned. These are silly songs but can really help to review this important skill. This math level requires automaticity and fluidity with math facts. Thank you for supporting your child. Click here
*Blue Binders: All students are expected to bring their blue binders and AR book home and back to school daily. Fridays are an exception, unless there is a special project. Students need a parent signature on their planner each night and a parent initial on the reading log nightly homework when it comes home. Please be sure to check with your child every night on the homework front.
**Back to School Night and Coloma Meeting: Wednesday September 25th. I will give a classroom presentation at 7:15 - 8:00 for parents. At 8:00 p.m. I will provide information about the COD--Coloma Outdoor Discovery School this year. I look forward to greeting everyone and talking about the new Coloma program that the Outdoor School provides. (Mark your calendars Coloma: Oct. 16-18).
4th Grade Dance: Due to constructions this year and the lack of a stage for performances, all grade levels will be working with the talented Micha Scott this year on a dance performance rather than a play which will be performed at the Subud Center down the road. We will have our performance Nov. 14th at 7p.m. More to follow as it gets closer.
Math: we will review whole numbers and place value up to the millions. We will continue to review math facts and begin to go forward this coming week with estimation, approximation and rounding. We, as a general rule, have a test every Friday to assess the week's concepts. In addition, we are working on a POM (problem of the month) and continue to do math story problems each period to reinforce concepts.
History Social Sciences: My World. We have a new program this year K-6th grade. The Gold Rush will be our first stop as we prepare for our Coloma trip this year Oct. 16-18. Gold Country here we come!!
Science: Foss curriculum on solid earth--land forms and soils.
Current Read Aloud: Kit Carson. We are mapping Kit's journey through the Sierra Nevada Mountains from California to Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Accelerated Reader: Your child has been taught how to successfully log into Accelerated Reader in class. All quizzes should be completed within 24 hours of finishing a book and must be taken in the classroom, not at home. Time will be given each morning for this purpose.
Accelerated Reader Book Find: click here Your child should be reading "good fit" books--on their reading level and interest level. You can check to see that the books your child is choosing to read are in AR. If you put the title in and see the book pop up with information on reading level, points, and quiz #, you know that this is a good pick. If you cannot find the book in the AR book find, this is a book that has no quiz associated with it and no points. This is not a good pick.
Lucy Calkin's Novel: The Tiger Rising begins this week.
Growth Mindset video: I support best practices and a growth mindset in the classroom. Please click here to view an excellent video on this concept. Your child will view this in the classroom this week.
Writing: Narrative essay reading preparation beginning this week.
Vocab./Grammar/Spelling: we will review exclamatory, declarative, imperative, interrogative in conjunction with simple, compound, and complex sentences in the coming weeks and practice capitalization rules in class. Daily spelling homework will be assigned each Monday and wrap up with a brief quiz on Friday in the classroom.
*Board Meeting: 9/11 at 6:00 p.m. to discuss and weigh in on early start date next year.
*Drive for Schools: begins September 19-November 3.
*Taco Movie Night -- Friday Sept. 20th 6 p.m.
Have a lovely week.
Truly Yours,
Heather
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