Hello Everyone,
Thank you so much to all of our parent volunteers on the Coloma trip! We appreciate all of your driving, mentoring, hiking, gold panning, bunkhouse managing, role modeling and genuine care on this trip. Our green horns became sourdoughs and you lived to tell the tale. We could not have done it without you! The kids had a great time.
Don't forget: times tables are due next week and need to be memorized by October 30th (2's through 12's). If your child isn't saying times tables in the car on the way to and from school and every night for a 5 minute run through (and driving you a bit crazy), something is amiss. These are goals that were set in early September. In order for your child to be successful with the math in 4th grade, it is important to have these skills down. Please have some fun with these and have your child rehearse daily so that they can test on these math facts by the end of the month. Your child will be getting a packet in their Monday folder. Please have your child use this to practice. Check off each of the math facts as they master them and return the packet as soon as your child has completed this task 2's-12's. Thank you for your partnership. multiplication music
Upcoming Announcements
Oct. 22--student council speeches 11:00 (behind K classroom outside)
Oct. 31--Halloween parade 8:45-9:30 (please, no scary masks or dangerous props, it upsets our K students)
Nov. 1--staff development day, no school
Nov. 11--Veteran's Day, no school
Nov. 12--report cards
Nov. 13--board meeting 6:00-9:00
Nov. 12 - 14--parent teacher conferences for 4th grade (sign up out next week)
Nov. 22--Turkey Trot 8:30-12:30
Nov. 27-29--Thanksgiving break
Have a great week,
Warmly,
Heather
Monday, October 21, 2019
Sunday, October 6, 2019
Hello Everyone,
I hope you enjoyed this beautiful weekend. Fall is here! Thank you to the Parents' Club for your continued support with wipes and funds!! We are so grateful.
COLOMA:
****We have a new earlier start time on 10/16. We will need to arrive at school at 6:15 on 10/16 and leave by 6:45. This will allow for two stops. We will stop for the bathroom and to stretch our legs. IMPORTANT: We will stop at the Starbucks right on Hwy 80 right after merging from 680. (Suisun Parkway Exit). IMPORTANT: We will stop to use restrooms and stretch our legs at Henningsen Lotus Park, on Lotus Rd. (just before turning on to Hwy 49).
**Teachers: Mrs. Young and Ms. Fleming will be the teachers in charge on this excursion. Welcome Ms. Fleming. We are so excited you could join us!
**Chaperones:
Thank you Matt, Barnaby, Josh, Jenny, Polly and Kirsten.
**Mandatory Coloma Chaperone Meeting: There is a chaperone meeting scheduled this Wednesday Oct. 9th at 5:30 p.m. Please put it on your schedule so that you do not miss this important informational meeting. We will discuss logistics and roles as well as sign the rest of our forms and paperwork.
**Mandatory Finger Printing: all chaperones must have their finger printing complete.
ELECTRONICS: there are no electronics allowed on this excursion! We conduct a backpack check prior to departure to be sure that we are device free. Thank you for your understanding and honoring this request.
**Student Handbook: this went home with families on Back to School Night. Please go over this handbook for rules, behavior and expectations with your child. It will answer their questions and give them valuable information about the trip. There is a sheet at the back that they should sign and return to the classroom no later than Friday.
CLASSROOM:
ELA: We are continuing our Lucy Calkin's reader's workshop. It is important to be sure your child is reading 40 minutes nightly and applying the strategies taught in class. We are focusing on a main character's: traits, desires, and motivations. We are also working on retelling and synthesizing. The story arc is being discussed. We do read in class for 15 or 20 minutes daily. This counts toward nightly reading and should reduce homework.
Read Aloud books: Kit Carson and The Tiger Rising
AR Reading: Accelerated Reader continues to be an important part of our reading program. Students are reading appropriate AR books found through the AR book find link and then quizzing on them within 24 hours of finishing their book. It is critical to support your child in book selection (most books are in our school and classroom libraries) and to remind them to read, read, read whenever the opportunity arises--in the car, while waiting for an appt., to and from school, before bed time, on a Sunday in your jammies, etc. These books should travel to and from the classroom in a daily fashion for classroom DEAR (drop everything and read) sessions as well as nightly reading homework and beyond. Students have a goal of 14.5 points for this first trimester. Each book has a certain amount of points it is worth. This information is listed with reading level and appropriateness (grade school, middle school, high school, for example). Points per book range from 3 to 5, generally, with longer books being worth more points. On an average, this is going to mean your child is reading anywhere from 3-5 books by November 1. That said, help your child select books that are on their reading level, and have high interest for them. This will allow them to accomplish reading books from start to finish successfully.
Reading log: Please be sure your child is getting to their reading log M-TH for homework. This is the comprehension piece and is very important in terms of understanding. Students should write 3-5 complete sentences in their responses. Have your child read this back to you and discuss their reading.
Math: Factors, prime factorization, divisibility rules, factor rainbows, factor trees. Please check your child's planner for specific page numbers for homework.
In addition, students are expected to have their times tables memorized by October 30th (2's through 12's). If your child isn't saying times tables in the car on the way to and from school and every night for a 5 minute run through (and driving you a bit crazy), something is amiss. These are goals that were set in early September. In order for your child to be successful with the math in 4th grade, it is important to have these skills down. Please have some fun with these and have your child rehearse daily so that they can test on these math facts by the end of the month. Your child will be getting a packet in their Monday folder. Please have your child use this to practice. Check off each of the math facts as they master them and return the packet as soon as your child has completed this task 2's-12's. Thank you for your partnership. multiplication music
Science: Soil and land forms.
Social Studies: Gold Rush and California.
Writing and Grammar: Writing declarative, interrogative, imperative and exclamatory sentences as well as simple, compound and complex sentences and incorporating them into their writing.
Spelling: weekly review with packet and Friday spelling test.
Room parent: we need a room parent to help with some of the special communications, tasks, and set up and clean up of celebrations this year within our classroom. If you think you would like to help in this way, please let me know.
We need a new pencil sharpener: unfortunately, someone in our class put the metal end of a pencil into our electric pencil sharpener and now we have no way to sharpen pencils. If you think you can help us with this, pleased let me know. If we have a number of volunteers, perhaps we can pull together to defray and share the cost.
Thank you in advance for supporting our classroom and the growth of your child in every way.
Have a stellar week!
Warmly,
Mrs. Young
I hope you enjoyed this beautiful weekend. Fall is here! Thank you to the Parents' Club for your continued support with wipes and funds!! We are so grateful.
COLOMA:
****We have a new earlier start time on 10/16. We will need to arrive at school at 6:15 on 10/16 and leave by 6:45. This will allow for two stops. We will stop for the bathroom and to stretch our legs. IMPORTANT: We will stop at the Starbucks right on Hwy 80 right after merging from 680. (Suisun Parkway Exit). IMPORTANT: We will stop to use restrooms and stretch our legs at Henningsen Lotus Park, on Lotus Rd. (just before turning on to Hwy 49).
**Teachers: Mrs. Young and Ms. Fleming will be the teachers in charge on this excursion. Welcome Ms. Fleming. We are so excited you could join us!
**Chaperones:
Thank you Matt, Barnaby, Josh, Jenny, Polly and Kirsten.
**Mandatory Coloma Chaperone Meeting: There is a chaperone meeting scheduled this Wednesday Oct. 9th at 5:30 p.m. Please put it on your schedule so that you do not miss this important informational meeting. We will discuss logistics and roles as well as sign the rest of our forms and paperwork.
**Mandatory Finger Printing: all chaperones must have their finger printing complete.
ELECTRONICS: there are no electronics allowed on this excursion! We conduct a backpack check prior to departure to be sure that we are device free. Thank you for your understanding and honoring this request.
**Student Handbook: this went home with families on Back to School Night. Please go over this handbook for rules, behavior and expectations with your child. It will answer their questions and give them valuable information about the trip. There is a sheet at the back that they should sign and return to the classroom no later than Friday.
CLASSROOM:
ELA: We are continuing our Lucy Calkin's reader's workshop. It is important to be sure your child is reading 40 minutes nightly and applying the strategies taught in class. We are focusing on a main character's: traits, desires, and motivations. We are also working on retelling and synthesizing. The story arc is being discussed. We do read in class for 15 or 20 minutes daily. This counts toward nightly reading and should reduce homework.
Read Aloud books: Kit Carson and The Tiger Rising
AR Reading: Accelerated Reader continues to be an important part of our reading program. Students are reading appropriate AR books found through the AR book find link and then quizzing on them within 24 hours of finishing their book. It is critical to support your child in book selection (most books are in our school and classroom libraries) and to remind them to read, read, read whenever the opportunity arises--in the car, while waiting for an appt., to and from school, before bed time, on a Sunday in your jammies, etc. These books should travel to and from the classroom in a daily fashion for classroom DEAR (drop everything and read) sessions as well as nightly reading homework and beyond. Students have a goal of 14.5 points for this first trimester. Each book has a certain amount of points it is worth. This information is listed with reading level and appropriateness (grade school, middle school, high school, for example). Points per book range from 3 to 5, generally, with longer books being worth more points. On an average, this is going to mean your child is reading anywhere from 3-5 books by November 1. That said, help your child select books that are on their reading level, and have high interest for them. This will allow them to accomplish reading books from start to finish successfully.
Reading log: Please be sure your child is getting to their reading log M-TH for homework. This is the comprehension piece and is very important in terms of understanding. Students should write 3-5 complete sentences in their responses. Have your child read this back to you and discuss their reading.
Math: Factors, prime factorization, divisibility rules, factor rainbows, factor trees. Please check your child's planner for specific page numbers for homework.
In addition, students are expected to have their times tables memorized by October 30th (2's through 12's). If your child isn't saying times tables in the car on the way to and from school and every night for a 5 minute run through (and driving you a bit crazy), something is amiss. These are goals that were set in early September. In order for your child to be successful with the math in 4th grade, it is important to have these skills down. Please have some fun with these and have your child rehearse daily so that they can test on these math facts by the end of the month. Your child will be getting a packet in their Monday folder. Please have your child use this to practice. Check off each of the math facts as they master them and return the packet as soon as your child has completed this task 2's-12's. Thank you for your partnership. multiplication music
Science: Soil and land forms.
Social Studies: Gold Rush and California.
Writing and Grammar: Writing declarative, interrogative, imperative and exclamatory sentences as well as simple, compound and complex sentences and incorporating them into their writing.
Spelling: weekly review with packet and Friday spelling test.
Room parent: we need a room parent to help with some of the special communications, tasks, and set up and clean up of celebrations this year within our classroom. If you think you would like to help in this way, please let me know.
We need a new pencil sharpener: unfortunately, someone in our class put the metal end of a pencil into our electric pencil sharpener and now we have no way to sharpen pencils. If you think you can help us with this, pleased let me know. If we have a number of volunteers, perhaps we can pull together to defray and share the cost.
Thank you in advance for supporting our classroom and the growth of your child in every way.
Have a stellar week!
Warmly,
Mrs. Young
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