Friday September 16

The month is half over and we have spent 14 days of school together!  The time is flying and we are settling into a nice routine.

Today the Special person was Charlie, who told us a story about visiting a waterfall while on a hike.  This was a great topic, and many students had ideas about their visits to a waterfall.

We finished up our first week of literacy centers and small group reading instruction.  Your child will be bringing home the work they did independently while their classmates were working with me.  A big thanks to the parent volunteers who help make this time run so smoothly.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Thursday September 15

Hi everyone!
This week we have learned even more about the students in room 13.

Monday, Emma L. was special person - she told us about her favorite ride at Oak's Park - The Screamin' Eagle!
Tuesday, Jake told us about being pulled on an inner tube behind his grandparents speed boat!  WOW!
Wednesday we learned that Milo's favorite ride at Disneyland is California Screamin'
Today, Cyan told us about going roller skating with his family!

We began literacy centers this week.  Thanks to all of the wonderful folks who volunteered to help during literacy time - you have been fantastic!  Your children are settling into the routine of literacy time very well.

In math, we began using math spiral notebooks to record our thinking during Number Corner. This time gives us an opportunity to explore numbers in many ways, such as understanding the number 15 as money, time, or as a rectangle.  The students also worked through the first set of Math Workplaces for the year and should be bringing that work home today.

See you tomorrow!

Friday Field Day

Hello everyone!
Today the Special Person was Admiral - he told us a story about visiting Great Wolf Lodge and getting totally soaked under a water bucket!  Great story!

Field Day was a blast!  I didn't get many pictures because the kids were running around too much!  Here are a few....

Here are few ideas from the kids about this week!
"I liked the all about me flip books this week." Caragh
"I liked that every time I go on the playground someone plays with me." Juliet
"I liked having iPads." Jake
"I like all of the books in the room." Emma
"I like math workplaces." Miki
"I liked reading," Vivian
"I liked the accordion books." Julia
"I like all of the art supplies." Willow
"I like the accordion books." Luke
"Math!" Charlie
"I like special person time." Jude
" I like special person because we get to write." Rory
"I like all of the books because they are fun to read." Olivia

It was a beautiful day!  Have a great weekend and see you Monday!

Thursday September 8

Hi everyone!
Yesterday the Special Person was Caragh who too due about whale watching off the Oregon Coast - sounds amazing!  Today the Special Person was Willow and she told us a story about visiting Seattle for her mother's birthday - and going up the Space Needle.  What a fun trip Willow!

Looking forward to seeing you all tonight!

Tuesday September 6

Hi Everyone!

Today the Special Person was Miki and she told us about her trip white water rafting over the Labor Day weekend.  She got splashed in the rapids - sounds like fun!

We began our week learning a story and poem together, and learning more about growing patterns in math.  Ask your child to tell you the story of Hero Cat.  We also enjoyed PE and Library time today.  See you tomorrow!

Friday September 2

Today our special person was Katherine who told us a story about going swimming at her grandparents house in Florida - oh, and it was also her birthday!  Happy birthday Katherine.

Here are some ideas from the learners this week:
"I really liked all of the books in the classroom." Jake & Nicolas
"I like the math books." Emma & Arron & Admiral
"I liked the iPads." Milo
"I liked making friends" Charlie
"I liked all of the art projects." Juliet
"I liked the books with CD's" Luke
"I like the fairy books." Vivian
"Olivia was kind because she found a Pokemon books and she shared it with me!" Emma
"I liked the iPad"  Oliva
"I liked all of the art" Willow
"I liked Number Corner." Jude
"I like all of the kind people in the room." Miki
"I liked the Special Person writing." Caragh

Have a great long weekend!

Happy First week of school!

Hi everyone!

 We have had a great first 4 days together.  Yesterday we began a time called Special Person.  Each day we will randomly choose one person to tell us a story about something they have done with their family.  Then we write stories on the same topic and make the Special Person a book of stories.

Yesterday, the Special Person was Juliet who told us about visiting Rio to see her cousin playing with the women's water polo team at the Olympics - they won gold!

Today, the Special person was Emma P. - she told us a story about watching a movie this summer with her family - such fun!

Thank you all of the kind words and support this week - your children are kind, sweet and hardworking - we are off to a great year!  Check out the pictures below to see some of what we have been busy working on this week!

We love the new playground equipment!!