Lunch count forms

Good afternoon parents and guardians, 

I hope you are all having a great week so far. Just wanted to give a quick reminder about the lunch count forms that went home a few days ago, please be sure to return them by tomorrow.

Even if your child gets free lunch, you must fill out the form and check off all the boxes (to assure your child's lunch for that day). All school meals are ordered ahead of time, hence the need to turn in these forms by tomorrow so everything is ready for the month of November.

If you have any questions regarding the forms please feel free to contact the office of send me an email and I will do my best to answer it.

Thank you and have a great rest of the day, 

Miss. Maciel

Week of 10/28-11/1

Good evening parents and guardians,

This week is going to be an exciting one! I have lots of things planned for the kiddos to do that still involve all their academic skills, BUT with a Halloween twist.

During morning routine this week we will be discussing pumpkins and learning about adjectives. We started the process today by uses our senses to describe a pumpkin. During language arts and math centers students will be working on a safety book, rolling the dice to color in the numbers on a spider and much more (including making a tens frame pumpkin!).

For Language Arts this week, we will be covering the unit 2, week 3 lesson:

• Story of week: "Animal Babies in Grasslands"

• Content Knowledge: Looking at Animals in the Grasslands
• Phonemic Awareness: Initial /p/
• Phonics: /p/ Spelled Pp
• Comprehension Skill: Main Idea
• Conventions: Adjectives for Colors
• Handwriting: P and p

** This week for language arts the students will also be taking their mid unit assessment, which consists of sight words and reading basic CVC words. These two skills the students will be tested on are reviewed daily, but should also be studied at home (this is also usually part of the home work)

This week in Math:

• Students will be tested on numbers 1-10
• We will begin Unit 4
• Working with numbers 1-10
• Recognizing these number is order
• Being able to count from 1-10 and 10-1

Science: 

• Finish up and test on Unit 3- Living and Non-living things

School announcements:

• Fall Carnival will be this Thursday, my class as well as the other Kindergarten classes will attend from 12:00-1:00 pm. I believe the PTO still needs help with many items, if you area able to donate anything, it would be greatly appreciated :)
• Book drive: This will be the last week for the book drive. The winning class will be reviving a Popsicle party! A graph has been set up in the gym to show each class' progress, for now we still don't have a pumpkin (since the graph begins at 25 and continues in 25 book increments)
• Family Friday: Why wait in line to get lunch on this day, when you can purchase a meal ticket ahead of time for just $5.00 from Charley's Grilled Subs (they are super yummy if I do say so myself). For $5.00 you will get a sandwich (Philly cheese steak or California Chicken) a drink and oreos. The proceeds from the sales will go to REACH, which can then be used for extracurricular activities, like field trips!! This is awesome, a great meal PLUS the money goes back to your child education and a chance to create more memories.

Before I sign off, I want to give a huge THANK YOU to one of my room parents, Latrese, for helping organize last weeks events during Red Ribbon Week. The kids enjoys everything as did I.

As always, if there is anything I may assist you in or if you have any questions or concerns please feel free to email me.

Have a great evening, 

Miss. Maciel

PS. Just one more thing, I have the BEST students and parents a first year teacher could ask for. 

This year so far has been amazing and definitely memorable, THANK YOU all from the bottom of my heart :)

The book fair is here….the book fair is here!!!…and a few updates

Good morning parents and guardians,

The book fair is finally here! I'm sure all of our kiddos are going to love it, especially if this is their first time seeing/attending one. Before I get into more details I want to say, THANK YOU for all the support from the PTO and all the parents who has helped in many ways.

Our Fair will be open every day this week from 7am-8am before school and from 3:30- 4:30 after school.

Our online book fair will also be available NOW - 11/12/2013 at onlinebookfairs.sholastic.com 

Here is the direct link to the school online book fair:  
http://onlinebookfairs.scholastic.com/default.aspx?f=3299085

All the teachers at REACH will also be creating their wish list.
I have chosen some books for my wish list that I feel my class would enjoy. If you are able to donate any of these books, THANK YOU in advance from my class and of course myself.
Here is the link to my wish list:
http://onlinebookfairs.scholastic.com/entrance.aspx?cid=LZek%2foJMOhc%3d&eml=OFE/e/20131027/acq/OFEWishListEmail////////

UPDATES:

• This Friday two important notes went home:

Please feel free to get in contact with me if you have any further questions.

• NOVEMBER 8, 2013 will be our next Family Friday and this time the school will be selling tickets for Charley's Grilled Subs. Tickets go on sale tomorrow!

As always, if you have any questions for me please feel free to email me or catch me at school.

Have a great Sunday everyone! 

I will be back tomorrow for my weekly update,

Miss. Maciel

In this week's happenings (10/21-10/25)

Gooood evening parents/guardian!


Phew, what a busy/exciting day!! Quite a few things happened on this Monday that kept me busy, busy, BUT all for my school. I began my day re-organizing my room (luckily I have my little brother who attends Poly and doesn't mind waking up earlier on Monday's to help me). After this I had breakfast duty, a time I feel is pretty relaxing and a great way to begin the children's day (helping them get breakfast and just saying Good morning). Than my teaching day begin, the first day of Red Ribbon week. Today, as you may have noticed, was wear a red shirt day. After the school day ended, I had the pleasure of attending my first REACH ELAC meeting. I was excited to help out with the meeting and get the school year started in a great way. After this I came home, rested for a bit, then headed off to Target to get my PJ's for tomorrow and part of my Halloween costume for next week (I have a feeling my kiddos are going to love it!!! I will be attempting to dress up as one of their favorite book characters).
Here I am now, in my room, listening to music, updating my blog as promised to give you information on this new week and any school news. :)

Lets get started:

Language Arts

• Story- "Nature Spy"
• Content Knowledge: Looking at Nature
• Phonemic Awareness: Initial /s/
• Phonics: /s/ Spelled Ss
• Comprehension Skill: Setting
• Conventions: Proper Nouns
• Handwriting: S and s
• Sight words: Have, Is

Math:

• Numbers 1-10
• Using a number line

Science:

• Began Chapter 3- Living and nonliving things
• I sent home the introduction letter today in the student' homework folder

School events:

• RED RIBBON WEEK
• tomorrow- wear pajamas
• Wed- 10/23- Silly socks
• Thurs- 10/24- Wear a hat
• Fri- Wear glasses

10/21-10/25 Red Ribbon Week - "A Healthy Me is Drug Free"

 

• Monday 10/21 - Red Run Day - Wear Red Shirts - Turn in Posters
• Tuesday 10/22 - "Turn the lights out on Drugs" - Wear Pajamas - Student Assembly by Riverside Police Department in Mainness Hall TK/K @ 8:30a, 1st Grade 9a, 2nd/3rd Grade 9:30a
• Wednesday 10/23 - "Sock it to Drugs" - Wear Silly Socks - 100 Mile Club
• Thursday 10/24 - "Hats off to me, I'm Drug Free" - Wear a Hat
• Friday 10/25 - "My future is bright, no Drugs in sight" -  Wear Sunglasses - Monthly Student Awards Assembly TK/K @ 8a, 1st Grade @ 8:45a, 2nd/3rd Grade 9:20a - Poster Contest Winners announced

• Book Fair
• 10/28-11/1
• the PTO still needs parent volunteers if you are interested or are able to help in any way

10/28 - 11/1 Scholastic Book Fair

 

• Set up for the Book Fair will occur Monday morning and the Fair will be open for 1 hour in the morning and 1 hour at dismissal M-F with Break down happening Friday at 2p
• 10/31 - Students are allowed to arrive to school dressed-up as a character from their favorite book and bring that book with them to share with the class.
• 10/31 - Fall Book Carnival TK/K @ 12noon, 1st Grade at 1pm and 2nd/3rd Grade at 2p.  The booths for the Carnival are being created based on books.

School events: (cont.)

• Breakfast/lunch
• I was notified today by Ms. Judy that many parents have yet to fill in the October breakfast/lunch forms, please do so ASAP :)
• IF your child receives free lunch, you MUST still fill out the form, to assure the correct amount of food is ordered daily
• if you have any questions please feel to email me or stop by the office
• 100 mile club
• Our class will continue to acquire miles during PE from 1:15-1:30
• Also, PTO is still holding their after school runs every Wednesday
• I have seen many parents get invoked, this is awesome! THANK YOU!

I think this is it for now :) If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to email me, 

Have great rest of the week everyone!

Miss. Maciel

PS. Don't forget to wear your PJs tomorrow :)

100 mile club and book drive and Fall Carnival

Hello parents and guardians,

100 mile club:
As you may know, our students have been trying to earn miles for 100 mile club. Our class tries to get some laps around the school for PE on Mondays and Thursday from 1:15-1:30. On this day the TK class and my class walk around the school, but we only get about 1 lap done in this time frame with so many kiddos and only 2 teachers. IF you are able to help out during this time so our kids can get in more miles during PE on Mondays and Thursdays from 1:15-1:30 please let me know. ANY HELP WOULD BE GREAT AND VERY MUCH APPRECIATED!

Book drive:
We had 2 students donate books today, our book donated total is up to 5. I would love to get some more donations so our class has a good chance at the Popsicle party.

FALL CARNIVAL:
The fall carnival will be OCT. 31. Kindergartners will be at the fair from 12:00- 1:00 pm. My class as well as the other kindergarten teachers will need volunteers this day, especially in helping the students get from station to station. IF you are interested in helping out this day or IF you are able to donate any snacks or drinks for the kids to enjoy please let me know as soon as you can.
This event and many others are the best when parents get involved, PLUS students (especially kindergartners) LOVE having their parents around at school.


THANK YOU in advance for anything you may be able to do to help our with any of the events at school.

As always if you have any questions or concerns please feel free to email me,
Miss. Maciel

Week 10/14-10/18

Good evening parents and guardians,

We had our first official pictures taken today!! I think I was more nervous for this than the first day of school. Just like many of my students I am experiencing many firsts and I couldn't be more happy and blessed to be sharing these moments with your children.

Here is  some information about what is happening this week in my classroom as well as any upcoming events at REACH.


Language Arts:

• We began our 2nd unit today, time is flying by super quick.
• This week we will be learning about Flowers.
• Unit 2, Week 1- "Looking at flowers"
• Content Knowledge: Looking at Flowers
• Phonemic Awareness: Initial /a/
• Phonics: /a/ Spelled Aa
• Comprehension Skill: Compare and Contrast
• Conventions: Nouns for More Than One
• Handwriting: A and a
• Listening and Speaking: Listen for Sequence
• NEW HIGH FREQUENCY WORDS (Sight words): Have, Is

Math :

• We began unit 3
• This week we will be learning about the numbers 6-8

History:

• We began unit 3
• This week we will be learning about jobs people do in the community.

Upcoming school events:

• Oct 17, 2013- Great California Shakeout at 10am
• Oct 21-25, 2013- Red Ribbon Week
• October 21st – October 25th “A Healthy Me is Drug-Free!”
   Monday - Red Run Day – Wear red shirts. Turn in posters!
  Tuesday – " Turn the lights out on drugs" - Wear Pajamas  
  Wednesday – “Sock it to drugs!” - Wear silly socks.
  Thursday – “Hats off to me, I’m drug-free!” - Wear a hat. 
  Friday – Awards Assembly – Poster contest winners announced!  “My future is bright no drugs in sight!” - Wear sunglasses.
• Oct 25, 2013-Award Assembly 8:00 am
• Oct 28-Nov 1- Book Fair
• Oct 31, 2014- Fall Carnival 

As always, if you have any questions or concerns please email me and I will get to you as soon as I can.

Have great rest of the day, 

Miss. Maciel

Picture Day!

Good morning parents and guardians,

Just wanted to give you a quick reminder about picture day tomorrow.
Please be sure your child is wearing their uniform and are looking their best.
All Kindergarten classes will be taking their pictures first thing in the morning (please see the handouts sent home this past Friday)



If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to email me.

Have a great rest of the day,
Miss. Maciel

HAPPY WEDNESDAY!!

Hi Parents and Guardians,

Just wanted to give out a few more reminders I forgot to mention earlier this week.

This FRIDAY, 10/11/13 is Family Friday. You can come eat with your child, but please me sure to sign up (to save your spot) on the PTO cart so there is enough space for everyone. For those of you that bough meal tickets, Hotdog on a stick with be there to bring you your food.

BOOK DRIVE- As you may have seen on the newsletter,  our school is having a book drive! The winning class will get a Popsicle party. Our class has yet to bring any books, please help us by donating any gently used books.  THANK YOU in advance if you are able to contribute and possibly help us win the Popsicle party.

ROOM PARENT- I am still looking for a volunteer to be my room parent :) They would be the main parent to help organize any classroom events with myself and also/possibly help pass out any PTO information to the whole class. If you are interested please let me know :)

THANK YOU parents soooooo much for all your help, donations and support. This is making my first official year of teaching great! I am beyond grateful to each and everyone of you and of course your child for being part in my dream that has finally come true.

If you ever have any questions or concerns please feel free to email me or approach me at school.

Have a great rest of the day and week,
Miss. Maciel

Week 10/7-10/11

Good evening REACH parents,

Miss. Maciel here to update you on our plans for this week and any important upcoming events.

Language Arts:

• Story of week, "Dig Dig Digging"
• Content Knowledge: People and Machines Working Together
• Phonemic Awareness: Initial /t/
• Phonics: /t/ spelled Tt
• Comprehension Skill: Classify and Categorize
• Writing: Plan a Story
• Handwriting: T and t
• THIS WEEK: UNIT 1 EXAM
• Letter recognition (A-Z)
• Sight words (I, AM, THE, Little, To, A)
• Rhyming words
• Recognizing character and setting

Math:

• Numbers 1-10
• Graphing and organizing data

Science:

• Students took the Chapter 2 test today, so far the tests are looking great!!

History:

• We begin Social Studies unit 2 tomorrow (Focus is symbols)
• We will be learning about symbols that represent the U.S and California
• If all goes well the students will take the Unit 2 exam on Friday

School events: (please see newsletter sent home last week for more information or stop by the office)

• 10/9- Coffee with Director
• 10/11- Family Friday- Lunch Tk/K 11:00 am
• 10/14 Picture day
• 10/17 Great California shakeout (10:00 am)
• 10/21-10/25 Red Ribbon week
• 1/25 Awards -Tk/K 8:00 am
• 10/28-11/4 Scholastic book fair
• 10/31- Fall carnival

As always, if you have any questions please feel free to email me.

Thank you, 

Miss. Maciel

P.s I would love to get some feedback with regards to the smiley faces I send home at the end of the day. Is this working better than the weekly Star report? Also, please make sure your child is not losing their smiling faces, so they may be able to go to the treasure chest for a prize. If you can or would like to donate any small items for the treasure chest please feel free to do so, maybe this will also encourage students to do even better.