Saturday, December 13, 2014

Look into our week 12/15-12/19

Good afternoon parents and guardians, 
I hope you are all enjoying the weekend. We have a really busy week coming up, but as always, I will try to make it fun while my kiddos learn. As a team we decided to not do any official curriculum (as our days will be filled with many school planned activities). If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to email me or stop by the room.

Here are some important date to keep in mind:
12/16
  • Christmas performance practice (school wide @ 8am-please have your child arrive to school on time)
  • Emergency Drill @ l0:20
  • Art with Mr. Ruben
12/17
  • Spark of Love- Fire Department to pick-up toys 9:00-10:30am (TK-1 Only)
  • Cynthia Fraser Read & Grow Rich Engineering Project (ALL GRADE LEVELS)
    • Our class time will be from 8:00-8:45
    • Thank you to all those families that have signed up to bring in items!

12/18
  • December awards assembly
  • Christmas program-performances begin at 2:00 pm
    • Continue to practice songs at home
      • Video links in previous blog post
12/19
  • Pajama Day
    • Polar Express party (more information to follow soon)
  • Vision and Hearing screenings
  • After school program closed

Language Arts:
  • Christmas Stories
    • Comprehension Questions
Math:
  • Shapes (solid and 3D shapes)

Social Studies:
  • Continue learning about Winter Holidays
    • Christmas and New Years
Science:
  • North Pole and Arctic Animals

As always, if you have any questions or concerns please feel free to email me or stop by the classroom.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend,
Miss. Maciel

Saturday, December 6, 2014

Look into our week 12/8-12/12

Good morning parents and guardians, 

I hope you all have a great week! We have two weeks left and they are going to be busy, busy BUT also very fun! Here is a list of dates and events coming up at our school and in our classroom!




12/10

  • Coffee with Director @ 8
  • Hour of coding-9:15-10:15 (in the classroom)
    • Student will learn about coding 3 different ways
    • If you are interested in coming in at this time to help in the classroom please let me know.
      • If you are able to come in at this time, it would be great if you could bring in a laptop or iPad/tablet.
    • Website if you would like to practice coding at home: Code.org
  • Wacky Wednesday-Roller Coasters-10:45-12:15 (in the classroom)
    • Student will create the most thrilling roller coaster for a marble.
    • Parent volunteers are welcomed during this time to work with the different teams (5)
    • If you are interested in coming in at this time to help in the classroom please let me know.
12/12
  • Family Lunch Friday
  • Report cards go home
12/16
  • Emergency Drill @ l0:20
  • Art with Mr. Ruben
12/17
  • Spark of Love- Fire Department to pick-up toys 9:00-10:30am (TK-1 Only)
  • Cynthia Fraser Read & Grow Rich Engineering Project (ALL GRADE LEVELS)
    • You may begin to bring in donated items to the classroom
12/18
  • December awards assembly
  • Christmas program-performances begin at 2:00 pm
    • Continue to practice songs at home
      • Video links in previous blog post
12/19
  • Pajama Day
    • Polar Express party (more information to follow soon)
  • Vision and Hearing screenings
  • After school program closed

If you have any questions on any of the upcoming dates and events please feel free to email me or stop by the classroom.


Here is a look into our week

Language Arts:
  • Unit 2-Wk 6 "Jack and the beanstalk"

    • Friday: Unit 2 exam

Math:
  • Continue and finish up Chapter 6: Numbers 0-20
    • Students will be able to compare groups of up to 20 objects.
    • Students will be able to order groups of up to 20 objects
    • Chapter 6 test
  • Begin Chapter 7: Shapes
    • Students will be able to recognize and name basic solid shapes.

Science:
  • Roller Coasters
    • Types and parts of a roller coasters
    • This will prepare students create their roller coaster for Wacky Wednesday
Social Studies:
  • Continue learning about Winter Holidays
  • This week: Kwanza

Leadership:
  • Resilience:Never Give Up


Please feel free to email me with any questions or concerns.

Enjoy the weekend, 
Miss. Maciel