Look into our week 12/19-12/21

Good afternoon parents and guardians, 

Be sure to check our our Shutterfly page for our latest classroom pictures. If you would like access, please email me for a special invite!

Seating is limited, please show up early!

Please practice these song at home, lyrics went home during the week.

Mele Kalikimaka

We need a little Christmas

We wish you Merry Christmas

_________________________________________________________________________

 Grinch's Celebration

12/21/16 @ 11:45 
Sign up sheet found outside our classroom.
Thank you to those families that have already signed up!

_____________________________________________________________________

 Please continue to reinforce the following hand signals and rules: 

Hand Signals: (show me the number of fingers in the air)

1 finger: restroom

Encourage your child to use the restroom before school, during recess, during lunch, during PE and after school.

2 fingers:water

Children may bring their own water bottle to keep in class, please LABEL it with their name

3 fingers: pencil

Student may replace their dull or broken pencil for a new one

4 fingers: tissue

when needed, please ask student to sit back down right away

5 fingers: question

question for me to give more information on

Classroom rules:

#1: Listen while the teacher is talking

#2: Follow directions quickly

#3: Respect others, respect yourself, respect your school

#4: Raise your hand to speak or stand

#5: Keep your hands to yourself

#6: Keep your dear teacher happy

If you have any question or concerns please feel free to email me, text back to the reminders I set or stop by the classroom.

School News:

Bring Your Own Device information

12/19: ugly sweater day
12/20: Vision and hearing test

Winter performance @ 1: 15 pm

We would like Kinder to wear their Holiday best (Red, white and green)

Performances are set in the following order
All classes-intro song
Mrs Juarez's class
Opris class-solo
Violin class
Mrs. Gil's class
Juarez class-solo
Spanish class
Gil class-solo
Mrs. Opris class
All classes-final songs

12/21: Holiday Party (Students may wear pajamas, regular shoes must still be worn)

NO after school

12/22-1/6: Winter break

Here is a look into our week

Songs to practice at home:

Syllable song

Letter sounds

Count to 100

Count by 10s

CVC song

Rhyming words

Please feel free to stop by with any questions or concerns. If you are unable to, you may always email me or text back via my reminders.

Have a great weekend!

Mrs. Gil

Look into our week 12/12-12/16

Good morning parents and guardians, 

Thank you all for taking time out of your day to stop by and chat this week! Be sure to check our our Shutterfly page for our latest classroom pictures. If you would like access, please email me for a special invite!

Seating is limited, please show up early!

Please practice these song at home, lyrics went home during the week.

Mele Kalikimaka

We need a little Christmas

We wish you Merry Christmas

_________________________________________________________________________

 Grinch's Celebration

12/21/16 @ 11:45 
Sign up sheet found outside our classroom.
Thank you to those families that have already signed up!

_____________________________________________________________________

 Please continue to reinforce the following hand signals and rules: 

Hand Signals: (show me the number of fingers in the air)

1 finger: restroom

Encourage your child to use the restroom before school, during recess, during lunch, during PE and after school.

2 fingers:water

Children may bring their own water bottle to keep in class, please LABEL it with their name

3 fingers: pencil

Student may replace their dull or broken pencil for a new one

4 fingers: tissue

when needed, please ask student to sit back down right away

5 fingers: question

question for me to give more information on

Classroom rules:

#1: Listen while the teacher is talking

#2: Follow directions quickly

#3: Respect others, respect yourself, respect your school

#4: Raise your hand to speak or stand

#5: Keep your hands to yourself

#6: Keep your dear teacher happy

If you have any question or concerns please feel free to email me, text back to the reminders I set or stop by the classroom.

School News:

Bring Your Own Device information

12/14: Caroling and crafts @ senior center
If you are planning on attending, please email Mrs. Contreras for a head count
ccontreras@reachroyals.org

12/16: Awards @ 8am

12/20: Vision and hearing test

Winter performance @ 1: 15 pm

We would like Kinder to wear their Holiday best (Red, white and green)

12/21: Holiday Party (Students may wear pajamas, regular shoes must still be worn)

NO after school

12/22-1/6: Winter break

Here is a look into our week

Songs to practice at home:

Syllable song

Letter sounds

Count to 100

Count by 10s

CVC song

Rhyming words

Language Arts: Unit 3-week 2: "Little  Quack"

Words to talk about: words found in the story

Words to read: HFW/Sight words

• Letter(s) of the week: R
• Letter R song-ABC mouse
• Letter R song-Have Fun Teaching
• Letter R song-StoryBots
• Home activities: Look for the letter R (in all kinds of fonts)
• Say words that begin with the /r/ sound
• Draw pictures that begin with the /r/ sound
• Sound  out CVC words
•  rat, rag, rob, rig, red, rip
• Make a list words with these endings
• -ag, -ip,-on, -eg, -um
• Weekly reading comprehension test: Every Friday (Based on the comprehension skill of the week)
• Song we review in class:  Parts of a story song
• This week's focus:  Plot
• High Frequency Words (HFW-also known as Sight words : Same set of words last for two weeks. These words are meant to be read just by seeing them.
• This week's words: me, with, she

Math: Unit 5-Shapes

• Continue with Unit 5: shapes
• Identify similar solid shapes
• name shapes
• look for 3d shapes outside of the classroom
• Shape song
• 3D shape song

Science: Arctic Animals

• Students will be able to describe Arctic Animals

Social Studies: Winter holidays-Christmas

• Students will be able to describe facts about different winter holidays

Writing: The Writing house

• Write CVC words

Please feel free to stop by with any questions or concerns. If you are unable to, you may always email me or text back via my reminders.

Have a great weekend!

Mrs. Gil

Look into our week 12/5-12/8

Good afternoon parents and guardians, 

December will also be another month that flies by! Due to this reason, we will not be sending home a December family project. Enjoy some extra time with your family! Be sure to check our our Shutterfly page for our latest classroom pictures. If you would like access, please email me for a special invite!

Show will begin at 1pm. Seating is limited, please show up early!

Please practice these song at home, lyrics went home during the week.

Mele Kalikimaka

We need a little Christmas

We wish you Merry Christmas

_________________________________________________________________________

 Parent teacher conferences

Conferences begin tomorrow, please be on time!

______________________________________________________________________

 Please continue to reinforce the following hand signals and rules: 

Hand Signals: (show me the number of fingers in the air)

1 finger: restroom

Encourage your child to use the restroom before school, during recess, during lunch, during PE and after school.

2 fingers:water

Children may bring their own water bottle to keep in class, please LABEL it with their name

3 fingers: pencil

Student may replace their dull or broken pencil for a new one

4 fingers: tissue

when needed, please ask student to sit back down right away

5 fingers: question

question for me to give more information on

Classroom rules:

#1: Listen while the teacher is talking

#2: Follow directions quickly

#3: Respect others, respect yourself, respect your school

#4: Raise your hand to speak or stand

#5: Keep your hands to yourself

#6: Keep your dear teacher happy

If you have any question or concerns please feel free to email me, text back to the reminders I set or stop by the classroom.

School News:

Bring Your Own Device information

11/29: Parent volunteer Guidelines meeting @ 5 pm-Rustin

12/5-12/9: Parent teacher conferences

12/6: Last fall session-science club

 12/7: Hour of Code (during math block-8:00-9:00)
Students may brig in their own devices this day.
Please download any coding apps prior to this. Here are some suggested apps:
Scratch
Tynker
Move The Turtle
Hopscotch
Daisy The Dinosaur
Cargo Bot

12/9: NO SCHOOL

12/14: Caroling and crafts @ senior center
If you are planning on attending, please email Mrs. Contreras for a head count
ccontreras@reachroyals.org

12/16: Awards @ 8am

12/20: Vision and hearing test

Winter performance @ 1 am

We would like Kinder to wear their Holiday best (Red, white and green)

12/21: Holiday Party (more information to come)

NO after school

12/22-1/6: Winter break

Here is a look into our week

Songs to practice at home:

Syllable song

Letter sounds

Count to 100

Count by 10s

Language Arts: Unit 3-week 1: "Little Panda"

Words to talk about: words found in the story

Words to read: HFW/Sight words

• Letter(s) of the week: B and N
• Letter B song-ABC mouse
• Letter N song-ABC mouse
• Letter B song-Have fun teaching
• Letter N song-Have Fun Teaching
• Letter B song-storybots
• Letter N song-storybots
• Home activities: Look for the letter I (in all kinds of fonts)
• Say words that begin with the /b/ and /n/ sound
• Draw pictures that begin with the /b/ and /n/ sound
• Sound  out CVC words
•  bag, big, beg, nit, not, nut
• Make a list words with these endings
• -ig, -ip,-in, -it, -im
• Weekly reading comprehension test: Every Friday (Based on the comprehension skill of the week)
• Song we review in class:  Parts of a story song
• This week's focus:  Compare and Contrast
• High Frequency Words (HFW-also known as Sight words : Same set of words last for two weeks. These words are meant to be read just by seeing them.
• This week's words: me, with, she

Math: Unit 4-ordering numbers finish

• Begin Unit 5: shapes
• Identify similar solid shapes
• name shapes
• look for 3d shapes outside of the classroom
• Shape song
• 3D shape song

Science: Gingerbread man

• Students will be able to describe the design process

Social Studies: Winter holidays-Kwanzaa

• Students will be able to describe facts about different winter holidays

Writing: The Writing house

• Write CVC words

Please feel free to stop by with any questions or concerns. If you are unable to, you may always email me or text back via my reminders.

Have a great weekend!

Mrs. Gil

Winter Performance

Show will begin at 1pm. Seating is limited, please show up early!

Please practice these song at home, lyrics went home today.

Mele Kalikimaka

We need a little Christmas

We wish you Merry Christmas

Look into our week 11/28-12/2

Good afternoon parents and guardians, 

Hope everyone is enjoying the last day of break. December will also be another month that flies by! Due to this reason, we will not be sending home a December family project. Enjoy some extra time with your family! Be sure to check our our Shutterfly page for our latest classroom pictures. If you would like access, please email me for a special invite!
_________________________________________________________________________

 Parent teacher conferences

That time of year is approaching. I will be using an online sign up method as I did last year. 

Please click on the link below and sign up for what would work best for you!

Mrs. Gil-sign up list

_________________________________________________________________________

 Please continue to reinforce the following hand signals and rules: 

Hand Signals: (show me the number of fingers in the air)

1 finger: restroom

Encourage your child to use the restroom before school, during recess, during lunch, during PE and after school.

2 fingers:water

Children may bring their own water bottle to keep in class, please LABEL it with their name

3 fingers: pencil

Student may replace their dull or broken pencil for a new one

4 fingers: tissue

when needed, please ask student to sit back down right away

5 fingers: question

question for me to give more information on

Classroom rules:

#1: Listen while the teacher is talking

#2: Follow directions quickly

#3: Respect others, respect yourself, respect your school

#4: Raise your hand to speak or stand

#5: Keep your hands to yourself

#6: Keep your dear teacher happy

If you have any question or concerns please feel free to email me, text back to the reminders I set or stop by the classroom.

School News:

Bring Your Own Device information

11/29: Parent volunteer Guidelines meeting @ 5 pm-Rustin


12/5-12/9: Parent teacher conferences

12/6: Last fall session-science club

 12/7: Hour of Code
Students may brig in their own devices this day.
Please download any coding apps prior to this. Here are some suggested apps:
Scratch
Tynker
Move The Turtle
Hopscotch
Daisy The Dinosaur
Cargo Bot

12/9: NO SCHOOL

12/14: Caroling and crafts @ senior center

12/16: Awards @ 8am

12/20: Vision and hearing test

Winter performance @ 1 am

We would like Kinder to wear their Holiday best (Red, white and green)

12/21: Holiday Party (more information to come)

NO after school

12/22-1/6: Winter break

Here is a look into our week

Songs to practice at home:

Syllable song

Letter sounds

Count to 100

Count by 10s

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

Unit test-Friday
          -Beginning, middle and ending sounds in words
          -cvc words
          - rhyming words
          -identify words with same beginning, middle or ending sounds
          -HFW: have, is, we, my, like, he, for
          - reading comprehension

Words to talk about: words found in the story

Words to read: HFW/Sight words

• Letter of the week: I
• Letter I song-ABC mouse
• Letter I song-Have Fun Teaching
• Letter I song-storybots
• Home activities: Look for the letter I (in all kinds of fonts)
• Say words that begin with the /i/ sound
• Draw pictures that begin with the /i/ sound
• Sound middle Ii-CVC words
• Big Pig Song
• Pig, tip, pin, sit, him, 
• Make a list words with these endings
• -ig, -ip,-in, -it, -im
• Weekly reading comprehension test: Every Friday (Based on the comprehension skill of the week)
• Song we review in class:  Parts of a story song
• This week's focus:  Sequence
• High Frequency Words (HFW-also known as Sight words : Same set of words last for two weeks. These words are meant to be read just by seeing them.
• This week's words: he, for
• Sight Word Sundaes: (HFW word list): Every time your child passes a word list, they will be given the next list to practice and will be given a part of their Sundae. Please color, cut out at home and return back to me. I will be hanging these up in the classroom.

Math: Unit 4-ordering numbers finish

• Unit 4-ordering numbers (test-Tuesday)
• Count to 10, even with missing numbers
• Count items for each number up to 10
• Minus one (one less)
• Begin Unit 5: shapes
• Identify similar solid shapes
• name shapes

Science: Gingerbread man

• Students will be able to describe what melts in liquid

Social Studies: Winter holidays-Hanukkah

• Students will be able to describe facts about different winter holidays

Writing: The Writing house-TEST FRIDAY

• Write CVC words

Please feel free to stop by with any questions or concerns. If you are unable to, you may always email me or text back via my reminders.

Have a great weekend!

Mrs. Gil

Reminders

Good evening, 

Just wanted to remind everyone about a few items as we get closer to Thanksgiving break.

November-Disguise a Turkey project: DUE 11/21/16

Kinder Thanksgiving feast-11/22/16
     -feast 1:45-2:45 pm (volunteers welcomed-inform teacher-no siblings allowed)
     -set up 1:00-1:45 (volunteers welcomed-inform teachers-no siblings allowed)

    -If you signed up for money donation please turn it in as soon as you can
     -all other items can be turned in the day before or day of (if hot or cold)


PLEASE NO HOMEMADE ITEMS. ALL ITEMS MUST BE STORE BOUGHT


If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know.


Thank you, 
Mrs. Gil

Look into our week 11/14-11/17

Good morning parents and guardians, 

What a great first trip! Our kiddos were so excited to go to UCR-they chanted all the way there. They were beyond amazed by the bell tower and how tall it was. If you were able to attend and took pictures please feel tree to upload to our Shutterfly page, or email them to me and I will upload them.

That time of year is approaching. I will be using an online sign up method as I did last year. 
Please click on the link below and sign up for what would work best for you!

Mrs. Gil-sign up list

Make sure to check out our Shutterfly page for class pictures. If you would like access, please email me for a special invitation. 

 Please continue to reinforce the following hand signals and rules: 

Hand Signals: (show me the number of fingers in the air)

1 finger: restroom

Encourage your child to use the restroom before school, during recess, during lunch, during PE and after school.

2 fingers:water

Children may bring their own water bottle to keep in class, please LABEL it with their name

3 fingers: pencil

Student may replace their dull or broken pencil for a new one

4 fingers: tissue

when needed, please ask student to sit back down right away

5 fingers: question

question for me to give more information on

Classroom rules:

#1: Listen while the teacher is talking

#2: Follow directions quickly

#3: Respect others, respect yourself, respect your school

#4: Raise your hand to speak or stand

#5: Keep your hands to yourself

#6: Keep your dear teacher happy

If you have any question or concerns please feel free to email me, text back to the reminders I set or stop by the classroom.

School News:

Autumn 2016 Newsletters-Dr. Rentie

Bring Your Own Device information

11/16: Awards @ 8am
11/18: NO SCHOOL (Teacher in service)

11/22: Thanksgiving Classroom Celebration (sign up sheet found outside our classroom)
11/23-11/25: NO SCHOOL-Thanksgiving break

Here is a look into our week

Songs to practice at home:

Syllable song

Letter sounds

Count to 100

Count by 10s

November Family Project ideas:

Disguise a Turkey Project

Language Arts: Unit 2-week 5: "A bed for winter"

Words to talk about: words found in the story

Words to read: HFW/Sight words

• Letter of the week: I
• Letter I song-ABC mouse
• Letter I song-Have Fun Teaching
• Letter I song-storybots
• Home activities: Look for the letter I (in all kinds of fonts)
• Say words that begin with the /i/ sound
• Draw pictures that begin with the /i/ sound
• Sound middle Ii-CVC words
• Big Pig Song
• Pig, tip, pin, sit, him, 
• Make a list words with these endings
• -ig, -ip,-in, -it, -im
• Weekly reading comprehension test: Every Friday (Based on the comprehension skill of the week)
• Song we review in class:  Parts of a story song
• This week's focus:  Sequence
• High Frequency Words (HFW-also known as Sight words : Same set of words last for two weeks. These words are meant to be read just by seeing them.
• This week's words: he, for
• Sight Word Sundaes: (HFW word list): Every time your child passes a word list, they will be given the next list to practice and will be given a part of their Sundae. Please color, cut out at home and return back to me. I will be hanging these up in the classroom.

Math: Unit 4-ordering numbers (4.5-4.8)

• Unit 4-ordering numbers
• Count to 10, even with missing numbers
• Count items for each number up to 10
• Minus one (one less)

Science: Seasons

• Students will be able to state facts about the 4 seasons

Social Studies: Unit 6-lesson 1: What is a holiday?

• Students will be able to describe the meaning of a holiday

Writing: The Writing house

• ending sounds in words

Please feel free to stop by with any questions or concerns. If you are unable to, you may always email me or text back via my reminders.

Have a great weekend!

Mrs. Gil