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Look into our week 10/31-11/4

Good morning parents and guardians, 

Great job on the October family project! The pumpkins came out amazing and the students had a great time sharing their projects with the class. Make sure to check out our Shutterfly page for class pictures. If you would like access, please email me for a special invitation. 
November family project information will be going home this Monday!

Also, please remember to turn in permission slip for our trip to UCR by 11/2. We are still in need of volunteers, if interested, please let me know as soon as possible!!!

 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:
10/31: Classroom party
-sign up sheet outside our classroom
11/2: Last day to turn in Field trip Permission slips
11/9: Wacky Wednesday
11/10: Make-up Picture day (Uniform must be worn)
Kinder Field trip to UCR 12:30-3:00
-Please have students wear REACH spirit shirt and comfortable shoes
11/11: NO SCHOOL-Veteran's day
11/16: Awards @ 8am
11/18: NO SCHOOL (Teacher in service)
11/22: Thanksgiving Classroom Celebration (more information to come)
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 3: "Animal Babies"

• CVC reading test on Friday-mix of S, A, T, M and P words
• CVC word song
• CVC word song-version 1
• -a- song
• First Sound Fluency (say beginning sounds of words)

Words to talk about: words found in the story

Words to read: HFW/Sight words

• Letter of the week: P
• Letter P song-ABC mouse
• Letter P song-Have Fun Teaching
• Letter P song-Storybots
• Home activities: Look for the letter P (in all kinds of fonts)
• Say words that begin with the /p/ sound
• Draw pictures that begin with the /p/ sound
• Sound out P-CVC words
• Pam, Pat, Pin, Pot
• 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:  Main Idea
• 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: we, my, like
• 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 2-numbers to 10 (3.13-15)

• Unit 3-Numbers to 10
• Students will be able to count and say up to 10
• Count and cross items out
• Match items to 10
• 1-1 item, 2-2 items, 3-3 items, etc.
• Unit 3 test-Friday

Science: Baby animals

• Students will be able to state facts about baby animals

Social Studies: Unit 4-lesson 1-How can you find things?

• Students will be able to determine the relative location of objects using the terms near/far, left/right and behind/in front.
• Preposition Song
• Where's the monkey?

Writing: The Writing house

• Vowels (CVC words)
• a, e, i, o, u

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 10/24-28 (last full week of October)

Good afternoon parents and guardians, 

What a great first WACKY WEDNESDAY! Thank you to all the families that were able to donate items. 
Please remember to turn in permission slip for our trip to UCR. We are still in need of volunteers, if interested, please let me know!
Here is a look into our new week (RED RIBBON WEEK)

 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:
10/24-10/28: Red Ribbon Week/Book Fair
-Monday: wear red
-Tuesday: Backwards free dress
-Wednesday: Wear favorite team's sport shirt/jersey
-Thursday: Dress in western wear
-Friday: Crazy dress/hair day
10/28: Pumpkin Projects DUE
10/31: Classroom party
-sign up sheet outside our classroom

Here is a look into our week

Songs to practice at home:

Syllable song

Letter sounds

Count to 100

Count by 10s

October Family Project ideas:

Language Arts: Unit 2-week 2: "Nature Spy"

• CVC reading test-mix of S, A, T, M words
• First Sound Fluency (say beginning sounds of words)

Words to talk about: words found in the story

Words to read: HFW/Sight words

• Letter of the week: S
• Letter S song-ABC mouse
• Letter S song-Have Fun Teaching
• Letter S song-StoryBots
• Home activities: Look for the letter A (in all kinds of fonts)
• Say words that begin with the /s/ sound
• Draw pictures that begin with the /S/ sound
• Sound out S-CVC words
• Sam, Sat, Sap, Sad
• 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:  setting
• 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: have, is
• 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 2-numbers to 10 (3.8-3.11)

• Unit 3-Numbers to 10
• Students will be able to count and say up to 10
• Count and cross items out
• Match items to 10
• 1-1 item, 2-2 items, 3-3 items, etc.

Science: Bones

• Students will be able to state facts about bones

Social Studies: Halloween around the world

• Students will be able to state facts about Halloween around the world

Writing: The Writing house

• Write-first letter sound identification

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 10/17-10/21

Good morning parents and guardians, 

Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend. Here is a look into our new week. I will be out of the classroom all day Friday. Please remind your child to be on their best behavior!

 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:
10/19: First WACKY WEDNESDAY of the school year
-12:00-1:00pm
-If you would like to volunteer please let me know
-Please sign up for donations outside the classroom (feel free to double up on items)

10/21: Family Friday Lunch (@ 11am)
10/24-10/28: Red Ribbon Week/Book Fair
-Monday: wear red
-Tuesday: Backwards free dress
-Wednesday: Wear favorite team's sport shirt/jersey
-Thursday: Dress in western wear
-Friday: Crazy dress/hair day
10/31: Fall Festival and classroom party
-more information to come soon

Here is a look into our week

Songs to practice at home:

Syllable song

Letter sounds

Count to 100

Count by 10s

October Family Project ideas:

Language Arts: Unit 2-week 1: "Flowers"

Words to talk about: words found in the story

Words to read: HFW/Sight words

• Letter of the week: A
• Letter A song-ABC mouse
• Letter A song-Have Fun Teaching
• Letter A song-storybots
• Home activities: Look for the letter A (in all kinds of fonts)
• Say words that begin with the /a/ sound and have the /a/ sound in the middle
• Draw pictures that begin with the /a/ sound
• 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: have, is
• 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 2-numbers to 10 (3.3-3.7)

• Unit 3-Numbers to 10
• Students will be able to count and say up to 10
• Count and cross items out

Science: Pumpkins

• Students will be able to state facts about pumpkins

Social Studies: Halloween around the world

• Students will be able to state facts about Halloween around the world

Writing: The Writing house

• Write-first letter sound identification

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 10/10-10/14

Good morning parents and guardians, 

What a great week! The class beat the teacher with "oh yeah" points everyday of the week! They all did amazing and worked really hard to stay on task, follow all of the rules and be great friends to each other.

 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:
10/11: Fall pictures at RUSTIN (uniform only)
10/19: First WACKY WEDNESDAY of the school year
-12:00-1:00pm
-If you would like to volunteer please let me know
-Please sign up for donations outside the classroom (feel free to double up on items)

10/21: Family Friday Lunch (@ 11am)
10/24-10/28: Red Ribbon Week/Book Fair
-Monday: wear red
-Tuesday: Backwards free dress
-Wednesday: Wear favorite team's sport shirt/jersey
-Thursday: Dress in western wear
-Friday: Crazy dress/hair day
10/31: Fall Festival and classroom party
-more information to come soon

Here is a look into our week

Songs to practice at home:

Syllable song

Letter sounds

Count to 100

Count by 10s

October Family Project ideas:

Language Arts: Unit 1-week 6: "Dig dig digging"

• UNIT 1 TEST Friday

Words to talk about: words found in the story

Words to read: HFW/Sight words

• Letter of the week: T
• Letter T song-abc mouse
• Letter T song-have fun teaching
• Letter T song-stormbots
• Home activities: Look for the letter T (in all kinds of fonts)
• Say words that begin with the /t/ sound
• Draw pictures that begin with the /t/ sound
• 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: Classify and categorize
• 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: a, to
• 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 2-numbers to 5 (2.9-2.13)

• Unit 2-Numbers to 5
• Students will be able to count and say up to 5-trace numbers to 5
• TEST: Wednesday
• Unit 3-Numbers to 10
• Students will be able to count and say up to 10

Science: Spiders

• Students will be able to state facts about spiders

Social Studies: Halloween around the world

• Students will be able to state facts about Halloween around the world

Writing: The Writing house

• Copying HFW (high Frequency 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 10/3-10/7

Good afternoon parents and guardians, 

First day of October! Our kiddos have learned so much and are continuing to do so. Over half the class has passed their first sight word list, Yaaaaay! Let continue to work hard in the classroom and at home to get our kiddos ready for FIRST GRADE!

 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:
10/3: Singapore Math Night
10/5: CPK Fundraiser
10/11: Fall pictures at RUSTIN (uniform only)
10/19: First WACKY WEDNESDAY of the school year
-12:00-1:00pm
-If you would like to volunteer please let me know
-Please sign up for donations outside the classroom (feel free to double up on items)

10/21: Family Friday Lunch (@ 11am)
10/24-10/28: Red Ribbon Week/Book Fair
-more information to come soon
10/31: Fall Festival and classroom party
-more information to come soon

Here is a look into our week

Songs to practice at home:

Syllable song

Letter sounds

Count to 100

Count by 10s

October Family Project ideas:

Language Arts: Unit 1-week 5: "Smash Crash"

Words to talk about: words found in the story

Words to read: HFW/Sight words

• Letter of the week: M
• Letter M song
• Letter M song
• Letter M song
• Home activities: Look for the letter M (in all kinds of fonts)
• Say words that begin with the /m/ sound
• Draw pictures that begin with the /m/ sound
• 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: CHARACTER
• 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: a, to
• 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 2-numbers to 5 (2.9-2.13)

• Unit 2
• Students will be able to count and say up to 5-trace numbers to 5

Science: Bees

• Students will be able to state facts about bees

Social Studies: Christopher Columbus

• Students will be able to state facts about Christopher Columbus

Writing: The Writing house

• Copying HFW (high Frequency 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