It's almost spring break!…..3/23-3/27

Good morning parents and guardians,

I hope everyone is enjoying this warm weekend.  We still had a few students out this week, hoping everyone gets better and avoids getting sick. To prevent more students from getting sick please remind your children to cough/sneeze into their elbow, use tissue, wash their hands, keep their hands out of their mouths and just be careful in general. With this said, I would really appreciate it if I could possibly get some Kleenex boxes donated. If your are able to donate any of these items, THANK YOU!

LAST WEEK: PTO is currently hosting PIZZA*4*PAPER. More information can be found below. Any help with this is greatly appreciated.

Here is some important news from the PTO and dates to keep in mind:

3/23-/3/27 Spring Scholastic Book Fair

3/25-Mismatch Day-Read Across America Day

-classroom readers from 8:30-9:30

-Making oobleck (Thank you to those families that are able to donate items to help make this messy project!)

3/25-Art with Mr. Ruben

3/26-March Awards Assembly-Tinker Fair

3/27-T2 report cards sent home

-Spring is Here-Foody Fun Friday Project (Thank you once again to those families that are able to donate items to help with this yummy project!)

3/30-4/3 Spring Break

NEW HOMEWORK:

The kindergarten team is doing their part to help save paper. As you may have seen, our homework packets have changed. Math has stayed the same (2 practice pages) but Language Arts has been scaled down to fit on one page and students are required to attach their proof of work to receive full credit. If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to email me or stop by the classroom.

Here is a look into our new week

Language Arts:

• Story: Unit 4-Week 6 "Abuela"




• Unit 4 Final-Friday
• Unit 4 HFW: are, that, do, one, two, three, four, five, here, go, from

Writing:

• Spring
• Giving information

Math:

• Finish Chapter 14: Number Facts
• Students will be able to compose and decompose numbers to 10
• Students will be able to combine sets to make 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10
• Students will be able to combine sets and say how many more are needed to make 10
• Students will be able to compose and decompose numbers to 20
• Students will be able to count on using a number line
• Students will be able to combine two sets to find how many more for sums through 15
• Key terms: number bond, part, and whole

Science:

• Oviparous animals
• Students will be able to describe oviparous animals.

Social Studies/Leadership:

• Cesar Chavez

Please feel free to email me or stop by with any questions or concerns.
Also, please be sure to check online grades. Parents were given access to our grades books at the beginning of the school year. This is a great way to see how your child is doing in class. If your need your access information please see Sarah in the office.

Thank you,

Enjoy the weekend!

Miss. Maciel

Ps. Our Shutterfly page is updated on a regular basis. IF you do not have access and would like to see the pictures, please email me and I will send you an invitation. :)

Look into our week 3/16-3/20

Good morning parents and guardians,

I hope everyone is enjoying this Saturday.  We still had a few students out this week, hoping everyone gets better and avoids getting sick. To prevent more students from getting sick please remind your children to cough/sneeze into their elbow, use tissue, wash their hands, keep their hands out of their mouths and just be careful in general. With this said, I would really appreciate it if I could possibly get some Kleenex boxes donated and some Lysol disinfecting spray. If your are able to donate any of these items, THANK YOU!

PTO is currently hosting PIZZA*4*PAPER. More information can be found below. Any help with this is greatly appreciated.

Here are is some important new from the PTO and dates to keep in mind:

3/16-Emergency Practice Drill

3/17-Wear Green

-A few parents have asked if they can bring small treats for the kids, feel free to do so (exp: green colored snacks)

3/16-3/20 Tinker Project-Marble Run

Donations needed:

Empty cereal/snack boxes

paper towel rolls

toilet paper rolls

masking tape

marbles

wide Popsicle sicks

3/18-Legos Lesson

3/19-Art with Mr. Ruben

3/20-End of second trimester

3/25-Mismatch Day

3/23-/3/27 Spring Scholastic Book Fair

3/26-March Awards Assembly-Tinker Fair

3/27-T2 report cards sent home

3/30-4/3 Spring Break

March Family Project

Leprechaun Trap

If you were not able to turn it in yesterday, please bring it on Monday.

Ideas:

Here is a look into our new week

Language Arts:

• Story: Unit 4-Week 5 "If you could go to Antarctica"

Writing:

• Favorite food
• Choose and give reasons

Math:

• Continue with Chapter 14: Number Facts
• Students will be able to decompose numbers to 10
• Ways to make numbers 0-10
• Ex: 7= 7+0, 6+1, 5+2, etc
• Students will be able to combine sets to make 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10
• Students will be able to combine sets and say how many more are needed to make 10
• Students will be able to compose numbers to 20
• Key terms: number bond, part, and whole

Science:

• Tinker project-Marble run (Monday and Tuesday-more days will be added if need)
• Finish Chapter 5: Earth and Sky
• Students will be able to describe and record weather
• Students will be able to describe weather patterns of the seasons
• Test

Social Studies/Leadership:

• Unit 4-Lesson 2: Is it land or water?
• Students will distinguish between and wear on maps and globes and locate general areas referenced in historical legends and stories
• Leadership: Lead by example

Please feel free to email me or stop by with any questions or concerns.
Also, please be sure to check online grades. Parents were given access to our grades books at the beginning of the school year. This is a great way to see how your child is doing in class. If your need your access information please see Sarah in the office.

Thank you,

Enjoy the weekend!

Miss. Maciel

Ps. Our Shutterfly page is updated on a regular basis. IF you do not have access and would like to see the pictures, please email me and I will send you an invitation. :)

Look into our week 3/9-3/13

Good morning parents and guardians,

I hope everyone is enjoying this Saturday.  We have had a few students out this week, hoping everyone gets better and avoids getting sick. To prevent more students from getting sick please remind your children to cough/sneeze into their elbow, use tissue, wash their hands, keep their hands out of their mouths and just be careful in general. With this said, I would really appreciate it if I could possibly get some Kleenex boxes donated and some Lysol disinfecting spray. If your are able to donate any of these items, THANK YOU!

PTO is currently hosting PIZZA*4*PAPER. More information can be found below. Any help with this is greatly appreciated.

Here are is some important new from the PTO and dates to keep in mind:

3/11-Vacation Shirt Day

3/16-Emergency Practice Drill

3/17-Wear Green

3/16-3/20 Tinker Project-Marble Run

Donations needed:

Empty cereal/snack boxes

paper towel rolls

toilet paper rolls

masking tape

marbles

wide Popsicle sicks

3/18-Legos Lesson

3/19-Art with Mr. Ruben

3/25-Mismatch Day

3/23-/3/27 Spring Scholastic Book Fair

3/26-March Awards Assembly-Tinker Fair

3/30-4/3 Spring Break

March Family Project

Leprechaun Trap

Due:3/13/2015

Ideas:

Here is a look into our new week

Language Arts:

• Story: Unit 4-Week 4 "Goldilocks and the three bears"

Writing:

• Favorite Animal
• Choose and give reasons

Math:

• Finish Chapter 13: Patterns
• Students will be able to recognize, extend and create a repeating pattern
• Focus on naming patterns 
• Ex: +-+-   AB pattern
• Ex: ++-++-  AAB pattern
• Begin Chapter 14: Number Facts
• Students will be able to compose numbers to 10
• Students will be able to decompose numbers to 10
• Ways to make numbers 0-10
• Ex: 7= 7+0, 6+1, 5+2, etc

Science:

• Begin Chapter 5: Earth and Sky
• Students will be able to tell about water and land covering earth
• Students will be able to tell when the sun, clouds, and moon can be seen in the sky
• Students will be able to tell where the sun seems to be in the sky at different times of day
• Students will be able to tell when the moon, clouds, and stars can be seen in the sky

Social Studies/Leadership:

• St. Patrick's Day
• Student will be able to state 2 facts about St. Patrick's day
• Leadership: Respect others

Please feel free to email me or stop by with any questions or concerns.
Also, please be sure to check online grades. Parents were given access to our grades books at the beginning of the school year. This is a great way to see how your child is doing in class. If your need your access information please see Sarah in the office.

Thank you,

Enjoy the weekend!

Miss. Maciel

Ps. Our Shutterfly page was updated with new pictures. IF you do not have access and would like to see the pictures, please email me and I will send you an invitation. :)

Look into our week 3/2-3/6

Good morning parents and guardians,

Time is sure passing us really fast! We are getting closer to our kiddos becoming 1st graders. The other day some of my former students came in to help, and I told my kids that could be them next year. They were really excited to know they would be first graders who could come back to visit me and help my newer, smaller kindergartners, BUT before this happens we have lots more learning to do and more memories to create!

PTO is currently hosting PIZZA*4*PAPER. More information can be found below. Any help with this is greatly appreciated.

Here are is some important new from the PTO and dates to keep in mind:

3/4-Crazy sock day (wear crazy socks!)

3/11-Coffee with Director

3/16-Emergency Practice Drill

3/19-Art with Mr. Ruben

3/25-Lego Engineering lesson

3/23-/3/27 Spring Scholastic Book Fair

3/26-March Awards Assembly

3/30-4/3 Spring Break

March Family Project

Leprechaun Trap

Due:3/13/2015

Here is a look into our new week

*I will be out this Thursday for my BTSA credentialing program. Please remind your child to be on their best behavior this day!

Language Arts:

• Story: Unit 4-Week 3 "One little mouse"

Math:

• Finish Chapter 12:Counting on and counting back
• Students will be able to revisit ordering numbers to 10 with one to one correspondence
• Students will be able to count on to 10
• Students will be able to count back using fingers
• Students will be able to count back from 10
• Students will be able to count up and back to find the difference between two sets
• Begin Chapter 13: Patterns
• Students will be able to recognize, extend and create a repeating pattern

Science:

• Planets in our solar system
• Students will be able to name at least two planets and two facts about each.

Social Studies/Leadership:

• Dr. Seuss 
• Read-Cat in the hat
• Create hat, design the cat a new cat and list -at words

Please feel free to email me or stop by with any questions or concerns.
Also, please be sure to check online grades. Parents were given access to our grades books at the beginning of the school year. This is a great way to see how your child is doing in class. If your need your access information please see Sarah in the office.

Thank you,

Enjoy the weekend!

Miss. Maciel

Ps. Our Shutterfly page was updated with new pictures. IF you do not have access and would like to see the pictures, please email me and I will send you an invitation. :)

Look into our week 2/23-2/27

Good morning parents and guardians, 

What short but FUN past two weeks! I hope your kiddos had a great time at our 100th day celebration! Many thanks to all those families that donated items and their time.  I just updated our class Shutterfly page with pictures. If you would like access to the pictures please email me. If you already have access, feel free to add on your own pictures! 
PTO is currently hosting PIZZA*4*PAPER. More information can be found below. Any help with this is greatly appreciated.

Here is the latest newsletter from REACH and the PTO.

Here are is some important new from the PTO and dates to keep in mind:

2/23 Returning students-enrollment packets due!

2/23: Black History Month Performance 1:30-3:00

-Kindergarten will be singing a Martin Luther King song

-Feel free to have students practice the song at home

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Kd07Tyxcc0

2/25:Wacky Wednesday from 11:00-12:00

-Feel free to stop by to help

-Students will work with a partner to "Save Fred"

2/26 Awards Assembly @ 8am

2/27: Meet the Masters with Mr. Ruben (Art lesson)

Here is a look into our new week

Language Arts:

• Story: Unit 4-Week 2 "My Lucky Day"

Math:

• Finish Chapter 11:Calendar Patterns
• Students will know the days of the week
• Students will know the months of the year
• Begin Chapter 12:Counting on and counting back
• Students will be able to revisit ordering numbers to 10 with one to one correspondence
• Students will be able to count on to 10
• Students will be able to count back using fingers

Science:

• Finish Chapter 6-Objects
• Students will be able to sort items by their characteristics
• Students will be able to identify and compare ways to use objects based on their characteristics
• Students will be able to identify loud and soft sounds

Social Studies/Leadership:

• Black History Leaders-Bios

Please feel free to email me or stop by with any questions or concerns.
Also, please be sure to check online grades. Parents were given access to our grades books at the beginning of the school year. This is a great way to see how your child is doing in class. If your need your access information please see Sarah in the office.

Thank you,

Enjoy the weekend!

Miss. Maciel

Ps. Our Shutterfly page was updated with new pictures. IF you do not have access and would like to see the pictures, please email me and I will send you an invitation. :)

Look into our week 2/17-2/20

Good morning parents and guardians, 

I hope you are enjoying this long weekend! PTO is currently hosting PIZZA*4*PAPER. More information can be found below. Any help with this is greatly appreciated.

Here is the latest newsletter from REACH and the PTO.

Reminder about 100th day this Wednesday, students are allowed to dress up as 100 year old! Here are some ideas:

Here are is some important new from the PTO and dates to keep in mind:

2/16: President's day-No school

2/18: 100th day of school and Practice Drill @9:00 am

2/23: Black History Month Performance 1:30-3:00

-We will be singing a Martin Luther King song

-Feel free to have students practice the song at home

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Kd07Tyxcc0

2/26 Awards Assembly

2/27: Meet the Masters with Mr. Ruben (Art lesson)

Here is a look into our new week

Language Arts:

• Story: Unit 4-Week 1 "Rooster's off to see the world"

Math:

• Finish Chapter 10: Ordinal Numbers
• Students will be able to sequence events
• Students will be able to understand first, second and third in terms of position
• Students will be able to rank, first, second and third.
• Begin Chapter 11:Calendar Patterns
• Students will know the days of the week
• Students will know the months of the year

Science:

• Begin Chapter 6-Objects
• Students will be able to identify and describes what they observe with the senses.
• Students will be able to describe objects by their composition
• Students will be able to describe items by their characteristics

Social Studies:

• Chinese New Year

Leadership:

• Resilience- Black struggles for equality

Thank you to those families that donated items towards our Valentines celebration and stopped by to help! It would not be what it was without you. Thank you for all the cards, candy and gifts. I am one lucky teacher!!!!!

Please feel free to email me or stop by with any questions or concerns.
Also, please be sure to check online grades. Parents were given access to our grades books at the beginning of the school year. This is a great way to see how your child is doing in class. If your need your access information please see Sarah in the office.

Thank you,

Enjoy the rest of the weekend!

Miss. Maciel

Ps. Our Shutterfly page was updated with new pictures. IF you do not have access and would like to see the pictures, please email me and I will send you an invitation. :)