I am just testing whether or not this works. If you get this post will you please e-mail me at srich@nusd.org to let me know that it went through.
If you have anyone else you would like added to our blog list please let me know. I believe I have made it so that you can make comments directly on the blog. This is great if you have any questions you would like answered or if you would like to make an announcement yourself.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
E-mail List
Please fill out the form being sent home tonight with your e-mail address. I will be subscribing you to our blog. If you would like more then one person sign up for the blog please just include their name and e-mail address.
Cultural Food Day
We are having a Cultural Food Day on Friday, February 8th. All of the kids have a chance to bring in a special food from their culture. You may purchase the food or make it yourself. This is a great chance to celebrate your heritage. It's not required to participate but I encourage everyone to do it if they can.
Walking Field Trip
On Wednesday, February 6th from 10:30 to 11:00 Mr. Gardner and the Safe Routes to School program will be taking the kids on a walking field trip. Permission slips went home today and are due by Monday. If your child does not have a permission slip they may not go. The Safe Routes to School program has talked to the kids about bike and walking safety. Now they are going to put the walking part into action by having the kids take a walking field trip through the neighborhood. We need two or three parents to volunteer. Please contact me ASAP if you would like to attend the field trip. The field trip will take place during their regular P.E. time. The students are still expected to wear lace up or velcro tennis shoes.
E-mail me at srich@nusd.org
E-mail me at srich@nusd.org
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Parent Teacher Conferences
I know conferences next to the spring report card are not required but I like to do it for those who would like to. I will post a schedule on Friday and it will just be first come first serve on who gets what spot. You can e-mail me directly if you have a specific time you would like at: srich@nusd.org
Also I am collecting e-mail addresses. I am going to be subscribing you to my blog. Then every time I post something it goes directly to your e-mail box and you don't have to worry about when to check it.
I hope that this will make the blog a better way for us to communicate.
Homework: There is no reading or math log this week. Please make sure that the family tradition and the ancestor report come in on time. We are doing other projects that are related to them in class. If they don't have their family tradition written down they cannot make a construction paper quilt piece. If they don't have their ancestor report they can't share it with the class or make a family tree on Friday afternoon.
Thanks for all of your hard work!
Also I am collecting e-mail addresses. I am going to be subscribing you to my blog. Then every time I post something it goes directly to your e-mail box and you don't have to worry about when to check it.
I hope that this will make the blog a better way for us to communicate.
Homework: There is no reading or math log this week. Please make sure that the family tradition and the ancestor report come in on time. We are doing other projects that are related to them in class. If they don't have their family tradition written down they cannot make a construction paper quilt piece. If they don't have their ancestor report they can't share it with the class or make a family tree on Friday afternoon.
Thanks for all of your hard work!
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Week In Review
Math:
This class has really done a great job learning regrouping with addition. We are going to start working on regrouping with subtraction on Tuesday. This will be much more difficult for the kids but I know they can do it. I will not test on addition regrouping until next Friday.
Language Arts:
We are going to be reading our last camouflage story next week. Our next unit is on dinosaurs! This will be lots of fun.
Writing:
We wrote a how to story. I published our group story about how to blow a bubble on the blog. I hope all of you got to read it with your child. The kids wrote how to brush your teeth. On Thursday I had brought my toothbrush in and brushed my teeth based on their instructions. The kids added what they needed to add and then copied their final draft into their writing books.
We wrote poems about snowflakes and typed them in the computer lab. The kids changed the font size, centered their writing, and changed the font type. We made snowflakes using coffee filters. We colored one side and then sprayed them with a water bottle. The next day we opened them up only to find a beautiful colored snowflake.
On Tuesday we are going to start brainstorming for our immigrant letters. The kids are going to pretend that they are immigrants coming to America and writing letters to people from the old country. They will choose a country and create a story. It's one of the best writing projects we do all year.
Social Studies:
In the homework next week the kids need to come up with a family tradition. They will write five sentences about it and bring it to class. Starting on Wednesday we will make a picture using only construction paper to make a traditions quilt.
Don't forget the Ancestor Doll is due on Tuesday. Please make sure it is cut out.
This class has really done a great job learning regrouping with addition. We are going to start working on regrouping with subtraction on Tuesday. This will be much more difficult for the kids but I know they can do it. I will not test on addition regrouping until next Friday.
Language Arts:
We are going to be reading our last camouflage story next week. Our next unit is on dinosaurs! This will be lots of fun.
Writing:
We wrote a how to story. I published our group story about how to blow a bubble on the blog. I hope all of you got to read it with your child. The kids wrote how to brush your teeth. On Thursday I had brought my toothbrush in and brushed my teeth based on their instructions. The kids added what they needed to add and then copied their final draft into their writing books.
We wrote poems about snowflakes and typed them in the computer lab. The kids changed the font size, centered their writing, and changed the font type. We made snowflakes using coffee filters. We colored one side and then sprayed them with a water bottle. The next day we opened them up only to find a beautiful colored snowflake.
On Tuesday we are going to start brainstorming for our immigrant letters. The kids are going to pretend that they are immigrants coming to America and writing letters to people from the old country. They will choose a country and create a story. It's one of the best writing projects we do all year.
Social Studies:
In the homework next week the kids need to come up with a family tradition. They will write five sentences about it and bring it to class. Starting on Wednesday we will make a picture using only construction paper to make a traditions quilt.
Don't forget the Ancestor Doll is due on Tuesday. Please make sure it is cut out.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Harcourt Web Site
I have also added a direct link to the Harcourt Website. It's under Parent Resources. Your child can not only practice their math facts but there are activities to practice for our new chapters. Your child should also be working on the activities for chapters 10, 11, and 12. If you have any questions please contact me.
Festival of Sailing
I have posted a link for the Festival of Sailing. It is at the end of July but it gives a chance for kids to take tours of tall ships. There are all sorts of programs that your family can participate in. It's a pretty neat opportunity. I will post other links about interesting events, activities or websites. If you have any please let me know and I will post those as well!
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
PE REMINDER
Remember tomorrow is our PE day. Please make sure they have tennis shoes on or with them. If they do not have them on they will not be allowed to participate in PE because it is a safety issue.
How To Blow a Bubble By: Room 8
This story was written by room 8 today. I am posting it so the kids can try to blow a bubble using their directions. This is also written assuming that the kids have already taken a piece of bubble gum out of the package but not out of the wrapper.
First unwrap your favorite kind of bubble gum. Next put the gum in your mouth and start chewing. You want the gum to get soft. Then you flatten the gum on the roof of your mouth with your tongue. Let the flattened gum fall on your tongue. Push it towards the point of your tongue and start to put the tip of your tongue through it. Don't push so hard that you make a hole. You want to fold the gum in half over the tip of your tongue (kind of like a pocket). Then push your tongue against the roof of your mouth or the back of your teeth. You want to do this as you are opening your mouth and sticking your tongue out a little bit. You do this so that the gum won't go flying out of your mouth as you blow. Gently blow air so that is goes between your tongue and the gum. The gum should slowly expand.If you blow too fast it will pop so be careful. Don't blow a bubble so big that it gets stuck in your hair. Remember when you are done with your gum put it in a piece of paper in the trash can.
First unwrap your favorite kind of bubble gum. Next put the gum in your mouth and start chewing. You want the gum to get soft. Then you flatten the gum on the roof of your mouth with your tongue. Let the flattened gum fall on your tongue. Push it towards the point of your tongue and start to put the tip of your tongue through it. Don't push so hard that you make a hole. You want to fold the gum in half over the tip of your tongue (kind of like a pocket). Then push your tongue against the roof of your mouth or the back of your teeth. You want to do this as you are opening your mouth and sticking your tongue out a little bit. You do this so that the gum won't go flying out of your mouth as you blow. Gently blow air so that is goes between your tongue and the gum. The gum should slowly expand.If you blow too fast it will pop so be careful. Don't blow a bubble so big that it gets stuck in your hair. Remember when you are done with your gum put it in a piece of paper in the trash can.
Friday, January 18, 2008
Information for the Week Ahead
PE ANNOUNCEMENT: As of Wednesday, January 23rd (our next PE class) all students not wearing laced up or velcro tennis shoes will not be allowed to participate and will sit on the bench. This is a safety issue. Tennis shoes are a requirement for PE. This will now be strictly enforced!
Sentences: I have wrote the warning on several of the student's spelling tests or comprehension papers. From now on sentences without a capital letter or end mark will be given zero points. We double check our answers on dictation sentences so there is no reason that at this point in the year they should be making that mistake.
Ancestor Doll: Our first ancestor's project was sent home tonight. It is due Tuesday, January 29th. The kids should decorate a doll as if it were an ancestor from long ago who lived in another country. It must be decorated as a person from a country that your family immigrated from. It does not need to be someone specific just a person from a country you are from.
I am considering making part of the homework paperless (ie I would put it online and you could check it over the weekend to get that weeks poems, assignments, etc.)What do you think?
Sentences: I have wrote the warning on several of the student's spelling tests or comprehension papers. From now on sentences without a capital letter or end mark will be given zero points. We double check our answers on dictation sentences so there is no reason that at this point in the year they should be making that mistake.
Ancestor Doll: Our first ancestor's project was sent home tonight. It is due Tuesday, January 29th. The kids should decorate a doll as if it were an ancestor from long ago who lived in another country. It must be decorated as a person from a country that your family immigrated from. It does not need to be someone specific just a person from a country you are from.
I am considering making part of the homework paperless (ie I would put it online and you could check it over the weekend to get that weeks poems, assignments, etc.)What do you think?
Thursday, January 17, 2008
OOPS
So most of you have noticed by now that I totally goofed and sent home the wrong fluency passage. Some of you might not have a log either. I will send home more logs this week in the homework folder.
Highlights this week:
Language Arts: Continuing to read about camouflage. We made puppets of animals and wrote three facts and three opinions about our animal. We also did water color paintings and then drew in animals camouflaging. We are working on suffixes and subject verb agreement. We continue to work on parts of a sentence and the parts of speech.
Writing: We began a biography poem on Martin Luther King Jr. Next week we will be writing a winter poem. They will type the poem in the computer lab on Thursday. We will also be starting to write a how to paragraph (directions paragraph). We are focusing on taking steps in our writing, organization, and writing fluency. This will be a fun piece. We first will write a class piece of "How to Blow a Bubble". Then the students will do an independent writing piece of "How to Brush your Teeth" As they are reading I will actually brush my teeth as per their instructions. It's a very fun writing project.
Science: We finished up our unit on balance. We will be starting our social studies unit about our ancestry next week.
Math:We reviewed time and calendars last week. Next week we continue on our pursuit of regrouping with addition. It is going pretty well but regrouping does get harder when you begin three digit addition and any type of subtraction.
Highlights this week:
Language Arts: Continuing to read about camouflage. We made puppets of animals and wrote three facts and three opinions about our animal. We also did water color paintings and then drew in animals camouflaging. We are working on suffixes and subject verb agreement. We continue to work on parts of a sentence and the parts of speech.
Writing: We began a biography poem on Martin Luther King Jr. Next week we will be writing a winter poem. They will type the poem in the computer lab on Thursday. We will also be starting to write a how to paragraph (directions paragraph). We are focusing on taking steps in our writing, organization, and writing fluency. This will be a fun piece. We first will write a class piece of "How to Blow a Bubble". Then the students will do an independent writing piece of "How to Brush your Teeth" As they are reading I will actually brush my teeth as per their instructions. It's a very fun writing project.
Science: We finished up our unit on balance. We will be starting our social studies unit about our ancestry next week.
Math:We reviewed time and calendars last week. Next week we continue on our pursuit of regrouping with addition. It is going pretty well but regrouping does get harder when you begin three digit addition and any type of subtraction.
Monday, January 14, 2008
It's been awhile
Yes it has been a long time since my last post about life in Room 8. A lot has happened sine we cam back from winter recess. We have finished unit 2 and time. We will keep working on time as many of the kids are still not grasping the more difficult concepts. Much of telling time is developmental. I will be sending home some more review pages this weekend if I think you child needs them. Like in the past they will have a month or so to work on them and then I will retest them again.
We have moved on to double digit addition and this week we will work on addition with regrouping. This is something that gets harder when the kids don't know their math facts. I think we should be pretty good with addition regrouping but regrouping with subtraction is usually much harder. Regrouping is what we used to know as carrying and borrowing. These are the terms we use and I would appreciate you reinforcing them at home.
We are beginning our ancestors unit and finishing up science. Please keep reading this for updates about the units!
We have moved on to double digit addition and this week we will work on addition with regrouping. This is something that gets harder when the kids don't know their math facts. I think we should be pretty good with addition regrouping but regrouping with subtraction is usually much harder. Regrouping is what we used to know as carrying and borrowing. These are the terms we use and I would appreciate you reinforcing them at home.
We are beginning our ancestors unit and finishing up science. Please keep reading this for updates about the units!
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