The time is upon us. I would like to set up a snack schedule. I am hoping you guys will donate food to the class.
We test for six days over a two week period. I am looking for items to feed the kids on the test days. Things like apples, crackers, pretzels,cheese sticks, juice boxes, grapes etc. All items should be ready to go (snack packs) so that I don't need to prepare anything. Please don't send cookies or fruit snacks as they have too much sugar.
If you are willing to donate food please let me know.
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Monday, April 14, 2008
Classroom Update
Welcome Back! We hit the ground running today. We started our first story in our next unit. We read about the First Americans and then split into partners to research and record information about the different people. We will continue to do this all week. We also began working on multiplication today. This process is more pointing out using skills they already know to find the answer to a multiplication problem. For example making five equal groups of four and skip counting. This would look like 4, 8, 12, 16, 20. Or 5x4
We began our unit in science on the earth's natural resources. If you have any great rocks that show the different type of rock such as igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic place consider sending it in or sending a photo of it in.
We are also starting a project about what people do when they loose teeth from around the world. The kids will end up making a book that looks like a tooth.
Have you had your HEART training? What is HEART Training? It's stands for Homeowners Emergency Action Response Team and the spring session starts this week. The session consists of two sessions that last four hours long and one sessions that lasts seven hours long. It will teach you essential skills of what to do if we have a disaster.
The first session is this Thursday, April 17th from 6pm to 10:00pm. The class will cover CPR training and hazardous materials. The CPR certification lasts for two years.
The next class is Thursday, April 24th from 6:00 to 10:00pm. The second session covers fire and burn prevention as well as disaster first aid.
The final session is on Saturday, April 26th from 8:30am to 4:00pm. The last session will cover disaster preparedness, urban search and rescue, and wildland urban interface.
The cost of the class is $40. All of the classes are held at Station #2 (450 Atherton Ave).
For more information please contact Sandy Wargo at 878-2623 or swargo@novatofire.org
We began our unit in science on the earth's natural resources. If you have any great rocks that show the different type of rock such as igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic place consider sending it in or sending a photo of it in.
We are also starting a project about what people do when they loose teeth from around the world. The kids will end up making a book that looks like a tooth.
Have you had your HEART training? What is HEART Training? It's stands for Homeowners Emergency Action Response Team and the spring session starts this week. The session consists of two sessions that last four hours long and one sessions that lasts seven hours long. It will teach you essential skills of what to do if we have a disaster.
The first session is this Thursday, April 17th from 6pm to 10:00pm. The class will cover CPR training and hazardous materials. The CPR certification lasts for two years.
The next class is Thursday, April 24th from 6:00 to 10:00pm. The second session covers fire and burn prevention as well as disaster first aid.
The final session is on Saturday, April 26th from 8:30am to 4:00pm. The last session will cover disaster preparedness, urban search and rescue, and wildland urban interface.
The cost of the class is $40. All of the classes are held at Station #2 (450 Atherton Ave).
For more information please contact Sandy Wargo at 878-2623 or swargo@novatofire.org
Monday, March 24, 2008
Parent Talents
Okay... does anyone know how to scrap book and would be willing to make our Special Person pages? I have 19 beautiful photos and I would like them mounted onto special paper. I am typing the pages and then that needs to be mounted onto special paper as well. Finally both the picture and the writing will be mounted onto paper. The photo is black and white if that helps get your ideas going. Please let me know ASAP if you can help. I'd like this up by Thursday but I know it's short notice. I am going to try and go by Ben Franklin tonight for paper ideas.
I hope to see you all at the rally this afternoon!
I hope to see you all at the rally this afternoon!
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Conference Schedule
Here it is in all its glory. It was also sent home on Thursday in the homework folder!
Friday: 3/21
8am Dial
2:5 O'Brien
3:15 Timberman
3:45 L.Ruiz
4:15 Allen
Monday: 3/24
8am Pratt
Tuesday: 3/25
7:30 Gernhard
8:00 Obert
2:45 Van Weele
3:15 Mac Donald (phone)
3:45 Garcia (phone)
Wednesday: 3/26
7:30 Gibbons
8:00 Buscaglia
4:15 K. Ruiz
Thursday: 3/27
8:00 Hagerty (phone)
2:45 Ceresa (phone)
3:45 Ramirez (phone)
4:15 Rudy (phone)
IF you need to make changes or would like to come in instead of having a phone conference please e-mail me at srich@nusd.org
Friday: 3/21
8am Dial
2:5 O'Brien
3:15 Timberman
3:45 L.Ruiz
4:15 Allen
Monday: 3/24
8am Pratt
Tuesday: 3/25
7:30 Gernhard
8:00 Obert
2:45 Van Weele
3:15 Mac Donald (phone)
3:45 Garcia (phone)
Wednesday: 3/26
7:30 Gibbons
8:00 Buscaglia
4:15 K. Ruiz
Thursday: 3/27
8:00 Hagerty (phone)
2:45 Ceresa (phone)
3:45 Ramirez (phone)
4:15 Rudy (phone)
IF you need to make changes or would like to come in instead of having a phone conference please e-mail me at srich@nusd.org
Long Time Gone...
I have missed blogging and there is lots to share!
My most important point on this entry is this. This is by no means a political page and I mean to remain neutral as elections are fast approaching. This is one issue that none of us can be neutral on- school budget cuts. It hurts us all and in some ways we won't see the affects until many years down the road. I have had many of you ask me how it will effect us here at Rancho and what you can do to help. Here is the best way I know how:
There are lots of cuts. Some that you will feel directly at Rancho are:
Library Clerk time reduction, librarian cuts, office clerk cuts, funding for certain school programs, and there is still a chance that third grade class size reduction could get cut.
What can you do?
On Monday, March 24th at 3:00pm at Novato High School there will be a rally against the budget cuts. It is a place for students, parents, community members and teachers to speak out against the budget cuts. We really want to show the governor and the people in Sacramento that we won't take these cuts lying down. Make signs, wear blue and white or your Rancho clothes and come to the rally on Monday afternoon. We are walking as a school from Rancho to the high school.
Write letters! Write letters to the governor and our state representatives. There are letter formats on the Rancho website and on the NUSD website.
Finally I urge you to stay informed. The district has an area on their website that talks about all of the proposed cuts. Please keep reading this and looking for any new information.
I appreciate your support and I know that together we can make sure these cuts don't happen!
My most important point on this entry is this. This is by no means a political page and I mean to remain neutral as elections are fast approaching. This is one issue that none of us can be neutral on- school budget cuts. It hurts us all and in some ways we won't see the affects until many years down the road. I have had many of you ask me how it will effect us here at Rancho and what you can do to help. Here is the best way I know how:
There are lots of cuts. Some that you will feel directly at Rancho are:
Library Clerk time reduction, librarian cuts, office clerk cuts, funding for certain school programs, and there is still a chance that third grade class size reduction could get cut.
What can you do?
On Monday, March 24th at 3:00pm at Novato High School there will be a rally against the budget cuts. It is a place for students, parents, community members and teachers to speak out against the budget cuts. We really want to show the governor and the people in Sacramento that we won't take these cuts lying down. Make signs, wear blue and white or your Rancho clothes and come to the rally on Monday afternoon. We are walking as a school from Rancho to the high school.
Write letters! Write letters to the governor and our state representatives. There are letter formats on the Rancho website and on the NUSD website.
Finally I urge you to stay informed. The district has an area on their website that talks about all of the proposed cuts. Please keep reading this and looking for any new information.
I appreciate your support and I know that together we can make sure these cuts don't happen!
Friday, February 29, 2008
A Week In Review
Language Arts:
We continue on our quest to expand our thinking process while we read. This week I turned the tables on the kids and had them ask the questions. We talked about thinking and how a lot of comprehension questions depend on inference and background knowledge. We talked a lot about thinking about things that aren't obviously stated and how answer questions that seek hidden information. We will keep working on this.
Writing:
We wrote a poem about the winter, edited and typed it in the computer lab. We also started our own in class dinosaur research for a dinosaur guessing project. Next week we will use the dinosaur research the kids do at home for a different writing project. We will also be recopying a dinosaur poem and working on a project if the dinosaurs came back.
Next week we will be starting a three part writing project. The kids will be creating a book where they write one story about a funny memory from when they were a baby, one story about themselves now, and a story about what they think they will be like when they grow up. We will finish just in time for Open House! So I am sure you will love looking at them.
Science:
We are going to get more into the science side of fossils next week. We will be tying it into art and writing. If you have fossils at home please feel free to send pictures of them in with your child or if you can send the fossil in.
Please remember that next Thursday is Multicultural day. Your child can dress from a country that you have visited or one they have clothing from. I am going to wear a sweatshirt I got in Italy and a t-shirt I brought back from Africa.
We continue on our quest to expand our thinking process while we read. This week I turned the tables on the kids and had them ask the questions. We talked about thinking and how a lot of comprehension questions depend on inference and background knowledge. We talked a lot about thinking about things that aren't obviously stated and how answer questions that seek hidden information. We will keep working on this.
Writing:
We wrote a poem about the winter, edited and typed it in the computer lab. We also started our own in class dinosaur research for a dinosaur guessing project. Next week we will use the dinosaur research the kids do at home for a different writing project. We will also be recopying a dinosaur poem and working on a project if the dinosaurs came back.
Next week we will be starting a three part writing project. The kids will be creating a book where they write one story about a funny memory from when they were a baby, one story about themselves now, and a story about what they think they will be like when they grow up. We will finish just in time for Open House! So I am sure you will love looking at them.
Science:
We are going to get more into the science side of fossils next week. We will be tying it into art and writing. If you have fossils at home please feel free to send pictures of them in with your child or if you can send the fossil in.
Please remember that next Thursday is Multicultural day. Your child can dress from a country that you have visited or one they have clothing from. I am going to wear a sweatshirt I got in Italy and a t-shirt I brought back from Africa.
Friday, February 1, 2008
Four Day Weeks Seem Longer then Five Day Weeks!
I can't believe this week is over. Four day weeks (especially two in a row) are really hard. You still have to get all the standards in but in a shorter period of time! Yikes!
I hope the e-mail list is working. Please remember to check the blog for the weekly calendar. That won't get e-mailed to you.
Lots of kids got homework alerts this week for not turning in the fluency page (not the log... I was laxed on that as I messed up a lot of people). There are questions that have to be answered on the back of the page and turned in on Friday. I know this reading is a lot harder but it is at a 2.5 level which is where all of your kids should be at this point of the year. I put a new log in your folder. Please use red for your first read and blue for your second. You should have three logs recorded by the end of February.
There is NO READING LOG, MATH LOG, OR POEM again next week. We are going ot be doing a time line instead. Please make sure your child does their personal best on this. I have shown my time line and given them examples. The time line is due next Friday. I expect colored pictures that have lots of detail (no ants in the snow, people that are all one color, or one color colored in the background to fill up the page.
If you need the class list for Valentine's please let me know. Valentines are due on February 13th. You must have one for everyone in the class if you are going to do them. Please let me know ahead of time if your child is not planning on participating in Valentine's Day.
I hope the e-mail list is working. Please remember to check the blog for the weekly calendar. That won't get e-mailed to you.
Lots of kids got homework alerts this week for not turning in the fluency page (not the log... I was laxed on that as I messed up a lot of people). There are questions that have to be answered on the back of the page and turned in on Friday. I know this reading is a lot harder but it is at a 2.5 level which is where all of your kids should be at this point of the year. I put a new log in your folder. Please use red for your first read and blue for your second. You should have three logs recorded by the end of February.
There is NO READING LOG, MATH LOG, OR POEM again next week. We are going ot be doing a time line instead. Please make sure your child does their personal best on this. I have shown my time line and given them examples. The time line is due next Friday. I expect colored pictures that have lots of detail (no ants in the snow, people that are all one color, or one color colored in the background to fill up the page.
If you need the class list for Valentine's please let me know. Valentines are due on February 13th. You must have one for everyone in the class if you are going to do them. Please let me know ahead of time if your child is not planning on participating in Valentine's Day.
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