Bike Rodeo Update

In some of my previous correspondence I mentioned that bringing a scooter was permissible. That was incorrect. Students need to bring bikes, or have a bike that they can borrow from someone else for tomorrow. They will not be allowed to use scooters. Again, I apologize for any the inconvenience and [...]

September 29, 2009 Update

Hello Parents and Students,
I hope everyone had a wonderful four day weekend.  The teachers had a staff meeting all day Friday focusing around math.  Mrs. Swagerty, Mrs. Cundall and I worked in the afternoon on some math enrichment activities to go with a few of the lessons in the next math unit.  I’ll be looking [...]

3rd Grade Bike Rodeo

Palo Verde 3rd graders will participate in the Bike Rodeo on the morning of Wednesday, September 30th.  The rodeo is sponsored by the City of Palo Alto and is coordinated with the Palo Verde PTA.  The focus of this event is to help ensure bike safety practices are learned by all students.
Students are REQUESTED to [...]

Field Trips Update

I have received information about all the field trips we will be going on this year and have updated the ‘Field Trips’ tab on this website.  Check the page to learn about each trip and to see the required fee payment.
Last year, many parents found it helpful to write one cheque covering all the field [...]

September 21, 2009 Update

Hello Parents and Students,
This is the first of many updates to come this year.  My goal will be to do this weekly, but I make no promises.  I was quite good about it last year, but there were a few weeks where two weeks were lumped into one.  Without further ado, here is a look [...]

Number Museum Homework

Kids, here is a link that will take you to the number museum ideas we came up with today. Please bring in something (or a few things) with numbers on it. Find creative examples. Keep your eyes peeled this weekend. If you find something before this weekend, please bring it in. [...]

Classroom Agreements

We developed our classroom rules/agreements yesterday and created our posters illustrating the rules today. I will post them in the ‘Classroom Agreements’ page on this website shortly. Watch for a contract to come home with your student tomorrow. Please sign it, discuss it with your student, and have him/her return it on [...]

HELP with Everyday Math Home Links, Please!!!

If anyone is willing to help tear out Home Link pages out of the Everyday Math workbooks, I would be very grateful! I forgot to mention it last night at BTSN. I have four stacks of books (five in each, one stack with six) and boxes of paper clips. I need pages [...]

Back to School Night

Hello Parents,
Tonight is Back to School night!  Please join us in Room 15 at Palo Verde at 7:05 to learn all about the upcoming school year!  I look forward to seeing you all!
Matt