December 10, 2009 Update

Hello Parents and Students!
I can’t believe it’s taken me so long to post another update!  I apologize if you’ve been wondering what’s been going on in Room 15 (but hope that you’ve asked your student)!  This update should serve to inform you of the recent focus of our studies and to give you a glimpse [...]

Reading Response Notebooks

Over the last couple of months, we have been discussing a plethora of literature and have been learning ways create written responses based on these discussions.  For a while, students were given a bit of time in class after discussions to write responses and then share them with the class.  I have looked over response [...]

Everyday Math Student Reference Books

Hi Parents,
I spoke with students on Friday about taking home SRB’s.  If absolutely necessary, students can bring home their SRB to help with their Home Link, but SRB’s MUST be returned the following day as it is a tool that we use frequently in class.  Students are given time in class to review the daily [...]

Conferences

Please download and fill out the conference form below and send it back with your student as soon as possible.
Fall 2009 Parent Conferences
You can fill out this one on your computer, save it, and email it back to me, if you’d rather to that:
Fall 2009 Parent Conferences

Weekend Homework

Parents, just to keep you in the loop: Students will have a math homelink to work on over the weekend. They will also have work to do in their Reading Response Journals. We have written back and forth for quite a bit now and I’d like you to look over them with [...]

Great Week!

We’ve had a great week in Room 15. I will send out an update this weekend regarding what was covered over the past five days. It will also give details about what is coming up in the erratic week ahead! As a reminder, if you’ve ever got any questions about what is [...]

Book Orders

Hi Parents,
Book orders for the month of November are due tomorrow. You can order online anytime through tomorrow night or send order slips and payment with your child to school tomorrow. I realize this I late notice, and I apologize. I assumed that you child would have told you about books they [...]

Field Trip TOMORROW!

Important info about our trip to Foothills Park TOMORROW:
• Late group students need to arrive at school by 8:30 (OK to come
at 8:15)
* Bring a lunch with a drink. We will not be back in time for hot
lunch.
• Snack will be provided.
• Weather is forecast be quite nice, but do [...]

Ohlone Presentation 8:30

This is just a reminder that we will have our presentation on the Ohlone Indians with Keith Gutierrez tomorrow starting at 8:30 in the morning. ALL LATE GROUP students will need to arrive at the regular early time so they don’t miss part of the presentation. Late group students will stay through their [...]

Math Homework, Monday 10/5

Students math homework today (in lieu of a home link) is to play two math games on the Everyday Mathematics website. The two math games are: Addition Top-It and Name That Number. Students were given directions in class, and instructed to practice in class during our computer time today if they had any [...]