Dear Parents, January 18, 2011 Thank you to those who were able to help in Primary Centers. The children (and me too!) enjoy seeing you in our classroom and truly appreciate the help. I hope that everyone enjoyed the three-day weekend! Let’s hope the weather stays just as nice for our field trip on Thursday. […]
Dear Parents, January 3, 2011 Happy New Year! I hope that you all enjoyed a peaceful, restful, and blessed Christmas. I want to thank everyone for the wonderful gifts and warm thoughts sent my way – I truly felt the blessings of the season. A new year – and what a school year we have […]
Dear Parents, December 13, 2010 I really enjoyed meeting with all of you during conferences. Thank you for making the time to meet and discuss your child’s progress. The last week of school for 2010!! What an exciting week it will be! We have finished theme 4 in our reading series and will be assessing […]
Dear Parents, December 6, 2010 A HUGE “Thank You” to Mr. Sezzi and Mr. Galvan (a parent of a kindergartener, second and fourth grader) for helping in the first grade classroom for Primary Centers. I could not have done it without you! It is Saint Nicholas Day today and the children have been very good. […]
Dear Parents, November 29, 2010 I hope that you all enjoyed a wonderful, blessed Thanksgiving with family and friends. Hard to believe that it is the first week of Advent! The next few weeks are very busy and filled with much excitement. I know that it is a busy time for everyone but I am […]
Dear Parents, November 22, 2010 We have much to be thankful for on this Thanksgiving week and at the top of my list is YOU! Thank you for all your support and for sharing your children with me. They make me smile everyday! This is a very short week and therefore we will concentrate on […]
Dear Parents, November 15, 2010 What an exciting week we have planned in first grade! Today we are having our Chumash Native American Presentation from the Ventura Outreach Program. We will also be watching a movie from California Streaming in the computer lab on the Pilgrims’ trip to America as a preview to our study […]
Dear Parents, November 8, 2010 What a job our “little saints” did for the Saints Parade! We certainly enjoyed the day – not only were we excited about the Saint Parade but our class also reached 100 points for following the classroom rules and we enjoyed a small treat. We will be finishing up theme […]
Dear Parents, November 1, 2010 This week, our reading strategy is “predict/infer”. Before reading a story, we look at the cover, the title and the pictures and make educated guesses (or predictions) on what the story will be about. While reading, we use information learned to conclude (or infer) if our prediction is correct or […]
Dear Parents, Thank you to all who were able to help with Primary Centers. Even with the change in scheduling, we were able to complete the three rotations because of your help!! We are starting theme 3 – “Let’s Look Around” this week in our reading series. The stories in this theme follow a different […]