Dear Parents, September 10, 2012 I hope that you enjoyed the beautiful weekend! This week in language arts we kick off our first theme! We will work on the consonants m, s, c, t, and the short sound of /a/. We will also begin […]
Dear Parents, September 3, 2012 I hope that you enjoyed the wonderful Labor Day weekend! It was wonderful seeing many of you at Back-to-School Night! Thank you for your constant support of SHS! To those whose schedules prevented you from attending, […]
Dear Parents, August 27, 2012 Your children are doing a great job adjusting to First Grade! There is a lot to learn in the beginning of the school year and they have just about all of our routines down! If your child chooses to bring a snack for recess, I ask that you pack only […]
Dear Parents, August 20, 2012 Welcome to First Grade! This is a dynamic year of growth and learning. It is a year filled with fun, adventure, and challenges. Your child may come home exhausted from all the thinking done during our school day. There is so much to learn and every minute will count. Please […]
Dear Parents, June 18, 2012 The last week of school! I can hardly believe the year is just about over. I had a wonderful time with your children. They are very special and I enjoyed every day […]
Dear Parents, June 10, 2012 As we quickly approach the end of the school year, we are in constant review and wrap up of all subjects! We will continue our work on our second Writers Workshop, with the topic of recess in the […]
Dear Parents, June 4, 2012 Can you believe it is June already?! The time is flying by and before you know it, we will be on summer break! We are continuing on with our review of […]
Dear Parents, May 29, 2012 We have an exciting week ahead of us! Wednesday we will be headed to the Santa Barbara Zoo, Thursday we will watch the 8th grade powder puff game, and Friday we will have In-n-Out lunch! We […]
Dear Parents, May 20, 2012 We are wrapping up Theme 10 with week 3! Our reading strategy this week is monitor/clarify. Part of becoming a good reader is realizing that if the story we are reading is unclear we must stop and […]
Dear Parents, May 13, 2012 Happy Mother’s Day! I hope you all enjoyed your Mother’s Day gift and card! We are continuing on with Theme 10. Our reading strategy this week is summarizing. The comprehension skill that will help us with this is […]