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 […]
Dear Parents, May 7, 2012 We have concluded theme 9 and are moving right into our last theme- Theme 10! Our reading strategy this week is predict/infer. The comprehension skill that will help us with this is […]
Dear Parents, April 30, 2012 Thank you to all the parents who supported and participated in the Jog-A-Thon on Friday! It was a fantastic success and the students had “The BEST day ever!” (or so they told me!) […]
Dear Parents, April 23, 2012 Our reading strategy this week is evaluating. The comprehension skill that will help us with evaluating is story structure. Knowing the setting, the characters, the problem, and solution in the story and being able […]