Goings-on in Room 5!
16/09/09 17:52
Hi All! We've been doing a ton of learning and
getting to know each other in the Room 5 Hive these
past few weeks! I am implementing our new Caring
Schools Community program and having class meetings
every morning and check-in meetings in the
afternoons. The students and I will be establishing
norms (agreements) for student behavior and in the
coming weeks they will be splitting up into "tribes".
To learn more about tribes, you can read the blog
post from August 30th from last year.
I'd like to shout out a big THANK YOU to JT Muchin for getting us a new sharpener! You have no idea how the lack of a working pencil sharpener can stall a classroom! Also, I completely forgot to introduce our fabulous room parents, Ruthie and Lisa, on BTS night. They are already doing a fantastic job. THANK YOU!
We now have enough volunteers for math centers, library, and computers. I would like to have reading and writing groups this year as well, however I do not have enough volunteers yet. Thank you to Tracy for offering to help. In the past, RW groups have met on Thursday mornings, but I'm open to other times if I can get volunteers.
In mathematics, we are currently working on place value through 1,000 and comparing/ordering numbers. The kiddos took their first rocket test today and I'd like to thank Mike and O.Z. for grading them for us this year. If your child gets stuck on a level, let me know and I can send home extras for practice.
In social studies, we are learning about world and U.S. geography, landforms, and map-reading. The students have recently become cartographers and are in the process of creating their own make-believe island maps.
In science, we have started our FOSS unit on sand, pebbles, and silt. Thank you to Allison and Janet for volunteering to help with science.
Our current OpenCourt unit is "Sharing Stories", and I would like the students to bring in their favorite books to share with the class next Friday if possible. Our first big writing piece will be a personal narrative about an exciting experience in the students' lives thus far. Mine will be about the time I got stitches in my chin from jumping backwards into a cement-sided pool.
Our Thanksgiving Feast curriculum will start in early October, so start checking backpacks daily if you're not doing so already. Also, I'd like to applaud Ruthie who has already gone online to check out her station, popcorn! If you signed up for a specific station, please go to www.joaquinmiller.org and click on classes, then Fall Feast Information Page to learn more about the preparation needed. I will be meeting with the co-chairs next week and they may be calling you to check up on you! If you would like a hard copy of the instructions for your station, please let me know.
Lastly, we have our first field trip to Valencia 826 on October 13th. Please drop me a line if you will be able to drive and indicate how many kiddos you can take.
PHEW! We've gotten off to a great start! Please feel free to email me with any questions or concerns you may have.
Take care,
Sara
I'd like to shout out a big THANK YOU to JT Muchin for getting us a new sharpener! You have no idea how the lack of a working pencil sharpener can stall a classroom! Also, I completely forgot to introduce our fabulous room parents, Ruthie and Lisa, on BTS night. They are already doing a fantastic job. THANK YOU!
We now have enough volunteers for math centers, library, and computers. I would like to have reading and writing groups this year as well, however I do not have enough volunteers yet. Thank you to Tracy for offering to help. In the past, RW groups have met on Thursday mornings, but I'm open to other times if I can get volunteers.
In mathematics, we are currently working on place value through 1,000 and comparing/ordering numbers. The kiddos took their first rocket test today and I'd like to thank Mike and O.Z. for grading them for us this year. If your child gets stuck on a level, let me know and I can send home extras for practice.
In social studies, we are learning about world and U.S. geography, landforms, and map-reading. The students have recently become cartographers and are in the process of creating their own make-believe island maps.
In science, we have started our FOSS unit on sand, pebbles, and silt. Thank you to Allison and Janet for volunteering to help with science.
Our current OpenCourt unit is "Sharing Stories", and I would like the students to bring in their favorite books to share with the class next Friday if possible. Our first big writing piece will be a personal narrative about an exciting experience in the students' lives thus far. Mine will be about the time I got stitches in my chin from jumping backwards into a cement-sided pool.
Our Thanksgiving Feast curriculum will start in early October, so start checking backpacks daily if you're not doing so already. Also, I'd like to applaud Ruthie who has already gone online to check out her station, popcorn! If you signed up for a specific station, please go to www.joaquinmiller.org and click on classes, then Fall Feast Information Page to learn more about the preparation needed. I will be meeting with the co-chairs next week and they may be calling you to check up on you! If you would like a hard copy of the instructions for your station, please let me know.
Lastly, we have our first field trip to Valencia 826 on October 13th. Please drop me a line if you will be able to drive and indicate how many kiddos you can take.
PHEW! We've gotten off to a great start! Please feel free to email me with any questions or concerns you may have.
Take care,
Sara
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