Welcome To The 2014-2015 School Year!!

Aloha Families!! It's a new school year and we are excited to learn lots of new things.  This week is pretty basic.  We are learning routines and rules.  Today was a whirlwind of activity and we didn't get to most of what we had planned.

I sent home some papers to be filled out and an informational sheet about homework which will start next week. Please check your child's agenda book for the papers.

We also started our behavior chart this week.  Each day students start the day on Green-Surf's Up-Ready To Learn.  If they have a good day they should stay on green.

Students move up the chart by going above and beyond their normal tasks.  I look for great behavior along with acts of kindness to move them up.  If a child surfs up to purple----> Cowabunga!! then you know it was a FANTASTIC day!!  Students who are on yellow received more than a warning for a behavior that was not appropriate. Orange or red mean they  had a difficult day and will face some consequences.
Please check your child's agenda book each day to see what color they received on their chart.

This week please have your child read 20 minutes each night for homework.

On Friday we will be making a Friendship Salad.  This is a fruit salad that we will share.  Please have your child bring in a piece of fruit to add to the salad.  It could be a banana, grapes, papaya, strawberries, etc...  Anything that will be easy for your child to cut up and add to our salad.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact me through the school office or email me.

I am looking forward to a great year!!!

No Homework Thursday April 24th

Aloha Parents!  We have been  working on Geometry skills this week and it has taken us a bit longer than usual.  Many of the students are having a hard time remembering the names of shapes.  Here are a few samples to help them remember.

Spheres

Cubes

Cylinders

Rectangular Prisms

Pyramids

We will be moving onto flat shapes next week, which should be a little easier.  In the meantime your child can practice naming shapes they see at home for homework tonight.

Week Of December 2nd 2013

Aloha families!  I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving break and enjoyed some time with friends and family.

This week is a regular week.  We will have homework each night.  In math we are beginning to learn strategies for subtraction regrouping.  Please be patient as your child learns different ways to solve a problem.  I promise we will get to the standard math algorithm, but for now we will continue to explore different ways to solve a problem.  If you have any questions please contact me.

This year for our winter program we will Performing a song called "North Pole Rock and Roll".  Your child will be dressing up in a 50's style outfit.  We are asking all students to wear a plain white T-shirt with blue jeans and tennis shoes.  Also if your child has sunglasses they can bring those in on the day of the performance.  Girls are encouraged to wear their hair in a high ponytail and to wear a nylon scarf around their neck.

I will send home more information in the Wednesday envelope.

Week of November 25, 2013

Aloha Families!  This week is a short week.  We end school on Wednesday at 12:45 and come back to school on Monday December 2.

Wednesday we will be making pumpkin pie!! Yummy!  Please send all of your ingredients in by Wednesday before lunch.

This year due to an error in scheduling  Surf Night will be held on Friday November 29th.  I plan to be in my usual spot selling baked goodies.  I hope to see all of you there!

Here is a quick peek at some of our Turkey Disguises that came in this week!

Stop by and take a look at our classroom door this week.

I would like to take this time to thank all of you for your support during the year.  We couldn't do it without you!!

Have a restful and Happy Thanksgiving!

Week of November 18

This week is a full week of school.  On Wednesday I will be sending home our Wednesday envelopes with lots of  notes.

Next week we will have 3 days of school.  On Wednesday is our Turkey Trot.  Please read the notice in the Wednesday envelope.

On Wednesday of next week we will also be making pumpkin pie!  Please sign up to send in a donation for that day.  The sign up sheet will also be in the envelope.

Week of November 12th

I hope everyone had an enjoyable three day weekend. Since it is a short week and we have other items we need to finish, we will not have any spelling words this week.

Instead we will have a skill sheet along with a math sheet all week.

On Wednesday I will be sending home a fun family activity.  It is called Turkey In Disguise.  I am asking that you help your child to disguise their turkey so it won't be eaten on Thanksgiving.  Please help them to complete the attached worksheet at well.

This is a fun way to help your child be creative and think outside the box a bit.  Please send in completed turkeys by Monday November 18th.

If you have any questions please contact me.

November Is Here

Aloha Families!  I have not done a very good job of keeping up with our website.  I am making a concious effort to update this once a week!

Can you believe it is already November!  Time is flying by and we are learning so much everyday.  This month we will continue with our study of Nocturnal animals.  This week is all about the desert.

Last month I put up a Donor's Choose project and it was fully funded!  I am so happy our class will have 4 iPads now for an iPad center.  We have been using them for reading and KidBiz, and now I hope to start using them for other projects.  Thank you so much to those of you who donated.  I truly appreciate your help!

Our class had lots of fun on Halloween and made some fun treats to eat.  Thank you again for all the donations.

 Here are some pictures of lots of fun things we have been doing in class.

Costume Graph

Candy Graphing

Halloween Riddles

Mosaic Pumpkins

 Drawing Sugar Skulls

Nocturnal Animal Pictures and Facts

I am looking forward to a fun filled November!!