End of First Quarter

     We have survived the first quarter of school.  Most of the students have gotten the routine down and are able to check in without assistance.  There are no tears and everyone is able to quote the rules.  However, we sometimes forget to apply the rules in our actions.  The Me Boards were beautiful and informative.  We did the last Interview on Friday.  The Me Books will be coming home shortly.  You will be amazed at how the drawings started off a little rocky and at the end they were labeling their pictures.  Another thing we have completed are the lowercase alphabets.  Enjoy their hard work!  Look at the progression of their fine motors and detailed pictures.  I marvel at their growth and enjoy their many honest comments.  Thank you volunteers for coming in to read to our students.  We'd like to send a special thank you to Ms. Becky for bringing a variety of music, dance and singing to our classroom.  Aunty Rose volunteered to listen to the students read their little readers.  She will be leaving for a while and we are looking for another volunteer to do this from 7:50 am (check in time) till all students are done.  It takes about 1 hour or less.   Please follow the Homework schedule and use the sight words flashcards that you have made.  Students should be able to recognize the words easily.

Busy Classroom

The students do so many things during the course of the day. Here is just a sample of how they work in pairs. It is amazing to listen to how they are able to teach one another and watch their patience. While in centers they are required to do assigned tasks. We have been doing our interviews.  Each child uses their ME BOARD to tell about what they want to be when they grow up and their likes/dislikes. When they are done their classmates can ask  questions about other things they would like to know about them. We are compiling the individual pages to make a book of all our classmates.

PMRF Firefighters

Thank you PMRF Firefighters for coming in to teach our children about fire safety. Aunty Janis and her assistant always does an excellent job teaching the children about ways to prevent fires. She also has the students practice "STOP!", "DROP!" and "ROLL!". Students have learned to crawl below the dangerous smoke filled room to safety. It is always exciting to watch their faces as the Firefighters put on their heavy gear. They are given step by step details about how each part of their suit protects them from the hot fire and how they can be found with their special beepers if they get separated while fighting a fire. Each student was given a goody bag which had a special whistle, a fire hat and a shiny sticker.

Recycling Presentation

September

Time is flying by so quickly. The students have all adjusted quite well and are able to do their morning routines with very little reminders. There are just a few tearful moments for some who are not use to doing things out of the routine.
Jeannie Yoshida, along with Pat Gegen, our very own PTSA President came in to reinforce "RECYCLING". Thank you for reminding our students to wear their recycle t-shirts on Mondays. We are integrating graphing to see if we can get 100% students wearing their recycle t-shirts. They will be able to help you sort the recycle items and hopefully encourage less items going into the landfill. We sang and danced to a song about recycling. I think Pat enjoyed it more than the children.

Our Classroom Visitors

 

Pat Gegan came in to speak to us about recycling and gave each student a recycle shirt to use on Mondays.
Mrs. Hadley comes in to read on Friday's.

Look what we do in school!