Tuesday, May 26, 2020
Terrific Tuesday and welcome back everyone. We hope you enjoyed the long weekend and were able to honor our Veteran’s in some way. Today we have our end of the year party and will celebrate our olders. You will receive the link today.
We hope you all enjoyed the Greenhills School Read, Lola Lavine is Not Mean, and the activities that went along with it. What a fun way to read by doing it as a community. We finished it last Friday, but you may still access the chapter read alouds at the bottom of the Greenhills website home page.
We are now entering week 10 of distance learning. Our second to last week of school. Please be sure to read through this update to help you know where and when things are happening and what type of student work is expected for this week.
YOUNGERS- Please save your week 9 and 10 packets. You will need to turn them in to our classroom on June 1st.
OLDERS and MIDDLERS- if you have any late work to turn in, please bring your work on June 1st too.
Since some students will be returning technology to the district office this week and will no longer have access online tonight's celebration will be our final Zoom.
Last Friday, you should have received an email regarding pick up times for June 1, along with the remainder of your child’s lessons. That email will guide you through June 4th, our last day of school. If you did not receive the email, let us know and we will resend it. Please see below for upcoming dates that are important to our class:
As far as school work for your child these next two weeks, it will go as follows:
Tonight, Tuesday, May 26= Zoom end of year celebration- link will be sent out today.
Youngers: Week of May 25-29= continue packet work (do not need to do the work on Memorial Day, enjoy the day off)
Week of June 1-4= Choice menu/Flex Board - you will receive this via
email along with instructions
Middlers: Week of May 25-29- Tues/Wed=Google Classroom and slides as usual.
Thurs/Fri= Project Menu, directions will be on Google slides
Week of June1-4= Choice menu/Flex Board- you will receive this via email along with instructions
Olders: Week of May 25-29 = Homework Slides- you will receive this via email
Week of June 1-4 = Choice Board/Flex Board slides- found at end of Home-
Work slides (above) sent via email
If you still have any library books or packet work to drop off, the office is open each morning from 8:30-12. You can return all remaining items there.
May 28th and 29th - 9 am - 11 am at Oakhills for all Chromebooks checked out through the school district are to be returned
June 1st will be the day you can come to our classroom to receive your child’s school work from the year, his/her report card, and any other items we have. You can also bring items from home that need to be returned. Please be on the lookout for emails as you will have an assigned block of time to come to school.
If you would like your child to practice his/her Spanish over the summer, please click on the link below:
Have a great week.
Friday, May 22, 2020
Fabulous Friday! Week 9 is in the books. Great job everyone. We are coming down to our final two weeks of school. With that in mind we want to start updating you on what will be happening. After enjoying the 3 day weekend and celebrating Memorial Day, we will only have ONE Zoom meeting this coming week. The Zoom meeting will be our end of year celebration, to recognize our olders as they move onto third grade. It will be Tuesday, May 26th at 5:00pm. We will email the link to you that day. Please have your child wear green or a Greenhills shirt for that Zoom meeting.
*Remember to click on the link above for the final read aloud from Mrs. Pope. *
As far as school work for your child these next two weeks, it will go as follows:
Youngers: Week of May 25-29= continue packet work (do not need to do the work on Memorial Day, enjoy the day off)
Week of June 1-4= Choice menu/Flex Board - you will receive this via email along with instructions
Middlers: Week of May 25-29- Tues/Wed=Google Classroom and slides as usual.
Thurs/Fri= Project Menu, directions will be on Google slides
Week of June1-4= Choice menu/Flex Board- you will receive this via email along with instructions
Olders: Week of May 25-29 = Homework Slides- you will receive this via email
Week of June 1-4 = Choice Board/Flex Board slides- found at end of Home-
Work slides (from above) sent via email
If you still have any library books or packet work to drop off, the office is open each morning from 8:30-12. You can return all remaining items there.
May 28th and 29th - 9 am - 11 am at Oakhills for all Chromebooks checked out through the school district are to be returned
June 1st will be the day you can come to our classroom to receive your child’s school work from the year, his/her report card, and any other items we have. You can also bring items from home that need to be returned. Please be on the lookout for emails as you will have an assigned block of time to come to school.
If you would like your child to continue to practice his/her Spanish over the summer, please click on the link below:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uRUhFOLcCaNyH-55a4X1fLXyplZQXiRaV8J5cn0r_gc/edit?ts=5ebecc3c
Please be on the lookout and save emails that you receive regarding the next 2 weeks of school work and the June 1st pick up date.
Have a wonderful weekend.
Monday, May 18, 2020
Marvelous Monday! We hope you had a wonderful weekend and enjoyed the various types of weather we had. Please click on the link above to watch our FINAL Travels With Teddy. He had a great time “traveling the world” with you. No need to send in your guess this week, just enjoy. Stay tuned for a story from Mrs. Pope on Friday.
TODAY and tomorrow PACKET DROP OFF and library book return:
May 18th and 19th - (all day)
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Return library books, packets, and paper submissions through week 8.
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Students will continue to receive work either by completing week 9 and 10 of their paper packets (youngers) or through online assignments provided by your child’s teacher through the 27th (middlers and olders).
We hope you are enjoying Lola Levine is Not Mean, the Greenhills Reads book. Today we should be reading chapter 5, Pencil Power. Speaking of Lola Levine, our librarian, Mrs. Gonzalez wanted you to know the following:
I've uploaded a 7th installment of Storytime, Niko Draws A Feeling. My thought was to connect Lola Levine's writing and journaling to the use of drawing as another tool for expressing feelings. The direct safe link is below, but please encourage your students to visit our library website for more Storytime read alouds and updated library information.
Storytime: https://safeYouTube.net/w/dPqF
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All student library books should be returned this week during packet drop off.
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Students who need to pay for lost books can write a check for the cost of the book to Greenhills Elementary School
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I will be on campus Friday, May 22 to process returns and send email notices
Also, Mystery Doug will be doing a live science lesson this Thursday, May 21 at 10:00am. Please click on the link below on Thursday if you would like your child to watch;
This week’s Zoom meetings will be fun. Our Jetsetters are do for some games! Please be on the lookout for Mrs. Pope’s emails regarding information about the Zoom meetings.
Please note the following dates:
May 26th- 5pm - Zoom Celebration- this will be our last Zoom meeting of the year, there will not be any other Zoom meetings this week.
May 28th and 29th - 9 am - 11 am at Oakhills for all Chromebooks checked out through the school district are to be returned
June 1st- 1pm-3pm -Student Personal Item Pick Up/Textbook drop off, Medicine pick up and Report Cards- more information to come as we get closer.
As always, we are so grateful for the effort and determination your amazing children have put forth during these last 9 weeks and all of your support. We couldn't do it without you all. We are an awesome team!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Gould and Mrs. Pope
Zoom times:
Mondays: All Jetsetters, 11:30am
Tuesdays: Youngers, 11:30am
Wednesdays: Middlers, 11:30am
Thursdays: Olders, 11:30am
Friday, May 15, 2020
Fun Friday! Hello Jetsetter families. Please click on the link above to hear a story from the country where Teddy was last week.
How is the Greenhills reads book going? Today is chapter 4, “Mean Lola Levine” and we hope you are enjoying the book.
See below for reminders about the upcoming weeks:
How to submit your child's packet/papers through Week 8 of distance learning:
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May 18 or 19 (any time) - Put your paper packets in envelopes (not plastic) and drop inside the boxes labeled with specific teacher’s names.
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These collection tubs will be placed in front of your child's school (by the administration office).
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Please label the packets with your child's FULL NAME, GRADE LEVEL, AND TEACHER.
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Email your child's teacher if you have plans of returning the packets in a different way (e.g. scanning and emailing)
May 26th- 5pm - Zoom Celebration- this will be our last Zoom meeting of the year, there will not be any other Zoom meetings this week.
May 28th and 29th - 9 am - 11 am at Oakhills for all Chromebooks checked out through the school district are to be returned
June 1st- 1pm-3pm -Student Personal Item Pick Up/Textbook drop off, Medicine pick up and Report Cards- more information to come as we get closer.
Thank you all for your support.
Monday, May 11, 2020
Marvelous Monday! We hope you all had a wonderful weekend and enjoyed Mother’s Day. Thank you again for making us feel very special during Teacher Appreciation Week. It meant a lot.
Please click on the link above to see Travels With Teddy #8. We look forward to reading your guesses via email.
Here is the link for Greenhills Reads kick off from Mrs. Gerould: https://safeyoutube.net/w/VQaD. This fun activity will go from May 11- 22nd. There is a reading schedule online if you did not get one. Finally, the purpose for an adult reading aloud to the student (even if the child can read independently) is to foster the love of reading together.
This week we will continue to work as we did last week. We look forward to our Zoom meetings with you. As always, please contact us if you need any help or have any questions. You are all doing great submitting your work or returning your completed packets. Great job!
Mark your calendars-
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Greenhills Reads May 11th-22nd
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May 18th and 19th will be another opportunity for you to drop off any remaining library books and packets/work up through week 8
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May 28th and 29th- Chromebook and Hotspot drop off at Oakhills elementary school
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May 26th - End of Year “Online” Celebration
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June 1- Classroom work/report card pick up
Friday, May 8, 2020
Fun Friday! First of all, we both want to thank you from the bottom of hearts for making this week so special for us during Teacher Appreciation Week. We really enjoyed waking up each morning to a video of our students with the wonderful notes/pictures they wrote us. We also are very grateful for the gift card to Amazon. It will be put to good use as soon as we prioritize our needs. We are blessed! Thank you, thank you, thank you. Week 7 is in the books. We are getting things figured out slowly but surely. Thank you everyone for your support and patience.
Please click on the link above to hear/see Mrs. Pope reveal where Teddy was this week and hear a story from that country.
Our Greenhills Reads begins Monday, May 11, 2020. Lola Lavine is Not Mean, by Monica Brown is the book we will start. Mrs Gerould will introduce the book and explain our reading plan on Monday. This is a wonderful time for your entire family to enjoy a book together at home. If you did not pick up your book, do not worry. The videos will be posted on the Greenhills website and your family can listen together. This is a fun community building experience where the entire school is reading the same book.
Also, please click on the link below to hear Mrs. Gonzalez read Mother’s Day stories and see any Baby Yoda posts from our class:
http://greenhills.eurekausd.org/Programs-and-Resources/Library/index.html
Mark your calendars-
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May 18th and 19th will be another opportunity for you to drop off any remaining library books and packets/work up through week 8
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May 26th - End of Year “Online” Celebration- 11:30am
Have a great weekend.
Happy Mother's Day to all of our AMAZING Mothers/Grandmothers!
Monday, May 4, 2020
Magnificent Monday! May the 4th be with you! Happy Star Wars Day. We hope you had a great weekend. Please click on the link above to see where Teddy is this week. Remember to send in your guesses via email by Friday. We love reading them and hearing your reasons as to why you thought he was in a specific country.
Middler families only: Remember, your child will find his/her Week 7 slides in his/her Google Classroom. For a login reminder, please see Mrs. Pope’s email she sent on 4/28/20 titled “Google Classroom Login”.
Youngers and Olders: your work will remain as it was last week.
Keep up the good work everyone!
Reminder: Today’s Zoom will be celebrating Star Wars day and will have the Greenhills School SING attached to the end of the meeting. Have your child wear green/Greenhills shirt and a snack/lunch on hand in case he/she gets hungry during SING.
Remember you can return any outstanding packets and library books to school during regular work hours. There are boxes in the front of the school for both items.
Have a great week!
Friday, May 1, 2020
Friendly Friday! We hope you had a great week. Please click on the link above to find out where Teddy traveled to this past week and hear a story from that country. He was a tricky one with the clues this week:)
A few things to let you know about:
Enjoy your weekend! See you all Monday.
Mrs. Gould and Mrs. Pope
Happy Friday everyone. We want to give you all a huge high 5 for working through a new week of distance learning. As we wade into these waters we appreciate how patient and supportive you all are. Thank you. Please watch Mrs. Pope’s story and reveal link above. She picked a fun book to go with Teddy’s last country visit.
Remember today is the last day to turn in distance learning packets for grades TK-2 from weeks 1-3.
Below are the instructions as to how to go about that if you have not yet done so:
- April 15-17 (any time) - Put your paper packets in envelopes (not plastic) and drop inside the plastic tubs or boxes labeled with specific teacher’s names.
- These collection tubs will be placed in front of your child's school (by the administration office).
- Please label the packets with your child's FULL NAME, GRADE LEVEL, AND TEACHER.
- Email your child's teacher if you have plans of returning the packets in a different way (e.g. scanning and emailing).
Packets will be available to teachers on April 20 and they will confirm that your child's work was received and reviewed.
Remember we have a set Zoom schedule now which is as follows:
Mondays- ALL Jetsetters- 11:30am
Tuesdays-Youngers only- 11:30am
Wednesdays-Middlers only-11:30am
Thursdays-Olders only-11:30am
This will be a recurring schedule and we will send out the links each Sunday evening. Please have your child be prepared with paper and pencil and remind him/her of our Zoom expectations/etiquette, such as staying in their seat, eyes on the speaker, and remaining on mute unless it is their turn to speak. This will help everyone to stay focused and learn just as they would in class.
Sami-Circuit Updates!
Since we cannot hold our super fun heart pounding, foot stomping Sami-Circuit Days, Sami is doing his own version of super fun workout days! Sami has Live workouts Monday - Thursday, 1-1:30, so please consider joining in on the FUN! Also, every Friday Sami will have Chat with Sami - 30 minutes where you can log onto his YouTube channel at 1:00pm PST and ask him anything - even for just a shoutout for your family or for someone you know who needs a little extra boost!
Monday, April 13, 2020
Welcome back Jetsetters! We hope you had a nice week and enjoyed time off from school work. We miss you all and we are excited to be distance learning with you all again. We will be implementing new things starting this week. It will be fun to try them out, please be patient as we learn what works and what does not, or how to troubleshoot as we go.
A new Travels with Teddy video is up. Please click on the link above to watch. Remember to email your guess as to which country he is visiting. Also, YOUNGERS- this will be the video you will watch each week and respond to for your writing prompt tomorrow. From now on, Teddy will post his newest video every Monday, and then Mrs. Pope will reveal and read the story at the end of the week.
We now have a set Zoom schedule for our class. The week will go as follows:
Mondays- ALL Jetsetters- 11:30am
Tuesdays-Youngers only- 11:30am
Wednesdays-Middlers only-11:30am
Thursdays-Olders only-11:30am
This will be a recurring schedule and we will send out the link each Sunday evening. Please have your child be prepared with paper and pencil and remind him/her of our Zoom expectations/etiquette. Mrs. Pope and I are still getting used to interacting/watching all Jetsetters at once and the more focused they are they easier it is for us to make a connection.
Finally, tomorrow is the last day of the Scholastic Book Fair.
This will be a new way for all of us to end the school year, but we know it will be successful because of the amazing team that we all are!!!
Friday, April 2, 2020
Fun Friday! Week 3 wasn’t that fun! We did it. Good job everyone. We are so proud of all of the Jetsetters. We just saw the email regarding school staying closed through the end of the school year. We are just heartbroken about not seeing and teaching the Jetsetters the way we love to. We are sure there will be more meeting among our team and staff after spring break that will address a lot of the questions you might have. We will keep you posted as we hear more. We miss all of you!
Above you will find Mrs. Pope’s country reveal link and a story to go with it. The story she chose is a fun one that compares our country with the one Teddy went to. There were a lot of great guesses. Teddy will take next week off so he can prepare for his next trip when we return from spring break. For now please enjoy the family time at home, be safe, stay healthy and have some fun. We will be back distance learning on April 14, 2020. From that point on:
Zoom meetings will be as follows every week:
Mondays- All Jetsetters- 11:30am
Tuesdays- Youngers at 11:30am
Wednesdays- Middlers at 11:30am
Thursdays- Olders at 11:30am.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Gould and Mrs. Pope
Two things to note:
Our class LOVES Mystery Doug! He will be doing a live show on April 7th. Below is the information and link.
Mystery Doug Livestream
Tuesday, April 7, 10 am Pacific / 1 pm Eastern
Also, Lena’s dad shared the following information that might be fun for you and your child to do. Please see his message below and the link that goes with it.
There are some scientists that need help counting penguins (mostly Adelie and gentoo species). It involves looking through pictures and putting marks on adults, chicks, eggs, and other animals, including predators. It is quite simple and may be of interest to you and the students. The link is below.
Tuesday, March 31, 2020
We want to update you on the new format of distance learning for each of our three grade levels following our Spring Break. As multi-age teachers, we have attended all Greenhills' K-2 grade level planning meetings (Zoom-version) and have worked with our traditional classroom teachers to develop a format that best suits each grade level. Each grade level is slightly different. Here is what you need to know for now with more information coming by grade level:
Monday, March 30, 2020
Marvelous Monday! We hope you all had a great weekend and it felt a little different than the rest of the week:) Please click on the link above to find out from Mrs. Pope where Teddy traveled last and to hear her read a book from that country. There were a lot of good guesses. Tomorrow we will put up Teddy’s next trip. Be on the lookout for our emails.
We hope you have your child's week #3 distance learning packet and you have started it. If not, it should be on the way, as the district office mailed any that were not picked up.
On a different note, Distance Learning packets for youngers weeks 4,5,6 and olders weeks 4,5 (middlers are 100%on online) are now ready to be picked up at Greenhills. These packets are for when we return from spring break on April 14. If you are a parent of an older or younger please arrange a time to go to Greenhills and pick up the packet from the corresponding grade level of your child. Remember social distancing guidelines. There will also be hand sanitizer out.If you have access to print your child’s packet and would prefer that option, please email Mrs. Pope and Mrs. Gould BY APRIL 1ST to let them know you will be printing the packet.
More specific directions will be sent to each grade level with how to access the packets on line and login information you will need..
Also, a school closure will not stop the Scholastic Book Fair from happening at Greenhills. This year our PTC will host an online book fair that starts on April 1st and ends April 15. Ordering information will be sent home on Wednesday, and it will also be available through the PTC eBlast.
Finally, we have set up 3 Zoom meetings this week. The olders will meet Tuesday at 11:30, middlers on Wednesday at 11:30 and the youngers will be Thursday at 11:30. The Zoom invites went out to you all yesterday. We are hoping your child can make it at that time. Thank you for your support with this.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Gould and Mrs. Pope
Thursday, March 26, 2020
Thankful Thursday! We had so much fun seeing everyone on Zoom the past two days. Thank you parents for helping to make that run smoothly for your child and allowing them to get online. It really made our day to see the Jetsetters.
Teddy took another trip to another country. Click on the “Travels with Teddy 2” button for his latest video.
Please keep emailing us pictures, work, videos, and updates. We love receiving them.
We will update you with new information/dates as soon as we know something. Mrs. Gould was at a kindergarten planning meeting all day, and Mrs.Pope was in a first grade meeting today (2nd grade was the day before). Now that we have received the email from our superintendent about school closure going through May1, Mrs. Pope and Mrs. Gould will be in touch soon with updates on distance learning.
Thank you all for be patient and flexible.
We miss you!'
Sincerely,
Mrs. Gould and Mrs. Pope
Greetings From Your Teachers and Travels with Teddy Day 1
https://youtu.be/zQfziFuV3qE
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Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Wonderful Wednesday to all of you! Welcome to day 8 of distance learning. We know you are all doing well based on your emails, pictures, and Zoom meeting. We look forward to “Zooming” with the purple group today.
We have also enjoyed reading your guesses as to what country Teddy traveled to. We’ll have to step up tomorrow’s video and make it more challenging for you:). Be on the lookout for it sometime tomorrow.
We included the message below in an earlier email and we are glad to see that some of you have already written/made cards for them. If you have time or want your child to do some community service this is a great way. Thank you Holly Johnson.
Holly Johnson, one of our parents, works with acute nursing facilities and has reached out to her client base to see if they would like cards from kids during this time. Many of the facilities are on lockdown so residents can't receive visitors. We think cards from kids will brighten the days of the residents and health care employees. We are experiencing this in my own family with Bobby's sister being in a locked-down facility. This would definitely brighten her day.
The letter HERE explains the optional activity and who to send the cards to. We divided the facilities up by letters of last names so each facility will receive cards. It would be great if each student could send 3-4 cards.
Please include this letter in your communication this week and let families know they can do this activity anytime.
Thank you and have a great day.
Mrs. Gould and Mrs. Pope
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  Wish list items:
Mark Your Calendars
March 23-27- Distance Learning Packet Week 2- Days 6-10
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Monday, March 23, 2020
Hello Jetsetter families,
Marvelous Monday! We think it’s due time to set up some face-to-face time with our Jetsetters. With the start of a second week of distance learning, we are hoping you have had time to settle into a routine because we are now ready to set up our first Zoom meeting with our Jetsetters. We will set up a Zoom “afternoon” meeting (similar to a morning meeting at school) for our green group and then a separate one for our purple group. This way our buddy groups can see each other and talk with us. Shortly, you will receive an email from either Mrs. Pope or Mrs. Gould with the link, day and time for our Zoom meeting. Make sure you have downloaded Zoom prior so your child is all set. If all goes well, your child will click on the Zoom link at the assigned time/day and he/she will see both of us and everyone else in the purple or green group. We will begin by greeting each student as they sign in and then have them answer, one at a time, a prompted question about how distance learning has gone so far. If time permits we will allow for questions they would like to ask us.
If upon receiving the email with the assigned time/day of the Zoom meeting, you find your child cannot make the meeting due to not having access to Zoom or other reasons, we will do our best to make a phone call or send a separate email to him/her. Please reply to our email and let us know if that is the case with your family and we will make other arrangements.
Tonight, we would like for you to have a discussion about some online norms before logging into Zoom. For example, students should mute themselves upon logging into Zoom (they’ll see a microphone image to click) otherwise we’ll have multiple students talking at the same time, as well as any background noise at each house. When we address each student, he/she will unmute to answer and then mute again when done talking. Students should be respectful when listening to other students reply. Mrs. Gould and Mrs. Pope are very cautious when our Jetsetters are doing anything online. If at all possible, please be near by in case any problems arise so you can immediately help your child.
That's it for today. We look forward to seeing and hearing from the students during our Zoom meetings. We are crossing our fingers it goes as planned, but expecting that we might run into a snag or two. Please be patient as we try and learn new ways to connect.
Friday, March 20, 2020
Friendly Friday to all of you. Well, it has been our first 5 days of distance learning. How did it go for all of you? Are you settling into routines? We miss you and hope the packets and online options are going well. Hopefully you are all enjoying the family time and staying healthy.
Mrs. Pope and I, although we have been staying home, have been very busy these past 5 days. We have had many conference calls with each other and other teachers. We have had video conference meetings. We have planned together, and with other teachers, via email, Facetime and texting. We are busy learning how to use online programs that are new to us and would be helpful for our Jetsetters and much more. Our favorite thing that has filled our days is when we hear from you, see your work, see pictures, or respond to your emails. Please keep it up. Also, we want you to know that you have 2 teachers that follow all directions and protocol, just like we ask our Jetsetters to do. We are making sure that everything we do or post follows the directions we are given. As we learn more, we will post more or let you know.
On a different note, our amazing librarian Mrs. Gonzalez has posted this link
If your child/our students want to "schedule" library into their week they can find Mrs. Gonzalez here http://greenhills.eurekausd.org/Programs-and-Resources/Library/index.html
Finally, please email us if you have any questions regarding the packet or how to access/use any of the online programs we have provided. We love checking Reading A-Z/Headsprout and Freckle daily to see who has been reading and doing math.
More information to come, but for now enjoy your California Stay-cation and stay healthy. We miss you all!!!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Gould and Mrs. Pope
Monday, March 16, 2020
The Greenhills staff had a meeting this morning. Afterward we spent the day planning and giving the classrooms/supplies a good cleaning/replenishing. Just a few new updates from our meeting/day for you to know:
1. We have added a "Distance Learning" to this web page. There you will find general information.
2. The website will be updated on an as need basis. We want you to focus on the Distance Learning Packets and reading, reading, reading with your child. If you would like more, Raz Kids and Headsprout are wonderful supplements to use and your child knows how to log on to these sites. They can be found under the "Student" tab on the "Computer Lab" link on the Greenhills website- We have access to see when your child has logged on and the progress he/she is making.
3. Currently the staff is working on another 5 days worth of Distance Learning curriculum that will pick up where the packet you currently have leaves off. More information to come as we receive it, but be on the look out for an email from either Greenhills or the district office.
4. Mrs. McDonough was busy this morning cleaning and replacing communal supplies (pencils, scissors, glue sticks, caddies, play house...) on the day we return, we would like to do the same for your child's 2 personal pencil boxes. We have some supplies here but would gladly accept any of the following, better yet if you would like to bag them up for your child he/she can swap them out of his/her pencil box on the day we return:
- pencils
- flair pens
-scissors
-crayons
-glue sticks
-large eraser
5. If you have any questions please email us any time. Mrs. Pope and Mrs. Gould will check email daily during the school closure. Although we will monitoring email throughout the day, we will respond to all emails Monday-Friday between 10:am-12:00pm(Gould) and 12:00pm-2:00pm (Pope).
Please don't hesitate to email us if you have any questions or want to share your child's progress.
Stay healthy and we look forward to seeing you soon.
Sincerely,
Kate and Faye
Sunday, March 15, 2020
Hello Jetsetter families,
Well here we go venturing into new territory. In all of our years of teaching we have never experienced a school closure for this length of time, not seeing our students for over two weeks, and learning how to teach via distance learning. The Greenhills staff has a meeting tomorrow and we will learn/know more than. We will pass along any information as soon as we can.
For now, in addition to the district wide packets we sent home on Friday, Mr. Lee has posted some great activities both for St. Patrick's Day and with Sami's Circuit (Sami Kader). Please click on the FranzLee website link below to work on them:
We'd love to see the leprechaun trap that your child makes and remember to email pictures to Holly Johnson (Sophie's mom) at hollyjesq@aol.com so she can put them in the memory book for the end of the year.
Thank you for your patience and understanding during this time. Your children and we are very lucky to have supportive parents like you. You are great role models for all of us during this time of unknowns.
Sincerely,
Kate Gould and Faye Pope
Thursday, March 12, 2020
Thankful Thursday! We started our day with a morning meeting and then either worked on our Headsprout reading program or took a spelling test. Next we began practicing our play song. Afterward we were able to finish our South African art and learning about the newest tool in our Tool Box, the Please and Thank You Tool. This tool has the icon of a key to remind the students that these words (please and thank you) are the “keys” to opening up communication and connecting with others. Remember tomorrow all students are dismissed at 11:55am for parent teacher conferences.
Wednesday, March 11, 2020
Wonderful Wednesday! Today we started our morning with reading rotations. The youngers are focusing on the letters G and W, high frequency words “of” and “they”, and identifying characters, settings, and events. The middlers are focusing on the spelling pattern/decoding r-controlled “ar” words (barn, arm…), reading to find out how we can classify and categorize things, and plurals. Finally, the olders are learning the phonic’s skill of diphthong with ou and ow, reading to find out what good citizens do, and using quotation marks. Remember tomorrow and Friday all students are dismissed at 11:55am for parent teacher conferences.
Monday, March 9, 2020
Marvelous Monday! Today we had our all school assembly where Mrs. Gerould talked to all of the Cubs about self control and the Please and Thank you Tool. Then we jumped right into PE and library. We finished up our jumping, coordination, and strategy units in PE and returned/checked out our library books. After, we came back in and observed and recorded how our garlic and radish plants are growing. We are wrapping up our investigation if plants need water to grow. In addition we started learning that there are four parts of weather: warm/cold, wet/dry, windy/still, sunny/cloudy. After lunch we worked in the garden and had centers. The day flew by. Remember tomorrow is Spring picture day. We will have our pictures taken in the late morning.
Thursday, March 5, 2020
Thankful Thursday! Today we were business as usual with reading and math. We watched an older version of our end of the musical and started listing parts we might want to play in it. We are getting familiar with the songs and the storyline for this production. In addition, the olders and middlers had spelling tests and everyone had Spanish today. Last call for Scholastic book orders. Today is the last day to order from Scholastic. We will be submitting the order late tonight (Thursday) or early tomorrow morning (Friday).
Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Wonderful Wednesday! We had another fun yet busy day. We continued on with reading rotations in the morning. During math the youngers finished up their subtraction unit. The middlers are working with adding 10s to two digit numbers and using mental math when adding tens. The olders took their subtraction with regrouping test. In the afternoon, the youngers went to the computer lab, while the olders and middlers went to Spanish. On a different note, our Jetsetters have been doing a great job being flexible during the plumbing work that is going on at school. They are making good choices by staying away from the caution tape and doing a nice job following the temporary bathroom and lunch set ups. Please reinforce their good behavior at dinner tonight. We are sure discussing port-a-potties at the dinner table will be quite fun:)
Tuesday, March 3, 2020
Terrific Tuesday! Today we started back into our reading rotations for the week. The youngers are learning how some animals are alike and some are different, the vowel U, and the high frequency words “for” and “have”. The middlers are reading about how people work with animals and long E words, while the olders are readig various texts on what excites us about nature, and words with air, are, ear (chair, dare, pear…).
Monday, March 2, 2020
Marvelous Monday! What a fun day we had today. We started off the morning at the all school assembly. Mrs. Gerould taught us about Dr. Seuss' birthday today and we heard a book about a famous women scientist that loved studying sharks. Then we went to PE and library. When we returned to the classroom, we had science and learned about a new country, Trinidad. In science each buddy group is recording and observing the garlic cloves they placed in cups, one in water versus the one out of water, and the radish plants we planted last week where some are getting water and others are not. After lunch, we had garden and centers. Our garden looks, smells, and sounds amazing! Thank you garden volunteers.
Thursday, February 27, 2020
Thankful Thursday! Today we had an Author Assembly. Author Karen Sanders-Betts and her daughter, illustrator Hannah Howerton came and taught us all about how they wrote and illustrated their book, The Little Lemon That Leapt. Afterward we finished our tool box and South African art. In writing the olders and middlers have begun researching facts about their country. Youngers will be starting their reports soon. Everyone had Spanish today. Please remember that tomorrow is early dismissal. All students are dismissed at 11:55am because it is the end of the trimester and teachers will be inputting grades.
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Wonderful Wednesday! After reading rotations, we jumped into math. The youngers are doing end of trimester math assessments. The middlers are reviewing fast fact addition/subtraction. The olders also doing end of trimester math assessments. In the afternoon the youngers went to the computer lab where they are working on their keyboarding program among other things. The olders and middlers went to Spanish. Thank you all for the thoughtful cards, gifts, flowers, words on my (Mrs. Gould) birthday. It was a fun day all around and every Jetsetter and their family made me feel special. LOVE this group!
Tuesday, February 25, 2020
Terrific Tuesday! Today we finally were able to get back into our usual routine of reading rotations in the morning. This week, the youngers are reviewing all letters (printing and sounds) and high frequency words all while reading about how we can stay safe in stormy weather. The middlers are reading about insects and focusing on the long i sound. Finally, the olders are exploring nature through text, especially in folktales and exploring word families with eer, ere, and ear. In the afternoon half of the class learned about the new tool to add to our tool box, the Take Time tool. While the other half started their South African art.
Marvelous Monday! Today was a lot of fun. At our morning meeting, Mrs. Gerould talked to us about the Taking Time Tool and reminded us about the Power of Yet. Then we went to PE and library where we exchanged library books, finished up our Chinese jump rope, and Hula Hoop games. Next we had science and started learning about a new country, South Africa. In science we planted radish seeds to help us investigate why some seeds grow and others do not. We ended the day with gardening and centers. On Friday notices were sent home with your child regarding conferences on March 12th and 13th. Please make sure you look for that note (hot pink or lime green). Let us know if you have any questions.
Thursday, February 20, 2020
Thankful Thursday! We are READY! Tonight is the big night. We cannot wait to dance for you. We had our dress rehearsal this morning and nailed IT!. We hope you can make it tonight. Remember to bring your child to the school library tonight at 5:45pm, in full costume. When you come pick up your child please make sure you connect with one of us so we know when your child is leaving. We will keep a record sheet.
Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Wonderful Wednesday! Today was a busy one. It was fun to see our friends dancing and get an idea of what we will be doing tomorrow night when we watched the dress rehearsal for the half of the school dancing tonight. When we returned we had math and reading language arts. The youngers worked on fine motor skills and phonics while making a letter. The middlers are finishing up place value and the olders continue with subtraction and regrouping. Reminder for tomorrow’s dance show: dress rehearsal is in the morning at 9:45am. Please have your child wear his/her costume (see below for costume specifics). For the actual nighttime performance. Please have your child at the school library (by the office) at 5:45pm. Remember to have them come in “costume” of black pants/leggings- plain pink top (girls), blue pants/jeans -plain white shirt (boys).
Tuesday, February 18, 2020
Terrific Tuesday! Welcome back! Today we started our day with the very last dance practice with Ms. Faith. Next, we jumped into science and social studies. In science we are beginning to explore what plants need to grow. We are investigating what will happen to garlic cloves when one sits in water and the other does not. Each buddy group has their own experiment going with garlic. In social studies, we are finishing up our Chinese art. We are painting and making dragon heads and bodies. Then we went to the library to return and check out books. Mrs. Gonzalez is almost done reading the Caldecott nominee books and then we will vote on our favorite. We ended the day with quiet time, dance review in the classroom, and learning how to write our country reports (olders/middlers). The youngers will start soon. Reminder due to the short week and the evening dance show, there will not be any yellow homework folders for the olders. The middlers and olders will come home with just their reading envelopes and will read nightly. The youngers are to just read last week's decodable reader. If you sent it back today, we will make sure your child takes it home today. New additions will come home next week.
Thankful Thursday! Today we were able to pass out our Valentines in preparation for our party tomorrow. The youngers continue to work on their fine motor schools with printing, while the olders and middlers are enjoying writing from picture prompts. Today's was picture of a ladder that stretches all the way to the moon. We continue to assess all Jetsetters to see their amazing growth this trimester. Please keep up the good work at home with them. Later in the day, everyone went to Spanish. Our dance show is 1 week from today. We are excited.
Wednesday, February 12, 2020
Wonderful Wednesday! This morning we began our reading rotations. The youngers are reading all about weather, focusing on the letter/sound “k” “ck”, and the words “she” and “was”. The middlers are reading about how animals survive in nature and long O words. Finally, the olders are reading how kids around the world are different, comparing and contrasting for a reading strategy, and words with “or, oar, ore, and ar” in them. For math the youngers are continue to work on subtraction. The middlers are beginning to explore numbers that are 1 more/1 less and 10 more/10 less. The olders are expanding their knowledge on regrouping when subtracting.
Terrific Tuesday! We hope you enjoyed the long weekend. It was fun to be back with all of the Jetsetters today. After our morning meeting, we had science where we continue to learn about animals and their habitats. This is building up to us figuring out why the monarch caterpillars are no longer in the garden. Today our mini scientists discovered that Monarch caterpillars need milkweed to eat/survive. In addition to science, we made some of our Valentine crafts today. We also met our new Sierra College interns that will be working in our rooms twice a week for several weeks. It is nice to have an extra pair of hands to help our Jetsetters accomplish a lot in the morning. In the afternoon, we had centers. We are beginning to start trimester 2 assessments throughout the day. It is a great idea to review all of the skills mentioned in last week's website (you can go to "Yesterday's News" to reread). Remember our Valentine’s party will be this Friday.If your child would like to exchange Valentines have him/her send them in on Thursday. We seem to get ants easily, so sending the Valentine's in on Thursday will help prevent that.
Thankful Thursday! This morning started with our usual routine of reading rotations and math. We had our dance practice today and learned the end of our dance. We are practicing hard to be ready for our performance February 20. Please see the "Mark Your Calendars" for what your child should wear that night. In the afternoon we learned about another tool we can use in our tool box, the Garbage Can tool. Please ask your child about this one. The end of the trimester is coming at the end of February. This would be a great time to review letter sounds and writing them/high frequency words/numbers (youngers), high frequency words, word families, addition/subtraction facts to 10 quickly and word problems with 3 numbers (middlers), and reading comprehension/ regrouping, and adding /subtracting to 20 quickly (olders). We will be assessing throughout the month to see all the growth your child has made. Tomorrow is art docent. Have your child wear clothes that are ok to get a little dirty:)Remember we do not have school this coming Monday, February 10. Therefore our library day will be Tuesday. We hope our library volunteers can come at 11:30.
On a different note, we noticed that some students still had their unopened Wednesday folder in their backpacks today. Please make sure you go through it tonight because the dance tickets are in there and those are the only sets.
Wonderful Wednesday! We started our day with reading rotations. In math the youngers are working on taking numbers apart (subtraction). The middlers are beginning to focus on looking at numbers that are 1 more, 1 less, 10 more, and 10 less. This will help them see patterns and solve math problems more efficiently. The olders are subtracting with regrouping. In the afternoon, the youngers went to the computer lab while the olders and middlers went to Spanish.
Marvelous Monday! We hope you had a great weekend and enjoyed the Super Bowl. Today was a busy and fun day. It started off in the multi purpose room at our all school assembly. Mrs. Gerould had a lesson about how/why we celebrate famous African Americans. Afterward we had PE and library. In PE we practiced our dance. We had a scheduled fire drill today. Everyone did really well. We discussed the importance of being quiet so everyone can hear what to do and where to go. When we returned to class we had science and social studies. For social studies we started learning all about Australia and drew a kangaroo. In science we continue to look for the answers about why the monarch caterpillars are no longer in the fictional garden we are learning about. We did this by taking a science walk around our school to discuss living and non living things and that living things need food to survive. We also categorized foods animals would eat. At the end of the day we had garden and centers. Mrs. Monson will be our guest teacher tomorrow while Mrs. Gould has a meeting with other teachers/principal from our district. She will be back tomorrow. If you do not see a website update, you will know why. She gets back late. It will start back up Wednesday.
Thankful Thursday! We all had reading rotations and math as usual today. During writing this week, the youngers focused on using 3 strategies to be assertive in their writing, they are called “brave spellers”. When they try stretching out words so they can isolate sounds in them to write it down, using tools/print from around the room, and what they already know to write in their folders. The middlers are writing opinions and enjoying providing reasons for the opinion. The olders are reading non fiction and finding key details (underlining) to use as support in their informational writing. Ask them if tornadoes are dangerous- they know several details to prove their point. Sami Circuit Family Night is tonight. Tomorrow is our 100th day of school! We will do some activities that involve counting to 100 and writing about it.
Terrific Tuesday! Our new week of reading rotations began this morning. The youngers are learning about what kinds of things grow on a farm, the letter F and R, and the high frequency words “he” and “with”. The middlers are reading about how animals bodies’ help them, and the long A sound words. Our olders are reading all about what makes different parts of the world different and words with silent letters, “wr, kn, gn, mb, and sc”. They are also practicing asking questions while they read to look for key details. The youngers went to Spanish before lunch. In the afternoon, half of the class started an art project for China, while the other half learned another tool from their tool box.
Marvelous Monday! We hope the weekend was filled with fun and family. This morning we had our all school assembly where Mrs. Gerould discussed the "Using our Words" tool. She also showed videos of Greenhills Cubs doing the right thing, such as walking in line with enough personal space, or entering a classroom calmly and quietly. Then we went to library and PE. Inj PE we played a hula hoop game and Chinese jump ropes. When we returned we started our new science unit on plant and animal needs. We are trying to help students in a fictional town figure out what happened to the monarch butterflies. In social studies, we began learning about China. In the afternoon we had garden and centers.
Thankful Thursday! After our reading rotations we had math and the youngers went to Spanish. In math the youngers are doing more "joining"/adding with the plus sign, while the middlers are beginning to work with numbers between 11-19. The olders are regrouping with two digit numbers. At the end of the day we practice our dance.
Wonderful Wednesday! This morning we had our Sami Circuit time. We had a lot of fun doing push ups, squats, running, jumping, and motivating each other. Then we started up on our reading rotations. The youngers are focusing on how living things change as they grow (which will tie nicely into the science unit we will start next week that Mrs. Gould was just trained on), the vowel E, and the high frequency word “are”. The middlers will be reading about how we get our food, digraphs oo, u, and word endings with “ing” and “ed”. The olders started reading about ways we express ourselves, words with long u, and identifying the main topic and key details when reading. In the afternoon the youngers went to the computer lab while the olders and middlers went to Spanish.
Terrific Tuesday! Welcome back from the long weekend. We hope you enjoyed the family time. Today, Mrs. Gould was at a science training all day, so Mrs. Monson was our guest teacher and Mrs. Pope is feeling better and ready for the week. We started our day by discussing Dr. Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks. Then we made a timeline about Rosa Parks. We went to the library and had centers in the afternoon. We have Sami Circuit tomorrow, so remember to where your tennis shoes. It will be fun exercising to music.
Thankful Thursday! Whew! Your children are wonderful. It was a rainy day and Mrs. Pope was home sick. Mrs. Monson was able to come in last minute to be our guest teacher. For begin cooped up all day, learning a new dance, and not having Mrs. Pope here, your children did great. Hopefully it continues for you at home tonight:). Today was our first dance practice. We had a fun time learning to work together on stage and use coordination to master the dance moves as a team. In the afternoon we continued to either work on our Mexico art project or we learned about a new tool to add to our Tool Box, the “using our words tool” ask your child about it over dinner tonight.
Wonderful Wednesday! After our reading rotations we jumped right into math. The youngers explored "joining" numbers (addition). The middlers, through games,continue to learn different strategies for subtraction, such as fact families and using adding to subtract. The olders built and wrote regrouping with addition problems. In the afternoon, the olders and middlers went to Spanish while the youngers went to the computer lab. The olders and middlers chose their country for their country report. The youngers will start theirs in awhile. Tomorrow we start our first dance practice for the February dance show. More information to come, but for now, know that the date or our dance show is Thursday night 6-8pm, February 20, 2020.
Terrific Tuesday! After our morning meeting, we started our reading rotations. The youngers are learning about the high frequency word “my”, the letter “Hh”, practiced our "optional" reading homework folder, characters, settings, events, and our essential question is what do living things need to grow. The middlers are exploring the question how life is different than it was long ago, magic “e” words with long o, long u, and long e words and comparing and contrasting text. The olders are discussing how weather affects us, today we read and wrote about tornadoes, all long e words, and text evidence to find key details in their reading. In the afternoon we continued to learn about Mexico through art and/or learned a new tool for our Tool Box- "using our words". Mrs. Gould will be at a district science meeting tomorrow morning, so Mrs. Monson will be our guest teacher again. Mrs. Gould will be back before lunch.
Happy Monday everyone! We hope you enjoyed your weekend. Thank you to the art docents that came in on Friday. We loved making self portraits (olders/middlers) and outlining with chalk then filling in all of the white space around (youngers). We had a fun and unique day today. We started off going to the library and checking out books. Next we had a Mad Scientist assembly. At this assembly we learned all about air. We saw experiments where balls can float, how air can go in and out of things, and hovers crafts at work. Afterward we came back and started learning about the country of Mexico. In the afternoon, we had centers and art.
Thankful Thursday! After our reading rotations, we had math. The youngers worked on counting by 10s. The middlers are working on using fact families to help with subtraction and having the = sign on the left (13=5+8, 13=8+5, 5=13-8, 8=13-5- please practice at home, it's tricky) and the olders are working on regrouping with addition. In writing the youngers continue to focus on stretching out their words to help isolate sounds so they can write out a word in their best guess spelling. The olders and middlers continue to work on their opinion writing and a free response piece. Everyone went to Spanish today. Tomorrow we have art docent, please send your child in clothes/shoes that you don't mind getting messy. We love art:)
Wonderful Wednesday! Today we were able to get back into our regular routine with reading rotations. The youngers started writing/illustrating a snowman book, listened to a fable that taught us the importance of working together, practiced phonemic awareness, read books at their level, and practiced high frequency words. The middlers are exploring what a folktale is, soft c, soft g, and dge words (nice, page, ledge) and the olders are also reading about how people can help out in their community while looking at long o pattern words (o- most, oa-toast, ow-grow, oe-toe). After math and lunch, the youngers went to the computer lab while the olders and middlers went to Spanish. Tomorrow the olders and middlers have a spelling test, please remember to review the words with your child.
Welcome back Jetsetters and happy 2020! We hope you all had a great vacation and you were able to enjoy a lot of family time. We missed all of the Jetsetters and look forward to getting back to work. Today we were able to start the day with a class morning meeting. We heard all about the last couple of weeks and had time to greet one another. Afterward we jumped right into writing about ways we can be kind for the new year and doing an art project to go with it. Then we read a winter book, The Hat by Jan Brett and went to the library. We finished the day with centers and more writing.
Tomorrow the youngers will have vision screenings here on campus with our school health department. If your child wears glasses, please make sure he/she has them tomorrow.
Thursday, December 19, 2019Thankful Thursday! This morning was our very fun and memorable holiday party! We traveled around the world to 6 countries and made a craft or played a game representing that country at every stop. Each time we came to a country our passport was stamped. We made rainsticks, gingerbread houses, and much more. Then we had our "in flight snacks" with an international touch. Thank you to everyone who contribute one way or another. It was AMAZING! Afterward we watched Mystery Doug our favorite weekly science video. Then we opened a "gift" and made a wish. Enjoy your vacation, holidays, and time with your family. We will miss the Jetsetters and look forward to seeing them on Tuesday, January 7, 2020. Happy New Year!
Wonderful Wednesday! This morning we went to our December all school SING assembly where we heard about giving the free gift of kindness during a story and sang a lot of fun holiday songs. Afterward we had math where we played a Gingerbread Nim game with our buddy groups. In the afternoon, the olders and middlers went to Spanish, while the youngers went to the computer lab to work on reading programs. Tomorrow morning is our holiday party. We are looking forward to celebrating “all around the world”! Thank you to all who have planned, prepared, and donated to make it a fun experience for the Jetsetters. Tonight at Roller King, is a Cubs Holiday Skate Night.
Terrific Tuesday! This morning we had literacy rotations where we read high frequency words, decorated a gingerbread man to go with the stories we have been reading, wrote and read a lot, to name a few things we did. In the afternoon we reviewed the tools we have learned about and then we physically added the Quiet Safe Space tool to our actual Tool Box. If you have time tonight, it is Cubs Night Out at Jack’s Urban Eats. Part of their earnings will go back to Greenhills. Tomorrow night is Cubs Holiday Skate Night at Roller King. We are looking forward to our holiday party this Thursday at 8:45am. The Jetsetters will be traveling around the world to celebrate many countries! Thank you wonderful parents for planning, preparing, and contributing to make this a fun celebration.
Monday, December 16, 2019
Marvelous Monday! Mrs. Monson, our guest teacher, was here while Mrs. Gould was at a district meeting. This morning we had our all school assembly. Mrs. Gerould spoke to us about holidays around the world and that they are celebrated all year long. Afterward we had PE and library. During PE we played hockey and everyone had a blast. It will be a long break before we return to the library on Tuesday, January 7. If you would like your child to leave his/her book at school, we will leave the library cart out on Thursday. Otherwise, make sure it stays in his/her backpack so it will be ready to go after vacation. Later in the day we decorated a suitcase for our party, read Gingerbread stories, and finished wrapping a present. We ended the day with garden and centers. Tomorrow night is Cubs Night Out at Jack’s Urban Eats
Wonderful Wednesday! We began our day with reading rotations. Afterward, we had math. The youngers worked on estimating with numbers up to 30, the middlers are learning the strategy of making 10 to add (9+3 is the same as 10+2) and doubles, doubles plus 1, and doubles plus 2, all through math games today. The olders are working on parts of 100. In the afternoon, the olders and middlers went to Spanish while the youngers went to the computer lab. We are all beginning to write a persuasive from the gingerbread man's point of view and why he should not be eaten.
Terrific Tuesday! Today we started our new week of reading rotations. The youngers were introduced to the letter/sound “Dd”, the word do, and exploring who our neighbors are. The middlers are reading about how plants change as they grow, long i words with the silent e at the end (like, mine, hide…), and verbs. The olders are also focusing on long i words with i, y, igh, and ie (mind, cry, sight, lie…), verbs, and reading about what we see in the sky. Both first and second grade Jetsetters will have their first spelling test on Thursday. Your child should have come home with the list of words to study on Friday. The youngers had Spanish today. In the afternoon, we began learning about the Personal Space Tool in our toolbox. Ask your chlld about it when you have time.
Marvelous Monday! We have a big change in the front office. We were sad to see Mrs. Keely our secretary leave, but we were so excited to start the week off with our new/old secretary, Mrs. Monika Towne!! At our all school assembly today, Mrs. Georuld spoke to us about respect and using our personal space tool. After the assembly, we had PE where we practiced controlling the puck for indoor hockey and then we went to the library. Next, we went to Ms. Franz and Mr. Lee’s classroom to hear Mrs. Grecu (their former aide), teach us all about Germany. She showed up with authentic food for us to try and she and Mr. Lee wore authentic Germany attire. Then we went back to class to draw our German "postcard". We drew a gingerbread house. After lunch we had centers and garden.
Thankful Thursday! Mrs. Horrocks and her mother came in to teach us how to make pasta to go along with our week of learning about Italy. We had fun learning how to make dough and then taking turns making the noodles. Tomorrow we’ll get to try it. Thank you Mrs. Horrocks and grandma. In writing the youngers are learning how to stretch out words to help them spell. The middlers are starting a unit on opinion writing. The olders are also becoming strong opinion writers as they are making sure they provide reasons with examples to back up their opinion on characters they have read about. We all had Spanish today.
Wonderful Wednesday! In math today, the youngers worked on graphing. The middlers played some math games that revolved around doubles and doubles plus 1 facts while the olders looked for patterns within large numbers. After lunch, the youngers went to the computer lab while the olders and middlers went to Spanish.
Terrific Tuesday! Today during reading rotations, we started new reading units. The youngers are working on printing (fine motor skills), the letter O, and the word “you”. They are also exploring and reading about what people use to do their jobs. The middlers are reading about how time is measured and long a words, while the olders are reading about how the earth’s forces effect us and long a words too. In the afternoon we read another Gingerbread man story so we can compare and contrast them later.
Marvelous Monday! We hope you all had a wonderful holiday. We missed every Jetsetter and we were glad to see them all today. We started the day inside because of the rain. It was fun to have our morning greeting after the long break because we all were excited to see one another. After the morning meeting we visited the library. When we returned to the classroom, we began learning about the country of Italy. We drew the Leaning Tower of Pisa, discussed Italy’s culture, food, celebrations, and then made an art mosaic of a butterfly (their national insect is the clouded apollo). In the afternoon we had centers.
We received great news this morning! Mrs. Gerould announced over the loud speaker that our class earned the "Golden Dust Pan" from lunch time. That meant we were recognized for eating in the lunch room quietly and cleaning up after ourselves all week prior to our vacation. WAY TO GO JETSETTERS!
Thursday, November 21, 2019
Thankful Thursday! We are very thankful for our amazing Jetsetter families, our school, our principal, and all of the Jetsetters. We love our room. In math today the youngers worked on number sense and decomposing numbers, while the middlers wrote addition and subtraction number sentences from story problems. The olders continue to learn about mental math. We also learned how to draw a scarecrow. Tomorrow is our Harvest Feast. We are looking forward to being thankful for our school, staff, students, and families!
Wonderful Wednesday! This morning we had reading rotations where the youngers built sentences about what they are thankful for, the middlers worked on reading comprehension, and the olders played a game that was about long vowels (2 vowels together) or R controlled words. In the afternoon, the youngers went to the computer lab while the olders and middlers went to Spanish. On a different note, thank you to everyone for keeping our students safe while dropping off/picking up near the parking lot and street by the multi age classrooms. We really appreciate it.
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
Terrific Tuesday! This morning we had a Bucket Filler assembly. We learned about why positive comments make us all feel better about ourselves in a very humorous way. Ask your child about what it means to fill a bucket and all about Mr. Nickel and his sparkly backpack:) In the afternoon, we went to an enrichment session to follow up on the assembly. In the later part of the morning, we made our hats for this Friday’s Harvest Feast and had math.
Marvelous Monday! We hope you enjoyed your weekend. Thank you all for coming to parent teacher conferences, it was so fun for both of us to be able to talk about your child and share all of the hard work he/she has been doing. Today in our all school assembly, Mrs. Gerould taught us about our Harvest Feast and the song we will sing at it this coming Friday. Next, we went to the library and had PE. When we came back from recess, we started learning about pilgrims for social studies, and in science we followed the Engineer Design Steps ( Define, Design, Investigate, REvise, and Record) to design, build, test, and revise a new marble run. We ended the day with gardening (which by the way, our garden is looking so amazing) and centers.
Thankful Thursday! It has been wonderful getting to share all of the amazing things your children do on a daily basis with you during parent conferences. Today during math, the youngers are exploring the various ways to make a number (2+3=5, 1+4=5...). The middlers continue to learn about doubles, near doubles, and making 10 to make addition problems easier. The olders are starting a new unit on mental math. Remember it is early dismissal (11:55am) every day this week. We look forward to parent conferences with all of you.
Wonderful Wednesday! This morning we started our morning meeting by greeting everyone with a pretend "handwash" because there is a stomach bug going around. Please make sure everyone is getting enough sleep, eating well, and washing hands. We are sad when we don't see all of our Jetsetters. If anyone has extra time to come in and sani wipe the tables... we would love that. Afterward we started our reading rotations. The youngers are working on the word “go”, the letter/sound of C, and discussing places they go during the week. The middlers are reading about how they can find their way around, and the olders are exploring through reading stories what we love about animals, three letter blends and possessive nouns. Remember it is early dismissal (11:55am) every day this week. We look forward to parent conferences with all of you.
Terrific Tuesday! This morning we started our morning meeting by hearing about everyone’s weekend and Veteran’s day. Then we jumped into science and social studies. In science, now that we have learned all about force, we are beginning to construct our marble tracks. In social studies we wrote thank you notes to Mrs. Gerould for making rice snacks for us to try. We all went to the library today. Remember it is early dismissal (11:55am) every day this week. We look forward to parent conferences with all of you.
Thankful Thursday! This week we started working on our Japan art. We painted the branches of our Japanese cherry blossoms. Next, we will put the blossoms on. We all had Spanish today. In the afternoon, we had art docent. We are very appreciative of all the help. The olders/middlers worked with different types of material to make a picture, while the youngers made pictures about a season. We will begin a new genre of writing soon, as we wrap up learning about narrative writing and working on personal narratives. Remember tomorrow is a minimum day (students dismissed at 11:55am) and Mrs. Pope’s birthday:)!
Wonderful Wednesday! The Eureka Union School District School Board visited us today to see all of the amazing things we do here at Greenhills. We were busy working on our reading rotations. After they left we had math. The youngers worked in their math journals. The middlers are working on addition with doubles, and the olders are working on place value. In the afternoon, the first and second graders went to Spanish, while the kindergarten students went to the computer lab.
Terrific Tuesday! This morning we started a new week of reading rotations. The youngers are learning about sounds all around us, the letter Nn, and the word “and”. The middlers began working on digraphs (th, sh, ng) common and proper nouns and how people help out in the community. Finally the olders are focusing on baby animals and how offspring are like their parents, consonant dirgraphs (ch, tch, sh, ph, th, ng, wh),plural nouns and abbreviations. In the afternoon we looked into our social emotional tool box and learned about a caring circle. We use this in conjunction with the empathy tool. We also started pumpkin art and poetry.
Marvelous Monday! We hope you enjoyed the long weekend. As a staff on Friday, we learned about empathy, math activities, and ways to build on our small reading groups during our professional development day. This morning Mrs. Gerould talked to the entire school about empathy, and the golden dust pan (ask your child about it) during our Monday morning assembly. After PE and library, we started learning about the country of Japan in social studies. In science, we explored how ramps can change the force of a marble. We ended the day with garden and centers.
Thankful Thursday! Whew, what a fun and busy day. Our party was AMAZING! Thank you to all families that contributed one way or another. We are so appreciative and the Jetsetters will always remember this day. They were able to make unicorn, mummy or paint pumpkins, play games, and enjoy creative Halloween snacks. Our parade was a lot of fun and we enjoyed seeing everyone’s costumes. Have fun tonight. We had a talk about using/wearing flashlights/glowsticks..., staying on sidewalks, never going into a house of a person you do not know, and to have parents check all candy before sorting it, I mean eating it:) Have fun and remember no school tomorrow. Teachers will be at a Professional Development training.
Wonderful Wednesday! We had our all school sing assembly this morning. We had fun learning about skeletons, syllables, hearing stories, and singing seasonal songs. After the assembly we had centers and our first “store” of the year. The Jetsetters were able to purchase items with the money they have been earning for going above and beyond in the classroom. In the afternoon, the youngers went to the computer lab while the olders and middlers went to Spanish. Remember tomorrow is our Halloween party (8:45-10:00ish) and the all school Halloween parade starts at 10:30am. A friendly reminder that all costumes need to be school appropriate, no weapons, gore, blood… We look forward to hearing the Granite Bay High School Marching Band after the parade.
Terrific Tuesday! This morning we had reading rotations. Youngers read in their book boxes and wrote their personal narratives, middlers had assessments, and olders worked on high frequency words and assessments. Since the 9-1-1 assembly overlapped with our library time yesterday, we visited the library today. In the afternoon, we finished up our Indian art.
Marvelous Monday! This week is a short week for your students and full of assemblies, parades, and parties. Please make sure you check the “mark your calendar” section of the web page to know what is happening throughout the week. We started our day with a morning meeting. Then we jumped into science and social studies. We began learning about the importance of tools for engineers and made a Score 10 game where we can practice using force to get marbles into cups. In social studies we are focusing on India. We drew the Taj Mahal and learned about some of its culture. We also had a 9-1-1 assembly where first responders taught us how to properly use 9-1-1. They also brought their fire trucks for us to see. We ended the day with garden and centers.
Thankful Thursday! We continue to learn all about Russia this week. Today we had an art project that focused on buildings one might see in Russia and we worked on their flag. Since our Halloween party is next week, we began decorating our placemats for the party. We all continue to focus on personal narrative stories in class. We are taking the small moments in our lives (like when we caught a lizard, received a present…) and making them come to life through details, using sounds, quotations, and the word I. We all had Spanish today.
Wonderful Wednesday! Today in math all students began math assessments for the end of the trimester. The middlers are working on subtraction problems that compare (if Sue has 6 buttons and Tom has 4, how many more does Sue have). The olders started working on base 10 up to 100. In the afternoon, the olders/middlers went to Spanish, while the youngers went to the computer lab.
Marvelous Monday! We hope you enjoyed the weekend. We started today by having our all school assembly. Mrs. Gerould spoke to us about empathy. She told us it is important to put ourselves in others shoes to imagine how they might feel. Next we had our library visit and PE. We continued the morning with science and social studies. In social studies we started learning about Russia. In science we reviewed force and then we were able to write either a narrative or informative story about what we have learned so far. Our day ended with centers and garden.
Thursday, October 17, 2019Thankful Thursday! This week in writing we have been honing in on details and how to elaborate on them. We are hearing our young authors read many stories to each other that have very specific words to help us picture what was happening. In the afternoon we all had Spanish and we finished our timelines. We continue to discuss our Tools in our tool box that will help us each day. So far we have discussed the breathing tool, the listening tool, and the safe and quiet place too.
Wonderful Wednesday! Today in math the youngers are working on different ways to make 5. The middlers are working on missing parts of a number (6+ ____= ), playing games to support these concepts, and deciding whether a word problem is a math problem about things coming together or taking them apart (adding/subtracting). The olders are learning about repeated addition (the start of multiplication) In the afternoon, the youngers went to the computer lab while the olders and middlers went to Spanish.
Tuesday, October 15, 2019
Terrific Tuesday! Today during reading rotations the youngers began reading about bugs they know about, reviewing the letter sounds and high frequency words we have learned so far, and asking and answering questions about key details in a story. The middlers are exploring buildings they know/what they are made of, words with short U, and singular and plural nouns. The olders are looking at what animals can teach us in stories, singular and plural nouns, and words with long and short U in them. In the afternoon, we started making our Carnival mask to represent Brazil.
Marvelous Monday! We hope you had a great weekend. We kicked off the day with our all school assembly. Mrs. Gerould talked to us about our listening tool and making sure we clean up after ourselves. After library and PE we had science and social studies. For social studies, we began learning about Brazil. We also drew (and soon will write about) the capybara, native to South America. In science we talked about cause and effect with pushes and pulls as well as learned about gravity being a force. We ended the day with garden and centers.
Thursday, October 10, 2019
Thankful Thursday! Today we had science. We continue to learn about force and pushes/pulls. The Jetsetters explored how to make an object change direction. In addition, we began working on making our own individual Tool Boxes to help us have a concrete way of remembering the strategies to help us deal with different social situations. We all had Spanish today. In writing all students continue to write about small moments and bringing their writing to life through details.
Wonderful Wednesday! In math today we were busy. The youngers are practicing how to work in small math groups. The middlers are continuing to look at various ways to make numbers and finding missing parts of a number. The olders are working on fact families up to 19. In the afternoon, the youngers went to the computer lab and learned how to logon with a barcode for Clever, while the olders and middlers went to Spanish. We also learned about the Listening Tool that we can keep in our Tool Box. Ask your child about it. Tomorrow the youngers will have their school hearing screenings.
Terrific Tuesday! After our morning meeting we began a new week of reading rotations. The youngers are learning all about shapes they see around our world, the letter/sound of Tt, the word “like” and drawing evidence from non fiction text. The middlers are learning about jobs that need to be done in our community, short e words, and -ed endings. Finally the olders are focusing on how animals survive, short and long o words, drawing evidence from realistic fiction, nouns, and commas. Tomorrow morning the second graders will have their school vision screening. Mrs. Olea will be back in the morning only, while Mrs. Gould finishes the younger reading assessments.
Monday, October 7, 2019
Marvelous Monday! We had a great time at the Jog-a-Thon. Thank you everyone for all of your support to make it successful and memorable. In our closing circle on Friday, it was one of the favorite activities of the week. This morning in our all school assembly, Mrs. Gerould spoke to us about ways to solve problems (ask your child about "Stop, Walk, and Talk") and going to our Safe/Quiet Place when things are too much for us. After, we went to the library and learned what it was like to be a student in the “olden days”. Then, we had a fun morning learning about now and long ago. We had a museum of old fashioned items, made butter, had old fashioned PE games, and worked on our timelines. The Jetsetters were surprised to see all of the multi-age teachers dressed up to match teachers from the 1800s:) We finished the day with gardening and centers. Tomorrow, Mrs. Gould will be assessing the youngers, so Mrs. Olea (retired Greenhills teacher) will be guest teaching for her.
Thursday, October 3, 2019Thankful Thursday! If you enjoy Scoreboards Pizza, tonight is the night to go. A portion of the ir proceeds will go to Greenhills tonight. Tomorrow is the big day! We have jog-a-thon! Remember to have your child wear running shoes and orange accents (shorts, socks, headbands, sweatbands, ribbons…) and if you can come cheer on the class we’d love it. The class is anxious to see if we have 95% schoolwide donations (anything counts $10 on up) to earn our extra recess time (sponsored by Mrs. Gerould:). We begin warm ups at 10:15am. You are welcome to eat with your child at 11:25am too. Following lunch we will have art docent.
A huge thank you to all of our Dad's Club dads for the hard work they put in this past weekend. It was so nice to come to school Monday and feel like the school was sparkling! They did a ton! A new Buddy Bench, painted line up lines, clearing shrubs... just to name a few.
Also, if you have any artifacts from long ago- we will be having a "museum" on Monday (see Mrs. Pope's email for details) the only change is that the items can come in anytime this week (not Monday) so we can set up the museum. If you do send something in, please label your items so we can safely return them to you. Thank you.
If we are at 95% participation by midnight on jog-a-thon day, Mrs. Gerould will reward the students with extra recess. Any amount of money counts for donation and particpating- $1.00-$150 it all is appreciated!
Our class color for jog-a-thon day will be orange. We all will have the same t-shirts that day, but feel free to spice it up with orange sweat bands, shorts, socks, ribbons...
Mark your calendars:
October 3 Cubs Night Out at Scoreboards Pizza (portion of proceeds go to Greenhills)
October 4- Jog-a-thon (wear orange to show class spirit)
A huge thank you to all of our Dad's Club dads for the hard work they put in this past weekend. It was so nice to come to school Monday and feel like the school was sparkling! They did a ton! A new Buddy Bench, painted line up lines, clearing shrubs... just to name a few.
Also, if you have any artifacts from long ago- we will be having a "museum" on Monday (see Mrs. Pope's email for details) the only change is that the items can come in anytime this week (not Monday) so we can set up the museum. If you do send something in, please label your items so we can safely return them to you. Thank you.
Thank you to everyone that was able to come out for Greenhills' Dine Out Night! It was fun to see a lot of the Jetsetter families last night. We cannot wait to hear the results of how much we raised!
Jog-a thon is this Friday! We begin warm ups at 10:15
If we reach 75% by Friday, they will treat the students to a popsicle. If we are at 95% participation by midnight on jog-a-thon day, Mrs. Gerould will reward the students with extra recess. Any amount of money counts for donation and particpating- $1.00-$150 it all is appreciated!
Our class color for jog-a-thon day will be orange. We all will have the same t-shirts that day, but feel free to spice it up with orange sweat bands, shorts, socks, riboons...
Terrific Tuesday! Today, we began a new week of reading rotations. The youngers are learning about the high frequency word “a”, the letter/sound “Pp”, and how tools help us to explore. The middlers are working on how our body moves, and blend words. While the olders are focusing on words with long and short i, and reading about what happens when families work together. We also learned about the next tool in our Tool box, the Quiet/Safe place tool. We now know we can imagine this place in our head when we are feeling uncomfortable or unsafe. Ask your child about the sign to show this tool.
A huge thank you to all of our Dad's Club dads for the hard work they put in this past weekend. It was so nice to come to school Monday and feel like the school was sparkling! They did a ton! A new Buddy Bench, painted line up lines, clearing shrubs... just to name a few.
Also, if you have any artifacts from long ago- we will be having a "museum" on Monday (see Mrs. Pope's email for details) the only change is that the items can come in anytime this week (not Monday) so we can set up the museum. If you do send something in, please label your items so we can safely return them to you. Thank you.
Marvelous Monday! We kicked off the day with our morning meeting. Mrs. Gerould talked to us about all of the amazing things the Dad's club worked on at school this weekend, how we can be like Disneyworld and pick up trash, and what a "Quiet Safe Place" can be. This last part will be our social emotional focus for the week. After our scheduled PE and library time, we had science and social studies. For social studies we compared now and long ago and made a horn book (ask your child what that is) and in science we explored how to make objects move slower and faster and learned the term "force". We ended the day with garden and centers. 4 more days until Jog-a-thon!!
Thursday, September 26, 2019Thankful Thursday! Today everyone had Spanish. Tomorrow will be one week away from one of our most memorable days of the school year, Jog-a-thon! We have wonderful families that have volunteered to help. If you cannot help, but have time to come watch your child run or enjoy lunch with him/her please mark your calendar. Remember to have your child wear some sort of orange- T-shirts will be supplied so orange can be anywhere other than where the T-shirt goes, shorts, socks, sweatbands...
This Friday, Greenhills will be celebrating that 50% of our students have raised funds for our job-a-thon. If we reach 75% by Friday, they will treat the students to a popsicle. If we are at 95% participation by midnight on jog-a-thon day, Mrs. Gerould will reward the students with extra recess. Any amount of money counts for donation and particpating- $1.00-$150 it all is appreciated!
Our class color for jog-a-thon day will be orange. We all will have the same t-shirts that day, but feel free to spice it up with orange sweat bands, shorts, socks, riboons...
Wonderful Wednesday! Our mathematicians have been busy learning and talking about numbers. The youngers are working on "how many fewer" inside of a 10 frame.. The middlers worked with a new "math tool" a number bracelet to work with addition facts. They also worked on showing their facts in concrete (build it), representational (draw a model), and abstract (number sentence) models. The olders are working on math strategies such as making 10 to add. We are also very busy becoming writers of personal narrative stories. All students are learning how to add details to their pictures and words to elaborate on a small moment that happened in their lives.
Tuesday, September 24, 2019Terrific Tuesday! After our morning meeting, we started our reading rotations. The youngers are learning about how are senses can help us learn, the word "see" and the letter "Ss". The middlers are learning about what friends do together, and the olders are focusing on how we care for animals, long A words (bake, tame…), and looking for details in stories. In the afternoon we learned about the "Breathing Tool" and when that can help us. Ask your child what the tape measure is.
Monday, September 23, 2019Marvelous Monday! Today at our all school assembly, Mrs. Gerould talked to us about green slips, self control, and lining up. After the assembly we had PE and library. When we returned to class we had science and social studies. In science, we began learning about engineers and how to make things move. For social studies, we began learning about quilts and how they tell stories from the past. Then we started to make a quilt to go along with our now and long ago unit. We ended the day with garden and centers.
Thankful Thursday! We are thankful we have such amazing families that support our students and help out in many ways. Our day started with a lot of high energy as we moved through Sami's Circuit. We exercised all over the multi purpose room all to bright lights and music. It was inspiring and fun. Another part of our day was learning about and coloring the American flag. Mrs. Gould enjoyed her science training and is looking forward to watching the Jetsetters become engineers as they learn about forces and build a marble run (culminating project). This will start in the next two weeks and go through January.
Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Wonderful Wednesday! Today we tried to stay neat and clean for the first part of the morning, until we took our school pictures. Afterward we jumped into reading rotations. For math the youngers are working on more and fewer. The middlers are working on combinations to make a number up to 9 and the olders are working on doubles. In the afternoon, the youngers went to the computer lab after their mini writing lesson about when writers "think they're done, they've just begun" and that we, as writers will add to our writing and pictures. The olders/middlers had Spanish. For writing time with the middlers they are looking at their pictures to add details to their words. The olders have become comfortable with their tiny notebooks (ideas) and planning/writing a 5 finger personal narrative.
Tomorrow is Sami's Circuit. Please wear proper shoes and clothes for exercise. Also, tomorrow, Mrs. Gould will be at a science training all day. She will be bringing back a fun science unit to start in the next few weeks. Mrs. Monson will be our guest teacher again.
Terrific Tuesday! After our morning meeting we jumped right into reading rotations. The youngers kicked off the week learning about how baby animals move, the letter/sound "Aa" and the word "we". The middlers are learning about "l" blends and what makes a pet special. The olders will be reading stories about how pets can be important friends. In the afternoon, we had another social emotional learning (SEL) lesson on identifying/naming feelings and emotions. Everyone is working on writing about "small moments" in their lives during writing time.
Remember picture day is tomorrow.
Marvelous Monday! We hope you enjoyed the long weekend. The Greenhills staff had a very productive professional development day last Friday. We were able to focus on social emotional learning. We heard Joe Beckman discuss the importance of making a difference in each other's lives and Grace Dearborne teach us about classroom management techniques, just to highlight some of our busy day. Today your children were able to paint the landforms they built last week, had library, and PE. We finished the day with centers (we cancelled garden due to the rain today). We have a busy week ahead with picture day on Wednesday and the first Sami Circuit day of the year on Thursday.
Thankful Thursday! Our Thursday was full of learning today. This morning we met Joe Beckman, at an all school assembly. He talked to us about being kind and the impact it can make on not just one person, but the domino effect it has on a larger scale. Our challenge from Mrs. Gerould, after the assembly is to smile at just one person a day. We can do it! We continued to learn and write about American symbols, had reading rotations, and math. Later in the day, we had Spanish with maestra Jimenez.
Remember your child does not have school tomorrow. The teachers will be at a professional development inservice day. Enjoy your weekend.
Olders yellow homework folders will come home today, but reading envelopes will stay at school in order to prepare them for next week.
Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Wonderful Wednesday! It was another busy day in the Jetsetter classroom. After reading rotations, we jumped right into math. The youngers are learning to graph and work on social studies writing. The middlers are wrapping up shapes and beginning to explore the various ways you can add to make a specific number (2+3=5, 4+1=5…). Finally, the olders focused on word problems. In the afternoon, the youngers visited the computer lab while the olders and middlers were in Spanish.
Tomorrow (Thursday) we have a special assembly. Joe Beckman will be speaking to our Cubs about kindness and how to be a difference maker. His signature is wearing a baseball cap backward. Mrs. Gerould has given permission for all students (and staff) to wear baseball caps backward tomorrow (Thursday). If your child would like to wear a backward baseball cap tomorrow, Go For It!
Thursday, September 5, 2019,
Thankful Thursday! After our morning meeting, we continued our reading rotations. In math, the youngers worked on counting and science writing. The middlers continue to work on shapes (this is the week for the middlers to start following the bright pink sheet calendar for their math workbook), while the olders focused on fact families. Everyone had their second Spanish lesson today.
Please remember that next Friday, the students do NOT have school while the teachers are at a professional development day.
Wonderful Wednesday! Today was our first official day of reading rotations with volunteers. Thank you all for coming. We hope you know how critical you are to making this part of the multi age program run smoothly and effectively for our Jetsetters. During reading rotations, the olders began practicing what they will be doing each night with their take home reading envelopes (word sorts, stories, comprehension…) the yellow envelope will start coming home next week, once they know how everything works. The middlers received their blue "book bags" (envelopes) today. They are in their backpacks. Please follow the reading log and send the blue envelope back tomorrow. Finally, the youngers practiced rotating in their small groups while sorting letters and words, doing phonics with Mrs. Gould, and writing their letters. In the afternoon, the first and second graders had their first Spanish class, while the kindergartners went to the computer lab. Mrs. Laube was back, so Mrs. Gould could work one on one with second graders.
Tuesday, September 3, 2019Terrific Tuesday to everyone! We hope you enjoyed the long weekend and had some quality family time. This morning, we went to our make up library time since we did not have school on Monday. Remember to keep books in backpacks when not in use, so your child can turn it into the yellow library cart when he/she sees it outside on Fridays and Mondays. When we returned to class, we had a lesson on various types of landforms and began making tear art models of the different types of landforms (capes, bays…). Later in the morning, Mrs. Reichert, our school counselor, came to discuss the zones of regulation, helping the Jetsetters understand different feelings they might have and ways to get back into the "green zone" of feeling calm and focused. The youngers had their first Spanish class today too. We ended the day with centers and writing. Mrs. Laube was our guest teacher in the afternoon, so Mrs. Pope could do some beginning of the year assesing with some of the middlers. Tomorrow, Mrs. Laube will return in the afternoon so Mrs. Gould can do some assessing.
Here is the link for the jog-a-thon volunteer sign up list. It is our only fundraiser for the year and it is a lot of fun. We hope you can all come watch and/or help.
Mark your calendars:
September 13 (Friday) Professional Development Day, no school
September 18 (Wednesday) Fall Picture Day
September 19 (Thursday) Sami Circuit (wear PE shoes/clothes)
September 29 (Sunday) ESF Fund Run
Tuesday, September 3, 2019
Terrific Tuesday to everyone! We hope you enjoyed the long weekend and had some quality family time. This morning, we went to our make up library time since we did not have school on Monday. Remember to keep books in backpacks when not in use, so your child can turn it into the yellow library cart when he/she sees it outside on Fridays and Mondays. When we returned to class, we had a lesson on various types of landforms and began making tear art models of the different types of landforms (capes, bays…). Later in the morning, Mrs. Reichert, our school counselor, came to discuss the zones of regulation, helping the Jetsetters understand different feelings they might have and ways to get back into the "green zone" of feeling calm and focused. The youngers had their first Spanish class today too. We ended the day with centers and writing. Mrs. Laube was our guest teacher in the afternoon, so Mrs. Pope could do some beginning of the year assesing with some of the middlers. Tomorrow, Mrs. Laube will return in the afternoon so Mrs. Gould can do some assessing.
Here is the link for the jog-a-thon volunteer sign up list. It is our only fundraiser for the year and it is a lot of fun. We hope you can all come watch and/or help.
Mark your calendars:
September 13 (Friday) Professional Development Day, no school
September 18 (Wednesday) Fall Picture Day
September 19 (Thursday) Sami Circuit (wear PE shoes/clothes)
September 29 (Sunday) ESF Fund Run
Thursday, August 29, 2019
Thankful Thursday, This morning we continued to practice reading rotations, and math. After lunch, we we read a funny story by Robert Munsch. Where all of the Jetsetters summed up that they learned the importance of listening to their parents and following directions. Ask them about it, it's called, Purple, Green, and Yellow . After the youngers went home, the olders and middlers worked on writing and phonics. Tomorrow we have PE and since it is a long weekend, you are welcome to have your child return his/her library book starting tomorrow (due Tuesday due to the long weekend). The yellow cart will be outside
Olders, we are in need of just 1 more yellow homework folder. Yay! Please send it back in tomorrow. Thank you all for helping your child build responsibility in returning the folder every Friday from now on.
Parent volunteers will begin next week.
Mark your calendars:
September 2 (Monday) Labor Day, no school
September 13 (Friday) Professional Development Day, no school
September 18 (Wednesday) Fall Picture Day
September 19 (Thursday) Sami Circuit (wear PE shoes/clothes)
September 29 (Sunday) ESF Fund Run
Here is the link for the jog-a-thon volunteer sign up list. It is our only fundraiser for the year and it is a lot of fun. We hope you can all come watch and/or help.
Parent volunteers will begin Monday. We are looking forward to you coming in and really appreciate your help.
Tuesday, August 27, 2019
Terrific Tuesday! Today we began learning our routines for reading rotations. We will be practicing this all week, so we will be ready next week when wonderful parent volunteers join us. Each grade level also started grade level specific math lessons. The youngers started learning about how to use manipulatives properly and that they can help them solve problems, the middlers are reviewing shapes, 2D and 3D, while the olders reviewed the proper use of manipulatives and used them to solve problems. Please remember tomorrow, Mrs. Gould will be at a district science meeting all day. Mrs. Monson, a former multi age parent, will be our awesome guest teacher with Mrs. Pope.
Olders, remember to bring back the yellow homework folder asap. They will come home Friday with optional homework in them.
Parent volunteers will begin next week.
Here is the link for the jog-a-thon volunteer sign up list. It is our only fundraiser for the year and it is a lot of fun. We hope you can all come watch and/or help.
Mark your calendars:
August 28 (Wednesday) PTC meeting
September 2 (Monday) Labor Day, no school
Marvelous Monday! Welcome to our first website update. Thank you all for coming to back to school night. It was so nice to see you there supporting your child and meeting/seeing you all. We had a fun filled day of learning. Our day started with Mrs. Gerould teaching us about working together. After our morning assembly, we visited the library. Today was our first day to check out books. Your child will bring home his/her book today. One suggestion is to have your child get in the habit of keeping the library book in his/her backpack when not reading it. This is a great "home" for the book. The yellow library cart will be outside of the P2 door each Friday (if you do not want to worry about it over the weekend) and Monday. Please make sure your child turns in his/her book so another one can come home each week. After the library visit, we had PE. One group worked on following directions, and spatial awareness, while the other group played with a large parachute. Later in the day, to kick off our country year, we began learning what it means to be global as well as working with continents and oceans on a map.
Here is the link for the jog-a-thon volunteer sign up list. It is our only fundraiser for the year and it is a lot of fun. We hope you can all come watch and/or help.
If you are an older, please return the yellow homework folder this week. We will send it home either this Friday or next.
Mark your calendars:
August 28 (Wednesday) PTC meeting
September 2 (Monday) Labor Day, no school