In Our Class This Week...

What a fun week we had in class! We learned all about apples in different ways. We wrote about the parts of an apple, we tasted apple goodies and of course we learned that apples float (science experiment of the week)! Thank you to all the families that were able to donate items towards our apple celebration, the kids had so much fun! Celebrations like this would not be the same without YOUR support, THANK YOU!

Classroom news:
1. PLEASE sign and return the last page of the Student Handbook to me ASAP.
2. New scholastic flier for the month of October will be going home next week. Flier is already available online.
3. LUNCH order form for the month of October went home Thursday. Be sure to fill it out and turn it in ASAP (especially if your child receives free or reduced lunch). Ms. Judi will be submitting the lunch requests prior to October starting.

OUR WEEK AT A GLANCE

Language Arts:




Math:

Continue with Chapter 2
Students will be able to use 0 to 9 to tell the number of objects
Students will be able to pair up sets of objects with other sets of the same quantity.
Students will pair up sets of objects one-to-one with other sets of the same quantity.

Science:
Continue with Chapter 2
Students will be able to identify a problem and a design and materials for solving it.
Students will note that one can draw and plan, create and test solution.
Students will explain that solutions can be shared in different ways.
Test: Chapter 2

Social Studies:

Unit 3: Lesson 1-What jobs do people do?

Student will match simple descriptions of work that people do and the names of related jobs at the school, in the local community, and from historical accounts

Leadership:

What is leadership? What do leaders do?

As always, feel free to email me or stop by the classroom if you have any questions or concerns. Have a great weekend!

In Our Class This Week...

Good morning! I hope you all had a great week. We had a very busy week in our class. Learned so much but had fun doing it! Please continue to speak with your children about proper restroom use and please remind them to use the restroom before school, during recesses and after school. Thank you!

Lets get started with school news:
9/22 REACH School Board Meeting at 7:00 pm
9/23 First Emergency Drill of the Year:
Please talk to your children about following directions on events like this and how to behave. You may also talk to them about the duck and cover process and another other information you feel your child may need to stay calm on this date and future drills. Thank you.
9/25 Awards Assembly (*those students receiving an award in my class will receive a note home on Monday):
Tk/K 8:00-8:45 am
1st/2nd 8:45-9:30 am
3rd/4th 9:30-10:15 am
Lunch
Our school will now have children input their lunch numbers on a key pad when receiving breakfast or hot lunch. Please practice with your child at home. I will be sending home a copy of the keypad with their lunch numbers in next week's homework packet. Please keep at home to practice daily (this will help lines go by faster). Thank you!
PTO 

More information will be in student's homework this week

Peek at our week:

Language Arts
**I will be sending home a notification letter this week with your user name and password to access our Language Arts curriculum. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me.

Unit 1-Week 3-"Plaidypus Lost"
Content Knowledge: Families Living, Working, and Playing Together
Phonemic Awareness: Initial Sounds
Letter Recognition: Oo
Comprehension Skill: Sequence
Handwriting: O and o
Listening and Speaking: Rhyme and Rhythm
High Frequency Words: the, little
Words to talk about (amazing words): platypus, around, lost, found, market and groceries

Test: Comprehension-sequence 

Math

Chapter 2-Numbers 0-9
Students will be able to count from 1 to 6.
Students will be able to count from 1 to 7
Students will be able to count from 1 to 8
Students will be able to use 0 to 9 to tell the number of objects
Students will be able to pair up sets of objects with other sets of the same quantity.

Science
Chapter 2: Solve problems
Students will be able to identify a problem and a design and materials for solving it.
Students will note that one can draw and plan, create and test solution
Students will explain that solutions can be shared in different ways
Students will see different items sink or float and will make a prediction about apples and graph it
Test: on Chapter 2

We will also be learning about apples throughout the week in honor of our apple day celebration on Friday. If you would like to donate any apple goodies for Friday please let me know. There is also a sign up sheet on the classroom door. Thank you to all those parents that have already signed up! I can't wait for our fun educational celebration.

Social Studies
Unit 1-Lesson 3: What can we learn from stories?
Student will know beliefs and related behaviors of characters in stories from times past and understand the consequences of the characters' actions
Leadership: Complete and turn in all of your work

**This week's science project involved listening and following directions. 

After making our special Jitter Juice, we used our 5 senses to describe it.

Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns. Enjoy the weekend! :)

LEGO Donations

As some of you might know I will be in charge of the LEGO Engineering program at REACH. I am excited to get this program started because I have seen just how beneficial this program can be for 21st century thinkers and the integration of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math). Although we have awesome kits, the kits are to be used for all the classes at REACH. I was hoping some of you would be able to donate LEGO pieces for our own classroom use during Math and Friday Fun Centers. Please just pack them with your student so we can start using them as soon as possible!

Thank you in advance for any donation you can make to our classroom.

PS. Yard sales are a great place to find LEGO pieces/kits!

Johnny Appleseed Day

Friday, September 26th is Johnny Appleseed Day. I would love for my kiddos to join in the celebration and learn all about Mr. Johnny Appleseed and apples!

What better way to learn about apples then by using our five senses! If you are able to donate any apple goodies (apple pie, apple muffins, apple juice, applesauce and red and green apples) to our classroom PLEASE let me know. There are 26 students in our class.

Thank you for helping our class learn in fun ways!

Scholastic Book Orders

I hope everyone has had an opportunity to check out Scholastic Books and are planning to place an order (there is a button on the right side of the blog that takes you to our class page). When you order online your order will not be placed until I submit all orders. 

Please have your orders in for this month no later than Wednesday, September 24th. 

In Our Class This Week

Language Arts-

Story:"We are So Proud"
Content Knowledge: Working and Playing Together at School
Phonological Awareness: Syllables
Comprehension Skill: Setting
HFW: I, am
Amazing words: proud, preparation, cooperation, creation, float and guide
Testing:
Comprehension skill: setting
HFW and letters
Math-
Continue with Chapter 1: Numbers 1-5
Not the same but different: All about 3
Why is this different? All about 4
All about 5
Spotting Small Differences
Testing: Numbers 1-5
Science-
Continue with Chapter 1: The Nature of Science
Students will tell how to use tools to collect data
Students will identify how using tools and following rules help children stay safe in science class
Students will be able to follow directions to create correct mixture
Testing: Chapter 1-Nature of Science

Social Studies-

Unit 1: Lesson 2-Who are Good Citizens?
Students will learn examples of honesty, courage, world history from stories and folklore.
Testing: Who are Good Citizens?

Leadership-

Respecting others

First Day of School.... In Pictures

Here are some shots of our amazing class our first week of school! Enjoy :)
Carpet Time:

The Kissing Hand activity:

 Math Centers:

Back to School Presentation

Thank you to all the families that were able to attend Back to School Night! I hope I did not talk too fast :)

For those of you who were unable to attend I have linked my presentation for you to get the information that I shared:

Mrs. Juarez Kinder Back to School Presentation

Please contact me if you have any further questions.

In Our Class this Week

Language Arts:

Story of the week: The Little School Bus
Phonological Awareness: Rhyming Words
Letter Recognition:A-E
Comprehension Skill: Character
Beginning sounds of words
High Frequency Words (HFW-aka "sight words"): I, am
Amazing words: first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth

Students will be tested on Friday on the comprehension skill: character

Math:

Students this week will be able to:
count groups of 1 and 2.
write the numerals 1 and 2.
match and sort.
look for sameness.
understand not the same

Science:

Chapter 1: The Nature of Science

Students will be able to:
tell about working together to ask and answer questions.
explain how we observe by using the senses.
tell that children can learn together as they conduct fair tests.

Social Studies/Leadership:

Unit 1-Lesson 1: Why do we follow the rules?

Student will be able to follow rules, such as sharing and taking turns and know the consequences of breaking them

Upcoming Events for this Week

Monday 9/8 - PTO Meeting 3:30pm-4:30pm (PTO meets the 2nd Mon. of every month)
Wednesday 9/10 - Coffee with the Director 8:30am in the MPR (meets the 2nd Wed. of every month)
Wednesday 9/10 - 100 Mile Club Begins 1:15pm (every Wednesday)
Thursday 9/11 - Back To School Night 6:00pm-7:00pm (Three 20 minute sessions- children are welcome)
Friday 9/12 - Family Lunch 11:00pm-11:30pm (Don't forget to sign in)

First Day of Kindergarten!

Well it was a wonderful day in Mrs. Juarez's kindergarten class. The day flew by- lots of rules and procedures and a touching story to remind the children that although they are in school all day their families love them. I am so thankful for such a fun, energetic class. 

Remember that tomorrow, September 3rd, is a minimum day as well as College Day (show your support for the college of your choice). 

I will post pictures of our first day later this week. See you all tomorrow!