KING'S KIDS

Hi Fam­i­lies,

The unit 4 math tests are com­ing home today with Quick Quiz 3 attached. For home­work tonight, stu­dents need to make any cor­rec­tions and get your sig­na­ture on the test. There will not be a Home­work and Remem­ber­ing page for home­work tonight as we did not have a math les­son this morning.

Thank you for all your spoil­ing of me this week. I truly feel appre­ci­ated! I love the flow­ers, and can’t wait to plant my rose bush.

Thanks a million!

Greet­ings Families,

Tim­o­thy Hyun will be our star stu­dent for this week. Look­ing ahead,  Chloe Chang will be our Star Stu­dent for the week of Feb­ru­ary 8, and Zachary Sears will be our Star Stu­dent for the week of Feb­ru­ary 22.

Here’s what’s going on in your child’s school life:

Please check your child’s Home­work Assign­ment Sheet every week. I’ve listed any over­due assign­ments under the notes sec­tion. If you see assign­ments listed under the yel­low line, they are at least 2 weeks over due. Stu­dents will be asked to give up some of their recess/​lunch time until all assign­ments are accounted for.

In Math; We con­tinue to take Light­ning Rods tests on Tues­days and Thurs­days. After each drill, progress reports are sent home for par­ent ini­tials. Forms need to be returned the next day in order to be updated with the cur­rent test results.

On Tues­day we will assess Unit 4. This unit uses three mod­els to intro­duce stu­dents to mul­ti­pli­ca­tion and divi­sion: repeated groups, arrays, and area. The lessons empha­size the inverse rela­tion­ship between mul­ti­pli­ca­tion and divi­sion: divi­sion undoes mul­ti­pli­ca­tion and vice versa.

On Wednes­day we will begin a 3 les­son mini unit on area and perime­ter. The test for this unit will be either next Mon­day or Tuesday.

In Lan­guage Arts we are con­tin­u­ing to read from our core-​​​​literature book, Indi­ans of the Oaks by Mil­i­cent Lee. After read­ing a chap­ter, var­i­ous tasks will be assigned such as writ­ing a chap­ter sum­mary and writ­ing poems. The book is about a 10 year old boy who comes to live with the Kumeyaay Indi­ans and learns their way of living.

Word Study: Test is this Fri­day. Dur­ing word study, we explore var­i­ous spelling fea­tures of our cur­rent word list. This week, we will begin a unit of study on homo­phones. Homo­phones are words that sound the same but have dif­fer­ent spellings and mean­ings.   The post test will be given on Fri­day, Feb­ru­ary 5. Stu­dents are expected to study these words at home as needed. The Word Study page in the side bar has the cur­rent word study spelling list. There is also a page with sug­ges­tions for activ­i­ties that might be help­ful in study­ing the words.

In Social Stud­ies: We will con­tinue the unit on Cal­i­for­nia Indi­ans, Past and Present. In this unit stu­dents’ are learn­ing about Cal­i­for­nia Indian groups that lived in our region and in other regions in Cal­i­for­nia. We will find out about the land where they lived , their beliefs, their sys­tems of order, and what hap­pened when they met other peo­ple who had come to California.

Thank you for tak­ing the time to read my blog. If you have sug­ges­tions on how I can make this blog bet­ter for you, PLEASE let me know. The pur­pose for this blog is to con­nect you to what’s going on in your child’s school life.

Make it a great week. AND: WHBK (work hard; be kind).

Last week we took our first spelling test. Please ask your child to show this test to you. They got them back yes­ter­day.

Greet­ings Families,

Eryn Bajado will be our star stu­dent for this week. Look­ing ahead, Tim­o­thy Hyun will be our Star Stu­dent for teh week of Feb­ru­ary 1, and Chloe Chang will be our Star Stu­dent for the week of Feb­ru­ary 8.

Here’s what’s going on in your child’s school life:

In Math; We con­tinue to take Light­ning Rods tests on Tues­days and Thurs­days. After each drill, progress reports are sent home for par­ent ini­tials. Forms need to be returned the next day in order to be updated with the cur­rent test results.

This week will con­tinue work­ing in Unit 4. This unit uses three mod­els to intro­duce stu­dents to mul­ti­pli­ca­tion and divi­sion: repeated groups, arrays, and area. The lessons empha­size the inverse rela­tion­ship between mul­ti­pli­ca­tion and divi­sion: divi­sion undoes mul­ti­pli­ca­tion and vice versa. Through in-​​​​class and at-​​​​home prac­tice and assess­ment, stu­dents will develop flu­ency with mul­ti­pli­ca­tion and divi­sion. This unit cov­ers mul­ti­pli­ca­tion and divi­sions with 1, 2, 3 4, 5, 9, and 10. It is antic­i­pated that we will cover les­son 11 – 15. There are 16 lessons so it looks like I will be giv­ing the assess­ment for this unit on Tues­day or Wednes­day of next week.

I can­not tell you which Home­work and Remem­ber­ing I will be send­ing home for home­work because I plan to dou­ble up or skip some lessons, depend­ing on the class’ needs. So, be sure to check your child’s Home­work Assign­ment Calendar.

In Lan­guage Arts we are con­tin­u­ing to read from our core-​​​​literature book, Indi­ans of the Oaks by Mil­i­cent Lee. After read­ing a chap­ter, var­i­ous tasks will be assigned such as writ­ing a chap­ter sum­mary and writ­ing poems. The book is about a 10 year old boy who comes to live with the Kumeyaay Indi­ans and learns their way of living.

Word Study: Dur­ing word study, we explore var­i­ous spelling fea­tures of our cur­rent word list. This week, we will begin a unit of study on homo­phones. Homo­phones are words that sound the same but have dif­fer­ent spellings and mean­ings.   The post test will be given on Fri­day, Feb­ru­ary 5. Stu­dents are expected to study these words at home as needed. The Word Study page in the side bar has the cur­rent word study spelling list. There is also a page with sug­ges­tions for activ­i­ties that might be help­ful in study­ing the words.

In Social Stud­ies: We will begin a unit on Cal­i­for­nia Indi­ans, Past and Present. In this unit stu­dents’ will learn about Cal­i­for­nia Indian groups that lived in our region and in other regions in Cal­i­for­nia. We will find out about the land where they lived , their beliefs, their sys­tems of order, and what hap­pened when they met other peo­ple who had come to California.

Thank you for tak­ing the time to read my blog. If you have sug­ges­tions on how I can make this blog bet­ter for you, PLEASE let me know. The pur­pose for this blog is to con­nect you to what’s going on in your child’s school life.

Make it a great week. AND: WHBK (work hard; be kind).

Par­ent Con­sent Form

The pur­pose of this study is to see how well Nutri­tion Pathfind­ers is help­ing ele­men­tary school stu­dents learn how to eat a healthy and bal­anced diet. Stu­dent Selec­tion. All stu­dents in your child’s class will be asked to take part in this research study. If you do not want your child to be in this study, please sign and return the bot­tom of this form to your child’s teacher. If we do not receive the signed form, we will assume that you give per­mis­sion for your child to be in the study.

Appar­ently, the form I sent home is an assent form, not a con­cent form. So, if you do not want your child to par­tic­i­pate in the sur­vey por­tion of this pro­gram, please sign the attached form and return it to school by 1−21−10. Thank you.

Greet­ings Families,

Due to the shorten week, we do not have a Star Stu­dent for this week. Look­ing Ahead,  Eryn Bajado will be our star stu­dent for the week of Jan­u­ary 25.

Here’s what’s going on in your child’s school life:

In Math; We con­tinue to take Light­ning Rods tests on Tues­days and Thurs­days. After each drill, progress reports are sent home for par­ent ini­tials. Forms need to be returned the next day in order to be updated with the cur­rent test results.

This week will con­tinue work­ing in Unit 4. This unit uses three mod­els to intro­duce stu­dents to mul­ti­pli­ca­tion and divi­sion: repeated groups, arrays, and area. The lessons empha­size the inverse rela­tion­ship between mul­ti­pli­ca­tion and divi­sion: divi­sion undoes mul­ti­pli­ca­tion and vice versa. Through in-​​class and at-​​home prac­tice and assess­ment, stu­dents will develop flu­ency with mul­ti­pli­ca­tion and divi­sion. This unit cov­ers mul­ti­pli­ca­tion and divi­sions with 1, 2, 3 4, 5, 9, and 10. It is antic­i­pated that we will cover les­son 6 – 10.

I can­not tell you which Home­work and Remem­ber­ing I will be send­ing home for home­work because I plan to dou­ble up or skip some lessons, depend­ing on the class’ needs. So, be sure to check your child’s Home­work Assign­ment Calendar.

In Lan­guage Arts we are con­tin­u­ing to read from our core-​​literature book, Indi­ans of the Oaks by Mil­i­cent Lee. After read­ing a chap­ter, var­i­ous tasks will be assigned such as writ­ing a chap­ter sum­mary and writ­ing poems. The book is about a 10 year old boy who comes to live with the Kumeyaay Indi­ans and learns their way of living.

Word Study: Dur­ing word study, we explore var­i­ous spelling fea­tures of our cur­rent word list. This week, we con­tinue to study plural forms (adding s, es, or chang­ing the y to an i and adding es). The post test will be given on Fri­day, Jan­u­ary 22. Stu­dents are expected to study these words at home as needed. The Word Study page in the side bar has the cur­rent word study spelling list. There is also a page with sug­ges­tions for activ­i­ties that might be help­ful in study­ing the words.

In Sci­ence; This week, our class will con­clude our study with ecosys­tems. We will be review­ing the chap­ter and tak­ing the Unit test this Thurs­day, Jan­u­ary 21. Stu­dents can pre­pare for this assess­ment by reread­ing the entire chap­ter, review­ing the answers to the ques­tions at the end of the chap­ter, and learn­ing the def­i­n­i­tions to the vocab­u­lary words. Stu­dents may bring their sci­ence books home, but must return them daily, as the books may be needed in class for instruc­tional purposes.

Thank you for tak­ing the time to read my blog. If you have sug­ges­tions on how I can make this blog bet­ter for you, PLEASE let me know. The pur­pose for this blog is to con­nect you to what’s going on in your child’s school life.

Make it a great week. AND: WHBK (work hard; be kind).

Yes­ter­day I admin­is­tered a word study pretest. I’ve spo­ken to the chil­dren about com­plet­ing word study activ­i­ties each week. I have now added two new pages, one for the cur­rent word list with the post-​​test date given, and one with a menu of activ­ity choices for word study. Home­work does not have to be lim­ited to these choices. For exam­ple, you can give an oral quiz, break apart the root word from the pre­fix and suf­fix, or spell out words with alpha­bet soup. (Do they still have alpha­bet soup?) You get the idea.  I appre­ci­ate your super­vi­sion over these assign­ments. Thank you.

Greet­ings Families,

Our Star Stu­dent this week is Anarug Pamuru. Look­ing Ahead,  Eryn Bajado will be our star stu­dent for the week of Jan­u­ary 25.

Don’t for­get that this Fri­day is Charger Spirit Day. Wear Charger colors/​clothes and show your sup­port for our Super Bowl bound team!

Here’s what’s going on in your child’s school life:

We have an amaz­ing oppor­tu­nity to pilot the new health and nutri­tion lessons devel­oped by the National Dairy Coun­cil focus­ing on California’s stan­dards for the third grade. I intro­duced the idea to your chil­dren on Fri­day and it seems that a cou­ple stu­dents would like to opt out even when I told them we would have a healthy food party when we are through with the lessons. (I pre­sented them with a stu­dent con­sent form…BIG mis­take!) I under­stand there is also a par­ent con­sent form, but I do not have this yet. I am send­ing home the stu­dent form with a par­ent sig­na­ture line on Mon­day. Hope­fully, you can encour­age your child to “want” to par­tic­i­pate in these infor­ma­tive lessons. Team­work, right?! …I’ve just learned that there will be a series of 10 nutri­tion lessons that I will be pre­sent­ing over the next 6 weeks.

In Math; We con­tinue to take Light­ning Rods tests on Tues­days and Thurs­days. After each drill, progress reports are sent home for par­ent ini­tials. Forms need to be returned the next day in order to be updated with the cur­rent test results.

This week will begin work­ing in Unit 4. This unit uses three mod­els to intro­duce stu­dents to mul­ti­pli­ca­tion and divi­sion: repeated groups, arrays, and area. The lessons empha­size the inverse rela­tion­ship between mul­ti­pli­ca­tion and divi­sion: divi­sion undoes mul­ti­pli­ca­tion and vice versa. Through inclass and at-​​home prac­tice and assess­ment, stu­dents will develop flu­ency with mul­ti­pli­ca­tion andn divi­sion. This unit cov­ers mul­ti­pli­ca­tion and divi­sions with 1, 2, 3 4, 5, 9, and 10.

I can­not tell you which Home­work and Remem­ber­ing I will be send­ing home for home­work because I plan to dou­ble up or skip some lessons, depend­ing on the class’ needs. So, be sure to check your child’s Home­work Assign­ment Calendar.

In Lan­guage Arts we will begin a new core-​​literature book, Indi­ans of the Oaks by Mil­i­cent Lee. After read­ing a chap­ter, var­i­ous tasks will be assigned such as writ­ing a chap­ter sum­mary and writ­ing poems. The book is about a 12 year old boy who comes to live with the Kumeyaay Indi­ans and learns their way of living.

Word Study: We are begin­ning word study spelling fea­tures. The first fea­ture we will study is plural forms (adding s, es, or chang­ing the y to an i and adding es). The pretest will be given today and the post test will be given next Fri­day, Jan­u­ary 22. Stu­dents are expected to study these words at home as needed. I will add a page this evening (1−11−10) to the side bar with the cur­rent word study word list.

In Sci­ence; This week, our class will con­tinue our study with ecosys­tems, focus­ing on water ecosys­tems. We will be read­ing Unit A, Chap­ter 3, les­son 4, and com­plet­ing the skills pages that cor­re­spond to that lesson.

Thank you for tak­ing the time to read my blog. If you have sug­ges­tions on how I can make this blog bet­ter for you, PLEASE let me know. The pur­pose for this blog is to con­nect you to what’s going on in your child’s school life.

Make it a great week. AND: WHBK (work hard; be kind).