Ms. Jalee and Ms. Vanessa

Hello Again,

Things are going well in our classroom. The kids are normalizing and we are able to teach more lessons so more works are getting done and progress is being made. Level 1s learned about vertebrates in zoology this week and had an intro to the 5 classes of vertebrates: fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. Level 2s started learning about nutrition through resources like myplate and mypyramid. Level 3s had an introduction to invertebrates and some of the main types. This coming week we will be starting geography. Level 1s will start learning about the globe (latitude, longitude, the hemispheres, etc.) Level 2s will learn about the layers of the earth. Level 3s will learn about the relationship of the sun and earth and the layers of the atmosphere.

We have already had two students give wonderful “I wonder…” presentations. One student presented on elephants and the other on cats. I am excited to see what other things we will get to learn from the student’s presentations. I learned that elephants can travel about 90 miles in one day and that cats have 32 muscles in each ear. Don’t forget that home projects are due any time next week. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Tomorrow is the school’s 5K color run. I hope you all can make it. Unfortunately, I will not be there this year. I have a prior family thing. Tomorrow is also the Buddy Walk for Down Syndrome and my family and I will be participating in that to support the Utah Down Syndrome Foundation. However, Ms. Sara will be there. Make sure you tell her hi and stay for the pancake breakfast.

We will also have our back to school party at Cody’s house. I don’t think it’s supposed to rain, it will be chilly so dress appropriately and bring a snack or drink to share. If you have young children that you are bringing, you will need to keep an eye on them while you are there. The party will be from 2-4 p.m. and the address is 2220 Fruitland Drive, North Ogden. Hope to see you there.

We have P.E. and music on Monday so please make sure your child has good shoes for running in that day.

Have an amazing weekend. Hope to see you tomorrow.

Take care and thanks for all you do.

Jalee

Hello,

Just a few reminders and updates for this week. We switched our P.E. day this week from Monday to Tuesday, so please make sure your child has good shoes for running Tuesday. This is only for this week. Next week we will be back to our Monday schedule.

Thursday is the International Day of Peace. We will be getting together with Ms. Kirsten’s class early this week to create some art work to celebrate and have them hung up on the wire hangers at the front of the school.

This Saturday is the 5K color run. If you have not signed up to participate in that, please do. It is always a lot of fun and you don’t even have to run it. I always walk it. The proceeds benefit our whole school and you can pay to have a pancake breakfast afterwards.

Also this Saturday in the afternoon we will be having a class back to school party. Cody’s parents, Joel and Debbie, have offered to host this party. They have beautiful property that their house sits on with a stream, tree house, zip line, sandbox, and lots of space for the kids to play and have fun. Please come and stay. This will give you a chance to meet some of the other parents and kids and get to know the teachers better. If you are able to, please bring a snack or drink to share. Siblings are welcome to attend but you will need to watch your little ones since there is the small stream. The party will be from 2-4 p.m. The address is 2220 Fruitland Drive, North Ogden. Please email me with any questions you might have.

Next week our first home project of the year is due. Students can bring it in anytime during the week. If they finish it sooner, they can bring it in before that. As a brief reminder, it is a picture presentation titled “I Wonder…” for the kids to pick any topic they want and present what they have learned to the class.

Ms. AmyJo, a teacher who is in our room part of the week, taught us a wonderful lesson on plants and how their stem is used to transport water. We filled different cups with different colors of water and placed a leaf of cabbage and a white carnation flower in each on. In some we split the stem of the flower and placed them in two. Over a couple days we observed the flower and cabbage change colors. the ones with the split stem had a different color on each side.

This week we will be doing many more works during work cycle as more lessons are given and our assessments to help us know what works to place each student on get wrapped up. We will also be learning about zoology in cultural this week.

As the weather gets cooler, please be sure to make sure you child is dressed appropriately and has a jacket. We will be going outside to recess everyday

Last of all, we are in need of a room mother for this year. Our room mother last year did an amazing job and is willing to be the assistant room mother now. She will gladly help the new room mother as she takes on this role. The main things the room mom will be in charge of are class parties and car pools for field trips. If you are interested or have any questions about this, please let me know.

Thanks for all you do.

Jalee

Hello All,

I hope you are enjoying your weekend. Thank you to all who could make it to back to school night. We missed seeing those of you who weren’t able to come. I have created pages for the forms that I provided for back to school night at the top of the blog. There is a parent open house form with a overview of our class including a schedule, a year at a glance with important dates, and a family survey for us to get to know your student better. The home project form is an overview that gives a brief description of the project and the due dates. More information about each one will be provided as the projects get closer.

On that note, our first official home project is due this month. This home project is an I wonder project. Students will provide a picture presentation based on what they have researched and learned on something they are curious about and would like to know more about. Please help your students research and provide pictures based on what they would like to share. Help them do their best to share whatever they can remember without having to read lengthy paragraphs. The pictures can have brief descriptions and students can use note cards if needed. Home projects are meant to help the children learn to research and present what they learn. I feel that helping them memorize and share small bits of information that they can remember is more beneficial to them and the other students than reading lengthy amounts of information. This also helps their presenting skills as they share in front of their classmates. Please email me with any questions you might have.

We started with our cultural lessons this week; however, we were not able to get to as much as I would have liked this week so we will continue with our cultural history lessons this week. We are still in the process of doing assessments with many of the students so we can have them working on the correct works. We will be doing the assessments during work cycle this week along with our works.

Tomorrow is the day that we have P.E. Please make sure your child has shoes that are comfortable for running in, such as tennis shoes. They do not have to wear these to school but can just be brought to school in their backpack.

Thanks!

Jalee