Ms. Kaley's Classroom Room 24

Hello Everyone!

I’m going to start with the Upcoming Week because there are a lot of things to bring up!

Spelling Bee!  This past week I tested the students who wanted to participate.  Our annual Spelling Bee is Tuesday February 27th at 9am for the Lower Elementary Bee.  It lasts about an hour, so on Tuesday we will go to the Bee and then head to PE which will be outside.  PLEASE make sure your child has outside attire for PE and also for recess this coming week!

Our Spelling Bee’ers will be:

Ella 

Makiah

Jax

*If any of our 3 Bee’ers are absent, Joseph is our alternate

Congrats to our students!  Parents of these students are especially welcome to come see the Bee!

Upcoming Week:

This week is going to be Literacy Week!  It is a busy week filled with activities!  The theme this year is “Reading gives us some place to go when we have to stay where we are.”

Book Swap: If you have any kid books you no longer want or your child(ren) are growing out of bring them in to donate for our book swap!  In each kiva there will be a table where students who bring in books to donate get to leave them to other children to take.  Your child can pick out a new book or two too while at the book swap!

Writing Contest:  Does your child enjoy writing songs, comics, short story, memoir, or book review?  If so, they may submit one of these genres for a writing contest!  Writing pieces must be submitted to the office by Thursday at noon!

Monday: This year’s school wide read and activity is the book Ishi by Akiko Yabuki.  Each student in the whole school will get to an activity based on the book and make their own classroom Ishi book.  We will also begin our door decorating for a contest.

Tuesday: Recess in the morning, Spelling Bee at 9am, specials, work cycle in the afternoon

Wednesday: We have the COW back in the afternoon.  Reading volunteers will be in this day to read with classes.

Thursday: Literacy Night!  Join us from 6-8 and dress up as your favorite book character!  I will be with Ms. Kirsten running Harry Potter Trivia!  I hope to see all young wizards and witches attend! Lots of games and activities will be at Literacy Night.  This is a great event and one of our most attended after school events.  Join in on the fun!

Friday: Your child may bring some of their favorite books to read for our afternoon read-a-thon! I told the kids they may bring 1 pillow (no blankets or stuffed animals).  Bring a few good books and they will be reading from 2:15- until around 3:00 dismissal.  It is also Dr. Seuss’ birthday!  Wear your Dr. Seuss hats if you have them!  Dress in red, white, black, and blue (school clothes)!  I would love a great class pic of those who do! We will be doing a few Dr. Seuss reads and activities too!

Projects are DUE by the end of the week at the very latest for full credit!

Past Week:

This past week we focused on beginning our February writing prompt and also worked on The Problem of the Month in the language and math groups.  In cultural we had Geography this week and in leveled math groups we worked on fractions and measurement

In math:

Level 1s: writing the fraction represented

Level 2s: measuring rectangles at different points on a ruler

Level 3s: fractions on a number line and finding equivalent fractions between the two number lines

In cultural: Geography

Level 1s: Landform unit has begun! Island/Lake and Bay/Cape

Level 2s: What is a geyser and how it works. The Rock Cycle unit has begun!  Igneous rocks and types of igneous rocks

Level 3s: Water cycle review and funny Readers Theater, how to read and tell the temperature on a thermometer

I think that is everything for now!  Enjoy the rest of your weekend and hope to see you Thursday night!

Ms. Kaley

Hello Everyone!

Thanks so much for coming to PTC this past week!

As we round out February we will begin our February prompt on beginning to write argumentatively.  We will also do February’s problem of the month for math in our small math groups this coming week

Past Week:

I’ve been working on types of sentences with the Antelopes language group the past 2 weeks.  They’ve been identifying the punctuation and asking themselves how that sentence is read and how it come across to others.  In the Badgers language group we have been working on learning what Main Idea is and how to create a main idea for small story scenarios.  The Crocs language group continued their practice with plural possessives in their writing.  They do a great job at singular possessives, but plural possessives are tricky.

In group leveled lessons I got everyone’s Geometry in for the week:

Level 1s: horizontal, vertical, oblique, parallel, and perpendicular lines

Level 2s: Angles in polygons

Level 3s: Area

In cultural this past week we were able to get in 2 days, since we usually do those lessons in the afternoon.  This week we got some Zoology and Physiology in

Level 1s: Birds external parts, types of bird beaks, and different kinds of birds

Level 2s: The Circulatory System

Level 3s: Echinoderms family and starfish

We had a great Valentine’s Day Party this past Wednesday.  Thank you for all the organizing of supplies needed and if you came to donate your time.  Thank you Katie for another great party!

Also, thank you for the wonderful cards, chocolates, and flowers.  It made for a great day for Ms. Misha and I.  Thank you thank you!

Upcoming Week:

The Spelling Bee is next week!  I will be taking some time this coming week to see who our top 2 spellers are going to be representing our class at the Bee next week.  I am looking to do this Wednesday afternoon.

This coming week I will have the 1st and 3rd graders do their fractions and 2nd graders will continue doing measurement practice with me.

Ms. Nikki has began a 2nd grade writing group this past week and will continue working with 2nd graders on how to do different kinds of writing.  They began this past week learning fact from opinion.  3rd graders will still work with her on their writing skills too.

Friday- if anyone has finished their Feb. Service Project they can bring them in to share.  I have left some time this Friday

We had the book Wonder donated to our classroom!  We will begin to work in some time at the end of the day to read Wonder.

Literacy Week:

Next Week is the beginning of Literacy Week!  Each day we will be doing a school wide activity.  In our classroom each day will be themed with fun reading activities.  The Spelling Bee is also next week!  Next Thursday, March 1st will be Literacy Night!  Come to MMA for some fun!  There will be different “lands” to visit and lots of fun activities to do!  I will be with Ms. Kirsten from Upper El running Harry Potter Trivia and Wand Making!  Join us from 6pm-8pm.  There are door prizes, Usborne Books usually comes, and lots of games.  Mark your calendars!

Take care and have a great extra day to your weekend!

Ms. Kaley

Hello Everyone!

Past Week:

Our students met their next achievement goal this past week!  They collected 20 points of quiet and 20 points be kind.  This coming Friday, Feb. 16th, they may either bring a board/card game, show and teach, or a craft to share/teach others.  We will still hold our classroom meeting and we’ll do some group learning Friday morning, but they will get time to have their sharing.

Ms. Rachel came in on Wednesday afternoon and shared with the students about where their food comes from and what kinds of plants go into our recipes.

In our leveled math lessons our groups were learning their specific needs this week.  1st graders worked on fractions and are learning simple fraction equivalency.  2nd graders are learning how to measure in inches and centimeters and 3rd graders did fractions also, but are learning to identify fractions on a number line.

In cultural this past week: History

Level 1s: Learning time to the half hour.  Most 1st graders are doing pretty well, so continue working on time at home too!

Level 2s: Venus and Earth

Level 3s: Triassic and Jurassic periods and the dinosaurs that lived during those times.

Feb. Home Project!– This past week I also sent home a pink and white paper that is about the February home project.  Students have until the last day of Feb to complete their service.  When your child has accomplished their service they don’t have to wait to share, they can bring in their reflection and poster/or PowerPoint and we’ll make time to have the students share.

February’s character awareness is learning what forgiveness is and how to forgive others.  We just began discussing it this past Friday and the students are doing a really job participating and hearing each other when it comes to our social skill review and how to use our grace and courtesy within our community.

Upcoming Week:

This coming week we have adjustments to our normal routines.  Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday will be full work cycles in the morning.  Tuesday we will still do our morning recess, cultural/journal time in the morning, and then head off to PE and Music.  Wednesday morning will be our Valentine’s Day activity morning.  Those who are coming in to help may come in with their child in the morning.  We will hold our circle time at 8:35 and that circle time goes close to 9am.  We can begin at 9:00am.  I have 4 paper crafts and Ms. Misha and I can do with the kids too as groups wait to transition or are done all the stations.

Valentine’s Day School Rules– If your child is bringing in any candy with their cards the candy may NOT be eaten at school!  The candy will stay in their Valentine’s Day boxes or bags.  Candy must be eaten at home with your permission.  The same will be true for any treats at the Valentine’s Day party.  Any treats made will be taken home and can be eaten after school hours.  Our school has a wellness policy, so please remember that the wellness policy extends into student’s lunches and brought snack.  Snack has been going well, but the kids ask me about things packed in their lunches

Please no treats, sugary foods, or highly processed foods-as per our wellness policy outline.  Thanks!

PTC- Beginning on Wednesday-Friday there will be 1pm dismissals.  Please remember that students will need to be picked up at 1pm and those who have Early Childhood students will be on a reduced time as well in order to fit on both the morning and afternoon classes.

Please remember to sign up for conferences if you haven’t. I emailed out the link to those needed to sign up, so I hope to see you there!  Please bring your child to conferences.  We will review their progress since the beginning of the year and make goals for the end of the year.

My daughter’s PTC is the first slot on Wednesday and Ms. Misha will have to attend her daughters’ conferences as well throughout the week.  Ms. Nikki will join on some conferences to review progress and goals as well.

Take care and I hope to see all you this upcoming week!  Enjoy the rest of your weekend and week!

Ms. Kaley

Hi Everyone!

Past Week:

This past week we had the Chili Cook Off on Wednesday.  Our classroom made a chili and the kids had a great time.  The cook off was a great time and our chili was practically gone by the end!

We also had the COW again since Ms. Stef was out of town.

Wednesday was also our Internet Safety assembly.  They educated on to never give out your personal information and if something pops up that is inappropriate to turn it off and seek an adult’s help.

We finished up our January writing prompt which was “Which in your option is the better pet?  A cat or a dog?”  Students will be working on opinion writing into February learning how to support their opinions with facts.  For this past prompt they learned how to state their opinion.

PTC– I have emailed out and also posted on last week’s blog to sign up for PTC.  They begin on Feb 14th and go until Friday Feb. 16th.  After this wejoinin the school is switching over to Track It Forward.  Please make yourself an account as all sign ups will now be through that site.  I had already made my mid year PTC sign up when  it was decided that for all sign ups from here on out we will need to use Track It Forward.

SIGN UP FOR PTC HERE AND BRING YOUR CHILD

Sick Season– Nasty colds and flus are going around.  Some of the kids who are got over something are catching something again.  Ms. Misha and I are making sure the classroom stays clean.  I also chatted with the kids about the importance of hand washing and using a tissue and not their fingers to clean their nose.

This past week in cultural: Botany

Level 1s: Parts of a plant review and about roots (parts of a root and different kinds of root types)

Level 2s: Reviewed parts of a leaf and then looked at leaves from native Utah trees

Level 3s: The stamen of a flower

Each level also studied more in Geometry this week.  Level 1s also had a time box check in to see who needed to practice time to the hour more or if they needed a new lesson

Upcoming Week:

We have our monthly Botany lesson with Ms. Rachel on Wednesday afternoon

Since it is now February we on to February’s Home Project.  We have been studying about community all year.  It is the children’s turn to get out into their community and do a service project. Service project are open ended, but some examples would be: volunteering somewhere, donating clothes/food etc., helping out a neighbor/church, picking up trash, helping at a local shelter, serving at a retirement center/vet center.  Students will complete a reflection on how the experience was to them, but also beneficial to the community.  They may take pictures and make a poster to share about their experience.  Service projects are due by the last day of February.  Those who complete their project earlier on in the month can share about their experience when they have done it.

Have a great rest of your weekend and upcoming week

Ms. Kaley