Ms. Kaley's Classroom Room 24

Hello Everyone!

Past Week:

Thank you for a wonderful field trip this past Thursday!  We had the most chaperones we’ve ever had for the particular field trip.  The kids had a great time!

This past week was Red Ribbon Week, an anti-drug national campaign.  We had a speaker come in Monday and he presented on loving yourself and taking care of yourself and to be a good friend to yourself and others.  Tuesday the kids received a red wristband to wear as a promise to themselves that they will never do drugs.  Wednesday an owl coloring page was distributed for the kids to color and submit for a coloring contest.  Thursday we missed out on due to our field trip, but it was tie a red ribbon to the fence day.  Friday we decorated our door superhero themed.  Our door reads “We’re too SUPER to do Drugs!  Each kid made a superhero for our door.  We didn’t win the door decorating contest, but we sure made an awesome door.

Each level received Geometry lessons this week.

In cultural this week: History

Level 1s: Days of the week/months review, made a calendar for November, Identifying past, present, and future

Level 2s: Constellations all week

Level 3s: Pre-cambrian and Cambrian life and we began writing facts on our timeline booklet

Friday we worked on getting as many projects as we could presented.  We worked on our door decorating contest in the morning and we began presenting at 9:30.  We have a handful more to do throughout out this coming week. If your child brings in their project this week they still can get some credit for doing their project.  The presented projects will hang up in our hallway to have others read.  I’ve already seen older students stop by to look and read their projects when I hung them up Friday afternoon.  The projects, so far, are wonderful!

Upcoming Week:

Tuesday is our Halloween Party!  Here is the sign up for a few more items we need for our party!

Halloween Party Supply Sign Up!

Tuesday morning we will still have early recess, PE, and then our kids are going to check out a potential new music teacher!  Ms. Rene asked if our class could be the demo class so Rene can see her music lessons.  For the Halloween party, it will be in the afternoon.  Lunch is from 12:00-12:30.  If you are coming in to help and set up, please come at 11:30am to set up.  We can eat out in the kiva while set up is happening.  I will try and reserve the kiva space for any other activities.  We can begin our activities at 12:45 when the kids are back from cleaning up their lunch and we will stop around 2:30 to restore the room.

Wednesday we have the COW and Ms. Rachel is coming in for monthly Botany lesson at 1:50.

Looking at November!

Our school does a Chili Cook off every year.  It is coming up on November 7th.  Some classrooms and individual families like to participate.  If any our families would like to participate, the chilis are submitted that evening in a crockpot.  It begins at 5pm.  Our class and Ms. Stef’s class will be cooking that afternoon on our entries.  If any of you would like to help oversee, we could take a few volunteers to help with the food prep!

The school’s gratitude feast is November 16th.

November’s Home Project focuses on family.  Each student will take home a form for you all to complete as a family.  Students’ presentations will be about their families and us celebrating the similarities and differences in each of our families.  DUE NOV. 17th.

Take care!  Have a great rest of your weekend and upcoming week

Ms. Kaley

Hello Everyone!

Upcoming Week:

With the two days before Holiday Break our upcoming Monday (tomorrow) will consist of visiting the Upper Elementary for their International Festival in the morning 9am-11am.  Students will come back and share some facts they learned and then get ready for recess and lunch.  In the afternoon, after lunch, I have signed our students up to visit three Junior High activities.  We will go to Ms. Shilo who is doing Germany from 1-1:30, Mr. Casey for Jingle Bell Toss from 1:30-2:00, and then to Mr. Rob for Art from 2:00-2:30.  Tuesday will be our turn to present for the International Festival in the afternoon.  Tuesday morning we will prep the room for the projects, have a group snack, add final touches to projects, then finished students will get to choose to make a paper Christmas tree or build a 3D snowflake using geometric shapes.  After recess and lunch, we will begin the Lower Elementary International Festival from 1:00-2:30.  Parents are welcome to attend both days.

This past Tuesday was not the Box Top store, so those who brought theirs should pack them again this week.  They might still have Box Top store, I’m not 100% sure.

If you need another pizza form for pizza Friday, the office should have some.  Pizza is $1.75 per slice and due to me by Wednesday morning as soon as they walk in.

January 11th will be a field trip to the Nature Center. More details to come!  This field trip will need parent drivers.  If you would like to come on this field trip, please let me know.

Past Week:

Thank you so much for everyone who came by or helped support  our Holiday feast, Holiday party, or both!  Both were a great success and a lot of fun!  We couldn’t have done it without your support, so thank you again!

In group lessons this week:

Level 1s: Penny, nickel, and dime lesson, point and lines on 2D and 3D shapes, soup making and learning how carrots are a taproot and celery is actually a special kind of leaf!  It is considered the petiole.

Level 2s: Graphing with pictographs and bar graphs, bread making and what is yeast?

Level 3s: Chocolate pie making and how measuring and equivalent fractions can show up in cooking/baking

In cultural this week: Geography

Level 1s: The compass rose and continent game with the compass dice

Level 2s: Earthquakes

Level 3s: 5 kinds of precipitation: sleet, rain, snow, freezing rain, hail

Have a great rest of your weekend and have a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!  Next blog post in 2017!

Cheers!

Ms. K

Hi Everyone!

We had a nice productive week!  Our kids have come up with some great systems to help out our classroom management.  They have come up with 2 solutions, so far, to help everyone out.  Our first problem was a common step by step process for if someone isn’t going to listen to a direction from a teacher.  Here is what they came up with:

Problem 1: Some students won’t listen to a direction from a teacher.  What should happen?

Solution: Students came up with a 3 strike system.  If a teacher has to tell the direction the student then has 3 chances/steps to go through.

Strike/Step 1- You get a strike against your Friday afternoon earned free time.  If you collect 3 strikes by Friday.  You don’t get free time-you do work.  If you strike out early, you go to strike 2

Strike/Step 2- You stay in from recess and work if you are asked in the morning.  You stay after the bell for a few minutes and have a discussion with a teacher.  Your parent might need to pick you up too if you are asked in the afternoon

Strike/Step 3- You get a school behavior report

Problem 2: Tattling is an issue.  What can a STUDENT do first?

Solution: Students came up with another 3 step system to help them feel like they are a powerful person that can help them understand that they need to practice their social skills with someone.

Step 1- Set your boundary with that person.  Another person’s words or thoughts might not be like yours.  Have that discussion with your classmate.

Step 2- If it continues and you begin to get annoyed, irritated etc., but are still in control, count to 10 and take some needed deep breaths.

Step 3- If you are upset and are not able to have step 1 right away, you remove yourself to a safe space of your choice until you are able to be more in control and have step 1’s discussion.

These solutions may change as needed and might need tweaking.  However, this is what your child has come up with and feels comfortable implementing.  As teachers, we feel proud of them for coming up with great solutions and work on how to solve rather than how to blame or not learn to take responsibility for themselves.

Upcoming Week:

We have a busy upcoming week!

Monday- Music/PE.  Please make sure your child has sneakers to run around in.

Tuesday- Level 2 bread making and Level 3 dessert making for our Holiday Luncheon on Wednesday. BOX TOPS MIGHT BE THIS DAY

2nd graders will be making homemade dinner rolls.  They will learn about yeast and measurement

3rd graders will make 2 chocolate pies.  They will learn about measurement in a no-bake pie.  Alicia Thomas will help oversee

Wednesday- Level 1 soup making, Holiday Luncheon 12-1pm

1st graders will make homemade chicken noodle soup.  They will learn simple vegetable cutting skills and measurement.  Alicia Thomas will help assist.

Friday- Christmas Party 12:45-2:30pm.  Alicia Thomas has sent out an email for signing up to help out.

International Festival is NEXT week!  Our lower el presentations will be Tuesday the 20th.  We have ours in the afternoon and will start around 12:30-1pm.  Parents and families are welcome to come and see the projects and tour the school to see what other classrooms did on the morning of the 19th and the afternoon of the 20th.  Please scroll down to Week 14 on International Festival Expectations.  We had a few girls this past week who worked on their project a little bit because they wanted to partner up with another classmate.  Again, your child is welcome to bring in their project and work on it at school if at home doesn’t permit much time.

Past Week:

In group lessons this past week:

Level 1s: Color the fraction according to the numerator

Level 2s: Vertical angles introduction and the 4 kinds of angles review

Level 3s: Equivalency in fractions and different kinds of triangles game called Detective Adjective

Tuesday we had our monthly Botany lesson with Ms. Rachel Bush on stems from kinds of trees

In cultural this past week: Zoology/Physiology

Level 1s: All about our 2nd vertebrate class: Amphibians.  Students also learned the lifecycle of the frog

Level 2s: All about the ear (parts of the ear)

Level 3s: All about the invertebrate class: Annelids.  Our focus was on the earthworm for this class

I look forward to seeing a lot of you on Wednesday at our luncheon and our party on Friday!

Have a great upcoming week and rest of your weekend!

Cheers!

Ms. K

Hello Everyone!

I must say, from coming back from a week long break, our classroom really responded this week with getting works done and showing more of their best!  Ms. Anna and I are very proud of them for how they are exuding their actions and hard work.  As much as we told them this week, please ask your child how they did this week and discuss what did they do this week that they feel the most proud of?  What did the class do their best at this week?  Students and kids alike are prone to be informed more about the negative and what is wrong.  Have your child always talk about a few positives for every negative that they might speak of.  Let’s continue the positive vibes going!

December Holiday Feast- Our holiday luncheon will be held on December 14th at 12 noon.  Here is the sign up sheet to sign up to bring supplies or a dish: LUNCHEON FEAST SIGN UP

International Festival- I went over the International Festival with our students this week.  We had a discussion about topics and read them the expectations that were posted in green and red last week.  Please follow those expectations.  If you are unsure or need clarification, please email me or find me after school.  My parking lot duty is by the fence on the north side.  Projects are DUE December 20th.

Holiday Classroom Party- I would love to do a holiday party for our students on December 16th at 12:45pm.  I have told Alicia the date as well, so if you would like to contribute a craft/activity idea, please let Alicia know at tempygirl@gmail.com.  Alicia will also want to know who can bring supplies and who would like to come in and help out!  That Friday, the 16th, our students do not have studio, so they will be at recess first from 11:30am until 12 noon and then will eat from 12-12:30pm.  After their clean up, we will have them come to circle to hear what activities will occur.

Upcoming Week:

Monday- PE class is on Mondays and since the colder days have brought boots, please make sure your child has sneakers to run around the gym in.

Tuesday- We have our 4th monthly lesson with Ms. Rachael Bush from 1:50-2:50pm

Friday- Early Out!  Please make sure your child is picked up at 1pm.  Lunch still happens on early outs 🙂

Past Week:

In group lessons this week:

Level 1s: Pennies and nickels, 2D and 3D shapes, fraction’s numerator and denominator, Personal Narrative writing

Level 2s: Money tower with all coins, naming fractions, names of angles (acute, obtuse, right, and straight), Personal Narrative writing

Level 3s: Equivalent fractions, parts of a triangle (base, altitude, hypotenuse), Personal Narrative writing

In cultural lessons this week: History

Level 1s: Past, Present, Future review.  What is a decade, century, millennium?  Making a clock to prepare for how to tell time lessons

Level 2s: What is the sun and how far are the planets from the sun?

Level 3s: PreCambrian, Cambrian, Ordovician, and Silurian time periods

Snack for upcoming week: Tae’Lynn

Have a great rest of your weekend and upcoming week!

Cheers!

Ms. K

Hi Everyone!

Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving and some enjoyable time off!

We had a nice past week with our little reset right before the Thanksgiving break.  We enjoyed some group cooperative games/activities together, went over expectations again, and worked on our work cycle.  It was nice to have that right before break.  We still continued with cultural lessons in the afternoon to keep those lessons going.  We introduced some silent reading time and 3 activities to do at afternoon circle, and the day’s circle challenge.  Each day there will be a note on the morning board that states what the day’s circle challenge will be.  This past week we had challenges such as sit by boy/girl, shirt color, and if you could choose questions.  It helped mix our circle seating and put a little fun into the day.  Also, we introduced having an afternoon circle leader who will choose between a song, book, or game to do before we begin the afternoon part of our day.  They all really enjoyed that!

Book Reports were due Friday and we got through 6 of them on Friday.  We will do more projects when the kids get back from Music and PE on Monday afternoon and finish up with everyone’s this week.

Blue Reading Folder– Reminder to have those kiddos who take home a reading folder to have their homework in by tomorrow so I can hand out new hw sheets.  On Mondays when I give them their new hw sheets I leave them to be picked up on our black table outside our classroom.  If your child forgets to pick his or hers up or was absent, the folder will be right there.

December Holiday Feast!- Our classroom does a Holiday luncheon every year.  This year our luncheon will be December 14th.  It will begin at 12pm.  Parents and siblings welcome to come!  A sign up sheet for food to be brought will go out this week.  We’ll have each grade make something for the feast.  1st graders will make a soup, 2nd graders will make a bread, and 3rd graders will make a dessert.  If you would like to help out with cooking, we will be making these dishes the 13th and 14th.  1st and 3rd graders will get theres ready on the 13th and 2nd graders will make theres the morning of the 14th.

International Festival is December’s Home Project!- Every year, our school celebrates different cultures and facts about other countries and continents in the month of December.  On December 20th will be the  lower elementary date.  Upper elementary goes first on the morning of December 19th.  They start at 9am and go until 11am.  Some junior high will also present that day.  December 20th in the afternoon will our time to present.  We usually begin around 12:30 and go until 2:30, but I’ll make sure those times are confirmed for this year.  Projects will be on either the continents of Australia or Antarctica.

Expectations for Lower Elementary International Festival

1. Choose to present a point of interest from the continent of either Australia/Oceania or Antarctica
2. Have a visual presentation (trifold board, diorama, puppet show, etc.) Get creative!
3. Must have topic’s name displayed and be easy to see
4. Must have flag displayed
5. Must have a map displayed and geographical area highlighted that topic lives or comes from. (examples: If the topic is koalas, then the map will display where in Australia koala’s live.  If researching Tasmania, then Tasmania will be highlighted on the map.)  We are wanting students to know where they are talking about.
6. Have at least 10 facts displayed about their interest and know them in case questions are asked.  
7. Be able to give an oral presentation about their project.  
8. Food is allowed, but not required for project. 
9. Project is DUE December 20th.  Families welcome to come and see!

*Please let me know if your child needs support in getting their project completed (email me).  We can have your child work on it in class.

Up next for snack: Jaxston

Have a great rest of your weekend and upcoming week!

Cheers!

Ms. K

Hello!

There has been a SAGE test change date for our class.  The May 10th Math test has ben moved to May 5th.

Conferences

I have 5 families who still need to sign up for Parent Teacher Conferences.  I told your child on Friday too

I am missing:

– Nicholas

– Cael

– Lucy

– Sophia

– Anna

I understand things come up and some families can’t make it.  Let me know if you can’t make it this week and we can meet another time.

Upcoming Week:

I had scheduled the cart of computers for this coming Monday.  However, our class is at a very moody point of the year and they have forgotten even the basics of the classroom (pushing in their chair, putting works away, sitting together as a group quickly and quietly).  It is just time for a reset and going back to review basics (normalization).  I still will be making assignments through MyOn, since it is such a great tool to have students use and practice their reading and writing skills.

*Please remember that Level 2s and Level 3s have assignments have assignments due no later than Monday evening.

Wednesday is our Valentine’s Party!

I have quite a few of you coming in and have also emailed me asking what they are doing.  Here is what I have gotten emailed to me and who is coming:

Helpers: Jamie, Alicia, Janai, Michelle, Enrique, Jaida (If I missed you, I apologize.  Just email me and remind me).

We will have:

– Valentine’s box decorating (thanks Elene!)

– Card making (decorating supplies from Michelle)

– Colored paper plate hats (activity from Janai)

– I *heart* you this much paper craft (activity from Janai)

– Pin the lips game (activity from Alicia)

– Heart hop (activity from Alicia)

– Funny Valentine’s Game (activity from Alicia)

*I will have some little paper crafts to do as well

* If you are coming in to help out, we will begin our activities at 9:00am.  You are welcome to come in at 8:30am to help set up anything that is needed.  If you want to take your child with you after the Valentine’s Day activities (if you are there to help), please just let me know before you check them out.

* Clean up will begin at 11:15am (possibly sooner)

* Recess will be at 11:30am

* Lunch will be at 12:00pm

Thursday- Mr. Will, Anna’s grandpa, who comes in once a month, will be doing an art activity with the students on Thursday morning.

Field Trip to the Planetarium!

I have the permission slips ready to go!  The public transportation information is attached for you to rip off and keep.  The permission slips will be signed during PTC.  Since the Planetarium has strict field trip rules, they do not pay for parents, so if you are wanting to come with us, there will be a link posted soon, that will have you pay $6.00.  This fee is regarding the IMAX movie fee since they reserve the seating for our group.  They said they let 1 parent for the IMAX in free, so that will be reserved for our room mother’s family, should one of them go.

Here is who is going (if I missed you, please email me and remind me):

– Alicia

– Lori

– Kristie

– Linda

– Melissa

Past Week:

In leveled group lessons this week:

Level 1s: winter sentence writing, time practice

Level 2s: worked on winter poem, MyOn assignment

Level 3s: worked on fractions on a number line, area and perimeter problems, MyOn assignment

In cultural this week: History

Level 1s: time to the half hour

Level 2s: Venus and Earth + MyOn planets assignment

Level 3s: Jurassic period + MyOn Mesozoic comparison and contrast assignment

I think that is everything!  Have a great week and I’ll see you soon!

Cheers!

Ms. K.

Hello!

We had a pretty uninterrupted week.  This coming week we will have a few extra things going on.  February is going to be busy.

I posted the Winter Parent Teacher Conference sign up sheet on Friday afternoon.  Please look at the post below this one and sign up!  I look forward to meeting with all you again!

Past Week:

Group Lessons:

Level 1s: Writing sentences and language practice, fractions

Level 2s: Protractor intro and protractor measuring

Level 3s: Fractions, area and perimeter

In Cultural lessons: Botany

Level 1s: Roots, roots parts, and foods that are roots

Level 2s: Leaf mosaic activities

Level 3s: Filament and Androecium of a flower (reviewing parts of a flower that holds the pollen)

Upcoming Week:

Monday we have the cart of computers.  I will be working with Level 3s on typing/formatting paragraph responses through the MyOn program.  Level 2s will also be working on a MyOn assignment Monday morning.  We have the computers until 10:00am and then students will switch to works off their works charts as I do cultural lessons.

Wednesday morning we have our monthly health lesson.

We started a new artist, Henri Matisse.  We talked about him this past Friday and are preparing to do a 3D paper vase project to display for the mini art show that will be going on during PTC.  While you are visiting the Book Fair, please take a moment to look at the art going on in Upper and Lower studio classes.  Ms. Trudy (Mr. John’s assistant) is putting on this mini art show.

The Junior High is selling carnations as part of a fundraiser for their 9th grade field trip.  Here is what I know:

February 1^st, 2nd, 3rd 4^th, and 5^th both before and after school they will be on sale near the front office. Carnations will be delivered to the recipient’s classroom on February  8th, after 11:30 am. 

Hello Everyone!  I realized that last week was supposed to be Week 19, not Week 20.  This past week was Week 20.  I made the correction on last week’s title as to not post 2 Week 20s.

Our Open House on Tuesday night went really well!  Thank you for passing the word along!

Our Sees Candy fundraiser has 1 more week.  Get those candy orders into me by Friday.  They are picking them up by mid morning on the 29th.

Another round of illness seems to be going around the school again.  It got to me, so I was out on Thursday.  Mr. Will, luckily, was scheduled to come in anyways that morning to do his monthly art lesson with our class.

Studio started back up for its last 8 classes.  Studio classes on Friday will go until the end of March.

Valentine‘s Day Party: I would love to schedule our class party for the afternoon of February 12th.  I will be getting in touch with our room mom to see what we can plan.  Elena Hess has ordered our class little boxes the class can color and put things in.  If you come across a cute craft or have an idea, let Jaida or I know.

Past Week:

Group Lessons:

Level 1s: Correcting sentences, Capitals, Punctuation

Level 3s: Multiplication SAGE practice test (only some were able to start this past week)

In cultural: Geography

Level 1s: Continuation of the compass rose with directions

Level 2s: Parts of a volcano and how volcanoes work

Level 3s: Intro to the water cycle

Upcoming Week:

Still could aways use reading and spelling helpers.  Email me and let me know what days and times you would like to help!  Thursdays we do our spelling tests starting at 9am.

Since I was out this past Thursday, students will take their spelling tests on Monday and then, as usual, get their new or repeated list by the afternoon when they come back from PE and Music.

Please remember sneakers for tomorrow (Monday for PE in the gym) and also winter gear to play outside in at recess!

Please look at our snack list!  I know as we move forward with this last half of the year that there are still openings.  Tae’Lynn’s turn for snack is this coming week and next week and then it will be Nicholas.

Have a great rest of your weekend!

Cheers!

Ms. K

We had a great time at the ballet on Monday.  Hoping your child enjoyed it too!

We finished up as many individual lessons as possible the rest of the week.  This coming week is so full of holiday activities that there won’t be any regular lessons going on.  Let’s take a look at this week so that everyone who is planning on coming in this week will know what is going on.

Monday:  Holiday Store and Holiday Baking

8:15am- Students will get their store items that they are selling all set up in our room.

8:35am- Circle time to go over store rules and choose jobs for the week

8:50am- Pledges and then Holiday store begins!

 *Please send a bag with your child so they can carry all the things they want to buy from other  students.

9:30am-  *A few 3rd graders will make gingerbread dough with Ms. Kaley.  Ms. Emilee will watch over store.

*A few 2nd graders will make the sugar cookie dough with Jaida, our room mom.

*A few 1st graders will make peanut brittle with Michelle

11:00am- Holiday store ends and cleaning up begins.

11:30am-12:00pm- Recess.  A few students can stay in to help roll out dough and cut out the shapes

12:00pm-12:30pm- Lunch

12:30pm-2:00pm- PE and Music specials.  Cookies can be baked while recess and lunch are going on and  while students are off to specials

1:30pm- Fire Drill!

2:00pm-2:40pm- 2nd and 3rd graders decorate their cookies.  1st graders can help break up the peanut brittle

3:00pm- Dismissal

*Jaida is bringing: mixer, sugar cookie decor and some ingredients, baking supplies

*Ms. Kaley is bringing: mixer, gingerbread ingredients, 1 baking tray, baking supplies

*Michelle is bringing: peanut brittle ingredients and supplies

* please remember to send your child with ingredients/supplies that were signed up for!

Tuesday: Holiday Feast

Morning: Christmas cards for one of our first grader’s family members.

11:15am- Set up for feast starts

12:00pm- Holiday feast!

1:00pm- Holiday feast ends and clean up begins.  If you want or plan on checking out your child after our feast, please just let me or Emilee know if you are taking them.  Hope to see most of you there!  Please sign up for food and attendance if you haven’t!

Afternoon- cultural- Botany

Wednesday: Upper El International Festival

9am-11:00am- Upper El International Festival.  Everyone is welcome to come to see their projects!

Afternoon- cultural- Botany

Thursday: Lower El International Festival

Morning- Go over International Festival project boards for how to present.  Get our room set up.

11:00am-11:30am- Recess

11:30am-12:00pm- Lunch

12:00pm- Clean up from lunch and any food for projects to be set up

12:30pm-2:30pm- Lower El International Festival

Friday: Junior High International Festival and EARLY OUT (1pm dismissal)

9:00am-9:15am- Dance with Ms. Emily

9:15-9:30am-German Silhouettes with Mr. Rob

9:35am- Small art project with Anna’s grandpa, Mr. Will

10:15am-10:30am- Bead making with Ms. Lisa and Me. Casey

10:30am-10:45am-Chinese calligraphy with Ms. Fallon

10:45am-11:00am- African recess game with Ms. Marie

11:00am-11:30am- Work on art project

11:30am-12:00pm- Lunch

12:40pm- Recess

12:40pm-1:00pm- Dismissal- Have a wonderful Christmas holiday, a fabulous New Year’s, and safe traveling to all of our families!

I made a mistake on the times for the Holiday performance on the 10th.  The times should be:

1st group- 6:00pm

2nd group- 7:00pm

Sorry about that! I wrote it down wrong!  Thanks, Lori!