ST Math

Thank you to all our volunteers who were able to help during computer lab on Monday! Jason Tripp from Mind Institite came on Monday to start our class in the lab. We are now starting to train on our passwords for ST math in the lab...this password is a series of 8 pictures unique to each student. Some students have mastered their password training and are now playing ST Math. It is a really cool computer program that is used k-8 throughout pacifica school district. The main character is JiJi the penguin. As students play at school, their passwords will gradually increase to 13 pictures. When they have a 13 picture password at school, they will be able to play from home as well. As soon as your child is able to play at home, we will email you instructions.

Thanks to Google Weather we got to play outside before it rained!

Catching the 1st drops!

This Week & Next in A2

Dear Families,  


A few reminders:

1.  Winter Book Report- Our tree will soon be losing its leaves.  We need some winter snow!  Part of your homework this week is to make a book report snowball for our tree.  Read any storybook.  Draw your favorite part.  Tell a parent what happened and have them write your words.  You can copy the title of the book.  This is due with your homework packet on Dec. 9th.  Please cut out snowball.

2. Winter Tree Craft on 12/17.  We will be decorating gluten free sugar cones with green frosting and candies!  Please sign up if you are free to help on 12/17 from 12:35-1:30.  It's such a fun project!  A supply list and more information will be coming home soon!  Thanks!

3. Winter Craft Day is 12/16 from 8:30-10:00am.  We need parent (and/or grandparent helpers) to help kids at their craft tables.  Kids will be rotating through all the kindergarten rooms.  A sign up is posted on the kindergarten door.  Please email me if you would like me to put your name down.  All supplies will be provided and set up.  

4. 12/18- Secret Santa Gift Exchange & PJ Day.  Please have your child dress in jimmies for a cozy day at school. We will be having hot chocolate and watching a movie.  If you have an electric kettle you can let us borrow for the day, we would appreciate it!  We also need someone to donate packets of hot chocolate.  We want it to be a special day for the kids before winter break.  More information about the gift exchange will come home soon!  

5. We have a ton of fun crafts and activities planned for December.  We are in desperate need of donations.  There is a list of items on the door which we still need.  Thank you SOOOOOOO much to the parents who have already donated craft items! If you can't get to the store, but would like to donate, we also would appreciate Target or Michaels gift cards and will do the shopping for the items.

This Week: 
11/30 Monday- Our 1st Long Day, 1:30 dismissal, Psychomotor (9:20-10:00)
12/1 Tuesday- Music (11:00-11:30), Substitute Teacher
12/2 Wednesday- Homework, Book Bags, and Library Book Due!  
12/3 Thursday- Snack: Hawk, 
12/4 Friday- Snack: Julian T., Mrs. Vazquez teaches today, Today is spirit day (wear a silly hat to school), Library (9:00-9:30)


What We're Learning

• Math: Counting, Writing Numbers 0-30

• Language Arts:  Letter/Sound of the week Cc

• Sight Words: Your child should be able to independently read, write, and spell the following sight words: a, the, I, see, my, go, to, like, can, look, you, went, come. This week's sight word is 'at'.  We are working on putting sight words together to independently write sentences.  

• Writers Workshop: This week we will continue our unit on Pattern Books.  

Next Week: *STAR STUDENT* Keaton: We look forward to seeing your poster and learning more about you.
** This week is our Book Fair and Holiday Gift Shop.  More information will be sent home shortly.

12/7 Monday- Psychomotor (9:20-10:00), snack: Julian B.
12/8 Tuesday- Music (11:00-11:30), snack: Keaton
12/9 Wednesday- STMath Intro in Computer Lab (8:35-9:10am), Homework, Book Bags, and Library Book Due!, snack: Luke
12/10 Thursday- Golden Sneaker Contest- Walk/Bike/Carpool to school today!  If our class has the most kids walk/bike/carpool to school today we win a trophy and special treat from Ms. Lobao.  Snack: Mary-Margaret
12/11 Friday- Mrs. Vazquez teaches today, Today is spirit day (wear neon colors to school today), Library (9:00-9:30), Computer Lab (10:45-11:25), snack: Noelle

What We're Learning

• Math: Comparing Numbers

• Language Arts:  Letter/Sound of the week Aa
• Science: This week we are studying ants.  We will be learning that ants are insects.  They have 3 body parts, 6 legs, two compound eyes, and two antennae.  Queen ants have wings.

• Sight Words: Your child should be able to independently read, write, and spell the following sight words: a, the, I, see, my, go, to, like, can, look, you, went, come, at. This week's sight words are 'is,' & 'are'. 

• Writers Workshop: This week we will continue our unit on Pattern Books.  

Practice Lunch

This Week in A2

Dear Families,  

A few reminders:

1.  We would appreciate donations of baby wipes for the classroom.  We use these daily to keep our hands clean.  Thank you!

2. There is no school next week.  Happy Thanksgiving!

3. Report Cards are based on end of the year kindergarten standards.  At this time of the year, you should not expect to see a lot of 3's (meeting standard).  Students are working towards end of kindergarten standards.  Also, in your report card envelope (going home on Friday), you will find a list of the 1st 50 high frequency words and a list of fun spelling activities.  Kindergartners are expected to be able to read, write, and spell the top 30 words, but some students want the extra challenge!  :)

Our Week: 

Star Student: Luke.  Awesome Poster!  We enjoyed listening to you share about yourself this morning.

11/16 Monday- NED/Yo-Yo Assembly (9:30-10:15) , Snack:Anthony, Volunteers: Sharon V. and Keri A.

11/17 Tuesday- Music (11:00-11:30), Snack: Brooke, Volunteer: Brittany

11/18 Wednesday- Homework, Book Bags, and Library Book Due!  Volunteers: Sheila & Cherish R., Snack: Bryn

11/19 Thursday- Snack: Donovan, Volunteers: Michelle G. & Dory

11/20 Friday- Mrs. Glasgo teaches today, Charlotte's School BD, Today is spirit day (wear inside out clothes), Library (9:00-9:30), Computer Lab (10:45-11:25), Snack: Charlotte, Volunteers: Brianna M. & Amber M., Report Cards Go Home Today.  There will be 2 copies in your envelope.  Please sign one copy and return the Monday after Thanksgiving Break. 

** NO SCHOOL NEXT WEEK!  THANKSGIVING BREAK!**

What We're Learning

• Math: This week we are working with numbers 0-20 as well as different ways to make 10 (10 and 0, 1 and 9, 2 and 8, 3 and 7, 4 and 6, 5 and 5, etc.)

• Language Arts:  Letter/Sound of the week Tt.
• Sight Words: Your child should be able to independently read, write, and spell the following sight words: a, the, I, see, my, go, to, like, can, look, you, went. This week's sight word is 'come'. 
• Writers Workshop: This week we will continue our unit on Pattern Books.  

Math Centers

Thank you so much to the person who generously purchased the sterilite plastic containers for our math centers! (Amazon did not tell me who you were, but thank you!!!)  I'm so excited!!! Today the kids learned and played a new math game which they will be able play with partners during math centers. Each partner gets 10 unifix cubes in a specific color and a die. Each player rolls his or her die and writes his or her number into the partner equation "___ and ____ make _____." Each parter then counts out their number of unifix cubes and puts them in the middle. The partners then count how many unifix cubes altogether and write the total in the equation. They did a great job today and had so much fun! Can't wait to play with them again on Thursday! 

This Week in A2

Dear Families,
Thank you SO for your super generous donations!  The kids are so excited about our new books for the class that support our reading workshop and the decks of cards to play war and other math games.    

A few reminders:

1. We have fun new math centers in the works that support your child's math curriculum!  We are still in need of many "clear, large 8x11 Steralite Click Boxes" to organize these math centers.  Please See Amazon Wishlist for better description of boxes.  Thank you SO much!   

2. With all our writing, illustrating, arts, and crafts, we also desperately need donations of crayons and glue sticks for our classroom! 

3. There is no school on Wednesday, 11/11, in honor of Veteran's Day.

Our Week: 

Star Student: Mary-Margaret.  We look forward to seeing your poster and learning more about you.

11/9 Monday- Emergency Drill, Psychomotor (9:20-10:00) , Snack:TJ, Volunteer: Sharon V.

11/10 Tuesday- Angelina's Birthday, Music (11:00-11:30), Snack: Angelina, Volunteer: Sarah M.

11/11 Wednesday- No School/ Veteran's Day

11/12 Thursday- Homework, Book Bags, and Library Book Due, Snack: Tony, Volunteer: Michelle G.

11/13 Friday- library (9:00-9:30), Computer Lab (10:45-11:25), Snack: Angelo, Volunteers: Brianna M. & Brittany H., (10:45 Incoming Kinder Parent Tour)

What We're Learning

• Math: A fun game that we have been practicing at school is "War" with a deck of cards (face cards removed).  Play this at home to help your child practice number ID, and concepts such as: more than, less than, equal to.  We continue to practice ID 2D & 3D shapes (circle, square, triangle, rectangle, oval, hexagon, sphere, cylinder, cube, cone), ID colors, days of the week,  patterns, days in school/beginning place value. We are practicing sorting by color, shape, and size, counting 0-5 objects, writing numbers 0-5, counting to 30, counting by 10's, counting by 5's.

• Language Arts:  Letter/Sound of the week Mm.
• Sight Words: Your child should be able to read, write, and spell the following sight words that we have studied over the past few weeks: a, the, I, see, my, go, to, like, can, look, you. This week's sight word is 'went'. Please practice reading and spelling these sight words at home as well as writing them in sentences!  Make flashcards, play a memory card game, do practice spelling tests, do back tracing, etc.   
• Writers Workshop: This week we will start our unit on writing Pattern Books.  We are also working hard on sounding out words phonetically in our stories.  Please do not tell your child how to correctly spell the word.  Instead, encourage them to "say it like a snail, stretch it like a snake, write down the sounds you hear."  Your child may want to practice writing stories at home too...attach them to your homework for extra credit!  Writing is meant to be a fun activity so keep it positive! 

This Week in A2

Happy Halloween!  We hope you are having a super fun and safe evening!  Thank you to all who helped make Friday so special for the students!  If you have pictures of the festivities and would like to share them with our class, please email them to nglasgo@pacificasd.org.  

A few reminders:

1. We have fun new math centers in the works that support your child's math curriculum!  We are still in need of many "clear, large 8x11 Steralite Click Boxes" to organize these math centers.  Please See Amazon Wishlist for better description of boxes.  Thank you SO much!   

2. Please make sure not to put your child's library book into his/her black book bag...library books go into the basket on the cubbies.

3. There is no school on Wednesday, 11/11, in honor of Veteran's Day.

Our Week: Theme: Attitude of Gratitude

Star Student: Noelle.  We look forward to seeing your poster and learning more about you.

11/2 Monday- Psychomotor (9:20-10:00) , Snack: Noelle

11/3 Tuesday- Mrs. Vazquez is teaching today, Incoming Kinder Parent Tour (10:45), Music (11:00-11:30), Snack:Ruth

11/4 Wednesday- Homework Packet Due, Library Book Due,  Black Book Bag Due, Snack: Richard

11/5 Thursday- Family Day (10:45-11:25), Snack: Shane

11/6 Friday- Mrs. Niehaus subs today, library (9:00-9:30), Computer Lab (10:45-11:25), Snack: Shea

What We're Learning

• Math: A fun game that we have been practicing at school is "War" with a deck of cards (face cards removed).  Play this at home to help your child practice number ID, and concepts such as: more than, less than, equal to.  We continue to practice ID 2D & 3D shapes (circle, square, triangle, rectangle, oval, hexagon, sphere, cylinder, cube, cone), ID colors, days of the week,  patterns, days in school/beginning place value. We are practicing sorting by color, shape, and size, counting 0-5 objects, writing numbers 0-5, counting to 30, counting by 10's, counting by 5's.

• Language Arts: 
• Sight Words: Your child should be able to read, write, and spell the following sight words that we have studied over the past few weeks: a, the, I, see, my, go, to, like, can, look. This week's sight word is 'you'. Please practice reading and spelling these sight words at home as well as writing them in sentences!  
• Writers Workshop: We are working hard on sounding out words phonetically in our stories.  At this time, some children may only hear the beginning and ending sounds in words.  That is okay.  Please do not tell your child how to correctly spell the word.  Instead, encourage them to "say it like a snail, stretch it like a snake, write down the sounds you hear."  Your child may want to practice writing stories at home too...attach them to your homework for extra credit!  Writing is meant to be a fun activity so keep it positive!  

This Week in A2

Hello Families,

Thank you to everyone for attending parent-teacher conferences!  It was wonderful to touch base with you about your child's transition into kindergarten.  Thank you also to all the families who were able to support our school and attend our Fall Fun Fest and Pony Plop on Saturday!  

A few reminders:

1.  Our Kindergarten Halloween Parade will be on Friday, October 30th shortly after drop-off.  If your child would like to participate, he/she should wear his/her costume to school.  We will be having a Halloween Craft morning from 9-10am.  A sign-up is posted in our classroom!  

2. We were unable to send home black book bags this week because not all bags were returned on time.  If you have not done so, please return your black book bag ASAP so we can send them home this week.

3. We would love donations of decks of cards for math games.  Used/New decks of cards are appreciated!  We also need "clear, large 8x11 Steralite Click Boxes" to organize math centers.  Please See Amazon Wishlist for better description of boxes.  Thank you!   

Our Week: Fall Harvest/Halloween Week

Star Student: Ruthie.  We look forward to seeing your poster and learning more about you.

10/26 Monday- Snack: Julian B.

10/27 Tuesday- Music (11:00-11:30), Snack:Keaton

10/28 Wednesday- Homework Packet Due, Library Book Due,  Snack: Kipton

10/29 Thursday- Snack: Luke

10/30 Friday- Halloween Parade (8:35ish), Halloween Crafts (9-10am), No Library Today, Computer Lab (10:45-11:25), Class Party (11:30-12:00), Snack: Mary-Margaret

What We're Learning

• Math: A fun game that we have been practicing at school is "War" with a deck of cards (face cards removed).  Play this at home to help your child practice number ID, and concepts such as: more than, less than, equal to.  We continue to practice ID 2D & 3D shapes (circle, square, triangle, rectangle, oval, hexagon, sphere, cylinder, cube, cone), ID colors, days of the week,  patterns, days in school/beginning place value. We are practicing sorting by color, shape, and size, counting 0-5 objects, writing numbers 0-5, counting to 30, counting by 10's.

• Language Arts: 
• Sight Words: Your child should be able to read, write, and spell the following sight words that we have studied over the past few weeks: a, the, I, see, my, go, to, like, can, look. Please practice reading, writing, and spelling these sight words at home!  
• Writers Workshop: we are starting to sound out words phonetically in our stories.  At this time, some children may only hear the beginning and ending sounds in words.  That is okay.  Please do not tell your child how to correctly spell the word.  Instead, encourage them to "say it like a snail, stretch it like a snake, write down the sounds you hear."  Your child may want to practice writing stories at home too...attach them to your homework for extra credit!  Writing is meant to be a fun activity so keep it positive!  Please join us in praising your child for all his/her attempts!

This Week in A2

Hello Families,

A few reminders:

1. Parent Teacher Conferences are this week.  We look forward to meeting with you to discuss your child's transition into kindergarten.  Please CLICK HERE for the conference schedule.  Conferences are 15 minutes in length with a 5 minute transition between conferences.  Please be on time and knock on the door when it is time for your conference.  This helps us stay on schedule!  :)  

2. Our Kindergarten Halloween Parade will be on Friday, October 30th shortly after drop-off.  If your child would like to participate, he/she should wear his/her costume to school.  We will be having a Halloween Craft morning from 9-10am.  A sign-up is posted in our classroom!  

3. Mark your calendar!  Our Fall Fun Fest and Pony Plop is coming up on Saturday, October 24th from 11am-3pm at Vallemar School!  It is a SUPER fun, family event and we hope you can all participate!  This is also one of the biggest fundraisers of the year for our school and we need your help!

• Please make sure you SELL the Pony Plop tickets that went home with your child last week.  If you are able to sell more, please do!  You can get additional tickets in the school office.  Invite family, friends, and neighbors!
• Please sign up to VOLUNTEER at the Fall Fun Fest!  We need you!  This is a great way to meet other parents and have fun while helping our school.  Sign up HERE!

Our Week:

Star Student: Richard.  We look forward to seeing your poster and learning more about you.

10/19 Monday- Snack:Gabriella

10/20 Tuesday- Music (11:00-11:30), Snack:Grayson

10/21 Wednesday- Homework Packet Due, Library Book Due, Black Book Bag Due, Snack: Hawk

10/22 Thursday- Picture Retakes (please let us know if your child is getting retakes), Snack: Teacher

10/23 Friday- Mrs. Niehaus (former K teacher) will be subbing for Mrs. Vazquez today.  Visit School Library (9:00-9:20), Firemen Visit (9:30-10:15), Computer Lab (10:45-11:25), Snack: Julian T.

What We're Learning

• October is Fire Safety Month!  This week we are learning about fire safety, a subject very close to my heart.  I lost a student a few year ago in a house fire.  Please take this week to replace batteries in your smoke detectors and teach your child what to do if there is a fire in your house.  The fire truck will be visiting our school this Friday to give a wonderful presentation on fire safety! 

• Math: ID 2D & 3D shapes (circle, square, triangle, rectangle, oval, hexagon, sphere, cylinder, cube, cone), ID colors, days of the week, ABAB patterns, days in school/beginning place value. We are practicing sorting by color, shape, and size, counting 0-5 objects, writing numbers 0-5, counting to 30, counting by 10's.

• Science: We will be studying bats and other nocturnal animals.   
• The adjective nocturnal comes from the Late Latin nocturnalis, which means “belonging to the night." You've probably heard of nocturnal animals, like bats and fireflies, who sleep during the day and come out to play when the sun goes down
• Language Arts: 
• Our letter/sound of the week is Nn for nocturnal.  Optional- Your child can bring something for sharing on his/her sharing day that begins with the letter N. 
• Sight Words: Your child should be able to read, write, and spell the following sight words that we have studied over the past few weeks: a, the, I, see, my, go, to, like, can. Please practice reading, writing, and spelling these sight words at home!  
• Writers Workshop: we are starting to sound out words phonetically in our stories.  At this time, some children may only hear the beginning and ending sounds in words.  That is okay.  Please do not tell your child how to correctly spell the word.  Instead, encourage them to "say it like a snail, stretch it like a snake, write down the sounds you hear."  Your child may want to practice writing stories at home too...attach them to your homework for extra credit!  Writing is meant to be a fun activity so keep it positive!  Please join us in praising your child for all his/her attempts!
• In Reading this week, we will practice our Reading Superpowers with the book Bat Loves the Night by Nicola Davies.

**Please CLICK HERE to view our Amazon Class Wishlist.  We greatly appreciate your donations.

Scholastic Book Orders

Scholastic Book Orders Arrived Today!  The books you ordered are in your child's cubby and can be picked up in the morning or your child may take them home at the end of the day tomorrow.

Bat Study

Today we read books about bats, charted facts we have learned, and leaned how to draw bats.  Some of our favorite bat facts are:

1. Bats are the only mammals that can fly.

2. Bats have four fingers and a thumb.

3. Bats are nocturnal; they are awake at night and sleep during the day.

Friday Computer Lab

This Week in A2

Hello Families,

A few reminders:

1. There is no school on Monday; it is a teacher in-service day.

2. Black Book Bags will go home this Friday.  Thank you for your patience!  They will be due on Wednesday.

3. Our Kindergarten Halloween Parade will be on Friday, October 30th shortly after drop-off.  If your child would like to participate, he/she should wear his/her costume to school.  We will be having a Halloween Craft morning from 9-10am.  A sign-up is posted in our classroom!  

4. Mark your calendar!  Our Fall Fun Fest and Pony Plop is coming up on Saturday, October 24th from 11am-3pm at Vallemar School!  It is a SUPER fun, family event and we hope you can all participate!  This is also one of the biggest fundraisers of the year for our school and we need your help!

• Please make sure you SELL the Pony Plop tickets that went home with your child last week.  If you are able to sell more, please do!  You can get additional tickets in the school office.  Invite family, friends, and neighbors!
• Please sign up to VOLUNTEER at the Fall Fun Fest!  We need you!  This is a great way to meet other parents and have fun while helping our school.  Sign up HERE!

Our Week:

10/12 Monday- No School; teacher in-service day

10/13 Tuesday- Mrs. Glasgo will be out today; there will be a sub, Music (11:00-11:30), Snack:Bryn

10/14 Wednesday- Homework Packet Due, Library Book Due, Snack:Charlotte

10/15 Thursday- Emergency Drill, Snack:Donovan

10/16 Friday- Visit School Library (9:00-9:30), Computer Lab (10:45-11:25), Snack:Gabby

What We're Learning

• Math: ID 2D & 3D shapes (circle, square, triangle, rectangle, oval, hexagon, sphere, cylinder, cube, cone), ID colors, days of the week, ABAB patterns, days in school/beginning place value. We are practicing sorting by color, shape, and size, counting 0-5 objects, writing numbers 0-5, counting to 30, counting by 10's.
• Science: We will be studying BATS this week.  
• We will learn that bats are mammals; they are warm blooded, have fur, and nurse their babies with milk.  
• Bats are the only mammals that can fly.  
• Bats have a thumb and four fingers, just like humans. 
• Some bats drink blood.  Other bats eat fruit, insects, frogs, and small animals.  
• Bats are nocturnal; they sleep during the day and hunt for food at night.  
• Bats hang upside down when they sleep.  
• Bats smell, hear, taste, feel, and see just like people do.  Most bats use echolocation; they make rapid, high-pitched squeaks through their mouth or nose, and if the sounds hit something, they bounce back and let the bat know how far away the object is. 
• Bats have the best hearing of all land mammals.
• Language Arts: 
• Our letter/sound of the week is B.  Optional- Your child can bring something for sharing on his/her sharing day that begins with the letter B. We will be doing a bat craft this week!
• Your child should be able to read, write, and spell the following sight words that we have studied over the past few weeks: a, the, I, see, my, go, to, like.  This week we are learning the sight word: can.  Please practice reading, writing, and spelling these sight words at home!  One of my favorite home spelling activities is back tracing!  Take turns writing one letter at a time on a partners back and have them say each letter as you go...and then guess the word.
• In Writers Workshop we are starting to sound out words phonetically in our stories.  At this time, some children may only hear the beginning and ending sounds in words.  That is okay.  Please do not tell your child how to correctly spell the word.  Instead, encourage them to "say it like a snail, stretch it like a snake, write down the sounds you hear."  Your child may want to practice writing stories at home too...attach them to your homework for extra credit!  Writing is meant to be a fun activity so keep it positive!  Please join us in praising your child for all his/her attempts!
• In Reading this week, we will focus on characters in stories.

**Please CLICK HERE to view our Amazon Class Wishlist.  We greatly appreciate your donations.

Quiet Reading Time

Today was our first day of quiet reading time. Students read sight word books from their reading boxes, pointing to the words with their "reading fingers" as they read. When they came to tricky words, they practiced using picture clues and beginning letters to help them figure out the words! So proud of them! We will be doing this daily after recess. Just like basketball players, readers need daily practice to become great!