Mrs. Go

Hello All,

First of all, thank you so much to the parents who volunteered to be chaperones at our zoo field trip. The students had a wonderful time and appreciated that you took the time to chaperone.

As our year comes to a close we are practicing for an end of the year presentation. Our presentation will be on Thursday, June 6 in the morning. Immediately following the presentation we will be going to Horizon Park for lunch and some playtime. More information will follow.

This week we are working on:

-fariy tales- The Three Little Pigs- character analysis, different versions- opinion, story retell

-practice Readers’ Theaters, poem, original writing

-six traits- starting sentences with different words

-nonfiction text features

-math-counting coins

-writing- what I learned in first grade

-science- reptiles- snakes, amphibians, amphibians- frog life cycle, reptiles vs. amphibians comparison

Please be advised that I am not scheduling conferences for all parents for the end of the year. If you would like to meet with me in regards to your child’s progress this year please let me know. I would be happy to schedule a conference to meet with you.

Have a wonderful week!

Hello All,

First of all, thank you for the wonderful gifts, goodies, and homemade cards for Teachers’ Day! I really appreciate your kind words and gifts!

This week is our Zoo Field Trip. We are really looking forward to seeing many of the animals that we have learned about. Don’t forget to dress in layers, wear comfortable shoes, and apply sunscreen before school starts. We will be walking a lot. If you have volunteered to be a chaperone, you should have gotten information about this last week. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns about volunteering for the field trip. If you are volunteering, you will have a small group of students to walk around the zoo. Thank you in advance for your help with this.

This week we will be learning:

-review long a words- ai, a_e, ay

-review long e words- ee, ea, e_e, y, e

-fairy tales- The Little Red Hen- reading, doing a retell, write about what character you like

-review poem

-go over readers theater

-continue nonfiction text features

-writing- What I learned in first grade

-math-end of the year review, begin coins (please bring a ziploc bag with 20 pennies, 20 nickels, 10 dimes, and 4 quarters labeled with your child's name- the bag will be returned at the end of the coins unit)

-science- animals, habitats, mammals, reptiles

I have decided to extend the Scholastic Book Order deadline to Friday, May 17. You can order online. Let me know if you have any questions.

Lastly, Happy Mothers’ Day to Everyone! I hope that you enjoy your time with families this weekend.

Have a great week!

Happy May Everyone!

This week we will have our local measures writing test. This test should measure how well the students learned writing. I am sure that the students will do great! Please make sure that your child is on time and ready to learn every day this week. 

There are a few of you who have not turned in the zoo field trip permission slips. Please turn in the permission slips immediately. Let me know if you have misplaced the permission slip and I can send a new one home. We are looking forward to a fun field trip to the zoo on Tuesday, May 14.

Also, if you would like to order books from Scholastic, this Friday, May 10 is the last day. You can use this link https://orders.scholastic.com/GM7ZW. Let me know if you have any questions.

This week we will be working on:

- comparative and superlative adjectives- er, est (tall, taller, tallest) _______ is ________. ________ is _______(er) than ____________. _________ is the _________(est).

- review sound symbol correlation- long vowels

- reading comprehension- 5Ws, story map, characteristics

- six traits of writing- start sentences in different ways

- writing prompt- creating an organizer on own

-math- adding and subtracting 2-digit numbers

-science- animal habitats, different types of animals- mammals

Let’s have a great week!  

Hello All,

It is almost May! Time flies! If you haven’t returned the zoo permission slip, please make sure that you do so as soon as possible. Our field trip is on May 14. Letters will be going out this week to all the parent volunteers with information regarding the field trip.

This week we will be working on:

-       r-controlled vowels (/ar/ spelled ar- star), review ir/er/ur and or/ore

-       reading comprehension- retell the story, vocabulary in context, summarize

-       six traits writing skills- saying things in new ways

-       nonfiction text features- identify and find in our nonfiction books

-       writing- mini lessons on adding strong details, checking for complete sentences, and scoring papers, also improving own paper

-       math- subtracting tens and ones, subtract two digit numbers

-       science- plant journals- needs and plant parts, begin animals- habitats, mammals

We have our last book order of the year with a due date of May 10. If you have any book order coupons now is the time to use them. To order online you can use the code GM7ZW.

If you have any questions or comments let me know. Have a great week!

Hello All,

We had a great time at our free play party! It was a great way to celebrate our 25 compliment points. Thank you to all of you who brought in games to share with the class. I even got to play headbands with one of the groups. Let’s earn another compliment party soon.

There are some events going on around San Diego for Earth Day. We learned a little bit about Earth Day in our class this past week. I hope that you are able to enjoy some of the events or at least get out and celebrate the wonderful weekend.

This week we are working on:

-       r-controlled vowels (ir, er, ur and or, ore)

-       reading comprehension- making predictions, making inferences, asking questions, look for nonfiction text features

-       six traits writing skill- reaching out to the reader

-       writing prompt- Complete writing on which character in The Surprise Family you like best. Begin writing on favorite toy. Teach students to create their own organizer and write about it.

-       Math- addition and subtraction of 2-digit numbers

-       Science- plant seeds, plant parts and plant life cycle, botanist

Have a great week!

Hello All,

I hope that you are enjoying the weekend with your family.  This week is our PTA sponsored Book Fair from April 15-April 18.  Information regarding the book fair was sent home last week.  The book fair will be open before school, during lunch recess, and after school.  Also, on Thursday, April 18 at 8am we will be having Pastries for Parents.  This is an annual event where parents and students get together to read and enjoy some delicious pastries.  This event is also sponsored by our PTA.  

On Friday, your child received information about our upcoming zoo field trip scheduled for May 14.  Look it over and let me know whether you would like to chaperone.  There are limited spaces to chaperone so let me know early!

This week we will be working on:

- vowel pairs- oy sound spelled oy, oi (boy, coin), au sound spelled au, aw (hawk, taught)

- suffixes- word parts that go at the end of the word, change the meaning of the word- ful, ly, y

- Reading Comprehension- Natural Habits and The Surprise Family- we will continue working on making predictions, inferring (I infer _____ because __________.), and asking questions in a story in the beginning, middle, and end

- six traits- revising (review how to revise a paper)

- complete writing prompt- Do you agree or disagree with the choices Arthur made in the story Arthur's Pet Business?

-new writing prompt- Give your opinion on which character in the story The Surprise Family you like the best?  Explain why you like this character.

-math- complete time and begin practice on adding and subtracting 2 digit numbers

-science- plants and seeds, types of plants, plant life cycle

Let me know if there are any questions or concerns.

Hello Everyone! I hope you are all doing well. We are going into our second week of the fourth quarter. We will begin our end of the year assessments in the next few weeks. Please make sure that your child comes to school well rested and after eating a healthy meal. For those of you that I sent home high frequency words and fluency practice, continue practicing. Every little bit of practice helps. Again, thanks to all the parents that have volunteered so far this year. We greatly appreciate all the help that you have given our class. If you cannot volunteer your time you can still help out by bringing in baby wipes, white board markers, or extra pencils. 

This week we are working on:

-base words and endings: if the base word ends in s, ss, x, ch, tch, sh add –es to the word, if the base word ends in y, take off the y and add –ies

-prefixes- un, re

- Frog Helps Snake- opinions about the characters

-The New Friend- make inferences, 5 W questions, main idea and details

-Six Traits skill- searching for never before tried words

-opinion about an apple- use sensory details

-math- telling time to the hour and half hour

-science- plant parts and needs

I hope that you are enjoying the start of a restful Spring Break. I hope that you take some time with your families. The students come back to school on Tuesday, April 2. See you then!

The week we come back we will learn:

-review long i spelled y

-reading comprehension- asking questions about what you read

-six traits skill- word choice- stretching for never before tried words

-opinion writing prompt- favorite animal helper- make sure to introduce the topic, say what the paper will be about, give ideas, then close the paper. “We have been learning about animal helpers. My favorite animal helper is ________.”

-math- telling time to the hour and half hour- “It is __________ (time) because the hour hand is ______________ and the minute hand __________________.”

-science- animals, animal habitats, mammals

I sent home letters in regards to Spring Break homework on Thursday, March 14. In case you have misplaced it, I am copying it here.

Hello Everyone,

It is almost the end of the quarter.   I have enjoyed meeting with you to discuss your child’s progress. During break we will not have any homework to turn in. However, I have compiled a list of activities your child can do at home to practice the skills that we have learned. 

1.    Read for 20 minutes or more daily.

2.    Practice the 150 sight words if you were given them at conference time.

3.    Read stories, text three times- for accuracy, fluency, and comprehension.

4.    Ask your child questions about the story- who, what, when, where, why, how

5.    Practice the fluency passages if you are given them with this packet.

6.    Do the math game included- The Sum What Dice Game. Your child should know how to play the game. You will need 2 dice and some counters- beans or even paper clips work well.

7.    Practice math flash cards.

8.    Go somewhere fun (the park, zoo, pool, etc.) and write about it.

9.    Find an interest (animals, sport, game, a place), do research with books or on the internet, and write about it.

10.                  Go to my website http://teacherweb.com/Blog/CA/HedenkampElementarySchool/Go/1/default.aspx   and check out what we have learned so far and what we will learn. While there you can even write a note about your spring break.

11.                  Write a thank you note to someone for something that they have done to help you.

School starts again on Tuesday, April 2.

Enjoy the break!

Mrs. Go

Hello Everyone! Welcome to the last week of the quarter. Please remember that everyday this week is a minimum day with dismissal at 1:55. I have enjoyed my conferences with you so far and look forward to meeting with all parents by the end of this week. Don’t forget that our Hedenkamp Read-A-Thon just ended. If you have any other donations for the Read-A-Thon please bring them in.

This week we will be doing a review of many of the previous weeks concepts.

-irregular verb endings- short vowel with a single final consonant- add the finally consonant and the ending, and long vowel with a VCe spelling- take off the e and add the verb ending

-long i spelling- y

-opinion- favorite character

-reading comprehension- finding the main idea, answering 5Ws questions

-math- geometry- solid and plane figures

-social studies- holidays of the US

If you are able to donate white board markers, baby wipes, or glue sticks we would really appreciate it. 

Thank you to Mrs. Chiroque (Ashley’s mom) for coming in the help with our classroom. We greatly appreciate you helping with our fluency and copies.

Finally, our field trip was a lot of fun. We learned a lot about arthropods and habitats. Next week, you will be receiving a coupon to go the Living Coast Discovery Center with your child. Thank you to Mrs. Zurbano (Jasmine E.’s grandma), Mrs. Lopez (Cesar’s mom), and Mr. Tovar (Roman’s dad) for volunteering to come on our field trip.