TREVOR ROJAS
Favorite Foods: Hot dogs, dill pickles, pepperoni pizza, ice cream
Favorite Animal: Tiger
Pets: Dog - Mocha, Cats - Taz, Gracie, Leo
My Family: I live with my Dad, Mom and older brother.
Grandma and Grandpa live next door!
Great Grandpa lives in the other house next door.
Great Mama lives in Keizer.
"I love my family. I like to give them hugs sometimes."
"I have lots of Aunts and Uncles and Cousins that I love."
TRISTIN SMITH
Favorite Foods; biscuits, butter, peanut butter and jelly, tacos
Favorite Animal: pot belly pigs, chicks/chickens, ponies, dolphins, monkeys
No Pets
My Family is adopted. We adopted each other! My sister's names are Taghen and Sasha. Taghen is in the 4th grade and Sasha is in Kindergaten. My brother Ayden is 2 and is in the potty trainers class at his school. My mom's name is Sheryl. She is a teacher for children who can't see.
Tristin and her sisters love dance! Tristin considers herself a ballerina. She is also learning tap to join in dance with her sisters.
Monday, September 27, 2010
Sunday, September 26, 2010
REPORTS ARE COMING!!
B11 students are known for doing reports and doing them well! It's time to get that started this year! Our Fall Animal Reports will be assigned next week. I will have a list of animals for your child to choose and the list will not include dogs or cats. I want your child to expand to other perhaps not as familiar animals.
Your child will have TWO weeks to write at least a one page report and make a poster to present. A day will be assigned to present his/her report and you are welcome to come and watch!
I strongly urge you to plan your time wisely. Many students last year waited until the day before to BEGIN their reports and therefore made the experience very stressful. Your last few days should be used for practicing in front of a mirror and family members making it as natural as possible.
My responsibility as your child's teacher:
1. Help your child research his/her animal during our computer lab time.
2. Send home poster board, a copy of their research, and paper to write their report.
Your responsibility as parents:
1. Help your child decide what to write from the research.
2. Allow time each day in the beginning to add a sentence or two in order to have at least one page done (ideally the first week). Don't copy the research word for word, please.
3. Give time to practice so confidence is instilled.
4. Help create a poster that gives a visual image of the animal assigned.
5. If you wish, come and watch your child succeed! It's wonderful and they are fabulous!!
Here are things that I will look for:
Eye contact
Does your child stop and look up at the audience occasionally? Does he/she hold the paper up in front of of his/her face or lower it where the audience can see eyes. Some kids even memorize their report.
Organization
Is the report organized in a logical manner?
Speaking voice
Can your child's voice be heard in the back of the room? (I call it their "teacher voice")
Expression
Does your child read in a manner that is interesting to the listener. In other words, it's so fun to hear a report that is spoken like the writer is excited about what he/she is writing.
Please make sure that your child does the poster and their own writing. SORRY, THIS IS NOT YOUR REPORT, Mom. I know, I know we all want our kid's work to be beautiful and I understand how tempting it is to do too much for your child--believe me! Please, please allow your first grader to do first grade work. Each child's work is far more precious than our's can ever be - trust me on this one!
WARNING: REPORT WRITING IS INFECTIOUS AND WILL BE SOMETHING YOUR CHILD WILL LOOK FORWARD TO AS THE YEAR PROGRESSES!! WE WILL DO MORE.........
email me with questions: carey_suzanne@salkeiz.k12.or.us
Your child will have TWO weeks to write at least a one page report and make a poster to present. A day will be assigned to present his/her report and you are welcome to come and watch!
I strongly urge you to plan your time wisely. Many students last year waited until the day before to BEGIN their reports and therefore made the experience very stressful. Your last few days should be used for practicing in front of a mirror and family members making it as natural as possible.
My responsibility as your child's teacher:
1. Help your child research his/her animal during our computer lab time.
2. Send home poster board, a copy of their research, and paper to write their report.
Your responsibility as parents:
1. Help your child decide what to write from the research.
2. Allow time each day in the beginning to add a sentence or two in order to have at least one page done (ideally the first week). Don't copy the research word for word, please.
3. Give time to practice so confidence is instilled.
4. Help create a poster that gives a visual image of the animal assigned.
5. If you wish, come and watch your child succeed! It's wonderful and they are fabulous!!
Here are things that I will look for:
Eye contact
Does your child stop and look up at the audience occasionally? Does he/she hold the paper up in front of of his/her face or lower it where the audience can see eyes. Some kids even memorize their report.
Organization
Is the report organized in a logical manner?
Speaking voice
Can your child's voice be heard in the back of the room? (I call it their "teacher voice")
Expression
Does your child read in a manner that is interesting to the listener. In other words, it's so fun to hear a report that is spoken like the writer is excited about what he/she is writing.
Please make sure that your child does the poster and their own writing. SORRY, THIS IS NOT YOUR REPORT, Mom. I know, I know we all want our kid's work to be beautiful and I understand how tempting it is to do too much for your child--believe me! Please, please allow your first grader to do first grade work. Each child's work is far more precious than our's can ever be - trust me on this one!
WARNING: REPORT WRITING IS INFECTIOUS AND WILL BE SOMETHING YOUR CHILD WILL LOOK FORWARD TO AS THE YEAR PROGRESSES!! WE WILL DO MORE.........
email me with questions: carey_suzanne@salkeiz.k12.or.us
Homework: September 27 - Oct. 2
COINS, COINS, COINS!!
Please be able to know the identity and value of a penny, nickel, dime and quarter by Thursday of this week. We will be testing on Thursday!
FALL:
Make a list of the signs of Fall outside.
WRITING NUMERALS:
Practice writing numerals checking for backwards up to 30 with a finger space in between each numeral.
BUG HUNT:
Make a list of all the bugs you can find outside. Bring some in if you can.
TELLING TIME:
Practice telling time to the hour and half hour. If you want more, practice to the quarter hour.
READ EVERY NIGHT!
Just 10 - 15 minutes a night will greatly help your child succeed in creating great learning habits. I used to spend the time reading to my child for two of our nights a week. Books are amazing and quality reading is a must for successful students!
WRTIE IT DOWN!
If your child had a great time this weekend, jot it down for writing a story about it during school. How about a really great dinner, write it down. I try to keep a list of tiny ideas that will spark my writing since undoubtedly I would forget otherwise.
DINNER TIME CONVERSATIONS:
Dinner time with the family is getting more and more challenging with all of the activities offered to choose from. Protect it if at all possible. Our kids usually open up so much more during the dinner hour than just in passing. Try having your child come to the table telling the best, worst and funniest thing of the day! Jot down some of the ones your child would like to write about tomorrow during writing time.
Please be able to know the identity and value of a penny, nickel, dime and quarter by Thursday of this week. We will be testing on Thursday!
FALL:
Make a list of the signs of Fall outside.
WRITING NUMERALS:
Practice writing numerals checking for backwards up to 30 with a finger space in between each numeral.
BUG HUNT:
Make a list of all the bugs you can find outside. Bring some in if you can.
TELLING TIME:
Practice telling time to the hour and half hour. If you want more, practice to the quarter hour.
READ EVERY NIGHT!
Just 10 - 15 minutes a night will greatly help your child succeed in creating great learning habits. I used to spend the time reading to my child for two of our nights a week. Books are amazing and quality reading is a must for successful students!
WRTIE IT DOWN!
If your child had a great time this weekend, jot it down for writing a story about it during school. How about a really great dinner, write it down. I try to keep a list of tiny ideas that will spark my writing since undoubtedly I would forget otherwise.
DINNER TIME CONVERSATIONS:
Dinner time with the family is getting more and more challenging with all of the activities offered to choose from. Protect it if at all possible. Our kids usually open up so much more during the dinner hour than just in passing. Try having your child come to the table telling the best, worst and funniest thing of the day! Jot down some of the ones your child would like to write about tomorrow during writing time.
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Our Class Climate
We are a "Class Family" so......
-we care for one another.
-we work together.
-we make sure everyone feels important.
-we help each other learn.
-we share with each other.
-we encourage each other.
-we say please and thank you.
-we smile at one another.
-we are kind and friendly.
-we follow the Lee Way: Be Safe, Be Respectful, Be Responsible
-we care for one another.
-we work together.
-we make sure everyone feels important.
-we help each other learn.
-we share with each other.
-we encourage each other.
-we say please and thank you.
-we smile at one another.
-we are kind and friendly.
-we follow the Lee Way: Be Safe, Be Respectful, Be Responsible
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