Newsletter 9-25-16

This week we read A Walk in the Desert.  We learned about the plants and animals that live in the desert and how animals adapt to different environments.  

We finished our math unit on addition and subtraction this week.  We’ve learned several strategies to help us speed up on our math facts.  Reflex Math is a great way to practice facts. 

We had a terrific SOAR week, and our class did a great job following the school rules.  We had fun on the dress-up days!

The sign-up for parent-teacher is closed, but you can still email me if you need a time.  If I don’t hear from you, I will assign you a time and send a reminder home on Monday.  You can let me know if the time doesn’t work, and we can try to figure out something else.  I would love to meet with every parent this coming week.

If you would like to volunteer in our classroom, please send me an email.  There are plenty of open spots.  The schedule is in the newsletter in my last post.

Thanks for your support at home.  I’m looking forward to seeing you this week!

Newsletter 9-4-16

We read The Twin Club this week and talked about communities.  We learned about characters and setting.  We identified the subject and the predicate in sentences.

We are learning addition strategies in math.  We practiced counting on, doubles, and making ten.  Please practice doubles and near doubles at home.  We made doubles dudes and did this doubles rap in class: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG6n5xLt-0Q

Reflex Math is set up and ready for your child to start practicing their math facts.  The website is https://www.reflexmath.com/go  The username is 2kadamscsd.  The password is your child’s seven-digit student number, the same one they used last year.  I will send log-in sheets home on Tuesday.

Pearson is ready to go, as well.  I will send home a parent sheet with instruction for how to use it at home.

We had an awesome Scales and Tails assembly on Friday.  We had fun and learned a lot about reptiles.

Congratulations to Brox Forsythe-Barker for earning our citizenship award for respect!

It was great seeing many of you at Back to School night.  If you weren’t able to make it, please read the green disclosure, and sign the yellow form saying that you and your child read it.  If you have any questions, please let me know.

If you would like to volunteer in our classroom or from home, please send me an email.  The regular classroom time is 10:30 to 11:30. but we can also use afternoon volunteers, if that time works better for you.  The blank spots are open, and we could really use someone every other Friday.  Here are the openings:

1^st Monday _____________________________

2^nd Monday _____________________________

3^rd Monday: Rachel Felsing (pm)

4^th Monday _____________________________

1^st Tuesday _____________________________

2^nd Tuesday: Megan Hansen

3^rd Tuesday _____________________________

4^th Tuesday _____________________________

1^st Wednesday: Jennifer Pastir

2^nd Wednesday _____________________________

3^rd Wednesday: Lindsey Tanner

4^th Wednesday _____________________________

1^st Thursday _____________________________

2^nd Thursday: Jen Leslie

3^rd Thursday _____________________________

4^th Thursday _____________________________

Every Friday: Navina Forsythe (every other Friday)

Occasional work from home:  Lindsey Tanner

Many students did a great job bringing back their homework packet on Friday.  The packet includes a vocabulary practice page, a spelling activity for each day, and a math review.  If your child is spending twenty minutes per day and is still not able to finish it, please write a note at the top explaining that.   

If you haven’t sent back the PTA envelope, the green page I sent home, or your child’s emergency packet, please do that as soon as possible.  Please remember to sign planners each day.

I will be sending home a book order next week, but you are welcome to go online before that at https://clubs.scholastic.com with our class code GYPDT.  This is completely optional, but many parents like to use Scholastic to buy reasonably priced books.  The books you order for your child will help us earn free books for our classroom library.  I prefer you order online, if possible, plus online ordering allows you to order books from all the different fliers and to search for particular books.  I put some Kevin Henkes books on my recommended reading list.

We’re looking forward to SOAR week.  Each day we will review our behavior expectations at Sunrise and have tickets and fun prizes for students who follow those rules.  Check the flier that was sent home Friday for more information.

We have a wonderful class, and I have thoroughly enjoyed my first few days with them.  Thank you for your support and your donations.  Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Kristen Adams

kristen.adams@canyonsdistrict.org  

Newsletter 9-4-16

We read The Twin Club this week and talked about communities.  We learned about characters and setting.  We identified the subject and the predicate in sentences.

We are learning addition strategies in math.  We practiced counting on, doubles, and making ten.  Please practice doubles and near doubles at home.  We made doubles dudes and did this doubles rap in class: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG6n5xLt-0Q

Reflex Math is set up and ready for your child to start practicing their math facts.  The website is https://www.reflexmath.com/go  The username is 2kadamscsd.  The password is your child’s seven-digit student number, the same one they used last year.  I will send log-in sheets home on Tuesday.

Pearson is ready to go, as well.  I will send home a parent sheet with instruction for how to use it at home.

We had an awesome Scales and Tails assembly on Friday.  We had fun and learned a lot about reptiles.

Congratulations to Brox Forsythe-Barker for earning our citizenship award for respect!

It was great seeing many of you at Back to School night.  If you weren’t able to make it, please read the green disclosure, and sign the yellow form saying that you and your child read it.  If you have any questions, please let me know.

If you would like to volunteer in our classroom or from home, please send me an email.  The regular classroom time is 10:30 to 11:30. but we can also use afternoon volunteers, if that time works better for you.  The blank spots are open, and we could really use someone every other Friday.  Here are the openings:

1^st Monday _____________________________

2^nd Monday _____________________________

3^rd Monday: Rachel Felsing (pm)

4^th Monday _____________________________

1^st Tuesday _____________________________

2^nd Tuesday: Megan Hansen

3^rd Tuesday _____________________________

4^th Tuesday _____________________________

1^st Wednesday _____________________________

2^nd Wednesday _____________________________

3^rd Wednesday: Lindsey Tanner

4^th Wednesday _____________________________

1^st Thursday _____________________________

2^nd Thursday: Jen Leslie

3^rd Thursday _____________________________

4^th Thursday _____________________________

Every Friday: Navina Forsythe (every other Friday)

Occasional work from home:  Lindsey Tanner

Many students did a great job bringing back their homework packet on Friday.  The packet includes a vocabulary practice page, a spelling activity for each day, and a math review.  If your child is spending twenty minutes per day and is still not able to finish it, please write a note at the top explaining that.   

If you haven’t sent back the PTA envelope, the green page I sent home, or your child’s emergency packet, please do that as soon as possible.  Please remember to sign planners each day.

I will be sending home a book order next week, but you are welcome to go online before that at https://clubs.scholastic.com with our class code GYPDT.  This is completely optional, but many parents like to use Scholastic to buy reasonably priced books.  The books you order for your child will help us earn free books for our classroom library.  I prefer you order online, if possible, plus online ordering allows you to order books from all the different fliers and to search for particular books.  I put some Kevin Henkes books on my recommended reading list.

We’re looking forward to SOAR week.  Each day we will review our behavior expectations at Sunrise and have tickets and fun prizes for students who follow those rules.  Check the flier that was sent home Friday for more information.

We have a wonderful class, and I have thoroughly enjoyed my first few days with them.  Thank you for your support and your donations.  Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Kristen Adams

kristen.adams@canyonsdistrict.org