It's ESOL Testing Week!

Hello, parents and students!

This week we are administering the  county-mandated Quarterly ESOL Writing Assessments to all our ESOL kids.  We are also busy creating our writing projects using Winter-themed templates in time for our Deck the Halls contest.

I will be posting pictures of my kids' projects in a few days.

My Kindergarteners and 1st graders are writing a letter to Santa and are making gingerbread man and santa crafts.

My 3rd graders have designed their houses and calculated the area and perimeter of their houses, which will be included in our "Winter Wonderland" bulletin board.

Designing a house using a grid paper

My 5th graders read different non-fiction texts and identified the main idea and details using a snowman template.

I can't wait to post their completed projects on my next blog!

Bye for now, and keep yourselves warm!

Love,

Ms. Chavez

Happy December!

Welcome back, my dear students!  I hope you had a relaxing five-day Thanksgiving break.  It is time to re-energize and focus on our school work.

Today was a good day to kick off the month of December. Here are our class assignments and activities this week:

Kindergarten - letters /i/  and /n/; sight word: AND
                        ABCYa.com: letter recognition/alphabet practice

1st Grade - Interactive Read-aloud:  "Clifford's Good Deeds"
                   High-frequency words:  could, been, live, one, as
                   ABCYa.com Spelling practice
                   Writing activity:  Personal Narrative

3rd Grade:  Area and Perimeter
                   Sight word Practice
                   Edmodo in-class assignments via Snapshot  and NoREdInk

5th Grade:  Main Idea and Details
                   Edmodo in-class assignments via Snapshot and NoREdInk


It seems that everyone is getting adjusted to using his/her iPad for our interactive classwork.  Edmodo has become our go-to website for reading comprehension practice and grammar activities.

Way to go, my wonderful kids!

Love,

Ms. Chavez