Author: Beth

San Jose 3/8 & Cupertino 3/12 Our opening activity was “Rainbow Roll and Write my Name.”  Students rolled dice and used a key to find what color to use based on the number they rolled.  Then they traced their names.  In the end, their names were traced with all the colors of the rainbow! The…

San Jose 3/7 & Cupertino 3/12 K/1 Students had another lesson on writing complete sentences with the 5 Ws.  I thought it was a good one to go over twice, especially since I was out sick and didn’t get to see how well they absorbed the concept.  They did very well in discussion, although the…

San Jose 3/1; Cupertino 3/5 For our fine motor opening activity, we made a cut, color, and glue snail.  We learned the letters y and j and practiced writing short words (Cupertino will get caught up by doing l and k from last week and adding in y.)  When all paperwork was done, they had…

San Jose 2/28; Cupertino 3/5 I was out sick for the San Jose class, which was taught by A-TEAM teacher Rachel Chioreanu.  Thank you, Rachel!  Students worked on their journaling and also did a lesson with Rachel.  The K/1 students worked on writing a sentence about a turtle using the “Five W’s” – who, what,…

Dear Parents, I was out sick on Monday, February 26th.  My classes were left in the capable hands of A-TEAM teacher Ashley Hinson-Austen.  All classes followed a substitute plan that I had prepared in advance.  The activities could be done without their workbooks and folders available but were similar to what they would normally do.…

San Jose 2/14/18 & Cupertino 2/26/18 Students continue to free journal every week.  This week we also did a lesson on creating a character.  All students got the same handout, I just had different expectations for the Juniors.  They were asked to think of a male or female character (one decided his character was not…

San Jose 2/15/18 & Cupertino 2/26/18 Fine Motor activity: Assemble a robot – students colored pieces of a robot, cut them out, arranged them their own way on a separate paper, and glued them down. Letters: l & k as well as words and sentences.  Practiced tracing them in the air and completing workbook pages. Activities were…

San Jose 02/07/18 & Cupertino 02/12/18 We continued to work on journals and free choice writing.  For our poetry lesson,  I read some poems about love and friendship by Shel Silverstein.  Students were given a heart-shaped writing paper to write a short poem or note for a friend or family member.  Stickers, crayons, and markers…

2/8/18 San Jose & 2/12/18 Cupertino Fine Motor activities: Valentine puzzle, Valentine Penguin color by letter Letters: u, i, e as well as words and sentences.  Practiced tracing them in the air and completing workbook pages. Activities were offered when students finished their work, such as: magnetic letters (they love to sound our words, such…

San Jose Jan. 31/Cupertino Feb. 5 In addition to continuing our journals and free choice writing, we did a lesson on cinquain poems.  These are 5-line poems that use a different part of speech on each line to describe something.  The Junior (K/1) class completed one together, and the 2/3 class did one together and…