Category: Beth Hankoff

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…

San Jose Feb. 1/Cupertino Feb. 5 For our fine motor opening activity, we did a cut, glue, and color puzzle that made a flamingo.  We practiced the letters a, d, and g with our fingers in the air, saying out loud what steps we were doing (“magic c, up like a helicopter, bump” etc.).  We…