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Enrichment Begins!

8/23/2014

Week 3 is here and we will begin Enrichment this week. Did you know that all of our Enrichment is paid for by T.E.P? Topanga Enrichment Programs? Please be sure that you have joined T.E.P. so our wonderful Enrichment program will continue!

We will have Science, P.E., Library and Planet Bravo (computer) provided by T.E.P. Additionally, I will teach yoga and Council each week, we will have our Tuesday Speech & Language class, Gardening with Carolyn Day (Tristan's mom), Dance with Kristy Beauvais, and Big Buddies with 5th Graders. It is a full schedule!

I am looking forward to working collaboratively to provide and excellent education for the children. Though the schedule changes, here is what I have so far:

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Room K-Week 2

8/16/2014

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Hooray for Speech & Language class!

We had a great first week in Room K! I hope you have been getting daily reports from your children, but just in case you're not sure what we've been doing, here is a partial list:
*establishing classroom routines
*writing in journals
*learning songs
*using math manipulatives
*using Starfall on the computer
*having fun in our learning centers
*playing on the playground
*walking up the hill in line to the cafeteria
*making new friends....and much more!

This week, we will begin our Speech & Language class with Mrs. Youmna Schlieske, our Speech Therapist. Youmna and I have been collaborating for the past 4 years. Last year we presented our program at the Southern California Kindergarten Conference, and just this month we presented 2 workshops at the Palisades Charter Complex Professional Development Day. Our program consists of introducing a speech sound (phoneme), practicing the modeled sound, making a craft or playing a game that reinforces the sound, thinking of words that begin with the sound and sharing them with the group, and eating a snack that begins with the sound.

The first week, Mrs. Youmna will bring the snack and we will have a sign-up sheet for all parents to sign up to bring the snack 2 times the first semester. The children love when it is their turn to bring the snack!

We will have a little homework assignment this week and our regular homework will begin the following week. Your child will be receiving materials to use for the school year, that go with the homework program. These will be returned before school gets out.

Monday I am also sending home an access code and a parent letter for Raz-Kids, a computer (can also be accessed on the iPad) program to help children learn to read.

Thank you all for picking up the Room K routine so quickly! I especially love the great separate snack containers many of you have been packing. It has really helped the children grab their snacks quickly before recess. It's a small thing, but it lowers the stress level for the children.

Reminders:

*wear safe (tennis, or other rubber-soled) shoes & socks to school each day
*remember your Book Buddy and folder everyday and put it in the blue crate
each morning

Coming up:
-Volunteer training this Friday. PLEASE ATTEND! Volunteers can start next week and I depend on your help.
-Kristy (Brodie's mom) will be facilitating the class volunteer sign ups
-Malena (Joseph's mom) will be our class treasurer and a letter from here will be in your child's folder Monday.
-Lisa (Kai's mom) will be our class Room Parent (but help is welcome!). She will be reaching out for class help and to plan our class Dinner.
-Enrichment will be starting NEXT week. We will have P.E. Wednesdays & Fridays so please have your children wear safe play clothes inorder to participate fully. We will have Science on Mondays and visit the school library on Fridays.
-Friday mornings we have an all kindergarten sing-along in Mr. Harrell's classroom from 8:35-9:00. It is really fun for the children to sing together and many times we have parents bring their guitars and join in. In the Spring we will perform these songs on the Garden Stage.

If you have any questions, please send me an email or include a note in your child's folder and remember to sign up for blog updates with your email address.

Best wishes,
Mrs. Weisberg

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Welcome to Room K!

8/9/2014

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Welcome to Room K and to Topanga Elementary Charter School. I am looking forward to meeting everyone on Tuesday morning. I was happy to meet some of you on Friday at school too. Our hours on Tuesday will be 8:45-1:05. This will help with the morning parking and traffic on School Road. You will find that is is best to arrive about 15 minutes early for both drop-off and pick-up in order to avoid the traffic. The rest of the week the children will come from 8:15-1:35. Regular school hours are:
MWF-8:15-2:40
T/Th-8:15-1:35

Please be on time! No children like to walk in late to a classroom or be the last to be picked up. A good rule of thumb is, "15 minutes early is on time."

The first day of school there will be a meeting for new kindergarten parents (and parents new to the school) on the Garden Stage at 8:45.

All of the information necessary for Room K is on this site. Please take time to look through all of the tabs and especially the drop-down menu under the "more" tab. Additionally, I will be sending home some information on Tuesday in a folder. I provide a Book Buddy and a folder for each child. This helps to make sure papers travel to and from school efficiently.

I will update this blog weekly and use in instead of a paper newsletter, so please subscribe via email and you will receive it right to your inbox each week.

The first week of school we will spend a lot of time getting to know each other and getting familiar with the classroom. Parent volunteers can begin the 3rd week of school, but you must have your TB clearance and attend the volunteer training in order to be a volunteer. Please do this! I depend on classroom volunteers to create the unique program I have in Room K. Children thrive during small group instruction and having myself, my aide and a parent volunteer make this possible. I have the volunteer sign-up in the classroom and will be creating a Google Document to send out once I have all of your email addresses. There are many wonderful opportunities for parents to support their children's learning in Room K!

Have a great weekend and I will see you all Tuesday morning,
Mrs. W.

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Room K-Week 2

Welcome to Room K!

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