Dear Room 4 Families, Thank you for your valentine’s and presents today, and also for the donations of time, money, and supplies towards our Valentine’s Day party. Your child was very excited to participate in the festivities today. This week we have been working on finding the main idea in a text, the author’s purpose, […]

Dear Room 4 Families, We will be celebrating Valentine’s day tomorrow on Friday, February 13th. Your child will have the option to eat pizza with a side and a dessert after our regularly scheduled lunch time tomorrow. Please make sure that your child has a snack for school, and if they do not like pizza, […]

Dear Room 4 Families, Today your child celebrated the 100th day of school with many themed activities. We read a book about the 100th day of school, counted 100 in many different ways, read 100 books together as a class, wrote about what it would be like to be 100 years old, looked for words […]

Dear Room 4 Families, Today was our East Bay Vivarium visit and your child was very excited to learn about reptiles, arachnids, and amphibians. They each had the opportunity to touch various creatures and learn about their lifestyle, habitat, and features. There will be NO SCHOOL on Friday, February 6th, and on Monday, February 9th. […]

Dear Room 4 Families, Our Room 4 students had another great week! We have been sharing our Flat Stanley adventures. Please make sure your child brings their Flat Stanley and journal back to school to share with the class. Next Friday, January 30th, we will be having the East Bay Vivarium come visit. They will […]

Dear Room 4 Families, Thank you for your donations towards our field trips this year. Our 2nd graders are so excited to be able to have so many fun experiences this year. If you are interested in chaperoning, please make sure that you have your volunteer paperwork completed and that you have expressed your interest […]

Dear Room 4 Families, Welcome back to school! Your child has had an eventful week getting back into the swing of our school routines. We have started 2 more literacy centers in our Daily 5 learning centers. Your child has been very excited to play on Raz-Kids on our classroom iPads. You can download the […]

Dear Room 4 Families, Thank you very much for your thoughtful presents and for volunteering to help with our literature celebration of “Scone Soup” today! Our class had a great time eating and listening to the parents and teachers sing. This is a reminder that Flat Stanley will be due on January 20th, so if […]

Dear Room 4 Families, We are so fortunate to have Panera Bread donate the soup for our Stone Soup story celebration. On Friday, December 18th, all 2nd grade classes at Stonebrae will participate in a soup celebration. We will gather together to discuss the story, have it read aloud, and all enjoy soup together. Our […]

Dear Room 4 Families, Your child has had a very rainy week at school. We have been busy learning strategies for mental math to help us with regrouping when we add and subtract larger numbers. Your child has also been comparing and contrasting many different things, including different versions of “Stone Soup” which will end […]