Dear Room 4 Families, Our students had a busy and eventful week! We had our community heroes Dr. Lee, Sherrif Jones, and the Hayward Fire Department come in to talk about their jobs and answer questions. The East Bay Vivarium blew us away with awesome arachnids, turtles, lizards, and snakes. Your child had the chance […]

Heritage Doll Project Most people in the United States have ancestors who came from other countries.  Some ancestors moved here long, long ago and others have just moved here.  Ancestors of Native Americans were here long before any of the others. Directions: Pick an ancestor who came here from another country.  (Japan, Africa, Mexico, Guatemala, […]

Dear Room 4 Families, Thank you for continuing to support our classroom, whether by volunteering time, money, classroom supplies, or parent presence at school. Room 4 students are always looking forward to the next exciting thing that we have planned. Next week we will be doing our review week for our English Language Arts unit […]

Dear Room 4 Families, Thank you for all of your generous donations for our Halloween celebration. A BIG thank you to all of the wonderful parents that helped things run smoothly. Room 4 students loved eating lunch in class and participating in 6 center activities. Your child made several Halloween crafts, learned about the life […]

Dear Room 4 Families, Our copy machine has not been cooperating lately. Some pages from the homework packet were omitted, including our spelling words for this week. Unfortunately, the copy machine is still broken so I am unable to pass out the spelling sheet for this week. I apologize for the inconvenience. Our spelling test […]

Dear Room 4 Families, Your continued contributions to our classroom are greatly appreciated! We are planning an at-school field trip from East Bay Vivarium in November and will be starting a literature study on the story “Stone Soup” where we compare and contrast the different versions of the story. At the end of our literature […]

Dear Room 4 Families, Thank you for all of your donations this week towards our Halloween parties and activities. Today we had a story building presentation from Berkeley Repertory Theater. Your child participated in listening to “My First Chinese New Year” and learned about the components and structure of the story through discussion, movement, brainstorming, […]

Dear Room 4 Families, Progress reports have been passed out to your child today. Each student received a progress report, so please check your child’s backpack. After you have reviewed it, please sign and return to me. If you would like to meet to discuss your child’s progress in school, please indicate so on the […]

Dear Room 4 Families, We just finished our SOPA assessment for the fall, which gives me a better idea of where they are and how they are progressing in Mandarin. If you would like to discuss your child’s progress in school, please feel free to e-mail me any questions you have, or to set aside […]

Dear Room 4 Families, In your child’s backpack today are the interview questions they need to ask a family member when they are at home tonight. They need to record their answers and bring the packet back to school tomorrow to start with their rough drafts. The other pages in the packet will be completed […]