HAPPENINGS OF 2010-2011

things to look forward to in Ms. Le's Class...

FIELD TRIPS

Field trips planned for this year include going to the De Anza College Planetarium to learn about space, the mood and stars, visiting Christmas in the Park, the San Jose Museum of Art, Ulistac Natural Area, The Tech Museum of Innovation, and many others if we raise enough funds!

WRITING

We are going to write a lot of nice things this year! Each of us will end the school year knowing how to write a narrative, an informational report, a procedural menu, a response to literature, a letter, poetry, and other styles of writing. We will display some finished work Don Callejon's Young Authors' Faire for everyone to see, read, and comment on.

SCIENCE

I have many scientific experiments planned this year for more hands-on learning! We will make comet out of dry ice and dirt, see how a volcano works by creating one in class, grow salt crystals, grow a variety of plants, model the layers of the Earth out of clay, raise animals, create a water cycle, recycle, go into a space lab structure created by Ms. Le, watch videos about science, and do many other sensational scientific studies weekly! Be sure to visit our class' fabulous science area either in person or look for upcoming photo galleries of our science area and experiments on our website!

MATH

Math is going to be great because we have a lot of hands-on activities for our lessons. Kinesthetic learning is a great way to learn! Get ready to play a lot of math board games, partner games, and participate in group activities to create graphs, draw shapes, learn facts, and solve lots of math problems in a fun, interactive way! You will also have math worksheets in your homework for extra practice, too, of course.

READING

Reading is going to be better than ever this year because my goal is to excite you to love to read! And if you already love to read, all the better for you- I have more than 43 different book-bins to accommodate every reader's interest!

Books include...


Harry Potter
A Series of Unfortunate Events
Frogs and Snakes
Sea animals
Recycling and how kids can help
Theater and plays
Dr. Seuss
Art and drawing
Klutz books
Allen Say books
Class-made books
Pigs
Tooth Fairy and teeth
Berenstain Bears
Pokemon!
Jokes & riddles
Magic School Bus
Mini books
Fairy tales & fables
Star Wars
Goosebumps
Nursery Rhymes
Stars & celebrities
Superheroes
Comics
Mixed chapter books
Babysitter's Club
Beverly Cleary books
Animal books
Pop-up books
Cultural books
Atlases
Cooking books for kids
Computer books
Disney books
The United States presidents
Encyclopedia sets
History books
American heroes
Holiday books
Foreign languages
Poems & poetry
Big books


...and more! I hope you've found a favorite among this list- if not, let me know!
These are just some of the many exciting things to look forward to! Come to school every day to find out what other surprises await!

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