District Classes

This year the district will be offering great reading, writing, math, and technology classes for teachers. This will be a year where you might see subs more often because the district is supporting Pleasanton teachers by offering us valuable common core training opportunities.

Thank you for being supportive as I learn new ideas and strategies that will further your child's education in my classroom in a variety of subject areas.

Science Workbook

Great news! Kai was able to find a link to the entire Science workbook online! Now, if you accidentally left your workbook homework page at home, you can print it out. The link has been added to the Resources page on our toolbar, and can be found below.

Science Workbook

Thanks Kai! What a great find!

Science Test Friday

Today the students were given a study guide to help prepare for Friday's test on Chapter 1. This study guide has been uploaded and added to our Dropbox, which can be found at the link below.

Chapter 1 Study Guide

The link to our Science dropbox folder will be permanently in the Resources section of our class site. Please make sure you are familiar with how to locate things on the site.

DropBox & Study Guide

I'll be using DropBox this year to link up important files you can access any time. Today, I uploaded our Mid Module 1 Assessment Study Guide so students will have access, if they forgot their spiral at school. You do not need to sign up for DropBox in order to access the files.

Mid Module 1 Study Guide

The study guide can be found at the link above, but will also be permanently under the RESOURCES tab on our site.

Study for Math

Thursday is our first Math test and you'll be receiving a study guide to help them focus on what they need to do.

In the meantime, you might want to brush up on past lessons by viewing the videos. Here's our class playlist:

Band & Strings

Thank you to all the parents who helped encourage their students to try out Band and Strings this year. We have almost the entire class participating and they were excited to begin today!

Just a reminder that Band and Strings will be every Friday from 1:50-2:50pm. Students will be dismissed by their B&S teacher to go home for the weekend.

Starting next week, students should be starting to bring their instruments. This is a common forgotten item for students, so help them get in the habit of bringing their instrument to school every Friday. If your student ever forgets their instrument, you can leave it in the front office, where the lunches are left.

If your child is in Band, their teacher is Mr. Borris.
He can be reached at the email address: jborris@pleasantonusd.net  There will be a second band teacher, in the coming weeks, who will have half of the instruments.

If your child is in Strings, their teacher is Mrs. Muldoon.
She can be reached at the email address: mmuldoon@pleasantonusd.net

I can't wait to hear how they sound at the Holiday concert in December!

Guest Blogger- Rhea

Picture Day

By Rhea

Picture Day is an important and stressing day, especially when you take your picture right after PE. People all in nice outfits ready to take their pictures, practicing their smiles. Preparing for pictures that will last the rest of your life! Some people are also excited to get their pictures over with. Here are some people's ideas about picture day.

Anjali says, "Smile!"

Shreya says, "I hope my picture looks nice!"

Katie says, "Picture Day rocks!"

And Chloe says, "Best day ever!"

First Math Test (Assessment)

Within each module of the EngageNY math program there are 2 assessments. One is the "Mid-Module Assessment" and the second is the "End of Module Assessment". There will be two tests, or assessments, for each module we complete.

The students will be taking the Mid-Module Assessment for Module 1 on Thursday, September 18th. Since it is our first assessment, we will be doing a lot of review in class, and students will receive a study guide to help them prepare.

The assessment has been added to our Calendar, and students are aware of the test date.

Guest Blogger- Katie

Music

By Katie

As you can see we have a new music teacher... MRS. HENDERSON! This is just my opinion but I think she is great! Personally, I like it when we have to clap the beat, and the hello song. Some people like the line up song or copying her hand motions. I think this will be a great school year with Mrs. Henderson and a brand new start. 

"I love her," Chloe says, "She is really creative." 

"I think she's funny," Ashley told me.

"Hi," says Kai.

EngageNY Videos & YouTube Channel

I apologize for the lateness of this post, but I wanted to make sure all students know that there will be videos for certain EngageNY lessons to help students with homework & new concepts. Please make sure that you check our class YouTube channel and watch for new videos on the EngageNY playlist. There will be a mix of videos- some created by me, or others to help explain concepts.Also, check out our sites VIDEO tab, for great resources! Mr. Habecker has also created great video tutorials if you are struggling with a new math concept at home. Today's lesson Module 1, Topic A, Lesson 1 (1.A.1) has been uploaded.