Mrs. Bradford's Class

February News

bradfordclass — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 09:03:58 +0000

Dear Parents,I hope you are all well and survived the flood as best as you could. It’s back to normal at school except that we have given each child a water bottle to fill and drink from. We will use the water fountains once we are sure the water quality is 100% good. The children have talked, drawn and will be writing about their flood experiences.

We have started our family unit and the children have begun writing and illustrating about one of their parents. The family presentations for afternoon show have to date been very well done and have been enjoyed by us all. We are also talking and reading about families in a variety of countries in order to see similarities and differences. The children have also written a part of a “book/poem” about an ocean animal. They then typed it and illustrated it using google.com.

In Math we continue with place value, greater and less than and equal to. Children have been trying to guess the number by asking is it greater/less than or equal to.

1B ASSEMBLY, 16 MARCH: We are starting very slowly to read for our assembly on March 16. Please keep this date free so you can come and see your children present, “The Magic Submarine”.

HOMEWORK: Please check to see that your child has completed last week’s math and language sheets. We will have the same spelling and vocabulary for this week. Instead of a Math and Language sheet, the children will have Parent Project homework. The children will be bringing home information about the Parent Project homework they will be doing. Please read this with your child and help them if needed.

AFTERNOON SHOW: We will cancel all the last week’s presentations and simply continue with the scheduled ones. All children are asked however to prepare the family presentation for presentation later.

HOME
READING: Listening to home reading in the mornings continues as usual, but we need your help. If you can come, even just to listen to one child, please join us. We actually had one mother from last year’s group come and help before the flood, aren’t we lucky.

CONCERNS: Please, if you have any concerns about anything at all, come and see me first. I am always ready to listen and if possible will try to do something about it.

Look at Us! November

bradfordclass — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 02:48:00 +0000

Hi there people! In this photo I’m telling my description of my animal. Me and Gimiano had to guess each other’s animal. I had to guess his animal land he had to guess my animal. Because he didn’t know my animal, I had to tell my animal to him and he said, “If you tell your animal to me you win.” I won. Oh Yea! I forgot to tell that it was during writing time in 1Bs class. So bye! Have a nice Christmas.

By Fila

Clara, Christal, Armaan

Joshua, Sam, Josiah

Junior, Jason, You Hyun

Min Ji, Tadeus, Gimiano

Helen, Bryo

NOVEMBER NEWS

bradfordclass — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 12:18:49 +0000

Dear Parents,

The end of the year is almost here and there is still so much to do.

In Math, we will be doing place value such as 64 = 6tens and 4 ones. We will be using MAB tens and ones block so children can “see” what different numbers look like in tens and ones. We will continue with doubles, counting on and word problems. I am very pleased to see how carefully the children are beginning to read word problems.

In Science we did some work on frogs and will continue working on the animal research project and animal groups e.g. mammals, insects etc. To have a look at real animals, we went to Taman Safari.

The children enjoyed the Elephant Show at Taman Safari

The children also looked at a real fish and got to feel the different parts such as eyes, teeth and scales.

Here are You Hyun, Sam and Tadeus feeling the scales of the fish

We will also be looking at different parts of plants. For Social Studies we will begin to look at The Family.

Language: Written expression. Journal writing is continues. Most of our writing is centered around the research project. With a partner, the children have been reading books, finding key words and writing their sentences. Once they have done a section, they type it up on computer and find pictures to illustrate their work. Thank you for your continued support with Spelling and Afternoon Show. The children have been doing a marvelous job in both.

Grade 1B Presentation:

December 14 (more details soon)

The children will be doing a presention to show you some of the things they have been doing. Please keep this date free. Most likely we will start at 9:40. We will ask parents to bring some healthy food to share.

December: 8 HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOSHUA!!

14 – Grade 1B presentation from 9:45 – 11:10

15 – Full School Swim Carnival

Early Release 11:30

Merry Christmans, Happy New Year and a Happy Holiday to you all.

OCTOBER NEWS

bradfordclass — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 07:53:45 +0000

OCTOBER NEWS

Dear Parents,

Another month has whizzed by. I very much enjoyed talking with you during parent conferences. The following are some examples of what is and has been done in class.

In Math, further work with subtraction and addition strategies such as counting on, doubles, doubles plus 1 will be done. We will also be starting work with tens and doubles. The children are enjoying their independent math work and have worked very hard to move ahead to the next level.

In Science we have been looking at habitats, why we should protect them. We are now grouping animals into mammals, fish, birds, insects and reptiles. Soon we will begin research and report writing about an animal.

The children have been very busy improving their written expression. We do writing everyday, with Mondays about the weekend, Fridays about the week and in between a free write, a shared writing and a literature response if time permit. Please read their “free write” on dinosaur facts. No assistance was given. I was very pleased to see that some children incorporated parts of the songs and poems we have been learning. We are also spending more time with basic grammar, e.g. he, she goes and we go… etc.)

Helen and Josiah are conferencing their stories and helping each other improve their writing.

Below is Mrs. Ginger, listening to Armaan read.

READING PARENTS: Thank you to those parents who are still coming to help with morning reading. We do have an abundance of parents on Friday, but need more for the other days.

Friday Spelling test: Please help your child prepare for the Friday Spelling test, especially now that the words will be getting more difficult.

Have a good November.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to:
Jason – November – 1
Gimiano – November 11
Josiah – November 23
10 – no school WASC/Report Card Writing –
15 – Exploratory Trimester 2 Session 1 begins
17 – Free Dress Day
24 - Report Cards issued
29 – 12 noon dismissal WASC Professional Development Workshop

Look at Us!! – October

bradfordclass — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 07:16:09 +0000

Take a look at the photos and captions written by the children.

They wrote the caption in class and then typed it and inserted the photo during computer.

This is Clara, Joshua, Armaan, Josiah and I in class. I’m in the Spiderman pajamas. Josiah is next to the doll house. We are sitting in class on the carpet. Bye for now.
By Sam

To see the work by the rest of the class, just click on their names.

Useful Websites

bradfordclass — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 06:13:55 +0000

For children:

1. http://www.starfall.com

This site is used by the children at school. Good for reading

2. http://www.enchantedlearning.com

information about all sorts of animals, and lots of other things, games also

3. http://www.funbrain.com

lots of games, all curriculum areas.

The following websites are being used by your children for their research.

HARP SEAL (Jason and Gimiano)
http://www3.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/harp-seal.html

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/paint/subjects/mammals/pinniped/Harpsealprintout.shtml

GRAY WOLF (Sam, Bryo)

http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/wolf.html

http://idahoptv.org/dialogue4kids/season8/wolves/links.cfm

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/dog/Graywolfprintout.shtml

ELEPHANTS (Tadeus, Joshua)

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/elephant/Elephantcoloring.shtm

KING COBRA (Clara, Min Ji)
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/reptiles/snakes/Kingcobra.shtml

KOMODO DRAGON (Josiah, Junior)

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/reptiles/lizard/Komodoprintout.shtml

BUTTERFLIES (You Hyun, Christal)

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/butterflies/

BENGAL TIGER (Armaan, Mrs. B)

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/tiger/Bengaltigerprintout.shtml

SNAKES – Pytohon (Fila, Helen)

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/painting/snakes.shtml

Kids Speak – September

bradfordclass — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 07:34:32 +0000

Here are some rhymes the children have written. We are making a book of these rhymes which the children illustrated during computer time with Mr. Rodgers.

By Armaan

I saw a fat cat,

Playing with a rat.

By Gimiano

I saw a purple dog,

Dancing on a log.

This week we had a lot of fun.

By fila

I like Ibu Lucy. She’s funny and I like to make the pinwheel. We made it out os straws, paper, decorations and pins. I like it so much that I keep it in my room. Math games was also fun. We used bear cubs and blocks. We took turns and the red team won. It was about whoever wins Math games is the lucy duck..

By Josiah

I really liked the fruit party. I like the part when Ms. Bradford blindfolded us. I really liked the different fruit.

By You Hyun

I really liked the fruit party. Mrs. Bradford took the towel and put it on our eyes and then Ibu Atiek gave us a fruit and we had to guess what fruit it was. If Ibu Atiek gave us a mango then we said mango. If she gave us grape we said grape. If Ibu Atiek gave us apple we said apple. And that was very, very fun.

September Newsletter

bradfordclass — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 05:33:24 +0000

Dear Parents,

I’m sure you are well aware that we are learning with and about “dinosaurs”. This unit integrates, language, math and science (plants and animals). For this unit we have been making books about the dinosaurs, reading, writing about dinosaurs as well as learning poems and songs about dinosaurs. Also this trimeswter, we will be growing and observing plants.

The following are examples of some of the work being done in math. The children have been making addition sentences for various numbers, addition and subtraction problem solving and stories, counting by fives, turn arounds, and time to the hour and beginning subtraction.

In the photo below, the children are watching Mrs. Bradford dragging Tadeus away. As he is dragged away, his feet make the minus sign.

Language work has involved capital letters, full stops, short vowels, weekly spelling, vocabulary, journal writing, reading and Afternoon Show. We have had a lot of fun acting out vocabulary words. These words are taken from songs, our shared novel, Dinosaurs before Dark as well as words related to our senses and animal and plant unit.

Paleontologist Clara is doing her Dinosaur Presentation for Afternoon Show. Sitting with her, are Tadeus, Armaan and You Hyun.

In Science we tested two of our senses. We walked around the school listening to sounds. For taste we had a fruit party where the children had to guess which fruit they were eating. For needs and wants we have been looking at different kinds of houses.

HOME WORK: Thank you for your support with homework.

A SPECIAL THANK YOU to those wonderful parents who have been coming in the mornings to listen to the children read. To date we have had 14 parents join us. Some lucky children have even had both parents come at different times. We all enjoy your company and your help is invaluable and greatly appreciated. If any other parents want to join us, between 7:30 – 8;00, just come along to class, especially on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday.

Tues., Wed. October 10& 11 – Parent Conferences
Monday, October 18 – early dismissal, 12:00 (Professional Development)
Bryo’s Birthday!!!!
Friday, Oct.20 – House Competition (dismissal – 11:30)

23 – 27 Oct. . NO CLASSES – Idul Fitri Holiday
Monday Oct. 30 Armaan’s Birthday!!

Tuesday Oct. 31 Happy Birthday You Hyun!!