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May 10, 2024

 

 

 

 

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May 6, 2024

 

Dear Families,

 

Spirit days continue next week: Tuesday, May 7^th wear red; Wednesday, May 8^th wear neon; Thursday, May 9^th wear Hawaiian attire.

 

Our Kindergarten Program and Open House will be THIS Wednesday, May 8^th from 4:30-6PM! Students need to report to their classroom between 4:30-4:45, our program will be in the MPR from 5-5:30, and Open House will be in our classroom from 5:30-6PM.

 

Friday was our last day to check out new library books. Please return library books by Friday, May 10th. 

 

Assessments next week will be for make-ups and retesting only. 

 

Please read books and practice sight words as part of homework time. Don't forget to log in to ClassLink/Savvas/McGraw-Hill for online assignments and return library books and spelling homework by Friday.

 

Our new spelling words:  look   king   ring   sing   wing

 

I hope you had a wonderful weekend,

 

Mrs. Escobedo

 

 

 

 

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April 26, 2024

Dear Families,

CAASPP spirit days start on Tuesday, April 30th. Please check the BRE homepage for more information. If your student participates in the spirit days they will receive a STAR spotlight. Thank you for helping our 3-6 grade students to do their best on the test! 

Assessments next week will be for make-ups and retesting. If your student has not mastered any of the past tests over the course of the year they will be given the chance to re-test over the next two weeks.  

Our Kindergarten Program and Open House will be on Wednesday, May 8th from 4:30-6pm. Students should be brought to their classroom between 4:30-4:45, our K Program will be from 5-5:30 and our Open House will be in our respective classrooms from 5:30-6pm. Then school will close.

 

Please read books and practice sight words as part of homework time. Don't forget to log in to ClassLink/Savvas/McGraw-Hill for online assignments and return library books and spelling homework by Friday.

Our new spelling words:  we   car   far   jar   star

 

I hope you have a great weekend,

 

Mrs. Escobedo

 

 

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April 22, 2024

 

Dear Families,

 

Please be sure to send in those RSVP papers with a yes or no if your child will be participating in the Kindergarten performance May 8.

 

Assessments this week will be a Social Studies test on "calendar skills" and a Science test "caterpillar to butterfly" that we have been reviewing for the last 2 weeks and Calendar Skills that we have been working on all school year. 

 

Our Kindergarten Program and Open House will be on Wednesday, May 8^th from 4:30-6pm.

 

Please read books and practice sight words as part of homework time. Don't forget to log in to ClassLink/Savvas/McGraw-Hill for online assignments and return library books and spelling homework by Friday. Our new spelling words:  are   best   rest   test   vest

 

I hope you had a fantastic weekend,

Mrs. Escobedo 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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April 12, 2024

 

Dear Families,

 

Save the date: our kindergarten program and open house will be on Wednesday, May 8^th from 4:30-6pm. Please return the RSVP paper sent home yesterday by Friday, April 19^th.

 

Assessments next week will be questions on literature knowledge (ex: characters, setting, events) and ELA retesting. 

 

Please read books and practice sight words as part of homework time. Don't forget to log in to ClassLink/Savvas/McGraw-Hill for online assignments and return library books and spelling homework by Friday. Our new spelling words:  and   band   hand   land   sand  

 

I hope you have a wonderful weekend,

 

Mrs. Escobedo 

 

 

 

 

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March 22, 2024

 

Dear Families,

 

Our spring break will be Monday, March 25th through Monday, April 2nd.

 

Friday, April 5^th will be our monthly BRE spirit day - wear blue for Autism awareness.

 

We will not have assessments the week we return, we will be doing make-up testing and retesting for any of those students who did not meet the standards on their report card. Also, homework will not be assigned during our break. However, some optional homework ideas: read books, practice sight words, work on black math book pages, practice writing sentences, etc.  

 

The spelling homework paper went home today, but does not need to be returned until Friday, April 5th.

 

Our next spelling words are:  to   bug   hug   rug   slug

 

I hope you have a wonderful and relaxing spring break! 

See you April 2, 2024 

 

Mrs. Escobedo

 

 

 

 

 

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March 17, 2024

 

BRE will be having a PTA meeting on Tuesday, March 19^th @6PM (see flyer below).

 

Assessments next week will be for addition and subtraction tests.  

 

Spring break will be Monday, March 25^th through Monday, April 1^st

 

^{School will resume April 2nd}

 

Please read books and practice sight words as part of homework time. Don't forget to log in to ClassLink/Savvas/McGraw-Hill for online assignments and return library books and spelling homework by Friday.

 

Our new spelling words this week are:   is   hop   mop   pop   shop

 

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

 

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March 8, 2024

 

Our class visited the BRE Book Fair today to preview the books. Our day to shop for books will be Thursday, March 14th. Please see the newsprint paperwork that was sent home earlier this week.  You can also visit our Book Fair homepage to learn more and get started with eWallet and online shopping:  https://www.scholastic.com/bf/butterfieldranchelemschool

 

Our assessments next week will be a math test on adding and subtracting.

 

March 6 we took Spring Pictures, today your student was sent home with a paper from the picture company that has a QR code for you to scan in about 2 weeks to view your child's photos.  If the QR code is not working it is because it is too early to check. Please keep checking in to view the photos and follow the instructions for purchasing through the company online.  Teachers will NOT be taking photograph orders.    

 

Please read books and practice sight words as part of homework time. Don't forget to log in to ClassLink/Savvas/McGraw-Hill for online assignments and return library books and spelling homework by Friday. Our new spelling words:  pin   tin   win   chin   my   We will have a practice spelling test on Wednesday during centers and please review with your student the spelling words so they are prepared for the test on Friday.  

 

Graded spelling tests will go home on Monday with the graded Math tests. 

I hope you have an awesome weekend, 

 

Mrs. Escobedo 

 

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March 1, 2024

 

Report cards went home on Wednesday - please sign and return the envelope to school if you haven't already.

 

Spring pictures will be on Wednesday, March 6^th (see flyer that went home for more information).

 

Our assessments next week will be a Science test on the five senses and a Social Studies test on U.S. symbols. 

 

Please read books and practice sight words as part of homework time. Don't forget to log in to ClassLink/Savvas/McGraw-Hill for online assignments and return library books and spelling homework by Friday. Our new spelling words:  can   man   van   than   me  

   

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February 23, 2024

Dear Families,

Our annual "March Madness Attendance Competition" starts next week (see flyer below).

Report cards will go home on Wednesday, February 28th. Please sign and return the envelope. If you lost the envelope I will not receive another one from the school, so I will have to send home the information without an envelope.  If you do not receive an envelope with your report card please just send me an email that you received and viewed the report card. 

Friday, March 1st will be our monthly spirit day to celebrate the birthday of Dr. Seuss. Please wear a silly hat and/or crazy socks.

I will be testing reading levels for our assessments next week.

Please read books, practice sight words and log in to ClassLink/Savvas/McGraw-Hill for weekly online homework assignments. Remember to turn in your library book and spelling homework paper on Friday.

Our new spelling words:    bun   fun   run   sun   see

I hope you have a wonderful weekend,

 

Mrs. Escobedo 

 

 

 

 

 

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February 2, 2024

 

Dear Families,

 

Students did an awesome job on our first spelling test today! A reminder that the spelling homework paper will go home every Friday and needs to be returned by the following Friday. If you misplace your homework, you can use any paper from home to write our spelling words 2x each and a sentence on the back and illustrate. Our new spelling words:    bed   fed   red   wed   a   

 

We will have our party and valentine exchange on Wednesday, February 14th. If your child would like to participate, please purchase or make enough valentines for our 24 students. Do not write who the valentine is to - but have your child sign each one (this will make passing them out much easier). 

 

Assessments next week will be a test on rhyming words.

 

Be sure to turn in your library book and spelling homework paper on Friday and log in to ClassLink - Savvas/McGraw-Hill for your weekly online assignments.

 

I hope you have a wonderful weekend,

 

Mrs. Escobedo 

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January 26, 2024
 
Dear Families,
 
Our first spelling test will be on Friday, February 2nd. Paper will be sent home every week for your child to write their spelling words 2x each and a sentence on the back using some spelling words. The spelling homework paper went home today - please return by next Friday. Our spelling words are:  at   cat   hat   mat   I

Assessments next week will be a science test on seasons and weather. I will also be retesting letter sounds, blending and segmenting words.

 

We will have a Valentine exchange on Wednesday, February 14th. If you would like to participate, please purchase or make enough valentines for our 24 students. Have your child sign each one - but do not write who the Valentine is to (this will make passing them out much easier). 

 

Be sure to turn in your library book and spelling homework paper on Friday and log in to ClassLink - Savvas/McGraw-Hill for your weekly online assignments.

I hope you have a great weekend,

Mrs. Escobedo 

 

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January 19, 2024

 

Dear Families,
 

Monday, January 22^nd will be our 100th day of school and our monthly spirit day "dress like you're 100 years old". For a fun (and optional) home activity, your child can make a "100 collection". Please count out 100 items of your choice (coins, toothpicks, cotton balls, etc.) to bring in and share with our class on our 100th day.  Or make a poster of those 100 items or pictures of your students favorite thing that they collect or love that you could put 100 of on a poster. 

 

Assessments next week will be a test on comparing numbers 11-20.  We will also be retesting number recognition and counting to 100.

 

Be sure to turn in your library book and homework paper on Friday and log in to ClassLink - Savvas/McGraw-Hill for your weekly online assignments. Also, please practice your flashcards and sight words.

 

I hope you have a fantastic weekend,

 

 Mrs. Escobedo 

 

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January 12, 2024
 
Dear Families,
 

Your child's progress report was sent in an email yesterday. The left side shows correct answers, and the right side is a guide for the skills we still need to practice in class and as part of homework time with you at home.

 

There will be no school on Monday, January 15^th in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday.

 

Assessments next week will be for make-ups and retesting sight words. If your progress report shows that all sight words were read correctly, you do not need to log in.
 

Monday, January 22^nd will be our 100th day of school and our monthly spirit day - "dress like you're 100 years old". For a fun (and optional) home activity, your child can make a "100 collection". Please count out 100 items of your choice (coins, toothpicks, cotton balls, etc.) to bring in and share with our class on our 100th day.

 

Be sure to turn in your library book and homework paper on Friday and log in to ClassLink - Savvas/McGraw-Hill for your weekly online assignments. Also, please practice your flashcards and sight words.

 

Many students forgot to bring their homework and their library book back to school today, if either of those were forgotten your student was sent home with a reminder sheet and please be sure to turn those in next week. 

 
I hope you have a wonderful three day weekend,

 

Mrs. Escobedo 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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January 5, 2024

 
Dear Families,
 
We are off to a great start in the new year! 
 

Progress Reports will go home next Friday. The left side of the progress report shows correct answers. The right side is a guide for the skills we still need to practice in class and as part of homework time.

 

The assessments next week will be questions on "literature knowledge" (key details, characters, events, setting, etc.).

 

 

I hope you have a great weekend,

 Mrs. Escobedo 

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December 14, 2023

Dear Families,

We had so much fun at our party yesterday! A big thanks to our parent volunteers and room parent, Mrs. Binder, for helping to make our day so special. Also, thank you so much for the thoughtful Christmas presents!

There will be no school tomorrow, December 15th through Tuesday, January 2nd. 

Students were not given a homework paper today and online homework will not be assigned again until January 8th (assessments will also resume that week). However, some optional homework ideas: read books, practice your sight words, and work on pages in your black math workbook.

 

I hope you have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! 

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December 8, 2023

Dear Families,

We will be having our Winter party December 13 - NO donations are necessary for this party, please contact Mrs. Binder our room parent if you would like to Volunteer, there is a maximum amount of adults we are allowed in the classroom, so space may be full, but you may always send in a donation to help out with the party if needed. Please contact Mrs. Binder.   

 

BRE monthly spirit day "PAJAMA DAY" will be next Thursday, December 14th. Send your student in their school appropriate pajamas.

Our class turned in our library books today, but we will not check out new books until January. If your student forgot to bring their library book please bring it next week and we can still turn them in, before the break. 

Our assessments next week will be for make-ups and retesting.

There will be no school next Friday, December 15^th through Tuesday, January 2^nd. Be sure to turn in your homework paper by Thursday and log in to ClassLink - Savvas/McGraw-Hill for your weekly online assignments. Also, please practice your flashcards and sight words. Once your child can read the sight words, please send them back to school so that they can earn a sticker, a star on our chart, and take home their next set. If your child has already read the blue sight words, you can create your own ten words to share.

I hope you have a fantastic weekend,

 Mrs. Escobedo 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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December 1, 2023
 
Dear Families,
 
Butterfield Ranch Elementary will be hosting a "Holiday Toy Drive":

 

 
Our assessments next week will be a math test on identifying and describing shapes (including 3D shapes). We will also be retesting number recognition and counting to 100.
 
Be sure to turn in your library book and homework paper on Friday and log in to ClassLink - Savvas/McGraw-Hill for your weekly online assignments. Also, please practice your flashcards and sight words. Once your child can read the sight words, please send them back to school so that they can earn a sticker, a star on our chart, and take home their next set. If your child has already read the blue sight words, you can create your own ten words to share.

 

Thank you for donating the baby food jars WE DID IT!! we now have enough for everyone to complete the project with the baby food jar next week.  

Thank you so much for helping out our class, I greatly appreciate each of you!

 
I hope you have a wonderful weekend,

Mrs. Escobedo 

 

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November 17, 2023

Dear Families,

There will be no school Monday, November 20^th  through Friday November 24^th to celebrate Thanksgiving.

We will be doing a special project when we return from Thanksgiving break. Please bring in an empty 4oz. glass baby food jar by Wednesday, November 29^th

The week of November 27^th we will be testing ending sounds, blending and segmenting sounds. We will also be retesting letter sounds.

 Online homework will not be assigned during Thanksgiving break and your sight word paper is not due back until Friday, December 1st. Our module #1 science workbooks went home yesterday for you to keep. We were not able to complete all pages - you are welcome to do more pages at home, especially the letter writing practice pages 89-97, however nothing will be collected or assigned in that book as we are moving onto another book. 

I hope you have a fantastic Thanksgiving,

 

Mrs. Escobedo 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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November 9, 2023

 
Dear Families,
 
Thanks to everyone who turned in their report card envelopes. If you haven't yet, please sign and return the envelope next week and return on Monday.
 

There will be no school tomorrow, November 10^th, in honor of Veterans Day.

 

Our assessment next week will be on sight words.

 

BRE will be having a food drive November 13^th - 16^th. Please see flyer below.

 

Be sure to turn in your homework paper (sight word writing practice) on Friday and log in to ClassLink - Savvas/McGraw-Hill for your weekly online assignments. Also, please practice your flashcards and sight words. Once your child can read the sight words, please send them back to school so that they can earn a sticker, a star on our chart, and take home their next set. If your child has already read the blue sight words, you can create your own ten words to share.

 

Do you have a baby or toddler at home? Do you buy baby food (the mini glass jars)?  If you have baby food jars, when finished with them please do not throw them out, please wash it, take the label off, and send it to school with your student for a STAR SPOTLIGHT as to help donate materials we need for our next project we will be working on in the next couple weeks. Thank you in advance for your support!   

I hope you have a wonderful Veterans Day weekend,

 Mrs. Escobedo 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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November 3, 2023

 
Dear Families,
 
We had a blast at our first party on Tuesday! A special thanks to our parent volunteers and room parent, Mrs. Binder, for the food, crafts, games, goodie bags and fun! 

 

First trimester report cards will go home on Tuesday, November 7th. Please be sure to sign and return the report card envelope. If the envelope is lost your student will not receive another envelope

 

We will have our BRE monthly spirit day on Thursday, November 9th - please wear patriot/military shirts, and/or red, white and blue. There will be no school on Friday, November 10th in honor of Veterans Day.  

 

Assessments next week will be a Social Studies test on California symbols and a Math test on measurement.

 

Be sure to turn in your library book and homework paper (sight word writing practice) on Thursday (since there is no school on Friday) and log in to ClassLink - Savvas/McGraw-Hill for your weekly online assignments. Also, please practice your flashcards and sight words. Once your child can read the sight words, please send them back to school so that they can present them, can earn a sticker, a star on our chart, and take home their next set. If your child has already read the blue sight words, you can create your own ten words to share.

 

Are you a parent of an infant or toddler?  Do you buy infant/toddler food that comes in mini glass jars?  All of Kindergarten will be collecting baby food jars (mini glass jars) for a project that we will be doing in class.  If you have those baby food jars please do NOT throw them away. Please take off the labels, clean them out, and send them in with your student, so we can start gathering enough glass baby food jars for all of Kindergarten.  Please send them in as soon as you have them emptied out, we will store them for the project as we will be starting the project in a few weeks. 

 

Thank you for all your support!

 

I hope you have an awesome weekend,

 

Mrs. Escobedo 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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October 27, 2023

 

Dear Families,

Monday, October 30^th is "Crazy Hat & Wacky Sock Day". Tuesday, October 31^st will be our Harvest Party from 1:30pm - 2:30pm, students may dress as their favorite book character. 

We will be having a Veteran's Day Ceremony on Thursday, November 9th @ 8:00 a.m. to honor our Veterans. We would love for Veterans to attend the ceremony! Please contact diana_ballard@chino.k12.ca.us or call the BRE office if you have any questions and complete this survey by Friday, November 3rd: https://forms.gle/96q6LpMpCqnUgMoHA

We will not have any testing next week. Teachers will be working on 1st trimester report cards that will go home on Tuesday, November 7th. 

Be sure to turn in your library book and homework paper (sight word writing practice) on Friday and log in to ClassLink - Savvas/McGraw-Hill for your weekly online assignments. Also, please practice the flashcards and sight words that were given out at our parent conference. Once your child can read the sight words, please send them back to school so that they can earn a sticker, a star on our chart, and take home their next set. If your child has already read the blue sight words, you can create your own ten words to share.

I hope you have a fantastic weekend,

 

Mrs. Escobedo  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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October 20, 2023

 
Dear Families,
 
"Red Ribbon Week" will be Monday, October 23rd through Tuesday, October 31st. Please see daily activities below.

 

Our class will be visiting the BRE Book Fair on Thursday, October 26th, at 7:55am-8:25am. You can send cash with your child or put money in their eWallet. Here's the link to our book fair with more information:  https://www.scholastic.com/bf/butterfieldranchelemschool

 

Next Friday, October 27, 2023 is a minimum day and PM Kindergarten will begin at 7:50am just like on a Thursday. Please be sure to set a reminder of our TWO minimum days next week, for  Thursday and Friday.  Friday is a minimum day for teachers to have time to work on report cards for the end of the first trimester.  

 

We are having our first party on Tuesday, October 31st! Please send in party donations by Wednesday, October 25^th if you haven't already.

 

Assessments next week will be for make-ups and retesting only.

 

Be sure to turn in your library book and homework paper (sight word writing practice) every Friday and log in to ClassLink - Savvas/McGraw-Hill for your weekly online assignments. Also, please practice the sight words and flashcards that were given at our parent conference. Once your child can read the sight words, please send them back to school so that they can earn a sticker, a star on our chart, and take home their next set.

 

I hope you have a wonderful weekend,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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October 13, 2023

 

Dear Families,

 

Our class did an awesome job at today's "Fun Run"! A BIG thanks to all our families that participated and helped support BRE, thank you for marking laps on shirts, and passing out water, we greatly appreciate you!!! 

 

Our assessments next week will be a math test on comparing numbers to 10, questions on the main idea and key details of our pumpkin book, and retesting beginning sounds and syllables.

 

We were not able to go to the library today due to the Fun Run. Your child can keep the book they checked out last Friday for an extra week.

 

 

I hope you have a fantastic weekend,

 Mrs. Escobedo 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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October 6, 2023

Dear Families,

On Monday your child took home a lanyard with an access code and fundraiser information. Pledges must be entered online for your child to receive prizes. Please log in and fill out the t-shirt size so that your child can receive a free shirt. We will wear our shirts on the day of our Fun Run - Friday, October 13th at 11:15 - 12:15.

Our testing next week will be a math test on numbers to 100 - including counting by tens and ones to 100. We will also be retesting number recognition.

Be sure to turn in your library book and homework paper (sight word writing practice) on Friday and log in to ClassLink - Savvas/McGraw-Hill for your weekly online assignments. Also, please practice the sight words and flashcards that were given to you at our parent conference. Once your child can read the sight words, please send them back to school so that they can earn a sticker, a star on our chart, and take home their next set.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend,

 

Mrs. Escobedo

 

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September 29, 2023

 
Dear Families,

 

It was great to see everyone at our parent conference. Please continue to practice the skills we discussed during our conference as part of your child's homework time.

 

Our assessments next week will be a Science test on primary/secondary colors and a Social Studies test on rules/S.T.A.R. expectations. We will also be retesting letters and sounds. 

 

Please practice the flashcards that were given to you at our parent conference. When your child can read the orange sight words (all 10), please send them back to school so they can earn a sticker and a star on our chart. 

 

 

I hope to see you at Wild West Night tonight!

 

Mrs. Escobedo 

 

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September 22, 2023

 

Dear Families,

 

Parent conferences are next week. I am excited to meet with you!

 

Please be aware that BRE is on a minimum day schedule for parent conference week, which means our K dismissal will be extra crowded all week.

PM Kindergarten will start at 7:50 - 11:10 all week (just like a Thursday) Please plan accordingly!

 

 

Don't forget to turn in your library book and homework paper (letter writing practice) on Friday and log in to ClassLink/Savvas/McGraw-Hill for your weekly online assignments.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend,

 

Mrs. Escobedo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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September 15, 2023

 
Dear Families,

 

Friday, September 22nd will be "APPLE DAY" in room #2. Please bring an apple to school on that day so that we can count, graph and taste the different types of apples. 

 

 

 

 

Please email me if you have any questions, I hope you have a great weekend,

 

 

Mrs. Escobedo  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Mrs. Escobedo 

 

 

 

 

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September 1, 2023

 

 

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August 25, 2023

 

Dear Families,
 
It was great to see everyone at our "Back to School Night". I know I covered a lot of information, so please email me if you have any questions.

 

We are 3 memberships away from winning our "Popsicle Party" If you have NOT purchased a PTA membership please do so over the weekend by going to my classroom page and scanning the QR code to take you directly to purchasing a membership.  

 

If you have already purchased a membership or (several) THANK YOU so much for contributing to our PTA and our class popsicle party!! The membership funds go towards our school events such as Wild West Night, Father/Daughter Dance, Mother/Son Dance, fieldtrips, and more.  Please go to the PTA tab in my classroom page, scan the QR code and purchase a membership TODAY if you have not already as we are only 3 NEW memberships away. Remember it is 50% of each class that earns the popsicle party and we only need 3 more to win!! 

 

Wednesday, August 30^th, will be our monthly spirit day "College Day" - wear college attire. Don't forget that every Friday is spirit day - wear BRE shirts or our school colors orange and blue.

 
Next week will be our first week of assessments. I will be testing students on uppercase and lowercase letters. 

 

A reminder to log in to ClassLink starting this Monday, August 28^th for weekly homework assignments. We are using the Savvas/Easybridge app for math, and the McGrawHill/ConnectEd app for ELA homework. Also, don't forget to turn in your name writing practice on Friday.

 
I hope you have an awesome weekend,