Holiday Party

Friday is our classroom holiday party! We will be wearing our pajamas, bringing our favorite stuffed animals and watching a movie. We'll make hot chocolate, decorate cookies, play Holiday Pictionary, and celebrate our last day of 2014 together. Thank you to all the families who donated supplies.

Math Night!

Tonight is Math Night for Jefferson's 4th and 5th graders. It will begin at 6:00pm and go to 7:30pm. I am looking forward to seeing everyone there.

Pumpkin Carving Help Needed

Dear Room 212 families,

I am sorry for the late notice, but I was hoping to carve pumpkins with the class tomorrow (Thursday). If you are free on Thursday between 9:45 - 10:30 to help a small group carve a pumpkin please let me know. We will be doing this activity in the garden, with the help of Ms. O'Brien. I am hoping for 2-6 volunteers.

Also, if you are able to donate a pumpkin to the class, or loan us pumpkin carving tools that would be great! I need 8 pumpkins, and plan on purchasing them tonight, but will purchase fewer if you are able to donate one by bringing it to class Thursday morning. Please let me know as soon as possible if you're able to donate one. Thank you!

I truly appreciate all you do to support our class.

Thank you so much,

Marcy Johnson

Primary Elections tomorrow

The 5th grade Primary will be held tomorrow. Nominees should have their <90 second speech memorized. I am looking forward to hearing all the 5th graders running for President or Secretary.

Puberty Education notification went home today. Parents should receive a bright orange announcement regarding Puberty Education to be held the week of November 17th.

World Series Game 1 is tonight. Go Giants! We are asking that we show our support for the local team by wearing orange on Friday. Orange is best, but any Giants' gear or black works as well.

Sharktoberfest at The Gulf of the Farallones Institute on Saturday, October 18th.

Here is the invite to Sharktoberfest at the Gulf of the Farallones Institute this Saturday. What a great way to spend the day!

Picture Day

Picture Day is scheduled for Thursday, October 9th. We are scheduled for first thing in the morning so please don't be late. Try to look your best because this will always be your "5th grade picture" forever.

Ferry Building Farmers' Market Tomorrow

Our first field trip is tomorrow. It may rain, so please dress appropriately for walking in the rain. Don't forget to bring a light lunch. We will be eating at the Farmers' Market, but just in case you're still hungry.

Open for comments (I hope)

Blog opened for comments! I believe that I have opened this blog for comments without having to register for openID. Give it a try so I can see if it works. Thank you.

Announcements

Back to School Night begins at 6:10 in the Auditorium. There will be a PTA welcome for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade parents. Classroom visits are from 6:45 - 7:15, followed by staff introductions by Mr. Poon in the auditorium.

Parents of K, 1st, and 2nd graders will begin with classroom visits at 6:10 - 6:40. PTA welcome is 6:45 in the auditorium.

First Day of School

Hooray! Today was the first day of the new school year. It was so exciting to meet everyone. The kids seem great. Everyone seemed excited to be here and ready to learn. We didn't have time to do everything I hoped to do, but we can finish things later. I sent home a letter about myself, and I'll post tonight's homework under the homework tab (above). Here's to a great year!

Welcome to Room 212!

Welcome to the new school year! I've seen my class list and can't wait to meet everyone. There are many familiar faces and I'm excited about beginning the new year.  Hopefully parents will complete the family survey, and eventually I'll have all my students signed up for their own blogs.  Please take a moment to click on family survey and complete the form to assist me in learning about your child. Learning about technology and digital citizenship will be a new adventure that we will all share this year.

There are many changes at Jefferson this year, and I look forward to working with our new principal, Mr. Poon, and new teachers, Ms. Radwanski (4th) and Ms. Chapman (K).

I hope that this site will become a useful tool for the 212 community. I intend to post field trip info. useful teaching tools, and homework assignments. I hope that this will create a community where we can all feel successful.

Welcome to Room 212 everyone!

Countdown to 2014/15 school year

School starts in 2 weeks! I am sitting in Day 2 of a workshop with Ms. Partika. We're learning how to make our classes more engaging and relevant using technology. Working on our classroom blogs and learning how to add links. Nice to know all SFUSD kids will have their own district email. I got my class list today and I am soooo excited about the new year!

Summer 2014

3rd week of summer vacation and I'm in a workshop learning how to set up a blog for my classroom. It seems like such a great idea being able to communicate on an online forum with my students and families. The reality is that setting up the site seems really time consuming. I won't even know who my students are until August. 

I intended to set up a site on Edmodo last year, but never got beyond the first blog. I understand that the district is providing every student with an email account so that should make it easier. I hope my site is able to provide that information when I receive my class list. I would love to follow through on this this year.