HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

Dear Parents and Guardians,

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday. Christmas is right around the corner. Grades K-3 will have a Christmas concert on Wednesday, December 15^th at 7pm in the church Basilica. I will keep you updated in regards to the attire for the event. Please continue to practice the songs in the packet that I sent home over a week ago. We will have a Christmas celebration in class on Friday, December 17^th. Please bring a food/drink item to share. I will forward the parent information to Mrs. Joey Rogers (Shai's mom) and Mr. Eugene Lemelle (Makaela's dad) so they can contact you and organize the Christmas celebration. If you have any questions, please email me at : msanmiguel@missiondolores.org or leave a message with Ms. Rita. Thank you!

FIELDTRIP REPORT

Dear Parents and Guardians,
You should be very proud of your child and our class. We made it to the top of Mt. Lawrence on Angel Island and hiked a total of 6 miles. Everyone was a trooper and had a great time on the field trip. We had excellent weather and sitting outside on both of our ferry rides. We played games before going on our hike and had lunch near the top of Mt. Lawrence. We made thank you cards to Officer Mike Rivera who organized this fieldtrip and to out chaperones. We will definitely go on more fieldtrips. I will let you know as soon as possible. If you would like to be a chaperone for our next fieldtrip please send me a note or email. Thank you! Pictures to come soon!

IMPORTANT NEWS!

Dear Parents and Guardians,
We are very excited to for our upcoming fieldtrip to Angel Island. Just a few reminders, we will be leaving at 8:15am sharp. Please be on time or else you will have to meet us at Pier 41 by 9am because that's the time the ferry will be leaving.  Please make sure I have a working phone # to reach you in case we will be arriving later than 4pm (which might happen since the ferry leaves at a certain time and we will be on public transportation. Also, remember to bring a bag lunch, 3 bottles of water, bus fare, PE uniform and tennis shoes. Dress warmly! Any questions or comments, you know hold to get a hold of me. Thanks!

August 27, 2010

Welcome to our Third Grade Blog!
I am your fearless leader/teacher-Ms. Marcela San Miguel. Please check our website for weekly status updates and important information. In case you missed it, our Back to School night was Thursday, August 25th, 2010. At this meeting I went over our class curriculum, policy and procedures, and questions parents had. Here is the agenda and information from that meeting:

 -Intro 

Hello, my name is Marcela San Miguel. I have been teaching elementary school for 5 years and adult education for 3 years. I was born and raised in the Mission district here in San Francisco. I went to San Francisco State for my undergraduate education and received a Master's degree in Education from Tufts University. I have a teacher's license from the State of Massachusetts. I am excited and looking forward to this year and hope you are too!

-Curriculum (texts)

We use the Houghton-Mifflin Reading and California Math series, Harcourt Science and Social Studies series (California edition),  Walking by Faith Religion series, and Step up to Writing.

         -folders/binders

         -Students have a Finished/Unfinished work folder, homework folder, and 2 binders 

-Grading

         -Assessment (40%), Participation (15%), Homework (20%), Classwork (25%)

-Behavior Policy

We, as a class, have established a set of classroom agreements. Should a student not follow an agreement, they are to change the color of their card by moving their clothespin down the series of colors. Green-had a good day, Yellow-warning, Blue-miss 10 min recess and Red-miss whole recess and receive a phone call home. Once a child has moved down the series of colors, they are able to move back up should they change their behavior and start following the class agreements again. 

-Homework (packet)

I send a homework packet on Monday. It is to be completed and returned on Friday. I have set up a homework help session in my class on Thursdays from 2:45-3:15 should your child need help with their homework. 

-Fieldtrips (10/6)

We will take a fieldtrip to Angel Island on Wednesday, October 6th. We have enough parent chaperones for this trip. There will be more fieldtrips in the future. Please notify me as soon as possible if you are able to chaperone because it is first come/first serve.  Little children are not permitted to attend class fieldtrips.

-Snack/Lunch rules- no hot cheetos

Please make sure you send a healthy snack and lunch for your child. Fruit and veggies are perfect snacks. Please do not send hot cheetos as a snack. Thank you!

-Volunteer hours (donations of supplies, tasks)

I can definitely use volunteers in the classroom and with donation of supplies. I would appreciation extra school supplies-gluesticks, glue, highlighters, art supplies (pipe cleaners, feathers, popsicle sticks), small prizes (the $1 store has many small prizes for a dollar),  old VHS children's movies, sports equipment, snacks (in case any one forgets their snack), and help with tasks.

-Book Orders

I will send home Scholastic book orders about every 2 months. Scholastic has many current and affordable books for your children and I highly recommend ordering from Scholastic.

-Contact info

Should you have any questions, please write me a note, call and leave a message, and/or write me an email at: msanmiguel@missiondolores.org