First Grade Newsletter Volume 12
In this issue:
Thanksgiving Lunch and Pies
Halloween Photos
Celebrity Readers and Oregon Duck Photos
Yellow high Frequency Words lists Pre-Primer 2
Donguri Perfect Homework
Pizza Hut Awards and Month REading Record and our Home Reading Program
Important Dates
1ST GRADE NEWSLETTER
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11-21-07
z Thanksgiving Lunch in the Classrooms z
Students had lunch in their classrooms today, Wednesday, 11-21-07. They were dressed in school
made costumes as Pilgrim or Native American children. Dessert was pumpkin or a fruit pie provided
by the weekly snack families. Students started a Thanksgiving packet which they put in their
backpacks to finish up during the holidays with their families. These may be kept at home as a
special Thanksgiving present.
HALLOWEEN
PHOTOS
J A PA N E S E I M M E R S I O N E L E M E N TA RY S C H O O L VO L . 1 2
It was a fun morning guessing
who all the new friends we had
in the classroom. Rarely do
students have the opportunity to
come dressed in a costume to
school. Many were beautiful
and cute. Others were scary!
Here we see skeletons spider
men,
bunnies, Cinderella, cowboys,
princesses, witches doctors, and
brides. Sayaka Sensei was an
Asian Alice in Wonderland to
complement
Jacque Alonso, our technology
coach. Nancy Sensei was a
purple gowned wizard. Allan
Kocho Sensei came as a long
haired zombie in contrast to his
punk rock mohawk haired
tattooed teen costume from
Akimatsuri.
In this issue:
Halloween Photos
Celebrity Readers and Oregon
Duck Photos
Yellow High Frequency Word
List - Pre-Primer 2
Donguri Perfect Homework!
Pizza Hut Awards &
Monthly Reading Record
and our Home Reading
Program
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Celebrity Readers Come to YG
On November 13, 2007,
fifteen Celebrity
Readers, including the
Oregon Duck, came to
Yujin Gakuen to read to
various classes. To our
first grade classes, we
were honored to have
Mark Christensen, Pilot,
and father of Kira (5th),
Marisa (3rd), and Drew
(K), Johann Schneider,
Policeman (Garrett 4th),
and Rick Apker and
Dan Finney, Firefighters,
both Kinder parents.
Also visiting Yujin
Gakuen on Tuesday
were Superintendent
George Russell, Mayor
Kitty Piercy, YG
Assistant Principal,
Carolyn Hopkins, Kim
Stark KEZI News
Anchor, Valerie Steele,
Radio Personality, Rod
Cullen, Firefighter, Eric
Hubbard, Police Officer,
Dennis Nakata, Radio
Personality and Golf
Coach, and the U of O
Cheerleaders. The
Oregon Duck was
scheduled for the first
grade class, but he was
delayed, probably with
all the picture taking,
and never made it to
room 13. Thank you to
Ruby for contacting all
our Celebrity Readers
and inviting them to our
school. All photos are
available on our website.
IMPORTANT
DATES
DEC 14, FRI
12:10
Dismissal
Planning Day
DEC 21
Last day of
school before
the break
JAN 8
School starts
back for
students
JAN 8
Winter testing
for students
begins
Pizza Hut
We need your total
minutes turned in each
end of the month to
give out the Pizza Hut
free personal pan pizza
awards. Our goal for
reading minutes
recorded is 200 each
month. Students are
reading to parents and
visa versa. Keep it up!
Yellow High
Frequency
Words
Remember to practice
reading these words
each day. The goal is to
read them all in less
than 30 seconds.
Congrats to
Donguri Class
Everyone in Donguri
class is up to date with
returning all the
homework assignments
as of November 9.
!
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
